Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-15

AAahCe-DuHef1n Ofdered 10 sign the
Convention.
LONDON, September 14-A dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Company from Alexan-
dria says: "Arsbi Pasha's officer command
ing at Kafr el Dwar has written to Cherif
Pashs offering to surrender"
The correspondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph Company at Alexandra confirms the
statement that the rebels have offered to
surrender.
The British are preparing to occupy their
works.
A later dispatch from the same CORE
spondenS says that rebel officer has ar
rived at Ramleh with letter offering to
surrender. The enemy have opened the
canal and the water is coming down rapidly.
Orders have been issued that the dyke at
Meks leading into Lake Msreotis be closed.
General Wood telegraphs to the War
Office from Alexandra to day as follows:
can officer from Kafr ell Dwar has brought
a letter saying that all the military chiefs
wish to submit to the Khedive. They have
given orders to open the canal dam and ask
me to reopen the telegraph. They state
that the army has stopped all hostilities.n -
The Central News Agency has the follow
ing:
"ALExANDRIA, September 14-Toulba
Pasha has sent a flag of truce offering to
| surrender. Gen. Wood has telegraphed to
Gen. Wolseley for instructions. A deputa-
tion from Cairo is at Kafr ell Dwar waiting
to come in"
The correspondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph Company sends the following:
''ALEXAHDRIA, September IA The con-
ditions of the surrender are not yet known.
The general opinion here is that the natives
will deliver up Arab Pasha to the British"
Reuters correspondent telegraphs as fol-
lows:
ALEXANDRIA, September 14.-The British
troops have been ordered to hold them
selves in readiness to take possession of
! Kafr el DWar."
General Wolseley telegraphs that about
sixty guns were captured at Tel-el Kebir.
| He says that Arab has gone to Cairo. Gen.
| Wolseley hopes that the cavalry will occupy
Belbeis to-day and that the infantry will ar
rive there tomorrow. He expects to take
possession Of Benhs to-day, and If all is
well to advance to Galioub, If not to Cairo,
| with the guards.
The Daily Telegraph in its second edition
| has the following:
'TEL Ell KEBIR, September 14-Our loss
was one hundred and fifty, including thirty
| killed. Eight officers are among the dead.
| Gen. Low is at Belbeis with the cavalry.
| TIE brigade of Highlsnders marched to-
wards Z3gsZig aud are now in possession of
| the railway to Cairo. All of Arabi's papers
| were seized here. Hundreds OF fugitives,
including many officers, are surrenderiDg."
The following dispatch has been received
| BY the Standard:
ALEXANDRIA, September IA, $50 0P.M
Arab Pasha and Toulba Pasha arrived at
Cairo last night. They are both virtually
| prisoners"
General Wolseley telegraphs that the cav
| airy will push on to Cairo to day by forced
marches along the Desert route.
The Times, In leading article on the
attack on Tel ell Kebir, says: cit is impos-
sible to conceive OF an operation more sue
cessful and executed In a more mastery
manner. The whole plan Of the
/ campaign" it says, "was settled by
General Wolseley, with the concurrence
Of his superiors and the hearty acquiescence
| OF his chief advisers, before he left England.
| There never was any question about the
| canal being the basis OF operations. Before
he left England he put his finger upon Tel
ell Kebir, saying There Arab will stand,
and there we should attack him
on the 18th OF September We mention
this circumstance to show tnat great deal,
which to outside observers seems chance,
was really fOreseen, planned or allowed for /
General Wolseley has achieved success
which renders all apology for his methods
supeIGuous."
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram Company
from Alexandria says: "Batras Pasha has
arrived at Kafr el Dwar en- route to Alexsn-
| dria as a delegate of the inhabitants of
Cairo, charged to declare their loyalty to
the Khedive."
An official dispatch from Kassassin says:
"There are fifteen wounded officers and two
hundred and forty-fve wounded privstes
| here from Tel ell Kebir, Ice is plentiful.
The patients are all treated antisepticaly
and are doing as well as could be expected"
A dispatch to the Times from Paris says:
''M. Duclerc, the French Minister of For
| eign Affairs, has sent a telegram TO NJ. Tis-
sot, the French Ambassador to London, in
structing him to convey to Lord Granville
| the congratulations Of the French Govern
ment, and assure Lord Granville of the cor
dial satisfaction he feels at the news of the
| splendid English triumph in Egypt"
A dispatch from Tel el Kebir to Reuters
Telegram Company says: tine British cas-
ualties IN Wednesdays battle were as fol-
| lows: Killed, officers and 45 men; wound
| ed, % officers aud $50 men. The enemy's
loss is estimated at l 800 killed and wound
ed. Gen. Wolseley has gone forward on his
way to Cairo"
The Exchange Telegraph Company has
received the following from Isma liza:
"Orders have been received here to send
the baggage of the staff officers to Cairo.
Sultan Pasha, the representative Of the Khe-
dive, together with a number OF notables,
will leave for Cairo on Friday"
ALEXANDRIA, September 14-Negotia- |
tions for the surrender are proceeding salts
factorily. The British will probably occupy
Kafr ell Dwar to morrow. 1t Is stated that
the surrender will be unconditional.
PORT SAID, September 14-The English !
advance guard have arrived at Cairo by rail.
They were received enthusiastically. All |
personages of rank who are concerned in |
the rebellion have made submission.
CoNsTANTINOPLE, September 14.-Lord |
Granville, the British Foreign Secretary, |
has instructed Lord DufferiD, the British |
Ambassador, to sign the military conven-
tion with Turkey.
ALEXANDRIA, September IA, 10 M
Butrose Bey, Reout Pashs aud Ali Pasha |
Roobi arrived here to-day and proceeded to |
the palace, where they presented to the |
Khedive on the part Of the inhabitants of |
Cairo an address pledging their loyalty and |
submission. They were delegated to pre-
sent this address at a meeting held Yester-
daV, at which there were present several high |
functionarles, notables and ulemas, including |
the Sheikh ell E1wi, hitherto staunch par
tisan Of Arab. The Sheikh, however, took /
no part In the proceedings OF the meeting. |
The delegates came from Cairo to-day by |
railway, which is intact. They told the |
khedtve that the rebel force az lei Ell keDir
at the time of the British attack consisted
of 80, 900 regulars, 1000 Bedouins and 5000
volunteers. The first news of Wednesdays /
battle that reached Cairo reported great /
Egyptian victory, and when subsequently /
it was announced that Arab was on his /
way to Cairo, It was rumored that he bore
with him Admiral Seymour's head. The
people of Cairo had never heard of General |
Wolseley, and imagined that Admiral
Seymour commanded the British forces.
When Arabi Pasha arrived alone the popu-
lace stoned him.
Everything was quiet in Cairo when the
delegates left there. Mahmoud Pashs Sami
was last heard of at Salihiyeh. The Khe-
dive gave grand banquet tonight in honor
of General Wood and Admiral Dowell. Sir
Edward Malet, the British Consul General,
and all the members Of the staff OF the
British Consulate were present.
LONDON, September 15.-The Morning Ad-
VertiSer has the following dispatch
"ZAGAZIG, September IA, 8 P. M.-The
English troops are now entering Cairo.
General Wolseley to-day, in reply to a
deputation of Chiefs from Tel el Kebir, who
asked that the country be spared the hu-
initiation of a further advance of the Brit
fish, said he would occupy Cairo tonight
that in few hours he would dispatch the
first train there with troops. This has s-nce
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