New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-10
IN OSn4y DIGNA'S CAMP.

From an austrian NeIe4Gms Narra'rs IN Tie A0H"o"
The Cadi Of Souakim, who had been friend of
mine told that If | wOuld not become
Mussulman | should without donbt he Killed /
agreed 10 become one and was obliged to wear the
native dress consisting Of drawers, vest. ana AraO
"gallabich' OF smock-frock, and slippers. then
was deprived eli my firearms and brought to Osman
Dgma. | found him amongst a circle OF ARABS
sitting on the ground; he wore only very dirty
sheet and q straw cap; he appeared 70 me TO De
very common sort Of man-in fact, the least DIS
MISUNDERSTANDING of the group. gave him the
usual salaams, and then told nm wanted per
mission TO remain IN camp ana lye win Ms men as
| had nv friend thee. lie told me ne would be
very glad to have me- with HIM, and that as had
become a Mussulman | need entertain no fears for
my life. ,..,
couple of SOuakim people, acquaintance OF mine
who happened TO be there, a. 70 the meaning OF my
visit / was assured by my friends thai they were
not at present thinking of the wrongs they had IN
deTeOne but that they were certain that the real
Mahdi had come. who would overthrow all nations,
destroy all his enemies and then rule tAe world ac-
corIinr to his own ideas; that he man uu-
known before. suddenly become so powoIiul that
against him by the Governments that really
there was no power on earth 10 restrain
him in the accomplishment OF the task
he had undertaken; that they had received letters
from him ordering them to arse and nght ia ms
au-e. thereby gaining place ma PARADISE; ana tha
II they dlsObeved his commands, ne hlmself IN
short time would come and punish them BY destroy
ing them aud sending them 10 hell lhey SAID
moreover that the men who are hghtlng under
Osman ID gina are not afraid OF rides. cannCns or
anything that could be used against them; tnat
they have mower to capture all guns 1 perfect
certainty and that II they die no sucn molly cause,
they VIII enjoy themselves torcverln Paradise that
their swords and spears would destroy slnkat ana
Iokar and after the fall of these two forts the peO-
pie who now brslcge them would together ran on
~Ouakim. eucampmg By Its wells, and taxing the
town they would not leave stone upon stone "a it'
that they intended 70 90 20 Jedd4h ana Mecca take
possession of Egypt, XII the cultano am0ou ana
oil the Fur shmen and Christians and then ind them
yrf 1
also that they had found out IN their books that
rLis one is the real Mahdi prophesled oy MahCm-
ct as his career Is the same eX2ciy as Ioretod ny
that prophet; If be be not tne rea Mand
now roud lie have beaten the Government as
he has done They cared neither Tor lches,
uoeifiop. nor anything ON e&rth. LOT iutF knew III
iLcv fou~hr for aim thoV would gam Heaven; u
NOT they would 90 TO hell. None shall be allowed
IN own nroportv: they shall be all poor, eat simple
Grain a. their General Osuan Us dong. When th"lf
cloth was finished they did not want any more THAN
was coming from the Christians; they would make
their cloth out OF mats. Ihey loIu ule tndI - pre-
emf ueOpe who JWu cattle. gram anu money gave
nm parf voluntarily 10 Osmun Dlgm3 M order 10
sIlpulv the poor who wanted t0od; that OSnm
r,lrlf have any amount of property, but dld not
WAIT any; they had treasure places where they put
alI sorts OF valuable things. People VINO wanted
10 ioiu them would be all well received. and plenty
of food found for them.
during this time was not allowed ~ see the CHEF
anymore | made the following remarks, VIZ:
That the Arabs at the camp were animated ny
,srv stroup reli Ous excitement. were most OF them
H.dendowas. except some few. Many OF them
used to stitch their clothes IN fancy designs any
sort of colOrs they could get; others only snlsI
niece of red cloth. They are led mostly oy Souakhh
ueouie. Besides reading IN the morning, C-L4@h
Dlgma reads 10 them during other parts OF the usy
books about the MshdI, Win commtuJ7' 20 eAcI'e
found the camp Of Dgms moderately provided
with grain and now and then could see cameIs
loaded with grain arriving from lokar. The prln-
cIpsI food this people rely on is gr2lnan milk Milk
t,l o he sent IN skins To our hus every second or
Itf no
ii, avs tsed 10 take IL sour. because the Arabs pre-
fer NJ 80 remarked that sometimes they poured
fresh milk on SKIN Gon. @lling sOIne nila
three DAYS old. OF course they never thlnk ABOUT
washing M the skins We had generally twice a
dav homlv with milk on II, but sometimes when
va could not get the Hour they merely ooI4eO the
Grain i'm water and ate II so. During my stay OF
sixteen days twice had good mutton 10 eal; Twice
/ received a few pieces of skin not worth eating.
IhIs scarcity of meat was not agreeing well with
them The S0uakim people OF the camp assured
me- that every day twenty cows and twenty c1AeiS
are slaughtered to furnish the poor people Vi tne
camp with meat. True, sheep OF % ~; cream
meal worth III SOuakim twO-and a-haH dollars,
could be bought there for half dollar
| could see the rebels were not short OF spears
rheT 6ad ESQ some swords of their own, and per
hans less than 10 per cent OF them had Remington
rifles which in my opinion they could LOT properly
use | asked them why they were not practising;
They told Inc they were short OF ammunition l
asked them what was the good OF going to e0uaE AZ
ght, firing shots III the ar and then runlhg
They told me IL was 10 disturb the sleep OF the SOL
diers They assured me that they mad found
it good Preeaution against beng ben hurt t5t
by the rde-bullets 10 lie down nat on the
ground when fired at heard on the
thirteenth day of my imprisonment that theAAra6s
had done soIse scouting on the PLAIN OF Etbal,
friendly with the Government, and had brought
with them twenty-one men as prisoners, oil whom
one escaped the first night. | At once conceived
the idea of escaping myself. MY l2st hlght tneIe,
AT rnidnight when ali was quiet, l crept from the
hut in front of which tho men were asleep, ana
took care not TO awaken them by craving got
clear of them and in half an hour was Tree OF the
camp,
THE HIGH LICENSE BILL
The Rochester heratd;
The question of the right and the duty OF society