The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-06-27
re year,. \ Is TRUE. outI. bias aonythe less slOppsa

growing"
The government has Of late years, especially under
the last and the present Pachas, very perceptlbiy
ail distinctions on Che ground OF religion aud race
lhl5 ~ OF course, an lnmease step forward aud u
necesslta.tes sAe BOLTON 81 Tie law OF the Koran and
tne SUBSTITUTION OF Written civil code. THIS code
has been prepared, ana despite the pyeludoss ol the
Eakee, and 20 sltaees VIII bs Introduced; u iact
thd jhdges arc now making decisions according 70
US provisions, though IL has not yet been openly pub
iished. but enc lurSish system of administration
can never % be ter Than salutaly despotism. me
Pacha enjoys absolute power, the only restraint
being ear OF revolution or OF q petition against
lnl 10 tue ,altan. And now and then IL IS Inevitable
Of Bagial has only salary or $4,000 per snnnm,
but 81 ne disycses Of the revenues OF the pashaiic
according 70 dis own iuigment O what 8 necessary
and right there Is very favorable opening for cor
rupti1u or con 81, however, II the facha does not
SEM t9lerahly large surplus 70 STEAMBOAT he VIII 10
NOT UNDER pERFEcT CONTROL.
Enlightened as - the present Pache an ineldcat
w,sa ras ji,' occurred shows that ne mas not ss
o. Turk. His vile, an old lady Of high family
sad departed chasIqs, he very sen.lbly, ieIt
aeairs Bat OF course he brought with him some q
the younger attaches OF hts harem. His sister,
wealthy widow in Stamboul, however, rightly iudg.
fig that nine months III Bagiad must have thor
oughYy sars.. him with the caarms OF these fair crea-
lures, has Just ssht - birthday present young
10000 masters ls35oo,: Tue Georgian y only Nc.
Teen Years OF age: u highly accomplished, soesSs
french, Turkish and Arabic IL good.tempered, als.
what - more Important than All 10 hun, Is most
heauulvl. THIS Is ner urs entrance into the world
na, - W say she Is guaranteed never to have occu
pied any other haren. She seems delighted with
her new owner and he. IN turn mas 1T once in
stalled her as first iayorte. / have no doubt also
tnlt ne has written letter Of thanks to his sister.
COMMERcE.
Bagiad, as have already said, Is great CONNER
ciai city. II is one or the lew maraets accessible 20
the people OF Central Asa aud Persia. and caravans
are constantly setting OUT for Aleppo and Danas-
Gus Tor Mosul anu DurbeAer. for Ieueran aud ispa-
away; but couple Of sleamship lines make com.
muncation easy ana speedy. A great deai OF
bulky produce ~ still, however, seat down
nugalas-smail Arab vessels lowed by n
rope sgainst the current by dozen Arabs The
chef ARTICLES OF export are wool and gram. The I'm.
ports are mostly English aud klenc dry goods, cut
lery indian faorics, nc. The trade in European
goods passes each year more and more out OF the
hands Of the European houses into the hands x
AMsyieea aAN ysYlse am arhb inefehahts, who
Of eight per cent. one great obstacle in the way Of
foreign traders Ii the complex system OF currency
prevailing In Bagdal. There is no regular currency
but any money Of any country IL current. Payment
OF small parcel OF goods Will perhaps be made in
Austrian and Mexican dollars. III Mahomed shah
kerauns, In TURKISH meddies. in Indian rqnees ana
In French irancs scarcely ans gold ism circulation
owing 10 tins variety OF coins current the govern
Iient likes specific rate of exchange, al Which it
wiil accept payment or imports in alien money and
Ill which IL VIII IN Its turn make payments But this
rate j. very different TO the general fae OF exchange
UAtu Ny llc ueIcDhni3 i'll Inc DaZtlr, inuced iuis
latter rate nuctuates very greatly. Indian rupees
are perhaps The best curreacyfor me traveller 10 lake
with lim " Bagdad.
ANTIQUITIES.
The antiquities OF Bagjai have been 40 often and
so extensively described that shall not inlet an
elaborate account OF them upon the reader. The
tower from which criminals used to be thrown the
gate now closed up, at which thirty three thousand
Persian Threats were cur ny the Sultan Morad the
Tombs Oh sheikh Omer Shahab.ooddeen and shesh
Maruf; no doubt when any one Is in nagdad
those are all well worth seeing. though Il Is not
worth while to go 10 Hagdad TO see them.
LADY Z0BEIDE.
The great sight, though, Il the tomb OF the Lady
Zobeide. AS work OF art this Il not very imposing
Is Octngonal with slender dome sprlnging to u
height Of sixty or seventy feet. The interior il
lighted by openings In the roofs, projected
from the rain. by slight projections There are
three simple tombs OF ruined brickwOrk, once. no
doubt covered With maroe, which has since been
carried away the central one Is that OF the Lady
Zobeide cofisort Of Haroun al Raschid. Poor as it
standpoint, this ruined niausOeum gives the travel
Ter more pleasure than the mosque OF Mossa-e-
Hadenl. Who would not grow sentimental ut The
tomb OF Zobede
THE TOWERS or BABEL,
About nine miles from Bagdad there IL an I'm
tiOn IL the Tower OF Babel. (There Is another Tower
OF Babel near Hlah, but antiquariaus donb the ar-
tentlcity OF bOth) IL Is called Agag0Of. II IL simply
shnpcess mass of sln-baked bricks, worn away at
the base into mound of rubbish. Between every
five or six layers OF bricks is layer OF reeds and
arc sirewn about the vicinity OF the ruin That is all
there is 60 see though several large volumes OF nos
Interesting AMI profound y speculation have been
written about II by learned aniiqdarians.