Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-08-11
AFTER THE BouBARpuEyr.
A Picturesque View of the Ruin cd
City Of Alexandria,

Correspondence OF the London Tmes,l
have just returned from the town, hav-
ing landed with the second detachment of
marines. We had to make our way through
heaps of rubbish, from which the marines
picked up the most miscellaneous assortment
Of odds and ends consisting of buttons,
stays, playing cards, rifles and boxes Of
matches. AT several points we had to 60 in
single file, at others 10 wait to allow wall
to fall, at others to leave the street and adopt
a more passable sidcway. No one was to
be seen. 1t was march over the ruins of
what had been a city. At last we reached
what had been the Square. What 1t was is
too well known to need description; what
it is is quite beyond my powers. There in
the centre, lighted up by lurid mass of
smoke, stood the large equestrian statue of
Mehemet Ali; behind 1t could see the
Palais de Justice. OF the rest can only
say that distinguished nothing. On either
side of inc was one long line of fire. At
every moment house fell that made sound
which recalled the cannonade. AS
walked on tried, but failed TO distinguish
one house from another. In place which
have seen almost daily for seventeen years,
| could not even find out openings of the
familiar streets leading to the markets.
could only guess where certain familiar
houses had been from the proximity of the
statue, which stood alone in the centre. AS
! walked, bounding from side to side to
avoid the falls OF masonry, an offensive oder
would cause me to look through the smoke.
At last we distinguished two moving figures.
We went to them and acted as Interpreter
while they told lis history which reminded
one of Dantes Inferno. The perfect calm
ness, the utter absence Of excitement with
which they told the tale of horrors, the bust
ness.like accuracy with which they showed
us where we were to go to find persons in
distress, and the quiet manner in which,
after giving us all the information we re-
quired they left to return TO their work of
danger and charity as quietly US If there
were nothing extraordinary in their position
was proof of sort of heroism which won
the admiration OF all and compcls me to give
their Names They were Pere Guillaune, q
Belgian Franciscan, and Frere Miviellc, a
French Lazarist. At last we made our way
to the other end of the Square. Through
the trees of the garden and the smoke we
could see the English church still standing,
though think slightly injured, and perhaps
looted AS we passed window in house
at the back of the church we were greeted
with cheers, bravo, Inglesi!" and 50 forth.
The next building was that Of Dahan, where
found trembling porter displaying con-
splcuous sheet of white paper as well as n
peace signal found all we'll To the left,
on the opposite side, is the large I'M
furnished building of EURO, and the watch
man with tears in his eyes begged me to
assure his master that all was safe, and he
had even kept his papers on his person. AS
we approached the street leading to the
Optic Church crowd came toward us
carrying the flag of truce. They were
chiefly Copts, but some were Arabs, who
came to say they had 1900 refugees i'll the
Coptic Church, also one prisoner, u Berber,
whom they had arrested while he was
assisting to burn down houses. This man
was brought out accompanied by his master,
II respectable Italian named Tesla, who
stated that his servant had forced him TO
leave his house and had set fire to it. The
man was handed over to the guard, and after
ample evidence had been adduced in
support of the statements against him,
he was shot.