The New York herald., 1872-07-17
e & Y p r.
The Shooting ARRAY Between Amor
leans in Alexandra,
investigator Of the cass-Aajor camy6Af Dan,
gerouAy woundsd-Consul General
Butler Away from the CITY.


ALEXANDRIA, July Ia lsTa
military commission is now sitting to inouir,
into the circumstances and facts connected vtth
the shooting ARRAY which occurred between party
Of Americans In this city on the 11th instant Ths
aair as will be recollected from the first despatch
to the HERALD, was between the United States.
Consul General, George A. Butler, and Mr.. wad-
leigh, hts Secretary, on the one part ana General
W. W. Loring, Colonel J. M. Reynolds and Major
william P. A. Campbell. who had served In tho
American Confederate forces and have been recent
ly employed in the army Of His Highness the Khe-
dive, ON the other.
Generals Loring and Reynolds ana Major Camp
bell testify to circumstances which, In their judg-
ment. clearly show that the array was pfemedi-
tated by Butler and his friends ana that their
purpose was to take the life OF Major Campbell
The latter is dangerously wounded.
Butler left Alexandria in the mail packet steamer
this morning
The Cashiered Omcers.
We give the following sketch Of the American
oficers in the Egyptian service, who have been
cashiered for participation In the shooting afrays-
BRIGADIER GENERAL w. W. LORING
A soldier from his fifteenth year, the General
served with great distinction In Florida, on the
Plains, In the Rocky Mountains, In Mexico (where
he lost an arm) and as division commander In tho
Confederate armies. Though vet In the prime Of
life he has probably been under fire more frequently
than any Ofncer now IN actlVe SeTvlce IN any COun-
try. 1t was remarked by spectator OF great
military pageant at Alexandria, In which LOring took
part that his empty sleeve conferred on him more
dignity and more honor than all the stars, crosses
and gewgaws with which the well-padded breasts
of the Egyptian pachas, generals and other ofilolas
were prOfusely covered. General LOring was Q
chief OF CORPS with his headquarters In the old
Strangers Palace at Alexandria, his command ex-
tending over the whole delta up to Cairo
COLONEL A. W. REYNOLDS
was chief OF stafr of General Lorng's Egyptian
corps. He is graduate Of West Point. Colonel
States armies in Florida, on the Plains and in
Mexico. Returning to Virginia. his native State,
at the outbreak of the civil war, he distinguished
himself as brigadler general IN the armies OF the
Confederacy, but particularly at the battle of the
Gauley, in West Virginia. Colonel Reynolds was
commissioned general by the Egyptian agent In
New York. but consented, on his arrival at Cairo.
to be cut down to a colonelcy with the promise OF
speedy. promotion; but that promise lad not been
fulfilled. -Fr
MAJOR WILLIAM P. A. CAMPBELL.
Major Campbell is ane type Of M the ,,h American sn
tered the United States Navy In 1s47. In 1881 he
resigned and reported for duty to the
Confederate government and was as,,noq ordered q
that coast At the request Of Commodore
Tattnall, of Merrimac memory, he was ordered 70
report to that officer and served with MIN In ana
around Savannah. He was then detailed to pro-
ceed to England to superintend the building and
take command of a steamer similar to the Susque-
hannah. 1t was he who suggested and planned the
cruise IN tue Nortn rac wcn y tba 30
and he was selected by Admiral Maury especially
for that work. He built and equipped his ship and
got safely to sea; but serious accident to ner
machinery compelled him to seek port for repairs,
and, permission being previously obtained, ne ran
into Calais, where his ship was detained, BY order OF
the French government, to the end OF the war. he
was now connected with the heavy artillery, and
was chief Of star to General Sibley, who ID IN COM
mand Of the Khedive's artillery.