Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-10

the Egyptians are slowly retiring. Cp e
this moment no casualties have occur.
red. Reinforcements are comino or
from Aishames. A krupp gun recentlv
captured from AFabi Psssha sent shell
nearly In front Of his train. Our infantry
are advancing and firing and slowly 70
treating. The greatest excitement pre-
walls.
4 0ssaIe In fPsxress-
kAssAssx, Sept. AT noon the at
tack Of the enemy had been repulsed,
but the action still continues along the
front, which extends q distance OF thre&
miles, Ali troops are out from the
British camp, and the wounded are nov
being brought in, but the total casual
ties are not yet exactly known. The
British loss is roughly estimated at 100
killed and wounded. Many shells fell in
the British camp before the enemy were
repulsed.
Eaeess ~ War.
kAssAssIN. Sept. 9.-Tventy Of the
enomy's dead were counted psar one
spot. Numbers of the enemy have been
lying about fearfuliy wounded. Our
wounded include ten marines, vhoae
wounds are serious. The Thirteeuth
Bengal lal,Cers commenced the engage
ment and killed ten of the enemy.
They lost one Sikah in the first charge,
The Laneers held their ground gallanaly
until their force arrived. Had the
Highland brigade como up and sup
ported them, We could ere now have
captured Tel El Keher.
War operaslsas.
IsNALIA, Sept. 9.-As the water in the
fresh water canal IS still falling, the
lock gates cannot be opened TO allow
boats to enter, two steam launches have
been dragged bodily from the lake over
the sand hills and placed in the canal
by Highlanders, two hundred Of whom
manned each boat.
The second division is now in the
harbor awaiting orders to disembsrk.
A Russian general arrived today in
one of the imperial yachts to witness
operations.
On the March.
kAssAssrx, Sept. 9.-Wolscley is nov
ON his way to the front. Troops are
marching from Tel FL Alahula to Has
sassin.
LONDON, Sept 9.-The British bark
from Sunderland for Java,
foundered. The crew of fourteen were
drowned.
An Arab Captured.
ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 9.-DurinR ths
night a small party of Arabs whose OBJ
ject it is supposed was incendiarism, at
tempted to scale the ramparts between
Ramleh and Rosetta. One of the party
WAS detected by the sentry and the re-
fed.
our Wretehed Consular Syseem.
YOKoHOMA. Aug. 22:-GeOrge e. Rice,
hitherto Vice Consul General at Yoko-
homa, has been nom; mated Deputy Con-
sui General. The change is owing to
caused by the previous sys-
tom under which Rice could act and re-
ceive pay only in the absence Of the
Consul General. As deputy he may act
even while his superior il in YOkohOma.
The new arrangement does little, how
ever. to remove anomalies inevitable
under the niggardly system of the
United States representation in this
country. We have men nOminally
serving as interpreters who know abso-
lntely nothing of the language. both in
Toxic aud YOkohoma, and whose ser
Woes, if they render any, are totally
different from those they we're commits
stoned to perform. The Minister aud
Consuls occupy portions Of dwellings,
built rs jails, because of the insufficient
for proper residences.
ether japanese lteass.
The volcano known as Shiramine, in
the center of Japan, silent for seventy
years past, broke into an eruption on
August 9Th.
The Government has interfered to
prevent unwarranted increase in the
price Of rice, caused by unscrupulous
spectators and the intrigue of native
and foreign speculators. Paper cur
rency is reduced to 80 per cent. below
par. No legitimate cause for suoh de-
cline exists.
Severe earthquake shocks we're felt at
Toxic and Yokohama August 18th.
COrean news is substantially antici-
pated by previous mail and telegraph.
Chinese Inaelllsenee.
HoN0xoNo, Aug. l2.-The British ship
J Jessie Burrell, from New York to
Shanghai, was burned with 5000 cases
of kerosene, of the island Of TunQ
YinR ON August 9Th. The Captain, his
wife and the officers are safe. Part of
the crew are missing.
Lii Hung Chang is Just emerging from
the seclusion Of mourning for his moth
or, and his c0unsellors arc much aQi-
tated at the unexpected turn Of Oorsan
affairs, and the Unprecedented activity
of communication between his provin-
cial alton, Tientain. and the Capitol.
The commanders Of tho Chinese
forces in the provinces near AMMAN
have received orders to march to the as
sistanoe of the ruler Of AMMAN II the
latter is again molested by French in
vaders.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 1l.-A tannery prop
erty Of great value was totally destroyed
by fire August 4th. The loesis extremely
heavy but ia covered bv inmranc0.