New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-10
Dr rUfU'S INTOETINT DiH DTTE !.


Tina, Col .i.lms nd not discover Am"r'r, s'''in>
-, late l., Lave. cen p.etty generally s'thli>ncd Al
list, We :.l. a,sii.d hv th"s' Who favor 'l.c r!cn
II 4, ,,rc \u,~'nan name not ,tt iE|ly a-l"'
ut,,nl dbl discover II THAT their view OF tie
natter /, rapidly gaining ground, aud that all H.
GENT prisons now PICARD '"lu'Ahis rs an i''-
- .,u- Consequently. II f"ll"wr that th" W"rhi
Far >l.ouil n"i lr hfi III l-":. bat sh"nld ;"
p,>,p".ri iil some anniversary "t inns Morse "lS-
covrt,. ia l"". al ihcirnh"r' "\a"f dat" NOT al
i,orihcr ,cril"d on - YET lWhrd, 'he more
enthusiastic of tie N"rs. advocate, assure rs
Mat the I,Ir vii l,' =" pn-'l"itrl. That h"'-"
r, III, better pr,.pn,r,l ior the air in 1854 than
IN l.p. l,ui> reasonable hrt II seems pr"'Ahlr
ut both date, Will have ~ h~ rejected DOW 'm''
,Lc i,ur,y,ru, .l,cnvcrir. Of H." Rrr. DR. Shaw.
,lr r.ui,rnt missionary 10 China have been IL ric
pu'hc.
|, is lrnrncd from long letter re- emily i'"iF'h
IN ,li., rI,y iIu:n DR. Nhow thr' n May 81 H. >
year -. ,I-l'.l the ir'rit"f I hin"N' as az ~
\.ln.Foo. III -" FRI. 1ncr of Nl"n->'". ~ 'I''
r;rr ilmrr. ll". llr:" ''r Doctor. win III" 'n'
If "A converted nHtlv" if"u. III" lii>~"" N''I'"
&C.. I I,n ,llsru,ctri 4 lhinS' hh'h'N tlP'
t,i,,, l.: o,,r rvu Luu,lr,r y-ar, before hil"'
| II tin, manuscript II Is proved De "nd h"""' '''
,,,;.., v.,. discovered Ly one lIrr.Ti. tii.r"
| 3 ! =
~, ur,i E.nprror hl-iivanG II. or I hln- -"nnE'
| vL, h,, been called the hiIss' Nhpplr"n. hrl
w,, frs, consolidated the petty Kingdoms OF ih'
! ,,..,, ,upi,, and built Tie nrrIt Wall II 'hiS
80. T.. GARRETT .s II al"st certainly Is, II follows
| ,i., 49,. L,\r ms pissed il convenient anniversary
| -, ,h, rr,a, event tihr tNo Thousand ohr nun
| ,rcltl wnlrh tell III lso3: Therefore We mist
| L,ck 10 all true hover, of accuracy to hlv"'A'"
| ,h, po,tponlng of the Fan 10 the yr"r 1885, the
| ry, ,hou,and Two lGndrrdth anniversary oil t''
| ,nuiual discovery Of this continent
Or Shaw s.,,ris II lev Interesting fncts. gam
Vred from tl.ls priceless na,nus'i1p' IL" Ill
| MAS the owner and commander OF small JUNK
| cniloyri in the coast trade. VIA" n'iAIhI Il
| rim probably in February. III is &, " sr"'"
| storm struck his vessel and drove II far odt J."
~,a When thr storm nnf", Ia" "i r""rs' d'-
| >lrr,l 10 steer west, AMI again wa'h ~" r"a>t OF
| lima As is we'll known, tnc mariner, COMPASS
| WAS in us. by Chinese sailors even ut thls "AIlN
| .l,v Now Ilrr LIS junk was infested hN yaiiG 81
| hucs an insect closely resembling oar ""'kr"h'h.
and one of them had uot into the compass during
| the ,iorn aud become wrdgel under the nrr'ltr.
| where it. died, first. however, struggling around
tie face Of the compass ana carIAliIA the T'r'll'
| with it, ill IT, ttm needle" pointed directly
| south instead of due north, rs IT should have
| done The Intelligent insect. We int!mu'r'i,
| then died. still under the needle where his body
| could not b, seen Consulting hi. compass and
| dc,.nding on il absolutely. Iler-l.i. oi ronr:r,
| sailed directly cast. This ne continued 10 do
| for three months and days. narvrlIing
| greatly that the coast Of China should 81 con-
| sianily rccclc. Once, the twrnty-iifih dJA
| lli-Thinc one Of tnc may his memory
perish. > Suggested that they must lr sailing
east US the sun constantly before them. ami
set behind them, hut He'll promptly threw
| him overheard, saying that his fathers had
! trusted the compass, since the thow-t hop-Sucy
dynasty, and il was then too late to doubt it..
| ON what appears 10 have been. June 10 Irc-l.i
| landed between the Both and 31th degrees of
north latitude. probably near the present cliy
| OF Monterey. California. Two days later one Of
the crew. while polishing up the compass. dis
| covered and removed the dead yang ST bug, and
| matters became clearer Ia llcc-IL.
| IIrc-I. and his crew of ten men remained In
| America ab"ut three moliS. exploring the coast
for fifty miles 10 the south and one hundred IL
the north. lie speaks tpart Of the manuscript
is his personal narraiivei in high terms Of the
weather, thus being the first To cNtDl the glorious
climate of California. lie entered the Golden
Gate, and explored the Bay OF San Francisco
giving it the name of liOng-Ts or Great Bay
lie barlcrcd with the natives and finally started
on his return to China in September, arriving
there in the hitter part iof the year. From
| fragments Of another manuscript found bv DR.