Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-09-15

tlI0 Ilahl, Win Nlll'l lle bElpuOhS so
skilltully wrought their paper, Is now un-
known in Egypt and the only streams
that produce it are AnGpas in Sicily, and
a small stream two or three miles north Of
Joiln. 1t was here also that Cleopatra
the "Vanqusher Of the VaEqushers Of
the world, held her orgies with her Ro.
man Conquerors, Cgsar and Antony who
dallicd, but too treachcroJs!y, with her
charms. Clcopatro's needle is still stand
ing, faced with numberlcss hierog,yphics.
and one al the first objects to be visited by
the tourist y the ycstiges Of her canal-prol-
ect to connect tho Red Sea with the Med
iterranean, (which Napolean approved
with his hundred Savants, are yet tracea-
BILE. The pillar Of Diocletion, known at
present as Pompeys pillar, may still be
seen-a stupendOus monOlilh of polished
Granite, a monument Of buried Empires,
a sentinel over vast charnefeld Of tombs
and mummies. 1t has witnessed the de-
cay of Egypt, (the basis Of Empires, the
downfall Of Greece and of Rome on the
soil where it still disputes with time the
Empire Of the past a mile and a halt
from the city is Marabout, the scene Of
Napoleon's victory over the Mamelukes,
Arabs. and Jani2aries, who defended the
city for few houys, when the tri-cOlOr
waved over the crumbling walls Of Alex
andra. The French feet was utterly de-
struyed by Nelson, in the bay Of AbOukir,
a few miles north Of the city. 1t was at
the onset Of his second battle with the
Turks that "the little Corporal" remarked
to his daring General Murat, go how it
will the battle tomorrow will decide the
fate Of the world" BY Il stroke Of Murats
sword Turkish General Mustapha Pasha
was disabled, and brought before the victo',
who said at has been your fate to lose
this day, but will take care to inform
the Sultan the courage which you have con-
tested it," Spare thyselt the trouble,
replied the naughty Pasha, my master
knows me better than thou" Here, ais ),
the "man Of destiny" became weary Of the
Conqueror's laurels, and is said to have
suffered from dependency, amid the aw-
fully grand game of destiny his youthful
hand was playing. The name of NapOle-
on Bonaparte to this day is respected ev-
erywhere in the East, and his check-mate
at Acre, "the key of palestine, is appa-
rently lost sight Of in the admiration and
fear with which he everywhere inspired
the Turkish breast
Alarming accounts of recent outrages
reach US from the neighborhood of Suez.
At Jeddah, the English Consul, the Eng
lish Commercial Agent, and the French
! Consul, with twenty-three private Euro
d peans. were buthchered 10y the Arabs.
! The french flag was trampled in the dust,
- and the mangled body of the French Con-
o. sui dragged through the streets Active
? measures have been taken by Said Pasha,
lthe present Viccroy of Egypt to qued
- the insurrection. He has gone in person,
: at the head of five thousand soldiers, and
| by this energetic step has greatly quietec
p the fears of the Christians throughout the
country. Biram or the finale of H1ma,aH
J the great feast of the Mohomcdaus, will
, exhaust to some extent the ianaticism OF
the MOslems, should no further cause oI
alarm exist than the present rumors
afloat, OF general slaughter of Christian.
throughout the country, actual danger
may be considered at an end. One cal
scarcely move without an attendance of {
score OF donkey boys, who offer them
selves and lonkcys as ciccr)nes to 'sce up'
:, the ancient remains Of this city, at tn,
rate of five or six piasters per day; and a
I every place we visit standards Of poverty
|
d peal for Buckyhih is set up by the misera
Die paupers who loitcr around the travel
cr's heels. At one of the beautiful gar
. den5 i'm the environs, dwariish monde
script ran before us and threw his heel
into the air, and for some minutes walk
I ed on head and hands, then presento,
). himself most pitcously for BVckstish. 70
! hours We drove among those beautiful gar
: dens bordering the Mahmoudeilic canal
, which was built by Mehcmet Ali at sucl
an immpnse sacrifice Of life, thirty thcuSnC
s. persons pcrished under his merclcsS lash
$ The Pasha's palace, near the barracks, i
. one of the most magnificent buildings il
= Egypt, and will compare iayorably witt
- any of the lordly mansions Of Europe
o We were informed hy our guide that tn,
slave market Of this city has been abolish
r. ed for three or four years, and that nt
j. public mart or bazaar is now kept. Tn,
- price Of these Nubians and Abassyniau
e ranges from thirty TO a hundred uollrrs
They were formerly confined in larg,
~ numbers, crowded together III small huts
!, and guarded by cunichs, who were alway
L ready to admit visitors for small buck
p shsh, the open sesame throughout TIN
o country, and the only available argumen
d in the hands Of the traveller. Eacilitie
o for travelling have greatly increased with
' in few years and communication be
e tween this city and Cairo is now haC
{ twice o day by railroad, thus bringing th'
o cities Of Philadelphia and Cairo within
r journey of thirty.two days Quite an extei
= sive trade in ice between this city and Bos
{ ton is carried on, an indication ofgood tast
;, on the part Of the Moslem, though he re
1 fuse to take meat at the hands of "Chris
r tian dogs" Fruit of every description
l. abundant in the bazaars, and sold on tn
, most moderate terms. The city is remark
e ably healthy for the season of the year
=, though it is reported that the plague is ra
d ging twelve miles from the city. 1t is ex
j. tremely hot during the day, the thermom
d eter standing at l000 in the shade. Tc
/ morrow we take the French steamer 70
/ Jaffa, thence by the coast to Beirut.
IS PHILO.
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