Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-12-03
The Great Wall ofChiua.

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interesting account of visit to the Great
Wall of China. a-sgze @ ,vs < sas
"The treaties ofTien-siR having beer. Eat-
fled by the Emperor Hien7 Fung. Baro n
Gros W as desirous ofvisiting the Great Wall,
and OF judging frum personal observation of
the correctness of the statements represen-
ting il as CONNIE ncing IN the sea at the en-
trance of the Bay of Leotung. At7 O'Clock
In the morning OF the lth OF July the Am
bassador, followed By his secretaries and at
taches, embar ked on board the small steam
er the Pregeni. The distance Of the wall
from the place where the Audacieuse frieate
wus at anchor was thought to be from thirty
TO forty leagues. Toward evening, The
weather not being very clear, it wes thought
prudent not 10 approach too close the shore,
and the steamer came to an anchor in the
ofhBg. At daybreak on the following mor-
ming she again got under way, and soon af-
ter the wall appeared in view It looked
like a range OF buildings Of the same height,
creneIlated, and traversing the plain from
the sea to the foot Of the chain of noun
tains which run parallel with the coast, but
at more. than league inland. An hour af,
ter, the wall, with its crenellated top, forts,
and letties running out into the sea, and the
pagoda on the shore, We're perfectly distinct
in Ill their details. We had before Us the
most picturesque prospect thae.ean be imag-
ined; along the sea coast the vast plain is.
covered with the most luxuriant vegetation,
with numerous villages buried in trees, and
atthe back norizono of lofty mountafns
Af4he foot of the ~all, on the side of Chs
ma, were seen the white tents oftwo Tartar
camps, with their horses grazing at liberty.
around. Seenzfrom the Chinese side the wall
resembles an immense work in earth, CROWN
ed with a crenellatcd waiIin brick, but in a
very dilaPidafed state. a0nthe Mantehouria
side, on the contrary, it is bdltof brick on a
foundation of stone. 1t has, along the
whole length; square towers at the distance
of about two bowshots' length, SO that the
enemy might be struck from either of them
h runs down into the sea by two paral lei iet-
ties. the incline OF which is so slight that
persons landing from boat may easily walk
up them. The largest vessels may approach
within two miles OF this spot, (which is the
place where future tourists ought to land.--
Uufor itrnaJely We were not then aware of
this fact, and we came to- anchor at a
The shore was soon covered with Chinese
from the neighboring villages. M Marquis,
the interpreter to the mission, and count de-
0zery. the. commandauI of the Pregent,
were the first TO- go on shore, in order to
eeniera with the authorities and ascertain
whether any objection would be made Co the
andiug ct the party. 5 "A mandaring mount
edoasa a white horse and followed. by two
horsemea,s arrived from the camp to inquire
what sthese smena from IN, Unknown gwerld
wanted. .saOHs seceivings pacific assurance
trotnf our interpreter, ahes said no opposition
would be made to the sdisegubarkation.--
When allzwere oniFIore yWe proceeded di-
seet coward the WALL I'd bssss4isaza ss,s soi3
> N 9 had ste cross several Httles Eivulefs
which runa down toward the sea, and we
were aflerward, Obliged to strike little more
inland, lin order to find ground rather less
moist. Aswe approached toward the wall
we observed tie Tartars mounting their
horses, andsbetray by their gestures con-
siderable emotion. They separated into
three bodies--one remained on horseback
in front of the tents, thus cutting off the
road to the wall; another proceeded on our
left, where they alghted among the high
grass; and the third advanced at a hard gall
lop to meet US. They asked whence we
came, where we were going, and told US that
they could not allow US to advance any fur
ther. Their chief, they said, was absent,
and they could not take on themselves the
responsibility of permitting us to approach.
You may judge of our astonishment when
we learned from these men, encamped as it
wers at the very gates of the capital, thut
they bad heard nothing of their country
having been at war with France and Eng
land The taking of Canton, the lombard
ment of Takon, and the peace concluded at
Tiensen, they were completely ignorant of.
After little negotiation we thought we had
got over our difficulty, and we were allowed
to advance, but we had not proceeded more
than 800 or 400 yards when some fresh
horsemen advanced, and urgently impressed
on the propriety of not going any further
! With our escort of II men well arm ed,
and our revoivers, we might have kept off
those 800 Tartar horsemen and have mount
ed the wall in spite of them, but the Am
| bassador was anxious to avoid any dispute,
and would not compromise his position for
the mere qualification of curiosity. After
having taken few sketches, purchased
some fans from the Tartars, and astonished
whole host of Chinese by letting them
/ taste our brandy and look at our watches
and cumpasses. Baron G.os returned to the
boats. These Tartar horsemen had neither
bows nor arrows, but they all had match
! lock guns slung over their shoulders. Their
I powder appeared very coarse, and, in add
lion to ball. they had in their cartouche
boxes small pellets OF lead. Each man car
ried in his large boots his pipe and fan
Before leaving the coast we went in the Pre-
gent TO have another view of the country on
the other side of the Great Wall, opposite
the plains of Mantchouria, which were COW
cred with the most extraordinary verdure,
only TO be found in,s Countries where the
ground, alter being long buried in snow, is
viV fed by hoi sun. The wall WIS seen
growing up as il were out OF this exuberant
vegetation, and ascending the side of the
mountain, 10 follow, for more than GOO
leagues, the half savage countries which ex
| tend far us the Confines of Mongolia and
the Kon--Kon Moor. After having for some
time contemplated this magnificent scene
Baron Gros gave The signul for departure,
and the Pregent steered tor the 'Poki Islands,
where the Audacieuse frigatc was waiting
Tor u.s. 81 ---...r =s..-
SHIPPING BEES TO CALlFoRNIA---A far
mer from Centralia, Illinois, was in this
city yesterday having in charge 100 swarms
of bees, confined in fifty small boxes, which
he intends taking to California for specuia'
ton. The bees were all raised on his farm
with the greatest care and ingenuity, ant
he expects to realize about 500 per swarm