The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-03-12
THE WAR CLOUD IN soUDAx.
Movements or General Grnham's Forces-
Osman Disna BIoodthirsty--The Troops
Suffering from Hent.

manleD. ATiDS III DO0les continue 10 ar~
rive at Suakim under flags OF truce.
II Is expected that the fight will take
place on Friday, and that il Osman Digna
Is defeated the British will advance to
Sinkat.
Zobehr Parha declines to accept the gov
ernorship OF the Soudan while General
Gordon remains, on the ground that he
would be held responsible in the event OF
any accident Detailing General Gordon.
Five sunstrokes occurred at Suakim
among the British troops to-day. The
heat l. increasing.
General Gordon to-day held meeting OF
the foreign consuls al Khartoum.
The telegraph-line has been cut south OF
DongOla.
A fund is being raised for the benefit Of
the family Of Tewfk Bey, the commander
Of the Inflated Slnkat garrison.
lBy Associated Press.
FIRING AT ZARIBA.
SUAKIM, March lis 7. M-Firing has
begun at Zariba. General Graham, Colonel
Stewart. and the whole force, have at once
gone thither.
AN ATTACK BY OsMAN's ADVANCE.
The Highlanders while working on an
entrenched fort at Zariba were attacked by
Osman Digna's advance at O'Clock this
evening. Four hundred and twenty-five
marines defend the forts at Suakim. Scouts
from the direction OF Tamaniebe report
that Osman, with 1000 men, is moving to-
ward Zariba, in hope Of destroying the
British stores OF water in a series OF night
attacks. Osman retains as adherents the
great tribe of lIaddridowas, whose sheik
urged that night-assaults were the best
kind OF strategy against England's arms
Of precision.
The Defiant Dynamifcrs.
The Paris correspondent OF the London
Standard sends the following dispatch to
his paper An advanced Irish Nationalist
has declared that the Nationalist are an
noyed, but in nowise discouraged, by the
failure OF the dynamite attempts. They
are determined to perseyere, he said, and
he predicted long series OF explosions In
England i'm the immediate future. Me-
chanism has been invented which
renders an explosion certain and OBJ
viates the use OF clock-wOrk. Great
veXation was expressed that the Irish
American waylaid by four men early on
Saturday morning did not prove to be the
informer McDermott. At recent meeting
Of the Invincibles in Paris lots were drawn
for men to accomplish the murder Of Me-
Dermott. This resulted in the selection OF
four men. It was decided to seek McDer-
mott in the other capitals Of Europe il he
is not found IN Paris. lyman, the noto-
rious Number One" as it is supposed.
has been written to, and is expected to AZ
-. asplr in bn
he will assume the entire direction OF op-
erations.
The Fenian Leary writes to the Pail
Mall Gazette that the doings OF the dyna-
miters are utterly abhorrent to his nature.
Seventy picked detectives have been coll
lected in London and instructed in sys-
TEN OF espionage in regard to the dyna-
miterS.
The Foreign Office has sent dispatches
Mr.. L. s. Sackville West. the British Min
lister at Washington, in regard to the dyna-
mite outrages. 1t is supposed that they
are intended as basis for oyertures with
the United States Government. But no
communication on the subject, either yer-
bal or written, has yet been received by
Minister Lowell.
Not Threatened.
An Ottawa, Ontario. special Of the 10Th
TO the Herald says: Your correspondent
visited Rideau Hall, the residence OF his
Excellency the GoyernOr-General, to-day,
expecting TO find active preparations going
on to put the premises in a state OF defence
against the threatened invasion OF the
dynamiters. This idea was soon diSpeiled,
as, on entering the grounds, instead OF be-
ING challenged by sentries demanding The
password, the visitor received a salutation
from iolly.loeking sleigh load composed
OF Lady Lansdowne, Lady Florence An
son. Lord Megund, and Captain Streat-
field. These ladies and gentlemen ap-
peared to have no thought OF the terrible
dynamiters, but were taking thorough en-
iovment out 81 the Canadian winter. On
driving up to the main entrance solitary
policeman stood at the door.
ellis EXcellency is at the skatlng-rlnR,
remarked an orderly, "and II you WIN
accompany me | will hand him your card. y
No further ceremony was necessary, and,
after wading through the snow for two
hundred wards, in company with theguide,
the rink was reached, where Lor6 Lans-
downe and the Hon. Ii. j. Arson, A. ID.
c., were cutting spread eagles on the ice.
When his EXcellency was asked whether
he had received any threatening letters
from Chicago within the past few days, as
had been alleged, he replied that really he
had not, and that it amused some folks TO
start these stories to read them again IN
print, As for his being the recipient oil
any such letters since he came to Canada,
there was no truth whatever in any OF the
sensational stories atoat.
Fentan Scare I'm Toronto.
A Toronto, Ont, special says: The Fe-
MAN scare has struck Toronto. Special
armed guards have been placed within the
Parliament Building and Government
House. The Government officials are retl-
cent, but it Is supposed threatening letters
have been received from Buffalo.
Aspecch by "PlOn-PlOn."
PARIS. March Prince jerome {" Plon-
Plon y made an address last night 70 the
Bonapartist journalists who are favorable
10 the revision OF the Constitution. Among
other things he said: Everything must
how TO the necessity OF again allowing The
neople to declare their will, inasmuch as
they are our masters. am not rich, Ike
the Orleans princes, but l respect the
sovereignty OF the people, and viii oppose
all attempts to usurp their rights" The
agitation for the expulsion OF the Orleans
princes from France il constantly gaining
strength.
Dean of the Sacred college.
ROME, March 11.-Cardinal sacconi ha'
been appointed dean OF the Sacred College
70 iii the vacancy caused by the death Of
Cardinal Pietro. Cardinal ConsOlint hai
been made camerlengo. II Is propap,e TIA
Cardinal Ledochowski, the Danisneu acu
bishop OF Posen, will be made cardiha
bishop Of Trascati.