Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-16
THE WAR is OVER"
ARABI IN A BRITISH GUARD
ROOM.
The Rebel Chiefs to be Tried by Special
COurt-Kafr ell Dwar Abandoned-A
Splendid Cotton Crop.

LONDON, September 15.-The War Office
has received the following dispatch from
General Wolseley:
"BENHA, September 15-General Lowe
has occupied Cairo. Arab Pashs and
Toulba Pssha have surrendered uncondi.
tionally. Ten thousand troops at Cairo have
laid down their arms"
General WolseleY has arrived in Cairo,
whence he has sent the following dis
patches:
"CAIRo, September 15.-The war is over.
Send no more men from England. Midship
man Dechair is safe. l have been received
here with open arms by all classes. The
soldiers are glad to return to their homes.
Our cavalry did extremely well in the long
forced march yesterday. Arab Pasba and
Toulba Pasha are both confined in our guard
rooms. l will now change my base from
| Ismailia to Alexandria. The health and
spirits Of the troops are excellent"
A dispatch to the Daily 7eleqrdph from
| Alexandria states that thousands of Bedou-
ms descended upon Ksssassin camp after
the battle was over. The British drove
them OFF with loss. The Bedouins are
hanging around Ismalis in great numbers,
and promise to give trouble.
| The Alexandria correspondent OF the
Daily NeO0S telegraphs as follows: "All the
military posts in Cairo are occupied BIZ the
British. The city is perfectly safe. Rabbi
Pasha says that Arab was In bed when the
| the attack on Tel ell Kebir commenced and
was panic stricken at its suddenness. Abeyd
Pasha was killed in the battle. Gen. Wood
with the Ramleh troops will proceed to Kafr
| Ell DWAr on Sunday, to take possession =.
OF the camp OF the rebels there and receive
| their arms.
Gan italian naval Lieutenant, who It is sup-
posed had Joined Arab. has been discovered
In the hospital at Kafr ell DWar suffering
from the effects OF Ill usage. visited the
rebel lines to-day. The Egyptian gunners
hBd clean, we'l-fed look, and the perfect
order prevailing In the camp was most strik-
| Ing. Their arms were we'll kept"
A dispatch from Ismailia to the Ddtlz,
| Aea0S says: between here and Zagazig the
maize and cotton crops are IN splendid con-
dition. Fellahs have been working quietly,
ana their occupation was well-timed, as the
cotton harvest begins to-day"
A dispatch to the Standard from Alexan-
dria says: at appears that Kafr ell D war
has not yet been occupied. The negotia-
tlons Tor its occupation are expected to be
concluded this afternoon. The announce
ment That the British had entered the earth
works yesterday was misconception. Only
Generals Wood and Harmon rode in with a
small party in consequence of the display
OF Says of truce"
ALEXANDRIA, September Is, I'm M.-The
British will move forward at O'Clock this
afternoon to dissrm the five thousand men
at Kafr ell Dwar. A train has lust started
with number of Egyptian officers, who are
going to surrender personally to General
Wolseley. General Wood has Issued an
order prohibiting any correspondents from
going forward.
After the arrival of the Khedive at Cairo a
regularly constituted court will be estab-
lished for the public trial of the rebel chiefs,
who will be allowed to engage counsel.
ALEXANDRIA, September Is, $40 P. M
The engineers have just returned and re-
port Kafe ell Dwar abandoned. They saw
many skeletons there. The rebels
are supposed to have gone to Aboukir
forts