Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-29
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. Too Previous Arabi. Trying to Catch the Eng-
 fish Asleep. OFFERING TERMS OF PEACE To Gain Time For Further Prep arati0n. ANSWERED WITH THE GATLING. Both Sides Still Preparing for Battle.
THE GATLING.
EGYPT.

The Olive Branch-E1eId Out By the Willy
 Arabt Terms On Which He Offers
 Peace-A Deep Laid Scheme-The Ln-
 glish Forces Crowdtng On to Ills Lines
 A Water Famine gain Threatened.
 ALEXANDRIA, July 2s A report was cur- rent this morning, and was telegraphed hence to London and other centers of news, that Arabi was holding out the olive branch and had sent proposal for peace to the Khedive The report was that he agreed to end the war upon condition of being guaranteed entire immunity and of being allowed to retire with nine of his principal colleagues to any of the Arabian or Syrian monasteries which they may choose. Arabi stipulated to retain dur
 ing his retirement the rank and pay of colonel A British mission was at once dis patched to Kafr el Dwar to confer with Arabi about his peace proposals. ArabIs offer to go into a monastery, providing England withdraws from Egypt, is interpreted among the Moslems as an offer of patriot who is willing to sacrifice himself rather than fight the Moslem soldiers, which the Sultan has threatened to send into Egypt, and to have the land saved from occupation by Chris tians. Arabi is now looked upon as martyr to the Moslem cause, and is more popular than ever. People now associate him with Fl Mehdi. No news had been received up to II a. m. from the English mission sent to treat with Arabi. The messengers were busy all night going between the Khedive and Arabi The Khedive received two special 1 messengers during the night from the Sultan At p. m. heavy firing was heard in the d- rection of Fort Aboukir. Arsbi sent train l load of armed men to take possession of the l junction between Alexander and the fort. General Alison dispatched an armed engine \ and tender to meet and block Arabi's train. l The train sent by Arabi to the railway june ! tion, although armed, is not warlike action but stepain the peace proposal. The engine \ and tender sent to meet it goes under truce, 1 although it is heavily armed
 l 1:3O p. m.-The firing at Aboukir contin- ues heavy. There is no doubts of a fight be- ing in progress between the Invincible, try ! ing to reduce the fort. and Arabi's garrison ] of ?, 900 men defending it.
 p. m.-A strong British force of infantry, ! cavalry and marines with number of field pieces and several Gatling guns are starting to seize and occupy position on the railway l within two miles of Arabi Pasha's lines. A
 battalion of sappers and miners accompany the expedition.
 ! Lord Charles Beresford states that without l the assistance of the American marines he 1 would have been unable to discharge the nu
 merous duties of suppressing fires, prevent 1 ing footing, burying the dead and clearing
 dict of Admiral Nicholson on the Lombard 1 ment: s'We don't mind admitting, sir, that ! we could not duplicate that lot"
 A native who arrived to-day from Cairo states that number of natives dressed in European clothes and wearing helmets have ! been paraded through the streets B. Cairo as captured British.
 The water in the canal continues to fall ai
 such rate that the city and troops will in g
 week be entirely dependent on the wells and ! cisterns and the condensers.
 | One of the most ferocious and sanguinary of the ruffians implicated in the massacrss
 has been condemned to death by the native
 tribunal. Crushing evidence against him was given by a respectable Mussulman, who
 evinced the greatest emotion and indignation as he recited the outrages he had witnessed He deposed that he saw the prisoner, who ii l believed to have committed thirteen murders dash out the brains of 8 European whose
 nose and ears had already been slit by the mob.
 Six delegates have arrived in this city iron
 Kafr el-Dower under flag of truce, the
 pretense being that they were on mission to the Khedive who refused to ecknowledg'
 their delegate powers. They were detained
 for the action of the council of ministers.
 Arabi Pasha continues active preparation
 to defend the road to Cairo. The Frencl
 and other residents at Port Said have sent
 memorial to Freycinet, the French prim
 minister, accusing Delesseps of intriguing
 with Arabi Pasha to the detrinaent of Euro
 pean interests.
 At meeting of European residents her ! this evening resolutions were passed demand
 ing great restrictions as regards the move
 ments of natives, and complaining of tn
 leniency shown malcontents.