Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-05

Alexandra which IS called the dfanu. II
the man who built the fret city were to
see this SQUARE he would certainly hsng
the man who first dubbed it the Grand
If You wish, to see Arab character fully
displayed socially, Intellectually, NOR
ally and in every other way, go TO
the Bazars. They are the great
ceniers of Arab life. 20 Each article OF
trade has its ownstreet, if such q mixed
scene of dirt, degradation and torn down
or rather never built up affairs, can be
called street. Here the art Of cheating
and stealing is in it's highest glory. In
my CONCENTRATIONS of the lower weird, OF
late, think less of birthstone than form
erly, and more of Arab mercantile houses.
Did / want to torture some of the owners
of the great houses on the Nashville
Square, | would wish them to have 70 I'VE
in the Bazars of Alexandria ! hope my
religious friends will not be shocked when
L tell them that, l, think it eIninently
proner to substitute for tspatient as job r.
patient as an Egyptian donkey for the
sake of variety, with quite as much
meaning These little creatures, not
much larger than your fist If you are q
large man, or your head II you are
lady, are the carriers ! OF ! the
bulk of the burdens and are the street cars.
The drivers goad them with sharp sticks
at every strokeof which the donkey backs
his ears and seems to say, SIT is all right,
do so twice more if you like. y 1bestrode
one Of them TO see what it was like and
was quite satisfied with once. could
not tell whether l was on his head, back
or tail. like uncertainty in small doses,
but here it was quite equal in size to the
donkey. At any rate one has not Tar to
fall. so | rushed on in sort OF canter
regardless of consequences. felt de-
sire to discover on what part OF the ami
NAL was seated. This could not be done,
so l gave the degenerate father of the
mule an indefinite leave of absence. The
houses, in many cases, arc good be-
cause owned by Europeans. Those OF
the natives are Ike the natives.
An American, certainly Middle Ten
ne7seean, is thrown into rage if med
dlesome fly persists in resting on his nose
or eyes, but not so here. "Shoo, fly" has
not reached this far, SO if Ben. Butler
was to take fancy for this country, he
would have to look to the pests for some
other expression of-strange TO SAIGON
tempt. Swarms of the creatures seemed
to have full possession of the eyes OF the
men, women and children. One OF my
friends, taking pity on child, drove the
| flies off, for which interference he wa:
rewarded by the stare of 'sMind your owl
| business" from the mother. "
There is very good railway iron
| Alexandria to Cairo, the capital OF thu
| Pashas government. Everything is quit
as comfortable as on the trains en- The
continent of Europe. This road passe
through the valley of the Nile, and crosse
that river. -- ....--.- 20.
Nowhere have l seen a country so rich
so crowned with teeming fruits OF Ma
ture's own production. The vegetation
is dense. The scene is one of extraordl
nary beauty. The bosom of the Nile hs
opened treasure vastly rich, but hoI
sadly unappreciated by the natives. Gu
tiyation is miserable. No hing but mud
huts all crowded together with no mean
| of ventilation, in the shape of dwellings
are seen. How sad to see a country S
loaded with the bounties of generous Ma
ture, inhabited by beings SO degraded, s
unworthy Heavens distinguished favor
| While riding along, the beauty OF u
scene for one moment would enthuse mi
when the next moment low, filthy clu
ter of novels was seen, with people in an
around rather inhuman than human.
is said that the government is bad an
Expresses the people, but this is poor So
isfaction as an explanation. No doubt
does and should account for part, but NJ
all. The people by nature and religiC
are unworthy of such country. ALT.