Smyrna times., 1862-02-13

scrnples Gs Il he Dror'Ty i 1,anJa' u. pr I.
pPasanl-aS t@ey full eSo.ai,.,. 81 a, the /. :.
Ing Oh YUan-UIng vue n and he f.iama ,smp,.
the sac'ed proceeds u wh g, are mrs d.
openly o5ered Ter s4'e al a.ote or i. ss sxh roi-
'ant prices Ia The shope ofTitn.tsir.
FRENCH BIsaor IN CHINESE ATrlRE.
At Ho-Fi WOO we met Franch Nrssionsry
b'sh"n ca his way - Eo-oae. after having pas.
sed twenty-five years N Ch.na. lie vas drts-
sed 10 the naive Costume, ev.nl TO lie ngtaJ
and appeared TO be ttaatel with o en-, rev.F.
ence by The unbelevng crowd w 0 !cc%eu ~
to see the . mandaru Priest" rhe elf dev,
tl"n, the zeal. and, aas very general rule, the
page ahd slmnle lsvp5 !e,! b, ths ''r"noh n.is
sIonarles ln Cnla Ia d their uu nter IN nughont
the empire aud t1e k.Gsdo g S.aIa exceeds
loOO) are not wltIoHt Reir cfft st upon The
people, although this ls NJ die JayoL ~ VI J!p,
safe and lndl>crlmlnate sonve-s or TO nominal
Christianity.
THE GREI : WALL
Another days jou. aey brough us 10 Cha :aon
"a hamlet e. the toct of the Great Wall The
read Tor the last fifteen miles had been SO haj
tbat We were ObliPed ~ - ser NJ rsns At
NahKln' airing IN ,seir p1ce Tarter p~nioy
NO'hRg lees sur"iVO,ed than he &C. shaggy
hardy little beasts cOuit ,"y5 co.. rlcd - ihrou, h
| 'hose rugged mounaii paths, which Ne wOplG
nave done on tnot, but that on. miles He &c! !!
over the sharp rock Whrch forms the pave Aef,
would have left US shG.i iuss.
AT daybreek C.. lha ioii8w ;ur morl 10 ~.
climbed the highest aak Of he .cpnn,q,n
range, and th e staining on tie TO- cf the
great wall. rehe:'ed uypu he s:u endeas f9I,
OF this wsnds fll werk hu,r IN indO nv,
which Is said to have coat 4 . curnt. 1.-TWO .,un.
dred thousaRd lives ireH sGeer pm slca /
exhaustion. TIE -gel, WhlcE Is til i
stone and brick. Is twenty f. Ell h;gh sa1 t,fr
ieet bread. sarmouLted b. a jDuble +, are
| l0op-holed on the .orth .ide. Z. f.r .. Il
Eye can follow the uonn. liu ~. ~ n.
ever the precptous bit ck r.cks hc Il.
gantlc serpent crLwlIp, along "a. " lis
breath poisoning al aronr! Or, .u1u where
you viii, nothIng NEE the view brl ,e ego
iate' dreary tract Of rnCf, lnreIle' ei oy ll:d.
OF grass or a tuft o. LOSS, aud h. age tc IiIers
strewDg the base OF tie utc.atain side '.
was the wblm OF a tyrsat, 10 blia wal
where Nature had ready bui ba ..ar rar
more ettectual thar anvthicg that /. -nsn art
could construct. HeweVe., r.. ! rt .aains.
after lapse of nearly ,wo taorsand vasfs-a
monument of the cruel folly Clone man, a uc
the patient Industry and su1erlrss cf r.auy
| thousands
| Having made al shnrtve a:temp. a. a
sketch, and tried ia .lG % discover o.. -
deemlng feature II this vast scene fdcao!at:on,
| secured my brick, an descs7 % Y ha BASS
remounted TO proceeL homt card Our uaId
could hardly believe L.s senses-c- rts'1lv NJ
doubted ours When a. Nsaatn mine 1osl
laquired whatWe were gong o the Gre4, Wall
Ter Our honest answer me; with 10 cr, dit
Were there nps walls .verywhers W.sa..
the wall of p kin much better worth ook:ng
at! And then ss g. shot ing, yhv conr 81
far for game wGen il copit he be lgt in me
market at OUT very 1c4r'' Ii. lmr as-ion
evidently vas thatwe hi some aise pforcr
IN view; but wheR we turned ith It's br,cL
the good MAJ simri' burst u. 'arsn.D,
and set IS dowl for u couple of 1arme>
maniacs.