Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-04-19

ness of hRds or mcn by their size. Egypt,
the mother Of the arts aud scirnccs-PAlcs-
tine, the birthplace and home Of Him, who
chose it as the =" cxordiumo of that mysterious
drama" which was destined to extend to all
climns and pcnplc-t'rcccc, whose soil gave
birth to philosophers which havc been the
admiration Of scholars for twenty centuries
Italy, whose paintings and sculpture stands
unriyiled-all Of these lands arr proofs of
the theory that great men aud great dccds
often spring from small countries teaching
tbs the lesson aerr to dsPise Ac dqy ct saiaH
things.
Egypt was t, the ancient world in some re-
-lccts what England and Am rira are II the
present generation, a place Of refuge in
times of trouble. Abram" went down into
Egypt to -eiouin there, for the famine was
sric,oas in the hnl = and like wise man,
prai.ins his wifr's beauty s.,id Il know that
hon art i fair woman 10 l1ok upon,' be not
iAl 4u> If >ay unto thee, Thou art my SIS
TEL, for these black Egyptians will kill me-
to sct YOU 1t 5 ems that hus'and killing
mania WAS in vogue in the " Ancient of
days, aud AhrIm was an apt scholar in the
study Of human natare. The father of
the fIithiul.' remained long enough to be-
eJme ,etv =. reh ia cattle, in silver and in
gold" When f.miu' was in Palestine, the
household Of Jacob found Abundance by the
-, Il ,I l.
lr ,ph,si Il a.diu,t Jerusalem, provoked to
anger kin. Jr',aitkim, aal 10 -rtps r3ytl
,cn.e,ncr, II i ami went into Egypt, hu,
unfortunately for his ca-c, the safeguard. Of
tie land fnled 10 protect him aud he WIS
brought 3" out Of Egypt and slain with the
sword.
Wien the Gladden. or Bilylpniea threat,
enel the inlftbitant, Of the Holy city, or
its n,r9ns, they were net long in deter
mining 10 80 10 olr Es4p' lehefe A'g
st,H8 81. ~ trar, NOR h.ar Tie 'pnad 4 the
lr.uug.i. nor haze hunger Of bread In la
ter tunc- the Holy Family nd from Roman
cruelty, aui were rr,- r,cd in tL- lmi un-
tl tn bl5,I-tairs;y G5serhor died. Some
of th ma,t fcAiiul drunnci,tilu, ut in>pira-
tim were uttered ac'n,t Egypt. BcHu~'
Pmr5ah, the king h,l boas;cd ot the Nile,
and s,id, - Nv river Is mine own aud have
ma,lc it f,r myself, Ehckicl was ordered to
prophcsy against him AMI against Egypt
saving, =. The land shall lie dc,Vltte and
l.. IL. L n.,,l,,
aud jeremiah adds, - Noph shall he waste
aud tesalate without an mhahitant, and
until tlui, day Noph remains as the prophets
sdd it should w hope you viii excuse Us
for dwelling - hong GA Biblic4l lllst.ry, 50
intimately connected witt the Land where Ne
are now s!Jouined,
\ few words more about the city-thc
sights, and the country as it is at present,
ami We clJs, our letter.
The dress Of the people i singular aud va
ricl. \ native Lady wears rs do til" mcil-
large Iants-thcn the women have silk
covering Of bl,ck, which comes over their
head, and ,cil which c1uccals the hcc-
eve. excepted. The servants dress in the
s.ine style, hut wcara rrh'tc Ste't for an out
ward s,rment, wing them ghgst'likc az
lear4acc in the night. We saw matriAS'
procession the other day-thcy - through
the streets with band Of music-ani over
the lady ) head they carry silk covering 1t
the r,ltions are able 10 do 50.
The city IS divided into different quarters
and each quarter is separated from the other
by large g.t.s-closc,l early in the evening
. The streets are very narrow, 50 much 80 'iiiAt
in some Of them the story Of each house
pr ajccts beyond that Immediately below IT,
and lrrsors may shake hands across the
streets from the upper windows.
At old Cairo is colescof Dcrwishcs who
arr regarded us the - monks and free
lnasous Of the East" They are very toler-
, ant to other sects aud strict in the obNefv-
ancc of their own religious duties. lhcy
are divided into numerous orders, the oldest
Of which originated in Persia during the ltil
century. They have one convent by taIro
! which was built in ll7i. We ride out to
Shcmbra where are the gardens and palaces
Of the Pasha or Niceroy OF Egypt. You ride
along road on each side Of which are trees
half century old,
Within the gardens are fountains of water
, and trees of various kinds. all under the
= surerintcndcncc OF Greek gardeners. In the
, evening one queer, yet good law, prevails
All must carry lanterns if they are out after
| dark. The poor people have piper one
) that costs lew cents-the middle class, a
glass one, and the wealthy ride IN then
coaches, and two servants run before the
> carriage with lighted torches. No gas has
yet disturbed the oriental character of Cairo.
1t present Egypt is increasing in popula-
! tion. Two hundred years ago it numbered
four millions-in 1890 only one millioneight
hundred thousand-.now its census gives over
, two millions. sIohammed Ali, who wa
born in the year l7jo, the same year which