The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-12-12
Alexandria I'm Euypt,

4 correspondent Of the New York Courier and
Enquirer writes from Alexandria follows
" You are constantly passing persons mounted
like yourself-nOw an Egyptian lady distendcd by
robes and Inantlcs and ve 10 four times her proper
size, and perched, like big bale, on a donkey Of
not Une-iourth her natural dimensions-now a
green turbnucd Emir, trO,ting along with all the
dignity Of the prophet himself. and proud Of the
beast that bears him, because he rchgiOusly believes
that his sacred ancestor went 30 heaven on such a
Qne-now European -hOpkcepcr, moving with that
ar Of independence and conscious superiority few
months IA the east b. sure 10 0lvc-uow frolc kim
sailor taking cruise on bis novel four legged craft
and not a little pleased at the spanking rate he j.
makng-and ~ On, till all the fantastic clements Of
AleHandrian society have Elected past you. You
finish your ride, aud dismiss your donkey with
plaster, and, If you are clever your boy with few
paras by way Of buckaieeh.
The present government Of Egypt il A. much les
tyrauuical than that Of Mchcmct Ali and Ibrahiin
Pd,ha, a. ~ D. les cuterpfiEuu Instead of auuly-
ing himself, like his predecessors ~ the aggran-
discmcnt Of the STATE, and the development 81 IT,
resources, by every means, however arbitrary.
Abba Pacha abaudOu- himself ~ the pleasures Of
hl- harcm, and leaves public affairs in the main to
the mana cement Of his ministry. This ministry l.
eoinPpscd Of weak and corrupt men. and they M
have been more Or less brought under the influence
Oi COnstantinOplc. BY the stipulations which for
cign Intervention forced on Mchemd All. Egypt
Vas ~ no small measure made dependent on Tur.
key. u has 10 pay IN annual tribute Of a million
and a third Of dollar; Its army il restricted u
$1,000 men, the general whereof are appointed by
The sultan no ships Of war can be- built without
tn Sultsns CONSENT; all Of the State currency must
bear his name and all treaties made by tie Porte
apply - Egypt, unless II IL specially excepted
notwithstanding all this, concessions II different
KINDS are still constantly made 20 the Sultan, and If
things long keep their present course Egypt from
vice royalty, will sink into a mere pashalic Of
turkey The physical power OF the country b. daily
de- rcasing. IL army j. no longer the fiery iInpotr-
our body with which Ibfahin Pachs achieved his
splendid conquests, bat poor spirtlcss hslfdisci.
plincd rsbble Of forced rOuscrpts IT, once mar
nihcent fngates now lie rotten in tie harbor aud
none take their place. No new factories are e-tsb
lsbcd, no fresh internal improvements made Tho
very rails which Mchcmct All imported for a rail.
way ~ Suez, are still ru-ting In the dock Tic
circulating medium, though not alleged like that Of
Turkey, ntrinsicallyto b. almost WORTHLESS.
previously limited 100 amount, and j. principally
composed II copper coins, each equal b. fvc.o glt.
Of cent in Alexandria, French aud English
money ls generally current not ~ Elsewhere In
CairOmy dragoman has frequently traverscd whole
street IN vain O." get changed .tuc gold piece Of
the country, worth quarter Of a dollar. In many
Of the smaller Villages, II native perchancc get
possession OF silver Or gold coin, tho Shcik az
once pocket Il without ceremony
The iron hand Of gov erunent il not rec king with
blood il wss but II il still iron Some afro
cities have ceased 90 b. but oppression still exists
in a thousand forms. The most gigantic j. the in.
cubus that sits every acre Of land % the country
The Pacha il the universal proprietor Of the soil
and he not only eRacts high rent but be apprO.
PIRATES all the produce, allowing for the same a
very inadequate compensation. This produce he
sells az great advance TO the Belgians Sardiniaus
and other merchant consuls AT Alexandra, and
they export It at an immense profit Little gov
eminent supervision is exercised over the village
Sheiks and other subordinate functionaries, aud
with IMMUNITY they practise vast deal Of iniquity.
The existing cOnscrpt system most brutslly out.
RACES every principle Of justice and humanity.