New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-18

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be panes II has been said that they are not 70 be 0ud
In India Now these Towers, a. near "a they can be
de tilted are the tulip the ms (oon natives OF Fersa
and the lotus But noticed curious feature IN tae
s(l t,s ubieb makes IL clear that the artist
ss. We tn, fosoers lack psrspere which would never
Iavs cen the fault Of an Italian artt II Shah Gehans
time bout the middle Of the seventeenth century
pishc Heber has declared that be recognized Italian AT
h tbe OH aments Of the Tai but he declared alsO ths,
IL uinsr ts have beauty, that the For OF Agra il
built o. .nite, and many other gsrng errors both Of
tss observation, which hsye no time to point out
he dome Of the Tai contains echo more sweet,
pure and prolonged than that in the Bsptstery of Pisa
which is the finest in Europe single musical tone,
uttered by the voice floats and overhead long
delicious uBdulaton. fainting away slowly that you
hear it after it ia silent you seem to see,
lark you have been watching after is swallowed up u
the blue Of heaven. pictured 20 myself the eject OF
Arabic Persian lament for the lovely Moor Genan
sung over her tomb The responses that would come
from above n the pauses Of the song must resemble the
haimOnies Of angels in Paradise The hall, n0sEtb-
standing tie precious materials Of which Is built and
the elaborate finish Of ts ornaments, has grave ana
solemn effect nusing peaceful serenity OF mind sucA
az we feel when contemplating happy death. Stern,
uniDseinatiye persons have been knesn to burst SUD
denly into tears on entering il and whoever can can De-
hold the Tai without feeling thrill that sends the mos
ture t. his eye has sense Of beauty in bis soul
The Tsj truly IT, as have already said, a poem 1t
il not ONLY pure architectural type but also creation
which satisfies the imagination because ITS character
istic ia Beauty Did you ever build Castle in the AR
Here one brought down 10 EARTH and nxed Tor the
wonder Of ages yet light il seems 50 airy and when
seen from distance 90 ike fabric Of mist and sun
beams with It's great dome soaring up, syefy bubble,
about TO burst in the SUM- that, after you have
touched it, and climbed to its summit you almost doubt
its reality. The four mnarets which surround 1t are
perfec-n0 other epithet viii describe them lou can
not conceive Of their proportions beng changed IN any
way so little as Lsf an inch without damage to the gen
eral effect On side Of the TAI is a mosque with
three dOmes Of red sandstone, covered with mosaic OF
white marble. Now, on the opposite side there IL
building precisely similar but OF no Use whatever except
AZ balance 10 the mosque lest the perfect symmetry OF
the whole design should be spoiled. This building Is
called tie jOuob, or answer Nothing can better
illustrate the feeling for proportion which prevailed IN
those s!s-snd proportion is Art -,
In comparing these masterpieces OF architecture with
the Moorish remains in Spain, which resemble them
most nearly, have been struck With the singular fact
that while az the central seats Of the MOslem Empire
Art reached but comparative degree OF Development
here AID there, the opposite and most distant ir0n
tiers il attained rapid and splendid elimination Inc
capitals O. the Calphs and the Sulans-Bagdad Cairo
Dana scus and COnsaDtinope-saDd far below Agra add
Delhi Granada and Seville, IN point Of architecture not
Withstand the latter cities have but lev and scattered
remains IL is not improbable that the Moorish arch
tects after the fall of Granada, gradually made their
way TO the eastward and that their art was thus brought
to India least, that they modified and Improved the
EFT then existing The conquest Of India 10y Babefs
grandson Of 1ameTaDe and andaiberO oil AkDarD u al
mo coeyal lib the eXpus OF the MOOrs from randd
But the sun grows hot; it is nearly noon We have
three hours in and around the Tai and must leave Il
Nothing that is beautiful can be given up without q
paug but if man would travel he must endure many
such pdrngs must add, however before We go that
on Tie oUposie bank Of the Jumna there is an immense
founda0lteTace whereOD tits said shah Seban intend
ed TO erect tomb for himself of equal magnicence,
but The rebellion OF his and his death prevented
IL Whit the gods permitted to Love they forbade 20
80, cb.lI ubo TAX
that had the EmI error carried bis design, the Ombs
were to have been joined by bridge, with SILVER ra
ing on each side. lie told me that the TAI. with it,
eaeways mosque and other buildings attached had cost
seven crOres OF rupees $780, 100000 This however Is
quite impossible and believe that the real cost IS esii
mated at G1750 900, (Sc15OOOO which does not seem
exaggerated.
ON the same evening after visiting the Tai, | left
Agra for Delhi. by kind host Me-. Warren, gave me-
letters TO his colleagues in other parts OF India and h
lady furnished me with the needful provisions for the
journey l went by the gqrree dank which Is great
improvement both upon the banghy and maii-carts.
There three rival companies for the conveyance
Of passengers 10y carriages on the Grand Trunk Road,
As il is called extending from Calcutta to this place a
distance Of 800 miles. -Four years ago, there vas no
other way of travelling, except on horseback or IN a
paanGuin Progress in india, though SLOW IS perceP!lOe
The earrse resembles cab with the space between the
back and front seats filed up and covered with mat
tress You provide yourselves with quilt aad pillow
stow your baggage into the bottom aud take your
A. If upop your own bed Thus travel aud even
sleep with lOle,able degree of comfort There are
RELAYS OF hores about miles apart, and If there is
no accident you travel az the rate OF seven niles an
hour
lief Agra at O'Clock in the evening. II was a raw
NIFTY ocnlt night and found an overcoat ndispensa
bic Indeed since reaching Agra week ago, have
suffered continually frOR tho cold. We had fires ia the
InorDne and eyen L. and fam to get into the
al midday though warned not to expose myself 10 Its
rays There no frOst, but the making OF Ice was
carried on bsk and there already three thousand
maunds l20 0Ju lbs IN the ce-house. sat up % axe
a last view of the Fort and Jumma Museed, paid half
rupee coll al Che bridge of boats over the Gunna and
then Law down on NY mattTass to IT.! the elect OF my
new vance IL really quite agreeable, aud ei-
cent when the horses changed or took fancy to
bsk and plunge could slecp without difficulty About
3 O clock 10 the morning tine driver awOke me TO al
nounce his bRde substitute "a hunt fer becksheest)
declaring that We we're at ALyghur. This was once
strong fortress and the of battle between the
ENGLISH and Native troops There is pillar erected TO
coIumo morste it, which pillar | IN he moonlight,
as We drove in towards Delhi.
The morning showed splendid road, leading over
bOundtss plain covered with heds Of wheat, barley,
mustard aud poppes and dotted with groves of mango
or taInarino trees Its aspect continued UNMARRIED for
hours except thai there once or twice low red hui
in the distance, or q native town, with NhteNashed
u.osoues and mouldy HlndoO temples at hand The
road was crowded with native travellers, with bullock
carts ponea and cn foot and other gaees, conveying
the S4i5 log" (nobity) Of the LAID passed NE fge
gueptlv noticed : sort of native omnibus dTaWa b.
slow horses wherein natives and they ouy conveyed
at the rae Of one anna (hree centS) per mile Ihs is
Il recent invention.
The PLAIN gradually lost its mango groves and assumed
bleak and sterile appearance crossed river by
handsome suspension bridge then the Eastern Jumna
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