The Arkansas banner., 1850-07-16

upon their soe ndiBg usetal--f1aged aFoauA yeu ses
 the various articles Of kitchen sad table fnrniurs Ssaace-paas, dishes aDd walters, very mach la Eu-
 ropean style, with the highly ofnauented portable stoves. which ars Psaced h cead weather in the centre of the room where avery one enaaefs aroAnd
 Il. Now yea come Into the quarter for pipes. where ysG fad ;Aszsss<% sssay ss$As, $sa esa =i.se=. the whole process of making. from the mixing OI the pscsltaf kind sf cIsy to the fnai pOilsh Then yea pass whsFa lheFs are msby hands employed In boring and polishing the long stems for the pipes and where the amOer monih pieces arc exposed Ia glass cases for sale SsiII further. you find kasI.y occupied the makers of the long flexible morocco tabes for the nargails. the most luxurious pipe Ot the oFentals. Then you pass on to the carpenters, all of whom are pied in construcling the differ. eut rude articles of furnItaFe, which are made ia Constantinopls that for the higher classes being always imported Hers you and yourself snrroun. deq by the saddlers busiy working upon the elegant
 TurkIsi, brides which are still fashionable, Of pat ent leather, richly ernsmsntsd by rosss,ss of silver brightly polished brass. esd upon saddles all in imitation of the English pattern Whiis, the small. uncomfortable. high-peaked Turkish saddles of other days, with their enoroas iron stirrnps. two feet broad and one wide, piled up ia freat io be sold into the interior, where European fashions have not yet penetrated. Thus yoa may wander through the different quarters of all themore ordinary trades but they gre conducted on the most limited scale, and with degree of rude simplicity that would as- tonish our intelligent mechaucs at home.
 Among The tobacco shops, you will ind one or two servants iaboriously choHing the we into the fine shreds. which always preferred for smoking. whilst the poftly owner. sead amidst the hislp-s of the tobacco, slFesdy presared, is either dczng under the otic infaenceof his lengthy pipe, or else slowly weighing out tas customer hIs precious commodity. In the shops fir the sale of coffee, yon will fad 1t exro,ed in large ars areay psrcbed and reduced to the finest dust bypound you wii hear the ringing ol the large EpFiar, and perhaps may see, from the dark recesses oi back rootn severs men, naked 10 the middle and dripping with per spiTation, who, by their aHed strength, wield the immense pestie with whie the eofFer IS reduced ta the proper consistency. Among the bakers, you will find the shops somewhat different in constfuc. ton; they are, indeed, entirely open in fIoat like all tue others, exposing 10 he pubic eye the whole process oi bread making rom mixing the four 10 the hnal baking; but iheii hooIs much lower and they have in front brnd counters covered with white marble slabs. Upos these last. which Al- ways scrupulonsly neat. re piled whole pyramids of newly baked oaves, iGge rolls q batter cakes, hanked by pastry and sevtal excellent varieties of Poand-eakt. h the sam manner arranged the shops for the manufacture and sale of kiad of ean dy made by boiling down loney in an immense caal- dron, which s constantly stirred by one attendant, whilst smother stands wlii large knife to cut tor customers the candy. winch is spIead in great round heaps upon the slab. The Turks are exceedingly fond oi this sort ol swed, as believe they are of most others. The eaiitg houses also arranged
 ike the two last menioed of kinds shops. wiih the exception of the white nasLl slabs. TIeiT greasy counieTs are crowded Sitb ready made dishes tor the hungary wayIarers different prepara ions of egg
 plant and of oehre, boei into a sort oi mush, and xsfRished ssith choice t4hsis cI meat, set oa, smoking hot. Small plugs af hsh, roasted without sauce ot any description, ranged m fanciful fig nfes on large copper dishe; sbaubs of fat mutton. bearing evident marks of hsvng beeM buras over the fire. are lemptinsly displayed upoR iron skewers; and bread in small loaves and batter akes in rolls complete this luScious display, whose savory fumes would, should suppose. sorely try th souls of th" 'abvring Turks upon a day of fast, but would not greatly tempt Christisn stonschs.
 In these regions collected in the largest num- bers the wid dogs O Cons,antinopla. that wander in troops without matters through the city by day and make night hdeols with their dismal howlings. The dog being regarded ss an unclean animal. ,he plus Mussumsns are not permitted by their religion to domestica'e hIm, and being exiied from mans hearth, degraded fron being hs compan!on into his slave. the dog among The Turks is the most wretch ed animal ever saw. Ali of them are oC datk yellow coaor and have sharp heads ard erect ears very much like wolves, and all of them very mangy and appear ts be almost torpic. Many of ihen Ioiter about the eook-shops and bakeries for the stray scraps that thrown them, but they wlli eat anything, they dvonr all the fifth oi the city, and will gtowl and fight as hercely over bunch ot grapes as fl il were resh beeEsteak. or a bright sin-shining day, hundreds of them are seen lying in
 the middle ot the muddy streets, with seateeiy ener gy 10 move ont Of the way nf horse, and never out oi the way of man, tai the good- nstursd Mosiems walk around rather thn irampIe upon them. Noh- ing ever aTouses them except the appearance of brsadcrast or a stray dog, when each one hmps stiffiy to the scene of action, when general and most noisy sHray instantly snsnes. Although The dog is never permitted 10 eater the houses of the Turks. yet they have found hBn ui ss a scav- enger Of their city that every ssrss taken to multi pity his species. The pups ne sserediy shielded from all harm, and have frequently seen large litter, few days old, lying athnrt in open street which vas 90 crowded that men eooid not move without jostling each ther.-Leu Journal.