Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-24
GORDON'S LETTERS.
unpublished Letters from Gen. Cor
don Showing His Perilous Pc
sitiOn at Khartoum.
Lord Wellesley 0hidsd for His DilatOg
Tactics and EntIeated TO Hasten
10 the Rescue.
NotrrIAN ArTA1ns.

LoNLoF, Feb. % The owners Of
the steamship Lydian Monarch, which
Ia being used TO transfer troops to
Egypt. pronounce the reported sinking
ofthat vessel in ~, GeOrge'a channel
wicked canard and threaten TO
prosecute the authors Of the story.
CORRIDORS Letters 10 tho Government
A number OF dispatches from Gen.
Gordon to the home government 10 re-
gard to the situation OF affairs at Khsr-
toum previous 10 the surrender Of that
city were published to-day. They
were written on Nov. ith. Gen. Cor
don declines to agree with the home
authorities that the expedition under
Lord WOlseley WAS for the purpose Of
rescuinR him, but WAS, he Says de-
signed TO rescue the garrison at khaT-
tOum.
on Sept IS he wrote as follows
How many times have / written
asking for reinforCements, but my let
terB have never been answered. The
hearts Of my gallant men are weary
with this long waiting for assistance
and the failure to receive any words OF
encouragement which would lead
them ~ expect help shortly While
we are away lighting"
IL appears from the letter Of Dee IA
that Cen. Gordon never said, ~ can
hold out for years, az has been pub
lished, but, on the contrary, he de-
ClaTed that food was scarce and that
relief should be sent him AZ once.
A Letter from Oordoa 30 wsIseIsy.
The Egyptian blue-boolI, issued to-
day, contains letter sent by Gen.
Gordon to Gen. Lord Wolseley written
December ~ II sRys:
~ have five steamers and nine guns
at Metemneh awaiting your orders. /
can hold out forty days longer with
ease; after that II will b0 difficult The
logH Of Col Stewart Ia terrible. told
him 10 give you all the information
pOssible. He had my journal from
January to September 10 El Mahdi
IL eight miles from Khsrtoum. Hisgar-
rison Is aware that yOuars coming. My
journal from September 10 to date Is
on board one OF the steamers, which
you will find at Metemneh j cou-
tinue TO have occasional fights with
the Arabs. IL Is rumOred that all the
Europeans with I'll MRhdi, including
SlAtin Bey, have become Mussul-
mans"
OsmnH DiEra Collecting Troops.
A SuskIm telegram says that tho AZ
rival Of the British troops has alarmed
OsmRn Digma, who Is trying to gather
large force at lunar. Osman
Digma recently killed messenger
rom Taxa bearing news that the mu.
dir Of DOngola, assisted by the Sink raj
tribe, engaged In battle the HAdpn
downs, who mad attacked the friendly
tribes for supplying the friendly tribe
with guns. Two thousand Haden
dowas HIe reported killed by tho mu
dir and his allles.
The Contingent from India.
A Sikh regiment has sailed from
bombay for SuaSim.
a Blind for tho Rebels
The Daily News says that on Ia,
18th Of January, when Gen. Gordon
declared KhaTtoum all right, he sen
a secret and confidential dispatch say
ing that his troops were suffering from
lack OF provisions and that Gen
Wolseley should come quickly by way
of Metemneh or BeTber. The FrencI
and German governments have cor
daily congratulated England upon tht
victory Of the English troops at Abb
Klea,
The Porte Asked 10 Co-OporAts.
The Post this morning says: Mussu
rus Pssha, the Turkish ambassador I,
London, with Fehmi Pasha, called oi
Earl Granville Saturday and commu
nioated to him important newa r.
garding Turkish intervention on th,
Red sea. England and the othe
pooera have asked the porte TO occup
the ports ON the Red sea, but this "a
quest has been refused, unless tn
British shall evacuale Egypt and th
porte DO allowed to garrison Ale1
andrla.
France and Russia, . the Post says
have been
lNFLUENCING THE PORTE
TO pursue this policy, which, n carrie,
out, would lead 10 the certain disruI
ton OF the friendly relations betwee
Turkey and England. If the con
promise course of Fehmi PashA, a
suggested TO Iiarl Granville, should b
carried out IL would reopen the East
eTn question and the result would
beneficial TO the porte. Earl Granvill
Is disposed again 10 favor rurkish In
prevention in the Red sea question:
upon the condition that Turkey act
In accord with England aud her ALI,
and not "a an instrument OF the hostil
powers.
What tho Papers Say.
The News says that the Egyptia
papers 10 be submitted to parIiamer
viii contain statement nom Gle,
Wolseley that he sent relative 10 /
Mahdi at Dongola 10 make terms wit
him ON the condition of lei Mahdi Is
ing made sultan
The Standard says that tho Dor
has sent TO all powers a protest again
Italy occupying Massowah. There
great indignation In Constaptinopl
the porte believing that Italy has
secret treaty with England.
hAssaorsd with swords.
koRrI, Feb. pa messenger sel
Monday failed 10 reach Kharloum a.
returned to this place. He mat n N