Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-10

Jews. ................~.....< 5000 amounting in all to less than 100000. Since that time, the article referred to states "the pop ulation certainly has not increased" The govern ment census of 1S47-6, claiming population of 4,5OO, ,OOO is stated to be remarkable as showing the system of falsifying statistics for State pur- poses.' Are not other of the Senti,ers estimates from the same sources? s'5'
 The most remarkable blundcr our friend makes, is the following:
 ''The Arabs of pure blood, or Bedouins. number about 250,0 ,000 Of the Turks, tho ruling class thore are about 10000, and Of tho native Chris tans, called Copts, about 150,0O0. The remainder Je,os, Bea'5ers, Qnd Ar7nenions." M, -s., ,9s,
 Had the gentleman stated that, of the thirty millions of our population, five millions were Irish three millions, German; four millions. Negro; and ate remainder French, Danish and Ca,sadian; it would have been not whit more absurd. ag
 Of Mir. Lane's remarks on the national charao- teristics, the gentleman has copied from his Cy- clopadia portion, but, we suspect, by no means all. a- -.. .H~ = F. Il sEts 5'e f-
 The Sentinel also negects to state that theSuez nal and many other Egyptian public works arc re- ally French undertakings, constructed under the supervision of French engineers, and for the most part, unless are mistaken, with French capital. To bring Egypt under French control has been cherished scheme of the Napoleonic dynasty.
 Of the peculiar phase of barbarian which is produced by the combination of Mahometanism, polygamy and slavery, we have an instance in the family of that Ishmail Pasha, of whom the Sentine speaks most highly, and with justice. This poten- tate employed an Englishwoman, Mrs. Lott, as governess for his son. This lady on her return published book, from which we find extracts in 6 review by the Spectator. The Pasha's chief wife is mentioned by Mrs. Lott as experimenting her laundresses, shoeless stockingless, with her hair hanging loosely about, and the sleeves of her dir ty cotton wrapper tucked up to the shoui- ders and there tied.n Their Highnesses the Prin- cesses, are thus described: "They were all attired in filthily dirty crumpled muslins, shoeless and stockingless, their trowsers were tucked up above their knees, the sleeves of their paletots pinned up above their elbows their hair hanging loosely about their shoulders, as rough as badgers back, totally unincumbered with nets or. handkerchiefs, but, pardon me, literally, swarming with vermin! no Russian peasants could possibly, have bean more infested with live animals. In short, their tout ensemble was even more untidy than that of hard-working washerwomen at the tubs nay, al- most akin to Bnlingsgate isherwomen at home, for their conversation in their own vernacular was equally as low. They all swore in Arabic at the slaves most lustly, banged them about right and left with any missile, whether light or heavy, which came within their reach" s.r.,'#-..,.
 The little Prince was being trained into Asiatie
 e six years old, was ever resisted. He flung red hot coals in slaves faces with the most perfect mpuni- ty, and tore out the lips of one of his halfsisters with no consequence save sudden order from his mother that the sufferer should kiss the hem of l his robe"
 Such is the household of the great merchant princen under whom Egypt has undoubtedly thriv- ed, as slave thriyes who happens to fall into the hands of kind master. To the mingled magnif- cence and squalor of Eastern life the term civliza tion can hardly be applied with propriety; while the condition to which oppression has brought the Egyptian peasantry, reducing their numbers to one tenth that of happier days, fully iustifes the remark we made. Furthermore, the Sentinel will search in vain, forsrel prosperity among modern nations cursed with such evils slavery andpelyg- amy is4s ssaz5s xa tst 55 s.sis fo 4ssea fSg9 sY
 BF The Rev. Bernard Peters.1 has be- come chief editor of the Hartford Posf