Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-08
NEWS FROM THE NILE.
FL Mahdl Informs the English that
Gen. Gordon Remains a Cap
tive in his Hands.
Rhartoum Taken without the Firing
Of Gun-rhe Position at Gubat
Critical in the Extreme.
rnr n1Ir AnvANcE nrARp.

Merawi says that the Black Watch and
stafIordshlre regiments have passed
the Bahami cataract. On their way
they destroyed the houses Of Snleiman
Pasha, who perpetrated the massacre
Of Col Stewart aud his party. The
rebels abandoned the Shankvok pass,
Much ammunition and grain were
stored there The Cornwall regiment
IL now passing the cataract
GIN woIsELEY Is PROCLAMATIoN.
The following dispatch has just been
received:
"NEAR MErEMNEH, Feb. 6 Gen.
Wol-eley has issued the following
proclamation:
ITO the Natives and Inhabitants OF tho Sou.
dan;
"England has sent me with an army
to restore peace, not 10 collect taxes or
to injure anyone. / will pay
you for all supplies and guarantee
to execute Gen Gordon's promises.
Only those deserving punishment at
our hRnds will receive It. call upon
you to submit aud not 10 listen TO the
evil advisers. Come into my camp
and see my officers. No one shall
harm you either coming or returning u
THE ACCIDENT no THE STEAMERS
Gen. Wol-eley reports that al
though El Mahdi's regulars are report
ed az gathering around the point
where the English are wrecked, no
suspicion OF treaohery Is entertained.
The wreck Of the steamers was due 20
the hurried retreat at night and TO the
altered current " the river, which
had fallen two feet in single day.
Some Of our mark-men say that the
enemy are lining earthworks
on both banks OF the river for two
miles north OF Khartoum. ,nev mum.
Der altogether about three thousand,
Of whom two thousand are Indifferent
rifemen -Four good shots from the
Sussex regiment repeatedly silenced
one OF ~ Mahdi's Krupp guus. Dur
ing the darkness the steamers slipped
past the rebels
SHOT THE RAPIDS,
and arrived within sixty miles OF the
fort when one Of them grounded. A
second steamer stranded twenty miles
lower down, where Col Wilson and
the Sussex detachment still remain.
Col. Wortley, with three En-
gllsh soldiers and party Of
natives I'm the third boat reached
here at Q o'clock this morning (Febru-
airy 81 Sir Chas 8eresford's steamer.
with twenty picked marksmen from
the Royal Ritlee, started this afternoon
10 attempt 70 relieve them Col
Worlley had rowed forty or ffty miles
during the night. All OF Col Will
sons stores, guns and ammunition are
In deep wRter aud beyond recovery.
no LIVES WE'RE LOST
by the wrecking IL the steamers. Col.
Wilson's party have intrenched them
selves on Sandy island. The steamers
while going up the river travelled
principally during the the night 10
avoid the exceedingly hot fire, which
ceased when the men advanced with a
white flag, bearing letter
from El Mahdi to the English
officers, In which it was stated that,
KhartOum being captured without
firing a shot, the city and Gen. Cor
don were now
IN his HANDS.
Col. Wilson ascrrtained that khRr.
toum fell the night OF January y ia.
raeH Pasha and other Egyptian com
mRnders entered into secret negotia
uons with El Mahdi to get all
the Egyptian troops on one side
OF the city. While one detachment
attacked the boats another would open
land way. On the third day OF I. {
journey up the river the natives shout
cd nom the hank that Khartoum haC
fallen. The enemy were found in
trenchPd on the river bank.
PREPARATIONS FOR A VIGOROUS CAN
PAtqN.
The excitement over the fall o
Khartoum lie subsdlng and the mill
tary circles now consider the tfoOpe a
Metemneh safe, II Gen. Earle's ad
vance TO Berber IL fastened and rein
forcements are hurried on from KOrti
The decision OF the cabinet to Civ
Gen. Wolseley full power TO act ha
Gained the public mind. Orders hav
been sent TO Gibraltar an,
Malta to prepare for the immedlat
dispatch ofall available troops TO tn
Soudan. Gen WOlseley has acceptel
Gen. Supplements advice to send
atrOag force To Suakim. IL Ia reportel
that the Indian troops will garrison
Suakim. The whole force OF coo
British will
ADVANCE ON BERBER.
The expedition will be- composed @
drafts from the Indian regiments an,
VIZ SNNAAAhAANA hiANAHh NiNNld nnW II
Egypt, who will be replaced by DRAFT
from England The government la
decided TO maintain the full strengtl
of her garrisons In Egypt and Indlt
The government has expresstd read
ness to emberk from Bombay IN
Goorkha infantry and the Six
lancens within fortnight
PARTICULARS OF THE FALL
The following dispatch has been T,
eeived from near Metemneh, date
February 9; give natives who WEI
present at the surn'nds. OF KhartouI
declare that the rebels were admitte
through the treachery OF two pashl
who had been formerly punished b
Gen. Gordon II Ia reported that III
ofileers commanding the three steam
era which remained at khartoum too
I'll Mahdle troops TO the main gate
the city, when they We're admit,
under the
DARKNESS or THE NIGHT.
Two of the natives declare that Gle
Gordon WAS killed The others a
equally positive that he took refIll