New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-05

Iast TIC glinucriEs lIhfs % ShOobra. Sgi tie
Gin BiCarJts Of Bcusk. I'll the rudy glare o.
torches On tie Transit Wharf Announced the
cid @. CIR voyrge. While the omnibaseS which
we're 10 ccnvey us mp 10 Cairo were preparing,
! lsd time TO notice the picturesque effects o.
the light On the groups Of red caps AMI gay
EgyItisn costumes and the cres;s OF the date
trees which oyerhung them. Here, the Psssen-
gers we're obliged TO give up their carpes-bsgs,
IS no baggage is allowed in the Desert vans.
This matter settled, We cot into the omnibus,
drove up the broad avenue Of acaeiss and into
the great square Of Cairo.
Iwcnt with my friends to the Hetel d En-
rope, and found nv old landlord, Monsieur MOI
&c, as fat and obliging us ever To nv CREST
joy. my ftihfnl arssoman, Achinet. was in Cal
70, and as was obliged 10 leave early the next
morning for Suez, sent for him immediately.
Nothing could exceed the surprise and JOY OF
the honest Thebsn. We had Abundance Of
news for each other, and old experiences to
talk over, and did not separate until long after
midnight. learned from Mr.. kahil, our Wee
Consul, that there were a number OF American
travellers 10 Cairo, but the shotness ofmy stay
did hot allow me TO see them. Some OF my
party. b. rising early, rose up to the Citadel by
sunrise; but contenfed myself with donkey
tide through the Ezhekiyeh, accompanied By
Achmet and the little shswaa Of doukey-Soy
who served me last year. Iwcald have given
more than I'm willing 20 confess. for the sake
OfstSying month in Egypt. Cairo, in the win
ter. is one Of the most delightful cities in the
world. and the brief morning glimpse had OF
Il brought back with double force the charms Of
NY past Oriental life.
Al 6 o'clock babe adieu to Mr Kahil and
- AL, nd iap tax.
hoy, ard took my place in the allotted van.
These vehicles bear q strong resemblance TO
bakers cart. They sre about sixfeet by four
in size. mounted on a single pair of wheels. aud
entered BY door in the rear. Each van carries
six persons. So You may conceive that there Is
very little vacant space. The driver sits on a
box in front, and an Arab assistant rides on the
step behind. There are four horses to each,
which are changed about every Eve miles. The
distance to Suez, - miles, is divided into sixteen
stages, and the usual length Of the journey Is
sixteen hours.
Our six vans, forming one BATCH as IL ia
called, receive their respective parties. and We
dash cut of Cairo by the Suez gate. TIE morn
ing is exquisit.ly mild, fair AMI bslmy, aud the
palm-groyes II the Nile, on our let, never looked
more beautiful. Outside Of the gate there Is
an encamrmeRt0i several hundred tents, which
we take TO he those of the pilgrims preparing
for their Journey to Mecca Some Of rhe party
are absorbed in the Tombs of the Callphs, and
others in Abba Pasha's white Italian palace,
vher, as We climb long, sandy rise-the first
step of the Desert-an ere that knows in what
direction 10 look sees the Pyramids looming
large and blue, tar away over the city You can
look az nothing else, whenycu have the Pyramids
in your landscape, and so we watch them fade,
and sink and recede, till our horses draw up az
The first station in the Desert.
Yes, this is the Desert but the young lady
who goes ont 10 be married in India would net
have thought IT, The Nile-Nalley is still in
sight behind MS: but even looking toward the
Red Sea, here is broad macadamized road.
filed with camels and Arabs and d0nkeys, 10
say nothing of our six rapid coaches; two tele
graph towers on the sandy hills; and five miles
before us, the station where We shall again
change horses. IL is barren, dcsoate country,
certainly, but il is not the Desert OF ones
dreams. The air is an elixir OF life AS sweet,
pure and refreshing as that which the first Man
hreathed. ON the morning of Creation. This
air even more than its silence and solitude is
the secret of ones attachment Ia the Desert.
Where all the pleasant objects of Earth are
wanting-whcre there is no green thing. no
fount for the thirsty lip, scarcely the shadow of
q rock TO shield the wanderer in the blazing
Doon-God has brcathed upon the wilderness
lis sweetest and tenderest breath, giving clear
nefs to the eve, strength to the frame, and the
most joy0ns exhilasati0n 10 the spirits
was amused at seeing many Of orr passen-
gers, immediately on reaching Alexandria, wind
great white shawls around their hats and hang
green wells over their faces. While crossing
the Desert, although the temperature was not
above 10o al noon, they persisted in dolns the
same thing, and some OF them even protected
their eyes with spectaceS, although there was
no glare thar wonld have made an inf,nt wink
According 10 their ideas, they were in constant
peril OF having gun stroke, and catching rhe
opthahnia. My companions in the van were
Injured to an Indian sun, sud 80 we threw aside
al fears, and made merry from one side Of the
Desert TO the other. At the fourth station We
stopped an hour 70 breakfast Here We found
n spacious two story house with large dining
saloon, divans, &c, and an excellent breakfast
for thirty persons on the table. There were
several neat bedrooms for the accommodation
If persons who wish "a make the journey slowly
The country through which we passed was
low and monOton0us, and we saw no mountains
until we approached the Red Sea. There are
three trees on tne lChh-Ont iafgc ana t"O
snail ones. but 10 wells. At the eighth, or
halfway station, We had dinner and were a.
lowed two hours rest The meals were all
gotten IN and served by natives, the Transit
Administration being perquisite of the Pasha
ofEgypt, bur considering that everything has
10 be brought from Cairo, they were very good
indeed. Opposite the Central Station. Abbas
Pasha has built large palace on the summit
cf bill, where he cften comes 10 spend few
DAYS and breathe the healthy desert air All
tie supplies. Of course, have 10 be brought
from the Nile--s distance Of nearly fifty miles.
I approve entirely OF the Pashs's taste, and
Should Ike nothing better than the ee Of a
snire OF apartments in the palace for few
months. His mother Is ar present residing
there. The hong white front of the building
browning naked rsnge Of gray hills has