The New York herald., 1873-09-17

drawn up and ned and they are now IN the nanus
OF the government here for further use against
Abu Saut, who Ia at present IN Egypt.
NFAMY or THE IVORY DEALERS.
Thus. as remarked above, 1t is proved that all the
difficulties which beset Baker were caused by the
ivory traders, and not by the savages The reason
for this Is easily found In the fact that the
cannot export any slaves in Bakers presence, and
thus their most lucrative employment is taken away
from them. From humanitarian point OF view all
the ivory trade In the country of the blacks should
DC ioroidden, as 1t is statisrcaly shown that the
ivory gained does not even dciray the expenses
and the profit which the SPECTATORS make is made
py dealing in human beings Let US state 1t openly.
Baker Pacha, on his return voyage on the White
River, passed three ships laden with slaves which
were captured in Fashoda and sent on to Khartoum
with military escort These slave transports be-
long to the infamous Akad.
THE SLAVE TRADE.
The Egyptian government is bound to suppress
this hideous trade energetically and as 1t is as
serted by some people that the ivory trade win
suffer thereby. We state emphaticay that the ivory
trade is only The cloak under which the illegal
slave trade is carried on The supply OF ivory is
growing scarcer every year; 1000 cantars Of it only
came into the Khartoum market this year. With
out laying claim to being prophet, think that
rom my long experience can safely predict that
within the next ten years the Khartoum ivory trade
Will be reduced almost to nothing 1t is greatly pref
cradle to suppress at once the suspicious and un-
important ivory trade OF the White Nile. The
pecuniary right must be sacrificed for humanity's
sake. This Is the only way to satisfy the demands
OF modern civilization and to abolish the slave
trade in the interior OF Africa But after the above
mentioned deplOrable occurrence
PEACE
m no no rtv md Ra aHopD Do nulA
undertake the political government Of that exten-
sive district.
Thule, who was the Governor in that place, will
ingy recognized the government. Every house
voluntarily paid tribute by the month. which con-
sisted OF a basket OF corn and bundle OF straw.
Widows, foreigners, sick and poor persons are eX-
empt from THIS tax.
On Bakers arrival he was requested to take
measures that the natives would henceforward
protect him.
HOMEwARD.
When Baker Pacha returned to Gondokoro with
the last instalment of his contract, the English en-
gineers and mechanics Of that place declared that
they would cease working that day for they wished
to begin their journey homeward. A general de-
parture for Khartoum was the result.
Up to the present time three government sta
tions-Gondokoro, FatikO and Rionga-have been
established, but according to Bakers plan eight
stations there should be between GondOkorO and
Unoro in order that they might be able to COM
municate with one another. For this purpose
Baker Pacha says 1000 soldiers and 400 camels
still required for uninterrupted communication.
For want Of the means OF transportation $500
pieces of elephants teeth must remain behind as
deposit at Fatik0.
EUROPEAN REQUIRED.
But above all things the continuation and accom-
pishment Of the work Of civilization requires that
Baker should find an able successor, who, accord
ing to the Pacha's view, must be European. Ac-
cording to good authority 1t appears that Baker
himself wished to return once more to the Equa-
tor; or his nephew Lieutenant Baker, OF the
navy, Will be selected for the direction
OF Central African civilization. or the three least
portable portions Of the disoined iron steamers
which were intended i0r the expedition of the Al
bert Nyanza one put into the port and another
lies still in the store OF Gondokoro; the third is at
Khartoum. All depends now the iuture and
the duty devolves upon Bakers successor to con-
struct vessel on the and to certify, without
doubt, the connection OF the Albert Nyanza with
the Tanganyika. scarcely any illness appeared
among the members OF the Nile expedition in that
magnificent equatorial climate. Only single
soldier died OF lever. and the chief engineer, Hig-
ginbotham, am sorry to say, died of typhoid
fever, and he was buried by the side OF the mis-
sionares who had died in that place.
THE COST
According to general accounts from the Divan
here the whole expenditure OF the Baker expedi-
tion amounts to f1, ,O15,O 900.
Tomorrow Baker Pacha departs for Egypt via
Berber and suakin and thence to Stamboul, where