New-York tribune., 1867-05-02


while he admits you Upon the cool clay of the Interior
munching their provender, the silly-faced eameis
turn from their racks to gaze upon you Their groons
are are fwarhy and dumb trgs Pss OF Oriental
polished sandal wood, and light as the
stems Of the date tree, betray blood as
royal as their riders, coming OF a lime line oi steeas
arch Hidden here remote from the hnrly -ourly of
the Great Fair, one seem to be contemporary OF
Abraham and Solomon. 1t is as If we walked PACK
5000 wears in a moment and strOked the Hanks OF
the nags of the Queen of Sheba.
Here, adjoining with the real trees OF the desert
and Of the banks of the Nile between, is modern
Egyptian house and cGjf, such as you may see III
Cairo, built high and one-sded Of mortar and lat
tice, open to the breeze, but shut from the sun
within, ia great part vast high area. suroundeu
with galleries and Tccesses, cool and hidden WIN
silken curtains, ont of whose privacy you see the
smoke Of Turkish tobacco come curling TO Suggest,
within the occupant pll0wed III some Eastern dream,
or listening to the nurmur OF his youngest purchaSed
wife. Below, on the broad floor, the nOiseless-sp-
pered slaves, with naked legs hanging sashes folded
turbans, come with pipe and coffee TO your asking
beyond yOu hear the pash of tepd water, where the
naked bathers lie upon cushions and dabble their
feet in the marble basins
The great temple of Edfon lies next, among the
palms and magnoas, hideonsly magnificent with
painted columns double lines Of colossal hooded
lions leading to It's portal, and among IT'S dScoratons
the great bull Apis gazes monstF0psly while within
four hundred men might worshipfo the same cere-
monials that bent the knees of Sesostris and the
Ptolsmies BY these strange strusnres wherein inc
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mighty past with the more fragile architecture Oi me
Seine the Rhine and the Mississippi, stands an edI-
fee which is the source and suggestion OF so nlich
display-a circular binding and yeshbue, TO exhibit
the great SueZ Canal speculation. Herein IS assertion
OF the canal and model of its locks; samples OF tne
minerals and antiquities eXhumed IN digging IT; the
birds beasts and vegetable products found in its line,
and an acgOTy of the great interests u shal consOii-
date. The SUez Canal is French and kgytlan OIL
speculation lnTesult II snoihng as YET pht Ih9Hey
has been poured avishly into il, while the shifting
sand they excavae rolls back into the channel daily,
and disnays them. The Viceroy is gamer, either
by the prosecution or the completion Of the work;
tie railway across the lsthmus is bis private prop
crty; he is n European IN shrowdness an Oriental III
sensuaty-congenial requisites for companion TO
TTipoli. Morocco. and Tunis are all represented
lavishly and Enthusiastically. The former state
eNhibits, IN the Turkish department. huge tnsks OF
elephants the skins and pumes Of Os1ches, the EN-
gics of foxes ard ThnOcer0sos cans of honey, such
rs sweetened the story Of the Hebrew Spes, simple
pow-shares of wood and brass, the tools ana mix
nails of the desert tribes dates. figs. and grapes,
luscious and luxuriant, and swords and firearms OF
engraved steel richly jeweed IN hiltand Dreeeh, ana
rare with mother-Of-peaTl, such, perhaps as smotc
their Yankee caItiycs ere Decatur DOhIdng party
sailed under the walls Of the Bcy MOrOccos contIl-
buttons are everywhere marked III Arabic: Ifaise be
10 God; he EmppOr Of Mo,ooo and ty rs order ihe
iBips nj Had. III HOrdb, etc, ETC. They consist
of stuffed specimens of desert animals the flmis OF
guns the toys of children, the splendid sabels OF
wondrous steel called Maghams and LobOnlas, straw
hats fdtbOWck1s the gildCd bGbOHchfs or slippers that
are of the richest Of the morocco leather with sashed
clothes and saShes, wells or hGks, Tabat towels ana
caftans. handkeTchieis of goats hair and golden
and sken cords 10 soOth wOmans dream Oi SlaNefy
In the weaving of yarns carpets, clothing all iaDflcs
of skins silk, and feathers, Morocco Is equaled only
in quantity by the two great manufacturing nations
OF Europe
But The most surprising because the least antici-
pated enterprise is that of TUis. This State worth
liz represents the commerce of Carthage that once
stood within her borders In almost every ield she
appears TO contest the superiority OF Europe Inc
pn lace Of her Bey situated IN the park Is the fnest
ediiice Of all that surround the Exposition.
IL stands high and white. of elaborate arahesque,
slim Saracenc towers rising from its glded battle
ments aud bulbous golden dOmes lboye the AIRY roof
Up lis grand sweep Of stars double row of promo
lions crouch on the abutments. carved IN white
limestone, and over all the portals and battlemented
Windows texts iIOm the kolan speak IN silver ana
gold. Within theIc Is dazzle of tropical light from
The iublazOncd windows shower OF ostrich pulnes-
the pash of perfned water split in silver fountains.
and throne ofyory and pearl. A Sensuous ana I'M
perous gospel has set in all the golden-coTded eur
taius of the galleries. metaphors which thg OeNefy
Whit OF Opatc smoke visions of nude lewd heaven;
and the silent everpresence of his slaves delights the
monarch with CONSCIOUSNESS of ms supreme VIII,
Here. IN the luscious divisions OF the day YOU can
see the household fall prOstTate with their faces to-
ward the a-holy Orient, and sleep comes IN 10
the invitation of dulcmers 80 that every dream Is OF
beneath ibis palace the T,ns eat9 stands-a cellar
in aspect with floor of tiles and texts of the Koran
written in its cOmce It Is open To the public and n
waiter in white tmIban and bare legs serves mix
tuTe of chocolate and coffee IN gilt hHlfgOhes ot
porcelain. At the side sitting crOss-legged III their
Stockng-eet. with red caps upon them, and bright
colorcd Jackets, n troupe Of Arabs make strange
music 10 the accompaniment OF a song; They are
handsome fellows, supple and soit-eyed, with pure
black lashes boards and hair and their Instruments
are the reed, mand0line, 0boes the don6le-dLum
cymbas. and castunets. They take up the AR alter
nately. all making music; and az the end OF the
apartment Tunlsian woman sts by the money
connter-Snch a one as might have made bow
strings of her cOal-black hair for the defense ot
Carthage Her dreamy eyes are painted above ana
below: a string of pearls encompasses her neck; she
is rpe-lipped. ripe, bodied and bound with costly
silks while her limbs wear only tlght-httmg woven
hose of leshy zephyr. Sitting by the s0uud OF inns
Barbarv music under the symbols of It's conquerng
religion one feel America and Europe iar away,
and say with this beautiful woman-slave of the Bey:
The browsing cames bells are tnklng,
The smoke curls down from the lattice high,
The hOuriS see the dew besprinkhng
The pastures green beneath their eye;
They see the planets family twinklng;
Tls twilight-suIe, his train Is nigh
These some of the products and scenes OF Egypt
and Barbary which are natulalized III the Gleat Ia
hibition. TO the American, they are weird and even
amazing. So far from showing a merely barba'lc
condition, we have thought they demonstrate an
indOent but an intellectual power not unworthy Oh
thelr memorable past. These MoOrs of Morocco,
1rpol and Tuns exhibit. i'll fact, more evidence OF
vitality than the Spain that expelled them. lhelr
manufactures agriculture and art III 1867, are more
advanced than Spains. And in like manner, Egypt,
that we have thought to be the most lredeemabe OF
lands shows that in 1867 1t Is more civilized char
liable. and vital than Rome, the head OF the Eu-
ropean Christian Church Rome aud SPAIN make no
such displays as these Mohammedans, and in their
pnched and arrogant departments we learn the
lesson that bigoy degradeS people more than even
liccntiousncss The lands of Cleopatra and Abdel-
mhman stand as high to-day those OF Isabella aud
ST. Peter.
The Pope himself and seven Cardinals, including
Antonel are exhibitors. The charaeterof their art
is referred 20 elsewhere; they exhibit chiefly copies
Of architecture 800 years old: raw fruits, oils aud
wines; specimens of their private jewelries; photo.
graphs taken in the Papal printing monopoly of
ruins pictures, and costumes of the Campagna Dul,
horns and hides models of Catacombs; ebony and
ivory ornaments, aud Roman moslios. or the latter
manufacture there are many beautiful specimens,
but whether from the intolerance OF the faal Gov
ernnenf or the better character of the Paris market
the best mosaics in the Roman collection have been