New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-05
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SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER s, 1859.

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c. Hssld rambling account Of an overland
III SkU6 SS Ru IN frontier to The city Of Pekns
81 "a. ssh,&h rs,,,Sssa anna interessinx, though
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mt rettoS 1t country and ~ great Chinese cap
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ftoss Isfs Bsissl q i3sIsis fcr bis point Of DE-
y = ssS ram al Peters.
S 800 reasan does not ap
pVte ii S,1 SasS2e - tircs the capifal Of the
R9sr. ~ 49, "a hrsno1s ana which Is located
Chancse 1871 X $500 n HIM nrovince The coun-
neAr 49, rom Ifroa IL, the frontier
49, ~ ,sr q 4 Ievsl, hard. sandy desert. with
~ - Il SsSS 81 NSter 81 honse, but peopled by
81 INV fv IN ;t liz weary tray,
s fSsss sf,s sfIj Is winter ii terrific The wind
ma wl,iIe yinsr the short snn
y 1890 Ssr;can ~, AZ ana storn,s
< s5s sts IN M hiin,, ~ traveller IN Inc
49, aFi "a he Imperial CITY and Of the
~ III hive dc FOLLOWING animated sketch:
s5s 5Snsfer n China nr5er asi, miles from
Sesert stnns sfnff n, sncl an extra
Ssanser s. IL make this one Of tie most
2$ys sr,cfa A. IN rartl After 4 Gradual
81 sooefsst from Urga, II is suddenly broken
fisafsr9 Ar r,ossntairs. riyers trees farm houses
;s7Srslv bnFsfs nnon III view. iii bathed IN sun
HsS ia aIn0kiTcl 70 Il were. with heat at great
S2sS kctsI INF tventv miles IN and not yet yisi-
mi Mn fse rPsst tosrE IL Cionan Hna fon. called
NJ ~ Ia,,ssars and hevonl Il bounding
IL SSrisns 81, ne sofh 5onr.ioId range Of pre-
cssSns monnfsirss ne far nto Tie air the first
v;Ist and M ecsrlet hne md he last scarcely vis
NJ sva M the sniain II Pekin On the
s.s.t 4 a. Y i;shf Ia issv hue. Here where we
nov sand s : large van built Of loose stones and
tis n isslNa 1nd fhis & most enormously marked
man III 1sss 81 the great wall' although the lat
Ar K ana hundred miles further south, and is
ss.sss4i ~ ~ srlfv miles from Pekin From Calgan
=. s1sS;s IN s.9unfrv NAV he called chaos of
,sssrts;ys and wherever house can stand an ag-
inr III towns An surrounded by high walls,
sosac AZ which have begun to yield under the
sisbf III fcvs,,tr centures and others have been
e 49, ~ Y5ar he sand Of the Monaghan
n Ss,ssrx WI m X
IA Xftsv jS55n9 urller the Great Wall whence the
49, e fSSiIv 6s9ni6cent, tile road suddenly goes
,huss a. granite fallen from the broken
mo,lntsiits above and here the descent, for eight
miles. 3 % PERCEPTIONS that the Mongos themselves
Esva n disinount Five OF six minor walls are now
nsssea. and they might equally be called work Of
esanfs IN ~ matter what the slopes Of tile noun
sans may IA thew rise from The bottom of precpi
t1soerv arr
fIsen lIirs ~ aanv sernents. When the traveller
fh;s gInonv efile his heart must
hasf Nh, e "a directs His ewes towards the
$50 asa ,cvstaT;o7s ritz n pekn. INF there he
III - nati;rs hmt Ronndless DIain Of sand.
,ita fert scaffere farms. woods OF cypress little
rivers ss,i III Dafc 81 green. whilst every other
point III NJ horizon il shut up BY an unbroken and
Majestic range g Dlue and dresry PEAKS, r,slng
Mke B Rar7er# Det~eeh tWo WORDS 70 tne ifiSht ol
nye tn0usand Ieet
aH4 however, as you approach Ihe CITY, oi WINCH
n0tnlng ~ ah sen Pc seen nnni you nave PASSED
0nNef Is FeEy VAIL the; puzzing, Mssng, moaning!
o. men, asses, women came!s, gongs ana Diras O
prey q m0nsseF ktes ana pigeons VILE Meiodious
instruments attacned 70 tnem ana carrying Dack "
~ y fct 81 " nnsss and smell. tsi
come foating lpor TIE wind over this great wall
q a ~ The snimal creation were breathing within
e. e nnca
he NV Need under tie ponderous Northern gate,
measured NE thickness Of the stupendous wall
and n farly h Pekln ne VII be utterly Devil,
Is ~ am n,as cahs h u, y
carneIs Win lie weary Mongols in their once
red gown, enthroned and fast asleep on their
highest summit an immensely OF VIDE, periec Y,
eIralgnt anl enGiess streets ivihS OCEAN u rs
Most leglalea DeSgarS, OF COOKS, parDeIs. pi i
men pea1ng upon Ketue drums, oIaIo i aehverlhl
speecnesf lnen , flga. ana ien, primary snops n
caISr wooien wails beantfny carved and nil
over; in fact Il n scene so unique in the world
that no dream could ever be SO eccentric.