The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-22


VINE Arvng over the plain sssh driver took hardest
ING spo rasher ,hoss where shs mod seemed msst
three inches the me between tbs gum ard ths place.
thoseh tseDC miles back Of tbs level abruptly var
saoS work YOU'D pay cDs o% @
tan hat time b OF value merchant even would
never pay double fare, though carried HIM through
After We had driven m northwest direction twenty q
he nTst forty I'VE miles, The country suddenly became
raj, and blue mountain was breaking tho clear
suhpe Of the nOrthwest horizon. This vas called Tho
Western mountain and said TO be twenty the
westward Of Pekin, and 70 furnish ooal Looking
v the right and eft, ~ DR. we mercilsssly
through 1sd %Sr no,. nas grown crops for want
kinds Indian corn beans and singular species Of hemp
we're NE chssi things grown The beans were planted
Of them, which subsequently partsok Of though
very small and black were remarkably sweet and richy
seemed 70 have been more deeply pioughed than tho
others, noticed great Quantities Of marine fossil Shells
siyey 70 the fact Of the whole plum having once ben
covered by the SEQ or by the delnge Strange aay
but one stone during that entire drive Of
miles.
The singular hemp spoken Of deserves passing notice.
grows 70 the height Of ten feet and "a plantsd
80 closely that would imagine IL broad csssed,
were not for the equal distances which separate
the stalks. These branch out after the fashion Of
Sea Island cotton bear large irregular leaf and resist
the heaviest winds They often largo o0e's
wrist and when natured are pulled up, and all, for
rotang me bask uncommonH strong and The yield
parativey small. Thinking might answer well in the
West have secured some Of the seed for trial. In
sequence Of s great yield and strength all kinds OF rope
about here abundant cheap strong costing less
than one third our prices, and lasting longer am con
Arrived at the Peiho river, toward the close Of the
second day divided party Of thirty evenly
possible among four unks and began 70 from the
elects Of the past ten hours otng Such oltng that
wasl Seriously and without joking, IL was insnl'
TO the people force their Minister 10 risk bis
bones over wher We might just as veil have come by
tunk o.
the walls Of the city Not one Of our party bnt
the English were perfectly right IN refusing 70 60 by aay
We had brought our own beds along with u.s. but many
Of the party slept little that night being too much ex
The next morning at daylight we were away TooDg
more stalworth CRACKERS" have seen Of the
powerful and finely formed men during the last two weeks
ol or mas sa
manding stature. has been remarked BY others, this
great physical superiority Of the northern over the south
ern Chinese. The latter, however, said 70 be the
greatest liars, and superior In cunning
Our "junk Mo'' during the following FIVE days was
anything but unpleasant We had our own cooks and
mess boys bed and table furniture, and
segars and email stores also two trunks each and very
81 US ps
with whatever we asked for, free Of all cost OF course
we shall insist however upon paying Tor everything as
While enjoying our FIRST dinner board Of "Junk No
i r.
from the head of the table" board Of "Junk No. IT,
where the Minister was- IL
epstle have but six potatoes please send us some
BY the bearer"
"Humphl calculated the head Of No ?, two are nine,
and have potatoes at ALL modest request, Truly"
That evening, when we landed Tor Q walk along the
banks, and found opportunity for comparing note
turned that the distressed consumer Of potatoes had
not asked for that vegetable but that being very hungry,
the the writer OF most uninelgble running
he had SUi ns % e. 70
the bank wondered what all the "barbarians" were
laughing at so heartily.
since asserted that after ascending the Peiho three
or four miles above that city, we came 70 as little
for vessels drawing more than that depth That
made upon the authority of Mr. Vine, Sailing Master
the stream at that point and that his small boat had
grounded. Mr. Vine Is active officer and reliable gen
teman, and his information Is doubtless correct but the
present party struck the same river ten miles higher up
and followed ii distance Of one hundred and thirty miles
to Toong chau city Of half million, carrying from ten
to twenty feet the whole way We found winding
true, and full Of sharp turns and in some places the
channel quite narrow and In others q uncertain depth
but that or hundred gunboats drawing not more
than eight feet water, could work their way up 20 within
twelve Of the east wall Of Pekn at favorable stages
Of the water, is longer matter Of doubt. True,
| the river was swollen when we assembled It, but
not much as . foot, think; and were i even
course Of the channel would be better defined But
midabe were they properly protected and defended
route and 70 thousands Of heavy logs Of wood piled along
the banks at different points for tho evident acknow
o But Is
policy Of England TO march upon Pekn Her true course
Is to occupy Ten tsin
pie inhabing this province sbstt mostly upon beans,
rice and Eheat brought from the more central parts Of
tinued into the Peiho, being tho only route from tho
south TO the north Nov, we're twenty thousand English
constant sunpy FOR Il reauires almost constant trans
poration TO supply the deInand) those forty million
Of quiet and trembling subjects would in few weeks
be converted by famine into many ravenous wolves,
who would hu the Emperor from his throne force him
grant the English demands in order that they might be
rescued from starvation This is the true way TO attack
the Emperor and, the dea is self evident, has doubt
hess this presented itself to the mind Of the English
Admiral. s8
At the commencement Of our river navigation attempt
ed to count the towns and villages as we passed thom and
to put down the course OF tho rver with its maay beads
but there many OF the latter and retrogradng
their nature that soon found myself counting
the same villages twice and even thrice The Manda-
compass and largo blank book and IT doomed
advisable to desist Thus much, however, We saw
that their general directions were west aud northeast
and that we were consequently being tracked in north
After proceeding for ten hours the Of about
miles per hour lover the ground We arrived al city Of
800 600 inhabitants, situated upon both banks othe river
and known as Yang Tsun. Yang Tsun was said to be
only miles starting point, and YET We had
tracked three times that distance to get there This will
give fair idea OF the crooked nature or the stream
immense crowd Of men, women and children lined
both banks as We approached this city, aud welcomed
with silent wonder and only did they fill the banks
between the water aud the houses which built back
from il twenty feet, but they asocrowdei the decks
Of the thousand unks and boats which were packed close
in with either bank leaving only marrow channel be-
l tween them
counted more than 500 Of these vessels passed
between them and then looking ahead, estimated that
there must have been equal number in that direction.
For about two and half miles we tracked through this
narrow passage having on each side Of US, first the
crowded boats slowed three, four and five abreast;
secondly the dense packed banks; and lastly the one
story mud or brick houses fronting the river We also
saw several tasteful brick walls enclosing gardens above
one Of which grew beautiful tree in full bloom-green
leaves and bright red flowers What kind Of tree this
| was however, we could not learn. Altogether, Yang
! Tsun seemed 'nrmber one Chinese city
Shortly after passing IT, followed the example OF the
Minister and landed for evening walk along the bank
| walking much faster than the :. trackes,' we found