Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-08


Tie tall of Khartoum is Of no moment
I,issf, 1t is the circumstances that sur
lygli its fall that are now causing the whole
EBarope and the United States to suivsl
LIS sSsonishment Briefly General Goa
his, that bravest Of English soldiers, and a.
lSlhl as brave, with s handful o.
ssa besieged in this city of the desert
y the past nine months BY the Mahdi and
II, hosdes of Arabs. On the 10Th ult. il
rported, KhartOum fell into the hands o.
H. enemy and no one knows
H., whereabouts Of the General
ii hs 6orlorn band; bat from the treach.
,Oas sad avenging character Of his foes
= chances are that he, and every Chris,
a, v;gh him, was masssere1 and their
Fes pitched into the Nile.
As early as las. April GoRDoN knew what
fate would be If not succored by rein,
orements ana to hat end he sent the fol-
owing dispatch to the home government at
ogion on April 18th:
As far as ! can understand, the situation
his You state your intention OF not
ending any relief up here or to Berber, and
,gg refuse me Zebehr. / consider myself
rec 10 act according to circumstances. l
5sv hold on here as long as can, and if /
a, suppress the rebellion l shall do so. II
cannot. / shall retire to the Equator, and
! ave yor the indehble disgrace Of abandon
~ TIE garrisons.'
Ra. il was not until August last the Brit
q Parliament saw fit to appropriate $780,,
no 20 1t out an expedition 10 aid
5eleagured general Lord WoLsE,
Sas dispatched at the head
Ii 81 expedition at once,
sd has ever since been Juggling like the
7sr,s5te Turk to surmouut the many OBJ,
| gsc;es ola 1900 mile trip up the Nile for
se relief Of GoRDoS. The REGIsrEB's
Itsra,,Las have told Of the recent battles at
! G5u-Klea Wells together with the approach
|0 Lord WoLSELEY's forces until on the
18th ut. the advance, under Sir CHARLES
Fs;sON steamed up the Nile to within q
ME or 20 of Khartoam, when the MAHDI
aai his forces opened FIRE on them reveal
iag the terrible truth that the city WAs
C4 and they lord WOLsELEY S~foreesl were
Us, two DAYS behind time.
Nov that the mischief is done, everybody
sees how It might have been syerted, and
ss : result, from sorrow, chagrin and hu,
initiation over the defeat and probable mas,
acrs Of their most honored and dearly
Beloved officer, the people are turning to the
administration and abusing them for a set
Ofduaderdunks and blockheads of the most
.|p0OoaUced type, In all probability
,gcA a storm will be raised
around the head Of GLADSTONE and his con-
-srs hat Holy water would not a them
-ou deposition. The English of all the
Nations on earth take defeat the most IN
~2aIosophically. They are so accustomed
20 either whipping al things animate, or
rlio,ing them into the belief they are
.rs;yped that when the tables are, by
j,nce reversed, they look upon it as II
there had been some slip up in nature. In
act the suspension of the esrth's motion
Ia its axis could not surprise them more
saa gheu they get humping. As aeon
.~gqaeuce all the world, while feeling sdeeP
7npathy for the tate of the brave men
Eho we're made the scapegoats o Englands
o0Gshness, will mourn very little over her
Humiliation.
The snailHke movement Of civic officers
ia the hour Of extreme military danger IS 80
common as to be household words. In our
oua Un-pleasantness little was ever accom-
pished out mistakes until the real head OF
The srny had a carte blanche to do as ne
So II was in this case, There Is
GU,e doubt the Honorsbles the Earis'
Dukes and all the rest Ofthe ministry toast
as their feet at home in wuter, or enjoying
heir 5riuy baths at the watering places
summer, could not reaize
,bai DANCER WAS 40 near. although authentic
dispatches had been thrust under then
aosss in ample time to prevent It. But II
AL be so no doubt for ell time to eomeJusl
.n it has been for all time in the past, and
% uOrahzing is useless. The inevitable
zones anyway, and good and brave men
Ill continue TO be sacrificed for the neg
st and selfshneSs Of others just so long a.
conditions exist, which from the
very nature Of things must be always.
The sketch Of General GORnOYs purpose
u occupying KhartOum in another column
Ell De read with interest.