The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-21


ish treaties were negotiated chanOd meet with Rls
work giving the recent information aboa, the
grea. capital o. this old empire which condensed and
entering the city described or spending pleasant fort
night IN It, and living palace ones owned ana occupied
by the Prime Minister o the Emperor, and which was
coDfscatcd the government n dt ~ imperial pass0n
the had not defeated the rebels who
advancing upon the capital how little of intitng
letter for your columns In my room In rekiD with all
the quic,ness and comfort and feeling OF home so hto
DO We know OF our future.
minister Hon. John Ward 10 exchange the rancAt0ns
Of the treaty made last by Mr. Reed and pre.en
~ the Emperor the autograph letter Of President icha
Through his pOteness being invited u make
his suite Of course most exultany accepted the Offer
and on the Goth OF August leaving the ship, in comany
with twenty others composing the suite landed " town
called Pei tang, few mes distant from anchorage
and containing population OF 25 600 inhabitants II u
situated on river Of about the s,ze OF Tho
equal TO the PeihO which is considerably than
the Connecticut and, running long par alle
the Peho, and only abouttn miles distant from t. length
makes sweep TO the northeast The situated
the right bank Of the river, starting from which with
cavacade Of numerous horsemcn aud mounted ma,tarns
and other officials, with fifty carriages each drawn bytwo
mules and forty or fifty porsrs carrying boxes, SC. be
sides half dozen or more heavy wagons, containing
baggage we proceeded in direction nearly west
ing country perfectly level, but In great degree
rem, the land being almoet low the Gulf AMI 81,
Of large portion 30 saturated with saline matter that ihe
plants growing up here and there had the aste Of salt
when touched by the tongue At the Of the
day reached the PeihO about eight miles above Zen
tsln where we took iunks thirty Ave ia the whole and
by the aid Of wind and human bones and (or
unks all drawn by uackers they called just
as boats are drawn by horses on the Erie and other
canals) after FIVE days sailing and tracking through
the most charming country the eye ever ell upon
with scenes meeting eyes the banks aud IN
ie crowded villages Of The rarest and moet exciting
interest," reached the great CITY OF rng chow,
head OF navigation, and containing Q population OF
100000 souls The distance from Tng chow Pekin is
twelve miles, the City being united with the by
canal for the transportation Of the immense quantities
salt and grain brought BY the junks and by rad
for travellers and the carrying Of lighter goods which Is
ar1n rant cty md Ac.lrAn
masonry can make il From the wear and displacement
OF the stones in frequent instances the wheels Of tn.
riages continually striking against the portions Of
the stones with great else sinking holes
which had been out by the friction their rolling
for ages tbe ride was most painful and intoerable
to some our party who spraDg 70 their feet walked
gooo part Of the way.
At length the mighty walls Of this greatest of all cities
In the world as II is suppos' d. rose before and be-
fore had entered the " Eastern Gateo its three mil
lions Of people seemed be about u.s. or at least such
representation Of them satisfied without seeing
their constituencies. l will not attempt 10
describe what We Saw on our route, all unlike 10
whatever we had seen before, the imperial city ,
and what in IT, and what thought and did, and
how Jared, as oil these matters require detail,
would fill sheets " do justice " them those who might
read them So much there of rare and charming in
terest In journey that could often remark
when asked my oppioD that worth crossing the
Atlantic and Indian Oceans aud the Chinese and Yellow
Seas just 70 see what the banks of the Peho
AS circumstances permit, the TrGrers
readers Shall have the opportunity Of seeing ALL with the
disadvantage however, Of looking through your CORES
poDdeDts eyes. Our quarters assigned 10 the
artar City, imperial DIVISION the other DIVISION being
occupied by the Chinese almost exclusively insisted
Of half dozen OF more hOses, constituting the palace,
as / before remarked, of former Prime Minister
Is 1t not queer that articles for the Boston Ira
Of which, from three feet of bottom the top,
are only great windows, without, however inch Of
glass, whose place suppnd by strong semi transpa
rent paper fastened by paste or glue t0 lattice frames Of
elegantly carved work, into which eye pry and
out Oi which no inmate tn. and trees
before it, which the wife may lived an nprison.
Al m
sives which carried life death To the limits of
an empire with population Of above four hundred mil.
0nsy Many thanks 10 the Prime Minister, somebody
else for the Of his sanctam which doubtless gives
sincerer JOY and comfort TO the "outer your
humble correspondent, than 1t did 10 the legitimate
pant who only and dreamed Of the suspended
by a hair over his bed, and which ut last fell.
everything having been brought to successful and
honorable issue by the discretion, courage and niot
BILE Independence OF our Minister, we kave the city
morrow, returning by the same route that
Saying nothing Of the material interests Of the COM
mercal world, which may suffer deeply from the
rageons conduct Of Mr. Bruce, the moral Christian
agencies about To be put in operation ,er still
by the evaporation Of the Chinese against the English
and the dsrust and revived and reinvgo
rated towards all Western nations
Rev Mr.. Atchison, who accompanied the suite Of Mr..
Ward as one Of his tors scholar like aud most
estimable man, whose family as he tells me, resides in
aid commence the fret Protestant capital
and North China; and another English clergyman whose
acquaintance happened 10 make went up Tang chow
the city Of 100000 inhabitants Of which have spOken
aud only twelve miles below Pekn, spent mouths
there the last winter alone unpr occted with the in
teDon Of commencing Chr isan mission tnere but he
dares not return in view Of the exasperaton of Chi
in quence Of the late ourages; nor did Mr.
Achson think it judicious remain in Pekin from the
intense jealousy and suspicion Of all foreigners part
Of the government and the officials Of the metropolis
casoned by the same occurrences The indignation aud
scOrn Of the civilized and Christian world should be pour
ed upon the ambitious ana reckless Individual who alone
has brought about this mischief.
[PekiD Correspondence OF Journal of Commerce]
The country was very fine IN the culture and produc-
n M nta HnnA thn rn1An
which gazed with admiration in passing, till length
we reached government house, where all required
TO aght and enter the great imperial city which only
two miles ahead in our carriages az usage required
The road begins in the great streets the entrance of
the city, which paved with large flag stones sepa
rated by violent concnsson and often into deep
boles OF the width Of the eoes Of which had
rolled over IT, ana wnen the wheels sunk into them either
IN rapid motion or by drop, pulling the mules vio
enty back, the conclusion like sudden dislocaon
Thus for at least two miles proceeded till reached
the western gate OF the city, when we imagined the dis
Of the stones would be less from the less use 10
which the stones had been subject But here found our
seves deceived again. The road must have been magn
tcent in its early days. and worthy Of the old Romans
had beent built above 200 years. since which has recey
ed no improvements or repairs.
The earth has been thrown up to such perfect level
that was impossible to detect the least elevation
preston for the entire distance from Tung chow Pen
floor does not exhibit more perfect level The width
OF the road Is about rs feet the stones Of which is con-
structed being often IL and l8 feet long, by and 2L
wide and hewn with such precision TO make work Of
solid masonry The stones are brought from the noun
y decomposed by atmospheric agency, or away by
the rolling Of the WHEELS which passed them. Thus
happened that 10 the were separated
from top to bottom by the FROST which here intense in
winter or by violent concussiols, the settling or
Gliding Of the earl in which they res.ed else deep
holes had been worn out, which hed with stand
ing water; or more frequently and disastrousy the
wheels had wern out Just their width between two
stones, between which little space had been created by
the accidental starting of both of the stones In
horizontal direction When the wheels struck and sank
into such holes the concussOn fearuy violent to the
rider as well az to the carriage.
Upon leaving Petsang in the morning, feet made
hne spectacle upon the water, as our cavalcade had
gone " on the and thr'ysix junks ana smaller boats
being all drawn up close TO the Bhorc and ready u
follow our Minister'S junk the moment the immense and
terrible gong gave the signal Of departure Each man
DARN had hr junk and servants while OF the iunks
were used for baggage provisions and other purposes
Mr. Wards junk has its history. II butt a hundred
years ago, nnd was occupied a house as well as
Mandarin passenger boat and had board three gene
ratons OF owners viz. the grandfather aged co. and
two wives, aud the son and his two wives and four
children bis own age being AO The grandfather had an
older brother on board aged Ga years and fairly an
attachc TO the junk since he born it, had lived in
it, and left it, and will till his body is borne
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