The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-15

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assigned Of discharging salv0s of COM
plimentary thunder. Anchored close
In shore, we had an opportunity 20
visit the mouth Of the canal and verify
the statements regarding its width Of
100 metres. or about 3l5 feet, and
average depth Of eight metres or
about twenty-six feet. We passed
under many a triumphal arch hung
with flags and Chinese lanterns, and
reached the vessel again In time to
see the Emperor Of Austria pass slow
", in a steamer. within fifty yards of
us and just then descend with his
brother from an elevated platform 10
meet on his deck a General who had
come in a barge to welcome him TO
Port Said. The Emperor and his
brother were dressed in blush gray
uniforms with green plumes IN their
hats.
Thus the rejoicings and greetings
we're continued ct each fresh arrival;
but the time for our departure having
expired we reluctantly babe adieu,
mentally, TO the various frigates that
represented nearly every civilized ma
ton, to the steamers, large, middle
sized and small, that pulled in happy
commotion around, to the two break.
waters. one Of $500. the other l 900
metres in length. Gall made Of artificial
rock for manufacturing, which a
special company was organized), to
the lighthouse Of the same material.
which sends its warning beacon
twelve miles distant, AMI to the har-
Dor which ten years ago broke on .
barren sand, but in 1868 welcomed
2,0S8 ships to q fourishlng sea port
town.
Ia 1854. according TO F. Levernsy's
Guide to Egypt, the first agreement
was made. regarding the canal; In
1855. the second. In 1853, the Com
pany was organized in Paris, and IN
April. 1859, the first work was com.
menced with $50 men, ending IN 1859
with the combined efforts Of 42 600
W0rkmen.
Now, the hospitals. buildings, ma
terials of all kinds on hand, are eeded
to Egypt for 10, O00.0 600 francs. and it Is
agreed that the canal shall be opened
10 the ships Of ell natiOnalities, (Fr0-
vidcd the vessels do not draw over
~ metres, on the following terms /:
The maximum charge for the present
is ten francs per head of passengers,
and ten francs per ton OF vessels
Those over 100 tons burden must en-
ploy local pilot, furnished at a charge
of twenty francs per day.
Ismailia (called after Ishmael Pa
sha) is a hourishing place, only six
hours by railroad from Cairo; Suez
has already 25, 900 inhabitants in the
European Quarter; Boulos, Resetta
and Damietta have fine light houses
either erected or approaching compile
ton to render every approach safe.
and the great r. De Lesseps shows, il
a pamphlet recently issued, that this
gigantic work is likely to be as bene-
fetal TO Turkey and Egypt as to the
rest Of the commercial world. The
Viceroy of Egypt was himself the first
to point out that il removed all pos
sibility of Egypt raising forces against
other authorities, without every move
ment being known; and the distin-
guished engineer to whose talent the
completion Of the enterprise is due,
shows that the canal removes from all
European powers one great cause Of
jealousy which they felt, when con-
sidering that tie Sultan held alike
the keys to the navigation of the
/ Black Sea, and the Communication
Between the Mediterranean and the
India by way of the Red Sea.
EGYPT,
At least az far as the inundatiOn Of
the Nile extends, affords many ad-
vantages to her FIVE million inhabi-
tants of mixed nationalities, compris-
ing 3. 500. 900 Arabs, 100000 Copts,
descendants of old Egyptian races,
400, 900 Nomadic BsdOuins, 50,000
Turks and 100000 Europeans and
Syrians.
Her debt, according to the speech
Of the Khediva or Vice Roy, pro-
nouHced 9th January, 1869, &C the
opening of the Chamber of Delegates
has been reduced to II ,000, 900 livres
and their prospects are encouraging
They export wheat, barley, cotton,
/ figs. beans, peas, saffron, indigo,
maize, rice, hemp, fax, sugar, coffee,
tobacco. opium, soda, silk and dates.
The culture of henna is prohibited
but they raise, besides the above. or.
anges, lemons, olives, pistachio-nutl
and grapes. The fisheries GA the
coast. but especially In the lakes o.
Menzaleh and Edko, as also &C Bou
los, are considerable.
In addition to the staple articles oi
wheat aud cotton, amounting, along
with other items in 1860, to 262, Co.,
600 francs, they export also. some
ivory, ostrich feathers, mother OF
pearl, gums. especially Arabic, and
sesame seed.
i A 2 = 4
Commenced 1872 years B. @. by Alex.
ander the Great, soon outrivaled
Memphis, Gas Memphis had Thebes)
until destroyed A. ID. $40 by Amrou
the Lieutenant of Omer, when tbs
100000 volumes in the Alexaudria
library fell a sacrifice to his illiteratg
fanaticism.
Modern Alexandria has 200, 600 i'd
habitants, one-half Europeans, the
other half Arabs. The presence oil
so many Franks deprives it, In some
measure. of its oriental appearance
but gives an impetus to commerce
There are churches to meet the vari.
Gus nationalities, among others q
Maronite and q Copt Church. TIL
busy donkey boys and shoe blacl
brigade vie with each other In besieg
ing you until you escape or succumb
A railroad from here brings you, ate.
viewing Pompey's Pillar, Oleopetra's
Needle and the Vice ROy's Palace, il
about five hours to Cairo, whence yoJ
soon ride to
OLD CAIRO, THE PYRAMIDS AND TIL
SPHYNX.
So much has already been writer
regarding the latter that il seems onl,
necessary to confirm former state
ments. The Pyramids are as aWfulll
grand, the sphynx as majestically Sc
rene, the Arab guides as persistent il
their demands, and the Nile boatmeI
who ferry you. as voeiferous as an,
description has ever made them. The
manner in which the boatmen pick
up the donkeys, when refractory. anc
pitch them into q common sail-boai
for ferryage, and the meek endurance
of these animals during the transit
after their previous stubbornness
are truly extraordinary. Blu
much of the romance of th,
pyramids is destroyed by the railroad
now taking you, if you prefer, almos
up to them. Or even when you ride
instead of toiling through the sand to
look out on the Great Sahara, you are
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