The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-11-12
TYRasEY or rEHEnEr All
M An EYE WITNESS.

The boosted ri, iiizaii0n which
Mrhrmet Ali has introduced intn The
countries under bis away - entirely
snpei fetal. and has m srigia What
rvrr IN any rcalimprsvsmsni, Or smr-
li0ratian in the condition. hr Tor The
henslit Of ihrir respective papnla-
Iion.
In Egypt the = hnle al The land be-
longs q Ihe Paehs; hrsides himself
there i no landed proprietor. and he
has tine absolute monopoly al every
Thing that il grnHn in The country.
The IulloSi ing Is ihe manner in which
il is cultivated: Pnriinns 81 land afr
divided ont between the lrlishs OF .
village, according 70 their numbsrs;
seed, corn. cnitnn, or other produce.
is given 10 them: this they snw and
reap. and af The produce IS per- cent.
is Immediately taken 90 the Pscha's
drpoi~. The remaining IS per- cent.
" left Nth them. With. however. the
power 60 take IL Al . price fixed by
The Pacha himself; and then rrspld Io
them al higher rate. THIS is gen
orally done, aud reduces the pittsner
In thru about Ave per rrni. more;
from this day they are 20 pay the
cspitsti0n tax, which IS not le, led ac'
cording 60 the real number Of the in
habiisnis Of q village. but according
To numbers st which IL u rated In the
government books: so that in one To-
stance With which was acquainted.
a village. originally rated at 600. re.
ducsd by the CONSUMPTION 10 100. and
by death or fight TO 20, was still OBJ.
lised In pay the full oapitstIon, and.
when went there. 20 Of the 10 had
been Just bssiinadort 10 rxlurt from
them ihtir prnportin of the sum
claimed. After the cspiiaiinn comes
the tax on the date trees. raised from
so TO GO psras BY the Pschs. and
that Of 600 piasitrs year lar 'rmis.
sion 20 use their own water. wheels,
Without which the isnis situated be-
yoni the overflow OF tie Nile. or too
high lar IL % reach. Mould be barren.
fhru comes sn infinity 81 taxes. on
every article OF life. even 10 The Cakes
u cs'ntls' dung. which the women and
Children coil,ct and dry Tor fuel. aud
which pay IS per cen, 10 kind At The
gate Of Cairo aud The nlher toan
Next 10 the taxes comrs the corree in
the worst frnm. sni IN continual &C.
tiOn; al any m1uirhi the fellshs arr
liable be srized for public works. for
The transport of the baggage OF THE
troops. or 90 track the boats oT thr
Government or its officers. ami this
Without pay or reference 10 the state
%! their crops.
When Mrbrmit Ali made his "a
nous can 81 from Alexandria 90 the
Nile. he did il by f"rcibly marching
down 100000 mrn from Mi parts Of
the COUNTRY. aud nbhg,ng them tp ex
cavatc viii their hands. as tnnis they
had not. ar perhaps Could not be pro.
si.lrd. Thr excavation MAS cumplct.
cd ia three months. but $4,000 IN. u
died in the operation. Then Cores
the curse of ,Ie cons ripiiOn, Which u
r;ised in most cruel aud arbi;ra.
ry msnnFr. without any suri Of rul'
or Ia" To regulate il. An order j. Civ.
en- To the chIrf or district 10 furui.h y
certain NUMBER nf men; t;,rsr he srIz :
like Wild brasis Wherever he ran fnd
them, wiihuut distinction ar rxemp.
tim, the Weak as well as The rons.
the sick a. sclf ss thnse 10 hrai;h: aud.
as there is no better road 10 the Pa.
cbs's favor th.n shaving great Zsal
IN this branch ri the ser, ice, he, II
possible. coiirrls AZURE even than
were rmsal~i. These are chaInrd.
~ rchrd d"wn i0 the river, aud sm.
bar ked amidst the tesrs and ismrnia
ti0ns uf thrir families v t0 knnw that
they shall probably never see them
again; f"r change Of climate, bal
treatment. and. above all, despair.
cause a mnrtaiit, in the pacha's army
hey ond br;ief: mu,iiaiian is nut nov
considered an exemption, aud Ihr
consequence Of the system is. that
frnm Assnuan. at the FIRST cataract. Ia
Alsppn, You, literally SPEAKING. nev
er see young man ~ village. ann
surh is The d.papulation. that Il things
continue as they nov are Tor two years
more, and The. iacha insists on kerp.
ing up his army TO its present force.
II will be utterly impossible for ihr
crops I" he got in. or fnr any of iln
operations VI agriculture 10 be Carried
on.
The Whole of this siracipps sys-
TEN is carried into actiou.by the cru
elest means-na justice Of any surf
fnr The weak; no security for fAa,r