Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-08
IN CAMP AT KORTI.
WOIseIey Urges the Troops to be Patient
and Promises Revenge


and Promises Revenge.
LONDON. March 7.-Duriug the summer
the main body of British troops will re-
nam in camp at horti with headquarters
at Dongola. The Mudir of DongOla's
army will remain at MeTaWi with Gen.
Buffers contingent. Two movable col
umns under Gems. D0rmer and Bracken-
bury will be stationed between Dehbeh
and Handak in constant readiness for
O ton. The winds now blow Ike fur
race. Prince Hassan is bringing a pack
of hounds with him to hunt antelope, and
mas made other preparations TO heguile
the time during the inactiOn. 1t is ru-
mored that two friendly tribes IN the
vicinity OF kolti have declared for FL
Mahdi. Their change is attributed TO
Mr.. GadstOne's statement Of a policy of
retirement. and t3at is believed TO be the
reason OF the removal to Dongola.
woLsELEY's ADDRESS.
Gen. Lord Wolseley addressed the
troops at KOrti this afternoon, and used
The following language:
The Queen desires me TO express her ad-
mirati0n of your courage and self ton.
To have commanded such men Is TO me the
source of highest pride. No greater hooor
can be in store for you than that l look for
ward TO of leading you, please God, into
river and in the desert you have b"r e
hardships and priVatlOns murmur-
less In action you have been uni
formly victorious. You have doue al that
men could DO to save a cOmrade. but khaT-
toum fell through treachery two days before
1t could be reached. 4 period OF com parative
InactiOn l9 now expected The army Is not
yet formed with view To the siege Khar-
tOum. We must content ourselves during
this period, and prepare for the autumn adj
Vanc-. You will, | know, face the heat and
np b9f 81 In la vi IA ba
same courage and endurance which you ha We
displayed hitherto. / thank you tedrtily for
your conduct in the past, and can wish for
nothing better, and can ask for nothing more
in the future, than the same unCOmplainlng
devotion to duty which ha- characterized
your conduct in all our ecent operations"
GORDON FREE STATE.
The Pail KaU Gozette urges that the
best testimonial possible TO make for Gen.
Gordon would be the formation of "Gor-
don Free State'' upon the plan OF the
Congo free State formed by the lnterna-
ti0nal African Association. the new Stat,
to embrace the Nile country and its OBJ
ject to be the holding Of that waterway in
behalf OF trade and civilization. The
G1zette thinks that the formation OF the
proposed Gordon free State could easily
be effected attsr tie construction of the
Suakin ana BeTb, Railway.
ARABS FRIGHTENED BY BOATS.
SUAkINs Marc1 l.-Ine hostile Arabs
at Tamai are becoming alarmed at the
number Of ships arriving IN this harbor.
Tue Amarar tribe, it is said, is ready to
desert Osman Digna whenever good Op-
pOrtunity presents itself. Food is becOm-
ing scarce, and the Hashren Arabs are
sending their women and cattle into the
mountains.
BULLER's TOILsOME RETREAT.
A disparch from KOrti stat that the
retreat Of G-n. SIR Redvers Buffers troops
from Gakdul to Kort was Il forced march
of The most tOisOme kind. The hot south
ely wind, whi h begins at bout tnis TIME
OF the year and Usually la-ls fifty days,
prevailed during the whole march, and
prOstr5ted many men and animals. The
men also suffered terribly from thirst aud
from the effects OF the hot sand being blown
INTO their eyes, causins opthalmia and
hemOrrhages. The Hassanyeh tribes,
with u large number of Arab sharp
shooters from Ei Mabdfs troops at Ber-
Der, we're assembled at various points
along the line OF retreat, and harassed the
British column by continued firing at
long range. Their attacks were most
frequent at night, when their fire could
not be effectively returned,