The Republican journal., 1873-09-11

pouicS Oh my TWO messengers. My most
faithful aide-de-camp, Mousoor Agha. was
pierced with thirtytwo lance wounds our
loss was only four killed and one wound
ed. The forty-six Snider rifles Of the
body y-guaru-a force of forty-eight men
under the command Of Abd-el-kadr, and
who have been the handspring Of the ex-
pedition- the day Without breech
leaders we,should have been overwhelmed.
The rifles of the two messengers had been
taken by the natives.
SEVEN DAYS OF FIGHTING.
The battle won left me in an awkward d
position We had no provisions, neither
We're any procurable The entire country
was forest or grass, and no one knew the
roads, | had neither interpreter nor guide,
nor was there a possibility of Transporting
our numerous effects. | determined to at
tack and destroy the neighborhood. then
to set fire to my station with all effects.
and to at once march to the Victoria Nile
to join Riouga, the old enemy of kamrasi's
family. | determined to set him up as
the Shelk or Government representative
OF tny0ro. No one knew the route Since
our arrival the grass had grown to giant
height throughout the country and the
narrow path was obscured. was aware
that the whole population would be Or
ganlzed against us, and that we must fight
our way at terrible disadvantage for
seventy-nine miles through tangled grass
and forests lined with ambuscades. On
June II, at 9 A. NJ, | set fire to the station.
and we started, all the soldiers carving
luggage, except the Guards As | ex-
pected, we had to fight throughout the
route in most unpleasant manner against
unseen enemies, who rushed upon the line
from their ambuscades, but We're always
repulsed. Seven days Of fighting and
marching brought US to the Victoria Nile,
with Il loss of some killed and wounded
among Others my good old horse. who
was run through the body with a lance
allied with Riouga, and set him up as
Sheik of the country | also made allies
CT the powerful tribes east of the Victoria
Nile-the Lanygos and Umiros Having
arranged everything, and built strong
stockade on the west of the river, | left
Abd-el-kadr and sixty men with Riouga
and started for Fatiko with the forty men
of the bodv-guard to bring up reinforce-
ments. Only half of my men had crossed
the river when met natives, who hurried
from Fatiko, seventy-cight miles distant
with the news that the ''slaycrs had threat
ened to attack the Government station
commanded by Abdellah (Major), and that
i'll open defiance of the law they had
pllndered slaves, CATTLE etc, from all tribes
who protessed allegiance to the Govern
ment, numbering the women and infants
The report had reached them that had
been killed with all the troops at Massindi,
| Immediately pushed forward through
the seventy eight miles of uninhabted
wilderness, and reached FatiEo on the
morning of August lst to the surprise of
the slavers, whose camp was hardly one
hundred yards distant. Their company
was 210 strong, and seeing me with only
forty men. they supposed that the re-
mainder had been killed With ali au-
dacity that surprised me, they quickly
gathered together with flags and without
any provocation, poured a vollev of mus
kerry INTO our camp, Woundin@ seven men,
and commenced an attack by rapid file
firing. | took my men through the mar
row gate Of the fence, and when once in
the open | led them at the double with the
bayonet and regularly crushed the slavers
up. We followed them more than four
miles taking lorty-three pri9oers, seven
flags, 13l slaves, 3O6 cattle, and killing
more than half of their company This
nest of niratcs hein" broken llp the whole
country rose rs one man To support the
Government
ARRIVAL AT kIlARTOlM NJ
Ina subsequent letter dated at khartoum.
July ,, he says: We arrived here with
the whole European party on the 29th ult
All well. The new steamer constructed
at lsmailia answers admirably for passing
the narrow channels of the Bahr Giraffe.
as the absence of paddles allows her to
slip through the high grass found The
Bahr Giraffe completely changed; thanks
to the great labor that | bestowed upon
the work in 1871; my canals have Turned
into permanent channels of deep water,
and the force of the stream has cleared
away the sandy shadows Wecame through
with the twin screw steamer of los tons
with little difficulty | left everything in
most satisfactory order throughout my ter
rltOry, the Government firmly established,
the natives contented and paying their
corn tax; the slave-hunterS driven out of
the country; the officers and troops in
good health and spirits, and no volunteers
from khartoum. This is a change that is
the best proof OF success. Two years ago
all officers and men wished to abandon
the expedition and return to the Soudan
The Niceroy has shown great determine
ton in persisting against the slave trade,
and thus opposing the most cherished in
stitution of his subjects The most de
cided orders have been sent here, and
should the slave trade recommence when
| leave it Will be the fault Of the Soudan
authorities. There are now eleven steamers
on the White Nile, and with honest cruis-
ing no SLAYER can escape. The Nlceroy
sent orders to Khartoum that at all costs
the main channel of the White Nile should
be cleared An expedition started last
year, and succeeded in cutting through
the original dam, and opened the river for
a great distance. Six large vessels were
lost. During the night the force of the
stream in a new channel suddenly broke
up the dense vegetation which coming
down in many floating acres, swept away
six vessels and buried them no one knows
where, as no even their long yards and
masts Were discovered. At the close of
the rains another expedition will continue
the work, and the White Nile will be re-
opened. The camels will then be trans
ported to Ismailia, and there will be no
in delivering the steamers at the