The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-07-22


result OF tho del berailon wis decision that
the soa was too heavy for serious opcfat ons,
The rolling OF tho irotrclads would unscttlc
their aim, and the town might suffer severely
from shot lying too high. Admiral Seymour
therefore deferred the intended attack on tho
Marabout forts, but directed the Tcmeraifc
and lnflr iblo 10 watch the llas-el.1'n ani Ada
fnrts, AZ half-past ton the Tcmerniro sig
nnlod thnt parties of sold dora wqro rt work
at the ho. o.plial battery near Fort Ada. The
two irun.clnds opened nrc. only six rounds
of Shot and shrnpnoi were nred. Al took
effect tho practice being excellent, Thn
irlnps engaged upon the work " onon
abandoned H. and firing ccrscd. whlto iina
was now holstcd nj tho lighthouse Tho nit
tern wns sent inside 10 inquire as to tho IN.
tontlons " tho Government Afitr rhn
steamed on. the Temcrnirc made the flowing
signal, "Ihc body ~ men WI saw working tho
hospital battery dispersed nttr our last
easements clnsu by. We saw atout io0 men,
armed with rifles, running toward tho llrht.
house fort. They carried lars. We saw. also
an Egyptian. General, npparcntiy Arab Pasha,
SUI rounded by his stuff"
Al three o'clock the BItiern was seen steam.
ing out Of the harhor. As sho camo nut shc
slFnaled: Negotiations htv, failed. have
accordingly Informed tho authorities on shore
that you win engage the batteries at haif'past
From this II seemed as II tho officer and
atnff observed In the hospital battery, finding
themselves IN d DANGEROUS position and uf.
abla 30 escape, had simply hpist.d ilag OF
truce In oder 10 get out OF the nre. Thero
was great Indignation expressed that flyc
hours should have teen wasted In abortive
negotiations. while meanwhile tho swell had
Increased 30 much that the frr from tho vo--
sells, y hostilltIcs were resumed, would DO In
Al hnif past three the Biitcrn arrived along
side, Lieutenant Lamhton reported thai the
evident object of the iiag ~ truce was 70 gain
time When the Dttern wont In largo boiic.
Of troops werc eyaruaiinE the hnrncks behind
tho forts, going out In full marching order.
| Tho Ministers had no proposals. 10 mako
| Lieutenant Lambt0n informed thcm ho had
not come 10 offer conditions, but ~ receive
| proposals. Ito informed them We did not con.
sldsr oursclvns Mt war with EHypt, but that tho
| Mex fort must DO occupied by our truops, and
| Fort Mnfnbout 10 destroyed. They replied
| that Fort Marabout had already hcen evaou.
ntrd. but thcy could give no dchnite answer
ns b. tho Mex fort Finding no agreement was
likely, and bcns unwilling 70 wasio .thci
| time, Lieutenant Iambton left Tho Military
| Governor conducted the conversation. iio
| was IN command during the action yesterday.
| lilo admitted TINT tho troops had suffered
heavy losses. Lieutenant fambton informed
| him that. should ho agree 20 tho ferms. the
| troops would be allowed to ovaruatr tho forts
with their rifles and all tho honors OF war;
but. unless tec.c terms wcrc conpuea @ WIN, -,
Il
the Btfern steamed out and tho Egyptians
hnulsd down the iiaF Of truce.
Orders have been given 10 the Temeraira
and Superb 10 fre two rounds each nj forl
Pharos. We shall do the same ~ Tho Mez
fort " there II no reply we shall anchor for
| the night and resume operations tomorrow
II IA a pity we have not two or three thousand
troops, for u would be easy enough to occupy
Judging from tho increasing ooniiaErstipns
tho mob hns prepared for N.
Julv r. mIdniFht
Tho barracks, houses and wlnd-mls aruund
| Fort Mex have been shattered 20 pieces. A
Bab,ea E, ~ '1e pc1s,seh c pass which formed =
| sepafafe building frDm tho Khcdiyo's I1sf
/ dence, has bcrn burned 10 tho ground. fhf
| lighthouse Il still Standing, but nunbaf u
holes arc visible IN the masonry, and Tho light
x large nrp Is now Visible in the direction Of
| tho british Consulate.
IN the Kbcdlve's psiaoo Il largo gar
caused by . shali. The hsnm palace y com
IDENTITY produced grat moral ruect upon Tho
military officcrs. Another iinR of truce has
bocn hoisted Another hre has Just broken
| out, and fears that mob has b1xun 90 y flsfe
and aes.rsL are .sI sapr .s'd :, s,,,o In Aa,m a.,,
ties that h. accept- the nnE OF irncc. but that
| II will b. the last truce 10 which hr VIII aErse,
and that honcrfprh no will consider that
hOssttux the Nhltr nag siHHiHrr uhcon1ltl1Hai
surrender, and win nrt accordingly.
| Orr ALEXANDRIA,. July i3-sis0 a m.
/ took an open boat and won't clvse along'
side land. found oil the batteries fnrinx fhs
sra destroyed and the guns dism?untcd. An
/ Arab Informed me that many hundred persons
had bccn killed bcfveen AdIcmi aud Alrxnn
| dria. An explosion occurred In tho middle oi
/ tho fort. killlnr everybody inside, The light
honso will probably soon fall Arabs informed
me tho nolss Of bursting shells was Ike ihun.
/ der. and they declared hundreis uf pnupie
i uern Killed In distant streets. Thoy stated
| thntfhn oi~finncy of tho dcfrnsr wins o. inz
20 the fact that the batteries ucrr manned BY
| negro Mohsmmedans. They estimate the Ips1
q Iife among soldiers and iownsiolk as t"s
Naval oficcu witnessing tho combat on
pressed the opinion that with tho ctrepfior
u the Temerairn and tho eunlloat-, the kB
wiIsh ships have not distinguished themselves
| very greatly a. nfffflcrisfs. many shells from
ths Monarch. fnvineihie and superb falling
| seriously short Nearly half the missiles
seemed b fall IN The water. Ths guns IKE
wise vcrc served very slowly. irving III
kzypiian< time to recover ir.in tbslf -sffFft<<
and regain c1urafr. fnrrisn officers fhinn
lighter guns more auiekIy served would hsss
ended the action sooner.
A dayiirhf, this morning. . Gag n truce ~
ayfnw Il Ha<clTin pslacf The Hsurpn VIII
DAG of truce Tying and the lnyInal bic. Non
arrh and pcneiops arr now sffnmInz into III
| nnef harior. The remainder Il the squn'ifpi
| are outside. sfraninx sh1ut TIE nfr " N.
tovn hss greatly eIi.ndsd dur,ns ~ nifht !
Turkiah ves<cl i stilI lying of hamish 1har
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