The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-03-11

fects of the hot blasts and many Of them have
been so injured that they had to be shot. 1t is
supposed that the winds viii prevail for about
month.
Sir Henry Gordon brother Of the hero of Khar-
| toum has requested Zebehr Pasha to open neeo-
tations with the Mahdi for the restoration OF the
| private papers and other personal property Of
| General Gordon which fell into the hands of the
Mahdi's troops when Khartoum was captured
LONDON, Feb. 25.-Ihe troop-ship Poonah, with
| troops for the Soudan, which was disabled on
Monday during heavy gale of st. Ives, has been
| towed to Cork
The War Office has approved Of the plan to lay
| pipes to convey condensed water from Suakim to
supply General Graham's expedition to Berber.
Adispatch from Korti says General Brackenbury
| has destroyed the village of Hadeb. Suleiman,
with 500men, women and children, passed through
that village on the 18th inst, flying norhvard from
the left bank of the Nile.
NAPLES, Feb. 25.-General Rieci who takes COM
mand of the Italian contingent at Suakim, sails
| for Egypt tomorrow with six torpedo-boats. The
| third Italian expedition to the Red sea, which
sailed yesterday, has been followed by six torpedo
| boats.
LONDON, Feb ga letter has been received at
korti from a nun who was taken prisoner when
| khartoum fell into the hands of the Arabs and
who is now in custody in the Mahdi's camp at
| Omdurman. She confirms the statement that Fl
Mahdi's troops massacred the soldiers OF the 2arri-
| son and many peaceful citizens. and she states
that the number of persons slaughtered was fully
| 1000.
LONDON, Feb 2T.-Teegrams from Korti an
nounce that General Buler reached Gakdul wells,
| with his entire force, yesterday the troops were
much exhausted. They had no encounters with
the enemy after leaving Abou Klea. The wounded
are doing well. Gakdul will be abandoned, the
whole force retiring to korti The total loss of
the desert column it left Korti in killed and
| disabled is thirty officers and 40 men.
CARo, Feb. 27.-General Graham has received
an injury in the leg and will be obliged to take
weeks rest before going to Suakim.
| SUAKIM, Feb. 27.-The activity of the rebels the
last two nights has been great and effective. They
have succeeded in wrecking three of the advanced
| redoubts without exploding the mines which the
naval brigade aud engineers had prepared in each.
SUAKIM, Feb. 2S.-After the late action of the
| rebels in destroying the advance redoubts, Lieu
tenant Askwith went to them to alter the arrange
ment for exploding the mines, and while examin-
ing one of the mines, it exploded and Askwith was
| blown to pieces.
ROM, Feb. &.-The Government has sent $780,
OOO to Massowah for the purchase of camels. This
action indicates that Italy intend to take steps for
the relief of Kasssla.
The second Italian expedition to the Red sea,
under command of Colonel Lsitenitz has arrived
at Assab bay.
NV YoRK, March IA cable special from Lon
don of February 18th, says: There is an intense
| feeling of relief throughout England at the now
assured safety of General Buffers troops Spe-
cal kilograms have been received in London to-
the London Chronicle, which prove that the escape
of the British column from humiliation was al
most miraculous. General WolseIey has decided
TO hold both Korti and Gakdul. He believes that
by adopting these tactics he can prevent the
Mahdi from attempting 10 advance on Korti by
way of Abou Klea, English foraging parties almost
daily discover in the hills small wells hitherto I'M
knO En except to the natives. These wells are
either held or destroyed in order to paralyze an
attempted advance over Stewards desert route by
the Mahdi during the coming summer. No liquor
can be purchased south of Wadyhalia, and WOlse-
ley sternly Furnishes any natives caught selling
drop to one of his men.
LONDON, March 1-Advices from Durham an
nounee that reports are current there to the effect
that a proposal has been made to organize con-
tlngent OF 5,UVO Zuus for service in the SOudan.
The Admiralty have ordered six torpedo cruisers
and invited proposals for seven war slips from
Clyde shipbuilders.
WASHINGTON, March lit was recently an
nounced by cable dispatches that the British Gov
eminent had contracted with New York firm for
running pipe line across the African DESERT from
Suakim to Berber, for the purpose of supplying
water for the troops and locomotives, and other
purposes. A member of the firm with which the
contract was made, speaking of this matter said
From Suakim to BerbeT the distance in a direct
line is about go miles, and the plan adopted is to
run two four-inch pipes over the entire route.
Every thirty miles or so Will be tank and two of
onr engines, with capacity for forcing water
along at a pressure of 1000 pounds to the square
inch =
LoNDos, March 1.-The diaries kept by Gordon
during the siege of Khartoum have been sent Inv
Wolseley to London and will be received next
week. They comprise six manuscript volumes and
contain n daily record of life in the beleaQured
city from the time of Gordons arrival to the time
when he sent his steamers down the river to meet
Stewards troops at Gubdal. They were carried
across the desert by special cOuriers from Gubat
to Gadkul, thence TO KOrti, where they were re-
ceived and read by WOlseley.
GoRDoN's DISPATCHES.
Ir,l,
from Gen. Gordon to the Home Government in
regard to the situation of affairs at Khartoum
previous to the surrender of that CITY, are nnb
llshed to-day. In one written on November 4th,
Zen. Gordon declined to agree with the Home
authorities that the expedition under Lord WoIse
ley was for the purpose of rescuing him. but was
he says designed to rescue the garrison at Khar-
t0qm' I'm September 18TH he wrote as follows
How many times have / written, asking for re-
Inducements, but my letters were never answered
The hearts of my gallant men are weary with This
long waiting for assistance and failure TO receive
any word of encouragement which would lead
them to expect help shortly, While Won eat. drink
and rest in good beds, we are always fphtiro y
1t appears from a letter dated December 1ith,
that Gordon never said: 81 can hold out for wears
as has been published, but on the contrary he
declared that food was scarce and relief should be
sent to him at once. The Egyptian blue look is.
sued to-day contains a letter sent by Gen. Gordon
to Gen. Lord Wolseey i'll December. This says
II have five steamers and nine guns at Nehemiah
awaiting your orders. | can hold out forty DAYS
longer with ease After that it will be difficult.
Inc loss OF Col Stewart Is terrible. told him to
give you all the information possible He had nv
Journal from January 3rd, to September 10th
The Mahdi is eight miles from Khartoum Sem
naar is all right. The garrison there is aware
that you are coming. Nv journal from SeDtemher
10th, TO date is on board one of the steamers which
you VIII hnd at Metemneh. | continue to have
occasional fights with the Arabs Iupton Rev
mas surrendered. have sent out scores of mes
sages in all directions during the last eight months
Do not sent private letters to me- The risk is too
great. Do not write me in cipher have no kew.
and 1t Is no use, the Mahdi knows everything
Take the road from Abulot to Metemneh, / do
not fear the Mahdi. Both the Greek Consul and
the Austrian Consul are safe. The Muhdi has
captured letter from the King of Abyssinia to
me: your expedition, as | understand, is for the
relief OF the garrison at Khartoum, which failed
to accomplish. decline to admit that il is for n
rescue for me personality
A letter from Gen. Gordon dated September
9th, contains the following statement: ave have
suinclent money and provisions here at Khartoum
to last four months. At the expiration of that
period we shall be much embarrassed.''
Although we wrote you that it was impossible
to sendlCol stewart to Berber on account of many
things which occurred here, we afterwards saw fit
to send him. together with the French and Eng
llsh Consuls, in a small steamer to Donpola, TO
communicate with the British commander there
concerning the SOudan. We detailed two LARGE
steamers to accompany them to Berber to keep the
way clear for them to pass by Berber toward Don
COLA. How many times have we written asking
Tor re-enforcements aud calling your serious al,
tentlon to Soudan, and no answer came?
Gen. Gordon also instructed the messenger sent
from hhartoum December 18th, to deliver the fol-
lowing message to LordlW olseley: Don't scatter
your troops. Bring plenty troops. The enemy is
numerous. We still hold Omdurman. The Mahdi's
lines are beyond Muncho. The Mahdists one
month ago attacked 0mdurman and disabled one
OF our steamers. We disabled one of their guns.
fightlng was renewed on the south side three days
later, and the rebels were again repulsed Come
quickly. Don't leave Berber in the rear. Keen
the enemy In the front. Don't let the rumors Of
your approach spread"
Meeting Of the Privy Council.
A meeting of the Privy Council was held March
9th. The attendance was unusually LARGE Tho