Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-06-22

IL a regiment were neeoeu lSay Ill Oelnl VI ii
New Zealand it could hardly have been sum
moned and placed there within six months o.
year. It could now be done in tive or sl'
weeks. Queen Elizabeth, they say, ruled owe
less than 5000, 900 subjects, and Queen Anne
perhaps over less than 10000, 600. Queen Vic
1oria enjoys the loyal devotion Of at leas
25O. 600, 600. Bess counted the total revenues
of the government on one hand lin millions)
Anne could do it on two hands. Queen Vic
toria as Empress disposes of one hundred ant
fifty millions.-London paper.
EGYPT.
The present Khedive of Egypt, Mohamet
Tewfix, is the sixth ruler since Mehemet Ali
the founder of the dynasty, who WAS appointed
governor in 1906, and soon after made himself
absolute master of the country by force o1
arms. He was the recognized ruler of Egypt
from 1911 to 1S4S. The father of the present
| Khedive, Ismail l., was recognized by the Sui
tan by frman of 9th May, 1866, obtained Oh
the condition of his paying an increased trib
ute to the Sultan's civil list. 1t was from Is
mail l. that NJ. de Lesseps obtained the re-
uuired concessions for the Suez canal. The
shares which Ismail held in the canal were
sold to the English government in 1875 fol
about four millions. But the large sum he
|
from his embarrassments, and he was compell
ed to abdicate in 1879, under pressure of the
French and English governments.
The present Khedive, by decree of Novem
Der, 1879, placed the administration Of Egypt
under the supervision of the governments Of
France and England, represented each by a
controller-general, invested with large powers
and responsible only to their own govern.
ments BY another decree Of April, 1880, the
present Khedive appointed an international
commission of liquidation, composed of seven
members. The commission was invested with
power to examine the whole financial situation
of Egypt, and draw up a law Of liquidation
regulating the relations between Egypt and
her creditors. England, France. Germany,
Austria, and Italy pledged themselves to ac'
cept such a law of liquidation. The present
defiant attitude of Arab Bey, the utter help.
lessness of the Khedive, and the inability OF
the French and English squadrons to land a
sufficient force Just now, are the main features
| in the present crisis in Egypt.
Arab Bey, the War Minister, raised re-
volt in opposition to the levyng of a very
harsh tax with which to repay. the money Dor.
rowed by the late Khedive from money lenders
| in France and England, to further his pleas
lres. The present Khedive, as is well-known,
is but the creature of the Powers. AS re.
suit of this revolt, Arab Bey was removed
from office, and his expulsion from the country
was demanded by England and France, with
which demand the present Khedive was very
anxious to comply. The recalcitrant Minis
ter, however, had the people with him, and so
emphatic was their demand that he should be
restored and that Egypt should be governed
by Egyptians and in the interest OF the people
rather than of foreign countries, and so great
| , bro OH fo hoor fhn X ha-
dive-who was himself threatened with arrest
and forcible deposition unless he complied
that he was forced to ''bow to the will of the
nation" restore Arab to his office, and vir-
tualIy yield the government into his hands.
This is the present situation of affairs.
What England and France will do about it,
remains to be seen but, whatever the out
come of the present complication, the Egyp-
tans have taught the world one unexpected
lesson, they they are not the lazy, passive, I'M
ambitious people which they have been credit
ed with being. They have heretofore been
looked upon as a race fond OF ease, and care
less of how they are ruled or who ruled by, so
long as they were permitted to live in peace.
This revolt of Arab Bey, and the energy with
which he has been supported shows that the
Egyptians are as ready to resist what they re-
gard rs tyranny and oppression as are natives
of other countries, and that they are as restive
under foreign control as are nations heretofore
inclined to look upon them as an indolent, in
ferior people, fit only to be ruled by despOts,
and utterly unable to govern themselves.
Arab Bey may finally be overcome, but he has
already forced the world to accord him respect,
and if he remains firm, and, in case he is driv-
ell to fight for what he considers the just
rights of himself and his people, he makes a
good fight this respect will be heightened into
general admiration.
The question naturally arises, can Egypt
fight? The normal force amounts to $4,000,
which can be readily brought up to $4,000.
The Bedouin contingent at present refuses to
obey the summons of Arab Bey. But if they
are persuaded to join him he would be able to
place in tie field some 10000 fighting men.
1t is clear that France and England, if not
Turkey, are bound to uphold the present ruler
of Egypt, and will do so with the approval of
the European powers. But it is not imprODa-
BILE that Arab Bey may solve the present diff
Guilty by the summary method familiar to Ori-
entails, and put the Khedive out Of the way.
His removal would, it is supposed, relieve the
taxpayers from the obligations which he en-
tered into with France and England for the
payment of debts which were mainly contract
through the reckless extravaganza of his IA
ther, Ismail l.
How SoUTHERNERs FoUGHT.-The follow
ing is an extract from a graphic description
OF the battle Of Stone River, by M. Quad, in
the Detroit Free Press:
Sill's brigade was posted on ridge covered
with cedars and young oak trees. The ground
in front had slope down into the cleared
fields, and he had three batteries posted along
his lines. 1t was a terribly strong position,
OF than HanpOpl, had Dt (Iptt tyS-
burg, and the Federals laughed in grim def
ance as the first line of gray swept into the
field /; quarter of a mile away. Now the bat
teres opened Eighteen guns break into a
roar which makes the chimneys i'll Murfrees-
boro tremble Not shot or shell is used
nothing but the murderous iron slugs and
bullets which grind and tear through the flesh
like the teeth of a wild beast SWaths ten
feet wide are cut through the Confederate
lines, and whole regiments are seen to drop
down to escape the fire. Then the infantry
added its fire, and the jaws Of hell were wide
Open Then followed the most singular sight
ever witnessed upon the field of battle. Whole
regiments of Confederates cruarted Jn'cdrN on
hands and knees They crept through the
soft soil of the old cotton field and up the
slope covered with leafess shrubs and dead
gr;lss-crept almost under the laundering
cannon, anu Celt tlley iouSo hiOii 1io i'''iiie
from Sll's mllskets burning their clothing.
WHAT CAUSES RAIN STORMs.--It is prin-
ciple of physics that action and reaction are
equal. If the increased solar energy actually
increased the average temperature of the earth
during the past summer and winter, literally
burning up the great island of Australia, it is
not strange that the reaction chills the month
of May, and deeply affects humanity with the
unaccustomed dampness. The unusual cold
and rain follow per force. The sun has licked
up from the sea an unusual quantity of vapor.
: Coudensnp the air is robbed of heat and there