New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-21
RAYARD TAYLORS LETTERS.
A SKETCH OF MACAO.

4 SKETCH OF MACAC.
Editorial Correspondence Of Tho N Y Tribune.
MACAO China, Saturday, Aug q, 1855.
T. is more than FIVE months since first saw Macao,
but nv visit in March last was too buried t. JUSTIFY my
attempting description of the place Now that am
doo,iced here-an inmate of the United States Naval
Hosptal though pot an invalid will endesyor 70 Gil
ND the missing link in my record OF trasel II there
should be somewhat too much languor in the picture re-
member ttst the heat of the Chinese dogdays (ther-
uomcer at go in tie shade is not favorable TO exef
ton II is ten of the clock, on GREATNESS bh@'og
aornipg and broad white glare hes over the hill TO
The south with the deserted convent on ts summit
over the tiled roofs of the old Portuguese houses DC
low rhe inner harbor with its scanty heei OF Juohs
lorcLas and taa boats ald the bare, stony hAs OF the
isIspd beyond. The Chinese beggsi-wonan VII" drives
us 10 desperation with her piercing monoton'us WALL
bss taken her station in the shade OF TIA ,se cplo
size and amount of cash tine chespe't aia's III
the WORLDLY will drive her away. She VIII only howl
The more pertiD6ciously for more what can DC more
irving to the nerves than her eternal; Ch!nchG-a
"-s-a poor man-a--a' how kun do-a-a-a'
But praised lie Flo and COnucius! Oar band-the
Susoretannas band the brazen throats OF whose H.
str,ments have been lazy grooming for tho last ton
MINUTES as if harmony an impossible ehcrtsrad-
ua cOalesces into the ringing chant OF the Portuguese
Mammal HYMN. The old beggar retres IRON the neid
in confusion y few tawny Portuguese, WIN close
cropped buetack hair, pause to listep as they pass
through the almost deserted streets. Inc music
no chord of patriotism pride in their breasts
Macao has out lived that The STRAIN ceases, ana
now the rich, yIca throb OF HAL Columbia rises
exultinely into the still blue air The stars ana stripes
hang noonlt from the peak OF the nag sth' at INC
An crican Consulate. below us. Though hear eur
o,,fie daV
and VAIN under all this summer languof, ana III!
thoughts turn for moment TO that dear iahd on ino
other side of tie world 90.
meier Macao 10 any other place IN China' paruy
q, account OF tie picturesque beauty OF us position
and 1nlt because is less Chinese IL has history
b attaches il 20 the history OF our race u mas hu
nan agsociar rs with which we can SympathlZe. Inc
annals OF the Ming, and the o and hang dyas'es are
no more to ne with the exception c The reign oi .a
,,I,n65 invader Eublai khan) than those O the Man
ia A., Moon; but the memories of Csmoens, the Poet,
and St Hanois Xavier, the Apostle, emoSlm MACAO
fo,e,e in She eyes of the European race IL was Ino
first beacou whence the light OF Christianity ana inc
uherolgine Influences of commerce went Orth INTO the
darn places of the East And now, useless ana worn
out as il seems with its commerce destroyed us PAL
aces vacant its graudees becgared and lis Importance
rs foot old OF civilization totally gone mere IS
mann H. in the silence Of It's grassgrO"h streets
and The memory OF its former power ana "puence sun
clothes ii with shNdowy dignity Here al least
tbele are traces Of Art and Taste and al those mons
trositcs Of Chinese Un;aste which would MAKE Ohina
a living pureatory 10 any one with keen appreciation
}, the Beautiful thrust into the background "nI
90 not spoil tie harmony OF tie picture
Tie Portuguese settlement OF Macao comprises
rdc, repinsa about four miles long attached TO me
southern end Of large Chinese island, by narrow
sandy neck, across which wall was thrown IN the
eatk 1a,s Of tie colony. The city is built III DIP oil
he bills, near tie extremity of the peninsula, and 10
she faces The Roads the usual anchorage Oh foreign
shipping 1t has another face on the west looking
sptn the Inner Ha,bor, narrow strait s1u' III o. ioy
ISLANDS. Another channel called tie l!pa' Oet"een
TWO barren islands about mile ana ha 10 Inc SOUTH
ward is the usual anchorage of vessels during the ~
plcon season. On account OF its sheltered stuati"h
Tie view Of the city from the Roads Is yer! imposing
and with the islauduountains in the background has
be en- compared b! many persons to that OF Naples rom
H.. hay fut ! could scarcely single point oil re-
scn bl1uce 4 creSccnt-sbaped bay, nearly nile III
euoth fronts the wster and behind the MASSIVE STONE
nier or prala rises row OF stately oulIdn1s o. d
rslc yellow or pink color The foliage OF tropical gar,
Seus peeps out behind ther ana the rage Is cIo"Aeu
& = lowered Cathedral and seyeral chhes urc
A. The noitlerp point is Alameda puTbc square
planted with trees. above which rlses fortress ul
her 10 tie north the top oi ioI! HH' Is INC
Of Cus or Del Monte, aud larger out soIeHnAt IIs
harted foliihcation looms behind on 'lc H'o 4''s0
IF lie peninsula. - a..,,,,l oyn.e.
of the place There are no crowds on the fra!a 'ne
housss have decay .ng, uoldy app ran, ~ ~
listen in vain for that hum of lie when noa' appu' ne
cen,ers of trade or industry. The solitary seh,r3 AZ
the foo; of the Portuguese agstaf seems to be d"Is
a. bis post Now aud then some Chinese porter pass
or fouf feTgants carrying sedan chair win an .ho
blinds down. Asit is now summer, when most o, 1ne
fo oqn merchants in Canton send their taniies mere
on account VI the temperate seaair many OF the sPs
eiouR old mansions inhabited, and servants WIN
,nuudtr ices Louu c about the open gateways WereN
not for he sclniy revenue which they derive from the
ease Of fheir auceel nj palaces. many OF th' ''