New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS,
pppuovpssoR p1IMPELLYs NARRATIVE

PH1EL PUsPELLY, Professor in Harvard UnlNesrshh1
aud sometno Mining Engineer In the service Oh ~
Chinese and Japanese Governments e'o' pP' ~
LeypOdt Holt
Professor Pumpelly has many Of the chief requisites
Of good traveller. He is a man OF intengehoo ""u
accomplishments. He is candid, enterPrlsipe i"" NJ
fatigabe, and observant lie studies naiiiN'iu
a cosmopolte's freedom from national preJu'nocs'
Aud finally his STYLE though not brilliant Is "nai-
fcted and fairly polished Thus qualified 10 maze
ionrnev and describe its incidents II is NOT SuIP
ing that hs has produced q yaluapIe All" i"'O'
work which will bear comparison VIII ""S " '"0
best modern books on China, IartMy, anu Japan
The narrative be gins in tho Autumn Oh ioOV "nen
the Professor set out from the END OF inc riiOao III
HIssorri an stage-cOach journey to Tucson IN Arr
coma DESIGNING 70 proceed thence southward TO the
Souta Rita silver mines. of which he was to take
charge "a mining engineer This stage journey
ems to have been of the most painful OF all his
experiences. The usual dscomfOrts OF that method
Of travel were enhanced at this time by the hosti-
ties of the Indians:
The fatigue Of uninterrupted travelling by day and
night In crowded COACH and I'm the most uncomfortable
positions, beginning TO tell seriously upon an tne
hu MAS neressed y the constant anxiety
caused by the danger from Calnanehes; Every joni
passenger QUE Of the state Of drowsuess, instantly
inRgdod into attack and the nearest ielON-Passeh
In some persons this temporary mania developed itself
o. such degree thai their own safety ana Inat Oh %
elers made II necessary to leave them at the
,ret where sleep usually restored them before
the arrival OF the next stage the following week
condition from tho coach and wandering on 10 ues'h
from starvation upon tue desert.
the hard surface OF this country which Is every
WHERE hanyi baifrosep Teams Al several stations
sx Wild horses htched bndfoded into their places
n signal from the driver and the animals started off at
runaway speed which they kept up without slackenng
cases the driver further control his animals
than ability guide hem 10 STOP or even eheck
tirelV
fairly flying over the ground ana never soppng
iii they up exhausted 40 the next station NohnE
i the most perfect presence mind the part OF the
driver could prevent accidents Even this was not always
enough proved by stage which We met IN when
every passenger had either bandaged head OF an arm
AT T Paso we had hoped to fnd larger stage. Being
disappointed In this, took place outside between the
driver aud conductor. The impossbty OF sleeping had
made me half deliriOus and had but miles
before nearly uBseated the driver by starting suddenly
was told that the safety Of all the passengers de-
manded that / should keep awake; and, as the only
means of efecting this my nelghbors beat constant
tattoo with their elbows upon my ros during me 1on
ney from the Rio Grande 70 Tucson my debrium in.
creased and the only thing have ever remembered OF
that part OF the the sight OF large number OF
this being awakened by the report Of pistol
and OF starting up 70 he nySe 10 noe rVV t
Eamir table ! had reached Tucson and had thrown
sound sleep OF twelve hours had fully restored me- both
an mind aud body
At the mines they were in constant danger, not
only from the Apaches, who several times attacked
Mexican employees who were generally robbers and
rufans of the most desperate character At last it
became impossible to hold the place any longer and
Mr.. Pumpey sent off as much as he could Of the
movable property Of tho company to Tubac. The
result of six weeks smelling" he says lay before
Us in a pile Of lead planohds containing the silver,
and there only remained the separating of these
metals to be gone through with. During this
process, which was obliged to conduct myself, and
81 ofxfv- houro I IL,
closed my eyes; andIthe three other Americans,
revolver in hand, kept unceasing guard over the
Mexicans, whose manner showed plainly their
thoughts Before tho silver was cool we loaded It,
We had the remaining property of the company,
even to the wooden machine for working the blast,
In the returned wagons, and were on the way to
Tubac, which we reached the same day, the 18th Of
June Thus ended my experience of eight months
of mining operations in an Apache stronghold
From Tucson Mr.. Pmpelly travelled on horseback
TO Los Angeles California accompanied by Colonel
Poston and at various times by less disrepu
table and dangerous Mexicans and Americans. For
more than 200 miles of the way they were followed
by twelve MeXicans, who found Mr. Pumpely's
party, however, continually the watch and burst
not attack them. Two desperadOes, named Williams
and "onoeyed jack" had attached themselves to
the Pumpelly party, apparently for purposes of
murder and robbery. One-eyed Jack on @ certain
occasion Jagged behind, and our travellers thereupOn
got rid Of both ruiians inIthe following pleasant
manner:
Poston, drawing his revolver called Williams by name.
Taken by surprise be whred around and catching sight
OF the revolver, made motion toward his own but he
was too old hand TO draw pistol against one already
pointed az him.
"Pumpelly and have concluded that 1t wouldn't be
safe for ron California. The killed
mas no. been SeSd long enough ana they lave way
yOu for We haYn't the bury you You may keep
o DS Jack aS n Eo by gpiE oG SHi
he can't Ali Us. aud you can't get our silver"
"GIye your hand You re sharper by id sight
than thought you You n do for the border good
mOrning and jumping INTO the saddle, he put spurs 10
his horse and rode away by the road he had come We
watched him he rode Off aud could help laughing
by; bully for youi-you II do for the border"
Reaching San Francisco, Mr. Pumpelly accepted
an appointment from the Japanese Government TO
examine. conformity with Mr.. w. p Blake, the mines
in the island of Yesso and if desirable to introduce
the foreign systems of mining. The two engineers
sailed in November, 1861, and had made great
progress with their labors, applying powder to
mining for the lrst time in the history of Japan,
when the TaikOon compelled by the anti-fOreign
party TO suspend many of his liberal schemes and in
particular 10 bring to a close his engagement with
the foreign spies whom he had admitted to the
mines This was in February, 1853. Mr. Pumpelly
speaks in favorable terms generally of the Japanese
character, but cOnfesses that foreigners know too
little of the inner life of the people to pronounce
fair judgment upon it.
japan IS country full Of contradictions according TO
standard IL Is pretty certain that female virtue
stands quite high among that people as among any
other ana Mgher tnah IN some western eonnlfeei ana
daughters 10 licensed houses Of prostitution, which
abound 10 great extent, showing that any excess Of
virtue In perhaps in the other
As Tepusye rs y this japanese feature OF the sGcia