New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-23
TIE GERAAN Survey cF INDIA.
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We have he tMd go mach u genera, aai OF which we
lnov 50 tile ID ds.sl. Dur;rg the is; thirty yes,s
Al the principal ge9sIApS.esl ieats'es OF rn'eEio'
considerable sccurscy. Tie grsa. nelis OF Central
Asia have within hat period been csIersed n van
ors directions, from Box nsrs an tns oAGs 20 tue
Ctirsse Wall the halfkrown riyeE systems ot S)ata
Ame -cs tsve beer fairy explored sni su'ysyet; the
icy cou.Len. around the Southern Poe ass oeen dis
covered the Northwestern Passage, the dangerous
problem OF nesry two hurdrec years, hss osen At s..
solved. The coarse Of tne Neer $ 10 l'nser uy,n,
the Dead Sea il stripped OF ts fnbuoas tsrrors, And
tie sublime secre; ct O'c Me Is a.! but wrestsd
from his keeping. Lsichsrdt aud Stuart hsve pene-
trated the vast aud inhcsptable wilderness OF Aasts
is. An Epgish steam yes-el Lac rts.tied me
banks of the ChaGds in ascending It's eoIrse - tee
very iroLters OF the CREST krsion o, boIno'
Cauc asian eyes have behe3 the Mountains OF me
Moon At lss. whose peaks hsd been soughsior
OF two Thousand years. Ine antlquSea "sDsot Ca'-
rese prejudice have been cracked ard shivered 20
their base sld are fas. cIunbing TO the ground, aed
the painted screens OF impoent e1csOsiveness 'na.
surrounded japan have been rent BY tne keen edge OF
British and American adventure. The Rassiaas nave
cescerded from hkoutsk 10 the mou.h OF tue Amoor,
within ore or two hundred miles of which they have
established permanent snd formidable military posts
cor.atirg from 600 70 ),W0 mer. An Amercsn
Consul tor the eastern coast OF Russia IN Asis) mas
Travelled ately from the Petropoancty OF the Czirs,
through the interior of Ass and Siberia 30 the east
shores of the Pacific Saay striving ST the ssid set
tleu eLts the Aroor. The adventurous traveller n
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ocean 10 ocesn supposed to be the first white msn,
excepting Russisns, OF course, VINO has ever visited
Mongolia ard MshtchooIia, ard the great Mantchoo
City Of LOGON. DR.. Livingstone has also ls.ey given
Us the happy results OF his explorations on the mag-
lfcent /smosZi ard has even gone iorth sgsin upon
bis selfimposed mission Of Danger aitsr hav ug re-
csiyed tie home welcome and hesrty .ngratulstons
of his countrymen. Capt Burton Of the lndsn army,
tue adventurous author of The First Footsteps
&C.. has gone forth more, TOO on sn Aric sn en-
terprise OF discovery.
Such are some OF the principal results OF modern
exploration. What quarter OF q century, snce me
fuim OF the earth ana tue boundaries OF us snds snd
waters known, car exhibit suc1 list OF acheye
ments We have been led into these observations by
an account ef the return OF two OF the brothers Schs
eintweit from the very interesting expedition TO lnds
Thbet and Tu, kes8n. We regret 20 stste that every
trece OF the third brother, Mr.. Adolphus Schagln-
twet has been entirely lost since lS51 when he WAS
known 10 have made his way toward larksnd, in
TuIkesaD. 1t has even been currently reported 10 the
PIpjspb that this gentleman mad lost he LIE among
bis nosts, TIE Turkousns, who compelled him 10 take
al sctive part in the wsr they s. present wsgng
with the Chinese. The Dam Gd-ene OF the ID
of June however, gives US hopes that he may be still
in existence is said thst news has late bsen re-
oeved from Lsh adsk the capital OF Lutte Ihoet,
via Zantksr to the effect tnat Mr.. A. S.haglntwelt
lad passed this last Winter 81 Asklung within sye
marches Of the lefkard and neaG 20 axis. Ihc Deht
Go-ctte adds, however, that the news OF his sse,y
should be received with grea. caution, and ae persons
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"questioIed." The P.ussian Consul al Bomosy, It
appears considered this notice of sufficient importance
to be snsmted 10 Berlin 90 the end thai further IN
amy might be made. possibly by way of Sioerla and
knokeTo. This letter, We are told, was ultimately
or ened 10y the veteran traveller Baron Hdmboldt, In
the sbserce of the brothers Hermann and Robert
Schlag bwet, who we're then or their way to London,
ard forwarded to them with chsrmlrg note, explain
stcry OF hs motives in having done 80. There Is no
doubt that our knowledge on the subject OF interior
ASIA will be materially assisted and inc.essed ey the
estgallOIs cf the lost raNee' should no reay re-
turn smorg u.s. which we sincerely hope, as his sri-
ous wsnderngs have extended over regions hitherto
untrodden by Europea ana, with the exception OF his
adventurous brothers. The enterprisug Messrs.
Sehlagntwet commenced their scientific researche. in
1874 under the patronage OF Bsron humboldt, ID ln
iaIIhbet and IurkessD, for the purpose oi ooserva
,iops terrestrial msgnetisn geology, ana tne primer
ps characteristics OF the globe. The trscs ostween
Bombay and Madras ftst subjected to their ex-
sr,ips,trn hetweSn 1851 and 1870. Tney then pro-
ur.drd 10 Uacutta bysea Hermann Schlsg ntweit as
certained the relative bghts OF tue elevated noun
tsns Of the kossia rarge, having previously
visited the Ilimalsyss for the same purpose
kkim and Boutsn lie accurately measured on
this occ asion, and, Gncer sr angle OF upward OF VI
de2lees the noble elevation TO which COL Waugh
had gwen the name of Mount Everest. This
mighty pax is upward OF - 900 feet, or d miles
high il Is called the Tchpaopomar by the Thibet.
isrs ard il s known by the Nepsuese by the lame OF
Gaourichsnka. Adolpnus and Robert Schlsgintweit
IN the meanwhile advanced, with the assistance OF
dsguses into Thibet proper, and even penetraieIs so
far as the important commercial station OF G3rtok.
Tie singular mountain formation which traverses the
er rinous Elongated valley of Tnibethe lirgeN IN
tie universe and which divides the sources OF the
Indus frt m those otthe Brshmapootra or Dhong-wss
duly investigated on this interesting occasion, as sso
the geological pscuarities OF the vicnities of the
ske Mepsavsrouy. In ascending the Iii iGalnne, they
reached 70 lees an elevation than 2,.,O fee' Hsr-
mann Schsgintweit, in leJJ-Jv proceeds to Assam,
the delta Of the Gsnges and the Bahmspootra and The
l.To and lyfn
ward of Bengal. During this time Adolphus scha-
gntweit by descending the )dsvery, throughout its
entire course hsd returned 10 the Madras Presidency
he tken Travelled 10 the southernmos. point OF the pen
nsu sula by way of Pondlcherry and Trichnopoly, and
having made flying exploratory visit into the Nell
eherries, returned TO Simls by way of Calcutta.
Pending the cool sessop the elevation Of the Ansr-
cantsk plateau, in Central India had been determined
by Robert Scblsgntweit which he discovered not 10
exceed 1900 feet instead OF 5000, as had been pre-
yously supposed. The three brothers then met again
at Simls alter having been separated for fourteen
months in the prosecution or their several enterprises
In the year lsJt, they commenced the more adven-
turous campaign they had lstteIy resolved upon. A
south direction chosen upon this occasion
by Adolphus SchlaS Sntweit crossing the HImslsyas,
portion of Thibet and the Baltistsn, and making
close ard Interesting examination Of the singular
uIction Of the Hindoo koosh with the vast mountain
rapges Of Northern Ipdls and then retraced his ssps
southwark by the route Of the valley OF Cashmere TO
the Pur isub ryers. The brothers Robert and Her.
mspn proceeded 70 Ladak, with the assistance OF as
guises however, ard by different roads, and boldly
entering Turkestau Proper, trsyersed the Karakorum
and Kuen.L Luen ranges, and thus descended into the
noble valley Of YsrEsnd, which ls al immense sni
elor gated identa,ion or furrow 5000 or 1905 feet
deep 10 the table lard Of Central Asis. This remark
able valley divides the mountain range OF the huen-
Luen from the range TO the south OF Sibens, koo"n
&c the Ssjsr Khap.
They then returned TO Lsdsk, and arrived sew
erally 10 the Pun sub where they once sgsin me.,
having ourneyed before flr prudenti 81
de roads 70 their place of rendezvous. IL should
be observed that this lsst expedition e1:ended over
erouId On which the Gun had never before ref scted
Eurc pesn shadow the course Of marco Po'o was iur