Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-07-18

front places TO read The news. calm
and sedate merchants who have with
stood the sudden and ruinous fall of
Egyptian stocks without winking or
turning hair, rushed home and told
their wives to pack up themselves and
children and get on board steamers
bound for Europe. Every vessel in the
harbor was crowded, from the stately
argosies Of the Peninsular and Oriental,
and the Messageries Maritimes, to the
hog shaped Newcastle collier. The de-
mon panic reigned supreme. So great
was the scare that an English lady, Mrs.
Allen, who had recently been confined,
although In very weak and critical
state and quite unfit to be moved or
alarmed, was carried on board a steamer
and sent off with her infant. Ladies
wrote each other the most alarming let
tiers, calling meetings to consult for the
common safety, and yet these good peo-
pie if they had only calmly thought out
their position could not have failed to see
the extreme unlikelihood of the much
feared soldiers really embarking on
career of .rapine and pillage. Alexan-
dria has a population Of nearly two
hundred thousand, the adult male
European population numbering some
sixty thousand, all armed and accustom-
ed to use arms. No Egyptian troops
would have stood for an hour against the
Europeans, and yet the attitude of the
Europeans IN Alexandria ard Cairo pre-
sentcd as great contrast as the attitude
of people In sinking and floating ships.
MlyINn tIteTnpy
Events have moved rapidly In Egypt
and ut the present moment she begins to
reap the crop of trouble which has been
so assiduously sown by herself and adj
visers since last September. Last Sep
tcmberArabi first of all developed active
INSTRUMENTATION aud disloyalty to the
Khedivc, and to-day he has reduced
Egypt to state of anarchy and ruin
which even those most anxious TO see her
brought low would have regretted had
they forescen events. The active mill
tary propaganda which Arab has initia-
ted throughout the country has done It's
work. Contrary to the opinion Of those
who were believed TO know Egypt and
the Egyptians best II has been found
possiblcto raise Il yindictivc spirit against
the Eur0pcans--a feeling which Tor saw
agery and ingralitude has rarely been
equullcd in the annals og even Eastern
history. Alexandria has been the scene
OF MS awful riot or massacre, as some
prefer 10 call II, ~ has ever dsgraccd
city possessing police and garrison. On
Sunday, June II at about two O'Clock IN
the afternoon, news came that riot had
commenced IN the Cistcrn street IN AL
cXnndrlu. Some said IL was caused by II
dispute between n Maltese aud donkey
boy, but Others sny, and am Of opinion
that they ARE right, that the ri0ing be
gan IN several parts of the town at once.
and that II was n preconcertcd affair and
deliberately directed against Europeans;
and there Is every reason to suppose that
the plot was organized by certain fan
attic Moscm, Sheik Mnhommct Nadccn,
who was sent down from Cairo express.
ly to preach against the Europeans.
There Is also reason 10 believe that the
Piefect of Police of Alexandria was prl-
Wy to the plot, as mustophazln, ormiita-
~ gendarmes, took part In the riOting,
and an officer was heard to give the or
der to break open the shops. ArabI HIM
self cannot be oXoneratcd from direct
completely, for when the Governor of
Alexandria sent TO demand that troops
should be sent Immediately to quell the
rloting the commanding officer refused
TO send them without written order.
Altogether there seems every reason TO
believe that Arab and his party knew
that riot and attack OH Europeans were
intended aud took no steps TO prevent
outrage.
You will rccolcct that tclegraphcd
to YOU two days before the occurrence
that rlotlng might be expected In Alex
andrla; but, although | had Information
which led me TO expect an outbreak, ]
did not imagine that such nm awful trag-
edy as that Of the fatal Sunday was Inn
mincnt. Eye witnesses even now turn
pale when they recount the scenes they
witnessed. Peaceful Europeans taking
their Sunday afternoon drives were drag
ged out Of their carriages aud beaten to
death with clubs and legs OF tables aud
chairs. Three young Engllshmen and u
Swiss merchant, going down TO the shore
10 warn some friends who were ont walk
Ing not to return home by certain streets,
death by the innirlntcd Arabs. Mr.,
Cooksnn, the British Consular Judge, on
his way 10 see The Governor, was rccog-
nlzod dragged from his carriage and
fcnrllilly beaten, barely escaping With
life; the streets Of The rlslcrn, the
Frank street, the streets leading 10 the
ana, Inhabited chiefly by Maltese, Greeks
aud Itnlinne of humble position IN life,
were the chief scenes OF the nghllng.
The Arabs seem 10 have come IN from all
sides aud literally overwhelmed any Eu-
ropenns they came ncroes by force Of
numbers. Mr.. Ellsworth, second cn-
gincpr of the British ninn-of-war Superb,
was Inst seen with his back on the post
crn Of door, fighting manilllly for life.
The overwhelming nature OF The on
sluught utterly dcm0rallzed the whole
European population. All were utterly
pauic stricken. No attempt NJ Orgnnl-
icd defence was made, aud with the cX-
ucplIon of few shots fired from win
,lows and balconies the Europeans did
nothing 10 stop their fellow colonlsls bc-
| Ing done 10 death Ailer the rloting had
lasted about three hours suddenly the
military were called out and almost I'm.
nietInlcly cleared the streets, but before
this was done the whole Of the European
shops along The route NJ the rlotliR llhd
bceu smashed and sacked. Hat shops,
opticians stores mngnkinrH ~ almost
every duerrlptlon were wrecked nlih pill
lnprd. 40 / walked along the streets NJ.
lrfwaid on all sidcs bw broken win.
davis, phuttriB torn from their hinges
aud everything bpatlng evidence NJ The
J fhoroughnesp with whirh tie niltcfehntf
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