Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-08-05
THE EGYPTIAN WAR.
THE SCENES AFTER THE COMMANDMENT
OF ALEXANDRIA.

The London Times has the following
dispatch from Alexandria: "An italian
refugee says that he saw the bodies of
eighty-ive Europeans lying in the
streets of Tantah, and that intestines
were being flung at windows about the
streets. A Greeks throat was hacked
with a penkife, and two English
women jumped from windows and
were killed in order to escape the massa-
ere. Arab Pasha put on a train to carry
away the Christian survivors, and about
100 persons boarded it. No sooner were
they seated than a determined attempt
was made to murder them, and it was
only frustrated by friendly native
causing the train to start"
Admiral Seymour has addressed a
letter to the Khedive in which he says:
The British government is determined
to suppress the rebellion against Your
Highness and to restore order In the
country by relieving it of the oppression
exercised by rebel officers. beg Your
Highness Will as an act of kindness warn
the Egyptian soldiers not to obey the
rebel commanders, but to return to their
homes and to acknowledge Your High
ness as their sovereign. The British
government, being well disposed toward
the people of Egypt, advise them to act
in regard to the rebel Arab and his ac-
completes as traitors to their sovereign
and enemies to themselves and their
country.
Egyptian soldiers disguised as Bod
ouins have carried off ten cases of gun
xlAur1ar fray1, MrLIa1>a
Meks. Emissaries from Arab Pasha
have been preaching in the mosques at
Mukbebe almost daily.
A tremendous confagration broke
out in Alexandria at two o'clock Thurs
day morning. As seen from the harbor
the fire seems to be larger than any that
has occurred since the bombardment
took place. The fire is in the native
quarter. 1t is believed to have been
started by incendiaries.
The criminal who was on Friday
sentenced to death by the native
tribunal was executed Saturday. He
was chained between two men who
had been sentenced to be logged for
looting, and conducted through the
town by party of natives selected
to do the shooting. The pro-
cession was headed by crier who an
nounced that the condemned man had
been convicted ofmurdering Europeans.
He was shot outside the gates in the
presence of British delegates. A native
orator who aided in melting the massa-
ores and who has hitherto been hiding
in the town was arrested Saturday.
Lord Charles Beresford states that
without the assistance of the American
marines he would have been unable to
discharge the numerous duties of sup
pressing fires, preventing looting, bury
ing the dead and clearing the streets.
The following is the brief verdict of Ad.
miral Nicholson on the bombardment
eve don't mind admitting, sir, that We
could not duplicate that lot"
The refusal of Italy to cooperate with
England in putting down Arab Pashs
may be taken as representing the
attitude of Germany and Austria. High
authorities at Berlin assert that Russis
is about to quit her passive attitude il
favor of one directly hostile to British
pretensions in Egypt.
An Alexandria dispatch to the Lon
don Times says: "The state of the
town is causing serious disquietude
The natives who remained are incendi
aries, and majority of those who have
returned are hooters, looking after theil
concealed plumber. 1t is impossible t.
mistake the bitterly hostile attitude o
this class, and of the native police"
The fears in regard to the failure o
the water supply have subsidized. The
number of Christians murdered al
Damanhour, Tantah, and Mehalla il
now estimated at $50.