Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-25
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wasuxSrss. Aaz. zE-sesrstzsy Of
STATE BkFsra ~ II recslps q . otspstcn
froE sssFFs LeoEs. giving sco01nts of
the noyesnertz 81 az AzEy Of l01lg
aaea Ia sae iatsrior 81 Afrsea Tos dis
p4Geh Ia dated galy lssa last. and We
cent By GATED States Coas1l Lsswts.
Mr.. Lew,a says. = I have tbs boSsf -
bring - The rosies % the DepastDsBi
Of ssssse shs fass % "a extraordinary
u,ogeuent ansn1 The Nohammedans Of
Nisfltfan reepons sxtsa5fnz from flsr-
saesoo % the vest csssst. II appears
tns& q rasn naEns<4 Lzsnsd1. Of exsFsoF-
dinaFy intsliIgenco and eneFay. con
ssivsd shs idea that he vas s4lisd st
Gid 20 wage var for toe suppression Of
pARAaism, snd that u sps7in9 roads -
tbs s0sss. which ia certain districts have
been fox sssnsrstisas sGoizcted TO ex
ess I've blsrkmsil aud 70 TIE plander-
iu2 Of Esgsb1ad tribes. Daring the
last Ave years be has collected an army,
consisting u fogt and horse, Of ab1ot
lgJ,DO0. Toe AShsmmsdaa youth,
wherever be goes, f-ek TO his standard,
ANXIOUS n0t only 70 secure regards Ia
the hereafter pr0mised those vco
ngat for theaf religion, but 20
carry Of the rieh sp0ass which
tnes- exgeditlons THAI battle ftT
faith ara srfs TO win. IL Is said thsI
Lamada's army IL divided into I've por-
Iions. Oas IL speEsting near tbe head
waters Of tie Niger. Inis portion re-
esutly drsFa settsin Fssncn troops from
tee sold feeisns Of Boafzs, which taeS
had taken po-sessFon OF, aud are nov
besiezing BammDks, large torn %
tue Niger, escaped abo1E three years
BY the Pfspch, who erected f0Ftihca
tons thers Another portion of the
army u operating 10 shs regions east Of
Liberia. Ia sappressing disturbing
elements, nnfetterIng trade and pro
duainQ q kuowiedge OF religion and
letters, this movement IL IN one ssnss
0peeing = way for negro Immigrants of
inteIligenee snd energy from America,
90 pasn oas from tue AfFi3o-A msitc an
republic 10 the healthy regions OF the
iEtenoF. Ia another sense II Isl
forsstalling the whole region for
the MoaAtsnedans, Ia making ID din
euls II nos impossible, If indeed 10 10
20 converE that eonntfg to q
faith imp Drted from America by lmmi
zrantA Ike tnird poFsten Ut tue army |
10 approaching the coass few mIle= |
aoFthwest OF Sierra Lsone. Is has - |
cured submission By force or voluntary |
Of ali trlDes on she way for |
5Ds iniies back. The largest and moss |
IssP0ftans kingdom on this side OF the |
Niger wss 5ooiima, of gusoa Tallabs, = |
large commercial city. vas tbs capital |
for the last sixty years. Ihs Fuian Mo |
have been trying, By diIlo
macy and by arms, 20 sabdae this city |
10 the faith, but it has always success
fully resisted Goth diplomat and var
rior. Last year LamAd0's army N over
uhslming nnDoers surrounded Il. called
on tue king 20 Surrender, and pFofess L. |
lam. This be refused 60 do. lne town
vas thea invested, aud after terrible
siege OF fiys months the king assem
bed the royal family and tho principal
chiefs in his powder house, informed
them THAI be could hold Gus no longer,
a. his resources were exhausted, bat
having for mere than twenty years be
longed to the raiing element he was de
termsned for himself and family to die
Fashef than come under Mohammedan
rula. de gave the chiefs their choice,
either 20 die With him or 90 out Of town
and give themselves up 70 toe enemy
They decided 30 die with him. Hs then
set fire 70 the powder, and they we're all
blown I'D. This ended the Soolima pow
81, whieh for m9rs than seven genera
lions had influenced she trade and pol
lsics Of extensive districts, and had
commanded the principal highway
10 the coast. Another very important
achievement OF this army is the de
structi0n Of the Hoobos power. an ire
sponsible band which for 30 years has
been q source of annoyance and loss to
caravans passing from the interior to
tue coast. Lsmadu Qays orders to at
task them IN their mountain strong
holds, ehioh until then had proven in
accessible 10 neighborinR forces. They
we're surprised. Their chief, Abal, was
captured aud dscapitatad, and his arms
aud legs severed from the trunk were
sent 20 various countries wh0ae iDhabit-
ants had suffered from his dspredatory
and murd-rous proceedings. The Hoo
eoos are described a. renegade Fauiabs
IN rebellion against kia2 fimboi. The
roads have now been cleared Of these
thieves and murdeEers, SO that
nos an unprotected ahild or female
may travel In safety all through
that district. These operations will not
be without a Statutory effect upon Ameri-
oAn commerce. for there Is in that
country an increasing demand for
Amsrican productions, and many Of the
articles produced By the people are
valuable In American trade. Lamadu's
army 10 nov only few miles from the
toast northwest Of Sierra Leone. Ii is
I'd 10 be their purpose now 10 deal
with the fimuoh and SherbFo coun
tries, whose constant wars keep the
maritime regions In such state OF fer
ment that after caravans have struR
glsd through obsiructions for hundreds
OF miles, they hnd that their creates.
dtinculty 10 am ing the coast tribes, and
often fail victims 20 the latter"