The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-03-06

Blessings sent by Thee
No receive ours solemn vow,
WhiIebefqye Thy throne we bow.
Ever to maintain, as now, x
sfUnioh Libetyl"
Taa Oriental E3azaars.sBIlan,s Dowry.
Externally this famous inert bad liiie,
to boast Of It's huge, blank wallis,
crowned with an ifrpption Of ssJat
sdomes- s-~like TIE top ef a cfues sth1d--
present solnbre prison.liko aspect,
The Interior IS everything. There yoii
have . regular Yahlted t3wn. It's streets,
alleys cafes, and'ieua,aihs-lit Will bril-i
liaAt flashes Of spaskipo dashipg down
Through ttlts ttlts 1t. What lightiitiis!s:
whist inkg shaaeA what soft mysterious
hazel Would hat Turner had visited
Entering an arcadia without
any Architectural prosecutions, we breaihe
saa atmosphere l6aded with voIuptuouS,
sweets, and the eyes ieass oa p1ngledi
bottles D alar.eull, heads q anbet,
ivofys ebonyand coral, Pefisn mirrors,
and pnafnneles combs, HHf0Fe The coqn-
ler IA which Lteee khick Riiacks are9dis,
play9is stand groups Of Moslcm women
'topt shopping They leayl by the
hen1 The lcse Test eherubs of ehHdfeps
and ehatier Wis tie hairy pfiefsalic
,-,s4irs -. : s1fic cst su1eTF
hioiles. How tantsliziGg ihatiyoices SO
siivery should repudiate all converse
with the gisour. The honey.tengued
matrons are usually attended by negro
duennas, whose dingy charms The veil
also conceals--surely superaous ward
ship in their case, for what audacious
son of!shitan would imagine evil against
that grim and oderous virtus7 Some
times lnnk legged, pot.bellied, beard
less Neubian enuch acts the part of
guardian angel, and it is laug6able TO
note the hideous grimaces, the scowls
which the faithful shepherd casts on the
masculine gender that dares to scruin.
ize his ewes too closely. Every street in
bazuar has its special purpose. Here,
forinstance. is the shoemaker's alley,
where yellow boots and embroidered
slippers are to be seen in infinite variety
of form and costliness.
The artistic taste layished on the slip
pers is remarkable. Morocco leather,
silk and velvet, cunning needlework,
precious stones, even, are devoted TO
the manufacture of articles likely to at.
tract The Capicious fancies Of the harem.
Our officers eagerly purchased these
pretty chussures (for the enshriuemcnt
of absent little feet, of course and many a
private soldier boarded his pence for the
purpose Of transmitting to 'the girl he
left behind him. pair of fairy pumps
no rustic Cinderella could expect to fit.
Turning into q neighbortng row we
enter the corporation of deolers in caf.
tans, pantaloons tc.. made of Damoscps
or Of Broussa silk. The colors Of these
habiimcnts are of the richest, their pat.
terms whimsical, and the cost moderate.
No wonder, then, that our young muscs :
dins much lrequented the place.
They sought after curious dressing
gowns and aaShy snoking-drawers. We
next visit the jewellers, whose wares are
SO disposed in glass cases that the own,
ers can keep an eye upon them without
fiSitSSug tHtir' SSa- ssfhGiii.M6YI2oItG pSts:
lure on the dyspeptic divan. Much
treasure is stored in the murky little
shops.
Dishes ofagato, set N gold, and studded
With emeraids sapphire. .hgeciathes and rlblcS
a v,,tt - spoons ofaTber,
Headed with diamond and carbuncle,
waste their resplendance in these gloo.
my cob webbed cells. Gems are gene.
rally set uncut roughly imbcdded in
the gold--0rientals objccting 10 rub
away points and smooth of angles, fol
fear Of lessening the carat value of the
stones. They regard weight more tlisn
shape. The mounting5 are for the most
part course and heavy, not an ottcmp! al
duo tooling. AS our English sisterswilI
have no difficulty in believing, jowelry il
the cardinal luxury in great mems har
ems, and vast aiches of this kind arc OF
ten accumulated on the persons Of favor
iie wives. am told that on the dGy
subsequently 10 tho marriage Of the Sui
tan's daughter, Falima, with son o
H. l.Ia D..I..llI