New-York tribune., 1885-01-30
GEN. STEWART DOING WE'LL
CONDITION. OF THE BRITISH WOUNDED

ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE MAHpI-osMAs -
prTEpMINr D-GENERAL EARLE "Ni N,.onbed
IoNDoy. JAM 29.-General WoiseicS @;,.od re
from Korti this morning that ho n"u .hot General
yoie0 linz we'll. No attempt has oeeh ., .lauI
1. .,,o hnllet. The bullet entcreu 'no '-s
W eN 's ,od,ed in the region OF the groin.
anu - CaneraI Stewart was wounded NC ""'
'Sa ~ the field hospital by party OIL onioo's
snd man. who were moved to tears oy tho s's"' -
~. suaeunrs and the fortitude with WHICH hc eii-
dured them. ,;.o,I.d of
Tho bosnital for the wounded and disabled Oh
Csneral Stewards command is pitcheu Oh .ho '"'i'
of the Nile They are all housed in cosey 'eh,s anu
are proyided with comfortable beds too.a,nou 'ion
the natives In view of the many harusn'p9 1.l
prIyations which the wounded men n''o "% r;'I
suser and the almost constant moving 10 "hich
a., hoye boen subjected most of them are making
,ronderful progress toward recovery. In the cases
f obout tyyo-tbrds of the wounded. the injuries are
se,ions and among this class great numoer Vi
surgical operations are still necessary AS many DIS
nossble of the wounded have been sent oach W
Gakdul Wells Supplies in the vicinity Oh tho posi-
=, cphat are n,entiful and the Army will have to
make no demand ON their base of supplies II the
natives continue to bring in their produce.
Some of the wounded rebels who were taken
nrisoners by General Stewards force declare Una.
the Frenchman, Olivier Pain, is in command a'
Uetemneh All the prisoners state that .hey ool'
;aer the Mabds cause lost 1t is reported that the
,I.Na; sendng avov all his vauables to place OF
safety and this is taken as an indication that ne
b;mself 10 growing doubtful of success. FROM the
t,ostern Soudap intelligence is received however,
which indicates that Osman Digna. the reoei
chieftan in those parts, has no Intention OIL giving
mn the struggle. Spies who have been mihsiihs
with the hostile tribes report that he is resoutey
determined to continue the war. They say that he
is even resorting to the desperate measure Oh arhe
the women and compelling them to 90 military
service.
The news concerning the operations of the un-
friendly Arabs along the Red Sea continues " eio"
more serious Massowah is almost in state OF SIEGE
with gloomy prospects of relief. The Arabs make
attacks IN force almost every night upon SuaKim'
and in the night firing upon the garrison is almost
continual The garrison has been greatly streneth-
ened by the arrival of 400 British troops. news
has been received of a desperate attack upon tne
Galabat garrison in which 100 of the garrison and
500 of the enemy were killed.
THE EXPEDITION OF GEN ERAL EARLE.
Adyices received at Hamdab last night concern
ing the expedition which left there for Berber on
Monday un der General Earle state that the BLACK
Watch and Staffordshire Regiments arrived at the
Kabd-e-abok cataract yesterday. Before reachme
the cataract the cavalry scouts, who were TWO
miles in advance exchanged fire with some hostile
natives The Arabs made the attack, but were
soon driven back by the cavalry and the Gamer
CORPS when these came up. Soon after this these
two corps captured the village of Warag. num-
ber of cattle and sheep were also selzed Inc Aiaos
Ietreated in the direction of Brit ,,,o,. nm
General Earle's force Is $500 men,: lney ais
proeceding partly in whale boats up the Nlie ana
nartIy bv the road on the river bank. AiIer the
capt,re of the village of Warag. Earles force
started for Abu Hsmed, distant two days marcn:
The Fra aeais of Paris, describes General stew
arts march across the desert as the most daIlns
and heroic adventure OF %oasrn % 1baf ,e be Official re-
norris of tie losses suffered by the English troops
at the battle of Abu-Klsa have much understa'eu
j. A. Cameron, The Standard correspondent, was
shot in the back while he was kDeelng behind
camel He WAS buried on the held by HIS COLL
rades.
APPEARANCE OF GORDONs STEAMERS. I
LONDON. Jan. 3O.-A dispatch from Gubat says
"The four steamers sent down the river by General
Gordon have not been to Khartoum for MONTH
They have been awaiting the British at an island
above Metemneh The vessels arc covered with
heavy boards Of hard wood outside and thin iron
plates inside. They present battered appearance
being pitted with bullet marks, from the tunnels
to the water-ne. The vessels resembled floating
houses rather than war ships. Each steamer has
several hundred plucky blacks ON board lhey
are commanded by Turkish officers, who have their
wives and families with them"
The British are improving their defences having
learned that force of Arabs is coming from Ber-
Der to attack them. The troops have been put Oh
half ratlons until supplies from Gakdul arrive.
THE ENGLISH PLAN AND THE POWERS.
LONDON Jan. 29.-Schor Manclni, the Italian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, assured the Chamber OF
Deputies in Rome to-day that an agreement existed
between Italy and England on the Egyptian ques-
tion although it was an unwritten one. In ex-
planation of the nature of the agreement he said
"Our action will be parallel with England's. and is
intended to facilitate her work in Egypt. This
policy aims at guarantee of important interests.
and it is also a guarantee, and, indeed almost a
part of our alliance with the central Powers of Eu-
rope.D
In diplomatic circles in Berlin it is declared that
the Powers regard EAglands latest proposals Tor
settlement of the Egyptian financial question as