The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-07-13

tirely destitute Indeed it is already a
mystery how same of them contrive to
exist. Piece by piece the old plate, and
diamond by diamond the old jewels are
sold, while the parsimony of the house
hold bellies the appearance of wealth
which still fingers about the massive
buildings, and the luxuriant gardens.
These fine old gardens are the great
est ornament of the city, hiding its dilap-
idation, and recalling, in the care and
taste which they have not wholly out
grown, those which adorn the cities of
Southern Spain. Although the winters
are wet and cold, all the harder varieties
of tropical fruits thrive well, and even
the mango, the papaya and the guava
arc found in the markets. On the gar
den terraces, in the upper part of the city,
whence you have a charming panorama
of the island-studed gulph, the spiry cyp-
ress and the orange of Portugal mingle
their foliage with the palm, the bamboo
and the Indian banyan. At present the
high walls which enclose them arc fes-
tooned with enormous masses of the night
blooming cereus, whose milky blossoms, a
foot in diameter, diffuse a sweet and pow
erful odor. Around the fountains, the
sacred lotus opens its sunny cup, tipped
with as pure rose as summer day-break
can show. The lagistr9m5na, with its
soft, crape-like rancemes of white or Grim
son, and the burning scarlet of the pome-
granate flower star the deep green mas
ses of foliage. Nature is always luxuri-
Gus within the Tropics.
Two gates in the northern wall of the
city lead to what is called the Campo
an open, cultivated track of country. sep
arated by 4 bleak ridge from the sandy
fiat which divides the Portuguese terrific
ry from the Chinese. The Campo Is
trayersed by an excellent road, uniting
with new one which has been cut along
the face of the bluffs on the eastern side
of the island. The two combined form
an agreeable drive, and every evening to-
ward sunset, all who possess or are rich
enough to hire horse or equipage may
be seen taking their way along the Praya
to the Almcda, and thence striking out
on the course Of the Campo. This drive
of three or four miles, with gallop over
the sands to the Chinese barrier, is a
grateful release to the Canton merchant,
and in comparison with the confinement
of his hongs, the Campo appears as
boundless and as free as an Illinois pral-
rie. The fort Of Guia, with steep zig
gag path leading up to its battlements,
towers high over it, on the east; on the
opposite side the Chinese village of Wang
Hya lies imbedded in Bamboo and In
dian fig trees, over level covered with
rice fields and vegetable gardens, stretch.
cs a wide, blue arm of the bay, and
mountains of the western island lean a
way to the south disclosing other chan
nels and other islands beyond.
| | paid a visit to Wang Hya, Cor, in tht
Macao dialect, Mong-ha,) which gives it
name to the treaty concluded between th'
United States and China, under the aus
pices of our great mandarin, Gushing
! Goo -Shing, genuine Chinese name,
and the Commissioner, Keying. Th
signing of this treaty, and the festivitie:
consequent thereupon, took place in the
great temple of Wang-Hya-a larg
building of grey granite, rather NOR
simple and tasteful in its architectur
than Chinese temples usually are. Ii
fact, but for the enormous, misshapel
goods, glaring all over with vermlliio
and gilping, those massive courts AM
heavy, oyerhanging roofs, shaded by tn
broad arms of several giant Indian Il
trees. would afford a very pleasing pic
ture. There is Macao legend to tn
effect that, when Cushing went out /
; state to meet Key-ing, he was attende
by the Portuguese band belonging to th
= Governor, and that the drum-major {
the band made such an impression upo
: the Chinese authorities by his portly slz
and the glitter of his full dress uniform
5 that they imagined him to be the Amer
! lean mandarin, and wasted several PR
: found salutations upon him before the mi
take was discovered.
e As for amusements here, there al
;, none except the daily stroll on the Pray
S and ride in the Campo, with an occasion
: al dinner or dance The Governor Sci
d hor Guimaracs, is an urbane and polisl
b cd gentleman, and entertains frequent
! and there are few Portuguese famili'
n who still keep up something Of the o
b state. The thcater, a reminiscence
= the palmy days of Macao, has long BET
f. closed, but will soon open for conce
:, to be given by our band, Cat this nome
d giving utterance to the divine melancho
e of "Wenn die Schwalben heimw@g
ziehn") who have made Macao ring VI
. such music as has not been heard +
e years. The bugle-playerS belonging
re the Portuguese garrison arc very hne,b
y, the Governors band would scarcely
j tolerated anywhere else. BY the Coz
5. mondore's permission, our band perforl
Of on the Alameda every Thursday evenir
,. and all Macao sits there in the moo
10 light, looking upon the sparkling bay a
IS drinking with thirsty ears the sw'
1s strains.
,st The Chinese residents have just be
ii .olabr,tipo their Creat RELIGIONS feStl