The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-05-14
Prom The London Literary gazette.
THE PASuA OF EGYPT.


From he London Literary Co4ttte.
THE FAsHA OF EGYPT.
The fasha of Egypt ls II very extraordl-.
nary character BY birth Greek, and
'uoIased in his early youth, he enjoys no
advantages OF education but IN the course
ct ms administration of the government Of
the celebrated province at present under
hs control, lie eyinces thu wonderful clIcrts
which may be- wrought by MUD natural
~ sagaclous and energetic. Having rs.
iablIshcd himself as Il military chirftnin,
too formidable to be controlled by the hi.
van OF Conatantlnople, he has of late de
voted himself In commercial Enterprises
which, II ms life be spared, or if they are
continued after his death, must tend 10
the speedy recyiliziog of the ancient pa
rent at the arts and sciences. lie first di-
rrcted his attention Ia the cultivation of
sugar, OF which he grew a considerable
quantity hut n the quality was course,
10y the aid ola Scotch agent he established
an extensive sugar refinery the produce Of
which has occasionally been found a mat
ter of anxiety 10 the European dealers in
refined sugar IN the Leyant. In the course
oi The process Of refinement lie had Occa-.
| SION Tor steam engine, with which, We
nave been informed he was supplied by
III" British Ministry, who wished to con.
clI'ale hls favor by 80 acceptable present;
when however, IA We have been told he
pretended l,e wished TO possess only as az
inject Of curiosity.
Al a later period m ENGLISH gentleman,
high IN his confidence, advised him to turn
his attention To the cultivation Of cotton
u" accordingly procured from the Unt q.
States, In separate quantities so as to pro-
ducc no alarm, several tons weight Of the.
best cotton serd. which he had sown in
spots on the bauk of the Nile, ia, orahlc IA.
the growth Of the cotton plant. HIS sue
ccss III this new speculation has hitherto,
been decisive. A few months ago a hun.
drrd bays of his cotton WAS aold At Liver
pool, and Is found, on working, to be supe--
rlOr 10 the Sra lland Cotton. Several
vessels have within these few days cloarcd
out from Liverpool To Alexandria, where
he has thirty thousand bags ready for sale;
and his next years crop IL expected To be
one hundred thousand. lfthr ciyiIizat on
Of his people ~ within many degrees com
mcusurate with his progress IN agriculture,
~ that they can take a lolcrablr pioporlion
of our manufactures ~ exchange for the
raw material, Jonathan may look about
htm. hIpresrnl The purchases are made
from the Pasha IN hard dollars.
II VIII easily br behaved HAT the rising
power Of Tins extraordinary mau is viewed
with extreme jealousy by the Porte. Ac-
cordugy, a short time ago, the Grand
StgnOr sent an agent with couple of rx-
rcutioncIs, with instructions 10 bring his
mead 10 Constaniinople bat the Pasha'5
spies gave him speedy intelligence Of the
danger whcb awaited him. He made his
preparations accordingly, and the ministers
OF death, instantly on their arrival in T.
gypl, and before they could display the "a
tai frmao WIRE deprived Of their heads.
which the Pasha plcklcd aud sent to the
Sublime PORTE, with a history of his pro-
vidcnla escape from the plnts Of a8sassins.
Since then he has remained unmOleslrd in.
/ the prosecution Of his grand aud useful de.
signs, and all who wish well to the progress
of civilization in Africa, viii pray that ne
may lie thousand years
The Pasha, We further hear, boughr
from Rnudel aud Bridge The Pitt diamond
ami has pald for Il. The diamond was
lately consigned To the care Of the captain
Of British ship o. war Eng. paper.
"aA.".-
Piiuperotioa.-Th following invcclivc
bf one Fisher, was directed against no less
man thin the celebrated Dr.. John Owen
Dean OF { hri5t Church: Thou fiery Ggh,
or, aud green headed trumpeter thou
hede "hog, and grnolng dog thou bastard,
that tnmbIrd out of the mouth Of the b..
byiunish bawd thou tinker; thou lizard
thou bell OF no rattle. but the tone Ola ket
I tie thou wheebarrow o thou Erehrand
thon adder and scorpion thou louise
thou cowdung thou moon calf; thou rag
ged tatterdemalion thou Judas thou
Invest IN philosophy and logic, which arc
of the Devil y London paper.
Beautiful hought-A root set 10 the
: finest soil. in the best climate, and bles,
, with all that sun and air, and rain, can do
for il, is not so sure way Of IFS growth Ia
e perfection, AS every NAH may be, whose
; spirit aspres after all that which God is
t ready and infinitely DESTROYS 10 give hi n
! For the sun meets not the springing H.
. which stretches towards him with half thai
!, certainty ms God, the source of all good
c 'mmuncates himself to the soul H. a,