Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-03

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raj Esmlyushes = Ismalia = Suez
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- Adam.
Especial Correspondence of the Nashville Union and
a. American.
JERUSALEM, :, 1S70.-Before leaving
The CAPITAL city of the man who has Sc
many wives, and of course spends more
money than his thriftless subjects can
AXE for him, hence has to borrow-I
Aould mention one or two points left out
my former letters. The excursion to
leliopolis should be made by all visitors
here are no remains but few mounds
ad a finc granite columns, mate to the
leedles before spokenof. Still the beauty
fthe scenery and balminess of the air
40 quite sufficient to reward one for the
Zip. On the road is a large tree-syca-
re, beleve-under which Joseph and
suE are said to have rested from the
- thsue of their flight. l admire their
= off, for the place is to this day delight
Ioend near by is well of as good water
oiAe Nile can afford This well is re-
haed TO have been made clear and cool
agoseph, for his own special use l SUD-
5se. In the river near Cairo is the
Island of Roda, where is the instrument
used for measuring the rise and fall of
the Nile. BY means of this it can hc
told whether the year will be fruitful, for
il the water rises to q certain mark the
sign is good, otherwise one of the ''seven
years of famineh may be looked for.
Close by is the spot where the daughter
of Pharoah found the boy-baby Moses,
when she was about to enjoy q bath.
he is certainly entitled to credit, if the
abits of her people at all resembles
hose of the present day. Though real
can't see how the case would be bet
by washing in water as muddy as
4 of the Nile seems to be. The inten-
IN Unjust have been to enjoy the cooling
rather than the cleansing effects. |
broua;ht stone from the interesting spot
in order to keep up lively remembrances.
In the\oldest church in the city is shown
the hdme of Josephine husband of
ma-y-and the fount in which the Savior
was baptized.[2l 1t is all under ground.
In Cairo thousands of people sleep in the
streets az night, not having or caring for
such institutions as homes. l can't say
which gets the worst of il, the streets or
the people, for am sure the latter leave
some very naughty little animals wherever
they go. Cairo and Alexandria are great
tobacco markets. Good cigars are sold
for two cents each. You may be sure /
went it strong after paying Nashville
prices. Everybody but foreigners CON-
plain of the tyranny of the Pasha. He
taxes his own people to death, but allows
foreigners to get off at less cost. He is
aiming to assimilate his government to
that of some of the European States,
minus few such items as having as
many wives as he wants and ruling as he
chooses. | will always vote for the
Pasha over some of the European rulers,
who run the woman question quite as
heavy as he, but are ashamed to make it
public.
There is nothing striking in the route
from Cairo to Suez. Most of the way is
desert, kind of spur of the Sahara.
When the writer wore dresses and short
breeches, or, in other words, when he was
boy, from some cause he was inter
dicted from eating oranges. The
resolve was then made to do away with
all such childish ways when manhood was
attained and make up for lost time. This
| did while in the Nile valley, where for
penny ! could buy hat full of the
largest, the richest, the juiciest, not in
but outside of Christendom, for no part
of Chrlstenda-sI have seen has any such
fruit as these were, and the beauty is they
are cheap, cheap as dirt. am like the
man who, believing in buying cheap
things, wanted five cents worth each of
sugar and coffee from wholesale store
in Nashville. See, now, If half dozen
clerks from as many houses don't tel you
this happened in their houses.
The first station of importance on the
Sue8 road is Ismalia. Its importance
just now consists in having q Supertiuous
number of cut Threats, men and bad wO-
men, attracted there by the digging of the
canal, which was near by. Ismalia is
entitled to the hotel reputation once &C
corded to Chattanooga, as l found from
experience.
Suez ia quite large place, situated ST
the head of the Red Sea, and near the
point where the Israelites crossed the sea.
The overland traffic from India has great
ly increased its importance of late years.
Here also, as you know, begins the canal
of the same name. In order to get into
the canal from SueZ s short run into the
Red Sea has to be made. All along my
trip the idea of ipassing down the canal
AID seeing the great work with my own
eyes had been pleasant anticipation. l
can't say that | was at all disappointed as
TO the greatness of the undertaking, the
labor, skill and expense in carrying it
out. At present the amount of
shipping is small, but surely it
will increase, as by this route
thousands of miles are saved in the trip
30 the East Indies. Keeping the channel
free from sand is the great question.
The bank, seem to be of a stOne-like ms
terial, so it may turn out that this viii be
a small trouble The canal has the
appearance of being q great urn with
an almost imperciptible flow of its water.
Several lakes of large size have been
made. One is particularly large, being
20 by 10 10 miles. One year ago this
inland sea was dry bed known aS the
great salt basin. There is q difference of
only three feet between the level of the
two seas, so there is no difficulty, as was
at first feared, of current against ships
passing to the Red Sea. Travellers in going
10 and returning from the East viii al
ways save time by passing over the rail-
way between SueZ and Alexandria, but
freight can be carried through the canal
without being changed from the original
vessel. The English were down on the
canal at first, but are coming around
NOW. They will be the great gamers.
The enterprise was not English, 50 John
Bull thought it would fail of course.
The French seems to be doing more in
tie way of advancing trade than any