Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-11-27
Ell MAHDFS MEN
Said TO be Advancing on KhartOum In
Large FOrce-The Panic in the
City Increasing.
The Field Of Operation and Lines of
Communication MOhammedan
Rising in the
French Possessions Feared-OpiniOns Of
the London PTess-The False
PrOphct-O'DOnOyan.

CAIRO, November 26.-Latest reports
from the Soudan confirm the news OF the
defeat OF Hicks Pasha. The panic at
Khartoum is said to be increasing, owing
TO rumors that FL Mahdi, with a larr"
force, is advancing upon that city, and
cut off all supplies of grain. Official adj
vices, while not confirming these rumors,
admit that Europeans are leaving hhar-
toum by boats. Two transports, with
geaddrmcs, leave Suez tomorrow for Sua-
kin. Baker Pasha will probably COM
mand the expedition. Plans are being
prepared for the iortifcation OF Assouan,
.on the right bank of the Nile.
HAS SOLICITED THE FRIENDLY OFFICES OF
ENGLAND.
The Khedve has solicited the friendly
Offices OF England in the questions at issue
with Abyssinia. He intimated his readi-
ness to rcctiiy the frontier between Abys-
sinia and Egypt, if King John, of Abys
sinia, remains tranquil. The Khedive
gave an audience to-day TO members of the
Legislative Council, and made an encour-
aging speech, counseling sending 1000
gendaymei and 5000 Bedouins to Suakin.
With that in view, negotiations are pro-
crossing with Inc BedC In chies OF Upper
and Lower Egypt. The aim Of the eXpe-
dition will be 10 keep open the road be-
tween Suallim and Berber, and insure an
avenue for the retreat Of the Egyptian
troops from Khartoum and SEMINAR. The
first 600 start Immediately.
DISPATCH FROM KHARToUM
says the Arabs report large force of
rebels close to Khartoum. El Mahdi has is
sued orders to all tribes not TO send corn
10 khartoum. A dispatch says: 1--WE
only have food for month, and only
1000 men here to defend nearly four miles
,f lines nf communication II 10 narfantlN,
useless TO attempt TO hold Khartoum
when the population is a slumbeIing
volcano. The land line retreat is closed,
and the river line may be stopped to-
morrow. The rebels are holding the
cliffs overhanging the river at Sebuluke."
a GENERAL UPRISING FEARED.
After the review to-day of the troops
about to start for Suakin, their Turkish
officers went to Baker Pasha and refused
10 go to Soudan on the ground that their
contract was for service in Egypt alone.
II is hoped the matter will be arranged.
There is q general sense of uneasiness,
owing tos signs OF revival ofreligious enthu-
siasm, especially at Tantah. The captain
who brought the news of Hicks Pasha's
defeat, states that he was allowed TO escape
only on protesting the Moslem faith. The
massacre he says, was not so universal as
ut first believed, as those Egyptian sol
diers who were 80 disposed were allowed
10 Join the forces OF FL Mahdi. There is
reason to believe chat the emissaries Of FL
Mahdi are busy in large towns in upper
Egypt and a general rising is feared.
THE SOLE SURVIVOR.
Co. .Coetlogan sends message from Khar-
toum, dated November 25th, saving that
Vizitelly, artist OF the London Graphic, is
sole survivor of the recent battle with El
Mahdi's corps, and that he is prisoner
at II Obeid. Col. Coetlogan says his sit
uation is most critical.