Sauk Rapids frontierman., 1858-04-29
- OK RAPIDS, NJ r THURsDAY APRIL o. 1858.

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gJods within rsach Of their hands, and
smoking the long chibeuk with philaso-
phicai gFavity. happy # customers cal
and more happy ssiIl if they stay away,
since they are saved all the trouble ol
chadsrins and seliingthus they live.
happy nertalz, surrounded with piles ol
goods whose texture, color and pattern
confound al our ideas, and tell Us We
are either near 4 land Of fairies and
gins, shieh alone seem capable Of fab
ricating ssch articles, or else close upon
a,he goE1 of Or.nus Or Of Ind"
THE Fombs Of the Caliphs." once
splendid offices like mosques, situated
upon indy plain about . mile from
the Css4fe. were imposing hooking struc-
TURKS, win high walls. heavy and solid
gates, co1srts and spacious apartments.
and strnaounfed by handsome domes
and tail minarets. They are now fast
gning 10. ruin, and have little interest
except TINT Of sad "reminiscences. Here
within these walls sleep the Mameluke
kings. while no one Is 50 poor as to do
them reverence / found some misera-
Bile women and children had taken up
their abode within them, looking more
like spectral forms than any thing else.
as they gIided about, and stretching out
their skinny hands asked for ''6uck-
sksesh, 4 q present. They did not
even know whose dust was sleeping
there. So muchfor earthly glory
An 1yeane running near the Nile in a
Northern direction leads 70 the palace Of
sShoobro, which IS about half dozen
miles distant Perfectly level, wide
enough % march regiment. overarch-
ed BY magnificent sycamores and acca-
cias, with elegant houses scattered along,
built in Europea style and taste, while
every particle Of dust Is laid by .he
water carriers, and splendid carriages
roll along hearing the aristocracy, the
wealth and the beauty Of this great
capital of the Cal.phs-nothing can
equal i ;;eeriainly have seen nothing
which eeches i. The palace Of
Shoobr4 vas built by Mohammed Ali,
and with 1 lavishment Of expenditure
betting despot. In the centre Of a
vast inclosure, with high walls and !
single gate, embracing an area Of mile
square, with tassellated walks winding
in all directions, and arbors Of oranges,
lemons, grapes and all kinds Of beautiful
fowering shrubs, is embowered mag
ni6cent rectangular structure, around
whose sides are constructed splendid
rooms, adorned with statuary and paint
mes, and furnished with rich Turki>h
carpets and d,vans. while . corridor
runs round the whole interior court. the
roof supported BY marble pillars. and
the finest marble making the fioor. In
the centre, under the open sky, there ls
4 vast marble basin. almost large enough
for row boat, in which . fountain pours
is ample and pure water. An assem-
blaee Of Circassian females, attached
to the Viceroy's 3 harem, bathed, frolick-
ed, sang. played music. and lounged
away life on silken divans in this volup-
tuous palace. The Viceroy was the
only m.i spectator, one Of whose favo-
rte amusements is said 70 have been to
see 4 skiff load Of these Circassian
damsels suddenly capsized into the va
ter, while be sat smoking his chibouk in
lordly state, enjoying the confusion and
alarm without danger which followed.
But /. the Castle" is the part Of the
city most worthy Of notice, both on ac-
count oi its military and other works,
and the snequalIed panarana i presents.
Situated % rock of considerable ele-
svasion, and being i.self about mile in
circsmflssnee. i fairly commands the
whole eiiy. Within the circuit splen-
did mosque j. being erected. which for
many years has been il the process Of
building, and i nov near its completion.
Its ,c,nstrucied Of = hard, yellowish
stone, which when polished, is smooth
= glass The dome and stained wia- YIN
dows are magnificent. u one corner
sav he tomb of Mohammed Ali, and in
| he other that Of his greater son, lbra-