The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-21

The Egyptian War Notes.
KoRT1, Feb. 19.-Eighty Canadian
vovaeeurs remain at Korti for further
service In t = Soudan. ALI the off,
cera offered to remain until the end
of the campaign, and the offers OF
three of them, Dennison; Kennedy
and Nelson. were accepted.
LONDON, Feb. 19.-Great anxiety
/. felt in the war office about Col. Bu!-
ler's force at Gubat. The Mahdi's
reinforcements sent to Metemneh will
increase the force there to $500 men.
The rebels have ten -l~ong-rarge guns
Col. Butler has no heavy guns at ALL
Gladstone, upon the assembling OF
parliament tomorrow, will speak IN
defense of the government. and more
especially in regard to the soudan
campaign.
The powers will sign the Egyptian
fnapceaqreement tomorrow. North
cote will demand, in the commons,
an immediate production OF tne
agreement. ...oom
Guards, $40 in number, started 1or
Suakim to-day. They left We'l1ngcc
ton barracks amid pathetic scenes o.
leave-taking from relatives ana
friends assembled
; A document published which pur-
ports to have been written by an
Pmisary of the Mahdi residing 1r.
England. ssys in effect that the idea
of peace is agreeable to the Mahdi,
providing.it will be Of advantage to
the Musselmen. The Mahdi con-
siders himself bound TO follow In the
footsteps of Mahomet, who frequent
~ made treaties of peace with Chris
tians and other infidels. The docu.
ment warns England not to compel
a general Moelem rising, thus open.
ing the gates to a flood which wonio
overwhelm the human race.
A report from Abu Klea, dated the
ev, ming of the 18th, states that Gen.
Butler has announced his intention
of evacuatlng his position near
Gubat, and has Withdrawn his whole
force to Abu Klea, which Is a better
strategic position Alter rendering
Gordon's two steamers useless by re-
moving the machinery, the whole
force started on the morning of the
14th inst. across the desert and ar
rived at Abu Klea the next day
without firing a shot. The men are
chee rful. They prefer walking to
camel riding. The reason for the
abandonment of Gubat was the al
vance made by the Mahdi with 9,WO
men from Omdurman, towards I'll
bat, and q retreat was ordered wnen
the main body of Arabs was thirty
miles of; but an advance guard OF
5000, with five cannon was within
seven miles of the British lines. Gen.
eral Butler had less than 1000 men
all told. ,
LONDON, Feb. 10. 1T is announced
that, in view of the fall of Khartoum,
and the death of General Gordon.
having rendered the main object OF
Wolseley's expedition impossible,
the government deemed 1t e%xpedient
to change the whole plan of the cam
paign in Soudan. Brackenburg, who
succeeded General Earle. has been
ordered to abandon his advance on
Berber, and to concentrate his troop
It Korti. Col. Butler, who occupied
Gubat on the 18th, and withdrew his
forces to Abu K'ea. is also ordered to
fall back on Korti. All available
troops in Wolseley's command are
concentrated at that place and at
Debbah and Korusko, the main body
lying at Korti.
1t is probable Wolseley will evacu-
ate Ko. tt and retlretO Debbeh, where
the desert routes from Omeurman
Elobeid and DaraOur converge, on
the Mile. Wolselev will there await
help frora England. AT Korti he
.could be surrounded in retirement,
and all available supplies will be
swept up, and the whole army en-
trenched at Debbeh would hold its
own if necessary until the rising OF
the Nile occurs. Other points on the
river between DeEbeh and Halfor
are held by weak detachments of
British troops. The moral effect of
this retirement will be to a certain
extent neutralized by action In un-
mistakable strength ftom Suakim.
Wolseley will probably return to
Cairo to consult with General Ste
phenson.
KoRT1. Feb. l9.--General Dorman
and General Grenfell have arrived
here. The natives around Gakdul
Wells assert that the rebels are in
strong force at Abu Hamed.
LONDON, Feb. 10. 500 The govern
ment will introduce a bill in the
Lords to enable the British colonies
of Australia to organize a confedera-
ton.
An adjournment was taken until
ON ,rrow.
Gladstone, in his remarks to-day,
80 id Our policy in Soudan is still
for evacuation. Recent events there
prevented the immediate application
Of this policy. The fall of Knartoum
altered the military sense of the
whole situation in Soudan. Lord
Wo\seley will author. 70 what meas
u1es he sees fit to overthrow the
Mahdi at Khartoum No further
communication will be made to the
Mahdi, but any received from him
will be considered. Adjourned until
to morrow.
THE S<o~~ NJ n,no - 49,. &C.,.