New-York tribune., 1885-01-25

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the beginning Of those skirmishes ,
Of which he speaks in his book, Colonel Gordon
in Central Africa" which ultimately ended in
Ayouses recall to Cairo, and tho merging Of
Khart0um into the GOrdOniau Government.
Gordon was&now in o constant fever of excitement
at the necessary delay and inspection of material,
stores, including several light draught steamers,
which we're to be put together stored in the aga
| zines He came to see me, and said: Long
| can't stand these receptions. 1t will kill me. I
must have One-hsf honr to say my prayers Bat
we must give dinner in return" thought no
more OF it, but the next day whilst in the maya
zine room begrimed with dust aud dirt, an or.
derly came to me. Colonel Gordon Pacha wants
you at once" found him engaged in washing
plates. setting a table. having kicked and cuffed
all the servants around him In anger and disgust
at their want of sayoir faire. He pitched into me,
reproached me with having thrown all the work upos
him, etc. l did not know whether to be angry or
to treat it good humoredly. The ridiculous stua-
ton, however, prevailed and whilst unable to
control my laughter helped hlm with hsarty good
will to put our bang et-tabe In order The dinner
was quite success, although it would have been
an ignomniOus failure unless had quietly asked
the Governor to send me his own excellent Turkish
cook.
We left Khartoum on the 22d of March for Con.
dOkOrO our future seat of Government the steam
er Bordene. Twenty-slx days on board steamer gave
me exceptional insight into Gorlon's character.
Or. Schweinfurth. his most intimate friend, has
said of him: At times he is condesccnding afable
and cordial; again he storms at everybody, 10
rough. crusty and unapprOachable. HIS plans arc
changed during their execution, and his actions
only proceed IN q straight line when carried along
by his enthusiasm In his quiet humor there Is
soft, engaging magnetism about HIN which greatly
attracts, but when he is low. as be terms IT, ono
stand from under. A popularity Of his temper
may be seen iTthe efforts to express him-
language the system Of pigeon English used n
emma. 1t Is lacOnic and An economy Of DrOnouns
aud time as well Thus, when threatening TO send
| unshe. Mar." which meant that he to be sent
TO KhartOul or Cairo, aud out Of his provincea He
frequently talked to little negro on the steamer.
| and discussed in imaginary way with him the
| policy or impOicy of his appointment OF Abou
| Saoud to his government, Abou saoud having been
| denounced aud imprisoned by Sir samuel Baker AZ
"Abou Saoud ti1i Abou battaH What do yon
think Of AbOu, is he a good man or a bad man ~
| grea. white man shonld ask his opinion replied,
hib tgood)." IL told you so. Long. You
see out Of tho mouth of babes and suck
Convinced r. mot quite said; for believed
Abou to be \ traitor, opposed TO our government,
aud had reason to be assured OF this snbseqnent-
| ly, for he MANNED the attack upon Inc by kaba
| Rega, ut MRori.
Cordon's impatience was 80 great that when the
| ward and hurl at Ali Captain the commander, Q
vollcy of fierce calculations and in one case forced
him 10 the journey with lnsuicient fuel,ne-
manner o. the Arabs and their prOcrastinati0n were
unendurabe to Gordon, and made him act at times
as if he were crazy. Lieutenant Hassan WassIf had
was q md-eyed. bashful Arab. and very slow In his
movements. Gordon wOuid frequently gibe him and
mock hlm with many grImaces. He lOvercome with
fear would sit with downcast eyes, and frequently
found him after one of his interviews with Cor
DON crying bitterly. >,.,
When returned from my expedition to the Nile
sources Gordon seemed quite affected at my
changed earancc. After his friendly and hearty
congratulations he said mnst photograph you.
perateD When asked him for Llnant, Campbell
and other Europeans who had joined the expedition
during my absence ne TOOK e & wneTe ,ae 70 ores ,es
graves of Linant and Dewitt, said The rest
are down the river. Camrbell has gone down down
Anson in an ant-hiii." lie spoke with much feeling
| and added, "You had better 60 down at once to
Khar,onm," pointing significantly to the graves be-
In the short intervals of my stay in camp. going
to and from expeditions | had OCCASION to remark
| | wish to be alone place hatchct and ttag at
| my door, During the. interval OF this cloister
| spell | respected his wishes and never allowed him
to be disturbed. Once only when al attack on tho
| camp was absut to be made, entered his hut.
found him seated at table upon which was an
open bible and near by bottles OF cosnac and
piety forbids hin the use OF spirtn0us liquors nor
does ne make any such pretence agree with
him that their use, within reason, decided pro-
phyIacuc against the deadly Jungle fever Ger.
tainly il has proven in our case Tor OF original
members of tho expedition Gordon ana myself
are the only survivors. He was clustered once |
remember when returned from khartoum TO lind
the camp badly polIced and the sentrles In tho
habit OF sleeping upon their posts. l caused them
To cry the hour every fifteen minutes IN order 10 IN
sure their vigilance. The "Wahad Ethncen" Post
No. l. % etc. screamed from the stentoran lungs OF
the blacks 80 8nGered Gordon that lie came out and
said snow, Long, | shall 20 mad II yOn don't stop
those men" Ii was discontinued, and the soldiers
resumed their maps as forllery. 49, ,
Inc expedition " the Nam Nam Country hau
becu successfully accomplished. Gordon said TO
me on my return: Long. we are the best o. iriends
Let us ind a healthy spot, say MI. Begaf, ana
build 4 house. We can manage to live IN this
country, perhaps If we can get aocye tne miasma
toget her You can take from katiko south 10 NJ ise
on the lakes 1 will take the rest. We VIII govern
the country. These people shond not be0ng either
have written to the Khedive to give you the COM
mand of an expedition 10 open route To the lakes
am satisfied that 1t is a better route than by the
Nile This expedition you must insist with tho
khcdiye shall be under my government. / VIII
meet YOU halfway on the road from NJ fse." lie
sketched upon a paper tine distance as follows'
Suez Nonbas Bay miles
Mombas TO " N'rse.........-..' .'.'.'.''... ooV aso
c.,., ., oo,,ororo ........27oO
Goudokoro ~ MISE oco y ooo
rh. route from Cairo to Gondokoro very difficult.
su.I to Mombas easy. (From Mombas to wise, prob
lema:ica)
had. Gordon alieu at Camp Regal. Ii was de-
cded that was to re urn 10 Cairo 70 takc eo,n-
mand of the expedition. Isnlail kheiive tele-
granhe me at Khartoum: Come 70 caro-. Apso-
Int seSrecy required" The expedition sailed
few mosths later. and Gordon thus refers to u IN