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XaONO ftWATt- OUR BANimR BRAVE TBB BSWQEZB - THE STANDARD OF THfl FREE.
EDrfOB AND PROPRIETOR-
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CL1RKSV ILLB, 111 11 V B K CO II NT I, TBI IS, IE1IMIEI 16, 1871,
NO. 49.
LE1TERS FUOil JAMES
Kcnbeb Sixties.
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Pekix, August 20,
.When you first get into a new greutcity
you ask for maim and a guide-book.
I have none, save in aHong Kong
book, hut works on Pekin are numerous,
Tho "Ji-hiakieu-weu-katr is- before me—
lfl0.ch«oters oulv—ioju^i rt!>ter^.?u. the
beauties of Pekin, (I can't see them yet;
it scout to me an intermit hoft—no side-
walks, no gutters, thopriviesin the streets
in open sinks, and the neoniiiislated filth
of centuries rising up in terrific stenches ;
through hiiid over boots two and a half or
three feet long,) twenty Chapters on the
public buildings, ( I am going to hunt them
up ;) eleven on the Palace of the Emperor,
(no outside, harbariau like me is ever per-
mitted to enter that sanctum there;) one
chapter on a large monastery, containing
1.1 OirLninu priests ; four chapters on the
Imperial city ; twelve on the Tartar city.
The Confiiciaa Temple has t wo chapters.
Then, there are three more mi the ten stone
drums, years old. As the "Ji-hia-
kieu-weu-kau" is all in Chinese, reading
backwards and upside down, I fear I shall
not nrollt much by it, in my anient pur-
suit -for knowledge- undcj- difiienlties in
Pekin. <,Cheii-yite -chi4io'' is auother
guide-hook here, only eight volumes 'It
tells not me, hut the Chinaman, who tells
me, "I can visit, the principal objects of
interest in a month,*'but even then shall
obtain only very inipei'tcet:itleus ! I have
only a week, two weeks at the most, l\ir
starting, eario-lii:iitii|g. What, then, can
1 see iu or about these twenty-five square
miles, within walls ?
My first onlstart has been,; under the
auspices of a clever young KUgUshmaii,
Who speaks? Chinese su|tieieiiti,>-r;(a s.u
dent ;it(er|'r.,li, i f the T ii:i.-Ui ..legation.,,
preparing himself ioT friturc ( 'hiiiese . con-
"n1n.-~.Viv-)—into the('liinere city. The Le-
garionssaao ali i'l the Mr.in-ha or Tartar
city. There are three cities within a city
—the heart, the Psdace, t he Castle city
the sanctum Rjihctortinr of Chinese auto-
cracy, where ihe l-'mperur of Heaven mid
Earth sits and breathes, nearly all a'-.ne
by himself, save with his wives at.d ton-
cubir.es—the Imperial city, this is called.
Then the Tartar city,where the Manchti or
Tartar population reside. The!] (lie Chia-
030 city, the city ot thc'i'aitai or Maacltn
governed Chinese—-for the M.iunhtts or
Tartars, only a few hundred years gone,
by, you may renle nher. if anybody ever
cares to know, ovortloWed l!ie great wall-
aid then ran over all China. V.'o went a
shopping I Where did a woman ever go
that she did not go a-a^pping—that she
did not want something.and to hi:y some-
thing I I have OXperietiecil, years ami
years ago, oil th<yj|>per Lukes, even among
the then Pottawotaiiiies, and in Vancou-
ver, and iii Jerusalem, and in Ciibialtar.
ami everywhere, the woman limst go a*
shopping. I'ekiit, 1 had fancied, had not
n temptation on earth for shopping; bat
.what'a blunder I made, the moment 1 was
introduced into the. shops of the Chinese
city. This i- one of the greatest fur mar-
kets iu the world, Slotigoliu, Maiichtu ia
aud Corca, as well as Siberia, se d down
here their sables, their ermines, their leop-
ard and tiger skii'S, the White fox ami
gray fox, and atl others Spccice Of fill's.
The climate is fiercely cold here in winter
ml fuel being scarce and corfly, the man-
darins and wealthy elates wrap themsel-
ves up in sables and ermines, while tilts
poorer classes j ut on sheepskins. The
market is tempting. Sables, the best
skins, can be had from 5 to 7 Mexican
dollars each ; a mandarin's sable robe from
2()0 to 500 Mericnn dollars, often even les.v
ermine mantelets for about -•" and30, with
leopards, tiger:, mid foxes in proportion.
Ku't "cheating" is a Ciinesc as well tnr
European art, . The furriers color and dye
their sables, u:ul who can tell I
• • * • • •
(After tho massacre of French missiona"
lies at Tien-ts,.:, Europeans were natur-
ally led to inquire what JU'odtu *d this
feeling again I Ciiri-.tianiiy, nm! this
brought about the dccovi ry of a hook
written by a Chinaman in high authority
and circulated by luuudutiiis, nnd others,
secretly.
"This religion has its headquarters iu
BltOOKS Pope- -In all important matterstlic Kin
receive commands from the rope."
Then follow accounts of tho conduct of
priests, which are worse than anything
described by Maria Monk, or even iiua
gined in the English language.
"In case of funerals, (of Chinamen,) this
religion's teachers eject all relatives and
friends from the house, and the corpse is
put into the collin with closed doors,both
eyes are secretly taken oitt, nnd the or-
flee sealed up with a plaster.
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• The^wMW** *c c^ractUtg- ttitij "Sjj|K!S Hi
'this :- ■ '\ "V■ ^
"From 100 pounds of Chinese lead can
be extracted.«S pound* of silver, aud its
remaining 02 pounds of lead can l o the
at the original cost. But the only way
to obtain this silver is by compounding
the lead with theeyes of Chinaman. The
eyes of foteigncrs arc of no use for this
purpose." • * • *
The following is probably tho reason
w hy the Ciliihamen h^at their gongs so
furiously in their lights with the English
niid Americans :
"Foreigners have the art of cutting out
paper men ami horses, and by burning
charms and repeating incantations, trans-
forming them into real men and horses.
These they use t > terrify their enemies.
They may, however, be dissolved by hea-
ting a gong, or by spouting water ove
them. * * * In creating a man, to lie
the progenitor of the human race," God
ought to have created him completely vir
tuotif and absolutely perfect, and even
then there \\<>uld have been danger that
lve would not be able to transmit his vir-
tues to iris descemiantB. Why should he
Creale stich a prond ami wicked man as
Adam, and allow him to bring sufl'erhig
"f. U 7 " ' ZV^:f!ottt<arisda«ity. ndUnowrutroK.a(li,IK,bo-
>o way ofj°*f the Bible,
[ a big city tho filth it. ConfucUn* preached as well a* C'liritifr,
get back to A inerica, or into Bhrojie, if 1
could theu buy it back again ! No ae
wers, no closc
letting out of
Streets nncleaned tor two ceuturies, save
by the hogs and vultures ! The poor are
unclad and unwashed, with skins the wa-
ter seems never to have penetrated, and
eyes that are sore—but why pain you to
describe t Imagine the worst evcrytluug,
in that way, and t hat worst is ail h
Nevertheless, people. do£tt?o "
tho mam
their hopeless exterior-loSking tlwellii
abound in a certain S]>ccic8 of luxiirii
the Bible", to reform China. The race lia#
uisde all the progrca* possible, he adds, with
which Confucian preached
are jbding awny, or being disohejed. IIo
thinfcs Christianity in ranking a rapid a pro-
grees hero an could be cxpecled, when ttrst
brought into conflict with the Buddhism and
Couiuciuuism of a thousand agi>s( aud that it
is now hiving ihe foundation, by-and-by rap-
! I do not see itlthough he
iu the opinion
7"ZTUwiTiT.rir ve Clurksvillo merchants | by a continuation ot the most lovelj
Looknnto tt, ye^iu '>■ >"' K J streams, which grow «t length intoGreen
Farmers of lied ltiVor county cau send by rlver_«i;l,j,jBg 0f beiititv and a joy Ibr-
ever." After crossing this stream many
way of Dennis's FrftJ,to Atoolia,or Nail ® r
Jtore, on middle Boggy, theuce on stage thnes, the passage js made through a tun
road to terminus. Iu all the dry season
there is a nearer route.
The Indian country is much of it excel
Bt
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vements trw
Jirtg
t&v4e iniesioyiiiHoB ave
lent. So desolate h>okiug, however, that
it gives one the blues to pass through it.
Kansas is eqiuilly goo<l, though, in lurgo
part destitute of tlml>er. Much crop rais-
ing, without any fence. Especially the
Western patf&f the Start is wttl>out a
"" " timber, ovea|aloiig the stretrins so
and in a vers feu comforts. 'U hat Pekin ttoiue rcBpeetH learned men. Tho Koinun Ontli-
is, therefore, one cnunot sec in the streets olies, when tlrst here started as teachers of ■" *" ..v..... •• >
great things materiabas welL as spiritual, ami tlieyy-ie<^ to 8ew Ot CoWrtafi.—
upon his descendant:! iii all genera Hons!'
These extract s gi ve but the faintest idea
of l! (• abuses aud niisrepreseiitatiohs o'
Chii>tiaiiity. . Further extracts would be
so indecent, or intidelMie, as not: to bear
iviitntovn'Vv;v.oilc was
avowed to be ^t!ie expulsion of tho r.iee
liuwaii." that is, tho European species,
from all parts of China.
Nf.MUKU Si;vkxth:N.
Pejcix, August 23.
In the Ifu-sian l.egiition here, inside
there is every luxury or comfort the heart
could desire. Some 10 or il* acres of in-
closure, Walls, gardens, frnit-, flowers,
ilircls, books, horses, in abundance to ride
on, chairs to ride in &c; but outside, m
the stnvets and liigltways, what sloughs,
pits, sinks, hole:v stinks, mud, dirt, dust!
Tii go out is like going out of I'arudtso
into Tartarus The Pope, by . the way.
nirkmimcd all these Easterners, when
they firtit visited Home as from Tartarus;
hence, Jiie word Tartar, unknown here
but iii foreign mouths. Nevertheless,tmc
mast go out. There are no roads for car-
riages {hence, no carriages of any kind,
except that villainous, springiest, woodon*
axled;cart, mule liatilvil. 'J lie .Mongolian
pony, a furious, fiery beast, that turns
down Itis cars and turns nj his heels, wh"it
you go to mount him, is your pleascit
conqtaition. You must go with the jisiiy
thougii the streets oj' IS'kiii or not go at
all, unless yon "foot jt," aiid the distances
iu the I ot sun now are too great for that.
'When I came here the otl'er day, the city
was all mud, mud—inrnl two feet deep, or
moie—and holielcss sloughs iu that m:id,
if you were not taught the Pekin arts 01
mud navigation. Now there are many
dry places, for an August sun has been
p'utvi.Mg down some days, and the dust is
from one to si* inches deep iu some pla-
ces, while in othetsthe mud is about as
had as ever, and the rivers of undrained
water render whole streets impossible to
cross. For example, I road a utile to-day
Under the great walls of the Imperial Pal-
ace, on a raised mud sidewalk, dusty now
and so narrow, a-Chinaman could hardly
pans me, mi ltorsebiick, while six or eigl.t
T"t.t helnw Wii.- a a.ml river; it monstrous
ditch i v. cut\ f. it wide, of liiiul and water,
no nude or pony cared to sound or to ex-
p'.ore. This mingled dnst and mud is a
strange sight in a city; hut in our own
('apital of Wiishingtoii. during the Civil
witr, t he .'{reel s ot ten w ere not unlike
tho:?* of Pekin :and even now, where the
flreJ bnildci-s are working, say in
Wasliington, on the >'ew York new
avenues, thing* are very IVkitt cse.
JI w liuitifin beitigs live by the Iiundrcd
thoiisaQds in such a citj as this, is Only
Italy. It has-a succession of Kings of j to be accounted for by their insi-nsibility
the Church, (I'opes,) who assume, in be J to sights and smells ; but they don't rcc,
halt of Heaven, to coiiimucicate instrnc-1 and thry don't smell. Eyes and noses
tion. When a King of any of the Wes j in China are, imlewl. oftiui ns great ctu-scs
tern nations tuieceeds to tin throne, he as they are generally big blessings. 1
rooeivee liaa •othority to rulb from the' should like to dis-ense r-:l> ~ <1 |
ami as a foreigner can only with
difficulty get into a Chinese house, no
stranger is likely to seo more than t'>oso
streets. There arc sumptuary laws iu Pe-
kin,that forbid liisuriotiK iiidiilgeiu-e. No
luaiidariti ever can ride iu a Sedan chair,
no matter how many buttons he has won,
what their color is, or fans he carries, but
by special permission of the Emperor.
The Sedan chair is the Emperor's prero-
gative. Foreigners attached to legations
use it as representative of home majesty
and the "insolence" is tolerated from ne-
cessity ; but no Chinaman ventures upon
anything beyond a cart, save nil two great
days of life, or death—t he first, a mar-
riage procession, and the second, a fun-
eral. Lururics are allowed then. The
woimui, then, the only «lay of her life,
rides iu a sort of Sedan. Hence,now I im-
derstand t be commotion made on t he night
of my oi t«riiijr tlic city .villi an iriieii Seil in, ami
a laJy in it. Tlicse mimptiiAr; Invr.- I of,
pwvade, I urn lulil, all Pokiii lite, ftiul ki .■ here
e-jifctially kept up to keep the peot>le iu* far «>
i<t>i>ible roinov.-ii tVmu iliM-btxuries of tlio Eiii-
I'pr'tr, 'l'ln v do not "xist (-iupwlicre in Girina,
only in tli'n I'dutL I'it'.', wI)o:'C .the !luij>friir i.^
The inapil ;roi hnii ]i i>- KNp^iat sublq r )•-.*. er ir-
mine itdcrniiientA. in wiiiter. M lor tli« women,
tjii-v >ot i r It, Im- of iio iici-u:int hero, lyive Bs ;ho
theri; of ehiUrctj, i ii" Chiniiiiiiiri takes :i+ many
wivr.j licre i'i lit- can up|n.irt —tli-' Kaipcror hsis
tlici.ii hy the li.inilri'd —I'lit tlip fir^t wi'c*. w '.tlio
real witi-, in ite only iiiwtri-g of t!n> f.-tiibliiii-
nio.it, iinil the oilier.-'nre only lie r liandm'd-'fl
about the c.Htftl'lii-liMiciit, and rtipvall oboy Lar.
Tlie Abraham fxaao iln-l .):iepti louih- 61 lit'o i<i
tliu- ilfc iut-iiina jot. '
in tlus r,'-ji'ef a woji lieyo :d t')«- Patriurulin
What a i'.ta! t'ni'. i- ouid In- tor il r*
ton ado llii> other bright ftronj •>n
w tio iu A inerica iiry tor reUa iiiiog the Wortil—
lor Wrtman ii not ol the lenxtncciuni here, mive
tu be pretty aiid well pfliiiled \vitti wliite powder
and vermilion, hair I-Jtig, «kfwer..'d, an-t well
glu l. #o tbat u yule 11'wind cannot ilwturh it—
tlie w iiole Mt:ind,iig upiin two little prapn, lookin z
like birds' el iw ilv.iiy up in ^aui'iil.-i; mid here
called "Iti-t.*' Alan, women tii<Uioti.< uIV L'ljii'.vlly
l'on)j !i e ervwliere ! I b.-i in .lapan, oni-e, the
woinan'a hair witu her own. and wi>m be ilea in
the-but. I Woulii notl-et on any ill nbotil wp-
iu ii in China tow. from her hea l to tier loot-
olaws- troiu Ji«r long uuib lo tlie Color of Uer
iaC<!, Copper, 1.should iiayo cailtol jier" ctilor ;
t ut I i-eu po uianv potv.lered. und verinilioa fa- '
cab, thai I am not iertaia. now, the \v, ni.in ra -e
is not white, witli red cheek* or cbeuka n little
reddened. Ab^ve the brow^ in oiien p.\inted reJ
with tiie evclitlH, too.
Tho British and French Legations have
iptatters almost as luxurious as the UttMian—
the Hritish more grou nd. The ibissiati ground
was A eouccMiioii in olden time:<, the fee in the
HtiK.siati (ioveriiuieot; the lfritish hire n grand
(.'liinese Paldcc, with right of leaso-rcnewal.
acconiiuodated Ihe spiritual to the material.
Matthew lticci, an I aliaa Jesuit, who came
to China about the year ftJOO, putott'lhe priest-,
hood garb, and put nn I hut of the Coiifiteiaa
literati. lie studied,their sacred classic books
and became master of Confucius anil Mctiei-
oiis. Kchaal, u German Jesuit. made hlmuell'
an nstroiioiiier in Pekin. Verba st, another
Uerinan Jesuit,mnile logarithina, andcast guns
for the i hinese. IVtt, in timo. the Catholics
fought with the Chinese worship of ancestors,
the system of polygamy, &,, and then -the
St
Through Kai
to 10 cents a mile.
>idly*on, not
nel to the wmrce of Lost creck, aud down
its course rast some grand elitls to tU
Weber river ; and down the course (k
that steahito the great valley of Utah.
Two or three other tunnels oecnr along the
crooked coiirse ot the Weber. „ Wc look
and look in vain for timber sort of
growth," but desides a sprtukTing of
ted cedars In Wyoming, near the
Pass, no stand of trees is to be seen.
enjoy-tlH* sublime severity
less'plains ; and still inf"
■I of the
|Hhh
Extort io(W^-'
The monotony of railway riding over tree
less phiiiis,wtiH pleiisantly relieved by see-,
ing tin unexpected pleutyof wihrcrenttires
—inhabitants of the everlasting, waste—
from the prairie dog'to] the buffalo. As
many of my readers would like the sight
and cannot have it, we will give them
some description of these creatures in-
stead..-
The Prairie Dog is smaller than an or-
dinary puppy t wo months old, looks fat.
•y are
I ,nfi!'
conflict of Christ andCoiifaeious becaine «0 | C.liinisy ; brown above; yellow below ; tail
great, that, both the JcsuitH and Douiiidoaiis | linger length, raised when nuiuing. He
were Bxpei'ed even after converting ho stiiall ] stops at the mouth of his' burrow, and
portion of China to Christianity, I looks at you, raising his sbun> now near-
I liavo been fading npw for wnno weeks i, , • , ni.i i.„ .l,,.,,, iM11.i,
t atmhitions of Coiiftieiits and Metioioiis, aud ^ stiat^tit u|. J Hit not lieai t lu iu lull K.
of nit other iranslirted elirssics I could get hold j Next we saw tho Buffalo, a large ox ;
of—aiid these o:io<«ic>>, wirl, the commeiitivrics as if bleached, on tho shoulders
tipoii theiu, are legion, tilling great libnin.-H } , „ . , , . , .. , ,
but 1 am ta 11 gi;«at st.ee of mental roufasioii [and back ; darker elsewhere, to black be-
oyer them, uih) only c.ach scholars a l>r. W'il- • low. His head heavy mid shaggy with
liaiiis and the liritish Minister, Mr Wade. | , ,, i..,._fi „i,i„ .
with wliiiin 1 have iitsute inauy iai:.s, stem to! • ' bauds hngth under tho t hin ,
compn-heinl the mysteries oftheni- lint 1 am
coiiviiici'd lliev would hi- very protliablo slml-
ies to lis .Viin'i iranH ko far os thi-v teach home-
Horns short. Very deep through the
breast. lie is light in the hind quarter.
-ovorani: !.!, family -fovertuneiif, oi.ediem-e to j Callops heavily ; follows his leader like tt
iiaiciit.s. Ruciilli-i iif ►•eif to pureiiis. Morals wild goose, anil is evidently a stupid niti
«re the foundation of Politic* with tin- great
Chinese philosopher! "How eau a mean man
serve his i'rliiee ? (asks Confucius ) When
out of otTice, his soh- object is to attain it,and
.WfaaL hoim^-iUtHMH-d Hhis imfy-IMWiety'-is to
kc-ji it In his unprincipled dread of losing
. . ... . .. ... ... |1<)W
Cady Si an- his place, he will raidiiygiHtll lengths.li
in iuif hidifu, much in tint lot- the Aiiiei ican luiiul just ; ,.lai varieties
nnd pliihmnphixiug, and oU what dry topics
Kuoagh for lo d-o-. J. li.
mal, Th«y itre nbtinilaiit fit some places
oil the plains and easily idiot. We shot
several, killed none.
II ttMnOLT Vam.ky.—Colorado deserves
remark, It abottmls in native g.ass—scv-
Stock'finfl
,lo,v ; | ^ivy., !i sustoiiance in
lint how: T am wandering* anil scribbling, > the hardest weather, among tho points of
tlic mountains.
Qfifrcxpoitthmce uf the fitfiiihirtl.
SKETCJ il-IS ()FTHA VKL.
(We Use popular lnn-
gttage.)
With railroad facilities, £t! c (settlers
will realize it rretty pnitlt on their stm-k,
with very little trouble. Best of all, it is a
ri>... , . , ... . healtny country ; nnd further, not Jikely
CHi;\l3JfXB [Pronounced Shtaii | We,; ... : A, . , , ' , .
, . . . , , , ,,, i to be overrun by theaboininable Chinese,
have been uuub.e to write—bad tcalth , . . *- . _, , , , '
v „ ... , ^ .. : etc. 11lls we record. Those who desire
and bad chance. >ow we have to write,:, . , ., ■
. . .j !i_.. i ' health us a chief olyecttor wliicli to move
wishing abo good soeiet.s wottltl be Ikfttcr,
or scribble as wc ride on the railroad
Sherman, Texas, is a pleasant town,;
livtlic night;
and interest a
ing a dcscriptlo
many can scarctdy Ik
list of tbingn iiidcmni
scei.es along tiic Webcr
C 'opper oi^CoiitiPB i/Pfii*
miles or fariher in the mo
wc learn, to be rniiisportetl
3..
but all you see and hear iu tavern, store;
or street is Northern. This iiillux
Northern population, capital nnd enter-
Suited by .'locating in I)env«*r, or near it,
' than ans\ where in Califoridii. I shall id-
btde to ibis opinion atYersceing the Pncif-
ul ic country.
It has cost us near $.10, to come thin way
prise, Will prove advantag'-otis in some more than by, St. Umis, and the upper
respects. Southern rights will be Ihe
•oute. We do not. regret it. All adviui-
es fifty
id is,
to 1*h>o£ m
Engliind to be melted. . ' ^4, - •
Newspapers, pamphlets, books, fruits * '
and other trillcH, are preswd on the trav-"
eler aboard a tiniii, so that it is easy to
sjiend two or three dollars a day. Pears,
grapes etc., from California, are in hand
since we came past Ogdcu. They are
large and fine. But this 1 notice: tho
word "California" has in it some charm,
and allowance is of course to be made for
many of t lie views of persons nnd oven
their statements.
Nov. I8th. CLARENCE.
New York, Dec. 7.—A drunken mnn
fell into an Area and was frozen to death.
The meeting of the Tutiuunny sacheniM
for the alleged pitrposcof expelling Tweed
had 110 quorum. ■...■■■"
The directors ot the tJ< joti Club expell-
ed Mayor tiuli for alleged coniicction with
i lie ring frajids. The Tribune states that
the (Ji and Jurywill indict one high State
ollicial and u large itiimln r of city officials
for bribcrv and corruption.
Halifax, lice. <1.—A gale on the coast of
Prince Kdward's lidai'd has pi'ostratcd
fences, trees, houses, two churches and
the telegraph lines5 two Vessels wrec^i
ed. , . .
Spriugfleld, Mass. Dec. 7.—Wm. Stow*,
post master here tor It years, und • Clerk
of the House of Representatives for C
years, is dead.
Hagerstowu, I>cc 7-—Tho Et/iscopnl
church and courthouse are burned; sever-
al were killed by the fulling of the dome
of the court house : the records were sav-
ed ; wind high; lire coutiuuca at lust, ac-
counts.
New Orleans, Pes I—T.arite cd enthulI *tlo j
uici tii'g ol ohisen* h«td here to da*at the Mc-
clmii'cH' f"Htituiein Invor of reforiu Prominent
citi.wr.N piolb-ipstrd
'fhc re|iortol the Ciminis8ioii«r of Internal
Itevcnuoshows thai the aggregate receipt* of the
lisc il year arc 8144/ Oo,(J0O, ami f-riiimted re-
ceipts ol die current year $ l^.-' OO.tloO,
On tlie *.'d the Ifud 00 r.ver wna closed u f r
Sootli us 1'ivoli Tw< etl's bondsmen have with-
drawn.
Mm. Wbiirton wa< rrmoved to Annapolfs,
1
soonc- restored .,..d Smith..,i. I ■U> t'llHtomin and Oregon • w|,(,re jlwr,piol wnx u.cowin.ince on MonJ«*
soonc. restore«, ima Motitheiu i^tcreHts' than hcrci But tberecaii lie no well or - - ' • • 3
lit nbout fifteen haimrcd dollain iiiinual rent; ,,,,,,,,1.. ;,.ti 1 i . r ,
.. mainly mnttcnced by fear or cupidity.—
the (..reach say the repairs they huro nuido . . - .„ . ,
ami make upon their Palace pay the rent. The! Jh'V'M,f m0,"'-V wiU in«1,,W5
Auiericati i.egat ion is in the house and on t he | H°" _ 1,"S1,,('^ i,n<1 fllir '"K ' K«"«r
grounds of 1 >r. Wi:Iinirx, the .Secretary of Lc-
bettOr protnoteti in consequence. Men ate j tiered society- the most important tliirgj
gat ion and interpreter here, who bought and
built nil for himself. ■•Mat for him, tho Ameri-
can Minister would have no place fit for n dog
to live in. The houses autl grounds are hand-
some now, and quite spacious. This Dr. H.
Wells Williams, by tho way, who came front
his summer quarter*, '-the hills," some 16
miles off. to see me, it one ef the most re-
markttble men 1 ever met with. Ho is the
American indispeiiKtibillty aud the Amci ican
ilistilutiiin in China. Ho has lived here some
thirty odd jretu:*, speaks Chinese tlueutly.and
probably knows nioro of China than most of
tho Chinese. He is a regular IHbliophilist,
a Thesaurus, an Kacyclopu'dia ami seems to
know everything. Just now lie i* making a
Chincse-Knglish Dictiona'y, on which he has
been at work some years, nml which life hopes
to fiqielt in a year. No topic turned up in our
long eojversat foil, Whether of theology, cos-
mogruphy, philology, or cosniogony, t at he
did not seem to know all *Wout,und without
the least ostentation of knowledge. And then
lie was its great 011 furs. (Abies, aud fiirl<eai -
ing animals, ami y herii they como friiin, mid
on precious stoncK, as on the ntogkt. He went
nl. Business rules ami maxims have ref-
erence of course, iu the first place, to tlie
pecuniary advantage of'capitulistii, It is
easy to foresee that Noi l hern men will
go on moiio|K)1i%iug the trade of Texas.
Their clerks and employees top, will be
ns
New ' trlcani, lieu 4--f i tHirio"l for tied i'.ieer
... WihKra. .
with such nil clcuicut,'uud so abundant,! NcwOr!e«ne< Nov 4 —In the Second PiMriit
the Chines". . * iCouri, .lielye Wb irton ('ollerw decid-d the coee
. .. . . , , , , . .'-.■«, el Joseph l'uiil s vt< Myrn Clark Guinea. The
But wc did not conclude iu last week s ,>pinion Ipngtliil ,■ iic-laris that MrsUaines U not
Hi' h-giruuntc cli Id of Daniel Clark, nor li'S unl-
versal legn'ce. 'flieref'Te ord«Tfit that the will
ef lHtUj |.ur|mriing tube the will of D*ni)-1 CUrk
piobutci 1 hi IsSii, nc revoked an<t declercd inval-
id, and that the pr .bate tliurrcf be annulled.
Mis Ottinesrelud uitinly up in thii will for her
claim.
letter our description of the. denizens of
thedesert—tlic animals native iu the plains
and in the inountaiuN.
We saw a few of the Cnyote : (prou'd.
Jviote,) a wolfish creature iieur the size of
a dog ; light brown above, yellow to white
Northern or foreign, not Tcsnit, except, it' below. More numerous than any other,
may be for drudgery, Our young men ICVI'" A hundred at a sight, nnd the an-
telopes—deer-like animals, with' shortej
legs and less brail,s however.
heavy iu the hind
should Study books and business, diligent-
ly. '1 hose of true Southern type, though
poor, will find or inako business out af
tho Yankee's way, where they can ritlc j Ibrwnrti, white li
their own horses, smoke their pipes, wear' 'u''oxw"e,,t ^
c/oinmon hats and coarse boots, am! let ! 'J htt nionntuin region abounds in snow,
the world rock 011. I Snow sheds are built fo protect the road,
The old style population will mostly < H""0"#1' euts especially, where diifts cot-
. Washington, Dec 4-i.Moth llonsee ort:ani*-'4.
Daw M itlinirin^iK'oniiiiilti u ot Wiiye ai<d Mean*;
il*itleljd,C< intuitUe (It Appropriuliolir
liiHurreclu
rest .ess, grasping,
retire, before the
shrewd Yankee.
From Sherman v.e ran on stage, 1001
miles to the pn-se.':: terminus of the Mis-
souri, Kansas and Texas Rail Road. It.
was a rather rough ride. Bridges will
soon lie all right however, over Blue and
tho Moggys; ami other improvements
probably made. Tiny are needed. As a
jn; i;ec a a ne new , ,
iworfi ill 'are* .11 "li,
wpraa
and Itcri.dun, Ilancocli^J
>*(•*. Tbjtiwo last ha *
cernflcaterWhnih wilfbo
tin ot Ueciioiw. * •
li in uedemtoed thatSpraker lll nne lilUbrought
the list of ihe Kta.Kiing committee* to ttiin city
liiil v inmle up and has nut consented to entertain
llic <{ia-*iiui of rtiungiiig any iui(loitant aaeign*
:P1
lect. fI1iese sheds are frxuicd structures
i of shajW like the roof of a house, iind ex; " "'i- Cnn.usl n-ote^roe hii* been mainuined,
' teiidir.g, some of them, several hnodretl
yards. L'mler them it is quite dark.— W.ifchii.gtou; b«o 7
Snow fences to stop the d;ilt, are seen i« j ^TCaS^tWns whether . witneee
many places on the plate*. Ihey are of white j.hmd ou tf.e Ku k.iikt'wmmitiee, in con-
with Commodore l^erry. its translator, to op( i.1 traveler wc shotild lie more obliged l.v n
.tillifil, ,.r,,l 1,^ u„,...l;r............ "V "
Japiin and lie speaks Japuncs''. What a pity
sach ••bookh" littTu to die, au I ono cannot al-
ways have such living hooks with tliein. iu-
sti-ad of being com) ello.l to turn over leaves,
moral reform, tiiriti by any .uateriiil im-
previ ment. We aliitde to the deep and
constant drain driokiug by the drivers of
aiid weary one's cy V with letters J Dr. Wd- t^c Stages. They miist lie the refuse ot
lisim* was a printer by trails, entue to Mm-.te ' Northern stage liiies—ytuikeeh nearly all
from I lii-a, N, V , a. a printer^ and fur some . —begging their '•llO|i|it;r Satis" ot |>asset|-
years pnblislu d and edited the Chinese !<<•- } gers. We were glild t«i hnv«: none for
poritwy lu Canton. Br. He,ib lino, of Vol.o-1 them. We fbttud at I*t. (j'lison, wagons
honift. Japan, is another like ui.ui-an Anteii- j from ratttliti and Hi'tl Rivereottiities. bHng
-mi iadispensabilit.v thore—who links and con- (|l{? cttoa for the St. lUiiiis market. This
-or!- in with, nil wc know of Jnpnu. He, too,
is mulling a I lictionnry—a Japniii-Ne-Ktiglish
Dictiotinry. Of coitrse. men thus long living
with the native litres here, become sympathet-
ic with them, excuse them, palliate their blun-
ders, errors, faults, even their crimes. Iir
WUIiaiua n lioeupon Ui* Mibie, aud only npon
hsiks to us, like a move in the right di
rection.
The cost 0:1 a bale of cotton from Slier
man fo New Orleans, was, we learn,
$17,80; to St. Louis this way, if l'.',50.
Flour at the terminus 93,71 to #4.
. — —
tii,lis ns to pi r'iculur uppoiutinenta
ulatile giirski. (f
The itouic is engaged
1 nn pi, sliuli bt sire, ten by a u'Uiairrcot TtsCltu
' ion or by ihe action of tlie Senate alone.
HHHI 'Wasliington, Dec t) Mr Williat-as, of Oregon,
Hy a long gr.idual ascent,t*.e road gocs-*"«« *d« Aki-rmar. «• Attorney General. The
rough the South 1 ass 8742 feet, at the' I',,*!Je'.l1"ominaiioas lo the Senate ;
1 > 1 *"■ ncnriy all heretofore report**!
San r'ranci*co, I'cc 0 Kcoaiorial contest
wot d or rock, about six lect high, frequent-
ly double.
tit
highest place, above the level of the sea;
only« few hundred feet above the plaits
on each side. The pass is some 18 miles
tiirougli iind two Or three wide. Hun-
dretls of Tesas cattle have perished with
cold in Montana, some In Kansas, lately.
Most of the curiosities escape tho no-
tice of one H.\ iv g through a strange conn
BOW
between ^urgent aud 0 4c; Cole tock looking Hp.
On-gon Peoples' Insurance Conip*ny coUapaed;
I'acitic Insurance Company tottering.
Another (ietskatlun iu TreaMier Kptnnrr'e
ofbct- lit>* Ueii dis overed; Beth'Johnson, 1 Ayinjg
iutureM teller, i* tlio rt hftj iLoosasd tlolLr*; be
iui* been speculating ami is a New York caao.
^ A mngtiilicent scene was witness-7
try. The Mucky mountiiiiis are ctipiwd ,otl along the Nashville and Decatur
with snow, etiuopieii with cnniulo-ciirous!railroad, nenr Overton's station, Ten-
cloiuls, which closely reseuibh. the suowyj ne(wee> hy thu ,,angers who cams
In'ilu S'Mitli Pnw in •Tuly, nny one enn!',l*° Njtfhvillc Vucsduy on tbcCYCii-
have ice by digging one to two feet—the >ng train, 'I'lie woods and fields for
grass on the spot tloiirishing a ftnit high.1 two miles in width were on firo, and
This has lK^it ktiwi. to travelers many j the ilameaappconsd tobe«weej«nR«*•
>ears. The terrible dreannesn ot uioua t .. Tl,«
tain sconery is pU«usHiitly relieved, after!® ^ ®8 "^'ore them. ITie *
some hours run through the rook) range' fonces,it is feared, trill be very great.
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