, 1873-07-24
BAKER PACHA.

BAKER PACHA.
Tho Last Four Years In tn q Fife NJ rno
Emancirntor OF Ccntrn1 Afrtcn-.
What 0e Has Dono for tho Continent
OF xdnm.
The fe'iorns isss e: s i tbs Esr1 III Hfs,s ss4t r.
sent by tho Herald special corroanonamt e Era,
Ahhhartoum, m tho junction OF tho Blue and White iI
Nilos, to tho London bureau Of tho I1crohi ~
IT. contains eondonsed history Ut Dakera four
Africa 1t will 10 found Of absorbing intnrast 'lA
KHAnTouM, viA Alexander. Ju1v A. Inn
t,,t nast9n TO communicate to you facts Of Tho
nigheat Importance and interest In oonneotinn I'm
has rosoSod soS tbbs ill., 9f sr Samuel
si,e sho IA !ar sont4; On Sunday, tho 10th Of juno.
tho English Pacha arrived at Khartourn. accom,,
paniea pan BY hady Daker, bis nophow, LIont. Bakor,
81 l attonan'g mgs4 ag besides his
10 Sho1naaokoro. using ono of tho steamers which
nad been taken up country for the navigation of
dne iekoe 9 md occupying period Of thirty-two
oayys tof the Journey.
Baker has accomplished oven moro thun VA,
| expected OF him. He has penetrated as far
southwarda as Mosindt, which Is a noint nonr Tia M
head villages Of tho Chiefs Kabriki and Kamrasi.
tarE IN Feaeha'Dg tho plsee the Paoha found that tho
owl rumora about tho expedition, inf1aming tho
native trtbea against 1t. Kabrihi had boon in-
formed bY thcm that Baker Pacha waa nou,nr
ba .po neaa o1 an tsptan to take for
Egypt, With tho Wow Of o1aotlng heavy taxes
and tributes and carrying away tie peoplo. il
vas accordingly agreed 6otwoen tho traders and
tue chiefs to murder Baker. II possible and By
Egyptian soldiers. Shortly after tho arrival Of
tho paeha with portion Of his troops at No.
etndi, Kabridi, following all African CUSTOM sent
haan ton Jars Ct ponoe-a beverage resembling
heavily. charged with poison, and ali tho aol.
diors who partook OF It wero suddenly eefzed
with fFghtful symptoms and soon fell to tho
earth inaensible and apparont1y lifolopa. b.
neutralized Il every case and no iyea wore lost' @
Baker thon dlspatched eomo Of his ofncors az
mosaengora to demand why tho poisoned boar
had been sen IT, into hts bit e.
them to be killed, aud they wore nll immediately
murdered in cold blood
War was thcn proclaimed, tho Chief beating
nis great drums a, and ordering levy Of 10000
Pacha, who had only hundred odd Eryptian
troops with him. Theao mon woro all greatly
fatlguod with the long Journey into tho interior.
and ao@o ~ ,, OF them wero suffering from tho
poisoned drlnk: Haker Was thorfore compelled
to beet retFoat before Tho awarms Of enemios
essailing him, and he retired after burning bis
camp aud heavy baggage. During seyen daYa Of
great danger aud hardship tho backward march
as ry s dsad on to and pes s
At the end OF this porilouH woek the English
Paoha camo to tho province Of Rewinka d chiof
hostile to Kabriki, and welcome assistance waa
then ls obtained. Iho , pursuit had been already
abandoned; but, with view to punish Kabriki,
It Waa arranged that RowinAa should supply
2,0oO armed mon, and TINT these, with tlirtT
picked Egyptian soldiers, should return towards
Mosindl, aud do their best to tako and kill tho
treacherouo negro. Baker promised TINT. II this
expedition was suceoBaful Rowinhs should bo
| appointed Governor OF hfH own and Kabriki'a
district, in tho namo Of tho vlceroy Of Egypt.
With the remainder Of hiB force tho Pacha thon
returned northwalds towards Fatlko, but on
roaehing place called Lazarita (?) he md hia
mon were Unexpectedly fired upon from
the house ct tho slave,traders thore. Thirty Of
Bakers soldiers we're thus slain; tho remainder
on!ronchod themselves till aasiatauco could bo
obtained, and then iasued from their entrencl,-
uaent to attack the traders, who hold strong
position IN douHe thickots Of roeds.
me attack VAS very successful. tho roea-bods
were taken by storm and lao Of the elavors' party
were slain, many prisoners being also captured,
while tho remainder fled inland. The captiyog,
in explanation OF the attack made upon Sir
samuera command, said that the orders Of their
masters, aud Of tho chiefs friendly to thon,, wore
to kill "tho Nazareue" (meaning Dakor) whoro-
evor and Whenever they could. Tloy all COLI
armed this declaration, which WIS drawn up from
their own mouths, signed and sealed by each,
md then forwarded to tho government Of Sou
dhn, at Allartoum, ae a documentary proof of tho
malignancy Of these slavo-hunting merchants.
THIS chastlsemont cleared tho whole country
about Gondokoro md down towards Rowinkas
territory. After period Of repose which waa
imperatively needed, Baker commenced 8ysto-
maticaly to organize tho districts which pore in
his possession. Ho made Fatiko the chiot town
OF tho new territory, and appointed auporintond-
tiyos settled down wonderfully vol under tho
new Government and appoarodexceediugl sat-
iefad with the safety and quies which it AFFORD
cd. The light tribute e1actol OF q baBket oi
bread and bundle Of grass por month for each
hut Was paid with alaority and regularity; md
when Sir Samuel vent finally northwarlH, hay-
Ing established the ronforoemeutH sout him
along the annexed region, tho negroes at Fatikc
gave him tho most vocifarous farewells, calliug
him father" and "mastor," and looking upon
him Us their future protector.
Tho term Of the contraet signed BY Sir Samuel
B Baker and BY tho English engineers with Tug
hhodlye nag nov n expired, and having made all
70 in ono q tho steamers brought up country by
tho expedition Auother vessel OF the san.o
model has boon successfully carried as far III
dondokoro, and as soon as camel transportation
can be obtained it may bo taken to tie hikes and
SGT atloat there. Tho third OF tho three iron
vessels aont up In piecea with the same object
lies yet at Khartoum, tho difficulties Of trans-
port M.ls hayiug E. proved 3 To- extremely greet.
territory will bo Gondokoro. Baker has marked
out eight more spots as principal posts, aud
thoee will constitute q chain lending from Nubia
to the Albert Nyanza. Ono thousand additional
troops have boon ordered down to complete tho
garrison Of these stations
Thus much for tho political portion Of tho It'd
ings brought by the gallant paclla. hayo, fur
ther, most important geographical discovery to
communications which cannot fail, thluk, to
nstound many scientific men In England. II Ia
declared as an aBcortainod fact by tho returning
party that Lakes Tanganyilka and Albert Nynnza
are proved to be one md tho sanie water. Tho
leuglh Of this magnificent inland aoa thus for
the first time made known to mankind, ia not lesa
than TOO miles, and 1t ia announced as positive
that vessel can DO launched above 3lurohtson's
Falls, at the head Of the Nyanza,- and sail away
to Ujijl, or lower, through 10 dogrooH OF latl-
tudol
Sir Samuel Baker, with his Indy and dsutte, woro
all In oxce!lout hoalth whou they arrived; and
thoy leave Va to-day By tho Dorbor country, for
Bolahln. to which port the Egyptian Government
Is dispatehing epeoial ateaulcr. which will bring
thom up tho 1lod Sea to 6uez. No lossea have
occurred OF lato aiming the Europeans from,
sickness, except that ot Mr, Higginbotham, tho
Chief Engineer. send you this intelligence di: