ANOTHER VERSION OF ARABI'S ORIGIN.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4498, 5 June 1883, Page 3

ANOTHER VERSION OF ARABI'S ORIGIN.

".A correspondent *of ' a newspaper ;is certain that Arabi Pasha with one Dotnontell, who formerly was a con fectioner in New Orleans. He says: — ■' " Dnmontell was a major in the Orleans Artillery, and a gallant soldier—an odventurous, daring fellow. After the war he engaged in business, succeeding Bel* lancer at the corner of Bourbon and Obiwl. He ran into debt for 40.0C0 or 50,000 dollars, and went- to France about "1869. Dumontell fought in the FrancoPrussian war. and was distinguished for bravery, receiving the Cross of the Legion of Honour. The next I heard about him, from s mutual friend in Paris, was that h? hod gone to Egypt. Sererol years ago the vaguo mmour reached me that the irrepressible Dumontell had entered the army of the Khedive, and had risen to . a position of rank. It is said that he rtood in high favor with the authorities and was regarded almost in the light of a native* I recollect him as a tall, swarthy fellow', with large heavy features, but ,- clear, brilliant eyes, and a heavy black 1 moustache. In fact, he had a rather '■" Oriental cast of countenance, and ten jeari*> residence in Africa would have fcsartainly increased the resemblance. . Dressed in the Egyptian garb, I can imagine that Domontell would make a ' fine-looking Arab,. The other day I saw "a-picture of Arabi Bey, and was startled at the striking likeness to Dumontell. Indeed, no one who knew the latter •would hesitate to identify the picture as that of the quondam confectioner. There waß a peculiar expression about Dumon tell's mouth which is closely reproduced in the picture.-