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

on,v one had read, gave me no Distinct idea oil
tie position or appearance, and when, the otne'
day. srst saw it looming grand and gray among
the prsy hills, more like vast natural crystafza-
ton than the product of human art, reveued
in the novelty Of that startling FIRST impression.
The tradition Of the city's name is curious, and
worth relating. II is called in Arabic HaIeo /"
Shahba-Aleppy, the Grny-whieh most persons
suppose TO refer to the prevailing color oil the SON.
The legend however, goes much further. ma
l,b which the Venetians and Genoese sof'ened INTO
AIeppo. means literally "has miked." Accord
in, 70 Arab tradition, the patriarch Abraham once
lived here, his tent being pitched near the mound
now occupied by the citadel. He had certain
gray cow. Tel shak6d,J which was MIXED every
morning for the benefit Of the poor. When there
FIR. il va, proclaimed d" IbrahaD' halo 81 shah
ba abraham has MIXED the gray cow,l all the
Moor of the tribe came up to receive their share.
The repetition Of this morning call attached itself
IN the spot, and became the name of the city
which was afterwaid founded.
Aleppo is built on the eastern slope OF shall
low upland basin, through which flows the little
River Koweik. There are low hills to the north
and south, between which the country falls into
wide. monotonous plain, extending unbroken 70
the Euphrates. The city is from eight to ten
miles in circuit, and, though not go thicky popu-
lated, covers a greater extent OF space than VA
mascu,. The population is estimated at lOO,ooO.
In the excellence mot the elegance) Of It's archi-
tectu1e. it surpasses any Oriental city have yet
seen. The houses are all Of hewn stone, ire
cuentIy three and even four stories in hight, and
buit in a most massive and durable style, on ac-
count of the fro quency Of earthquakes. The
streets are well paved, clean, with narrow side
walks. and less tOrtuous and intricate than the
bewildering alleys of Damascus large part OF
the town is occupied with bazaars, at'estlng the
,plendcr of its former commerce. These estao-
lisbments are covered with lofty vaults OF stone,
lighted from the top, and one may walk Tor miles
beneath the spacious roofs. The shops exhibit
all the stufs Of the East, especially oil Persia and
India. There is also an extensive display OF Euro
mean fabrics as the eastern provinces OF Asiatic
Turkey. as far Us BogdAd, are supplied entirely
from Aeppo and Tfebizond.
Within ten years-in fact, since the Allied
Powers drove Ibraham Pasha out OF SJna,-the
trade of Aeppo has increased, at the expense OF
Damascus. The tribes of the Desert, who were
held IN check during the Egyptian occupancy, are
now so upruly that much Of the commerce BE-
tween the latter place and Bagdad goes north.
ward to MosuI, and thence by safer road to this
CITY. The khans, Of which there are great num-
b,r built on q scale according with the former
maei iGcence Of AleppO, are nearly all hlled, and
Persian, G eorg ian and Armenian merchants again
make their appearance in the bazaais. The prid-
cinal II anufactures carried on the making OF
shoes, (which, Indeed is prominent branch in
every Turkish city) and the weaving of silk and
solden Tissues. Two long baztars are entirely
occupied With shoe shops, and there is nearly
quarter Of mile Of confectionery, embracing more
varieties than ever saw, or imagined possible.
saw " sterday the operation OF weaving silk and
gold, which is a very Glow process. The warp and
the body Of the wool were of purple silk. The
loom ONLY fiered from the old ha 1d-ooms IN gen.
eral use in having some thirty or forty contri-
yances Tor lifting the threads OF the warp so as to
form, by variation, certain patterns. The gold
threads BY which the pattern was worked were
contained in twenty small shuttles, thrust by hand
under the different parcels Of the warp, as they
were raised by boy trained for that purpose, who
.ot on the top of the lsom. The fabric was very
brilliant in its appearance and .els as the weavers
informed me, at 100 pasters per Pick-about 81
per yard.
We had letters to Mr.. Ford, an American Mis-
sionaIy established here, and Sgnor d Picciotto,
who acts as American Nice.Consul. Both gen.
tlemen have been very corcial i'll their offers OF
service, and by their aid we have been enabled to
see something Of AleppO life and society. MIR.
Ford who has been here four years, has pleas
ant residence at Jedaida a Christian suburb of
the city. His congregation numbers some fifty
or sixty prosebtes, who are mostly from the
schismatc sects Of the ArmeDians. DIR. Smith,
who established the mission at Ain tab, two days
north ofthis,) where he died last year, was very
successful among these sects, and the cOngrega-
ton there amounts to nice hundred. The Sul-
tan, a year ego, Issued q fTman, permitting
his Christian subjects TO erect houses Of worship
but. although this was proclaimed in Constan-
tnople and much lauded in Europe an act ofgreat
generosity and tolerance, there has been no OH
cial ~ FORMULATION Of il here. SO OF the aid which
the Turkish Government vas SAID ID have al
iorded to its destitute Chtistian subjects, whose
houses were sacked during the fsnatical rebellion
Of 1850 The world praised the Sultan's charity
and love Of justice, while the sufferers, to this
day, lack the first experience Of it. But for the
spontant Gus relief contributed in Europe and
among the Christian communities Of the Leyant,
the amount of mhery would have been ffghtiul.
To Feridj Pasha, who is at present the Con-
msnder oftbe forces here, is mainly due the credit
Of having put down the rebel. With strong hand
There were but few troops in the city at the time
Of his outbreak, and as the insurgents, who were
composed Of the Turkish and Arab population
we've IN league with the Aueyzeh OF the Desert
the least ALTERING OF delay would have led 10
universal massacre Of the Christians. Forts-
nately, the troops were divided into two portions,
one occu Ming the barracks on 4 hill north Of the