The New York herald., 1872-07-05
ET HIo PA.
An American Party, with a Herald
Correspondent, at Khartoum.
THE CAPITAL OF THE SOUDAN.
From Berber to Khartoum on
Board the Telegram.
PRIVATE SLAVE MART AT BERBER.
Pen Pictures of Native Life in an In
terror African Town.
THE MYSTERIOUS LAND OF DARFOuR.
Nady Bey's Description Of Hussein Ell
Mohammed, Prince Of Believers.
BECOME A MUSSULMAN AND DIE.
The Herald Correspondent Communicates with
the Blind Sultan Of DarfOnr.
The PASSAGE Of The NILE cATARACTS.
Fac Simile Of the First Telegraphio De-
spatch Ever Sent from the Sou
dan to America.
ALI EFFENDI THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR.
The PASSAGE OF THE NILE cATARACTS.
Fac Simile Of the First Telegraphic De-
spatch Ever Sent from the Sou
dan to America.
ALI EFFENDI THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR.
A Page Added to the Treasury of
African Travel.

WHITE NILES, Feb. 10, 1872 !
At noon on Tuesday, the 9Th Of February, the da-
habeah Telegram was parting the dark, ripping
waters OF the Blue Nile from the muddy low of Its
sister continents and dashing along at ten knots
an hour By one O'Clock the solitary minaret OF
khartoum, lifting its whitcd splre above the
dome, palms and accacias, was the emblem OF our
journeys end. We sped on till nearly two O'Clock,
and the city OF Khartoum, the capital and the me-
tropolis Of the Soudan, and the greatest monu-
ment to the fame of Mohammed ALL was in full view.
Situated ON the left bank of the Blue Nile, Khar-
tOum was first built in 1919 as military post, and
afterwards grew to its present dimensions stimu-
lated by the commerce growing out OF the rich har-
vests of gum and the gathering In Of ivory 1t now
contains 10000 people, and is by far the finest pro-
vincial town of Africa.
ARRIVAL AT KHARTOUM.
Early in the morning the Telegram was boarded
by janissary OF the Governor General with tele-
graphic dispatches from Cairo for General Stocking
and your correspondent, that OF the former an
nOuncing that General Sherman and Lieutenant
Grant were in expectation of arrival at Cairo with
Azar Abdl-Melak Efrendi, the United States Con-
sular Agent for the Soudan, board We ap-
preached the quay and swept rapidly along toward
the Stars and Stripes, which were streaming gayly
in the breeze from the consular building on the
to westward was most charming. The
regular, characteristic mud mansions the
tropical foliage, the broad palms and the weeping
d0oms, the thousands upon thousands of natives
who had gathered to witness arrival, all garbed
In the light costumes OF the Soudan; the boats
lying hauled up on the beach for repairs the min
iature blockade-runner steamers the bales OF cot
ton heaped up on the banks, the sacks of gum and
the tusks oivory and the stevedore population, who
brave crocodiles to earn their paltry paras, were
but few Of the scenes in this, to u.s. welcome spec
tacle. We drove through the water, and finally
dropped anchor abreast Of the palace of the Gov
ernor General. simultaneously the Consul General
sALUTED THE AMERICAN FLAG
with twenty-one guns; Immediately park OF ar
tillery the public square responded with twelve
guns, and two bands Of music struck up military
airs, and soon the tread Of 1900 black soldiers
echoed over the bosom Of the Nile. De1ng by the
narrow streets leading to the quay the battalions
formed in line OF battle on the bank. The escorts,
consisting of two companies, formed line perpen-
dicular to the Niles flow, and presented arms
Twelve helmeted and casqued negroes, armed with
battle axes, spears and shields, led
THE ESCORT,
and were the most remarkable warriors had ever
seen. The entire force was uniformed in white
and armed with muskets. Adam Pacha, q coal
black general, then boarded the Telegram, ac-
companied by Mons. varse Ali Enendi Ishmail
Bey, the former favorite Of the viceroy, and
other celebrities. We passed the compliments of
the day. and were warmly greeted to the Soudan,
We Immediately offered our choice between
the Governors Palace, the telegraph building or
the house we now occupy. Having made the selec-
ton, we were escorted to our quarters amid the
nring OF cannon, the playing OF bands and the
maneuvring Of troops.
GREAT EXCITEMENT
overspread the town, and we were besiep ed by in
truders alas 'interviewers,n sent by the sacki and
beer circles to pick up the gossip and retail it over
their evening pipes. began TO sympathze with the
interviewed" more than l ever did before A
formal call at the palace, further displays by the
soldery, and we were allowed to rest for the re.
mainder OF the day.
ALI EFFENDI, THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR,
responded to summons to appear. lie spoke
English admirably. Indeed, this accomplishment
cost him his liberty, for having been accused OF be-
trayng the Egyptian interests during the Abyssi-
pian war because Of his English nuency he sent
to the Soudan in chains to practise his profession
telegraph operator in the quality OF political
felon. He is very clever, and, judge, innocent OF
the crime which envy and suspicion have probably
ascrbed to him. At my dictation he there wrote
ih ARABIC the Nrst telegrapHlc uespaJcH ever sent
from Khartoum to America, and the first ever sent
to any newspaper in the world. 1t was addressed
10 the NEW YORK HERALD bureau at London.
1t Is thus the good fortune of the HERALD TO lay
before its readers engraved facsimile OF the de-
spatch sent by It's correspondent the first who
penetrated Central Africa by the Nile route Let
us make hasty review or
LIFE ON BOARD THE TELEGRAM,
and take glance at the scenery between Berber
and Khartoum. Leaving Berber at one p. NJ the Sd
OF January, we stood up once more against the
swift current of the Nile. We had, however laid
In heavy cargo Of watermelons, purchased for the
sum Of 81. Abdl-e-Wahed also, our honorable
cook, received the visit Of a relative at Berber
whom he had not seen before for forty years.
Crocodies swarmed the banks OF the Nile for the
first time and we amused ourselves by frequent
essays at Saurian mnrder-always without SUCCESS,