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

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shcsp. A. sOws Of III aGB& Alsp lordy bull sod
number sf half grown calves S0me ~ ths m0th,rs N ~
latter we're Dohe booking milk 6Owa = fArm,r's w
would Onre 70 o0k ADJUST the cats ours, and
Ne asnsissa them ve eouId not but rub hands
and zoe II Ptkin" and take pleasure IN saying hss
We have nut bsen disappointed Even though no sss ~
the sessou, yesterday measured pEoe Of oa that
TWEEN ysix mcnss thiss aud costs something ies shs
Ho q woo was the name Of the next large town
after Yang 1sun, and We reached at O'Clock p n
u had been proposed N tie mp there for the night bu
our uscksrs bsf made very roor headway daring III.
cay Master 1Sung thought had better push hOu
loDRev. nntwahftanding brilliantly illuminated
which had heeD got MP for our express commnassn
/" We m II over nsty (thnty mies) per day
or shsli never reach Pekni sa,i Master Hung;
90 ve acked until ten p W the inhue sgust q
th0se at mite, esied-- or hak rIad motive po~er
The next morning at sunrise W. we're again under way
IN spite OF penetrating rain which a. once reduced our
"morve power" TO bare poles. could not nut admire
them, and wonder how such string Of primtvely clad
beings would have looked marching down Broadway-n
Bsrnum's "happy famiyJ could ne only have
marched them into his ma nmoth house OF humbng
Were the HERALD an Illustrated paper and an artist
should be tempted 70 sketch them they then and there
appeared. H
Among the many transplanted trees seen by rs along
The banks q the river was one o the 1zphus gems J.
bea An oblong plum hike Fruit which, upon beiog soaked
IN honey, becomes very One cndied oonfectcn. II
very much liked by both foreigners and Chinese and
both In appearance aud taste. r
In the United States and Europe look upon
that twenty Ave or thirty years old and wonder that
she should have lasted long Here In China ho~ever
shown junks said 70 be century old, and still
cooking bright their fellows The furnished by
d us as Junk No. l." Is one Of these. Her captain
and owner 10 himself over seventy, and asserts that
he was born on board Of her, and that she
their material ADDED by liberal Of varnlsn o.
wood OIL a. IL undoubtedly BY the careful manner In
which they handle them.
have ben much struck during the past few days ny
III attic freedom which characerfzss the bearing
Of the lower orders toward the Mandsrns ana at the same
by the great power which the latter nevertheless,
seem 70 retain over the former They laugh and talk
PLEASANTLY ask light for their small pipes, grant the
same, and yet the next moment may be ordered my
strokes with the bamboo dragging fellow by the tail
q, a him 10 work against his will
remarked some lines back upon the abundance ami
low price Of rope in this part Of China and now have
that you (aDd these must be counted by thousands
This river aloue) provided with mnre and they
neatly and strongly made turned ont OF the
government Shops at Washington. do not know what
naval chains cost the government but impression
is something like twenty cents per pound whereas here
az" inch" cables sod for three coats per pound This
II mistake not, liz about the price OF old iron in u.
United Stee Through the interpreter learned thatany
quantity Of chain could be purchased ats price but that
all smal-below what seatnen understand as ''onr
inch chan.'
Open the Peiho river commerce, and active Van
kee with his small brig might make his e'arna. fortune"
by loading her and supplying "Dowers to all vessels
der q hundred tons.
the evening Of our fth day upon the river us sp
preaching the large city of Toong chan, and got
within mile Of 1t the boats and junks became SO
thick that It with great difficulty we couId get
a oDg at all. II here that we were 10
ave the junks and enter wagons; for Toong. chan is
the port Of Pekin, distant from twelve miles
the country, and connected by very rough granite
road
And now before leaving these iunks am going 70 give
the reader . hasty look at Chinese character.
Mr.. Ward being ANXIOUS 10 make our boatmcn and
Hrocl proQau In
Chinese government ordered that certain sum should
be given the captain Of each junk for himself and
crackers themselves and those employed under them
Now, in any honest country, this would have been q
very simple proceeding not SO, however, In China In
the det place had TO be given in secret because the
Mandarins IL they knew Of IT, woald take IL all for them
selves In the second place. had TO be given to the
those those under them, because experience had proved
that they would never open their mouths
upon the subject And in the third place. each had
to be told exactly bow much he was 70 receive 70 guard
against the "squeezes Of their superors Well this
ali done very eectualy, thought, and we went to
bed with the happy feelings sol Of er who had assisted Ted IN
gan TO think OF falling aseep there widespread o,t
cry outsdea Chinese outcry Imagining what thus indi
found the captains sng that the boatmer only
have half their present. and the latter sonty sticking
for the whole He found the head crackers doing the
same thing and their not only insisting that they
should have the amount specified by the Minister but tina
some Of their fellows who had been picked up along
should have nothing at all; and that the sun
thus saved should be equally divided between the hea
trackers and themselves don't think picture Of NOR
OF selfish man. And yet the same thing is seen ever,
day In China. ss
il g the custom Of the country and is known by tn,
name Of "squcezing. The Emperor squeezes the ricf
Mandarin when he wants money The Mandarin squeezes
the amt IN 1acs s ws s Gsna
Chinese boy wishes to be employed in the house Of for
egn merchant the comprad0r Of the establishment has
charge everything like that and must first be assured
or one tenth of his wages before he will accept him.
really do not think there anything like honesty in
The next morning we entered our springless carts,
drawn by mules each and after driving for hour and
halt through the dirty and streets Of Toong chau
passed under heavy wall and saw the country opening
The stone road over which were then olted was so
very broken that 1t was impossible to remain in our CARTS
SO we got out and walked, while our escort who had
doubtless learned wisdom from experience trotted along
quite comfortably upon their horses. Finally Of
them got down and offered their seeds TO Mr. Ward and
three Others but the majority of "he suite being looked
upon the light OF ATTENDANTS left shift for
ourselves There is no Joke about this. The Chinese
actually look upon the Minister, the Sscreary of Iega
ton and the Interpreters the embassy and upon the
rest Of attendants and amount of argument
persuade them to the contrary This would be very
as sprngess CARTS and subject us to being treated in
other respects rs servants.
The country between Toong chau and Picking is very
thcly populated, and is sprinked in every direction
with the vailed burial grounds OF the great families OF the
latter city. Some of these are imposing, others quite
tasteful and the numberless villages give the face Of the
country the appearance Of scattering city In fact when
we asked Master Tsung to the population of Pekn, be
REPLIED Hthree million Families and, they five
members each family it would thus contain Is 600
souls But the official went to inform Us that In
speaking of Pekn they included Tcoug chou and all the
Intermediate settlements.
The entire population of the province is placed NJ
40o00,0C0.
Caravans of camels abounded along this road, those
going from Pekn being loaded with baskets Of
coal, and those coming to it with bags Of
beans and wheat--the latter being the taxes
sent from the Southern provinces far Toong chu by
water and thence here upon the backs OF csmes and in
wheel barrow like carts, s.eered by two and drawn
by one or more donkeys BY the way speaking of
donEeys reminds me thai We have seen splendid mules
and dorkeys along entire routethe former often
from fifteen to sixteen hands high ard only costing from
sixty seventy dollars. Tho Same animals would bring
with US from three to fou hundred. The best donkeys
may be bought for from ten TO twelve dollars and for
labor--Cpolie labor--it Is To DC had for song.
Nov suppose you would like to read something about
Pekn itself.
is very little that have To tell ycu We approached
its high brick wall from the railroad, saw dense
masses of bareheaded people, high bastiou tow