The Phoenix herald., 1882-07-28

SAN FRANCISCO, July 54.-A Fres
 no dis. stch says: At the fire her,
 iast evening about fifty houses wer,
 burned, mostly business houses, in
 cluding five hotels, the Ogle House
 French Hotel, Star Hotel, Farmers
 Rome, Mechanics Home, Hughes
 livery stable, Farmers bank, Metro ! politan hall, stores, barber shop, i saloons, e.c. The loss will pFoba
 tly reach s200,O0O. much of it un.
 insured.
 Capital Notes. 1 WAsHINeToN, July 24-No sctlon
 on the Nicaragua canal bili is likely
 this session. The committee on
 foreign affairs is determined it shall
 go over to give time for discussion
 during the recess.
 Mrs. Facheco is rapidly con 7al-
 escing.
 War Notes.
 NEW YORK, Jnly 24-The Her aici ci,s drsFstch says last night 300 of Arabi's cavalry with one gun raided through Rqmlegn, and rode berween the English out posts. They came :,oldly to the water works and then retired. At ; o'clock this morning 5,G0O -Nubrans with eight guns marched to Abouker under Arabi Pasha and immediately began to construct earth works. Arab; now hes one hundred guns mounted on earth works between Mahoilah and Kaiarel-dw Stone Pasha assured me that unless Ed- gland acts with at least 4,000 troops she will alcet with a bull run There is no dou5s that had 5000
 men landed imme 1iately after the bombardment. burning and footing would have been prevented, The electric light WAS established in the forts last night, and illuminated the country for miles. Incen diarism still continues.
 ALEXANDRIA, July 24-A recon noisaucs is being made to-day in the direction of Ramlet and Miiah. Several dead nave been found in the Mahmoudieh canal
 An eye witness from Taulah states that eighty five Europeans were tor tnred, disemboweled and torn to pieces, and. that the women were vissss.sat4tedt and torturei. Soldiers par -ticipated in the atrocities. Arabi .Sashs's new Governor has issued a proclamation stating that every na- live nolesilng Christians will be shot. It is believed :his is a mere form to cover themselves should l they happen to fall into our hands
 To provide the civil population with water Chief Engineer Bittern has been placed in charge of the 1 steam cotton works, where with five 1 boilers and two tanks they have been able 10 condense fG0 tons of water daily. 1t is onsiGerei certain that Arabi will destroy Cairo unless de- feated and captured. Preparations are being made to attack Aboukir. Arabi IS moving portions of his forces in that direction. Dispatches for A-abi were brought by steamers | from Constantinople and seized.
 Reigheb Fey, the second officer Of the Em5argod mail steamer, arrived and documents were found upon him showing that for months he acted as the agent for Arabi Pasha for carrying communications be- tween him and the Palace and the Pan Islam committee at Constant lopie. Reigkeb was taken before .he tribunal and upon belng prom ised leniency if he fully confessed, gave 2 complete list of persona with whom Arabi Pasha was connected. ] he list includes names Of several persons at Constantino- pie. Refgheb also gave list of Arabi's confederates in Egypt. A ,ypher letter to Arabi was found Ipon linn: There is enough water Z carefully used, for three weeks.
 A dispatch from Constantinople avs seys there is reason to believe nat Arabi Pasha hls sent a species ,f uitimatuEn to the Sultan declaring nat he ;s acting to save Islam from nfidels, and giving the Sultan mo- ice that if the Porte sends troops to l cooperate with the unbelievers he vill fight them and proclaim the 5heik of Mecca Caliph. Ii is be- ieved here tfsat Arabi has threaten d to depose the house of Osman md proclaim Jesad ruler
 The Sixteenth regiment marcied 0 occupy Ranileh this morning. A kirmish is now proceeding. No 
 LoSDON- Jury 24.-tItteen steam hirs have been accepted or are un- Ter survey as transports. The au- iorities have decided Iot 10 send he militia to garrison Malta CT Gibraltar.
 It is announced that the French government will for the present only end coco IT arines for the pro!ec- ion oz-ss5l5e Suez canal.
 S6i sIsiOzs.- CIEc1EsA1t, J;ily 24,-A collision courred yaseerday on Little Miami ear FosteS's crossing on a danger IS embalnkment, between the ex- { ress from1the east and a freight