The Republican journal., 1873-09-11
News from the Nile. Bakers Expe-
ditiOn.

dition.
The London Times has published pri-
vate letter from Sir Samuel Baker, dated
| lsmailia (N lat t deg 81 min) May 18th.
the principal points of which are here
given: will now give you an outline of
the work from the commencement, and
can only thank God most sincerely that
we have overcome all opposition and sue
ceeded in the main objects of the expedi-
tion-the suppression of the slave trade
and the annexation of the Central Nile
basin to Egypt The territory now ex-
tends to the Equator We have had many
difficulties, and personal dangers have
been caused by gross treachery. In open
war had no doubt Of success. All enc
mics have been crushed and the Govern
ment is now trumphantly established
throughout the country. BY the general
conspiracy Of the officers in October 1871,
who wished TO abandon the expedition,
my force OF / 100 men was reduced to 500
| including officers With this absurdly
small force | had everything to do The
sick and refractory had returned to Khar-
toum. | took 202 officers and men, and
having engaged carriers 81 miles distant
| south of lsmailia | pushed on to Fatiko
6l miles from this, in lat 3 deg min
On arrival ! found it the headquarters of
the slavers, who occupied the country in
great force The total force of the slayers
comprised about 900 men in the country
between Fatiko and Unvoro, in addition
to 500 men at latooka and about 400 on
500 men west Of the Nile All these peo-
pie belonged to one firm in Khartoum, and
We're under The direction Of a scoundrel
named Ahou Saood, the agent of the com
pany. There was no idea of trading.
Ihcy We're simply brigand5 organized as
troops in companies. ot1icered by many
deserterS from the Government troops in
the Soudan. These rutlians had resolved
to resist the Government by force and
treachery. They had accordingly melted
every tribe against me, but outwardly
they We're humble and polite Upon my
arrival at Fatiko, gave them written no
tice to quit the country and return to Khar-
toum unless some We're willing to enter
the government scrN ice as irregulars
Having arranged matters at Fatiko, and
made friends with all the native chiefs, to
whom | was well known on my form CT
visit, the country declared its allegiance to
the government. LETT one hundred men
under Major Abdullah, with the heaviest
luggage and ammunition, to hold 4 station
at Fatiko, while | pushed on to Unyoro.
We arrived ut the Victoria Nile, IS miles
south of Fatiko. Here was u change in
inyolo. kamrast was dead. and after a
civil war. had been succeeded by one Of his
sons, kabba Rc@a The slaves had taken
advantage of the prevailing anarchy,
and had trcacherously pretended to
support each separate claimant to the
throne hv assisting them with bodies of
troops They received ivory and slaves
in payment of this false support, from
each claimant, and eventually killed the
brother Of kabba Rega the real heir)
and placed the rival brother, Kabba Rega,
on lhe throne The slaves had utterly
ruined these once llourishng provinces.
All the villages were burnt, and the wo-
men and children were carried off as
slaves. At the same time they had melted
the young King to resist me by force, should
| arrive They Lad promised him that
they would attack me ON the route should
! attempt to force my way from lsmailia
They had armed with guns large parties
of Baris, enemies of the government, and
they had thus secretly undermined my
path The country was in this position
when | arrived with little force of H.
men in l'nyoro. The Slavers pretended
| contfltlon. uiiu unrrcu Ip enlist ia thc
government Service as an irregular corps.
rHEAtHEHN
No sooner had made arrangements,
and departed from the Victoria Nile for
Massidi, kabba Regal capital, seventy
nine miles southwest, than the scoundre.s
broke out They killed man to whom
| b.,I oi, tD of
tack Riouga-kamrasi's cousin, and old
enemy-in conjunction with Kabba Rega' $
troops. ! heard this when on the march
to Alassndi Immediately sent back a
force under my colonel, Abdel Kadr, to
arrest the chiefs of the slavers' party This
he did with great alacrity. carried them
as prisoners to Massindi. at which place |
arrested twenty-five slavers. | was now
3lS miles from lsmailia, at the capital of
Unyoro- -Aiassindi, in north latitude, one
from the Albert Nyanza the mountains on
even the trees beng visible with tele-
lie professed allegiance to the SULTAN
hoisted the Ottoman flag and formally
took possession. | liberated the slaves that
handed them % kabba Rega On 9TH
June. 1872. late in the evening, seven jars
of plantan ciuer We're sent me by kabba
Rega, about twenty gallons | gave eight
to the troops and fortunately we did not
ourselves drink it. The cider was poisoned.
| In about a quarter of an hour about forty
men were in u ptiable state, apparently
dying; seN eral were insensible | lost no
| IN, ari,,Or arnatinu n,,l
shut up the sick within u small fort that
| had hardly completed The men who
were not incapable We're under arms
throughout the night At daybreak on the
| following morning, sent an aide-de-camp
and corporal to request the the attend
ancc Of the head man who had delivered
the pantan cider ON the proceeding eve
ming The house Of this man was about
two hundred yards from the Government
House but not visible owing to the thick
castoroil shrubs which border the approach
broad road like a carriage drive one hun
dred yards in length, formed the approach
from the town through a garden to the
dvan. The entrance was tlanked by ma
tive dwellings,, surrounded by castor oil
shrubs, and the entrc position was sur
rounded with the horrible grass Jungle,
about nine feet high, which covers the
landscape in t'nyoro. was smoking my
pipe, walking up and down the drive the
men, partially recovered from the effects
of the poison, We're quitting the fort, when
WAS suddenly startled by the savage
yells Of a great crowd. The yells were
quickly followed by two shots in the direc
ton taken by my messengers. Fortunate
ly, a bngler was near me, and | at
once sounded the alarm. A sharp fire was
instantly opened upon me from the cas-
tor oil bushes, fifteen PAGES distant. A
corporal by my side fell, shot through
the heart Another man was wounded.
Then a soldier fell from the fort, shot
through the back and Shot after shot
flew along the drive and cut through the
Government House, from the enemy CON
cealed in the cover In a few minutes we
were attacked by about 1000 men from
all sides. who had been concealed in the
high grass At the first bugle call the
men had fallen in, and the camp was for
tunately well guarded before the attack
| had become Onnaral I had ulicklN armed