The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-21
The Historical, Territorial and CONNER
cial Revolution in Egypt.
A European Fleet and Royalty in
Lake Timsah.
RETROSPECT TO THE DAY OF MOSES.
General Representation Of Humanity,
Language, Song, Taste and
Costume.

By mall from Europe we have our special cores
pondence from Suez, dated on the I'D OF November,
describing the grand revolution which was COM
pleted In Egypt by the Inauguration OF the Sucz
Canal and depicting in vivid language and with dne
effect the gorgeous which were witnessed on
the occasion OF the revNlhcaon OF the Land OF the
fnaroahs by the application OF the grand agencies OF
science In this the orsieh century from the time OF
Moses.
Egypt Rebaptixed-The Town Of Ismailia and
Sceues ON the Bnnl<s Of the Suez CnnnI--
Losseps' Dwelling Place for Thousands in
tho Desert-Ths Empress Euxenie OH Her
DrOmedary and the Imperial Escort-A
Lunch Of Ten Courses-Two English
'specIals," and Hungry After the Fashion
Of the Nntion-Whar An English Ship
owner Dreads-Lis, of Americans Present.
How the Arabs Enred.
SUEz Nov. o. 1869.
MashaIahl Egypt has indeed fallen upon strange
times The whole order Of things seems reversed
Pnar0ah's land looks upon wonderful anomalies,
and from the mastheads Of an immense heet Of
steamers European sailor boys look upon Goshen,
The Wilderness OF Shur and the Amalekite region
Above tho placid rpplings OF the Crocodile
Lake tower sixty great iron hulls OF steamers.
Above the golden sands Of the desert
crossed by Moses and the children of
shCOD Ilso IoIeSt oI SpdTS ana CoIouke IN tue
shore Of Goshen stands city of the nineteenth GEN.
fury architecture close to the ruins OF Harnesses and
Pithom. Brick and limestone walls and wooden
structures replace Egyptian pylons, and Swiss cha
let's and Gothic cottages stand where the idoators
Of Egypt bent the knees to Pashet and Apis.
Egyptian antiquity has apsed from Its sombre
silence and loneliness to youthful mirth and vigor.
These are the thoughts that fit across ones mind
a. his ship lies anchored IN the sea green waters OF
Timsah. For to q man OF lively Imagination, KIN
dled by the sayings OF Egyptoligists and savants
who constantly din into ears what this one par
ticular spot and hat the other was IN ancient
times when the Phareahs llveo, aud whose whole
thoughts have become thoroughly colored with the
proper antiquarian hue to realize that ths Is the
nineteenth century OF the Christian era. and the
fOrtietn from Moses, IL hard task indeed. Even
the sight visible on Lake Timsah at the present
moment, the sounds which come full upon
tho ear from the shore, the knowledge OF
what the sight and sounds means fail to
entirely dlssipate The strange dream into which
one IL apt TO fall when surrounded by Egyp-
tan scenes. The trance Ike mood IN which Is re-
hearsed all that the mental p1ecls affords OF what
one may have read or heard OF Egyps, comes most
inopportunely; Tor when the attention should be
concentrated upon something else the mind stun,-
bles upon scraps OF Scripture history or upon what
Pliny, Strabo or Herodotus wrote concerning Pna-
raoh, Ptolemy, Cleopatra Caracaila or q
Caesar.
From such mood Your correspondent once more
ewakes 10 recitc what further pefel the fleets OF
Europe while anchored In Timssh Lake; what sights
and sounds attended the arrival Of the strangers
who came to Egypt TO witness the Inauguration OF
the Suez ship canal; how the French Empress aud
the Austrian Emperor were received, and how the
mass or stately steamers proceeded on their way 10
suez, ana all other things OF interest which belong
10 the subject, from the place where left or Ia my
last letter.
As fast the ships came 10 and anchored close to
their respective puoys in the Lake the passengers.
after sufficiently adinirng tue Lake 1iinsah scan
ming with wonder the brownish desert, and having
had fair view OF the town of Ismalia from OH
board, hsstened TO put on THEN best clothes and TO
go ashore for stroll through tie town that looked
pretty and inviting from a distance The waters
OF the AXE were swarming with boats OF ali
colors and OF all imaginable construction, laden
with the invited and non-invted strangers Land
in9 al well built pier, which ran about 100 feet into
the wafer from the shore and which was decorated
and adorned with painted poles, IRON which
streamed var-colored ribbons, streamers, nags and
pennanis, We came upon triumphal arch, Quilt
across an avenue wnleh led rom the landing place
Into the town. Our Brst experiences alter landing
told as too well Of what 70 expect witnia
Ismailia. The per was crowded with well
dressed strangers ana gaiiy tnrbaned Arabs
ana Turks, aud SO was the avenue, ana
available place were placed tents winch had been
prepared by the hospitabie Nceroy for Ills guests,
and where the Arao 5beilns had taken lodgings I0r
themselves and their relaipeis, from whence came
strains OF melancholy Arab music from gypsian
iars and nublan yiollns OF one s,ding ia,aDours
ing yioIlDs and grinding tar by musicians 9oryin9
IN amplitude OF tuiban ana glorious engtn 81 .ii
this most InharmonIOns music was the sound oil
European military music and thousands 81 voices
speaking In all sorts Of languages. And such a
medley OF humanity as brushed by and eib0wed US
uncefemonousy to the right anu left; as crowded
on us in front and rear, not very nyeniently,
must be admitted when the seven were
occupied with the varied SOUNDS that smote
on the ear and the multiorm scenes which
mass were assembled on the great avenue parity
shaded by two rows OF Acacia trees, the represen.
tatves OF all known nations. The beWhlskered and
Depuzzled Engllshman with his enormous glrth OF
belly and affected voice, swelling with Importance
and antagoniam, uncomiOrtaby josted us TO the
left. while swarthy Arab sheik, supreme in his
uncOnsciousness and phliosophic look, with Jet
beard and hai-dreamy eyes Iaroaaea anu kaitaned
self and utterly Indifferent TO all the rest OF the
world Close behind tue latter strobe, perhaps,
Bedouu, fresh from the desert, BLACK OF complexion
as the board he wore, broad sh0uldered and strong
iimbed, with an expansive Chest counsenance
replete with cunning, and pair Of restless eyes.
frencnmen also met US every where, laxative.
Struggling their shoulders az II they had tue itcn
aud gesnculatiDg as violently as II the world was
shortly coming to end and they had no time nor .
moment to spare, when II was well known that
the whole world was FypsyinR ~ lsmailla.
staid, sober-mlB1ed. Bober-faced and sooet-lAciug
Germans were also here, al spectacled young ana
old, as II they wanted TO make every one
believe they were all sayaDts, and had worn their
eyesight through over STUDY when 1t IL wei known
that Germans have as good eyes as any other nation
And Americans, curious people from over the
Atlantic, who mad come 10 see the canal and una
ont Tor themselves wAat the prospects were for an
undertaking 80 much deprecated BY the English;
they were also on Tue avenue in groups, discussing
socially the pros and cons OF the CASE whiie beside
them, besides ME weiterIng homogeneous nationall-
ties Already mentioned, were olive checked
spaniards and Italians, light haired Russians, SWISS,
korwegians. Swedes and Dutch. IL you can con.
cetve tho representatives or tnese natoDaties num-
berng something Ike 20 600 altogether, standing in
groups, docking there was the least atrac
ton wandering listlessly here AMI there. pIoncnad
fnU hacK Rar1g and forwards. dressed In ali