The New York herald., 1872-11-06

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the keenest ana most ambitious people OF the Nile.
Ear,v on the morning OF the nth Of June zbehr
went to pay his last adieux TO his three wives m
Khartoum. They despoiled him Of nearly all his
money. suddenly the tax gatherer appeared and
levied upon the Prince for his government arrears
to the sum OF IS. The Prince tried to shelter him
self under the American nag, but tersely informed
MIN that would father none OF his villanies. Ac-
companied by soldier he was consequently con-
Quoted to the sheik OF the tribe, VINO In turn re-
quired him to produce his '.fsuxcer money. The
Prince set out to ind his wives, who for obvious
reasons did not live together. His discourses to
the sheik, to the mob which had gathered in the
Grand place OF Khartoum, his hot entreaties to his
wives his threats Of vengeance against the govern
ment, his wild gestures and soaring voice, TO-
gether with his Indignation and prncely attitude,
formed splendid scene.
In the meantime Moomtaizza Pacha attended by
his SUITE came down to the river to say BON voyoge
We cast or from the shore, put for the middle
OF the stream just in time to catch the Prince-a
fugitive from the clutches OF the sheik. We
rounded the sharp angle of the Blue Nile with our
oars set our legofmutton sail and bade an eternal
farewell TO KhartOum-a city which, were it's his
tory truly written In all the horrible details that
exist to-day would present the foulest picture Of
human rottenness in the East The curse OF God
seems to be upon the town. He visits it with
plague and pestilence. The very day that pre-
pared to leave
TERRIBLE SAND sIM00N
swept the city and enveloped 1t in total dark
ness at three O'Clock in the afternoon. was sit
ting writing at my table in the midst Of the glorious
sunshine OF Africa Slowly the southern horizon
began to grow obscure. l went out upon the
growing grander and grander and advancing rap
idly upon Khartoum. It was splendid sight-the
sun at full blaze In another quarter OF the heavens
the doom palms and date trees frosted with clouds
OF white birds, the spires and minarets slowly
losing their outlines In the dense obscurity. The
yards trembling their security, and with this
spectacle IN view, the population excited closing
or Whc S has h twice.
in the history OF the post.
A sharp wind, tornado, q hurricane, in success
sion announced the advance of that sparkling, bur-
nished red mountain which was to I'LL the ali, the
lungs and our little world with darkness 1t came
nearer and nearer. Its front was absolutely per-
pendicular, and once envelOped everything was in
darkness. 1t spread over the city. To breathe
was difiicult and oppressive, and It was darker
than the darkest M night K ever knew sand covered
whole effect reminded me of Plny's description OF
the fall or P0mpe at the beginning Of the Christian
era. II was an absolute inundatIOn of sand A
similar phenomenon occurred seven years since,
and the great simeon fOrty-elght years ago. Abel
KOreem, the veteran son of AbOO-Sinn, described
the latter inundat0n as the most terrible that has
ever occurred. No one knows how many were
buried in the desert; no one knows how many Be-
,n oveIwnelmed by tne sand ana no 400 one
kills and digs and fills your grave at the same time
This incident is only one of
THE MANY EvANEsCENT PLAQUES
OF the SOudan. First came small insects which
attacked the eyes and rendered lights ntolerable;
then followed the deadly scorpions, then more than
ind
which seemed to have his appointed season geccos,
lizards and 'Nile buttons" which last are aggra.
vating pimples on the skin.
Can any one imagine that, notwithstanding the
at 1l5 degrees In the shade, with
contrary winds and constant rowing, the trip to
At Berber | found tie Governor Hussein Bey,
with his two provinces, had made wonderful prog
ress The town was stored with many thousand
bales Of cotton the product of an experiment, which
made all the many-taied Pachas OF Egypt smile
with incredulity.
HussEIN BEY
should not be forgotten. He must have an impOr-
tant future in the development OF Northern and
Central Africa. From the feared and puissant
mission of his tribe, an energetic and faithful sub
ordinate OF the viceroy, who raised him to the
grade OF Bey and to the Governorship OF two of his
and is remarkable for being an honest man. After
the usual cigars, coffee and salutatOns asked His
Exeeaency how his territory was getting along
one twenty miles long. They are all for the culture
Of c0ttOn.h
''Will the population work pu
Eyes, and with avidity The Arab loves money;
and above ALL loves to work OF his taxes in lieu Of
paying them In hard cash. For example, If an Arab
canal for such length OF time his taxes are con-
sidered paid. AS soon as the people begin TO amass
money tnen emigration win pour in from the
Hedjaz, and the wandering nomads VIII cluster
about tile cultivated fields. But we do not intend
to let the cot ION fever despol us OF durrah."
What change for the Arab sheik! Two years
a a tllrDaD a
in position as proud as that OF the Governor Of an
American State; and IN ten years ! prophesy he
or an Alabama. When Said Pacha former Vice.
roy visited the SOudan, he was received by Sheik
liussein. whom he thanked in these terms while
suffering from the intense heat:-
SAID PACHA-WhO art thou, IN am
SHEIK HUssEN-Sheik of the Ababdahs.
SAID PACHA-Liar thou art the doorkeeper OF
hell.
sheik Hussein at that time was the Governor OF
the Nubian Desert.
thirty-tve in number; thirty girbehs, holding 800
gallons Of water, and all was put In readiness for
the long march
made by caravan in twenty-four days.
Sheik Mohammed, dapper little Arab Cme1 was
directed to select the @ 9, camels ana tne governor
a splendid Hygeen saddle. SOliman Agar, Turk
of many years. residence, showed us many kind
attentions in Berber, sending us each day rich
Turkish dinners Mime. La Forgne, widow OF the
late French Consul and an Abyssnan OF remarka-
grace and beauty was also kentuckian In her hos
pitaIity.
We now found much difficulty in securing the
charges and loading the camcls The Bicherines
Arabs, who perform the ofiice OF camel men. work
when they please, and their pleasure is itiul and
peevish. 10 be a good camel man one must be
first sailor to knot splice, lash and secure; then
a camel sharp, then porter, then Industrious and
attentive. These three-quarters nude savages,
from the mountains, rarely answer to
any one OF these qualifications; hence delay, con-
fusion aud often blows
While the cames were sprawled out upon the
great open place near the Governors palace the
Prince came running to me in hot haste, an
nouncing that
CHRISTIAN HAD BECOME A MUsSULMAN.
He was much rejOiced, adding that should follow
the example, as the Christians in the future world
would light the fires in the Internal regions where
with to roast recreant followers OF Mohammed While
he was at the acme of his discourse heard an in
fernal noise in the Streets and throwing open the
clumsy wooden shutter, set into the mud and
manure wall, behed the prOselyte pageant. Over
five thousand gdYnfnS, canae, half-nude Arabs,
women, d0nkeys and dogs were formed in irregular
moving at a slow pace, rendering the
day hideous with their yells The convert Tather
the recreant) was seated upon horse. borne by