New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-23
SURRENDER OF TOkAh'
rppvs OF THE REBELS AGREED To-

,,.>.,.r co,,xCII, sUMMONED-GREAi hNO'-'
MENT IN LONDON ,.,
I'll, 90 The Daily Telegraph this moiii-
HoNi0,' y. .Lo surrender of the garrison at lohai
~ r.. confirms tins report. on recoi'i H Wv
- Tor, Granville, Foreign secretary Vi "'"'
...,r summoned a Cabinet council an "u
.,,,rnent was taken until Tomorrow pel,u'iie Wv
.oo.ipt Of further coniirmatory adVices' ino y.
ost excitement prevails throughout Lohuoi anu -.
Parliament. Members of the House vi luminous
orc eagerly asking for details. The Ministers are
only able TO confirm the special dispatches
CONFERENCE WITH TIE REBELS,
..,ou oooount of the surrender has been re-
ooi,ad from Suakim, which says that MaccaiVi, 'he
Co,orpor of Tokar. and Yakoob, with loo soidleIS'
,oft the fort on Wednesday and had cohloio"0o
Nth the rebels When they returned 10 tho 'o""
they announced that they were going 10 suiiohu'.
themselves. This caused great commo'lon' a'
many of the garrison refused to give way 10 ueSpa
lint still had hopes that succor coulu redSu oD,aii
time. Their murmurs h0wSTeI fmav accepted. 1t is
moi believed that the rebels pnl lLo Pcond,tions
tbe sword for il is understood that @ to honid he
Of the surrender provided lhaV 'n'''
spared. III ,. roooived a dispatch from the
British Consul at Suakim to the enScu Us baye
tnse nf tho garrison of TOkar who hau WIS la @
snrrendered 10 Osman Digma. Inc Ienalnu0I no,, w."
irving 10 reach Suakm. General OIanniinf ev ne
manderinchef of the PROPOSED his arrival at
ST He states that no report OF the aGtu,. oo
render of Tokar has yet been received. az Utmost
IenuSd m 49,, landed at Trinkitat with the u'i"o'V
Tapidity. .D orr,cr
CONSULTATION AT THE WAR otflCh'
The MARQUIS of Harrington, Secretary ol 0'"'0 ~.
War held consultation at the war oihce WIN .no
Duke of Cambridge, COmmander-n-Ohiei, VI .uo
rorces and General Lord Wolseley the "A AulId line
Ceneral II is reported that Generitl LoI9 ,1st
1ov I'd Uses that the campaign be c0ntlnueu ki
Osinan Digma in order TO preSeu' 'HS dSotocbmenf be
ing north upon Berber ana th4y az To
sent 10 relieve the garrison at hassald. ~ 60 Al
General Gordon telegTaphed instructions ~ ~ 81
,o;roI Uevett commander at Su2klm 10 can d Ion %
ference of the sheks of the tribes between oua @ f
and Nassowah for the purpose OF alIdup T,
I'll Carbon at Khartoum. Admiral Hewett not See
inc h1s way clear TO act upon the ihslIuCtIoi..'
l.7erred the dispatch TO the home UoNeIhlnon' 10
THE NEWS CONFIRMED BY SOLDIERS
Sru,IN. Feb 22-Five soldiers have arrived
here from Tokar and brought news ol the surien-
dor They report that the rebels beset the town
and kent nm constant fire of artillery and rifles
Letters have been received here from
KassaIa which report that the garrison OF tudt
town is fifteen hundred strong anu mas suHlClcI'
snnnlies TO last fortnight The transport Mailsou-
rab loaded with ammunition anu callle' 10 @SHoi0
twenty-tiv miles north OF SuaKun' 49,
CARo Feb. GA ferment was caused III the ma
five ouarter of the bazaar to-day by rumor that
The English had been defeated.
Twelve hundred British troops are now al Suar
kim, and 8 200 at Trinki at. The Governor OF
KasSala favOrs El Mahdi, and would rather eNacu-
ate the town than fight him. II -, .
A portion of the Khartoum garrison mas Iei1 that
town Thirtv-nine hundred blacks remain at hhar-
toum and 5000 at Sennaar'