Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-06-14
A Bit OF sORDONS'S LIFE.
How Egypt CRcs Sought a Territory
which Germany Has lust Seized.
IIppubIished Letters from the King Of
the SOudan"---Why Gordon Planned
the lUdian Ocean Expedition,
and How Il Failed

OF expansion S~N@foHSG " AAuS0 o"sONt
has raised her standard on the Gold Coast
OF Africa aud assumed q protectorste at
zanzibar.
DR.. RoL!Es has formally notified the Sui
tan that the 1000 square miles of territory
acquired in his doniuious by the German
Colonization Society have been placed I'M
der German protection and that ne has been
appointed German consular judge at that
territory. TIE Sultan protested, and aP-
TealinS 20 the Powers is reported as having
said that he wished 10 continue his trust IN
God and Great Britain
The s~ituarion calls a protest made BY the
sultan Of zanzibar, in 1873, when ne aP-
pesled to Gsea: Britain 10 save him from the
hostile attentions Of bis cousin the KasdiVs
OF Egypt
Outhe Ig.h Of September of that year an
sxpeGition sailed from Suez, under COM
maud Of the writer, then an officer in the
Eryp;isn service. Admiral McKilop, q
allan, and experienced officer, formerly OF
Ire British Nsy7. vas to be assigned the
c}.et al3s7 on the coast. "a the
lS;h o, Uc:Ug-. ;lc evolutionary feet en-
tered he po.t Ct Nismsyu, fifteen miles
South Of the equator on the Indian Ocean,
The crlass .s tsyss consisted Of 800 men.
which was raised % 1000 By reinforcements
The instructions Of the separate commsn-
dan;s conveyed through me to MchIllop
verbally weIsto obtain q footing on the Jubs
River fifteen miles North. "peacesbly If
Won can. fCrCibly II you must AT His
msyu we wsre confronted by q fort gsrri'
sored bv 100 zanzibar soldiers and $50 or
more native Somai spearmen. A landing
was ef.cyed without accident, notWithstand-
inc their threatening attitude. Sultan
Hamet sent us word 10 be of or be would
let 90 his dogs Of var. The latter consisted
OF seven t8elye poanders Of very ancien
pattern. taken, il IS significant to relate
from = Dutch brig wrecked on the coas
veal years ago.
How an Important Expedition Failed.
Kismayr. situated in the arc described BY
me lard.IOcked harbor, is a collection OF
huts. Toe inhabitants are the Somsh tribes
and their diSiualon IN color and intelh-
gerce from the negro, of whom there are
many. is due doubtless to Arab irruption on
the coast in the Fifteenth Century. hIs
ma7u is a great slsyetrsding post, in proof
of which, and notwithstanding the pompous
p~roclamStion Of Said Bargssh announcing
the abolition Of the slave trade, we captured
in addition TO toe garrison 100 slaves IN
their possession.
Mark the difference ia the ways Of Gov
eruments. When the paroled soldiers made
their way 10 zanzibar aud told of the horrl'
bic things which had happened aud Of their
v~alorous resistance, Sir John Kirk, then
plain DR.. xxx, telegraphed from Alden to
Lord DERBY.
The EgypiQn pirates are in the land,
have taken my army, cannon and country.
Come TO my aid.
To which Lord Derby replied by sending
u severe note 10 the kbsdive which obliged
IS later to "~scatle away from ZANZIBAR
For this service Or. Kirk was made 3 knight,
while poor AskIllOp and myself were con-
PEELED TO bear the Onus OF lsmails excuse,
2 that The capture OF kismsyu, was. due to an
excess Of zeal on the part Of the young COM
mauder OF the expedition.
Bsrgash bin Said, the Sultan Of Zanzibar,
is Of mixed Arab and AbysSinisn blood, his
mother being Of the latter country. Said Is
unified. no. 70 say married, to 3 hundred or
more wives; sometimes more, sometimes
less. | met him a few weeks prior to the
sailing Of the expedition st the Hotel du
Louvre in Paris. when he was being teted
and caressed. A few weeks later and while
the Sultan was being sumPHously received
as q guest at the palace Of RssC-eLNousSs,
by Ismsil, McKlllop and myself were max
ING all sail toward the Indian Ocean.
An Incident In the wiIdS Of Africa.
II has been said that fact is oftentime5
stranger than Gction," but this is not strange
in q land where the unexpected Is mos
likely 10 happen. One night after estsb
Eshed ny headquarters at q station called
Juba. sixteen miles in the interior, on the
Jlba River, there was q sharp challenge OF
the sentry and 10 3 few moments the officer
OF me guard conducted q stranger before
me, followed by numerous attendants. Glad
in scIgeOGsly embroidered, yarl-colored
S;Iken reiment, his apparition in our midst
was quite startling. To add to my aston
fshmens he advanced, seized my hand, and
pressing it to his lips said in very good
French: 81 ON Ali, prince OF Johannes,
brother TO Abdallah, the sultan king OF the
Johanna. Commores or Hinzouan Islands.
The Grand Yizer is my enemy; we quar-
relied and with al the money and jewels
could get away with | left the court, and
hearing of YOU, have come to offer you the
crown Of the Johannes so uuworthlly worn
by' my brother. DO yoa wish goldsnd precious
stones? There are plenty in the island rich
in zines. Il 10 an earthly Paradise.
lie told me that he had been sent by his
parents when a BOY 70 London and thence
70 Pa-is for instruction, and, returning to
his home, he wax regarded with Suspicion
by the Yizier and even his brother, who.had
come to treat him as 9 dangerous rival. In
the morning ] caused my command, con
sistipg then Of one thousand men, to be
.nassed in the plain below. As they march
ed in review to the strains OF the hnedlVlaL
HYMN. their arm gisteuag in the morn
ing sun. AE could scarcely contain himself,
and. kneeliug at my feet, said: "AceeP:, D
Bey the government Of the Johannes, tor
with c hundred only Of such soldiers you
can take without q blow the islands oder
yon." Nv officers we're very eager to have
ne accept the tempting otter, out the nature
Of the mission l had received would not
hermit me to DO 50. / therefore told Ali
that I would write a letter to the hhedi7e
and he could go on the next despatch boat
m Suez and after q conference with lsmsil
-etnrn perhaps to execute his desires. But
from that day to this nothing more Of Ali
has been heard, nor of his money or Jewels,
of which he had a goodly store. lsmaii
had become bankrupt about that time, aud
Inc fate of the Aouffsttieh, the minister OF
.Snance, caused those to whom spoke con
corning Ali to point Significantly to the
Nile. The river ran very near the palace
where Ali was lodged.