Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-05-22
Galllp0ll.

correspondent o! the London Times gives a graphic
description Of the OF Gaipoli aud its population
He says
Take dapdatcd ouhouses Of farmers yards in Eng.
ani-remove rickey old wooden of Holywe ell
street. Wych street. and the Borough-cach up where
can seedy cracked shuterless structur,
OF panks and tiles that have escaped the ravages of time
IN our cathedral towns-carry off sheds and stalls from
Bngsgate and add to them the huts along the shores
of the Thames between Loudon.bridge aud Greenwich
bring them all TO the European side of the Straits OF the
Dardanees and having pitched the exposed por-
ton OF the coast bare round hill, sopng away to
the waters edge, with scarcely shrub, tumble
them "higgledy piggedy" its decvity in such wise
that the streets resemble large SCALE the deyi.
Gus traces of bookworm through some old tome-let
the roadway be very narrow, of irregulary varying
BREADTH according to the bugings and projections OF the
h1uses and filled with large round slippery stones painful
aud hazardous to walk upon-here and there borrow
dirty gutter from back street in Bouonge-lct the
houses in parts lean each other that the tiles
meet, or that few planks thrown across from over
the doorways unite and form sort of passage or
arcade-steal some of popular monuments
the shafts OF various national testimonials or
Irish round towers-surround them with light
gallery about IL feet from the top put large
guisher shaped roof paint them all white and having
thus made them into mnares clap them down into the
Of budings-then let fall big all over the
place-plant little windmls with odd-looking sails on
the crests OF the hill the town-transport ruins
euda fortress from Northern Italy and put il in the
centre OF the town, with thanking tower extending to
the waters edge-erect few buildings Of wood by the
10 serve As custom house, Govern
ment s,ores-and when you have done this you have to
all appearance initiated the process by which the
Galpoi was created. The receipt il tried will be found
answer beg ond belief To fill it up YOU must however
catch number Of the biggest beeched longest bearded
dirties aud sateest old Turks Ito had any price in
the Ottoman empe); provide them with pipes and keep
them smoking all day on little wooden stages platforms
about two feet from the ground by the waters edge
the main streets, we'll as in the shops OF the bazaar
lone oil the passages arcades already describedl
that they have slippers o. nothing but stout wooden
hDs foot hahn aft tha ball
shasl turbans lone being green for the real de-
scendant of the Prophet fur lined flowing coats, and
bright hued sashes round the waist, in which be
stuck yataghans and ornamented Damascus
pistols don't let them than their eyes, press
any emotion at the sight of anything except English
lady then gather noisy picturesque and active crowd OF
ezcapped Greeks in baggy blue breecbes, smart jackets
sashes and rich vests-oi soberly dressed Anenanso
architectural looking Jews with keen flashing eyes
Chasseurs de Nnccnnes, Zouaves, British Riaemcn, vi
wanderers, Sappers and Miners Nuban slaves camel dri
commissares officers, and sailors and direct them
in streams through the round little isets in
which the smoking Turks harboured and you will do
much to populate the place. 1t will be observed there
are no women mentioned, but dren by an.
means warrington the contrary there is gut OF them
in the Greek quarter particularly, and now and then
bundle Of Clothes in yellow leather boots and covered at
the top with piece Of white linen, may be moving
about, which you will do well to believe contains
man neither young nor pretty. Dogs, large, savage
taiiless hairy, and curousy shaped, that Wombwel
could make fortune out OF them II aided by any clever
geological nomenclator, proving along the shore aud
waking through the shallow water, in which stands
herd Of buIocks and bufaloes waiting till the
aba, cart is ready for them-sI French steamers aud
three French Transports with the tricolor flying aud the
paddlebox boats full OF troops their way and-a
solitary English steamer with the red ensign, anchor
in the bay and some Greek poaccas with their beau-
iu white sails and trim rig flying down the straits which
are here about three and half miles broad that the
villages on the rich swelling hills of the Asia Minor
side plainly vsbie-all these must be added and
then the picture is tolcraby complete In truth, it is
wretched place-picturcsque degree, but like all
picturesque things places, horribly uncomfortable.