Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-26
LOOKING AT THE MONOLITH.
Neto 70 rIters Ff0cIina to See the Egypttdh

Neto 70 rhers Ff0clsinG to See the Egyptian
Relic.
New York World.
Half dozen extemporized rowboat fer
ries from points on the North river shore
near the foot of West Twenty-third street
did brisk business all day yesterday trans
ferring passengers to and from the steamer
Dessoug, which is still laying at her first an
chorage in midstream. Commander Cor
ringe found early that the invitation or per-
mission given by him to the public through
the World on the morning of his arrival is
likely to be very generally accepted.
Having much business ashore, he left
the ship in the morning and was absent
most of the day. In his absence young
Hassan, an Arab of tender years, whose eyes
are as bright as buttons, and to whose naked
little black feet TO part of the steamer
seems sacred, appeared to feel that the obli-
cations and duties of captain in port rested
in his diminutive person. he prostlated
himself before all corners, and with majes-
tic wave of his little soiled hand ushered
them toward the forward hatch with the re-
mark: "See mucha bolisk." The vessel
during Commander Gorringes stay on shore
was in reality in charge of the mate, trim
young sailor hailing from Maine, who hav-
ing last spring been shipwrecked in the east
was glad to take berth on the Dessoug. Two
or three other sailors, acting now in the ca
pacity of watchmen, and the very proper and
somewhat gorgeously attired CALI" who
serves as useful body-servant to the COM
mander, are about all that are left of the
large crew which arrived in the vessel.
With lighted candles as cautiously carried
as though the ships cargo were gunpowder
instead of corrugated stone, one or other of
the watchmen politely showed each visitor
down into the dark region in which the
obelisk lies. Hassan as a rule tretted be-
hind seeking to hide the perpetual grin,
with which either nature or MS
foreign surroundings have provided his
little round swarthy face in the folds of his
flowing garment. He reapsd harvest of PEN
MES and ten cent pieces, and grew happier
and more radiant with every moment. The
small white donkey which, though brought
from the land of the Obelisks, is quite as
fresh and frisky as any of his American
cousins, was ridden by this young Arab
frantically up and down the ship deck, aud
was made to Jump over umbrellas and walk
ing sticks poked at him by the visitors.
The visitors for the most part did not have
the appearance of being Psychologists, but
they were invariably curious to get glimpse
of the great stone and they invariably re-
turned to the deck after visiting it ina wild
state of enthusiasm. One old gentleman,
who said he hailed from the interior of Il
linois, came up out of the hold breathless,
but glowing with excitement. (Which is
Commander Gorringe?" he exclaimed, striv-
ing to grasp the hands of everybody around
him at once. "I want to shake him by
the hand. Inever expected to see anything
like this, sir. never did. 1t is q real TIL
umph. Where is the COMMANDER? Where
is he?" The old gentleman was informed of
the commanders absence and very reluct-
antly went on shore, leaving quantity of
complimentary messages for him. A few
ladies' visited the Dessoug during the day but
the passage by small boat from the shore is
not comfortable one, owing to the contin-
uous swell that is stirred up by the Rocka-
way steamers, whose pier is near by, and the
obelisk, obliging and willing as are those in
charge of it, will not be generally or extern
sively seen until it is taken out of the ship.