Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-20
WHOLE NO. 1857.

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leaving no record of our presence there,
except mischief done and the bones of our
Soldiert.
tsECoND DISPATCH.l
LONDON, February 19th.-The discussion
on the redistribution of seats bill was fixed
for Monday.
Gladstone gave notice that he should
move that this bill take precedence of the
motion for vote of cenSure.
Gladstone, in his remarks to-day, said
Our policy in Soudan is still for eyacua
ton. The recent events there have pre-
vented an immediate application of this
policy The fall of Khartoum altered. in
military sense, tie whole situation in the
Soudan. Lord Wolseley has been author
lied 10 adopt what measures he sees fit 10
overthrow Mahdi at khartoum. No further
communication will be made 10 Mahdi but
any received from him will be considered
The Government Will introduce Il bill in
the House of Lords 10 enable the British
colonies of Australia 10 organize q conted-
Grafton.
An adjournment was taken until to-mor-
row.
The English the Nile.
LoNpoN, February l9th-It is probable
that NolSeley may eyacUate kort and re-
tire 10 Debheh, where the desert routes
from Omdurman converge ON the Nile.
WolSclcy will there await help from Eng
land. AT korti he could be surrounded
All available supplies will be SwCrtup, and
the whole army intrenched ut Debbeh could
hold itS-own, If necessary, until the rising
of the Nile occurs pougola, IIarmek and
various other points on the river between
Debbeh and lIalla are held by weak de
tachments of British troops The moral
effect of this cannot but be serious, though
Ii be 10 4 certain extent uoutraljzed by ac-
ton IN uumlStakah'e strength from Su-
akin. Wolseley will probably return 10
Cairo 10 consult with General Stephenson
and others in regard TO the present situation
of affairs.
General Wolseley telegrapls the Govern
ment to-day that the condition of General
Sir Herbert Stewart is less hopeful The
fever attending the wound in the groin has
increased,
General Brackenbury's Movements.
LONDON. February l9th.-Gencral Brack-
enbury, commanding the troops under the
date General Earle, has teegrnphed from
lssie Island; The cavalry corps entered
Salamat on the 18th instant, finding it de
serted. The cavalry We're then about five
miles in advance of the infantry The
horses and camels had got safely through
Shakook Pass which had been prepared
for defense, but was also abandoned by the
cnemy- General Brackenbury doubts
il he can concentrate them before the 10Th.
owing TO the necessity of crossing the
mounted troops to the other side of the
river. An estimate of the time necessary
to do this, General Brackenbury says, must
he very uncertain, because of the difficult
ties presented by the Nile at its present stage.
Rebels in Strong Force.
KoRrI, February 19th.-General Dormer
and General Grenfei have arrived here
The natives around Gakdul Wells assert
that the rebels are in strong force at Abu
lIamed.
Buffers Retreat-TIne True Situation in
the soudau.
LONDON. February 20th--t M.-Geneal
Buffers retreat from Gubat is considered at
the War Office to have been inevitable and
a most fortunate escape. General Butler
will reach Makdul Wells to-day and will
return, with his entire force, to korti
The ministerial speeches in Parliament
yesterday conceal the true situation in the
Soudan. Lord Woseley has applied for
renforcements ON the Nile, and it is re-
ported that he wants 1000 English troops
to try and march from korosko across the
desert upon Abu Hamed where General
Brackcnbury has been ordered to remain
until 4 simultaneous advance with Gen
eral t'raham's forces from 5uakim can be
made upon Berbcr, Should Mahdi threaten
Dongoa, Lord Wolseley will retire to
Debbeh. 1t is feared the appearance of
Mahdi near Dongola would lead to a gem
cral rising in his favor in Nubia and upper
Egypt The Egyptian troops eSeheloned
between AsSowan and Wadyhalia and the
disatfected tribes are ready ut any moment
to declare for Mahdi.
Egyptian consolS yesterday touched 9S4-
the lowest price since 1878.
Spanish Volunteers for Egypt.
MADRID, February 19th.-Owing TO the
spread OF a report throughout Spain that
England desired to enlist Spaniards in the
Egyptian service, the CaTlists have offered
the Legation 1000 volunteers.
The Irish Nationalists fn Paris.
PARIS, February 19th.-The Irish Ma
tional Convention decided to establish a
press for printing manifeStoeS Members
of the English Cabinet are threatened with
death in the event of the renewal of the
Crimes Act.
Shot by His Mistress.
M>RsEII1Es. February 18th. - Therese
Nerangier a cousin of Clovis Hughes,
whose wife recently shot NORM, to-day at
tempted tomurder her paramour, Souchon.
with revolver. The bullet lodged in the
mans lungs, and he is believed to be dying.
Therese wanted Souchon to marry her, and
he refused.
Letters of Recall Presented.
ROME, February 19th.-Astor, United
States Minister, had an audience with King
Humbert to-day, and presented his letters
Of recall.
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INCREASE or CtHCEB.-If the data of
the Registrar-GeneraPs reports are correct,
cancer is steadily increasing in England,
and the rate of increase is auementing.
Thus, during the ten years lS50--lS39, the
increase in the number of deaths from this
disease was 2,G00, showing an average in
crease Of about 200; from 1860 to 1869, the
number of deaths vas S0,049, and the av-
erage annual increase 2lS; and from 1870
to 1879, III, ,30l deaths occurred, with an
annual increase OF 500 DIR. Chas. Moore
attempted to show, in a book published in
1863, that cancer thrives with good living,
and that its increase was an accompaniment
of the improved economical condition and
vitality of the British people. 1t abounds
where the conditions are ordinarily most
favorable to health, and more among the
rich than among the poor. According to Il
French observer, about ten per cent of the
wealthy classes and seven per cent of the
poorer classes are afflicted with cancer.
The disease according to DR.. Crisp also
prevails among many animals, more fire.
quentlv among iiesh-eaters than among
hcrh-eaters, and among domesticated than
among wild animals. 1t is not zymotic or
infectious, or conveyed in any way, nor is
it tranSmissible, though the predisposition
to il NAV be inherited; but it begins de
novo in each individual whom it attacks
The only effipiert remedy for If Is the SI1r-