Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-13

how her sad and suffering heart VA
soothed and cheered by the excursions
and incidents il reoounts, - vol - BY
the simple mountaineer from whom ]
learned many lessons Of resignation
aud faith in the quiet and beautiful
Highlands.
After dedication to loyal Highland
ers, and especially to the memory Of my
faithful attendant and friend. John
Brown" the diary opens with the build
ing Of memorial cairn in henor Of the
Prince Consort. II reads A. follows ::
We started Oh in little pony chairs.
With the Prince of Wales in front. Flea
nor and Louise on ponies, and two little
boys, Arthur and Leopold. actually
drove the little carriage so the very top
of Craig COwri9an. Grant and Dlnoan
pushing the carriage behind With sweet
baby Be .trice. We found at the top q
view 80 fine. a day 80 bright and wsAth
er SO beautifully Gear, but there was no
pleasure, no joy: all was dead. Here
at the top ID tue foundation of Q cairA
TO my precious Albert. and my poor
six orphans placed stones on il. Our
initials are to be placed on stones all
around it..
Several succeeding entries mention
other visits to the Princes cairn, along
with family records and remarks Of do
mestics. The following may sarve a.
an example of the latter: when near
the oairn Grant said: 4 thought you
would like to bs here today on his birth
day. 90 entirely was hs Of the opinion
that this beloved day and event, the
l4sh Of December, the anniversary Of
his death, must mot be looked upon a. q
day of moorning. There il % much
good and strong faith in these simple
people,"
In October, 1853, when making the
excursion from Balmoral to Clova, the
carriage vas overturned, the face and
right hand 0f the Queen were bruised.
and Browns knees were badly hurt,
Succeeding entries refer to Browns in
juriss.
The 9Gypsian War.
LONDON, Feb. 12.-It 10 reported that
the rebels. have captured Sinkat. The
Cabinet have been summoned 70 coun-
oil to discuss Egyptian questions. Oh
cial dispatches confirm the report Of the
capture of Sinkat. The Cabinet arc
painfully impressed with the probabil-
will be required. Marines will be i'm
msdiately dispatched to Egypt. II is
rumOrod now that TOkar has fallen into
the hands of the rebels.
News of the fall of Sinkat reached
Suakim this morning. Il was brought
by friendly Arab chief. The garrison
made . sortie, and for . time suooess-
fully repulsed the rebel attacks, but at
last the rebel forces gained the sdvant-
age and completely destroyed the Rarri-
son, except few male prisoners. The
fate of the women and children il un-
known. The streets of Suakim present
q heartrending appearance. being
thf0nRed with women, whose weeping
and wailinQgivs unnistakable evidence
Of their distress and f0reb0dinRs.
HUEz, Feb. 1.-THE greatest activity
prevails here. Preparations for the
dispatch of forces to Suakim and for
tho relief Of Tokar are being rapidly
pushed. Contingent infantry and cav
airy, with guns and oamels, will be sent
forward a. soon a. possible.
LONDON, Feb. 12-F1rther advioes
from Sinkat state that Tewfik Boy, pre-
ferrinQ death to surrender. blew up the
fsrtIfications, spiked the gums and
made a sortie. His GOO men were all
massacred. Seven men-of- war. belong
ing 20 the channel squadron, have been
ordered T. Egyptian waters.
A dispatch TO the Morning Post from
Constantinople says: While Lord
DuffeEin il conducting negotiations
with the Porte, with view Of deter
mining the basis of Turkish intsrven-
ton in Soudsr, Marquis D'Novelles,
French Ambassador. has informed the
Porto that France had received sssur-
ance from England that no Turkish in
tervention in 60udan would be allowed.
This haa naturally greatly inoseaAed
the irritation of the Porte.
Admiral Hewitt, commander at Sua-
kim, has been instructed to do his ut
most for tho relief of Tokar, consist
emit with the safety Of his feroes.
m1nlng stocks.
SAN FRANorsoo, Feb. 12.-Alpha LIE,
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