Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-10-26

+ pRritcuiaFby tcts ib eiOiS !" hSu o'''>'o
locked to Egypt for grain. OF 500
sail waiting &C Alexandria, the majori-
~ departed with only half a cargo, and
! the Others in ballast. 70 remedy this
!, Inconvenience, Mohommed Ally resoly
ed 10 cut canal from the Nile at F'ou.
sah, TO Alexandria. The labourers Of
Lower Egypt were fortbwah summons
ed, and marched down. by thousands,
uuder their respective chiefs, to the
line eff the intended canal. Toeyery
chief was allotted specific portion of
labor. In length. the canal of Mah-
mouaiah, as it hes been named extends
4S niles--the breadth is 90 and the
depth from Il TO Is feet. The rum-
Der Of men employed was 250,0o0. and
| the excavation is asserted to have been
completed 10 ok weeks! Masonry was
In son:e parts subsequently added, but
the whole canal was navigable on the
9Th Of December, .Sl9--the year I'D
which the work wss underts ken! At
has been observed Of the Pyramids.
that those stupendous monuments coeld
have been reared only by tie power OF
uaimited despotism and the execution
! of the canal OF Mahmoudiab very strl-
kipgiv iliastrates that opinion. The
pre- oaration foE the work bore quite
! mlftary character, one months pay
was advanced TO provide huiscuit and
other provisisns-the laborers were
then marched down 10 regular corps
immsdialely began the work. AND at
Tie end of six weeks, after having ex-
Icavstcd more than thirteen millions of
cobicai yards of earth, were marched
back agais. The intellect, aud the
power, which could plan and accom-
plish such work are not TO be des-
pissed. even by more refined and power
ful nations.
1t will, perhaps, be thought remas-
kah!e that amongst the earliest expert
ments II cultivation the Pacha should
have directed his attention TO cotton
wool, an article Of the highest imp"r-
taDcs to the manufactures and com.
meree Of Great Britain Appri4ed of
the great consumption of this commo.
dity in Europe, Mohammed resolved 70
cultivate the cotton shrub. and orders
weroissued TO sow a specified extent of
land with the most perfect seed which
could be procured: that of BRAZIL ~ls
selected, and in 1922, u crop Of IS GOO
was picked, amounting to Is 900 bags
Of 2 cwt. each Of these $50 were
shipped for this country, and being sent
to Liverpool sold readily from Nd. to
led. per 10. % being worked, the
| cotton was reported of super ior quail.
ty; other shipments followed; and Egyp-
tan cotton now finds ready sale in tins
country. as we'll as in France, Italy, aud
she South of Germany, to which is,ge
shipments from Alexandria were also
| made. 4he discovery Of gold mine
would have borne 30 proportion in va
lue to an article OF commerce like COT
! ton. Wbst has been hitherto received
from Egypt. is said to equal thaeof the
United States il quality, and, which is
OF in6nite importance, il can be pro
duced at much lower price. The
cleaning of it from the seed can be ao.
compGshed in Egypt with far greater
facility, there being ali abundant popo-
lstion, while in Georgia the whole Ia
Dor ia performed by negro slaves. Meth.
err is the plant exposed to rain Or frost,
which are both unknown la Egypt; 90
that the cotton wilt never, be sup lect be
accidental depreciation in value. from
being stained, as frequently happens to
Sea Island Georgia cotton. a that
portion of Egypt which is annually irri
gated by the Nile, ia peculiarly adapted
to the growth of cotton, and as ssuriace
OF many thousand square miles is thus
fertiized, it is evident that the cottoo
shrub may be cultivated in Egypt to an
extent greatly more than adequate to
The supply Of all Europe.
This sudden growth and INTRODUCTION
of Egyptian cotton, must be considered
as the most remarkable and important
pic;Ssjtuds Of commerce shat has been
vet known. The cotton wool of the u
5 stes, though nor 10 general u.e. wac
no. admitted generally TOTO our mills 4
till after struggle Of some years,
while that of Egypt is no sooner nitro
doced bhan adopted: from the crop of. !
the present year $4,000 bags are ex.
pected,o be shipped at Alexandra for
this country! The Pasha, in the pen.
titode of his despo,ism, has directed an
extent of cultivation estimated to pro,
duce 90 900 bags, Of which Grea, Bril-
tain will take $4,000, and Me rest Of