Daily Republican., 1882-08-24
ARABI,s InOvEMENTs.
Indications GhAt he thinks At 10
beat TO Rum Away and Fight
Another Nay.


beat 10 Rum Away and F1Eht
Another Nay.
LONDON, Aug. 23.-Despatches from
Egypt say that fires were observed last
evening in the neighborhood of Abou.
kir and Kafr.el, Dwar. 1t Is believed
that part Of the Egyptian force is burn
ing the villages either during or pre-
paratory to q retreat. Since the en-
gagement at Chalout the enemy have
left every position they held between
Suez and Ismailia, and are retreating
in disorder towards Zagazig.
A dispatch from Port Said says: "The
British have captured Ruchdi Pacha,
formerly the Khedive's minister OF
finance, and Zulfikar Pasha, of the
Khedive's household, who had 'espoused
the cause of Arab Pasha. The mill
tary police have arrested nineteen
Greeks who were pillaging in the Arab
quarter in Tsmailla. Ten of the prison.
ers were shot"
The Arabs have reoccupied Fort Che.
mileh, and are erecting entrenchments
in the vicinity. A dispatch from lsmal.
liza reports that the Egyptians have cut
the freSh-water canal near there, but
states that tie supply of water will suf-
fee for some time. General Wolsely
intends pushing into the interior at
once. a. tramway is being rapidly laid
between The station and the quay.
The troops now at Ne6ch, with the
addition of 3 squadrons of the house
hold cavalry, two guns, detachment
of hussars and mouHted infantry, will
march in the morning to Ell Marafar,
on the fresh-water canal, about four
miles west If Nefch, leaving one regi
ment there to guard the bridge over the
canal.
There has Just arrived at Port Said
from the Soudan and Egyptian officer,
who states that he is deputed by Mehe-
met Naadi, Governor of the Soudan, to
inform the Khedive that he and all the
officers and soldiers under his command
are loyal and will not recognize Arab
Pasha.
An Alexandria dispatch says that a
system of signals between Arab
Pasha's camp and Alexandria has been
discovered. Arab Pasha has $4,000
men and go guns at Tel.el-Kebir.
According to authentic information
Arab Pasha has 5000 men at Kafre-
el-Dwar. Large numbers of men are
constantly intrenching at Tel. ell -Kebir,
and there Is but little doubt that the
ig fight of the war will occur thers.
The prisoners taken at Serapeum on
Monday report that many of the enemy's
wounded died during the retreat across
the desert to Tol-el-Kebir.
IA sa taI frpVr1 uilin tbnt fhn
force of the enemy, numbering about
5000 men with guns, has taken up
position ten miles distant from there.
There are increased signs that Arab
Pasha is retiring from Kafr el Dwar.
The Austrian gunbOat Nautilus,
bound from Port Said to Alexandria,
passed Aboukir on Monday. The com
mander, seeing the white flag flying on
the Aboukir forts, supposed that they
were in possession of the British, and
GENT boat ashore with an officer and
12 men, who were made prisoners by
the Egyptians.
The Nile is rising rsridly, and will
soon overflow its banks. The inunda-
tiOn of low p0ints has commenced.
CONsTANTINoPLE Aug. 23.-The
hesitation of the Sultan to ratify the
military convention with England is
stated to be principally due to the re-
ceipt Of anonymous threatening letters
from Syria, Arabia and Egypt. Alarm
ing rumors are current here today that
the Porte has received untavorable dis
patches from the Syrian governors. A
Christian is reported to have been as
sassinated at Beyrout, and several 9TH
ers are said TO have been maltreated at
that place. The Druses Of the Lebanon
have attacked several Maronite. The
Governor of Damascus has asked for
strong reinforceu ents.
Ahmed Essad Effendi, the Sheik' Ul-
Islam, in interviews with Lord Dutfer.
in. the British ambassador, yesterday
and to-day, explained the origin of the
Egyptian revolt, with the object of
showing that the Sultan had not con-
tributed thereto. He also declared that
the Sultan regarded Arab Pasha as a
rebel.
In consequence of the representations
made by Lord Dufferin, the British
ambassador, the Porte has authorized
the expectation of mules from Smyrna
for British service in Egypt.