Smyrna times., 1858-03-25
interesting Description of Canton aftei
its Capture.

The following account of Ia excursion into
me interior "f Canton CITY after It's capture
(frnm the Friend of China will be read witt
interest:
The houses about the spot selected for the
landing place, as Il precautionary measure had
to be destroyed. before setting them on fire
Capt. Hall, whose activity IN works of thus na. .
ture ls ep0ken OF on a Ii hands IN the highest
terms, took great pains to ascertain waelhrI
there were any lnHistes; and fortunate tul
some poor brd-rldden people was ii that he did
so, or they would have been burnt 10 DEATH
The debris of these houses still smoke, and pas
sage over the hot bricks is not pleasant to the
feet. Over the creek. running in the rear o.
the French Folly, bridge OF rough timber, on
u half dozen boats. has been made. AS we
passed over, this morning, some Chinese vaga-
bOrds has Just completed an aperture in the
roofUt lofty pawn shop, the contents of which
were SOON distributed about From the street
parallel with the creek the road leads acros.
the eastern parade ground by The easternmosl
of the so called arches erected in l847 TO sig-
nalize our " defeat" as Sir John DAVIS said al
Canton was called; another OF the striking in.
>tances OF the lmpolIcy of doing anything by
! halves with the Chinese. FROM tins column.
or arch, the street runs direct to the east gate,
and Is crowded all day with beggars, blind wo.
men, and children. Col Graham has his head.
quarters at The first shop within the gate, and
as we passed WAS dusty as a miller aiding
his own hands TO clear the place of lot OF
rice, quantity Of which he was humanel,
dolng out TO the starving crowd outside.
The military Train Coolies and Madras Camp
followers are quarlered in the Examination
fIhl! cells, and capital quarters they make
Each cell measures five feet SIX II ches long by
our feet wide, and from the board floor raised
bout foot aud half above lie ground, they
are SIX feet high. OF these cells there are
-"me fifty or SIXTY ranges of fifty eight cells in
l range, along one side of a spacious ward nd
IA similar range on the opposite side; the whole
parcel being surrounded with a neichune wall,
torming distinct area from The southeast an.
gle of The wall of The old city up to the Ching
toong moon (East Gate)
four foot passage way along the front OF
ench range OF cells Is paved with granite; bu,
more Than half OF these lanes are overgrown
with weeds and rank grass, and now that our
shot and shell have torn up the r"ofings, the
great Temple Of Learning, the head quarters
Of our herceSt opponents, the herati present,
u torlorn appearance
Over the southwest gate are the following
characters, YaOk chOey, signIfying "For the
nourishing OF talent" Over The southe,s,
gate, Hingyin, sig nltylng, " For the raising OF
| worth"
An old man. calling himself after his abode
Mtpfah, r fuses TO vacate the temple beIov
the Sam-yin cOOng (head-quurters) He ,s
seventy years ofage, he says. and so long as he
can obtain a little rice, tobacco and ten. there
he shall remain. He was told that as the Ma.
rInes then there were going TO leave, he might
not lind the lncomers Che Royal Arulleryl 50
accommodating as they were; TO which he re.
Piled, he did not care; three of his children
fellow recluses he meant, had been killed du,
ring the bombardmenl-bui he did not fear.
1t was generally supposed that the Five
Stored Pngoda must have received good rid.
ding; but 1t dd not. Not a shot struck il
although that it was the object of much atlrac
ton was notorious. The ho0rs (of thick. bnrd
wood) are thick, also, with dirt md pisnlire b,l
locks. The staircase 10 at the northeast cor
ner, and is q wide, coarse, deep-slepped Iadds,
only. The roof is supported by four stout tea
columns, running up from the basement, sbou
six feet inside the norlh wall a similar row q
columns going up on the south front Th,
front is closed by hard wood unglazcd Ven,
tisns. opening on to the yerandah before n,an
tisaed. (oa the lever story there is a aoubl,