Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-29
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. BITTER SWEET. I . Sweet Water Canal PoI-
 Iuted by Arabi. DEAD HORSES IN THE STREAM. A Disastrous Legacy for the
 British. WOLSELEY DIVIDES HIS FORCES. The Scheme Condemned by His
 Subordinates.
EGYPT.

Arnb4's Shrexvd Dodge-PaIlutinE the Sweet Water Canal-Its Waters Rend- cred Unfit for Use-Arabt'x Military Ad- wiser Captured by the Brtttsh-The Forward Movement of she EA .lish Forces-A Risky scheme of Diviaing the Forces.
 IsMA1IIA Aug. 2S.-The British have taken possession of the kassarin lock. Arabi with drew his forces without attempting to resist ! the advances of the British, and is evidently anxious to draw them on to Tel elKebir, only ten miles distant. where he proposes to make determined stand. On securing possession 1 of the kassarin lock, the British found, to 1 their amazement, that the water had been filled with dead horses and the coIpses of Arabi's men, and in every possible manner polluted and rendered undrinkable. This discovery led to a feeling of intense alarm, l the operations of General Wolseley's troops from Ismalia being dependent upon the wa ters of the canal, their march along its line { having been made on account of the abund- | ant supply of water it afforded. It is re- ported that Mahmoud Feymy, Arabi's chief of-staff, is among the prisoners taken at Max ] sameh. He is reported as stating that Arabi' s 1 station at Tel-el Kebir is not very strong, he l having but a few earthworks thrown up. A son of Feymy's also captured at Maksa- meh. Both prisoners have been sent to the Khedive.
 ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 28.-The Khedive has appointed Sultan Pasha as special commits sioner to accompany General Wolseley and 1 explain to the populace their march | t rough Egypt that the mission of the Eng l fish is solely to uphold the Khedive and quell I military despotism.
 Troops have been sent by Arabi to Kafr- el Dwar to reinforce the soldiers holding that place.
 General Wolseley expects to have arrange 1 ments perfected in a few days whereby the
 transportation of troops and equipments from 1 this place to the scene of activity bs 1 quickly made. Sir Garnet and staff officers will also proceed to the front
 CoNsTANTINoPLE, Aug. 2S.--The demand l of the Russian ambassador here that the draft of the proposed military convention be- l tween England and Turkey be submitted to l the conference of the powers now in session
 here is being heartily supported by the Aus
 trian representatives. Both the Russian and l Austrian ambassadors will insist that the
 English shall not be given any exclusive
 privilege in Egypt and that the decision of l the conference on the subject shall be accept I ed by the British government
 l IsMA1L1A, Aug. 2S.-General Graham has l been selected to command a force which will
 attempt the investment of Arabi's entrenched l post at Tel el Kebir. General Wolseley with l the main body of the army will continue the
 march on Cairo, following the line of the | Sweet Water canal. This division of the Brit | ish forces is considered risky maneuvre by
 many of the subordinate officers. The sup
 ply service is proving extremely defective l and may serious delay.
 The British troops have occupied Sim
 three miles beyond Kassassin, this afternoon.
 There no fighting.
 Toulba Pasha, commanding at Kafr el
 Dwar, has been killed in quarrel with his
 officers. Dissensions are report to exist be
 tween Arabi and the Beduoin sheiks.
 LONDON, Aug. 2s.-A dispatch from Cal
 cutta says recruiting for the service in the
 Egyptian campaing is going on here at lively
 rate among the natives Another reserve
 corps has been formed under 8 call iron
 General Wolseley and will be sent to the sea
 of war immediately The entire contingen
 of troops here has been already placed at the
 disposal of Sir Garnet Wolseley