The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-27
General Sherman's Tour Abr0ad-Whnt
He Thinks OF Herald Enterprise and
EgvDtian TOmbs.

Geyaral Sherman and the select party of
American gentlemen accompanying him have
paid visit to the Viceroy of Egypt Happy
he seems through all his wrinkles In that
quaint old, wrinkled land. Perhaps one Of the
things that impressed him most was the pres
ence of HERALD correspondent, who dropped
in on him in a friendly way at Alexandria,
just as shell might in the old war times.
swell, you HERALD fellows beat the devil.
You catch us sitting, You take us
flying, and you belt the globe" was his
natural exclamation at the vision. All true,
too, General, and as neatly put as if whole
volume had been written about it. 1t does
not take as great a mind as Sherman's to ap-
preciate HERALD enterprise, but it takes q
briefly. The tribute to their smartness is not
overstrained and we hope they will always
continue to 'beat the devil The betting Of
the globe is an accomplished fact and when
the HERALD man goes for his game by the
Nile or the Narrows, even though it be the
commander-in-chief," like Captain SCOTS
coon, he might as we'll ''come down."
AS might have been supposed, the Khedive
received the distinguished American soldier
with that generous hospitality which has made
his name famous throughout the world. Old
Tecumseh is very much pleased with what he
saw in Egypt, has great faith in the viceroy, and
regards the Suez Canal as one Of the most won
derful achievements of the age. While at
Alexandria correspondent Of the HERALD
surprised the General by calling on him, and
the interview with the hero Of 'The March
to the Sea" is really interesting. Shermans
replies to the correspondents inquiries are
truly Characteristic. Blunt, honest and indie
pendent, they SAVIOR strongly of the character of
the man who uttered them. "How are you
impressed with the antiquities and
tombs of Egypt, General?" asked the
correspondent, by way Of opening the
conversation, after he had lit the bad
cigar handed to him by the General. "Never
did care much about tombs; intend to keep
out of my own as long as l can and don't
want to get into other peoples" was the blunt,
unpoetic reply. Tombs are good enough in
their way, very useful and necessary, but live
men do not care to trouble themselves about
them, and dead men are oblivous to the SUBJ
ject The Khedives sugar works proved far
more attractive to Sherman than the Pyra-
mids Of the Pharaohs The Suez Canal
elected his highest praise. He regarded it as
one of the most laudable achievements of the
last hundred years. Regarding its manage
ment however, he considered that SO vast an
enterprise should not be allowed to remain
under the control of on ordinary stock COM
pany. The commercial nations of the earth
should, he thought, take it under their con-
troll and for the immense commercial advan-
tages it conferred they should annually ap-
propriate q sufficient amount to keep it in re-
pair. The General did not limit his con-
versation to Oriental matters to the exclusion
of other subjects. Though far away from
home his thoughts dwelt on affairs in which
his country was deeply interested. Our rela-
tous with Cuba and the Alabama claims,