, 1879-02-20

The Nr'RnlfR noahr-stfohF character OF
II" fohnAsf' !ache'he1 h''' aiH' NJ Tic
Present sirer"y. u.....
corrt'uondfnce t7ndon r nt'.
ALEXANDRIA, Jun. 1s-fhis day sixteen
years apo saIil Pasha died somcwhn, sui,1cn,y:
If. ncnIux. Is,uat,. Inn rrrsrpt ,'trnrnv ami
,.,,o,ttI', ,',.s,a" H.. ,Ix,',a ~ 1,s "" ~,
hhea,se' asec''"eo ti'o 'a1one VI hsspi' at"i oil
grntulnlo his 11ighngss OIL the anltivcsenry.
f1ns mot,ern Macedonian dynus,y scetns M
,lrmlv n]autcu nj, ,u, bonka or III. Min as wax
,, a,,,sa.,t ,,s,o - .,,a 1t,,,o,nt,. ;,,s ,sss.
tary succession IL scCitrc!, !he Internal hdnia-
tration Of thG country ls independent III the
Porte, tribute Is almost tlla only pronf Of de-
pcndency. ana 1orcftn sltark h !,ntiosstble ~
Frnnrc Is extended to Egypt.
Yet ninety years nEo tue grandfather OF
1smntl Pnslin was d tobarco.dcnlcr at tile little
Ipwn u EaVhla IN Allah!a ns1l !! tIlt First Nh
polet3! iiad not stretched MS CnnttlcrnE arms
ncsoas tlc Mediterranean, MeIenct All wnull
never tsavu Joined n s1untecr corps raised to re-
ftst tlts FRENCH In lsEypt, nlll h!s grandsnn
would not now DC ruling at Calro lie History
Of tho iainlly Is one ot the stra'cst of 'c trf-
tury. The Erail.!lathcr was born (o be ruler
u men. From ting position VI petty o!!iccr in
a asolunter corps he RAPIDLY rose 10 be lit tIrst
nian In Egypt. He DESTROYED the powrr Of lie
Alafncluke lseys, recognized tyranta by rrsacrp-
tim Of centuries; he Reduced the country to
order md obcd,ercc; lie sublucd lllr savugc
rnccs Of the su1laani he conquered the faHnt,eai
tribes of Arabia; liu captured S'rta with all lis
strung PLACES; he defeated the Turks and Hver-
aEcd the eultan; md he would have ccrtnuly
founded Eecdt'tl gtcas h!oh!Eh Empire. greater
tslan Turkey ttse'f, i inc Western Powers, IN
1910, l!atf not ellCckch s nmIi; Ion ntnl cuutncl
thy limits u his rule 10 tho Valley Of tAs Nile.
Thus th~artcd. lo turned h's Intention 10 III
ternal ADMINISTRATION. but without tllU ERmc
success. Hc cleaned put old catInfs, mule new
Uncs. Introduced tile cultivation Of cotton, IT,
Gan!zcu military Schools anu called IN Euro-
pcalls to nss!tt HIN. Hc eycn tried tn ,nake
ssillls OIL factories ainl machinery. hut he
mule no serious attempt 70 fols,M 4 syasc.n
hateu OIL Just Inv. wt.iels would llye after htil.
All his oflieia!s were Turks VI the old school,
soitio com is 10" t M the Esvpan e. a,ve. 'IIsc s rs M
was that Of a conqucror. not lnw-aiver or ad-
nllAatratnr Ills !nexliRusl1ble tnerEy Wus cum
htantly ill-tlireetc, MID amusing stories urc told
Of lils bnidcra
Ilo insletcd on The existcnccof mineral wealth
tn Egypt: woHlu not lister to cn.nrers vim
showed tic cul'illry tu hc pure nluvial lrposlt,
assA waa not satisfied Until fast !lu!rs !lad bcrn
dug ~ many titstr!cts without result: lie hal
plan Tor utilizing thu stones uf tlsc Pytamt,is III
.i'c construction of public works, ,'n only tlc-
sistrd un prtf .! t1lc enormous cost Ut lckirlle
tt1n AiA transport. lle latl an Drlcntal ron-
temp. Tor lsl!tl'nn lle; the raial frultl tic Milo
10 Alcxa.NtA fas constructed 1y hin III hcycis
H1onthss pW,0 0D men wcrn tMkth 1rnI, the slclus
aIHi 1nne 10 wurk, AMI 3t.O0u uf them nre sud
to llnYe pcrsaletl rum hickllgAs rro1Gced By gx4
posture nntl want of fDotl. Want ng to Gct ri.l
of ,lse Mane!uko Brys. fla Invited tlr,n to his
pn1acc, atd when they we're assembled tu i,,e
caurt-yard liu tad them NIL shut down without
iitcrcy.
Athtsntt All died 1T bis S0th year, nlnl his
three Immediate hltcccssors-lbral,lni, Abhns,
ansl Hh!d-bora lLttlu resemblance to him; but
grandson, lsMatf. has the snnu intellectual
actiyLty. 1lc works lnte ami curly, . Ills ni,nl
10 cra1i.,ncd With a1m!ntstratise detail. t3ctorc