The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-06-27

NiifNH5 you lay out your programme very clcVerly
and know the city by heart. Some OF the bazaars
& saS sfs a - ssnS ap Ss "a
Sps are ssners ed MIS- s our aSe jqagT
stores. They are open rooms. hted ~ ~ tne
rou&hest manner, W.T. n piain wooden benches they
depend almost altogether upon regular customers.
who pay fixed monthly subscriptions, and are men
az liberty 10 drink as much coffee as they please.
Any wasfarer can, however. OF course, enter the
qVY Sasun sSR iSasS a. sas fnss
CONTAIN lew filings which cannot DO purchased
cheaper and better elsewhere; the Guy u not re.
n0wncd for special excellence In any branch OF
oriental manufacturers Bagdah, indeed, IL rather
distributing emporium Nv, .s sssn gda Guy
a travellers have e described er garsw eseso nom
being deyoured alive by The dogs VINO tnsy nsye
flesh and blood. The streets are very narrow
aud dirty, and are, indeed, infested with scores
But tSsse animals are BY no means dangerous Se
tunes; they bark, but never bite. They cover the
streets with Their oriure II s true, and IN the sum-
mer, when the canine az wcll as the human family
are afflicted with diarrhea. the thoronghfares are
from this cause very offensive, especially as Bagdad
There Is one story connected WITH the dogs OF bag
dad which still fingers here among the Old residents,
and which y rather good When me English IiSsis
some VI The mdsh;pinen Of Colonel ymesaey,s az.
spatch beat. while iiyins asloye, We're unable to
s.uep oi ~ ,ne ~ T.n1 ~ ru uvss, ~, 81
OF revenge. Procuring some shar1ncoss ana good
supply Of rawmcat they baited couple OF lines
IN, mug t"es gu o "a" q, no me- .o
was duly hauled UP 10 the second story anu assis5l-
Saw =, ~, ors var. tnns rss,v mnrered Rnt
the midaies lad to desisi when he auhorties oand
IT out. Good Mosleins never XII anything to which
cent "hiect In Saet, they cary mis- princp. (,
a. 1870 ~ ~ 49, ~ naa Ss sl,vcd a. no
Hindoo, do aIsoS SO a. 10 AVOID tie neartrend,nr me-
rnsv ~ s, u., s ne myrias ~ rm,eas IN
se.ts ihat m"st lake refu@e IN th",r iair
rha buaass ~ nr;ra,.. psgJadees ,iyer ~ one I'M
no,aa na :" ~ n ~. hn,,aca in wnsiem c,ti,
near rhe ssa ar in india tno,ls; ibey share ihts ne
su.aiity Win mosu "u NJ ~. IN
S"at V IN ma snmmcr tune INA ySs,jss
orc o,,,,roa 70 Two ,,nns, ;$o,ni Jr,, H. pu"P'e
nn m 2ssiy, 1 ios =. ~ ~
o .vspetas WY D"s" nv'ss a.e ~ s'o usual
U.en, pa'toin--a 9uairausie VI pu.,ainss, encios-
,g s I eonf synn ahoinei pro wv, maonn
.axt Ivy iooiS aio na., au NY useu =, p.oinc
nane anu ~ SUMMER Is SEED & NH a 49,
slight nut Oh reeus anu ieavcs DeioR uuut inere
Baguan houses are, celebrated LOT me suinptu-
business OF their internal DECORATIONS. Ine ceiiiLgs
espec ATTY are very line. Scarcely anywhere do Que
see PLAIN ceiling, whc some OF them are mass oI
gliding and painting.
THE PEOPLE.
The population OF BagdlI is one OF thos, dspuicd
questions upon which u stranger ought not raslIy 20
hazard an opinion. Some gazettcers go as high as
years ago Namo0k Pacha made an Oiicla census OF
the city, and the returns gave 81 900 Inhabitants AS
the known object OF the census was conscrption
however, this Is very much within the mark as many
persons conlriyed to escape being counted. And
then, whatever may be tie permanent population oi
Baglad, II should always be remembered that there
IS constantly here very large floating population Of
pilgrims on their way 10 Kcrhela, amounting some
times for instance, only month ago, during the
month OF Ramagan-i0 10000 or so, 600 The British
Resident here likes the usual population at about
100000. Forty years ago, no doubt, the city had
nod
yeals-three years OF plague and one year
of inundatloIl-brought down this number
to $4,000. There is still one European gentleman
dreadful years OF death ana ruin. The years OF the
plague lie had shut himself up IN his house, and thus
escaped tie cOntagiON lie says that 50, 600 people
nearly naf the pupulation-dled of the pestience or
were drowned In the flood, while an equal number
ran away.
Two-ffiir,is OF the present population are Mussu-
mans about half the remainder are Jews while nearly
al The rest arc Christians. The majority or the
Mussuimans are Shiyaees, and as the pilgrims who
are here also adierents OF that branch Ut lslan
the soonnees. or orthodox Mosems, have 10 adopt q
policy OF conciliation albeit that OF course the
Pacha aud nearly all his officials always belong to
the Smaller communion. The Shiyaees bear the
palm ia fanatlcIsn as wen AS numbers. aud until
lately Gagdad had reputation for rabd intolerance
even greater than Damascus. NOW, however, the
government nave dared 70 lorce the Shiyaees 70 alb
am from insulting CHRISTIANS ahu Jews tt IS, IN
lact an onence, puhlsliaDe witli me anu imprison
iuent, 10 can man Gaouf, Wncn only, alter All,
S's'e al inoe,i u"e "e', AZ '.~9i.ii SOun" 0s h"s
acquired u peculiarly OFFENSIVE slgniucance 10 call
man an nnbeleyer mere Is I'm TOLD ABOUT eQniya-
en! 10 caiiing nun iuI "a new ioIk. Az pres.ht
mere IS n0 alsi,ncuoh Whatever maae between Tue
suoects o. the racna on lne GROUND " creed IN the
mater o. taxation or before .ne law. Indeed,
Cnris,ian HAS neltcr Cuunce oi on'untng
justice .nan Moscla; ior me- mas une r'gns o. ap-
pealiu& aBansG the government Vi WHICH ne Is tue
recOunfZed IL Ia true hut since the Crnean war
there can he no doubt that II has existed and has
been frequently exercised
EUROPEAN REPRESENTATIONS
The European population OF BaQdal is very small
not perhap s altogether cxcee.l,ng 1fty The Anglo
Indian government malntaim "a Resident. a s..,ni
diplomatic, semi.consuiar officer, with salary OF
$l5, 900 per annunl. lie Ii. OF course expected TO
Keen mn An Imno.inu csiablishment Attached tn
10 The fesi,iencv are a couule OF secretnries ana
doctor The French Consul occupies a somewhat
less important position pecunia,ii,, but probably
mas eaua n MOI greater infuence i,an the nre n ~
Kcs,denI win the governments The lnnian povern
ment also keeps small steam Iespatcn boat AWAY
ON lie TIgrs az the disno sal OF the Keslent-whSh
, cost al least another $40 600 or sl2 900 There
are three European mercanillc hon es here one Of
them SWISS and Inc other Two English The first
nm eslabhshed was lynch & Co., who are siIl Inc
prncpai house and have The on,y bank here ns well
as tile steamship line TO B,lssoraI In the Old times