New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-22
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THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY BURIED GTTIEs--GoL III
7 COINS FOUR POUNDS IN wEIG HT--oLD TEA BRICKS.

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! IN English GIRL engineer, named Johnson
lIstely engaged in the trigonometrical survey OF
Ef4aahmere, has made curious report OF what ne
saw and heard in Chinese Turkestarl--a part OF
saws that 7Yhile measuring and triangulating, last
year at s remote station on the borders q
Cashmere, he received an invitation to Y1slt me
new ruler of Khotan, who had expelled the Shlr
nese from his province, declared his l1
dence and determined to enter into friendly rela-
tions Yitllthe nearest British officer within reach.
The adventurous Johnson being the handiess, tne
/ Khan forthwith requested ms presence az the
canital Ilchi The way thither lay across the
Kim Itun chain Of mountains by difficult pass
al an elevation Of nineteen thousand feet--thfee
miles and half. twas hard journey, pge u, ING
| indefatigable Johnson pushed, saw the hhahi
4 STAYING with him four days. heard some very Won
/ derful stories, and then made his way back by
i the Himilayai passes-resisting the hh0tanese
inclnatien 10 hold him as hostage for the open
ling Of commercial relations with England.
Il Ii is sold that although German travellers nave
previously crossed the nigh mountains which hem
in Khotan, no European has ever before sntereu
Ilch the capital. The hhanis described as natu-
u raj king of men, Of the Carlylese pattern eighty
years old, six feet high stout, Of fair complexion
L and altogether goodly specimen Of the old
| Turkish gentlemen such as he was in the days pc
4 fore 0ttomaDs were heard Of. He rules province
L OF two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants
whereof his capital contains forty demonstrating
i strong men, and short but pretty women, far ano
j eIeanly in apparel and dressing we'll, all Turks
i and Mohammedans, great eaters OF meat ant
+ drinkers Of tea, all carrying on considerable
3 trade ia the face Of great difficulties, and mos
I. anxious to trade with the English in particular.
country, well WateTed by moderate showers ant
d irrigated from the rivers which tow northWaff
I. from the Kun Bun, is fertile and productive
i enough to stand favorable comparison with Cash
I mere itself but its climate IS described as being
i, much superioi-botll dry and eanable.
The reports brought back BY Mr.. johnson ar
& somewhat Munchansenisb, Forinstance:
Mai ify9n nk
3 fine impalpable dust or mould which is waited u
s. from tie adjacent deserts without wind, and
g perfect calm and fills the air SO es to darken it,
Is This phenomenon occurred during Mr. johnson
i. visit aud he was then unable to read print a
d noon without candle. Iii not explained hoy
it the dust is blown without wind, but air. Johnso
e says it is waited in c2lm, and he cannot b
ID eantradicted,
Is D. The storms Of the desera raise waves Of san
d whichsettle into hillsS0G or 200 feet high. VII
d not 1000 feet
81 The tradition of the country Is that S60 elite
e were overwhelmed in one day by sand storm
e The sites of these cities are partly known;
he there il vast array Of Pompeii's aud NineYef
Of awaiting somebody peka1e, shovel and archa
t. illogical skill.
ct coins--four pounds each--but this is Kept pr
so found secret by those who know the position.
re There is no relic of the BrobdignaSian purses
which this money was carried about for eYefySds
cd use.
be 5, ,erhe store. of tea used for the actual co
as sumption of these people is now dug ont of one
no these ruined cities@ and Mr.. Johnson brought
N brick Of this tea away with him. 1.-THE Chine
ga supply is now cut off; SO the llchians cut
a their supply lrom these bricks,
to We are, further informed that the country
ed which these wonderful things happened II high
of anriferousa remark which is perhaps n4naet
he sary when weremember the foarpoaud gold COR
to which seem TO have been the circulating medin
ne MIR. johnson report is ahouttosbo published
by London, An appropriate yignelte would be
in drawing of long bow.