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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-12
THE WEEKLY nERAD pAIIAs TnrRspAY EEGMu Try sh

Nov. n Fr,ttisna deleuai M rniar.
Dee. FIVE hundred llNk troops aud
Two hundred hashl.haxuuks sont oui
from suakim a. reepnnuiier, aud cut IA
pieces hv The rebnls, only any escaping
DeG. rs Baker Pasha leaves Cairo IA
take charge of Sunkim.
1871,
Jan. New ministry formed under
Jan. iO~Uen. "Chlnoso" Gordon dis.
patched to Egypt.
Jan. g0-Goil. Gordon leaves Cairo foI
Khartuum as goyernOr'genoral OF the
Snudan.
Feb. l-Iaker Pashn defeated by the
rebels, near IOkar, with loss OF 2,OOt
men,
Fob. ll-Tewdk Bey ondeavors 70 cut
his way out of Sinkat with 600 iol How
ers, ali at whom are killed 10y the rebels
Feb lT-tien. Gordon arrives at khar'
ioum aud assumes the direction OF nj
fairs.
Feb. 2l-rokar surrenders 10 the reb-
ell, some of tho native garrison escap-
lug 10 Snakim.
Feb. 29--rhe rebels defeated at Fort
Baker, near rrinkita', by n force of 1000
british troops under Gen. Graham.
March g7-closo the English cam
paign by the burning of TamanieD.
MNTcH ou-.NtNN lkNNlNtu vi tut utitul
of Gen. Gordon On the l0ih, at Holilyer.
April 1.-THE rebels massacre tho reiu-
gees AZ Snondy, staying $50 of them.
May ~ III Mrhdi captures Berber.
July News received oi tho massacre
Of 5000 people nj Dpbbch by rebels.
July News received OF the defeat OF
the rebels ~ pebheh with u loss Of 1000
men by the surrender OF Dongola.
Aug. 1.-The BRUSH house of commons
voles credit OF 81, 1000 for The khar-
toum relief expedition.
y pit, 2l-Ncws received OF great VIC
tories achieved by Gen. Gordon over the
false prophet.
Oct. stem. Gordon rocapturos Ber-
Dor.
Ian. lG--Defeat OF The rebels at Aboo.
Klea by Gen. Stewart.
Jan. Is. l0-Soyere fighting between
Gen. Stewart and rebels near Metem-
neh; Con. Stewart dangerously
wounded.
Jan. &c KhVtoum taken by the
rebels.
Jan. 2s-Col. Wilson reaches Khar-
toum, fluids 1t occupied by tho rebels,
and retreats down the Nile, wreckiDg
his steamer below The Shublaka (or
SIXTH cataract.
Feb. 81 Skirmish between British hus-
sars under Col. l'remanlle and rebels,
near Hando,ib; British forced to retire
with loss.-iChicago Times.
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DEATH from rspo.uss.

a. w. Ayfp., al brand rfairie, brought
10 the city on last evenings east.bonnd
train, n man named Frank Konlc. who
halls from Milwaukee, aud who MAS
fouud nj Grand Prafie yesterday morn
Ing almost ffuzan a. death. The uniOr-
iuiiato man died sOOn altor his arrival
hero.
q, w. Ayres stated that the deceased
was found yesterday morning by q
tramp lying east ~ Grand Prairie,
about three quarters of a mile distant.
The tramp, who had been put oil q
freight train, built himself a fire near
the roadside, AMI IN gathering fuel dis
covered the duce tsod. Tao tramp noti-
ted some oi the residents. who took
tho man 10 the office or Dr. Stovall.
Whisky aud coffee was given him. He
said his name WAS Frank Kunlo, and
that he WIS from Milwaukee,. His dress
was that OF lanuring nirii, aud q lot of
InRson's tools were found pn his person.
Tho deceased ~ ab rat - years old.
Justice Schulz, acting CORONER, held an
inquest, and tuo jury returned ver-
dlut thai the deceased ciin0 10 his death
from exposure.
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CoNsTA NTINoPLE, Feb. 9.--The porte
has sent protest to the Italian govern
ment against the occupation Of Beilul.
Count Corti, the Italian ambassador,
about to leave Constantinople on fur
Tough, has been ordered to postpone his
departure.
NEW OUTBREAK.
The rebellion In Yemen Arabia, has
been revived because the porte sus
pended the payment of subsidies to
tribes between Jeddah and Mecca. A
number OF caravans have been pillaged.
The military commander has asked for
1000 reintorcements.
ITALY AND TURKEY MAY FIGHT.
LONDON, Feb. GA fleet of Turkish
war vessels has ordered 10 prepare for
sea within month. This order Is in
terpreted to mean fixed determination
to oppose ItAly's encroachment on tho
Red Sea aad to prevent an aggressive
movement hy Italy in north Africa.
EARL GRANvILLE's SORRY STATEMENT.
In An interview between Earl Gran
VILE aud Tebmi Pasha, the Turkish on
voy, the former told the latter that the
English gOvernment Intended, for pDliti-
cal and financial reasons, 10 evacuate
Egypt, but that IL was impossible to
specify the exact period Of withdrawal,
the British government being u c0nsti-
tutional government and dependent
upon public opinion, which compelled
the cabinet to send an expedition to
the SoudaD, would not permit the
evacuation Of Egypt without some re-
gard for England \ Raorifices. Granville
said that the proposed Turkish expedt-
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For the benefit Of papers that attrib-
ute selfish motives To the HERALD In
opposing the EADs scheme, this paper
reiterates that IL is in favor OF deep wa
ter at some point ON the coast OF Texas
whether at Arkansas Pass, the mouth OF
the Brazos, Galveston or Sabine Pass
The HERALD from tho first said IL $780,
600 would not effect a deep water pass
aye at Galveston, all the treasure of the
United states would not accomplish IT,
The HERALD advised congress 10 appro'
pri ito $5OO,OOO Tor The purpose, and con
gress, acting no doubt on the advice OF
tho HERALD, appropriated just that
amount.
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Nor more than t%o years ago the
Staked Plains were regarded Ms desert.
Now they are admitted TO be the best
sheep grazing lands in the state. Mark
this prediction: In five years from this
date they will produce moro OF the
cereals than any other portion of Texas,
The only draw bark TO their settlement
heretofore has been want of water, but
it is now demonstrated that in every dip
of the land good, cold. soft water is
found at depth of from fifteen to thirty
feet. aud no well has yet been sunk that
could be- exhausted by pumps worked
night and day by the power of wind
mills,
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The Royal Irish Tramps.

GAKDUL, Feb. 5.-(via London, Feb. o.
Col. Sir Redvers Bullen, with tho
Royal Irish regiment, has arrived. hav-
ing tramped the whole wav from Korti.
This is the iirst regiment that ever at
tempted To make TINS journey on foot.
The mems bearing won the admiration
of all. Col. Bullen, with the Royal
Irish and the Sussex regiments and
tho camel corps, Ia to start
on Friday for Gubat. An assault
on Metemnah Is expected soon
after his arrival at Guhat. 1t Is not
thought the enemy will mako pro-
longed resistance.
SORT or a GHOST STORY.
Wounded prisoners say III Mahdi told
his men that the British were few in
number; That their weapons were harm
less, and that tho English soldiers
would fly at the sight Of an Arab spear
man. y majority of the rebels are I'M
willing soldiers. They are compelled 10
fight or suffer cruel Treatment. El
Mahdi threatened to deprive them of
food for forty days. saying II they
survived they would be exempted from
military service by AlIah's will and
ferred to take the chances ni war to GER
tain starvation. Five thousand of El
Mahdi's best troops and many of his
principal sheikhs have been killed,
wounded or disheartened in two recent
battles. Many emirs are AT Metemneh.
wounded. Ell Mabdi had twenty-five
guns before khartoum, commanded by
proteges of Ismail Pasha, who have
been taught artillery practice at Cairo,
Nearly all the sharp-shoOters were de-
serters from Hicks Pasha's army.
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ton ~ suskim Nas in0ppuf unet that
the sulian's sovereignty oyor Enypl
would be- respected, Lasi ufanVlllt
eOunselod the porte not Ia raise The
question with Italy ~ connection with
The annexation 0f lieilnl. Ila held tha'
Italy's commercial inte est NJ Assah
cpmpsllrd her Ia extend her authority
over .ke adjacent districts.
Adistai Uaimi tciegrnpghs that he
anchored on Massowah on the 5lh met,
with the Cnrvettes, AmerlgO Vespucc
aud Garahaldi. rho liaiin nsg wa
hoisted alongside that Of Egypt, fng
land hitherto ned not asked that the
Italian government should cooperate
with her In the Snudan.
THAI coNP RENcE.
on the An there was conference ol
the British ambassador and the minister
at foreign affairs, but nothing definite
was agreed upon. Msglini, minister al
finance, opposes tho expedition, uuor
The ground that the treasury IN already
overhurdened, but the ajOrity Of The
members of parl ament support IL and
urge that II he carried forward ON grand
scale.
SENTIMENT or THE PRESS.
The Fan FuliH, the ministerial organ
says;
awe will not wait for England to ask
our help, but will give II without bar
gaining. We do not wish hesitation on
our part % appear as n speculation. II
u said Italians are Machiavollan. This
l. u noble way OF being So"
In nm article headed "Advance al
Italy," IL says: "Italy cannot permit
England Ia be defeated. II liz Itaiy's
duty 10 assist and To eXtricate the
English cabinet from the present
difficulty. The Italian forces, IL
promptly employed, will open tho Sua-
kim and Berbor route and open Gen
WoIs6ley's line of communication. Pub
lie opinion will applaud ltaly's cner.
getii and reso'nta support. England
was always ltaiy's fricnd."
RefOrmn, ministerial paper, says
"England IL u friend who has rendered
us great service and never asked for n
man or penny. Our duty and interest
Is tn unite with her"
TURKEY PROTESTS TO TUE POWERS.
Thr Turkish government has sent the
powers which signed the treaty Of Ber-
ia formal protest against tho uccupa-
lon b. I'slY OF Egyptian territory on
The Red Sea coast. Turkey also do
mnnds tho withdrawal of tho Italian
troops also sent To Assab and Masso.
Wah.
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AssIcNgs,s NOTICE.


NOTICE Is HLRhBY xiyEN TT TON
IN the 18Th day OF DecNmber, 1884, Kane
assigned to the undersigned, residirga Of NO.
627 Elm street, Dallas, Texas, nil Of his prop
erty and estate, req, persnnai and mixed, IN
Guiding all his chasesin action, lad All debts,
claims and demands due to him, or which
might becom due, Save aud except such
property MS BY law IS exemp, from execu-
tion) fp' the benciit 81 such of his creditors
only as viii conse nj TO accept IN II propor-
tional share OF t,is estate and dlschar &c MIN
from their RESPECTIVE cfaifns- provided, now
ever, that-h should not e discharged nom
liabilities 10 q creditor WHO does not re ceive
as much as one-;hird Of til amount dueand
allow I'd In his favor rs q valid claim against
his estate. The creditors of said Shields con-
senting TO such assignment are hereby noti-
fied to make known 10 me their consent In
writing within four nicn ths AFTER the publf-
cation Of this notice. g
j AMlIs NpRONEY, Assignee.
Dallas, Texas, ) auary |, 1855.
All persons Indebted 10 Kane Shields are,
requested to pay such Indebtedness to me At
my Office No. t-7 Elm street, Dallas, Texas
otherwi sc thcelaifns will be placed In the
hands OF an attorney for collection. X
JAMES MORON E,Y, Assignee.
ta Ian 2-dltyy:3t
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IT will he gratifying to the friends Of
our representative, Mr.. CooMBs, to
know that he takes high rank in the
legislative body to which he belongs
In the committee rooms, where really
she hard labor OF q representative is
done, MIR. CooMEs is always present and
ardent'y at work. When it becomes
necessary for him to address the house,
he is given marked attention, and his
support or opposition to any measure is
received with consideration by all and
generally carries conviction with it, by
his earnest, honest tff
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THROUGH LADING BILLS.

The Galveston News, In noticing q
correspondents article, which they fear
may not have been sufficiently observed
repeats much of his argument to show
that the legislation of the eighteenth
legislature has in its anti-raliroad
spirit diminished the cotton receipts OF
Houston and Galveston. Houston is
logged In as partner in the woo,
whereas the prospect of Galveston is by
far more melancholy. The receipts of
Dallas were less than they might have
been the past season, even allowing fo-
the short crop. Yet there Is no use in
evading very serious difficulty that is
at present only half developed. The
actual state Of affsirs is about thus-siin-
ply that bills of ladiDg are given at al
most every interior village, not to st.
Louis, New Orleans or other points in
the United States, but to Europe-to
Liverpool principally, but to any other
foreign port with which we have
communication. In other words,
the places for re-shipments are Ignored
If the producer thinks proper, and cot
ton can be shipped direct to an ultimate
market instead of through the interme-
diary factor.
This is not very pleasant to any of the
cotton-buying towns In the interior, but
will be utterly destructive of the cotton
interests OF such cities in Texas as claim
the privilege of handling all the staple
shipped. The Dallas factor makes his
contract with the planter and farmer,
and furnishes him with supplies. Ac-
cording TO usages this practice will 30
continued, but when be gets IL tho
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-12

HON. c. b. KILaoRE's constituents
commend his manly course in voting
against the Galveston heme. The
J jacksonville Intelligencer says: "We
are glad to note that Col. KILGoRE, the
senat or from this distinct, voted against
the joint resolution requesting the
Texas oelt CATION in congress to vote for
CAPT EADs' Galveston job. SENATOR
DAVIS was right when he said that the
senators and representatives in con
gress understood their business with
cut being instructed 10y the Texns legis.
luit1ra ~
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A uorrlbl, Deed An pakota,

ST.. PAUL, Feb "a special from
Wappetou, Dakota, says Tho neighbors
of the Dill family unearihed an unnatu-
raj crime to-day Au'ust Dill, a promi-
nent and wealthy German farmer, near
town, has been mys eriouSly missing
since January ~, AID no race of him
could he found until to-day, when his
remains were tuunc under "a manure
pila near his stable. li- w'fs confessed
when confronted by mo corpse. She
said: 1--WE quarre'od and | borrowed
tho hired man pislol. Tue hired man
was julius Il Bland. lie shot him
twice. Then put Lin to bed. but he
died, and then tbe hired man and my
son helped me 10 hurry him The wo-
man admits that she Is -nc 'ente by the
hired man. Al are 81 all now and mar
rowly escaped being lyii ned.
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Chronology of the War.

The following table shows the chic
events that have occurred during the
trouble between England and Egypt il
their chronological order:
1879.
Feb. 20-Dismissal of Nubar Wilson
ministry.
June 26-Deposition OF Ismail.
Sept. 4-English and French comp
trollers general appointed.
1880.
April 4-Appointment Of commission
of liquidation.
Feb. military riot at Cairo, headed
July-The false prophet raises the
standard Of revolt in the SOudan.
Sept. 9.--Arabi demands execution oil
political programme.
Sept. 4-Cherf Pasha's ministry
formed.
Nov. 4-Lord Granville's note to Sill
Edward Malet threatening intervention
in case OF an outbreak Of anarchy.
Dec. 23- Meeting of notables.
1882.
Feb. 2-New minister under Mahmoud
| Pasha Baroudi.
March Pm. de Blignieres, the French
mptro)ler-general, resigns.
May l6-Salling OF British fleet fol
| AleXa 'dria
Nav 90 Resignation of ministry.
June 1l-Kiot at Alexandria.
June-rhe false prophet captures anc
massacres 5000 Egyptians under Yussu
Pasha.
June 30-Dispatch of English troops
to lower Egypt.
forcements sent TO Kordofan, totally
destroyed.
Oct. $i-Lord Dufferin sent to Cairo tc
re0rganize the government.
Nov. 4-One thousand Egyptians killed
in a successful attempt to reinforce gar
rison at Bara, In the Soudan.
Dec. 3-Arabi sentenced to exile.
Dec. Lord Dufferin's reorganiza
ton scheme completed.
1883.
Jan. 5-Bara surrenders to the false
jan. i5-El Obeid surrenders uncon
ditionslly, and the false prophet takes
up his residence there.
Feb. 26-Abd Ell Kader enters Sen.
naar, after defeating forces OF the false
March 4-Gen. Hicks arrives at Khar.
tOum and takes command.
April 20-Gen. Hicks defeats rebel
force of 1000 In Senaar, killing 800, IN
Guiding the false prophets grand yizier
May 12-The false prophet defeated
near Khartoum and flies to kordofan.
Aug. 1.-TWO thousand rebels attack
Sinkat and are defeated.
Sept. Seen. Hicks marches out OF
Khartonm with an available fighting
force OF 1000 Egvptians.
Oct. Seen. Hicks starts from Duem
to I'll 0beid.
Nov. 8-5--The false prophet defeat!
Gen. Hicks at Knshgate, FL Obeid, and
utterly destroy hie army.
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a DEF. cIiyn IA Drnnhln

ABILENE, Feb. 9.--l'> arrisl.l G.
Warren, detective employed by Gov.
Ireland TO obtain information against
fence cutters IN west Texrs, is indicted
at Sweetwater, Notau county, charged
with killing cattle. Warren made him
self odious IN fence cutters, and
1t is claimed that thc indictment is the
outwrowth Of malice. a,eSsrs. SpOonts
& Sigetts, a law Ii a # this CITY, have
been engaged to tend him. The case
il to be called ~ S yint 'vuf,r tins week.
Warren alleges ba he k,tled the cattle
to stand in with rr.ninYi,.
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Tho Khediye's Opinion.

CAIRO, Feb. 9.-In an interview to.
day tho Khedive said he believed Gen.
Gordon still alive, as Ell Mahdi is too
wise a man to kill him. Ell Mahdi had
no interest in wishing Gordon dead, but
on the contrary would do all in his
power to prevent such an occurrence.
Instant action on the part of England,
he said, is necessary to prevent further
progress of FL Mahdi's cause and avert
new disasters. The abandonment o. The
Soudan by England, under the present
circumstances, would be grave mis-.
take. Tribes hitherto friendly to Great
Britain would now join e. Mahdi, and
il England does not take immediate
steps to crush him this influence may
seriously threaten the stability of the
British Empire in Egypt.
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CAN any one bs humbugged by the
statement that planters would get " 30
q bale moro for cotton if deep water was
had at Galveston, than they do now!
0otton can be shipped to New Orleans
for SO conts bale in excess of the
charges to Galveston; and in the Ores
cent City it always brings enough more
in price to pay for the difference in
transportation by rail. Oh, humbug,
thy name is Galveston News!
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He was Game, but rot the Worst Of it.

He was Game, but got the Worst of 1t.
JUNCTION CITY, Feb. 9.--[Speciai.]-N.
II. Corder, deputy sheriff OF this county,
with posse of citizens, effected the ar
cattle. He was searched, but no weapon
fonnd on him. Riding back to town,
Corder, who was in front, heard shot,
and looking around, saw Brown fire at
one of the escorts, and then come to-
wards him firing. AS Brown passed,
Corder fired but missed. and running
fight ensued for nearly minute.
Browns horse was killed under him,
ing his pistol, Corder shot him twice
through the shoulder, disarming him.
He is now in jail here. His wounds are
fatal.
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THE Galveston News, with digni-
fed courtesy, remarks: "The Dallas
HERAs d initiates the monkey that
thrust another before it when man
was about to shoot" Well, the mon
key that got shot this time was the
News in its deep water scheme. The
HERALD, like strong propeller, some.
times pushes such old barges as the
News ahead of it, albeit it would be
more appropriate to tug it along be-
hind, for it's proper place is in the rear.
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THE Houston Journal says Mrs.
KATE RAYMOND HOWE raised q row in
the HERALD Office, but did not furnish
sufficient motive power to ruffle up a
sensation. If she had called upon the
Journal editor in as belligerent a mood
as she WAS when she rolled up her
sleeves in the HERALD office, that gen.
Aeman would at once have had a chill
like unto an Arkansas man with the
Naperv
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CAPT. BEDFORD PIN, distinguished
English engineer, has visited Galveston
and examined the bar, and gives 1t az
his opinion thet other methods should
be adopted to secure the results than
those proposed by EADs or the United
States engineers. Like a drowning man
clutching ~ straws, the people of Gal
weston will now probably adopt CAPT.
PIN'S theory.
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Is 1T true that KLEBURG has two
votes in the senate? When he votes on
any question KN1TTIE watches and
casts his vote in accordance. When
KLEBERd says to KNtTrIE, "Tommy
says thumbs mp" up comes the thumb,
and when KLEBERG says "thumbs
down." KNITlIE's short, thick finger,
makes dent ON the table. When KLE-
BERG says "wiggle- waggle," KN1TIE
wiggle-wag les
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TnR RprKwall Success is i warm
friend of JUDcB IL. T.. TrAGUE, OF haui-
man. II says he il an applicant for
United States district attorney, aud IN
"a gentleman or scholarly attainments,
an able lawyer, II stiunch Democrat,
and won a make an efficient officer"
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Iris to be feared the present con-
gress will not make any appropriation
for the Improvement of Galveston hsr-
Dor. Shonld such be the case, the wall
ings of the News, and other interested
parties in that city, will be louder than
was ever heard when the widows OF
Asbur bewai. ed the less Of the Asyrian
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GEN. GoaDpS Is dead! The man ner
of his death is told in the dispatches.
April Is. 1884, he te'egraphed to the
English government that he would hold
Khartoun as long as possible without
aid, "and when 1t falls on England"
said GORDON, "will be the indelible dis
grace" Now let the Lion hang his
had
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IL England they are holding mock
elections, 81 ~ 10 uccustom tho voters
newly rnrunchised % the use of the bal
lot. For model Of mock election they
should select that ~ 1870 In the United
States when Mir. TILDEN was elected
rsestlaIt
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THE Brazos Pilot says: "The tone of
the Dallas HERALD has changed within
a month or two, and it makes things
some degrees more fervent than for
merly." Yes, the HERALD is gliding
along over the waters of the dark blue
sea, so to speak, with the Galveston
News in tow, tying to pull it over the
sand bar into deep water.
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FRANCE AND CHINA,
The French War In China.

PARIS, Feb. 9-Gen. Briero DeLisle
telegrspbed the government as follows:
"Ffiday and Saturday we destroyed
five forts belonging TO the Chinese.
The enemy had evacuated them without
lighting. In the forts we found i'm
mense stores Of provisions, gun-powder
ana ether grlnunilIUn. We recon-
pOitered twelve kilumsLerS and found
the Chinese retreaJing hastily tsward
Lang Son. Our losses during the en-
gagemcuts were q killed and 1872
MnIl ndnu.