, 1882-08-11
BY Ielegraph

\rw YORK. Aug !. Bu>Iu,-~ failures
REPORTED tn New York iuriu- tine past
seven DAYS numhrr lUi against an last
vuuk The EASTERN states furnished -,
fine Western 3D. Sogthrrn j., Middle -,
Pacific coast and territories Is.
poRrSuprru. Aug. t. Ik" transport
catalonia today took To- Egypt Gen. Sir
Edward HmnIry, Cicn. Sir Evelyn Wood,
a1l the West Kent regiment The Queen
wished them Il speedy return, and the
troops heartily chccrcd her, and she was
y~ibly moved.
BRoCKroN Mass. Arg, 4, ArtemaS
Hale. the oldest cY member of Congress,
died last evening, aged ~ years
DETROIT. Aug. l. Heavy rains have
fallen in the western part of the state
this week. resulting in floods which car
,fpl away bridges. dams, etc, damaging
or DESTROYING stacked wheat. The mud
dywater added ta the injury, The floods
between Iona apd Grand Rapids last
night. it is reported, did $50,OOO damage.
BERLIN, August ) The greater part
of the German press, referring to the Oc-
crpation of the Su,z Canal by the Brit
i,h, acknowledges England acted wisely
in occupying positions which are now of
great Importance
VIENNA, August 3 News Of the occu-
patton of the Suex Canal produced
deep impression. England's ascendancy
i now practically acknowledged. The
Austrian Cabinet is using its influence to
bring about an understanding between
England and Turkey.
BROWNSVILLE, August ). About fifty
cases of fever are now in the city, and the
disease is Speeding rapidly. The death
of German, named Onaste. recently
from Europe, is reported. Conflicting
reports about existence OF the disease at
country points are not reliable.
WAsHISGToN, August 5-The bill which
passed the House today amendatory Of
the Revised Statutes concerning the reg
ulation of steam vessels. provides that
foreign private steam vessels carrying
passengers from any part Of the United
States to any other place Orcountry shall
be subject to the same inspection now
provided for American steamers, and for
the purpose of carrying into effect the
provisions of the act it directs the Secre-
tary of, the Treasury to appoint officers
to be designated as special inspectors Of
foreign steam vessels, at salary of two
thousand dollars per annum each, six of
whom shall serve in the port of New
York, two at Boston, two at Baltimore,
two at Philadelphia, two at New Orleans,
and two at San Francisco.
ALEXANDRIA, August 5, 6:35 P. NAT
; clock this evening the British troops,
with number OF field guns served by
sailors, attacked the advance guard Of
Arahi Pasha near Ramleh, between the
canal fnd railroad, firing upon the enc
my's position from three sides. The en-
gagoment, which is OF a serious charac-
ter, still continues
LAREDO, Texas, August 5.-The pre-
vailing fever at Matamoras is reported
increasing. Seven deaths occurred today.
There is no exact account of the total
number OF cases. but they are reported
between 300 and 400 in number. The
disease prevails among the higher class
es as well as among the lower. There
have been number of deaths among the
farmers. Many stores are only open part
of the day, which gives the city "a very
desolate appearance. Last night Manana
Flores, q Mexican druggist, the first VIC
sim OF the fever in brownsville, died
He was taken in cart to the graveyard
and buried this morning A case i'll the
garrison at Fort Brown died this morn
ing. His name was Bustling, and he be-
longed to the United States infantry
band The physicians say the case Wi
not yellow fever, but pernicious by con-
gestlve hernorrhage caused by malarial
Ieyer. There are now reported in all
thirty cases of fever in Brownsville, and
all doing well. A man name Chamber
lin, is sick at Kings Ranch, l4O miles
from Laredo, with bad fever. The Ameri-
can mail-carrier from there says he has
the black vomit Doctors have been sent
from Corpus Christi to examine the case.
The Mayor of Laredo is to take active
measures TOMORROW tssgard strict quar-
antine against the injected places, and
the attempt will be made to induce Ne
ava Loredo to do the same, that commu-
nication between the two places may not
be interrupted. The Texas and Mexican
railway officials says if the fever gets to
Corpus Christi they will stop running all
trains. Everything ia quiet at Rio
Grande City. A strict quarantine Is to
he kept up until the danger is over. The
citizens of Saldiago have held meeting
and telagraphed to the Governor protest
ing against the contemplated removal OF
the troops from Brownsville to the old
post at that place.
ALEXANDRIA. August D, l13O p NJ
The object of operations today was re.
connnisance in force. Commencing at 1
o'clock this afternoon II steady advance
was made; the marines upon the railroad
line, the rifles upon the west bank of the
Alahmopdich Canal, and the South Stat
rordshire regiment and the mounted in
fantry upon thl east bank. The enemy
were driven in from their advance posts,
and compelled to, bring into action all
their troops available in front of their
principal line of intrenchments at Kafr
Eldwar, force of cavalry and several
guns. The latter were completely silenced
by the accurate fire Of our fOrty-pound-
ers. The Egyptian infantry held their