Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-05
Special Correspondence of the Nashville Union ana
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Snccial Correspondence of the Nashville Union anu
American. -G9' .e2 /
CAIRo. EGYPT, -, 1S70.-As class, |
nevspaper correspondents are considered, |
| believe. to be very free agents. In the
exercise of such agency, viii not tell
your reader about the excitement ana
trouble of choosing steamer, the myste
ries of the embarkation from New YORK,
the feeling when well out on the treacner.
Gus deep, the state of my mind when that
treachery, deep dyed in blue waves and
angry white caps-showed itself before
Green Erin was sighted; the whales ulu
not see. and the sharks / did see IN the
shane of two blood-thirsty Yankees, who
were eager to smell powder when all
decent people are at peace--for pre-
cedent for long sentences see Macaulay
History of England, first and second
paces. All of these things, uo-
retber with Liverpool and her wonder
full docks, London and her lions, Pans
and her beauties and her uglies in the
shape of her roughs, the county en- route
for Venice, the famous railway over mourn
Cents Milan and her cathedral, venice
with its narrow streets, almost as quiet as
death. with no sound save now and then
| human voices or the sad-sounding splash
of the boatman's oar-I say, these, pass
nv for the present and ask my good reader
and YOU. too, Messrs. Editors, to step INTO
imaeination's swift car and land with me
| ON Africa's shore at the goodly city OF
| Alexandria Well, the step has been
taken, and there we are just leaving the
| stream with crowds of Arabs in their
many hues around us, crying out in broken
English. such as can, "AIe good boat, me
good man, me carry you safe. = Inc men
themselves are as motley as tnen
boats. On one side is an African
of the blacklist black, without the
interesting and compromising gross
seen in America This individual can't
speak word of English. Close by IS
native of a little brighter hue, with lips
less thick. Then there are others still
brighter, both in color and eye, and some
| of them of fine figures, and from these
few words of English gushes forth. L
felt inclined at first sight of the simon
pure darkey on his native heather or
sand. to moralize little as TO the com
parative condition, appearance, ETC., OF
Sambo ON his own hill and in foreign
lands But just as my morafizing ma
chine was getting up steam, lot OF jolly,
rough fellows had hold of me, and away
went the machine and all of its steam
have not found it since. dare say if
YOU will come here in a more solid shape
than imagination, unless you are awfully
ugly. YOU will find all such processes as
thinking quite knocked on the head also.
But. some how, / never could
find out we were safe on shore,
ave, on African land, the blackman's
Gown dear home," the spot where eul
| great bone of contention first saw light,
| and after a sort of form of showing oul
| passports, we were told to go in peace,
wash our faces in and drink from Tho
great father of Egyptian streams anc
Egyptian wealth, if there be any. l die
so. after having cast sly glance at {
mysterious affair | saw leaning against
fence near by, all armed with brigh
glossy calico looking stuff don't meal
, | the fence-with something like an cyl
!; | gently pressing out of one corner of thu
{ | head. I was astonished and somewha
frightened, but upon inquiry, was told
was only a Woman-that and nothin!
! more. Having never been henpecked
: was easily quoted; but still astonished
, When, upon looking to see if she was
4 real woman and had feet, found some
thing l reckon the Egyptians call feet
but | can't swear to ii, for If so
|, they are after different patter
, from any am used to seeing in Tennes
see. When had been among the fol
1 10 prnnhnt a fnu
! days longer, found sure way to II
J. lieve myself from any such troubles.
/ that Just related. The custom of cor
|, cealing that which mans eyes were IN
|. tends to behold unvailed aud admire, an
e of exposing that portion of the fair forl
l. about which there is little discussion
it Christian lands may suit the gentle Arab
}. at any rate it does away with all doubt
le about their belonging to that sex,
!, which the suffrage is proposed to J
o given. | have been taught theoretical!
&c that distance lends enchantment, et'
y I know it practically now. When ono
;, the prescribed additions were made wit
- the drauChts and little needful foe
I, taken which found to be civilized, Il
,e next thing was to see the successor
Y, the city of the great conqueror, Alexal
Il, dria can be done in short time as Il
y, greatest objects of interest are the ne
r. dies of the fast Queen Cleopatra, Por
es news PMar and the palaces. The ne
.e- dies are sixty-five and seventy feet
IL, length and seven in thickness, and ma
Sc of granite. Rather large, my lady frien
G;n NAV say, for the hands of so dainty
~ ~ lady Ms CLEOPATRA is said to have bee
Yes, but they were more for orname
he than use, and we're of service only VIII
of socks for the Sphynx were to be mad
lin The latter has quit dressing in clvillz
nd manner, so one of the needles is allow
at to lie buried in the ground.
ow Pompey's Pillar is quite worth seen
Tic A foe granite column 100 feet hig
oct standing above and overlooking the G
OF and sea. 1t is the first object seen FRI
ITS a distance when Alexandria is approaC
ny ed. Some lively English sailors once b
re- a fling at bowl of punch and such Otf
drinks as is the notion of salons to FAM
re- on the top of this pillar. l admire tn
raw sense in getting up as far fr'
Iii. the ground as possible to
such things as are required /
the the stomach's sake, for the ground arou
re- the base is rather abundantly suppl
orts with an article calculated to render Q
but an Arab stomach unfit for peace
In operations. 1t seems that L am never
Is be allowed to get off any of my
thoughts about heroes and heroines,
t;as here again, just as l was beginning
feel eloquent ideas bubbliDg up, swu
bv of beggars put the poetry, prose and
in to flight. l sowed a penny, not on
nes- water, but in the filth of these misera
creatures in the purchase of bit of 81
e at lite, and went my way TO See one of
lage Pasha's many palaces. Necessity is
mother of invention, we are told. W
h., the GOOD mother has found rather at
'ter- way to supply fuel for these people,
cut saw crowds of women working kint
uSe' mortar into thin cakes and placing ther
the sun to dry. These cakes l TO
were made by hand, and of the exc
Ten ence of camels, donkies, goats, etc,
ands for what purpose, suppose you! Why
n as fuel for baking bread and the very bl
the I had eaten for breakfast, could
and consolation for my organs OF digest
COM and ease for my nerves only in the
leas- that the bread was not steamed. lreso
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