Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-12-09
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We have been favored with copy 0f let
ter from Cen Eaton, dated at Grand Cairo,
December 25, 1904. This letter contains a
detailed statement Of al examination Of Jew
ISL merchant, respecting the history Of David
\ al-nzin, wfo in tie summer Of 1908, was
captured in The Mediterranean, By ~ 4meri-
can frigate and brought to this country as a
Tlipolitan prisoner cnd who died at Wash
in4ton the following winter. The teg.imony
OF this Jewish merchant fully Corresponds with
the account which the prisoner gave Of him
self to the American government. We hope
soon 10 be permitted to publish this interesting
statement, together with other documents re
spectilg the unfortunate NaIenzin.
The letter Of Gen. Eaton closes with the fol-
lowing genera! remarks on the physical, NOR
al and political state Of Egypt We cannot
but notice with what ease and upnghtness this
entar2rizinr oiNrer has written Con subjects to-
tally unconucc.cd with his pursults) at the mo
ment he was forming the project Of collecting
few scattered soldiers, ard traversing an un-
measured and drtay wilderness to attack the
enemies Of HIS country, and 10 " hbcrate his
brethren from s-rvituclt and chains"
" Can YOU expect me TO say any thing OF r.
rrDt, after Nontv and Demon They have
or ,vn from life and in nothing exaggerated
-Irvpts physical appearance Is the same
md its political is only changed in that British
REGULARS have succeeded to French marauders,
and Turkish briCands to both. The dOmina-
ton IF the country IS now disputed with these
bv the Ma1nelukes-and the desert Arabs, like
the ravens and yulturcs Of o"r wilderness,
hanging on the rear Of both armies, devOur cv-
ery thing which IS left detcnceless; the c0nse-
ouent wretchedness ofthe inhabitants is incOn-
ceivabIe: DANGER and despair stalk every where.
" Frvpt must really seek a dchvcrer IN a
foreign conoueror. There IS, however, a sim
pular tradition among the people, that" their
deliverance must be affected b. the Name
lukes. another name FOR alare because God
hath ordained that, since its salvation by Joseph,
\ Mameluke, the country must he saved by
aEzres.'' They admit the English rendered
them much service in eNpellng the French
and pray for their return to drive Outthe Turks:
but then, III must be asCribed to the influence
of Joseph's spirit.
Z Whatever events NAV take place to reEu-
late ;ts Government and mehOrate the situation
Gifts inhabitants, Egypt, ike Carthage and
Syracuse, will no more see It's ancient splen-
dor. 1t was the commerce OF India and the
borders Of the red sea, more than Inherent re-
sources flowing through these plains, that gave
wealth and grandeur to ancient Egypt; these
sources have found new channels, wealth and
grandeur have flown with them. can see
nothing therefore on the celebrated Nj, which
ne Ohio, Mississippi, AItamaha, Savanna, and
| Chesapeake, do not offer rs; even her croco-
dies and her bavet would have nothing to boast
side and side bv our alligators and catfish
+,ev are precisely the same animals and her
t.Ifgr95g mice, Of geography, can certainly
b- nothing more than abortions. But when
| contrast thg Uure currents, healthiul margins,
and deGrhtsomc landscapes Of our Susquehan-
nah, D.i.vare, Hudson and Connecticut with
| tb. muddy watcis, m-Tv orParched banks, and
eternal burning desert OF TINS nTer; and the
;rt.II;.-en-. freedom and felicity q the citizens
! trerr. with the stupid Ignorance, rlvett-d vas
salaco .l4a hopeless misery Of the peasants