New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-02

me re daring than ever Even in the immediate
ueiehorhood Of the city, the inhabitants are 80
fearful Of them that all the grain is brought up 10
the very walls to be threshed. The oury'ne-
grounds on both sides are now turned into thresn'
ing. floors, and all day long the Turkish peasants
drive their heavy sleds round among the 'on'-
stones. In the city there are granAries, or AhSn'
for grain. In one or tao OF them, "n'ch VIC
v;s;t,S the new wheat was remarkably hne, the
kernels being large, heavy, and OF SEMI 1fans'
parent elbow color.
The second day after our arrival we paid q VISIT
TO Osman Pasha, Governor OF the City ann io'.
ince of Aleppo. We went in state, accompanied
hy the Consul, with two anissaries IN rom, oea'-
;nr silver maces. and a dragoman behind. Ine
,erai. or palace, is large, plain wooden ou"oins'
and a group Of soldiers about the door, win
shabby carriage in the court, were the only toheHS
NJ ia character. We were ushered at once into
nyesence of the Pasha, who is man oil ABOUT
seventy years, with q good-humored though
.br,wd face. lie was quite cordial in his manners,
COMMUNICATING US on our Turkish costume, and
Wanting hi. skill in physognomy, which at once
revealed TO him that we belonged to the highest
elias. Of American nobility. In fact, in the trman
which he has since sent Us, we are mentioned as
"pobles" He invited US to pass a day or Two
with him, saying that he should derive much ben
eft from our superior knowledge. We replied
that such an intercourse could only benefit our
selves. as his greater experience, and the dstil'
euished wisdom which had made his name long
since familiar to our ears, precludet the hope Of
our being Of any service to him. After hall IN
hours stay, during which we were RECALLED with
ewelled pipes, Iquisite Mocha coffee, and Sher-
bet breathing Of the gardens OF Gulistan, we took
our leave.
The Ps,ha sent an officer to show us the cita-
del. We passed around the moat to the entrance
on the western side, consisting OF bridge and
double gateway. The fortress, as have already
stated. occupies the crest Ct an elliptcal mound,
about OOO feet by GOO, and 200 feet in hight. 1t
il eptj,eiy encompassed by the city and forms
prominent and picturesque feature IN the distant
view thereof. Formerly, it was thckly inhabited,
and at the time Of the great earthquake OF lS9s,,
there were 800 families living within the walls
NJ. arly all of whom persisted. The outer walls
we've very much shattered on that oc ;asion, but
est specimen Of SaTacenic architecture in the
East, still remain entire. This gateway, by which
We entered, is colossal in its proportions. The
outer ance, through walls ten feet thick, ad.
mite us into lofty vestibue lined with miible,
ard containing many ancient INSCRIPTIONS in mo-
sale. Over the main portal, which is adorned
with sculptured lions heads, there is a tablet
stating that the fortress built by FL Meek Ell
Ashlai, the Hottest Of kings,) after which fol-
lows Prosperity to the True Believers-Death
TO the Infdels" A second tablet shows that it
was afterwards repaired by Mohammed ebn- Der.
hook, who, believe, was one Of the Fatimite Ca
hphs. The shekh OF the citadel who accompa-
MED us, stated the age of the structure ANIME
hundred years, which, as nearly as can recollect
the Saracenic chronology, is correct lie called
our attention to numbers of iron arrow-heads
sticking in the solid masonry-the marks of an
Gent sleges. Before leaving, we were presented
with a bundle Of arrows from the armory-un.
doubted relics of Saracen warfare.
TIE citadel is now a mass OF ruins having been
DE- serttd aimee the earthquake. Grass is growing
on the ramparts, and the caper plant, with its
white end. purple blossoms, lourishes among the
piles Of rubbish. Since the late rebellion, how
ever, small military baTrack has been built, aud
two companies CT soldiers are stationed there.
We walkrd around the walls, which command a
MAGNIFICENT view Of the city and the wide plains
TO tie south and east. 1t well de serves to rank
with the panorama of Cairo from the citadel, aad
that Of Damascus from the Ant-Lebanon, in eN-
tent. picture sQueness and itch oriental character.
Dat Of the gray ring Of the city, which inclOses
the mound, rise the great white domes and the
whiter mipants Of it's numerous mosques many
of which are grand and imposing structures. The
course of the river through the center of the pic
tuIe is marked by belt of the greenest yerdure,
b. ycnd Which, to the west rises a chain of naked
red bills, and further beyond them the blue sum
nit Ct Sit ST. Simon. and the coast range of
Akms Dogh. Eastward. over vast orchards of
pis,acho trees, the barren plain Of the Enphrates
fades away to giimmerng, hot horizon. Look
ing downward on the heart Of the city, was sur
prst ID to zee number Of open, grassy tracts, out
Of Which, here and there, small trees were grow
ing. But perceiyug what appeared to he SUBJ
ienaneun entrances at various points, found
that these tracts were upon the roofs of the
houses and bazaaTs, verifying what | had fre-
quebtly heard, that in Aleppo the inhabitants
visit their friends in different parts of the city, by
passing over toe roofs OF the hou,es. Previous
to the earthquake Of IS42, these vast roof plains
were cultivated as gardens, and presented an ex-
tent OF airy bowers large, ii not as magnificent,
as The renowned Hanging Gardens of ancient
Babylon.
Accompanied by Signor di Picciotto, we spent
two or three days 10 vsitiDg the houses of the
principal Jewish and Christian families in Aleppo.
We found it is true, no such splendor as in Da-
mascus, but more solid and durable architecture,
and a more chastened elegance Of taste. Tne
buildings are all of hewn stone, the court-yards
paved With marble, and the walls rich With gid
ing and carved wood. Some Of the larger dwell
rgs have snail but beautiful gardens attached to