Du Lessees has telegraphed to Constan-
Itiiop'e that the whole of Kgvpt has em
braced the cause of the national party,
and that tlie English will find everywhere
a determined opposition. The rebels at
Kamleh made a forward movement, but
were repulsed by shots from the
British iron-clad Temeraire. Lord
Beresford has been promoted to the rank
of captain for services during the bom
bardment of Alexandria. Thirty-seven
battalions of English militia have vol
unteered for active service in Egypt,
Gladstone states that arrangements have
been made to prevent the telegraphing of
information to Arabi Pasha from Eng
land. A cable is being laid from Alex
andria to Port Said.
GENERAL NOTES.
Nebraska greciihackers will meet in
state convention at Lincoln September 6.
The annual sun-dance festival of the
Sioux Indians took place near Fort Ben
nett. Dakota, Sunday.
The trustees of the mammoth hotel at
Rock awy Beach have leased it to a syn
dicate for a long term.
In railway circles in Chicago it is ru
mored that the Alton road is negotiating
for entrance into Hannibal, over the
tracks of the St. Louis, Hannib.il and
Keokuk road.
The democrats of Alabama elected
eighty out of one hundred members of the
lower house, and all but three senators.
Joseph E. McDonald has been elected
chairman of the democratic slate commit
tee of Indiana, and Joel Riley w?s chosen
secretary.
A Boston dispatch records the death of
General Gouvernenr K. Warren, of the
ergineer department, from a complica
tion of liver troubles.
John F. McCurtain is thought to have
been elected chief of the Choctaw nation
at the recent e'ection. His opponent was
B. F. Smallwood, who opposes railroads.
