Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-08-03
GEN. LORING'S OPINION.

by Florida Times reporter. The General,
though he has been several years absent from
Egypt, exhibits good deal Of feeling in re-
gard to the recent catastrophe. lie holds
England directly responsible for the existing
troubles and impending anarchy; and he re-
CARDS the bombardment of Alexandria, as,
under all the circumstances one of the most
abominable outrages of which history has any
record. In the bombardment and the extern
sive fires which followed it, nearly everything
that constituted the magnifcence Of the mod
ern city was destroyed, and he says that capt.
tai will not easily be induced to 60 in and
build it up again, while the Khedive, under
the European domination which is sucking
the life-blood of Egypt, does not command
| the necessary resources.
The Notifications Of Alexandria were built
partly under Gen. Loring's supervision, and
he is confident that if they had not been
caught unprepared they would have given
| the English fleet good deal more trouble.
''It must be recollected," he said, 'that the
fleet was inside the harbOr to which it would
have been obliged to force an entrance had it's
hostile purposes been avowed at the beginning.
This placed some of the strongest defensive
works at disadvantage. The worst difficult
ty however, under which the Egyptians Ia
bored in their defense was, that their gnnners
had no experience in handling the great Arm
strong guns with which the forts were pro-
vided."
Said the General: "I warned the late Khe-
dive, Ismal, that these great guns would be
useless unless he had men who knew how to
work them, and that the only way to teach
them efficiently was by actual practice But
as it cost about hundred dollars every time
one was fired, the Khedive felt that the ex-
pense was more than he could stand. The
result was that when the shock of battle
actually came, the firing was wild and inettec-
tive 1 can assure you that if the Egyptian
gunners had been as experienced as they were
brave, the English fleet would have had
serious time of it,
To the inquiry whether any effective resis-
tance could be made by Arab to the march
of al army towards Cairo, the General replied
that there were no Notifications between
Alexandria and Cairo, but that good deal
of trouble and delay could be caused by the
destruction of the bridges across the Rosetta
and Dametta branches OF the Nile, both OF
which have to he crossed in going to Cairo.
AS far as Cairo is concerned, it is not forti-
fed city and is of no use for defense. The
General said he had no faith in Arab Bey's
ability to fight a regular European army, es-
pecally the Khedive against him dividing the
| loyalty of the soldiers. But the strength OF
Arabi's cause lies not in his power to fight an
English fleet or an Anglo-French army. 1t
| lies in the sense of wrong on the part OF an
industrious and long suffering people, who
are victims of slavery immeasurably worse
than any ever known in the South. Arabi's
revolt is but the symptom and expression OF
this sense Of wrong; and even though Arab
may be defeated, the conflict will never really
end so long as the life-bloOd of the Egyptian
people is drained to satisfy the exactiOns of
| r.. ll,1l |
he went to Florida to write book on Egypt,
but he had not written line yet.
| CHINESE ANECDOTE.-A man who was ac-
custOmed to deal in marveS, told country
cousin Of his that he had three great curlosl-
ties in his possession-an OK that could traVel
five hundred miles day a cock that tells the
| hour of the night and dog that could read
| in a superior manner.
s'These are extraordinary things, indeed
must call upon you and beg sight OF them,"
said the cousin.
The liar returned home and told his wife
what had happened, saying that he had got in
to a scrape, and knew not how to get out.
''Oh, never mind, " replied she, Il can man
age it,"
| The next day the cOuntryman called IN, ana
inquiring after his cousin, was told that he had
gone to Pekln.
"When is he expected back -
"In seven or eight days.
"IIow can he return so soon -
''IIe has gone upon our OK.
".Apropos of that, am told you have cock
that marks the hour"
A cock just then happened to crow.
eyes, that is he he not only tells the hour
of the night, but reports when stranger
comeS.''
''Then, your dog that reads books-mght |
beg to see him 20
"Why, to speak the truth, as our circum-
stances are but narrow, we have sent the dog
to teach school,
THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA.-The popula-
tion of Alexandria, Egypt, has increased from
| 5000 century ago, to 300, at the present
day. The modern city is built on the lSthmus
connecting the mainland with the Island OF
PharOs and on the island itself. The new
streets. like the Rue Ras-el-Teen and the Rue
de Median, present the aspect Of a European
CITY. but in the Turkish quarter the streets
are narrow and dirty The new embankment
along the eastern harbor, and the new build
ngs on the great square OF Mehemet All nave
added greatly to the attractveness OF the city.
The palace of the Pacha and the lofty harem
first strike the strangers attention on entering
the city. Among the other large buildings are
the custom house, the medical naval and other
schools. The Place Mehemet Ali, or grand
square of the consuls, where the greater part
of the massacre in the recent riots took place,
is the centre of European Alexandria. The
older houses recall those Of Italian seaports.
On this square are the principal hotels, banks,
steamship offices, and the dwellings OF most OF
the consuls At each extremity OF the square
is a fountain, which at sunrise and sunset are
surrounded by Arabs performing their ablll-
tons. The Pacha's palace is finely situated,
facing the sea, and is surrounded by beautiful
gardens. The grand staircase is of Carrara
marble. The buildings OF the Harem stand
opposite the palace.
TIE NOSE AND THE FACE.-A somewhat
snpu]ar fact has been observed with reference
to the shape Of the nose, or rather the setting
of it in the face, so to speak. TO be strictly
correct from the artists point OF view, the
nose should be accurately in the middle of the
face. and at right angles with line from
the pupil of one eye to that Of the other. AS
a matter of fact, it is rarely or never thus
placed it is almost invariably little out Of
the sssuuare,'' and the fact of its being so is
often that which lends "a peculiar expression
and piquancy to the face. y medical writer
points out that there are anatomical reasons
why a slight deviation from the true central
line may be expected and that the nose which
is thus accurately between the two eyes may
after all be considered an abnormal one the
only absolutely true and correct organ being,
in fact, that which deviates little to the right
or left.
BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN llEARr---
The poor soul sitting in the dim chamber OF
unregenerate nature cannot, through such
darkened windows, see the divine. TO the
simple-minded and holy, the face of GOD IS