New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-31

manouvers, allowed the vessels to proceed. The
unjust monopoly is therefore virtually annuled,-
an important fact to Europeans who may wish to
engage in the trade. The vessels take with them
great quantities of glass beads, ear, arm and nose
rings, end the like for which the natives readily
barter their elephants teeth. These not found
in abundance before reaching the land of the Nu
ers and the kyks, about lat. and the best spec
linens come from regions still further south. They
are sold here at the rate bf 200 piastres the cwt,
and in Cairo at 1900, stIIl burdencd with tax OF
l2i per cent.
The Government has done its best to cramp and
injure Trade, the only life of this stagnant land.
In addition to the custom-h house at Assouan, where
everything going into Egypt must pay duty, the
Pasha and his satellites had established illegal
custom-house at Dongola, and obliged merchants
to pay another toll, midway on their journey
This has lately been abolished, mainly through the
exertions of Dr. Reitz, whose presence here is no
less advantageous TO the European and native
population, than it is annoying to the Pasha and
his officers. In respects however, he is con-
sdered de trop by the Europeans, who cannot car
~ on their peculiar practices with such freedom,
=
the Pasha so uniformly courteous and affabie, that
at first | rejected many OF the stories told me of
his cruelty, but have lately been assured of cir
cumstances which show his character IN still
more hideous light. Ii true, land | can scarcely
doubt my authority instead of addressing him as
"Yo our Excellency," which one is obliged to do,
"Your Deyilship" would be a compliment.
The traffic in slaves has decreased very much OF
late. The wealthy Egyptians still purchase slaves,
and will continue to do so, till the . institution ia
wholly abolished, but the despotic rule exercised
by the Pasha in Nubia has had the effect ofgreatly
essenng the demand. Vast numbers OF Nubians
go into Egypt, where they engaged "a domestic
servants ard their paid labor cheap rs IS Is found
more profitable than the unpaid service of negro
slaves. Besides, the tax on the latter has been
greatly increased so that merchants find the COM
modify less profitable than gum or ivory. Ten
wears ago, the duty paid at Assouan was 80 pas
tres for a negro and 30 for an Abyssnian: at pre-
sent il is $50 for the former and $50 for the latter
while the tax can be wholly avoided by making the
slave free. Prices have risen in consequence and
the traffic is proportonately diminished. The
Government probably derives as large revenue as
ever from it on account ofthe increased tax so that
has seemed to satisfy the demands ofsome of the
European powers by restricting the trade, while 1t
actually loses nothing thereby. The Government
slave hunts in the interior, however, are no longer
carried on The greater part of the slaves brought
| here are purchased from the Gala and Shongollo
| tribes on the borders of Abyssinia, or from the
| Shillooks AMI Dinkas, on the White Nile. The
Al. kat +ho
| tribes are invariably sold. The Abyssinan girls,
who are in great demand among the Egyptians, for
| wiyss, are frequently sold by their own parents.
They are treated with great respect, and their lot
| is probably no worse than that of any Arab or
| Turkish female. The more beautiful of them ofsen
| bring from $500 to $500. In fact among the Mo-
| hammedans in general, marriage is always mat
| ter of bargain and sale. Ordinary household SER
| WANTS mav be had from one to two thousand pas-
tres. Nv dragoman A.hmet, purchased small
Girl the other day for 200, to be brought up N
his household. He intends making her free, as he
saws this is good thing, according to his religion
| bat the true reason, suspect, is the tax at As
| souan.
The Egyptians rarely maltreat their slaves, and
instances of crislty are much less frequent among
The latter became 50 notorious for their violence
| that the Government was obliged to establish a
| law forbiddng any Frank to strike his slave but
| in case of disobedience to send him before the
| Cad, or Judge, who would decide on the proper
| punishment. With few exceptions, the Euro
peans here are even worse than the natives. They
have their hareems, and practice every species OF
dissipation and debauchery. They even no
strangers to those vile bestalites of the East,
which we cannot name. II makes ones blood run
cold to hear the cool, careless, Shameless manner
in which they speak of such things. At first,
preferred attributing this rather to the effect of
example of climate, and the distance from all civ
zed and moral influence but where only one Is
able to preserve his manhood, no one need be
wholly debased. 'Ae German Priests here, under
their NEST worthy Vicar Dr. knoblecher, are true
representatives Of the European character and the
European name, and their influence will in time
heal the banefil moral leprosy which has ialen on
Others.
The Egyptian merchants who are located here,
as agents for houses in Cairo consider themselves
os worse than exiles, and indemnify themselves
by sensual indulgence for being obliged to remain
in a country which they detest. They live in
large houses, keep their hareems of inky slaves,
eat, drink and smoke away their languid and
wesrisome days All they need for such life IL
so cheap that their love Of gain does not suffer
thereby One OF the richest merchants IN the
place gave me all account of his housekeeping.
He has large mud palace, garden, and twenty
servants and slaves to mnintain which he spends
s,oOO piastIes e 1907 yearly. lie pays his servants
90 piastres month and his slaves also--at least
80 he told me, but | do not believe it. have
never vet seen the Arab who would give money
away, when he could help it.
As for the natives, they are so crushed and IN