New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-24

MS shoulders 10 ms khcts, nus 49, -
compared with these Frankish canea'ufes.
The genuine Egyptian costume, "nioh Gears
considerable resemblance to the OreeN' ana es-
pecially the Hydrioie, is simple ana graceful
Tho colors are dark-principally brown, blue,
cr.sr and viole.-re ieved by heavy SIR sash
of some CAV pattern. and BY the red slippers ana
tarboosh But as IN Turkey, the Pashas and
Beys, and many of the minor oihceTs Of 'hs ci'li
denartments have adopted the FRANK Dress re
,.irino only the tarbOosh,-a change winch IS
nv no means becoming to them "eh' mo an
Frvntian barber shop the other day, 10 nave my
ha,, sborn. and enjoy ed the preparatory pipe and
.oeao IN comuany with two individuals, whom
Isurnosed 10 be French or ltalans OF the vulgar
I'd, until the barber combed out the long locks
on mo ton OF their head, by which Mussulmans
e1pect to be lifted mp into PARADISE. "hen
they had gone the man informed me mat one
was Khalirn Pasha, one of the grandsons OF Me
bemet Ali. and the other Bey, OF considerable
potoriety. The Egyptians certainly 90 not gam
ANYTHING by adopting costume which, Ia this
climate, is neither so CONVENIENT nor so agTeea-
bic as their own.
Resides the animated life OF the bazaars,
which had an opportunity of seeing, N making
my outfit for the winters Journey, rarely went
out without witnessing some incident or cere-
mony Illustrative Of Arabic character and Gus
toms. One morning encountered stately pro-
cession, with music and banners, accompanying
a venerable peTsonaee, with green turban on
his head and long white beard flowing over his
breast This, as kish assured me, was the
Shereef Of Mecca He was attended by officers
in the richest Turkish and Egyptian costumes,
mounted on splendid Arabian steeds, who were
almost hidden under their broad housings OF
green and crimson velvet embroidered with
gold The people on all SIDES, as he passed,
laid their hands on their breasts and bowed low,
which he answered by slowly lifting his hand
1t was a simple otIon, but nothing could DE
more CAIN end majestic
On another occasion, met bridal procession
in the streets of Boulak. Three musicians,
PLAYING on piercing flutes headed the march,
followed BY the parents Of the bride, who, sur
rounded by her maids walked under crimson
canopv. She was shrouded from head to foot IN
"a red robe, over which a gilded dladem was
fastered around her head A large crowd OF
friends and relatives closed the procession, close
behind " hich followed another, OF very different
character. The chief actors were four boys OF
five or six years old, on their way to be clrcum-
cised Each was mounted on a handsome
horse and wore the gala garments OF a full
crown man, in which their little bodies were en-
tirelv lost. The proud parents marched 10y their
sides, supporting them, and occasionally holding
10 their lips bottles OF milk and sherbet One
was Jet black Nublan, who seemed particularly
delighted with his situation and grinned on all
sides as he passed along. This procession was
headed by builoon, who carried laugh with
him which opened ready passage through the
crowd. A man followed balancing on his chin a
long pole crowned with a bunch Of flowers.
He came TO me for backshish. His success
brought me two swordsmen ont OF the process
SION. who cut at each other with scimetars and
caught the blows on their shields. The GOODNESS,
swiftness and skill with which they parted the
strokes was really admirable, and the conclu-
ding flourish was a master piece. One striking
with the full sweep Of his arm, aimed directly
at the face OF the other. II 10 divide MS head
into two parts but, without making pause,
the plitteripC weapon turned and sliced the all
within half an inch OF his eyes. The man nel-
thcr winkod nor moved muscle OF his face, ou'
after the scimetar had passed, dashed It up with
his shield. which he then reversed, and dropping
on one knee, held TO me for backshish. After
these came camel, with tuft of ostrich fea,h-
ors on his head and boy on his back, who
pounded vigorously on two wooden drums with
l. 10, bol oth ar t.,Vun IN
ne for backshish. Luckily the little candidates
ior circumcision were too busly engaged with
their ik,boltics and sugar-pums, to ION in the
universal cry.
At present, the industrial professions thrive
better than the commercial, IN Carlo. The IN
fuX of foreigners and especially the great IN
crease in Nileward travel, has necessitated the
erection of large number OF new houses. In
all the principal streets Of the Frank quarter, old
buildings are going down TO give place to others
more lofty and spacious. Carpenters and ma
sons, who were formerly well paid at 10 piastres
a day, now receive If, (about 70 cents) for their
labor. In spite of the enormous taxation to
which the Egyptians are objected, there seems
little actual want, az least in the neighborhood
of Cairo. The mechanics IN the Turkish quar-
ter are all busy, and by no means moderate IN
their charges. The merchants, on the other
hand, complain bitterly Of the fluctuations OF
the currency, and the necessity of taking paper
CT copper com III their contracts with the Gov
eminent. The gold coinage of Mehemet Ali was
so good that II soon went out OF the country.
and nearly all the small gold pieces now IN circu-
lation have been 50 clipped and sweaied that
there Is often difficulty IN passing them at their
fun value. There is loss of from five to ten
per cent on Turkish money, and gain OF two
or three PEI cent. on English aad French gold
and silver.
l had little time to devote to the sights OF Cal
70. and was Obliged to omit the excursions TO the
PetIlhed Forrest, TO Heliopolis and Oid-Caro,
nrtil ~, rotnrr RnAAns The city n .slt ,.-h,.h