The Russellville Democrat., 1882-07-20

have occupied Ras Fl Tin palace with the marines and spiked guns in six batteries opposite The city is still burning, but I am clearing the streets. The khedive is safe in the palace, which is garrisoned by 600 marines"
 ATHENS, July l4.-The Messager De Athens confirms the report that the government has expressed it's readiness to join, with q corps of 1000 men, in the intervention ill Egypt.
 LONDON, July l4.-A dispatch to Reuters from Alexandria says some field pieces were landed with marines at Ras El Tin fort. The khedive' s Ras Fl Tin palace was footed shortly before the marines arrived. A whole battalion of Arabs was blown up in one of the forts during the lombard ment.
 LONDON, July 14.-Dispatches from Paris, published in a semi-of ficial form, say the accord between England and France continues, and they are expected to come to def mite understanding in regard to Egypt
 CoNsrANTINoPLE, July 14.-In last evenings meeting of the council, Prime Minister Said Pasha main tained that Arabi Pasha was a rebel, and must be treated as such.
 LONDON, July 14.-A dispatch from Alexandria, dated at 1 D. m. says that the town is totally ruined The houses from the great square to the customhouse have been plunder- ed. In the square itself, and other wealthy European quarters, there is hardly building that is not ruined or still burning. The courthouse of the international tribunal has so far escaped. The Anglo-Egyptian bank is also preserved. The streets are strewn with empty clock and jewel eases, and other similar debris, but very few dead bodies have been found. Two-thirds of the troops de- serted during the bombardment. Al ter the khediye' @ palace had been surrounded, a party of soldiers en- tered his apartment and declared that they had orders to kill him and burn the palace. After a long par leying their loyalty was bought by promises of money They then es- corted the llhediye to the British at Ras Fl Tin. His guard was not al lowed to enter the palace there with him.
 LONDON, July 14-A dispatch from Alexandria, sent at 9:15 this evening, says: A strong body of men from the fleet, joined by detachments from neutral ships, have gone ashore to stop the footing and incendlarism.
 ALEXANDRIA, July 14.-The Arabs are still footing the town. Admiral Seymour had determined to land his force, but refugees informed him that 5000 Egyptians occupied q pc sitiOn OF the outside of the city ready for an attack. While Admiral Sey- mour could only land 300 men, he, therefore, instead of landing his men, ordered shots fired over the city in order to frighten the rioters. Twenty armed Europeans who es- capped the general massacre, were told by a pasha whom they met on their way through the town, that the Egyptians killed and murdered over GOO. The English and French con sulates were burned to the ground.
 LONDON, July 15.-One thousand more marines have been ordered from Malta to Alexandria.
 Admiral Seymour telegraphed at II o'clock last night that the fire in Alexandria was not spreading, and that, nearly all of the looitng had stopped. A force of Germans have landed to protect the hospitals and a party of Americans to establish a consulate The ironclad Minatour has arrived.
 In the house of commons this af- ternoon, Sir Charles Dilke, in reply to the question whether steps would be taken to intercept Arabi Pasha on the road said: "Our proceedings relate to Alexandria. The other matter is for the powers to take ac- tion upon"
 The Times leading article says: "Whatever conclusion Bright may have formed in regard to his duty in this great crisis he will be treated with respect, but we hope that no divergence of opinion will definitely sunder him from men among whom he has so long been associated"
 An Alexandria dispatch to the Times says that 1900 Christian ref ugces were saved in a Coptic church 1 during the massacre. The fires in ! the town were undoubtedly directly ! instigated by the principal support CTS of Arabi, Pasha, if not ny him self After the shooting commenced the soldiers attacked the original plunderers, and robbed them of their prey. Arabi Pasha, during the en- gagemcnt,. was at Fort Napoleon, which was neither fired nor received a shot.
 A telegram from Port Said says