The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-29


port and he Mediterranean both desr to be tbs great
esepots Of the trade bst the east and as vest
HARBoR IMPROVEMENT AT ATrAKA AND ALEX
ANDRIA.
house. which Is being erected shoai 10 the Bay
Of Aststs, and he purpossd getting patent slip erected
Win no ss sas %
v'gahns the Red Sea) may be repaired. there being
nearer port where repairs can be done than Bombay He
getting erected tn the arsenal basin hore patent
slip capable Of taking ship Of oco TOMS being srger
than any, said, existing In Great Britain and he cas-
here, 60 much wanted, which has already been com.
menceo.
WILL THE xNGLIsH BUY THE RIGHT OF WAY
THROUGH D0YPT.
In TRUTH the vicefoy manifesis every disposition 10
make these and other desirable improvements but see
Ing that that he has left himself without dsposable funds
would surely be worthy the attention Of those most In
terested among the British commercial community to
facilitate by loan subsidy his carrying out such useful
cheney Of Hthis right Of way through Egypt your
Eastern dompions, which has now become Of 20 much
i%pors:nce to Grea. Britain The writer Of iss'us ar
though this right OF way had existed for many year,
until the Psehss Of Egypt, a their own expense,
in endeayosng TO utilize the exertioDs Of Lieut. Wag
s.s' wso bad opened the overland route :, ad
for % r
opening Of the railway from here 70 Cro, 81 reason OF
the local traffic the lne addition to the transit MD
Egypt
railway which Bald Pacha began and now getting made
from Cairo TO Saez win be almost exclusively for the oon
yenisDSs o. the British public q Is certain that this
penses OF WORKING passing, - does through tho De-
aert, with little immediate prospect of local traffic besides
transit administration to carry the mails, passengers
&C. this Desert to Suez by and camels as
formerly but not q ali 70 nor cheap nor ex
ned fnP Crunn 0yta
interests, or her Msjestg's mails, or the passage
Of British rcops Egypt 70 India; that, fact
serps IN Making this rsrosa from Cairo 70 SSsa
and Ataka, and the improvements there, for the
ter ess rather than fer himself In truth the directors Of
the great and wealthy corporation Of the Pennsular and
Oriental Steam Company, which hM beeo reaizug for
tunes for its Shareholders since the opening Of the transit
via Egypt and by It's efficiency being made the preferred
route to India, might be justly faisiy called
io1 me ro o. mp
patent slip there erecting lighthouses &c AMI toe
making OF the branch railway proposed to it, from al
But Ia much eeser and cheaper TO suggest ard recon-
mend I'll that to be done by Said Pacha bis own OK
aha Is very like what your French neishbors would cali
Tin this instance JUSTIFY pegoisme an9lais
BRANCH Inns TO TRADING POINTS on THE NILE
WORKING OF The EASTERN TzLEGRAPHs
is greatly 10 be desired, however, that Satd Pacha
may enabled 10 exxns the branch lines OF railway Is
proposed, from the trunk line Of Alexandria Cairo
the chief points Of the Nle which will gvs further and
greater stimulus to the exteron Of and the progress
OF civilization in Egypt than al the foreign idaencsr c
pomaic other exercised In this country There has
Delta and Others ars which IL ia sad the vapts
OF tunes acne prevents Said PachE from having
The great Importance OF rs~ay extension in this respect
may be Inferred from observing the facility and eager
ness with which the Arab populaeI adapt themselves to
these appearances OF advanced civilization intro
ductd among them, ts steamboats, the Ni,e and eepe
csy the railway ard is aerial messenger the electric
telegraph The local ac the line from here Cairo
become equally important Item In the receipts lately
that Of the transit via Egypt 10 India, aud TO
this Increasing traffic double lice OF railway shortly
be laid down from here To Ksfe Ieis which, aer the
completion Of the nne iron bridge now being erected
the Nile that point will continued also to
Cairo. The Arabs who used formerly 10 travel by sailing
boats tie canal aad Nile, passing several days on a
journey which may be done in amos many hours
bsve BE- en- taught to appreciate the yaue OF tmea difficult
though vausple lessen 10 teach iberrwhch the railway
fare rather than the few pasires for which for
merIy they used TO obtain tedious passage by sailing
Egypt The electric commune siion between here and
Cairo and inferno date stations s also much used by the
Arab traders: &C ~ well As by the Europeans; and
its great utility In fuliy appreciated by them. II 10
by such works as railways apd telegrsphs well 40
canals for irrigation exteoded the country, for
whieh ia so well ADAPTED by us being nearly perfect
level throughout the delta cultivated valley of the
Nile, constituting Lower aud Upper Egypt, that Said
and 90 more for Its material prosperity and social pro-
eress than all his predecessors since his father Mohamed
GRAND FIELD FOR NJ. BELLY TO OPERATE IN.
One OF those extraordinary and preposterous claims
SAID Pacba for compensation to which general reference
bad been mate In previous communications, has lately
been presented, and Is said supported by the Preach
Consul General II for lees SO 900 ooo
sf?oeuoeo siefrg, or ,hsIeao9ui' !, T. founded ca
soue fourteen or fifteen years ago. 10 a merchant
Of this place, who had made hts fortune here
mise TIE granting TO the latter the sole exclu
sive right and privilege Of the transit via Egypt but
wbish Wa. srs.sqseuty withdraw, .. might be e1.
pec'ed and 10 lieu thereof verbal promise male TO
the party that be would be compensated oiterwne and
u fact tits clearly proved from tie government books
dsis TO the extent Of fully 100000 sterling since that
Isiiod. Aud yet claim is maze for the Aforesaid
mous sum, SAID Pacha founded on This pro mise,
END on another very vague one, OF establishing here
iptuispce company, tor which Mnhamcd All was TO ad.
vance tho capital, but which cropped subsequently
tho fuspce OF the French Consul General You shall
have further details Of this eause ore the proces-
re,oi proceeds and 10 70 be hoped may published
IN France the sdesoa Of those who exto tie bene
MS derived from Influence Grancaise On Eogpt>.
RUSSIAN RAILWAY PROGRESS on THE AMooR RIVER
-srpAM NAVIGATION OF IRIS wATsRs.
The 81 Pe,erburr Gossfs has The follow ng from
Ncoiasvsk. town nj the mouth oi the Amcor river
hsvo rpent some months 10 surveying the projected
lire or railway aud havc been lucky enough discover
red. Whereby have solved pro ,iem shish has been
pending fer three and bali years Ia the forest near
cas'iies Bay found wood nt for shipbuiIdins. On
winch causeo 20 forget all the bardshps on.
dured In the course OF the survey The Governor gave
me an apartment IN bis ovn house. We have a club
here ana oDoe week grand bril- takss place said
that the Amoof was not DavgAbe, but The contrt q
case, and steamer butt 10 Amerc. has ssceno5d 70
very considerable distance Agricultural establishments
On the banks Of the Amoor could be made very pro-
duciive The greater part flows through country which
:, 10 tie same latitude ~ New Russia ssd Odesss Here
are q the NORTH and climate resembles that OF 81,
Petrtburg but half way down the river wild vines cork
trees, ,po other productions Of temperate climates flourish
n INN lsoa
gree OF mpofisnos though four years ago nothing all
tSttd here We obtain from "a Petersburg coffee sugar
aud sesus, which send 10 lrkousk aud we sell skins
obtained from Siberia.
We have several Americans here. aud they are struck
wan tbe unsntcepce ~ the river, compared with
the Nfsissrr and others NJ their own There are few
fisete which are navgsble TO great q height. II 10
&C that the entrance 10 Is not essy there being three
bars bus above them there always from twelve 70
fonrstn tet Of water and vessels Of SEQ tons purthen
csn essay enter In the the Rufsisp fgne Aurora
Issrsd The winter Of Mohawk Tho o5uhiry OF the
Amour