Nuhou, Volume I, Number 19, 29 April 1873 — Foreign News. [ARTICLE]

Foreign News.

United State«.—Tho chief itcm of mfccrGsfc is the Modoc War. A small, desperate baad of ludians with their lcader. Capt. Jack are to"be i4 extirpafccd from the face of the continent, ,, and 41 himted to the death." General Sherman telegraphs to General Sehofield that the President ''sanctions the most severe puniBhmenfc of the Modocs." These Indians are in a remarkably ytrong position in a barranca and cave in-a lava bed in a range of mountains, between Tule and Clear Lakea in Siskiyou County Calīfornia, and near the Oregon Line. On the llth iusfc., the Inciians agreed to accept certain terms of peace 5 nnd deeired to meet commiBSioners to settle th'c terms. General Canbj, aeeompanied by Hon. A. B. Meaeham, Rev. Dr. E. Thomae, Mr. Dyer, Frank Riddle and his wile a 6quaw entered the fastnces to parley \vith the Indians; but were all treacherouslj murdered, except Mi% Djcr, who escaped. The death of General Canby is mueh dep!ored. Brigham Young has resigned liis position of Trustee in Trust, or managerof theeecular affairs of his eliui'oh. Ile publishes a lengthy statemenfc or lnBtory of his life and works, fn conclusion, lie says the resulfc of his labors for the paet twenty-eix yearB briefly summed up, are;" the peopling of this Territory by Latter Day Saints, of about of one hundred thousand souls, tlie founding of over two liundred cities } towns and villi\ges inhabited by his people; and the es'tabliBhment of schools, factories and otlier institiUipns caleulated to the beneficial improvetnenfc of liis 6 ; ommunity. Ilis whole life is devoted to thc service; and wliile li/T'egi'ets his miseion js not better understood by the world, the iime will eome when he will be understood; und }ie leaves to futurity the judgment of lns labors and fcheir results as they shall become maniiest." The promotion of Gen. Grant's son, a eecond Lieutenant to tlie position of aid de eamp 011 Lieut. Gen. Sherman's staff eauses great dissatiBfaetion in the army. Minister De Long has been ve-ealled from Japan for the reason given that the PresideUt has some new friends to provide for, The rumōrs in S. F. papers are that Senator Nye will sueceed Mr. De Long, Australian Steamem.—Jlereafter the P. M. S. Co. will manage the Australian line of steamers. The 6ūbsidy for carrying the mails will fall td them. The new line will be inaugurated by the dispateh of the eteamer Costa Eiea on the 17th instant. The eaiun lare has beau fised at gGQ, or §100 for the round trip, whieh will be perfor.med iii twenty-f3ve days, allowing for a week at the lalands. War Races i>; Lot:isuxa*.—A dispatch lrom New Orleans, dated yesterday, says: A steamboat arrived this afternoou whieh brings information from Grant . Paris!i that a regular war is iu progresa between tho whites and blaeks at Colflix. Al>out one hundre<f were killed and many woundeii in a batile on Sunday. About the Sandwieh lslands, Ilonolulu eorrespondenee; Tlie United States are losing groūnd in these islands. Aceording to the eensus just pubiiBhed, there are 38 fl>reigner6 (ehiefly Amerieans) less than in 1800, lt is sud to notiee the de<iine of thenativepeoplē The deerea¥e

dunnp the pexennial penu<l from 1800 to wa^6,74,1, or about 1,100 ajear; and now, althougli all tbc retiirne are not yet puMished f enougii is known to,sbow ihai the decrca&Oj even on a dii3Qinishecl total, about tbo eame, Tbe native populalion will now hardly esceed 50,000. and what is mosfc la'iaeotable to : observe is that 19,784 of iliese are over 40 years of age, and tbere are nearly 7,000 more women than men, .Polyandrj prevails, ol* courBe, as a consequenoe and a cause ol' this state of things, An iinmigration society bas been organized, with a view to proeure laborers lor tlie plaDters, and also t"o" re-peo-ple tbe isiands. —New Yorh Tribune.