Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-11-11
Pekin as Seen by an American

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5cf"On arriving at the capital of the
! Chnese empire we found city con
tanning about two millions of inhabit
ants. Such is the estimate, but doubt
less the calcuation[is made in the usual
spirit of Eastern exagge"ation. Be that.
as 1t may, the walls are fourteen miles
IN circumference, twenty eight feet high.
twenty -four feet thick at the base. and
twelve at the top. Ga There are spacious.
tower towers all around, seventy feet dis,
tant from each other, and at the gates.
are lookout barracks for the soldiers.
nine stories in height. The metropolis
Is divided into two parts, one Inhabited
by Ilsartars and the other by the Chi.
nese. In each, there is a street four,
miles long and one hundred and twenty.
feet wide, and the Emperor's palaces
and gardens occupy two-thirGs of the.
Tartar city; and all this besides the
suburbs which are nearly as populous
as the city proper. are .rare.ar.f 70 i
b "Pekin is located sixty miles south of
the famous Chinese wall, and therefore
much exposed to northern and hostile
ne1ghbors ;Hyet its Notifications are
strong, and, until the vast machinery of
modern artillery was invented, the
brother OF the sun and moon was per
fectly secure in his palatial halls, the
walls, bastions, and towers, being i'm
pregnable in ancient times. Although.
the country about Peldn is sandy and
unfeftile, yet provisions. abound, being
brought by canals from all the great rriv-
ers,; and also with its commerce. the
merchants being paid in money, as the
capital is the chief recipient of all la Chi
ma. lthas ever been regarded as a very
e!xsclusive place, the presence of no for
eigner being permitted within its walls 4
but now the outside barbarians' are in
a fair way housekeeping the sacred
boundaries; and it lis probable thatthis
act, together with the opening Of Japan,
may prove an important step towards
the Inauguration Of Christianity among
the millions who are now benighted in
Pagan idolatry and superstitionnf 9eod
nEy We clip from the N. Y. Mde.
pendent the following article on the finan.
cial condition Of the West. af4. .t,,o.. r.,
TIE w EsT.--No part of, the country
has suffered SO much, during the long
continued commercial arrangements
with which the nation has been afflicted
as, the West. Her movements of late
years have been SO rapid Not satisfied
with a steady growth, nor with even
extraordinary prosperity she has plung-
ed into reckless speculations in wild
lands, city lots, railroad stocks and
bonds--everything that promised a1short
cut to fortune. No part of the coun-
try has more real enterprise than the
West, and none which can present SO
many tempting indictments to labor
W 18th lands by millions of acres, the
richest, perhaps in the world, no man
who exerts himself need fear of not
having enough and to spare sn5 b.
w e. wonder not. therefore, in the rap
id recovery of that section from late
troubles. 1t will require yet more time
to bring things all right again, but that
they will come right speedily, is now
certain. Light is already dawning.-
Our Merchants report, of late, better
collections from that quarter, and also a
better business. Thousands Of good
men are embarrassed more or less, but |
with courage, cheerfulness, and retrench-
ment OF expenses, they will find land
not far ahead. We would say to wes-
tern merchants at this critical time, shoe
yoat'' pluck, your backbone. Your
Eastern creditors want to hear no more
whining Or complaints of bad weather,
short crops, or scarcity Of money
They want to k,,o,c that you have your
shoulder at the aci,eet and that there you
intend to keep it, until you are again in
comfortable circumstances. A single
word more. If you have, paper under
protest, get it up if possible, or make |
the attempt to do SO, before you sleep
another night. If youcan't pay allpay
q part; and u.ean't pay dime to-
day, but have a reasonable prospect that
you can pay soon, renew your notes,
keep them 0li0e, and pay as soon as you
can. Wake up and contribute your
shure to hasten that new era of pros
oerity' nowJs so deyoutedly looked for
a THE REWARD OF GENIUS. Solomon
lie Caus, who was shut upfor his supposed
madness in the Bicetre at Paris, seems
o have. been the first to conceive the
dea ofemploying steam for moving car
iages on land as well as Ships at Sea. l.
Marion de Lorme, in a letter to the Mar
Iuis de CHG Mars, dated Paris, Febrl.-
Try, l641, thus describes visit to the
mad house in company with
he English Marquis of Worchester Il
,"We were crossing the court, and |, {
more dead than alive with fright, kept
;lCse to my companions side, when q
rightful face appeared behind some i'm
nense bars, and hoarse voice exclaim-
ID: ''@ y 'oi -A1.i1 ss h.H ,5'a. K
81 am not mad! am not mad have
made a discovery that would enrich the
country that adopted it, is. sf.,s,
t"W hat has. he discovered p asked
)ur guide. 49, .''' q .''e ''7'' :
ia'Oh," answered the keeper, Struggling
lis shoulders, something itrifing
enough !; you would never. guess it; it's {
he use of the steam of boiling water"
begun to laugh. .sThis. man, contin-
led the keeper, E'is named Solomon de =
Jaus; he came from Normally years
lgo, to present to the king statement
# the wonderful effects, that might be !
Produced from his invention. To listen I
o him, you would imagine that with
steam, you could navigate ships, move
carriages; in fact there is no end to the
Miracles which he insists upon it, could
De performed. The cardinal sent the I
mailman away, without listening to him.
solomon de Caus, far from being dis ]
outraged, followed the. cardinal wher-
ever. he went with the most determined
who, tired of forever find
ng him forever in his path, and annoy