The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-10

icoo y. $500 ta ,p,ag hsr aaecr,laa
Shd oass c ;dda ~ The train 4. he mail car sauars
Abou. w uaintss red with door ON sbsr side
. os bv an Immense lock ponderous enough for
prison sase a. sAe i in ' . "a LS r,a.a ~ ma
sSo ses s nv means ~ hnga slsdae with which
., rrn,; -, zen, for ,ha eynrnoss haIabored al
9orty Ely p.ian-Aep. aor ,no Pui ssa 20 maize
Sensseiy sue oai anu .ne ,oos' as an believe
= nasts one oeS ner train to secure the post
Inc last car always s .ne ,r KY nos With The ad
a,a;on Of a small HOY for the EMPLOYEES on the train
VI IN uoA ~ u d carr;sges for the public ara
III Tsh h0i, ,hoss used nv the Viceroy himself are
III AaroaD or these the Ticeroy has at pres mt for
~, n'o 10 ,hao AZ nieces of mechanical skl thew
Vm Isu Of all Egvnt II would be useless 10
.r;te these evidences of our skill: they are the same
:. 10 h, onr first class passenger trains with
us.u .n ~ of more artistic finish Tsut the
Fccroy mot only shows his preference for our ocomo-
lives but also passenger cars; OF these he has
conrt and the barems The cars are built on the pat
rn nsed ON our st class trans but more elaboately
6nshed The interior of the yiceroys cars is a minia
tire OF the aparments of his palace The richest
ish and Persian mats cover the floors while the walls OF
HE with the richest woods and
with beautiful mirrors and curtains of silk and gold
abe sides are arranged dvans and cushions all
NJ siIt lace and aod The cars Of The harems
more elaborate The here possoss greater variety
of peometrs lines and possess greater profuson OF
six and gold There are other cars saloons,
apartmens for the yceroyal suite and attendants In
fact All the LUXURY and appliances Of Oriental court
have thus been out on wheels and in his frequent excur
eions to his many palaces at Alexandria, Cairo and
Samle the Vicerov moves from place place comfort
SbIy "a II he were seated crossegged in state yielding
dali ~,
ON, upon the beautiful Bay Of Alexandria
The Confidence of the viceroy in his American en-
zines and cars Is so great that he frequently be-
tween Cairo and Alexandria in hours which requires
sneed of sixty miles per hour The best English engine
on the road cannot perform the same journey iness
Than Ave hours The Viceroy keeps his engines and cars
An Cairo or Alexandria, according TO his own whereabouts
or Of the harem At both places he has depot Of his
owh Villas. '' ~
Alter passing half an hour in awaiting the signal to
,r, pok the hint given nv the ringing Of an Immense
dinner he'll in the hands of an Ervpfian and took NV
, 4; ne csrrage In Ave ,c;nas more SECOND he'll
ssa. ~ WY .h a ;na,dnai aa th .au CON-
oancsd sloyvv IN move ont NJ the denot In few mo-
ens ra vars c,aar of Tho enc,osnre of the railroad
1hss Nc wv. UI h INA hd M oor u;evv of the
Suuns, o ss anu s ~ ,S %r la IN tbe rcht ay,erd
~ ~, s Jasas 18th ara MareoIis in the distance
On the ieft we passed within short distance of the Ma
S,snod;n ,ana IT,. cnmntrv aono the road for son,e
dsanca Confined wrecbed that on the left beng the
he,ter on account Of the irrigation from the canal AS
Pe X es ,, ratod ,ain 20 tha noi,o E;ch feids
IF rosing or harvested crons and Thousands of indus
- ni,h ,aoos &c. ard donLo,s arg,ood
-, ,h Gould hn sean oS far &c tho awe co,,d Zach
" s,a,n low ma, ,,asscd nnmerons v,Iosos located
Sn ,h annna nmndations o The Ns The Villages are
n'a-,, n"i,, a;,har 81 cnnnosi,ion NJ s,raw and
clay or bricks one story high and covered with
S inorci tha, n, ~ distance an Eayniian VILLAGE
has more th annearance Of series of mud nmns Of
siTara,, haih,l ha, Tho dn,,ic.s NJ buman hengS
r, no,sn.' ~, na' liz, liz ~ nr 80 .''oa ,.
,romen, ", ~ VIC ., ~ Hanonhnor .Thsp p"ce noe
sasss nnrhor or ,noS,nes and on,o n rrirrusiona ~
narots lint in General has the of nover,v
Nv sy ocioct We reached Karr Sciot Situated an no
left bank of The Rosetta arm of the Nile Tic village h
mo attractions IN itself hut the r,iIrood hrdga crng
here IL line niece of work II bult of heavy wrSdght
ironnatcs rive,ed together and has not onlv the APP
nearance hut ia in reaIitv structure of great strength
rh hod IF This arm or ho Mic 10 sGi of
mile in width and the color az se water very similar
,ur on q, Inc mouth of the Ohio The chan
nj ~ ~ s ear the east bank Over This is
draw bv onenins which the river craft allowed to
,on Gent with small craft entirely suspended In
crossing the stream ed small steamer tied up
the bank
From the Rosetta the railroad strikes of in the
direction of Tanta This is rather q large town, and is
the scat Of an annual iair at which the whole Of lower
Egypt is From this point the extends
more to the southeast to Benha where it crosses the
Damictta arm of the Nile The bridge here is very
due SOUTH entering Cairo at the east gate suez
Owing the almost level condguraton of the plain Of
the Nile tho direction OF the railroad is for the most part
cities ut It's cxtremtics very extensive The
consists mainly Of an embankment about fifteen feet
high with but few excavations the entire length The
bed or the road of sand the desert There
two lines Of rails which, instead of resting on wooden
ties, fastened with wedges iron chairs
sembing dishes aud eighteen inches in diameter the
rail being supported in frame the side while
held parallel by rolled iron bars abos three
inches wide by threoquarters of inch in thickness
On account Of the high winds sweeping from the deserts
the bed OF the road frequently blown completely clear
of the chairs and the rails disarranged 1t will undoubt
eddy be necessary rails be considered
sure from these disturbances to face with
Or a thick layer OF gravel
The superinte ndence of the railroad is entrusted to
Hubar Pacha but the working men of the management
pre Europeaps This however is no compliment TO the
road or IT'S control On the trains there are no guards
nn,,nmav nro no over Egvni no molestaion has vel
and sometimes clay built structures The former are
cupicd by the agents
was essen opok =. hs1s nt ~ u ,h
conductor time to collect the tickets after which 1t ran
up to the platforms which constitute the landing place
Tor passensers NO sooner naa .ne aah ' @
camel drivers and porter crowded around the cars i'm
portuning job.
seizng one fellow ho,ans whp IN one n lAad
the way. and broke through the crowd, followed |
by NOISY set bearing lanterns and shouting, WANT
gooa DONKEY an sooa Sanen =, Tua,,,sh
Following nv guide passed through a gate into a |
street crowded with donkeys and lanterns Hardly had
made TWO steps OUTSIDE before i1unu ysen a, ~