The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-15
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
EGYPT.

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lieved that the Indian contingent
for Egypt will be raised to 10000
men.
Alexandria, 14.-The Khediye has
appointed fifteen of his household
as officers to act as guides and in
terpreters to the advancing English
army. Arab Pasha is unusually
busy erecting earthworks at MILAN
Junction. Several Abyssinian pumps
have been sunk about the English
position, and it is found they will
answer the requirements of the
English army, as good water is
quickly found.
Last evening some shots were ex-
changed and several prisoners cap
tured near the canal. No casual
ties.
Lake Marcatis, near Millaha
Junction, is fast drying up, and peO-
pie are thus enabled to 60 to and
from Kafr FL Dwar TO reach the
guns on our outposts.
A captain in the Egyptian army
supposed to be the bearer of dis
patches to Arab Pasha, was cap
tuIed at SueZ. A number OF Arabic
documents, supposed to be impOr
tant, were found on him.
The Bittern has returned from
her mission to Sofia.
Some sheiks in the vicinity OF
Jerusalem have been arrested
There is much excitement at Por
Said. An outbreak is thought pos
sible at any moment. Ships ar,
ready for action; 100 rounds of am
munition are served rightly.
Steamship Palmyra arrived witt
a sixteen-pounder battery.
A man on trial before a nativ
tribunal for participation in Til
massacre Of June 18th confessed hi
guilt, and declared hs would do s.
again if opportunity offered.
Ljetenant H. L. Smith Darrien, O
II. M. S. Invincible, has undertake.
b a remarkable enterprise, to be cal
ried out to night, particulars 0
which are not yet given out.
RelnfOrcementS have been sent t
Fort Meks, as it is expected th
enemy will attempt to surprise tn
fort.
a freEchman, representing hin
self as special correspondent c
/ the Lanterns, Of Paris, and who ri
ceived a pass on Saturday, enablin
him TO go about freely inside til
town, was arrested to-day by paTtie
of the vidette, while proceeding i
: the direction of the enemy's lines.
A young officer belonging to I'll
! station man-of-war Messeno is suI
posed to have fallen into the hand
Of the enemy,
Colonel Evarts has received pc
mission to raise a corps of 10y;
bednuinS for scouting purpose
) The occupants OF Fort Meks fred
" fewshells upon regiment of cavalI
" and two regiments infantry see
T. bearing down upon them on Mo
d. day morning. The enemy thereupC
dispersed.
London, IA dispatch fro
Constantinople says that sever
e stipulatiOns proposed in the militia
Is convention are considered unaccel
able to Turkey. The prOclamati
against Arab Pasha viii not be
n sued until the convention is signe
co The session of the conference "
no exclusively occupied with cons
. Grafton Of the proposal of Cou
or COrti, Italian ambassador, for c
lective police supervision Of
SueZ Canal, which was finally agrt
to as a temporary measure, wit
modification submitted by j..
Dufferin, British ambassador,
garding the landing of troops. I
nd proposition was them embodied
ed the proctocal. Turkeys object
es, to the military convention will
ut be brought forward by Said Pas
lis, Two Egyptians arrested to-
prove to be the secret agents of
Khedive. 1t is understood the Pc
is endeavOring to use delay in is
ing the proclamation against ar
so Pasha as lever to obtain ca
terms in respect to the milit
IL? convention. ~
ant WOolwich, 1.-THE transpC
> Lydian, Monarch and Tweel t
on board to-day the last troops I
here, completing the army CO
ordered to Egypt. The former
: sci will call at Portsmouth
. Tuesday for drafts from the C
" missariat and the transport dep
fur ment.
COX Alexandria, p.m.-Last N
ers,; the irOnclad train went in the di
and tien of Fort Mexs I'm the wa
-. wa fired upon by a party of
u nSi douins. The regulars on the {
- returned The fire, killing tWent
- a the enemy, and tonight stro'