The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-07-31

DclleNe, eallnS anu uIlilhlHR Things
we do not want, and then abusing
one another. ] would sooner live
like Dervish with the Mahdi than
go out to dinner every night in Lon
don. l hope, if any English General
comes to khartoum, he will not ask
me to dinner. Why men cannot be
friends without bringing the wretch
ed stomachs in is astounding"
HICKs's DEFEAT.
A graver theme is treated in the
following passage TT do not think
it is realised what happened in
Ilicks's defeat year ago. 10000
soldiers, including 1000 cavalry,
1000 campfollowers, 1000 camels
persisted in two days from thirst
LOO rifles, 100000 rounds of
Remington ammunition, were cap
tured; seven Krupps, six Norden-
felts, 20 mountain guns, with 500
rounds each, were captured (per-
haps 800, men were spared out of
the host). Eight Engllshmen and
eight Germans were killed, and ac-
cording to all accounts they were so
exhausted that they were unable to
move. Stewart took great pains to
get all the details, and wrote them
in his journal. The Arabs have
made pyramid of the skulls. The
major who was wounded at Mogrim
was sleeping in the telegraph station
in the Fort. He found it hot, and
went out and got struck and died"
THE MAHDI AND KING JOHN.
| The news of the treaty effected
by Admiral Sir William Hewett with
King John of Abyssinia is received
with expressions of contempt, fire.
quently repeated. liking john"
he says, ''and the Mahdi both force
men to change their religion; both
cut off lips of smokers, and noses
Of suffers both are fanatics and
robbers" 1t must be confessed,
nevertheless, that the remarkable
letter from the Mahdi to Gordon,
printed in the appendix, impresses
one as the missive of no common
impostor. 1t conveys the unhappy
news of the capture of 'The Abbas"
and the destruction of Stewart and
his comrades, and gives with curious
minuteness of detail a description
of all the documents and papers
which thus fell into the hands of
their enemies. The object appears
to be to convince the Christian COM
mander of the omniscience Of his
correspondent, and of the futility of
all efforts to battle his power. Also
Git adds )-''We have seen the two
seals engraved with our name to
initiate our seal. We never miss
any of your news, nor what is in
your innermost thoughts, and about
the strength and support-not of
God-on which you rely. We have
now understood it all. Tricks in
making ciphers, and using so many
languages, are of no avail. From
the Most High God, to whom be
praise, no secrets can be hidden. AS
to your expecting reinforcements,
reliance for succor on others than
God, that will bring you nothing
but destruction, and (cause you to-
fall into utmost danger in this world
and the next" The date of this
curious missive, which is stated to
be written on one side of a very
large sheet of paper, and sealed
with great seal, corresponds with
!; October % of our calendar.
THE LOSS OF STEWART.
Some time before this, rumor had
brought the news in a vague way OF
disaster to the gallant trio, whose
departure furnishes the starting point
of these journals; and letter of
Slatin Bey had left no further room
for doubt or hope :-''Independcnt
of my regret for Stewart, the loss OF
his journal affects me, for there were
lots of things in it of interest. All
the Powers (including the Pope, and
excluding England and France) were
appealed to in touching memo. to
raise an auxiliary force under Baker,
&C., &C., and to stop the wave OF
Dervish fanaticism. l also wrote to
the Sultan. do not know if these
appeals ever got through, but Stew
art had them all copied in his jour.
nal. Events and my discourses had
almost made him latterly as vicious
as l am. Baring's ears ought tc
have burned for the last eight months
he was nicely dissected by us al
Power aiding). Herbin, the French
Consul, had got down Barring would
t have had time of it, for Herbir
l says that Barere, the French Minis
/ ter, went to Barring before Herbir
t left, and Barring did not tell (Ba
, rere) anything about the evacuation
of the Soudan. OF course BARN.
) will shelter himself under the sic
tion' that he, as British Minister
1 had nothing to do with it. What
I. farce, if it did not deal with mem
r lives. When one thinks that BARN.
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