The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-12

perleuced In fetching away The stranded
| party, The rebels ON the river bank,
Kept up constant firing, aud shortly
ailrr the party embarked, a bullet iTOnl
y rebels riiln pierced the boiler OF the
slrlmrr, aud u was necessary to anchor
| usdrr iirr aud make repairs. Tho Brit
| lsh hr,, however, now tool, elect, aud
the hrl. rrpu'sed. Immediately after
reaching LubIt Col Wilson started Tor
| kprti, whore no has now arrived. Ia re-
port iu person to Lord Nulsrley, the de-
tails oi ms reconnaissance at KhartOum.
Z. RrHER PARrICy CyLARs,
Lord WolSrlry t0.ngraphs further par
ticulars of ierosiord's rescue uf Col.
Wilson, Wleh tho steamer had gone
doyn tho river about three miles, n bat.
try or tho enemy on tho left
bank opened fire upon It, The
steamer roturnei the fire, which
was kept up uu'il tho steamer anchored
Tor repairs. Meanwhile Col. Wilson,
with = small party, took four guns and
landed on tho right bank. the party
marched down the river til directly Op.
posito tho battery, put their guns in po-
sition and opened fire. Much Ws,ist-
once wds rendered Lord Charles in
Keeping the fire. of the enemy down, At
sunset Col. Wilson aud party marched
on three. miles further down the river
and halted for :he night.
They wero there Joined by
Lord Charles the following morn
ing. Tho steamer, meanwhile, had
another engagement with rebel bat
terry, but succeeded In passing 1t without
serious harm. Col. Wilson and party
were again taken on board and the
steamer proceeded 10 Gubat without
further difficulty. During passage from
tho island to Gubat ono man was killed
and seven injured. OF the injured four
were natives, scalded in the engine
rooms.
VERY JEALOUS.
The government has chartered six
more steamers for use in conveying
troops, 10 Egypt. They are 10 he ready
Saturday.
THE TROUBLE MUST DE SERIOUS.
IL is understood that orders have been
given for tho dispatch of 10000 troops
for the Soudau.
MORE ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT's IN
TENTIoSs.
1t is reported that tho government
has decided TO call out the reserve and
also portion Of the militia for garrison
duty in the place of troops now being
forwarded 10 Egypt. Gen. Roberts Is
believed to have been requested TO as
sumo command of the India contingent
ordered 70 Lord Wolseley. Tho gov
ernment is chartering steamers to con-
vey troops To Suaiim.
THE TORY ATTITUDE.
The Marquis of Salisbury will return
to London from his chateau in France
on Thursday. Ho has called a meeting
of tho leading tories to consider what
line OF action to adopt in the coming
session of parliament The tories viii
support tho largest measures of the gov
ernment 20 retrieve Englaud's position
in the Soudau, but will move for The
appointment OF q cOmuittCe OF inquiry to
learn as TO the resp possibility Tor The dis
pat ch OF the Mic expedition. Gen.
Woiseley's friends state that he under
took the Nile route against his own
opinion, which was in favor OF the Sua-
kim and Berber route, and that the
government, for the purpose of
economy, broke its promise to supply
the number OF troops for which he
asked.
NEWSPAPER ADVICE TO THE GOVERN
MENT.
The Pail Mall Gazette, in an editorial
on the situation in the Soudan, says:
"England may not need military aid in
the Soudan, but she does need canels,
which the Turks only can supply. The
Sultan is anxious to cooperate 18th
England on the basis of the recognition
OF his sovereignty over Egypt. II The
government rejects his offer, they may
have to face the combined hostility OF
Ell Mahdi and the Calipha of Islam
THE BLUNT IDEA.
The Globe referring TO the recent pub
lished letter containing q reported
between Clergyman and
a former prefect of police under Arabi,
during which the latter said Wilired
Blunt was the only living man able to
effect for England peaceful solution OF
the Soudan question, says: "HEe ma
tiOnal party in Egypt combined with The
French party at Cairo, have organized !
centres in every capital of Europe, aud |
are intriguing a rise and revolt Of the |
ollowers of Ell Mahdi, as the means Of
an alien llhedivial gov |
ernment. The intriguers consist
of the adhorents of Arab. Several |
of them reside in London and hold in
lluential positions, and would willingly |
have assisted Blunt's scheme to negO- |
tiate with El Mahdi. Gladstone, how
ever, knew the means Blunt intended TO !
employ to reach Ell Mahdi, and there
fore rejected the scheme. Many Of
Blunt's friends are still Of the opinion
that the capture and crucihXion OF Il
among Moslems to be regarded as The
prophet of Islam"
AN ORDER CoUNrERMANDED
A dispatch this evening to the Stand
ard, from Calcutta, dated to-day, states
that the English government yesterday
oabled an order for the dispatch Of a
brigade of Indian troops to Egypt and
ut late hour countermanded the order.
THE SUAlIIM CAMPAIGN.
Gen. Hewdgate will! command the OK
petition to SuaRim. Col. Graves il TO
chief or staff. rhe Saukim campaign
will open, it is calculated, on the Sth Of
March. Orders have been sent through
out the country bordering on the west
and south coasts OF the Red sea, for the
purchase of camels for use in the new
expedition. At Suakim preparations
have been made for landing the eXpedi-
ion.
A LONG STRUGGLE ANTICIPATED.
Offers OF officers to volunteer for
service in the Soudan are increasing.
Military experts are Of tho opinion that
jhe campaign will last eighteen months
onger. Gen Newgate has been sud
lenly summoned to London from
Dover, in connection with the Soudan
expedition. Major General Graves Will
also receive an important command i'll
he expedition.
BL MAHDI's EASE OF SUPPLIES.
1t is stated that several thousand
rifles and some tons of ammunition
nave been shipped from French ports TO
Il Mahdi. Great indignation is OK
pressed in English official circles at the
covert aid
TEN THOUSAND RESERVES.
The war office has ordered uniforms
md accoutrements for 10000 reserves.
COMMANDERS DISAGREE.
Gen. Wolseley asks that the advance
rom Suakim be made within
month. He sees no necessity
or waiting till autumn for the
expedition across the desert from Sua-
kin to Berber. Gen. Stephenson, Gen.
)ormer and others of the military
.ouncil at Cairo, however, oppose
he dispatch of an expedition from Sua-
Kim III so short time, on the ground