The New York herald., 1872-05-24

visit. he sent an envoy to his inten ton
but they demurred He accordingly sent out ve-
raj companies of soldiers, and upon approaching
the Bari camp, In the valley the troops were re-
ceived with volley Of arrows, knives and all the
warke missiles Of that ferocious people The troops
fired upon them, drove them or with small loss,
seized their stores and products destroyed their
villages, burning their huts to the ground. After
five weeks in the field, the expedition returned to
Gondokoro. The officers tell me that the Bari will !
still need resolute coercion before they will enter
into friendly relations. Thus
THE ONLY OBSTACLE TO SIR sAMUEL'S CoNTINUATIo N
OF HIS MARCH
Is total lack Of porterage. His objective is tho
Albert Nyanza whittier he goes to launch his steam
and borgnes, In order to form an equatorial no
tia. All the Englishmen and Lady Baker are in
excellent health; but the Egyptians are unable to
support the climate Raouf Bey Is In command Of
the military, and misunderstanding Is said to ex
ist between him and Baker Pacha. Sir Samuel lives
on board his steamer, and is engaged in writing up
the details of the expedition for publication. have
been informed that he has forwarded an account to
the Geographical Society ALSO II everything goes
wen shall have joined Sir Samuel In three months
DR.. Gage. surgeon and botanist Of the expedition,
died In Khartoum. after descending from Condo
koro. Several others have come back with fever
THE NUBIAN DESERT.
In another letter will give description OF our
passage across the Nubian Desert. from Korosko TO
Berber, journey of no inconsiderable distance, and
one which was attended by much personal suffering
and inconvenience. Fancy, If you can man travel
ling for almost five days under burning African
sum- perched on the back of camel, and you can
then imagine some OF the hardships Of q HERALD
correspondent in the wds Of Africa
The Khedive's White Nile Expedition
Sir Samuel Baker Writes to the Times
About 1.-THE Prince OF Wales ms Phil
anthropist-Engla nd's Designs on Egypt
Frustrated by Bismarck and GOrtschn-
koH-Bnker Pachn's Failure mt African
Annexation-The Itch OF Disputing the
Scab OF ExplOrers-Thc End OF the Slave
Trade i'm Egypt.
GRAND CAIRO, April 2, 1872.
Sir Samuel Baker has broken cover at last, and
his letter, dated Gondokoro, addressed to the
Prince of Wales and published in the London Times,
has provoked general discussion and some scandal
in Egyptian circles The officials argue that If all
Baker Pacha writes Is true-and they do not dis
pute his general veracity-he should not journalize
the internal affairs OF the Egyptian govern
ment for English information or rush into
that sanctuary of oil distressed Englishmen,
the London Times, queruous narration OF
his woes. Bakers English friends here assert that
the letter was private one to His Royal Highness,
and not intended to see the light, but that the as
tute politicians who surround the Crown Prince
saw good opportunity to connect his royal name
with the suppression OF the African slave trade and
caused 1t to be laid before the British ieges. 1t
seems rather cool, though, to purchase for the
Prince the character Of phlanthropist at the cost
Of nearly two millions of the Khedive's money.
SIR SAMUELS ACT CRITICISED
Military men here comment severely on the un-
military and insubordinate act Baker Pacha has
committed in assailing and criticising the acts Of
his superlors and the government he serves In
public letter, and that, too, while deprecating the
vice of insubordination in the men Of his command.
Altogether 1t Is very pretty quarrel as it stands
and Sir Samuels ''counter blast" fully confirms out
OF his own mouth the statements made In my last
letter.
1t Is well known and not improper now to state
that Sir Samuel Baker owed his appointment to the
friendly intercesson Of the Prince of Wales during
his visit to the Khedive some years ago.
BAKERS APPOINTMENT AND THE NILE EXPEDITION.
The Prince suggested to the Khedive that a tho
rough knowledge of the true OF the Nile was
yet a geographical problem and that no man was
better fitted to solve that than Baker. At the same
zine the lingering remnants OF the slave trade
might be crushed out by small military expedition
having the color OF official sanction The expense
OF this 1t was alleged would be small, and might be
in part repaid by the value OF the ivory to be gath
cred throughout the elephant districts. The Khe-
dive, ever obliginQ and ever enterprlsing q mer-
chant king, gave willing assent and ordered his
oflcors to grant Sir Samuel all necessary aid and
assistance. He then probably thought no about
1t until last summer when bill for over fourteen
hundred thousand dollars caused him to open his
mill In nhl
guest with a vengeance, and 1t would require
good many tusks to balance
BAKERS LITTLE OUTLAY
These startling figures caused an examination
into the expedition, and pending this came Bakers
demand for more troops to replace the soldiers he
had lost and disabled In the swamps and morasses
of the White Nile. Naturally the government hesl-
tated to sacrifice more blood and money for what,
after oil, was only geographical party originally,
permitted to crafty the whim Of the Prince OF
Wales Sir Samuel, however, is a true John Bull,
and loudly clamors for his right to do just as he
pleases under the Prince OF Wales, and finding the
Egyptian officials not so English in their predilec
tions as himself falls back upon his patron, the
Prince, and the proverbial roar of that queruous
beast, the British Lion. When Baker set out
rwo YEARS AGO
the 3. L. was more respected portion OF the
worlds menagerie than he finds himself at
present. Gortschakoff had not buffeted him
out OF his Black sea protectorate; Bismarck had
not cufled him into submission while Prussia
welted France, and Grant had not yet taught him
that he must not expect to put his paws on Amer
can affairs without getting them stamped on The
complexion Of the worlds affairs have greatly
changed since Baker went into the Wilderness and
whoever gobbes Egypt 1t will not be the e,glo-
rious, now toothess, British Lion whose roar in
princes as patent as an army with banners.
THE GIsT OF BAKER PACuA's rNLUcKY LETTER,
which is likely to prove his ruin, even If he sur
mounts the obstacles OF climate and lack Of trans
portatlon lies in the postscript, which, after adj
mitting that the men refuse longer to follow him,