The sun., 1873-11-04
4 Man with Three Hundred Thousand Dol-
lars nav Iucomp.

Ufsi Ire'on CorteTopiet,s ~ he q 'cJgo Tribun,
The late Consll-Gcneral of the United
States u Cairo. George Butler, h. in WASHINGTON.
aud have derived sumc fresh aud Interest,"
Information from him. said Ia-ha IL described
by Mr Butler NJ person ~ culture speak ,ng
French with oa-e and ENGLISH a htflc fully edu-
Gated nt the Polytechnic School Ia Paris, and
wearing the dress Of Christian people. lie Is -
shrcwd ara riCh merchant, and not u soldier by
propensity and his income and the luXrry ~
his court exceed the tales uf Haroun al lschid's 5
ependor H., hns AN Income of SlInOnusD per
annum, or more than half as much a. tie whole
annual expense of the United States Gov, rn-
ment. inclusive ~ the cost ~ the pnblc drot.
70 Keen our 5000 or G1dU of1icchuid, r., our
army, our navy, d. the public building Nc. Nc.,
requi- g. SliNp.en u month. And said lasha,who
has no uiufe subjects than thCre are citizens ~
New York state, has. l.! Mr.. Hutler's careful es-
tmh'e. between sIU0(sfland lu.(sl coca month,
or above tplu1 n day. lie has tw'niy- seven
rltce4 All the cor lognte prpprrtv-o that
which with us would be cnutrnlIcd by coruora-
tions- In the country. and no laws whatever hut
what hc can think of or will from day To uay.
lie has four wives and "a vast lafem. aud. heng
an unwise hVshand. docs not know all his own
children vet he is ten pernie and prudent, aud
etill he Is not happy. lie wants To bc a king (:
bat the domination of Turkey sits upon his
dreams ike the got blcr on the full hoy aficr
Cnti-tmas dinner. Turkey II put above IN hy
l. irnpftu treaty which ditc= UA, * 10 lsiJ. aud
tom the treaties ~ NG-upc-
Whatever linz YOU str'Ne
Ttnth or tenth thousand bIrhss thc ,ra.n alike.
Toneu riliIc Turkey. trc khediye has boon
for long time cpnci!i tiins ldruue. a u
'lho Consuls General AZ cairo are men ~ tnc,
tirst 81. =. and tn. greatest hStutsncs%, bUing
feailt Foreign Ministers without the name. as
the khediNr Is only NicerpY. Nr Butler suv- he
could have hid absolute power.under this Vice
roy, over the lite oi any American Ia Egypt. lie
Wd- on such Intimate terms with the khCdNe
tiat some ol Tue tonpialncr, wrote 10 MI. l-h
thHt he was In that rtch harhlriau'- pay. " liut
all sayr Butler, " that he ever did for me was
to Hve me tichnefs yachts. troop of horse,
s." when wanted 10 entertain my visit II.
As an instance 81 SAIL Pasha's wealth NJ. Nut
tier relates that the Empress oi fr~nce said to
"Vicoroy / should like very much 10 visit
your Pyramids, nat cannot ride on camel,
and ] suppose | cannot 90 there by any road
- our Majesty can 20 there %, either r.disay
when she went there, ht the opening Of the
sue2 C'nal, the Empress found a road made,
With IA, shaded all the way with trans planted
trees and hall way On was palace for her re-
pose, wish a se1Yhd palace to entertain her at
ihe PlramidS,dl e>p"ei.ly made 10 thi- one
journey. And yet, such l. the kinship OF the
times, thar, when the khedNe attempted to
r"noNt" AFRO Dy taking stones from the lNrt-
nit., he felt that the rohuke OF the pr,s. ana
v1irr ~ Europe could not b" withstood, ana he
ceased to disturb these useless conundium-,
lie iH building IN iruu bridge across the SHE,
~ucy rnnnl q 1st him slWuu(ai and is only A
paitlH success, a. II Ills Gp a. soon a, neglect
ed, aL1 Tue screw hctt to pass tuiuu.n 10 Is
yet small. L.rsep~. IT, executor Mr. Butter
IA thc world, and never With les than from hulf
million tu a million q money lying uu ON d.
po-it The Niccroy l. the owner Of "A narrow
gauge railroad from Cairo 10 SucL, seventies \
miiss, ana from Alexandria To Cairo, one hun
Ored and thirir miles. lie ~ now building up
the Nile from Cairo two or three bundled mile.
lie has a navy, but his people are wretchcl
sailors. lie and his father have made vast SUNS
Ol money IN the slave tTaIe ana his euuuchs for
toe hnr"m come from the Muc Mic. Sugar, IN
dlgo, tonacCo, and cotton are great staples II
Egypt, ami the people have nu conception If the
ri.hl of property, liberty, or life,
4" How many Uia~trc- do Yuu pay the khedNe ?"
- the remark uiten addressed tu a donkey cone
duCtur or mule diver.
" so many
"Don't You hate TO let him have all that part
~ your wages
"MhN,' SAYS the Ecyltan, "he Is our master
Why sA Ouldnt lac take n II hc vans tor