Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-02-12

lSOHDON, rcDs IL uc caUtuUt S~usy
approved General Lord Wolseley's plan Of |
A narrow gauge railway Will be laid to |
AIiab, 180 miles West of 6uakim, where !
an entrenched camp will be formed with |
central depot for stores. Leaving Ariab |
the troops will proceed by forced marches |
to Berber. II fs calculated that the ad
vance will begin about the third week in |
March, and II 10 hoped that Berber will
be reached in six weeks.
Ariab, where the entreuchedss camp is to |
be formed, is on the road from Suakim to
Berbcr, and is described as }" smiling
oasis, !" where there is good pasturage and
plenty Of water.
General wolseley, with the British
forces, left Korti last night for Gubat,
via the desert. Only portions OF twol
regiments now remain at Korti. General
Esrle's advance 10 Berber was begun yes
terday. Gubat has been strongly fortified
in view ofs possible siege on earthworks
and bitches. The garrison 10 much exas-
perased over the news OF tie massacre at
Rhartoum. General Graham has been
Isppointed TO the command of the 6us-
kim Berber expedition. General Free.
mantle will command the guards, and
General Greaves act as chief Of the staff.
Numerous surgeons are volunteering to
20 to the Soudan and aid the medical
corps. A number Of female hospital
nurses will accompany the expedition.
GORDON SURELY DEAD.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE death of Ger
diction. A despatch has been received
by the Government from General Lord
Wolseley, dated Korti, saying that scouts
sent to Khartoum had returned with
pos tive confirmation of the death Of the
hero. " My information" telegraphs
Lord Wolseley, .1s from reliable source,
and leaves no. room for hope that the
lgallant Gordon has escaped" The War
IOfice refuses TO Officially confirm the
despatch, but Its receipt by Mr.. Gladstone
lis undoubied. The Premier summoned
his colleagues to an immediate conference
and all the Cabinet were Ia session by
. noon.
The city is In deep mourning, and any
hope which had remained of Gordon be
Ing alive is obliteratcd. Two Of the even
: ling papers bitterly attack Mr.. Gladstone
for roaring with laughter at theatre last
night while telegrams were arriving an
. nouncing Gordon's murder and the hor.
!, rors of the Khartoum massacre. People
clustered all day round the newspaper
D most impossible with throngs of excited
people. Frequent denunications were
heard of the Government in not adopting
y measures for Gordon's rescue.
y Lord Roseberry has been appointed lorc
!. prlvy seal, and first commissioner Of pub
3 Tic works. He and Mr.. Shaw Lefevre
postmaster general, will both occup.
seats In uhe cabinet. Lord Roseterry de
cliued to accept portfolio until assured
that the Government had decided to adop
!, an energetic policy In the Soudan.
ANOTHER ENGLISH GENERAL KILLED.
ri LONDON, Feb. 11.-General Earle wa
killed on Tuesday during the storming o
9 the enemy's position at Brit.
}. The Standards correspondent witt
o General Earle's column sends tho fol
' lowing despatch, dated Dulka Island
9 Tuesday:
"The British troops advanced to q.
tack the enemy, who held q strong poo!
D: ton on the hills. After some fghtin
K the enemy was completely surrounded
d Finding impossible TO dislodge the rebel
10 from their fortified position, Genera
|, Earle ordered the troops to charge. Gen
/. leral Earle was killed while leading tn
a attack.
The Black Watch Regiment capture,
q | Tue pOb1tlOu at uuc point Vi tuc bhJohC'
, the cavalry taking possession of the enc
is my's camp. General Brackenbury, upo
70 the fall of General Earle, assumed com
70 mand and ordered the remaining posi-
d tions of the eDemy to be stormed. Th
t. troops acted promptly, made gallan
10 attack and soon captured all the enemy
10 positions. The fighting lasted five hour
1t There was great slaughter among the ent
10 my. Those who survived escaped b
{. swimming the river.
rs ITALY AND ENGLAND UNITED.
n ROME, Feb. 1.-THE negotiations b.
u tween the British and Italian Government
with a view OF Italian cooperation In tt
40 Soudan still proceed. The Chevalit
~ Nigra, Italian ambassador at Londol
70 has been instructed TO assure Lord Graz
10 Vile, the British foreign secretary, of tn
confidence that Italy has In the power {
~ England TO crush the rebellion In IL
~ Soudan, and to reorganize Egypt, an
10 to state that Italy is willing to occuI
GO with her troops strategetic posts, SO as
enable England to mass her forces again
10 those of the Mahdi.
., 1t is rumored, however, that Englan
" has expressed her thanks to Italy for h,
N manifestations Of sympathy as to GordC
~ and the late events, stating, boweve
q o. that she wonld proceed alone in the woI
~ of the Soudan.