The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-29


Gus that he will be disabled for the remainder of
the present cam tAign. General wolseley con-
siders the deprivation of his services a national
loss.
The enemy fought with less determination at the
battle on the 18th than they had displayed at Abu
Klea; their defeat and heavy losses had dampened
their ardoI and enthusiasm. Gen. Sir Charles Will
reports that nothing could exceed the GOODNESS
manifested by the British troops when exposed to
the fire of the rebel sharpshooters on the morning
of the 10Th. These same qualities again marked
them in the afternoon of the same day when they
met the wild charge of the Arab spearmen.
Lord st. Vincent of the artillery was among the
Gen. Stewart now holds strongly fortified post
at Gubat. not far from Metemneh. This place is on
the Nile and is just about half way between Berber
and Khartoum. Opposite Gubat is large island
on which plenty of forage for horses and cames
be easily obtained. So strong is the position at
Gubat that it is confidently asserted that it can be
held by small garrison against any force which
rebels can send to attack it, The route across the
desert from Gubat to Korti is securely held by the
English. Colonel Sir Redvers Butler will be in
command of this route, and he left Korti today to
assume this position. The news of Gen. Stewards
movements since the battle of the Abu Klea wells
was brought to Korti by Capt. Piggott. He left
o s %9 on last ana s9o9
dlfhculty by the way.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
KoRTI Jan. 28. Gen. Stewart gained a brilliant
victory on the 10Th inst, over the rebels. The
enemy numbered 7OOO men, large number OF
whom cavalrymen armed with rifles. The
British loss was 20 killed and so wounded, while
Jn0 J0tal loss OF bne enemy was loUU. Firing began
in the morning and Ia ted all day. Col. Bureigh,
special correspondent of the London Telegraph,
and Lords Airlie and Somerset are among the
wounded. On Jan. q, two days after the battle in
the desert, reconnaissance of Metemneh was
made and this revealed the fact that Metemneh was
in state of defense. Sir Charles Wilson reports
that he could have carried Metemneh but thought
it not worth riskng the loss Of the men which its
capture might have involved. Metemneh is occu-
pied at the present moment by 1000 men, and one
half of these are regulars under the command of
Nurangar. The town is provided with three Krupp
guns but it has very little ammunition Shells fired
from these guns will not explode. At Shendy,
which is on the other side of the river and short
distance north of Metemneh, there is one small
krupp gun and the town is garrisoned by small
force.
The total British loss including the loss at Abu
Klea was 104 killed and 216 wounded, The enc
mys loss was 1000 killed and wounded
sir Stafford NorGhcOte Attacks the Glad
stone Governments.
LONDON, Jan. 29.-Sir Stafford Northcote in a
speech at Exeter, yesterday, said that England had
now become involved in dispute with Germany
in Transvaal and elsewhere. but during the time
Of Premier Dsrael, England was the best of
terms with Germany. Mr.. Gladstone, by series
of blunders, had placed the government in false
position with several of the colonies, by this means
showing that the government possessed great
Craftsmanship, and that the cabinet displayed
want OF harmony without which proper government
was impossible. The speaker described the ex-
plosion at the Tower and at the Parliament build
ings as wicked unmanly and cowardy outrages. in
nOcenb cnlldfen and women being the principal
sufferers, and said he was sorry to perceive that
the leaders of the national party had failed to de-
nounce these CHASTITY crimes. The greater danger,
however, arose from tho fact that these repeated
outrages might induce the present weak govern
ment to make concessions. Sir Stafford cited as
evidence Of such weakness, the admission of Mr..
Gladstone that the Cerkenwell outrage led to tho
disesta Ilishment of the Irish church.
Concerning the London Explosion.
The newspapers are still swamped with letters
containing suggestions to the proper treatment
of the Irish people. Ssme of tho letters advise
the total discharge of Irish people from all kinds of
employment in England and one writer offers to
equip steam yacht for the purpose Of raidng the
United States and kidnapping o Donovan Rosa and
Patrick Ford. The man offers to guarantee that
his expedition will be a success. Give him chance
he says, and he will capture both Rossa and Ford
and hang them at the execution dock within three
weeks after sailing from England.
The Cameroons Trouble-A New Version
of the Recent Difficulty.
LONDON, Jan. 28. = Mail advices from English
residents give somewhat different accounts of the
action Of the Germans during the recent troubles
in the Cameroons territory, from those heretofore
made public through the telegraph. The trouble
originated between trader OF German nationality
and some of the natives who finally dsembowelled
the German and cut off his head. When the Ger
man men-of-war inaugurated the bombardment as
punishment upon the natives for this atrocity no
attention was paid to the rights of the foreign resi-
dents at the mission. Several houses belonging to
and occupied by English traders and missionaries
were demolished, ana one British subject
verely wounded. When the Germans landed they
searched indiscriminatey all the premises, mat
ter by whom occupied, for refugees and arms. In
this search the residence of the British viceconsu
was ruthessly invaded despite his protest. and in
many cases Eng ish merchants and missionaries
compelled TO submit to a search of their prem
ises at the point of pistol.
DynamiIers Threaten 80 Blow Up the
London Post Office.
LONDON, Jan. 29.-Over 20 letters have been re-
ceved by the authorities recently in which threats
were made to blow up public property, especially
Nelson's column in Trafalgar square and the gen.
eral post office. Extreme precautionary measures
are being taken by the officials to ward of turthur
disaster. The idea becomes stronger that the po
lice although not very retcent possess very strong
ciews to the perpetrators of the recent outrages
Various Irish National League meetings have been
held throughout Ireland at which resolutions were
adopted denouncing the dynamiters in the strong
est terms.