, 1879-04-23
ACROSS TIE OCEAN.
Gordon's Work in Africa-His Fight
with tue ave-Traders.
The War In Afghanlstan-A Glowing
Picture OF tho British Position.
Garibaldi's Arrival in Rome-A Remarka-
bic Scene at tho Railway Stat ton.


Hamu,j nal,rr. md hls crcot ,,,rrc.. in ths ar,t
ea''uE. o"NI, W. ''.e ~ t"e Mh'
sw9 years lsu 10 M no'"Ion 1r', @ 10 .e 5a'fMpy'
or trocohsuiate' o. tehsrsl A'rica' He ttcIt
powcrs, With tho Goycrnor.Gepcra)s,p OF
IT, un,1on 4, ,,lt In ~. t.'.t ,t
W. oouau" va" w., ~. '*u's -
slavery aocA not cease' MI" tIleso vast
countries arc not open 10 tl'c world" Ills rule
extends from the First Cataract OF the Nile to
.hc rouoto.tat .akr, -fro,n thr weatcrn ,-u,,,c,
~ na,fur IN ron,roi atrlro. h, rans c"n..,.f,1
VI Du'lu.' :" eeu'.a =. t4~' - S'l,' 'u"!aA.u'
dian Ocean. f1o lovlcs bis own revenue. raises
his own artny. administers hts own iustfcc, IN.
mint ,u,1 ,1i,rIaaca s avn official. lila t1,.,
uo.lto ".u "'s.n'asso to a,e n.'4
was ACCOMPLISHED IN tl'c nfst t"o years. ne
spent oil hts days in travelling on ratneI.back
from uaco to place, ,rrantz'nr that kind nj rnurl
r,,ln whIcia tuitcd to savage raccs: md lila s,,.
COS: showed an absolute Ecnln. iof tint kind ot
military siattt,s alj along lie SIJe, ind tic
river IL now salo 10 travellers from
Cairo to Lake Victoria. Marn,nllne tribes
ara no longer d'li!culty; t.c
ircnucnt rapids, Or cataracts "a tlvy a1c pop.,-
1nriv cnIi,i' tl,c vast nnrahcs into ,yhfrh thc
riycr wilcns occasionally, u.d the choking weed
which forms into huge dams, Which rcgutrc as
rol,stat,t clearing as docs tho sIit nc tic Port
Haitl n,ortii ~ lie Hncz Canal Col. Gordon ia
him,oIf nnw cnmyjncci Tint TIM rnmmorctni
IiVh,yny al Europe to tho rtcl, Equatorial dis
trirts dnca nat lie along tho Nile, but by way Of
lie Indian Ocean.
i;nylon's nrctIeces,or. BIr Samuel Dukcr, hail
mad" Irtl,fsnt rroTrnss thrnt1gi, lin cn1ntry.
arhicyei rrcus success Of q Kid, but could ID
little 10 n,,t down Tic slaye-<,eacrg as lie ter
rittrial iinrs of lis authority--irom 6 lcQ,
nnrih latitude to the lakcs-were mostly out
sidr - it,cir favorJte i,annts. nut fjonion rerop-
ntzei no Limits to Ills sway, and, dndin. that
thu s,aycrs, strouel,ulls iaY chiefly between 10
mn, ttcr north latitude, he hused himself cx-
n1ns,reiy % viii lint c,',lniry. iic says: III s,,c
credci rnker. asEci nS contract. naked no
fronticrs: but soixed Oil these jatttudcs, pro-
vrnfri nil fhe main river trIf}fc and broku IN
IN. si"vn 49, stettons m ,hc main strentn. ronid
not val to,,cl1 tia l,shr Oazclic district" 10
thia Il nst nntnsd countrv h. nnxt tl,rt.t his at.
frntiDu 'Thnso who kayo Icau Dr, Scuwcin-
furtit,a H1Fcnrt of Afrfcnh will rcmcu,bcr hfs
ar.,s,,,nt al tl,c watershed Of lie Bahr (inzcllu
/ j jorrces north latitude. through which
In nassei. md vhcre he gn}ournca for
snn,G tim on bls wny to ti,e Mammalian
frrrftorv II IA vast ni}uyfal lind rjeII in rurn
and ,nttir n1uI its nent,lu o,Ight to bn nrnspcr-
olls md hnppy but It's recent history Is d sau
o.r, Twnntv yenra nero DIR rrpfcse;,tottye al
Khartout,,. iustrous of further trade, pushed
ivnr,' 'I,mti,r nnrtirs m th,. Cnycie w3ti s,iei
finally aecn,a were esta0slct to carry oil the
barter barter Of beads mud cotton agal1st the ivory and
local prolucc, Thc trada Increased marYeIn,ts-
". Permanent staiious. guarded and half forth
afirb III tbc lca,lir llousesitl Khartu,ltn, But tho
scrrc, 1f thc strni5v. nrosucrity soon bccainc
known. MD in iM|? Il was uotur!ous TINT tic
arepts were onlY using tic ivory trade as q
Mara northern tribcs l,atl llockcd to The Nahr
t;oyS,tn ,S;strIst.M wns ,}o resort OF every
crI,nir,nl who fenrctl thc strictrr rule of lie
soadun-ant' constant raids down south secured
Enr'mrnns t,,.u obnusonld liz wi,oIo Trade as
a sca,.,laioi,s business; but tho Arai, mer.
Chants rcaaiucd, atSi Esypt lent tllcnl hsr couu-
Tle troi1crs OF the So,,lan had tl1c,r yukce,e,
mr. a~cnts In thn i'Shr 1;azriio. % nnd mid rent
for tiscr stntlons to-" to tue Egyptian Government.
Dr, Scnweinfurtb. in ISL, estimatcfi the traders
OF from ut,o &C, Of tr6cs aone he nuts az l5,t
onn,,oifv' iIn snockS ri thn ncdrlr M Hthc
miserable remnants Of m Increasing work of
destruction" :" md Of The once fcrtie lnntls IA
Ervn,inn uovrrnmcnt nwokn tn TIM in,o,,ity of
n; wSnlc h"stnn.s .i"tcrsmfncf tn hrintr fGcae
nronlu more u' under c.ntrUt. nnd scnt M m
! ,,rmen force l,ut amunr tl,p rcstIent srsnts
fnr his rouraisu mi s.nerienru. srhis msn
.vnu % ~. sor n ~" III Epynfin" f;ar,r,,mn,t sr'i
obtalncd @ ii tic " control m II This cxpsditIonary
forcc. % thus 81 makn!: htnsclf virtually nastvl
sIF r6c1A IN n1lO1f f1fF ~ mt
~ ~ 'mv %,, "1uu ,,'" ,.n, viii" H.. snto, II Il
Wurrl,r Ts" s,"w ,, hoth III him and his ,wo sous
~ l,,..,, ,,'t MI ,rm"1ud thot So-ta oasis
y vpe' r.ar,, aS i liz tvi. ra. H. ,tIa -;
liz pnni tSs In, nf paeha. sc,weiufnrti. do.
s"rihes % visit To- Scrhchs. who Hra1l in harhar,c
stn.n n fn-.I,,cr for.n.s.aJ Wilma ci,o1ns.f
1s,s @ nrt,,,rinn ~ m w., nd nars
nG ~ II H. iii - - amdfcnt @ HIT ha waa n SlrIe
~. 49, gr,.a, r u ~ sinre otcr NJ NJ VII to rcst
h.m,; m'ss" s"vci,frth sow hm ba Ind -" rcrcn,lw
rs,,'r,eI ,rrn, tra,1hI. cxnctthn @ .rit}
m1, ,,,,, "o , .I ota' v r',,t.bt nant
t,oI% =, iyorv .u'o @ tnna ' ~, aoH Rut In Ind nisc
carried s slaves, Ssnl liz trip was' g. t,lsrotorc
1ariy sneeessaii sinee .tms t'tn6 seeGe,lt y
% sa, nm ma Nv vn"t tn Tarn ,ersnnalIy +"
i"ad u nts cn,as "a act1.ut cim,'P -" ,';n.
Me ~, Iuuse ' ~ ~ @ 'r, Soa. ,as w
,u W.. w. royoc" u 49, sc"hn, ao
a. so,sn ap toyt', ~ ,a,'nss o,1ont a. e ~
hs'e ~ u ,ithtn ,ha a, =" f,nv ~.
s,. ,,sn,,t r. ~, az ,n1, ~ ha ,r",a "S @ ,."t
con,nlntsiy o,,nnsei T. to Ills fn,hsr's influence C.
onoynan nlohu Into tcosa'I. @ an. ssa9a"la y. ~, ~
os' e, ~ ~" ,"1c ~ ""s