The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-09
AGLo0MY OUTLOOK
In the soudan-stewaIrs Little Army in
s-.4 Periious situation,

In the S0ndnn-steWitftB Little Army In a
l. Periiou. situation,
Lospos. Feb. IA disnatch from Mer.
,ps..,.s.,.,s O. Go, -
awisays' . fiie t'.''ck !" a'c'' anu etanofu
shire Regiments have passed the Bahami
cataract, On their way they destroyed
tho bouses of Suleimon ,y.d GomL who
80 '.ts>s ...".s, ~" A =" go W."
pefpetfa'eu tne massacre Oh Soiohei
Stewart and party. The rebels aban-
doned the Shakvok pass. Much ammu-
n;t;on was found thera Tho cor,wo,,
ns..n., - ~. :. 80. ,saa,.s. a.. ,s...s..
iseeiihenti 70 hoW p'asslng tile catafact.
The Telegraph has received dispatch
froa its special correspondent from Abu-
Krr IN the Nile not far from Metemneb
N, M ~ 49,, ~ ~ ~ 80 ~ M a. - A1',s"."en' ,
Ooiohei wilson . party sla1e tnat MAR
t9um ieli M ,atn January ~ me river panKe ,t.
ABOVE thg ~ slAti ca.aract are ctowuea win
ARABS. me Manor, IN q letter cailihg on
our omees 70 sSirenaer, implies that
'iordon is anvs. stewart expects 10 oe
closely invested mere. M,
On his way from GuDat 10 khaftoum
January ~, Colonel wilson was told py
natives alohg the ME that Ioruoh had
been hghung hard Tor niteen DAYS. Jann-
ary 2t q hauVe Ieported 9otooh deaa.
on the return from hhaft2um @ 70 uuoat
several natives ,epot,ea 20 Mlisons party
That goraon anu AL tne tro9ps y, wn9 $1,000
oy nun nau peeh ,eaia eapsufea py IA ManaIs r'
men and put 70 aeath. Later on, during
tne return Journey, several M,., s,hangiyeh
men came apoatu ooionei WlIsohs poat
and declared It was the intention Of their
tribe to !oln the Mahdl, :,
These men said aordon, Consul Nicoli,
hlty Greeks, anu l.,S some solalers, Whtn
pressed % desperation, smut themselves IN
the oatnolic chuteh' Whlther tney had
removed quantity oil ammunition anu
provision. -, ,,.,..,
Adylecs from Gnbat, dated February i,
give gloomy statements about the eondi- @
ton ot stewarts lltt!e army there. me
men have been placed on three-quarter
ratlons. lhese nave beeii once supple
mented win dole Oh Deans ana tfesh
meat, The Gamels have plenty OF forage.
shendy, on the opposite pank g, ol tne.Nile,
and Metehnen, tntee mlies from 9uoat,
are occasionally sneiied py steamer.
ihe troops ate Justly eslployeu eieaI'ns
the ground IN front 81 the camp, and IN
detached Work az aulolning villages. Inc
main eafthWorSs, erected ior the protec-
ton Of the camp from the river front, nave
already peen greatiy strengthened, and It
was calcp plated tlley would DC completed
that night. ,,,
Several men wounded IN the desert bat:
ties have died N camp since tue arrival ot
the army as duest. others are doing
well. Inc remainder OF the Koyal Artll-
lery and naval brigade, with ten guns, in
Guiding one Gardner, have arrived. a
CONVOY has been sent back 70 9a&dul wells
for more stores, and has taken iorty ol the
wounded along. Nearly every nlght pieE-
cts have exchanged shots with uniriendiy
Arabs.
II Is Tumored that an order was teie-
graphed to Wolseiey 70 ascertain, y possi-
BILE, before taking decisiVe action, whether
General Gordonis dead or alve. il ne
discovers that he stili lives, he IS instructed
to try to terminate the campaign without
further lighting. ihis instruction "
thought to imply a desire desire On 9 lne ft part o. o.