Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1877 — Egypt in New York. [ARTICLE]

Egypt in New York.

The New York World states by authority that the Khedive of Egypt has signified his willingness to present to the city of New York, upon proper application, the twin “needle,” the sisterobelisk of that now floating toward England. This shaft stands upon the seashore, a monolith of the granite of Syene, seventy feet in height, and is a familiar landmark to all travelers who have visited Alexandria. The hieroglyphics on its seaward face have been partly effaced by the action of the salt wind and spray during more than 1,800 years, and its base is so much worn and mutilated that it is likely to be prostrated by a Mediterranean cyclone at some future day. It is, we believe, of the same age as the English obelisk—that of Thothmes 111. , which gives it an antiquity of 3,400 years. The English contractors, who are now conveying the latter to London, are said to have offered to transport the Khedive’s gift to this city, and to erect it in any location which may be chosen, for the sum of SIOO,OOO, taking upon themselves the whole risk of the enterprise.— New York Tribune.