The New York herald., 1872-10-12

Mufowah, governed by Mousinger Bey (Swiss,.
THE POPULATION oy THESE COUNTRIES. -,
J. Knarsoum.... Sooooo q Dongoa..... 2oo. o 9oe SoI
8. Fachoda. -. 100000 g. suakim. 49,. 6,0o(
4. Kardofan. 100000 .. Mus0wah.... 0o,Oot
.. ber0er........ Ilb0,Os0 rsrn nreA ..- -,
il Is not the custom in the East 70 numSer ihe
people, hence one cannot be exact with the figures
Governor General and OF II Hokem George. WHO
have travelled In every province OF northern
Moontaz Pacha, who has been here but -four
months and D hall, has done more real work than
all his predecessors combined. He is the first man
who has already formulated plans to utilize them
and who with o resolute hand has begun what an
firmly convinced WIN eventually come g be fas
Ocean to tho Desert OF Sahara.
Like Monswmsd wms Is Az Mo0saAs ~ s3ssiye q Mesopo
ama Though Gs nos sos t@e
inssrests ~ ssade and progress TO religious iana
ticss. In fine, he is no bgoe ne is ever ready 70
He prefers to see men with coats their backs and
well fed rather than to behold the squald Shell
locks murmuring feeble petitions, which come not
stition. For eight years His Exceency was the
Governor General OF Suaktm, where no began the
Immediate tilage over four hundred thousand acres
The yiceroy for his distinguished administrative tai
ents, made Moontaz Pachaa present OF % francs
y
pre- 4 him with 600 acres OF magnificent cotton
Ian a Lower Egypt, which produced an income
the Blue Nile as hign as SEMINAR. where he found
over Go,oooo 900 acres Of superb soil only awaiting
seed and laborers he visited the cataract between
Berber and KhartOum after the departure or eiie
Consul General, and began to blast out the rocks
which impede the navigation OF the Nile at TIM. TINT
point. and in two months one of the highest clus.
ters or rocks in the Nile Will have been put out OF
the way. His ExCeilency ts
THOROUGHLY MODERN MAN.
n
has taught him to appreciate the lands OF the Sou
dan; and his knowledge OF cotton cultivation
lie is to this region what the viceroy Is to Lower
Egyptian executive OF Justice, energy and pru-
HIS o % vas % sent 70 S%axim i oy s9e
he obtained 800 pounds OF cotton seed which he put
in the ground, and Its success was amazing that
he demanded more seed, and received 5000 pounds
with which, In two years, he produced over 500 600
pounds OF seed. He demanded and received 100000
pounds OF seed for the province OF Takka. SO
immense was the production that machines
to clean and press the cotton could not
be obtained, and it was necessary to send the crop
factory tory for the Iabrlcaton Of cotton gins and all
the implements used In cotton culture, erected at
Suakim by some erterprising Americans, or at
from Suakim that MOOntaz Facha first perceived
the value Of the SOudan territory, and even before
he saw 1t he wrote to the Vlceroy that he could
produce
UNTOLD QUANTITIES OF COTTON
and in doing such q work he could unity and
ninth degree Of north latitude Shortly after his
arrival be sent to Cairo for seed and machines and
800 600 pounds OF SEED are now ut K0r0skO await
ing transportation to KhartOum. The machines
have not yet arrived.
THE START FROM KHARToUM.
At twelve O'Clock on the morning or the 14th of
March the Dahabeah of tho Governor General lay
anchored or the Monderiah Governors Palace,
just astern Of the steamer which was to tow us up
Nile boat, In every way worthy OF Lower Egypt.
Besides the long saloon, In which am now writing,
there are two finely furnished staterooms-one to
There is o hurricane deck, long torecastle and
toilet and store rooms The saloon itself Is beau
tlful apartment, filed with diyans In damask, mir
rOrs, and SIX cabin windows The galley Is forward,
as In all Nile boats. The steamer was one OF the
most powerful in the Soudan and was called the
had hardly reached the Racoba's decks before
found that nearly all Khartoum had come down to
see me or in the saloon was Aboo-Sinh, Adam
Pacha, Mr.. Hansell. the Austrian C0nsul-n fine,
all The celebrities Of Central Africa
The bank was crowded with natives, Arabs,
Dinkas Nubas, shillooks and all the various black
nations north OF the equator. Coffee and cigar
cites were served, and at one O'Clock
THE RAcoBA SWUNG TO THE TIDE
was "tracked" down the Blue Nile, and we had
begun our journey The sole passengers were His
Excellency Moontaz Pacha, Ell Hakim George,
Medical Director Of the soudan, and the HERALD
correspondent His Excellency, In rendering your
correspondent these extraordinary facilities, has
done so in recognition OF the power OF the press
and of his special admiration OF the HERALD He
believes in making this country known to the
world, and for that reason he has been overwhelm-
ingly courteous to your correspondent. No
treated with more marked attention. These atten-
tions are by no means dsagreeable because they
tions for the voyage and the society of an educated
progressive ruler, who ID far ahead OF his
countrymen.
THE RESOURCES OF THE souDAN
In this estimate OF the population of the Soudan
Is not included the immense tribes OF blacks who
have not yet submitted to Egyptian rule What,
which
Moontaz Pacha begins to develop Central Africa
As follows-
Two hundred million acres OF cotton lands.
A civilized population of 8, 200 OF souls.
semi-civilized population OF probably 30, 0oo
climate unequalled during eight months OF the
year.
The Nile with It's continents, for transportation.
railway to Cairo, already surveyed.
Blasting out the cataracts already begun.
telegraph to Cairo In working order.
One million five hundred thousand camels
Six millions oil beeves and numberless sheep.
Ten steamers.
Four hundred barkS.
A navy yard on Argel Island, near the twelfth
six thousand soldiers, infantry; $500 cavalry.
All the trades and industries represented by
The port OF Suakim and camel routes to Suakim
and Lower Egypt via koroskO.
Two million acres already In cultivation by
durrah, corn, melons, &c.
POPULAR PALACES CONCERNING THE soUDAN.
Now let me name the popular faacies concern
my tJc SOuuiu
IS 1T UNHEALTHY
Ffrst-That IL Is unhealthy; that IL is a deathly
climate see as many old men here In proportion
to the population as have seen In New York,
Paris or London and Abo0 Sim has already COM
pleted his century. Egyptians and Europeans
suffer from the climate than natives but 10 is
often because they indulge extravaqant tastes
and are incorporate In eating and drinking.
Nearly all the foreigners who come here drink IN
ordinately, then expose themselves to the sun.
This climate has Its rules Of health the same as
that OF New York. 1t Is very easy to freeze to
death during the terrible cold In America; 1t is
likewise possible to be charred into corpse by the
blazing sun OF Africa II you do not take the proper
precaution. Khartoum needs sanitary police.
All It's fever arises from miasma, after the rains,
and 1t Is positively unhealthy only during two
months The smallpox prevails to some extent
but this arises from the superstition OF the Arabs
who refuse vaccination The government alone Is
occupied with the health OF the population. re-
peat that Soudan all considered, is as healthy
country as there Is in the tropics.
NOT AN ARID WASTE
S8copd-That 1t is an arid waste when IL has soil
to the extent OF IA, 100000 acres oil the utmost
fertility situated In the following prOvnccs:-