The New York herald., 1873-07-01

are in store tor her before she sees the light
Sir Samuel Bakers ReSurn-The Conn
Plete Success OF His Expedition to
tho Equator.
A special despatch from the HERALD CORE
spondent at Khartoum, the capital of the At
rican Soudan, conveys the important intelli-
gence that Sir Samuel Baker has arrived in that
city in sound health and is about to proceed to
Cairo But, coupled with this gratifying news
is the sad announcement Of the death of the
English engineer, whom we suppose to be MIR.
Higginbotham. As the HERALD has always
confidently asserted, the safe return of such
bold, hardy and resolute traveller as Baker
Pacha was beyond all question: because he
went to the equatorial regions on second ex-
pedition, always keeping in mind the valuable
experience which he acquired during his ex-
ploration of the Abyssinian tributaries of the
Nile and the perils and miseries which nearly
brought him and his heroic wife to deaths
door in sight of that great basin Of the Nile
for the discovery of which he had so long
labored with singular devotion and enthu-
siasm.
Further dispatches disclose the important
results accomplished by these years of African
country between Egypt and the equator
has been annexed to the viceroy's
domain, the slave trade has been sup
pressed and rebellions and intrigues have
been succeeded by on organized govern
ment. What is highly important to geographic
cal science is that road has been opened to
Zanzibar ''free from Interruption" and it is
thus probable that DR.. Livingstone will find
the great problem of the sources of the Nile
simplified by Bakers expedition.
From time to time Lower Egypt has been ex-
cited by conflicting stories of the mishaps and
dition, arising as often from malicious inven-
ton as from idle gossip. Reports like these,
together with the ungenerous comments of
rival travellers, served to poison the mind of
the Viceroy temporarily against the great ex-
plorer; but now, as we predicted, we feel sure
that His Highness will accord full praise to
the worthy manner in which Sir Samuel
has executed his task. We know also
that Raouf Bey the copmander of the mill
tary part of the expedition, became insubor-
dinate and that his influence, with that of
other malefactors, did not contribute to the
successes which were anticipated by the out
lay of 50, 600, 900. The sudden dignities and
almost unlimited powers conferred on Sir
Samuel could not otherwise than inspire
opposition among the rival nationalities in
the East, as they did jealousy among the
native pachas. He was given the power of
life and death, commissioned to Annox terri
tory, explore the equatorial zone, suppress the
pernicious slave trade-in short, to build up
an African empire in the fertile regions Of the
great basin Of the Nile. How well and how
fully he has realized the purposes Of the Vice
roy the cable informs us this morning. The
origin of the enterprise was singular, if we
may believe all that ''goes the rounds" in
Cairo
When the Prince of Wales visited Egypt, on
his famous Oriental tour, he was the recipient
of the splendid hospitalities of the viceroy
His Highness asked, "What can I do to honor
Her Majesty Queef yictoria?" The felicitous
inquiry of His Highness was telegraphed to
Buckingham Palace, and the Queen replied,
substantially, "Abolish the slave trade !"
Sir Samuel Baker was at that time severely
patronized by the Prince Of Wales, who has
always affected the clusseur, and was one of
the royal party who made the ascent of the
Nile When the viceroy responded to the
Queen, "Certainement, c6ute qui c6tae," it was
decided to appoint Sir Samuel Baker an
Egyptian Bes, pane him to the command of q
large expedition and start hh;;.9 on q career Of
conquest and exploration to the heart Of the
continent. No sooner had the intelligence
reached Constantinople than the jealous eye of
Ali Pacha, the astute Grand vizier, detected
the Importance of the projects and he hastened
to obtain share of the glory for the Sultan
by sending Sir Samuel an enormous parch-
ment which constituted the British subject
Pacha of the Turkish Empire. The details
of the expedition were all carefully planned by
its experienced chief. He called to his aid an
eminent physician and botanist DR.. Grey,
who has since perished from the fever, his
nephew, talented naval officer, and six
English engineers Of more than average
capacity. Accompanied by his wife, he crossed
the Nubian Desert from the Red Sea-, and hav-
ing gained the shores Of the Milo he spent
three mcatis In organization at Khartoum
When the command sailed up the White Nile
it comprised nearly two thousand men, two
steamers and large quantities of stores and
munitions Nearly eight hundred soldiers
perished during the first year, and
amid tho malaria of the vast swamp
of the Bahr-el- Ghazal Baker found himself
among mutinous followers with an expedition,
which had already cost $4,000, 900, threatened
with disaster. But his exacting discipline
and infexible resolution determined him to
proceed The story OF his cutting through the