The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-11-19
The Jearney to Pekin.

Tho Journal Of COmmvce, Of F,idsy morning,
contains a long and interesting letter from their
Chinese correspondent, giving detailed account
Of the journey Of the Americans to Pskin. The
letter has additional interest from the fact thst
n is probably the first one ever whttsn by an
American In the mysterious city Of Pskin, the
capital Of the Oldest empire In the world.
Leaving Psl. tang, its mud and stnw houses and
s q .s & rSs s'9 %a.. s.S. :snf
70 the hub, vhis the fearful Knocks snd bru.s.
.s 'A, nsps .nns sSsn % Pr,s:Sss
q soms Of ths poor mortal: jus thsn In Il.
osseiss .scas md heavy, aud being ~i.Soui :pdas.
the motion Is - graceful and easy - Nov Eugsnd
cart driven upon the tros rus md rock h.sPs.
country around Was tSiekly covered With groom
mounds, Ike bsystAcks, some three or four feet
high, and others hfteen, and oil without Leaf or
On SsG and ::ss 70 % Z :. ss oss
human being, or fnhuman man The whole Of tho
vAst plain from the gulf to Pskn and 80 miles boyoad
pm .ssed the city, only fsw iest above ,as level Il
the guilt Plodding on slowly and painfully, we q
length reached the town Of Riuntang ehun, Or
y Sai .nS SaSssnns poss.on of sooS or psco5
souls. The best houso la the plsco had been pro-
cured for our odgmsnt by the mandsiins, which vas
% Wss uncs.sng g In his s.tensIons. The long c,urss
between two blocks Of houses, Al making estab-
lishment, bad been covered with . sun-inst awning
80 feat high which shut out the sun and the hsat
dozen hsndsrins or more bad come in from dis
tance, and were awaiting hr. WAkp's arrivA', whom
they welcomed with all the a'dor OF eastern demon-
s1Ations Of fiisndsbip; and soon afssr nouatng
their horses entering thsir ohsriots, istrod -
th. homtA On the walls on esch side Of the doors
rod pieces Of paper, were fastened slip. an inch
which Is favorite irvoeAsian with the CIiaess,
even ~hsn 20 grest part Of them seem TO have
nothir to i've for, and life worse than dossh.
with dismal iorsSosns, Vs d.Sod for ~aid s In tso
forenoon over dry country, the treos multiplying,
some spots nndsr cultivation, and herds Of cssse,
mules and hcrsos seen here and there under the
Of keepers, With large Villages scattered In ths die
tsnce, and some through which We passed, whose
crowds poured out and allied tho sd,s Of the roads
and streets 10 gaze and wonder, but always orderly
and civil. Near sunsst, the masts and spread saus
seen In the distance as tho ugh the solid earth was
Piho, where VIC were to take Junks; and so,n we
Upon leaving Peisssng In the morning, our h.st
csde had done upon the land hirsy sfs juuts % % and
smaller bcsts being al drawn up oss to ths shore,
and rvsdy to follow our Ministers junk the mom,nt
%s'o:s .TS :S .Ss seps e, gaze =: sigma e de-
built hundred years ago, and wss occupied s .
house o. well Mandarin passenger boat, and he'd
Sr..SSer % ssed Co. sod ss q vi,ss A., X: sas as
"a -. sr=asfhsT had sa ,d.r % brosssa . % on bosra I
hs we. born Il H. bad vrd in Il, and nsssn Isas aSs r.
and viii mot I'LL his body Is borne from thence to the
house Of silence, Instead ef the noisy Babel in
l9om, having belonged to tho fAmIy kom the be-
The b.nl.' Of the river wore iin,d with Village.
alplu at,Hs ~ Etnka
70 gaze, upon Us, - though ws bad como from tbs
sSirits, while further back rose other aud srester
little fufther back from one point on the nvef, con.
tanning. $4,000 iohabftants or more; the tones Of
,s1s:. hS:: sss ~ s:%s dss as.S.s coy sHS @snsssy
The lush wsa isdsscribable; the fslds Aseed alive
with thos. wishiDg 70 cssoh saze Of In sdssnc.
"a that ss; Ms .s.,. :. ..: sssr
the banks But wonan was not there / sipge
sct indicating the root Of sno s the evils Ia Ohna
s s.n ss1s ss.s. srs. s & ssss fs ssd
gStber under the most exciapg ssufimsnSs- II 4 ..
lTussdsy evening, July 20, sfssr psssass q dvs
% ne issa .5'issS II = Gn % &. .9
tsns 40 900 inhsitt.nis, bsing ons Il ths sss.nd
ID BY sbsh "a thpi walt built q bses 3 and ND ss1sS,
aAd SURROUNDED WIN bsst ons, Tia streets arc paved
With fat stones, which, howeyeI, ere uusvsn aud
- ~ hA>oAo N coffhA3s mtuefb-
bls There is gHsst amount 81 sapSing hare, which
hes been sstlnatsd st sbovs 100 0e0 tons ana from
calculation made from esrsha observation, Iju,ged
there ~ ssst 0s0 unks In the river befo ths
town, and shors dLsanes shove and bsoy lt Thsps
pnks on an average cArry fro 100 70 100 tons, and
bring grain and lioe from tbs coasts Of China snd
through tie Grsad Canal 70 the metropors-, Il ~
Tho hAndAsiss u the eiy srowdsd our junk 70 ws-
come hn WAIb. - soon q y sashoseA, and remains
goed pass ef W evening. proabbns every asss.
III BE- ready p ths mon ing 10 pipcsSd to PSkip, fof
Nbi0h w sst out d ocleok sxultSst In TIE pros,
pea q sssDg this old Bsbyba In . shSst nns, q
lgnosns Wsss 90 of our awaiting destiny. The or,
Hsges and III eths spposntsnssss vsre tbs ssne !.
kind q bsfogs. We had trayslcd ~ niles by lasJ
sld ise by Ys1s, he whole 0ecupythg about ssvsI
asyes 81 n anoS only rsmalnsa bstwssn % sad
Pskh.t No smukd tAts oar esrts, oncs moeA W
nSshts ths1s hsansls, snd bsgsa z sdyAnsA w.
"As. ne HfSsxR ws tsys,1sspi QSoJsSte.s'
San 70 fssl slkScS sn8 jllS md ssashsi W vAist
isn he ha4 esssasaiA q mud asis tAs ruts, saI
II pttohss 81 eAst tsnnmeoceHsnkef ~ our jouusy, Nc
hardly . clrcumstAnee. The road bsgins In II
greet ssrsssa st the sutFanos q the ely, whlsh