The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-10-08

eves Chinamn thcsse,ve arc compelled 10 use
smpss m hnfing tfpir way. iese narrow lsoee.
for ,ns i. most part arc occupied by q. Rrosor q
asS long s.y lined su s S.aS 4; VIZ Gs'i boog
snops.Eroush smother fisinthng with the protiuo-
TONS ms o. cy or ny p.ntsr. o. gods and soadcs.es
blsct smith STREETS more than can recollcct.
We are going up Soshh street, however. s,u,c
mile or more from our starting point reach slight
where the strcst Of Bcnc Violence md Love tFrt
Mrcep crosses our psth. At little distance on the
,et huge fsg-stsaf rises before palhsdc T~oIect.
red sandstone grins anicably before gateway over
which, In French md English, IA tho inscription
Aied ~, Compissioners' Yamun." This, our destipa
the Tartar General and his troops, In which T.anq-
S ksI Wa csEtur.d simultaneously with Yek, and In
which the Allied Commissioners are now established,
togesher with few COMPANIES Of trcops. The re-
mainder d she forces heights outside the walla
The ysmun Ii fortified inciosro ~ about 40 arro.
m ertsnt and is By far the largest Of any in the
CITY but frum the general resemblance amousy
them ALI description Of this may serve for nine
tenths Of all Chinese Official residences. Tho On.
trance lies through pair Of high folding do,rs, bls-
tinr, and opening into long, narrow build ng, rs-
scmbiiDg the Platform of railway station, and now
usd ~ suaid-houss by the trcop~. A aght n
other SIDE of which rises smother s%llsr nayian vii ne
isnt~tically rof,d, nte the rest. Beyond this,
sgAn, ? eDs.,ysrd embracins several acres
9ona, paved with granite, aAd lined on
two sd.s with long, low colounads. At the further
eStresty rises the central pavilion, huge t,ntastic
ruinous, covering with It's wings ground enough
Ior couple OF ehurches and still moro Ike
railway station than the first. Bsyond this stIIl
are other payiliens and other courtyards which, on
the a1ivs Of the BStsh, were In xfrghtfi state of
diaptdaiion The central building aloi was habita-
bic, and here TsAsa-Ksu, the General, was taken,
Tse remainder, which ought TO have served ~ bar
racks b hs troop, wsrr oovesd noh deep with filth,
and were the habitstin only Of bats owls, aud vcr.
min OF every d, scription. Tho court-yatds wero
grsss grown, the walls mildc we'd the ancicnt scuip-
tars. neglected and half destroyed. But eighteeu
months occupancy by the Europcans has siaiood to
whltess.h, a. somebody has said, go wonderful
But these rayiions o-cupy only corner Of the
vast ysmun. Az least sixty of H. once forming
biushwood, and shrubboriss harboring deer. The
rcmainder Of thcspaco is occupied by several barn
IKE buildings of great szc, which wcro formerly
used as barracks. Each stands In It's own court
ysd-onoe, undoubtedly alive with tho elite Of the
MantchOo braves, and not ccholng 20 the s,ngs and
laughter ~ the French and English officers who
share with hats, rats and stl more formidable mus
ketoes, poss ssion " the buildings. Board paItI-
tons, hastily run up, turn the hugo halls into some
thing IKE rooms; and In these, amid all the sur.
hn' d taste and tho roughness of camp eauipage,
are frequently seen In strange conjunction.
In this yamun are assembled oil tho foreigners now
IN Canton, with the exception OF tho British guards
Of the various gates. Ono hundred mon, In parties
Of two and three, accompanied by many Chinese
police, patrol the city bctween nnriss an sunset
and 30 sautay Is their presence that crime has sud
denly become of the rarest occurrence In Canton.
Amid this populaton, truoulsnt that three years
ago any European venturing within sight Of the walls
wak unsrrned at any hour Of the day or night
Corr. Tribune.