Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-06-26

lions ,or bushels. Rain never falls 10 injure
a.. however long exposed. Al Alexandria
hoa,s are continually arriving from up INC
Nile, laden in bulk with breads'utf, which Is
conveyed into a granary of vast size BY
pouring /, through the roof. From there II
ia conveyed in cars, moving on railway
,rack 10 The end Of The wharf stretching out
into the harbor. By raising valye' 'hey
are emp,ied into scows, 10 be- carried in'o
vessels living near, which float it principally
10 England. Seed is furnished 'he farmer
for sowing the land--every inch oil which
is the properly of the government. he
mus, pay for The use of the soil, not what
he could voluntarily, bu. the price fixed by
the Pasha. When the crop is harvested
the ren,. the seed and the interest whatever
/, NAV be, or the value Of it while IN the
service of the cu,ivator, must be handed
over TO a receiving officer; whatever remains
he is farther compelled TO sell 10 The Pasha
az his price, and not his own. Thus every
kernel luLs into the magazine at Alexandria
Abou, 80 cents is allowed him Tor every
Twelve bushes-transpona money
When weighed and measured, laborers OBJ
tain no, far from 10 TO 80 cents day Tor
carrying i. in bags from the canal to the top
of the s,ore-house. All in all, the govern
men, paws somev here near three dollars for
eight bushels Of wheat, for which ii receives
of the foreign merchant an advance that
brings n profit without precedent anywhere
else. There being no part Of the year when
the fields are not in bearing save at the an
nual overflow. Egypl under a generous
svslem of encouragement, and improved ag-
ricul,ural instruments, as in the days Of her
pristine glory, might feed she whole world.
Grand Cairo, the capiial-so called 10 dis
,inguish il from Old Cairo--or Fastat, which
for some centuries was the capital. is made
up of singular mass Of odd looking and
more oddy con,rved half stone. brick and
mud houses. Some rather fine edifices are
me, with, however, but they are novelties,
The streets rarely exceed five feet in width.
| In the ,hickes, Of the town.-the dwellings
nv ia,,ing.ou, stories as they ascend. touch
tbe'iop. "almos, 10 the exclusion Of the suns
rays." Whatever is new there, is :abrica-
red ou, of something old. Thus new
house is made out OF stone, brick and NOR
tar, that may have figured hundred times
before. Wherever there has been town
In Egypt, however remote the epoch of its
existence. there is from one 10 several
mounds of grea, size varying from 10 q
$50 fee, in height, which appear to be wholly
I formed Of broken pieces OF dressed anc
, o,h.,. kinds Of stone fragments Of pillars
o."ui ooruicss AM, smashed red ear!hen vessels
IV WhoSvsr wishes to erect cn edifice' has only
10 tap ono of those anomoiS,Hs pes VI ~ ruO, y,
bish 10 procure materials. Thus tne wal u
a modern stable may have been walls in the
palacel of Menes, the first King; next in
Shishak's, and by and by they will be libe'
rated from, their presen, ignoble durance &c
a new position, in a future cycle. Hun,
dreds Of small boys and girls are employed
in carrying trays Of mortar on their heads
marshalled by overseers, who direct thei'
movements with stick. They pour dowr
the contents on the top Of the uprising work
IA mason plumps stone INTO it with hi
hands, Irowes rarely being in requislsion ii
ordinary undertakings. Women are seel
mixing mortar with their hands in sutilcien
, quantity 10 keep the workmen literally sup
plied. One straight street had been com
menced in Cairo before Mahommed Ali
deu,h.-no one knows when il will be FIN
; ished. Alexandria was re-laid out by SOM
mas,er.spirit, and from It's excellent harbol
fine commercial advantages, and the onl
seaport worth having in Egypt, ! imagine
will again become the capital, as it once wa
, 10 The neglect Of Cairo, which is in wanin
, aid age. Sill, Cairo is curiosity fror
5 being the focus Of manners and custom
which are The anlipodes Of Christian com
muni,ies. 1t is queer sight 10 see might
mul,i,udes Of men dressed in some respect
5 40 nearly like the females, that were IL nc
5 for their ,urbans, i, would be difficult TO de
y ,ermine 10 which sex they belonged
Through the day the stranger finds enoug
,ha, is strange and new 10 him, 10 make IN
3 time pass off pleasantly; but night come
! with a dreariness. At the end Of every Ii
n lie dark aley or street, or lane. there Is
!, lhooyy wooden gate TO cut off all comnun
ca,ioo with the next, so that the inhabiIan
) are absolutely prisoners till morning. L
n what may happen. A gentlemen with whol
If dined made an apology for not being
" home 10 receive his guests at the hour al
}. pointed for them 10 re.assemble; as ne nc
been TO procure a permit for us 10 pa
% through The doors on the way 10 our lod
g. inps, at the conclusion Of the entertainers
but being unsuccessful, the table was aba
lel doned at the lates, moment, and away y
!. rushed for fear Of being locked in. II
a ga,e closed; luckily, however, the serva
I'd who ran before us with lantern, declared
i. doctor mus, pass through Immediately WIN
d. the Janitor probably supposed meant a pm
al sician was wanted in sudden emergenc
e. pushed The bolt, and we fortunately reach
n. our quarters without a farther in.erruptic
N. Alexandria is walled, but the streets with
"a. are not cop,roled by separate gates. AZ
In soldiers are posted in differen, paris OF 2
va 70, when the daylight disappears but sht
n. lis no patrol as 10 Alexandra, In which wa'c
IN. men are thick as graSshoppers. 10 the c.
alue Of the Consular square one oI them CT
on, once in half an hour q, the top Of