The New York Herald Newspaper, May 28, 1856, Page 12

12 Thave yet to learn. Our stay bere extended only from the 31st Aug. to the ¢th September, there being nothing call for our interference in the cause of Americans; 80, on the morning of the 6th Septem- ber we got under way, and sloped a course for the Navigator Group. We arrived at the harbor of Apia, Island of Upola, 15th September, nine days from Tahiti. Our stay here was marked by some rather warlike prepara. tions—sach as preparing ull bouts, getting up shot and shell, getting spriugs on our cables, &c., in con- sequence of the natives having heretofore refused to indemnify some of the foreign settlers for property stolen and injuries intlicted. Capt. Bailey, however, by the greatest exertions, and unwearied patience, succeeded in briuging the: to reason, without a re- sort to force—thus leaving in their minds an impres- sion of his good judgment and high iategrity of pur- pose, and sutisfying the ‘oreigners: After remaining bere a wsutlicient length of time to settle all pending difficuities, on the morning of the 29th we got up ancnor, and stood out of the beautiful harbor of Apia, bound to the Feejee Group. Arrived at Laouka, Isiaud of Ovslau, on the 5th of October, and found the Joha Adams, Commander Boutwell, here at anchor. Capt. Boutwell was en- gaged endeavoring to sctile the same difficulty then, which I have seen a full acovunt of in your columns since. In consequence of Capt. Boutwell’s havivg commenved the investizution, Capt. Bailey,although the senior officer, with his unmul generosity, declined dividing the laurels to be won with Capt. Boutwell, and allowed him to settle tac whole matter. Captain Boutwell, judging that that his force was sufficient+ in case of & resort to extreme measures, and which was fully proven upon the issue. Our provisions being short, on ihe morniug of the 10th, we got ander way, aud proceeded to the coast of Chile. I must here beg Ie to make a few remarks, from opinions formet by myvelf, on the con- dition—moral, pbysical and intellectual—of the different tribes inhabiting these oceanic re- gions: In every piace at which we touched, where the foot ot the angl»Saxon has left its im- print, we find the aboriginees degenerating; there is no mistaking the tacts. clesrly spread before our eyes. The Anglo-Saxon and the native of these | islands can never intermingle their blood without the eventual extinction 2: the latter. 1 consider the natives of tae Society Islands by far the most intellectual and the Feejeeaus the ‘best physically deveioped. As for worais it would be hard to make accmparisop. It seems rather hard that the whites should force their terms of government upon a race of beings who we.e happy before they saw the white man. What 1s the French protectorate over the Society Islands but a form of enslaving the aboriginal] inhabitants or owners of the soil’ Ask aa oid inhab tant bow he likes his rulers, and he will tel! yon they aie ne good, and will then tell you that till the French came there their young ‘women Were Virtucus, their young men sober and industrious, their wives honest and fa'thful. The white man bas introduccd suuny articles which the natives here begin to think ne ry for their com- fort, and which they cuunvt obtain without pros- tituting themselves to ba-e purposes. Disease, and, in many cases, deati ioilows a8 a result. Look at the old Kanska and at the veneration now spring- ing up where the Anglo-maxen has planted his foot. In the former you will discover the well developed sinew of manly strengt! and besuty of proportion; in the latter, the degen rating intermixture of the two biocds—short in statue, feeble in intellect, and immoral to a shocking degree. it must ard will, in the course of a century more, be conceded that the race is gradually, but the more surely, declining. And, at the pre-ent rate, or sty within the last ten years, there will not be one tiousand of the pure anaka race alive at the end of the present century | in the Sandwich [-lands. Lhave no reliable iuiwana of knowing the exact po ulation of the Feejee group: [ think, however, that the pamber, as given in your correspoadent’s letter of the Ist inst., sou ewhat overstated; and a remark or two in recard to the undae influence exercised over our naval commanders by Euglish diplomatists may not be out of place here. [fl am correct in my estimate of the characters of Captains Wilkes, Magruder aud Builey, at whém I sappose ~‘sese shafts were aimed, your correspondent must be Mally unacquainted with the men to supp se that ty English or other diplomatist would stand tthe way of their protecting the lives of fnericans, or their property, when required to 30 by them as residents in a toreign country sby their government at home, and if the gentle- 80 is fond of suriosities, in the shape of an Ame Fican commander upholding said cause, he need not go far out of hix way to find a few of “the sort,” as lam of opinion that Commander Wilkes gave them—that is. the Fee,+rans—the first lesson in pro- jectiles that they ever Lid, aud one that they long remembered. The odinw of non-protection to our islandic countrymen should. I think, be cast where it ia due, and not upon an indiyidaal commander. Those of our citizens residing in these out of the way places shorld bear in mind that the govern- ment, in nots... ga sufficient naval force into these waters tu © otect them, is the only responsible source to which to look fur redress. A commander is acting under the orders of that government, and is responsibie for any and every act which he may execate to that government, and instances are not wanting to stuw that they are frequently called to account for assuming too great responsibilities. Bat these digressions will weary you, [ am afraid, so I willresume my nurrative. As a residence [ would prefer the Island of Upolu to any that I have visited. The climate ia beulthy, the natives kind and obliging, when well treated. The island pro- duces all tropical fruits, kc. in anundance, plenty of fresh water, gushing springs and sparkling rivulets; what more cun a an want? It is a spot where a man who ia right at heat might away an ex- istence in teachiug the uotuto ed child of nature to look up to his God and bless bim for his handiwork in creating euch a paradise, and after a life spent in such pursuits ascend to his home beyond the clouds, at peace with hiv-elf, and with the blessings of — amongst whom he had lived and died a bene- I will now take a jump to the coast of Chile, where we arrived on the 23d of November, (at Tal- cahuano). sfter remaiumg here a sufficient time to wood and «ater <nip, paint, and give liberty to the crew, we sailed for Valparaiso, took in our pro- visions and stores, and proceeded to visit the ports of nimbo, Caldero, Cobija and Arica, from thence to the Chinca Islands, where the interven- tion of our able commander was again called into re- quisition to settle some difficulty that bad arisen between the xthorities ond an American ship- master, which business he adjudicated in_ his usual efficient and happy manner, and received the thanks of both parties, ia its termination. These a famous, ax ae are cole bs od ae de of guano upon them. is estimated t sept 500 060 tens ne taken from here annually, which is sold by the Pernvian government at $7 ton. Allowing tnat to be the average, the neat ttle sum of $3,500,000 revenue to the government is no small item Mnch the greater portion of this = finds ita way to the worn out lands of Europe. Tom these islands we rem to Callao, which, by the way. is s very flouring business place; and the port to which ail vessels heund to the Chinchas re- sort to obtain their permits, and make charters, &o. To look at thie city now and then, retrospect geome five years, one would hardly believe it the same place; now iis atreete are crowded with the business men of the world; then it was visited only at intervals by the whaling ficet. Now one will ob- serve large warehoures, where at that period only rr’ pulperia of the Guasso reared its feeble head. The Anglo-Saxon has been here. Cur- rency is no longer reckvned by reals y medios, but by onzas y pesos. rom thie place, after replenishing our stock cf ‘wood and water, we proceeded to Husnchaco, « place rendered faraoas in history as the landing place of Pizzarro when on hia voyage of discovery and conqnest. The church is still standing which he is eaid to have used as a barracks for his “rade sol- diery.” There is no harbor here, and very bad an- chorage, owing to the swell produced by the trade winds. After communicatia c with the authorities here we sailed for Puita, a miserable, sandy hole, vies nothing but fleas aad vermin of all sorts ap: to flourish from here to aE Ecuador. Ris town is situated on the Rio Guayaguil, about forty mites from its’ mouth, and is@ place of con- siderable commercial importance. The navigation of the river is extremely intricate to large vessels, but not at all dangerous, as the banks on both sides ‘of the channel are composed of mud—the depth of water varying from 10 to 4) fathoms. There is no- thing remarkable in the appearance of the country —low benks, luxuriant foliage, and ey of alliga tors and tigers, who, by the I have observed, generally “train in company.” Onaclear day the towering heights of Ciimborazo can be distinctly ween from here, rearing its snow-capped summits in lofty and terrific grandeur, near! the skies; it presents a scene of sublime magnificence, viewed when the sun is about declining; the variegated hues of vegetation covering its sides seeming like so ‘many precious stones in co-tly settings. Muaquitos are very abundant here, and as a matter of course are a source of great annoyance. From here we sailed for Panama, where we ar- rived on the 22d, eight days from Guayaquil. You will have received ere this an acconnt of the maasa- nd robbery—that took place here on the 1th fast. of the peasengers per steamer Illinoisy a ca NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1856. posed portion of the my Fe ape our i ae he is mail ive containing the corres- mdence between” Saptain overn'r of the State of Panama, which can vouch for as being correct. I do not think that “English diplomacy” will, however much ~ corresponcent may e-teem it, chp Captain iley from doing his duty towards his government, his countrymen and his . Theend of this oc- currence is not yet. And pow, sir, should you deem this or any por- tion of it worthy a place in the columns of your widely circulated jonrnal,a copy of the HexauD containing it will be thankfully received, and should anything worthy of note occur in future, a word to the effect that you would receive and publish it will meet with a ready rexponre, Our Phliadeipota Correspondence. PaiaDELratA, May 23, 1856. Interesting Incident in poss Life of an Emancipaied slave. ‘The little incident herein related, will, I hope, be of interest to some of your readers who may be dis- posed to favor the abolition movement of the day, (and Heaven grant they may be few!) It wasgiven me by an eminent member of the Philidelphia bar, and is but one of the many instances of the kiad, which serve to show the folly and mistaken zeal of those who seek the freedom of the negro. Some fifteen years since I drew the papers which maunvinitied a perty of seven slaves from South Carolina; their mester, through the interference of seme abolitionists, having resolved to give them their liberty. They all arrived here, and were soon scattered and eeparated. . I had not seen any of them since their manunis- sion until Monday last; when, sittiag in my office, there came a feeble tap at the door; it opened, and an old, withered colored woman, graceful and polite even inher age, entered, and timidly called me by name. There was anexpression of anxiety and sor- i upon her face, and although time and left their traces there, I recognized her as being one of the party of slaves who had secured for themselves the boasted liberty of the North. She said she was miserably poor; a danghter whose folly was bringing her in sorrow to the grave, and begged of me, as a friend of her “ dear old massa,” that ! would assist her in getting home, that she might die under her master's roof. 1 promised to do all in my power for her, and as she was about leaving, while the tears of grati- tude coursed their way, down her aged cheeks, I asked ber whether she had been Kappler since she became a free woman than when a slave. Drawing her lee form up to its full height, she said proudly, yet sadly — “] never was a slave, sir, until I came here. I never knew what slavery was till I left my happy home in Carolina.” The tears filled her eyes, her voice faltered, and sinking upon a chair she sobbed as though her hezrt would break. 2 There was an impressive eloquence in her voice and manner which told of fifteen years of sorrow and hardships undergone; of fifteen long wear, years of Northern “ireedom,” of toil, and care, an heart bleeding. It spoke, too, of a “happy home” in the sunny South, of ‘dear massa,” aud an earnest longing tor the life on the old plantation, where « kind hand provided daily bread, and where the chill face of poverty and care found no resting place. Ab! yes, she had never known what slavery Was until she left Carolina, How many such there are who have left their Southern masters only to endure a Northern slavery aye, ten times more ter- rible, and who, in their aching hearts, re-echo the mournful pluint of that home sick wanderer: ‘We never were slaves till we came here.” 4 It is the strongest argument against the frenzied cry of raving abolitionists thet ever reached my ears. It teils theslave, in lunguage clear and pro- phetic, they had better endure the frowns, aye, even the lush of their masters, than the chill, freszing atmospbere o: Northern charity; better endure the so-calied yoke of slavery, with all its burdens, rather than drag out a miserable lifetime of misery in the service of abolition masters, who, amid the sor- rows of a free negro, move with the coldness and heartlessness of an iceberg. : Itell you, the free negro of the north is the “veriest slave that breathes,” and the voice of that lonely, frievdless woman is full of trath aud sor- row—“] never was @ slave until I came here.” Our Boston Correspondence. Boston. May 25, 1866. The Sumner Assault in Boston— The Excitement— he Effect—The Faneuil Hall Meeting, §:c. Excitements, like certain other events, seem never toceme singly. Here, forthe past week or two, has Boston been wavering between the affair of the British Minister and the Central American question, | uncertain on which to fix the balance of its «bed attention, when along comes the news ner assault, pushing aside all other con- «na, and absorbing the entire interest of this big city. Mr. Crampton is forgotten; nobody cares about Padre Vijil, and any one who should utter a word about Kansas would be regarded as painfully behind the age. Sumner and Brooks are the topics now. 1 mentioned, in my letter of the 23d, that the Legislature would act upon the matter on Saturday; Lut they wisely concluded to wait until more de- tailed and authentic news should arrive from Washington. Meanwhile, the public feeling ra- ther medcrates. On Saturday, an immense mass meeting was held at Faneuil Hall, which differed very importantly from that of the preceding evening at the Tremont Temple, being a collection of “politicians,” instead of red-hot abo- litionists. You will find that it is called by most of the Boston papers a meeting of all parties. This is not true; it was a gathering of members of one family—whigs, Know Nothings and free soilers. There was no democrat on the platform, nor in any prominent place in the hall; and although, from the reports, you might jndge that its tone was fiercely denunciatory, it was in trath anything bat that. “The abolitionists were bitterly disappointed. They expected fire and brimstone speeches, and got instead lukewarm phrases only. The tact is that, without justifying the assault, people are begining to this that if Massa:husetts representatives indulge in Billingsgate they must ex- ect violept consequences. The speech is being generally read, aud its outrageous lan- guage commenied on. The excitement won't last a week longer. The first flash from Cincinnati will kill it, for Charles Sumner is not now, nor never can be, in the hearts of the people. He has not the ele ments of greatness or popularity in him, and he is neither great nor popular. Perhaps, a3 you cannot bly gather any cor- rect idea of this meeting the Boston papers, and as great capital will undoubtedly be made of it by the abolition com its true history may be ac- ceptable to you. It was conceived by Mr. Hamilton Willis, a gentleman who, whatever may be his sen tients forthe colored race collectively, has no more regard for them personally than others about town. This Mr. Willis took the responsibility of collecting a list of names calling for the meeting, which was read on Friday night in Tremont Tem- ple By his exertions many of the speakers were in- duced to appear,and the ir was mnainly owing to him. A number of the officers of the meeting were chosen witbont their consent, and one-third of the persona named as Vice Presidents were not present. y may say, also, that you will see the name ot nearly every newspaper writer in Boston included in ita list of officers. Charles Hale, of the Advertiser, wus, ot all named, the only one who appearcd. A meeting conducted on such principles eould not be expected to be very effective; and many were as tomehed, particularly the abolitioniata, that such gentle measures were adopted. Indeed,I can tell you that some of the resolutions prepared were omitted, as being too warlike. I need not give you any detailed account of the meeting—the newepa- ers will furnish that minutely enough. I may say, Though, that Governor ( iardner was the only man who made any capital ont of the demonstration. He, by the way, took occasion to hint that he had been ersonally assailed jost as Mr. Botkr had . been, and was hissed for his “freedom of speech.’ The meeting was anything bnt successful. All the enthnsiasm manifested was for the speakers, most of whom are oublic favorites. On the whole, it was certainly a feeble demonstration, compared with many that have been beld in the same hall for other purposes, This morning a great many people were badly sold who went to the Hollis street charch to hear the Rey. Mr. Conway, a well known anti-slavery preach- er ot Washington. They expected a sectional ha- rangue, but were disappointed. The reverend gen- tleman preached on a religious tee The assaolt Snmner will he a God-send to the nigger worshippers, who have their anniversary meetings this week. What thunder it will be for them ! I ought to have mentioned that the committee of arrangementa, for the Saturday Senin meeting waited »pon Rufas Choate and asked his presence, He, without any answer to the Upon inguiry, asked: © Will a gutta percha stick hurt much ¢ INTERESTING FROM CHINA. Our Shanghee Correspondence. SHanaaag, Jan. 18, 1856. Arrival at Moosung—Anticipating the Mails— The Opium Trade— Adventure in the Chinese Seas— The Missionary Ettablishments—The Foreign | Settlements at Shanghae—Ingenuity oy the Chi- nese Mechanice—Interior Life of the Hongs— The Streets of a Chinese City—Model Baths and Washhouses—Optum Dens—A Joss House —A Chinese Tribunal—Charitable Institutions-- Club Houses, §¢., Sc. Had I listened for a moment to the observations made by many of my friends at Hong Kong and Canton, I should have lost the opportanity of visit- ing this important port of Chinese trade, for inva- | niably, more especially by t ose who had never beeu to the north ward, I heard the remark among South- ern merchants, ‘‘ You will see nothing worth noting at Shanghae;” but my reply was, it was on my | tourist list, and I was bound to go there and judge for myself. Need I say that I have been amply re- paid, for the trip, by what I have seen, gives mea better idea of the traits and customs of this highly interesting people in a single day then 1 could have learned in months at Canton. Arriving herea week ago, my time has gone instructively in ranging through every hole and corner in and about Shang- bai--cver the rice flelds in the neighborhood, and through many of the boats and junks-- lorchas and native craft in the river. Although the Chinese here speak another dialect, and the men are much more athletic, they are, to all intents and purposes, the same, only another phase of this prolific people—iess piratical, less enterprising, less inclined to sneer at foreigners, but nevertheless ready to benefit themselves by im- proving their condition in working for them. But before I run ahead of my time, lot me keep up the connecting link ot my correspondence, for I dropped it at the mouth of the Yang-tze-king, when making a note of my trip up the coast. About ten o'clock on the morning of the 12th the Erin came to anchor at Woosung,a small village about 11 miles trom the port where the shipping generally anchor and wait for orders; but in this case our steamer only stopped to land her cargo of opium into one of the several receiving ships in the river, where the captains dispose of it by selling to the Chinamen who come off to purchase, or deliver iton orders from the merchant in town, who has generally received his pay in advance. The moment our boat stopped her paddle wheels, the captains of the opium ships came on board to get the letters for their respective firms, all of which had been assort- ed by the purser and were spread out upon the table. These, of course, are the loose letters dropped in the late mail bag and those brought up in the hands of pascengers. The regular mail goes up in the cap- tain’: gig, while these letters are taken ashore and sent post haste to town by pony speed, thus getting two or three hours in advance of the others; and when news of great importance is at hand, a carrier pigeon whistles over the distance, and in a few minutes, instead of hours, announces the change of markets. I find at Woosung that there are six opium ships, all full rigged, well manned, and heavily armed— all British, and all well stocked with the intoxicated Indian poison—whose suffocating, sickening smell, as I went on board one of them, gave me a head sea nausea and an aching of temples which did not leave me during the day. Long usage may accus- tom those on board to endure the disagreeable sen- sation, but the novice is glad enough to get away. Captain Do Busshe, of the Ann Weich, takes charge of the letters for the American firms, and the masters of the Emily Jane, the Folkstone, Nim- rod, Swallow and Sea Horse, came for their respec- tive houses and friends. These men all seem to enjoy this semi-piratical mode of life—defrauding the Chinese revenue—and some of them have been here for many years, and are much respected by the community. Depriving themselves of none of this world’s goods, and always keeping open house, the captains of the opium ships are too generous not to be jolly—too independent not to be good natured. If not at Woosung, at some of the other ports, these men can entertain you for hours in relating some of the most thrilling adventures that owe their origin to the haphazard life of the China seas. For more than a century the coast has been active witha pirate horde, and whenever an opium ship or a treasure boat can be surprised, these horrible ruffians of Asia pounce down upon you, and if successful, leave no marks to tell of their bloody work. If you want the reality ofhair breadth escape and fearful danger, hold the master of an opium ship by the button for an evening, and you will be more entertained than by reading Ainsworth or Lafitte, a longer time. Do you not remember when Dent’s and Jardine’s opium ships Caroline and Omega were captured, and the crews murdered? With the tide in our favor and a light breeze, as- sisted by a crew of Chinese boatmen—nine of whom were at the rudder, scnlling—our puny looking, bat boo masted, latteen sailed, square at both ends ard high in the middle constructed craft (or horse boat) carried us past the wild geese and ducks in the distance—past the damp, swampy, miasma, unhealthy appearing lowlands—past the mountains far beyond the river's bank, till the missionary vil- lage first breaks the monotony, with its trimeGod protecting church, surrounded by the bishop's man- sion, and a dozen more well built, neatly arranged stone and mortar houses, the result of per- severing deacons in taking round the mission box for the extra quarters of the good na- tured congregations of our New England churches, whose pastor still resides in the little flower sur- rounding, one and a half storied modestly made cottage under the hill—well satisfied with his three hundred dollars income, because, perhaps, so little aware of the comfortable and roomy dwellings which his own scanty earnings have helped to build for his more enterprising brother who roams away to distant seas and heathen shores, on an erraud worthy of better success and happier results. But more of this later on; but even here you must not censure me for saying that already I have made up my mind not to give any more quarters for the pur- pose of evangelizing the Chinese. In the little Method'si church in Waltham, years and years ago, I oftentimes expressed a wish to trace the history ot the contents of the missionary box ; and now, as our boat {s whirling past these staunch and hand- some buildings, I see where a portion of my money was invested. We liave got by these pleasant little group of houses, where the stars and stripes are flying from the flag pole of our missionary consul, and the foreign shipping looms up before you, and the large square mansions of the merchant residents line the Bund for a long walk and extend back, one beyond the other, through street after street, cover. ing a space of ground that may well surprise the fiteen acre lot of the Canton factory community. A fair map of the township of Shanghae, pub lished in London Jast year, in May, tella me that the land occupied by the foreign residents is 1,621 mow Teurr§which, I believe, is equal to 270 acres, or about twenty times the ground allotted to the Can tonese. The foreign settlement extends from the Yang-King-Pang canal to Loo-Chow channel, and is situated, not as I had always supposed before I came here, on the Yang tze-Kiang—not, as I was informed by some after being a day or two in the place, on the Woosung—but simply on neither the one or the other, but on a branch river, called by the native name of Hwang-po. The buildings (or hongs) are all of immense size, compared with our American or Australian dwellings, well built, plea. santly located, two stories high, with upper and lower verandahs, and all surrounded with a respect able plot of ground for trees, flowers and gardening In the rear of which are the tea and ailk ware. houses, or, as they are called, go-downs, some of which are about one hundred and thirty fect in length by forty in width, several connecting with each o*her, All this I discovered duringJmy morning's ramble | after landing and lunching with mine host—whose rated uy ‘8 corn doctor, and are at home in such science; other were arguing, [ presume, some | Princely place faces the river—and alongside of | Knotty point in Confucius, and some were ain | which he is erecting @ magnificent hong, construct- | ed of Ningpo granite, the coasting junks bringing ; it nearly opposite the door. This building, I believe, | is the first stone structure of the size in Shanghae. The dimensions being 120 deep by 74 feet frontager with stables, go-downs and compradores, residence, &c.,in therear, Some twenty months have already been consumed in its structare, and some years more must elapse before it will be entirely completed and finished for occupation—notwithstanding, I find the workmen do not stop to rest in China on the Sab- bath. I found much amusement in going over and through this maas of connected labor, the entire in- gepuityand industry of a race of people so little understood in the West. Commencing with its foundation of piles and large blocks of stone pass- | ing from floor to roof, granite pillars and brick chimneys, door mouldings and window frames, | fire places, mantel pieces, bamboo stages, | matt mortar hods, and strange primitive implements of labor. All were of untiring interest. And this palace of a residence, which cannot cost leas than Mr. Cushing's at Watertown, (some $60,090,) is the entire handiwork of Chinamen—the hard working, never ceasing, industrial Celestals, who have been £0 shamefully and ungraciously treated in the great Anglo-Saxon gold fields. Chop Doilar, the archi tect and master mason and carpenter, a most intel gent Chinaman, who derives his somewhat singular cognomen from the fact of his being badly pock- marked, took me through the workshops of the car- penters, and most instructive was his Pigeon Eng- lish comments. He seemed the ruling spirit among the workmen, and well he may, for his cule of gov- erning is that of all superiors to those beneath them, a word and a blow, but sometimes the blow comes first. I have dwelt more at length on my going over this splendid exhibition of an American’s enter- prise in order to show what mechanics and builders there are in the land, for the style of building before the foreigners came here they had never seen, their small tenements being of a most inferior class, Even that of the Viceroy is not worthy of what you | would expect from the high-sounding name. | As you walk over and around the place you will see many newly erected houses that entirely eclipse the humble residences of our commission merchanta ot the West. Comfort is the firet thought of the | China merchant, and comfort is the second, and, I may safely add, comfort is the third. Money is only an auxiNary in catering to his wish. If he wantsa | palace for a residence, be orders it, and itis there— and elegant furniture, choice engravings, splendid fancy ornaments of bronze or stone, if from Asia, or sevres or Bohemian, if from Europe; and all the littie bijcuterre of the parlor table and the | drawing room mantel—from wheresoever they may come, come at his bidding. Doeshe take a fancy for an Arab or an Australian horse, his correspondent gets a letter, and his stable, already filled with Ma- | nilla, Java and China ponies, is opened to receive | the foreign stranger, who is groomed morning, noon and night, and fed on carrots and cut feed by some half a dozen lazy looking pigtail grooms, who de. light in having nothing more to do. I, perhaps, had better note that the horses of the country most” ly used are the Ghinamen themselves, the sedan chair, covered or open, made of lancewood or bam- boo, according to taste or purse of the owner, fitted up with lovking glasses and pockets or without, seems to be the popular mode of travel from door to door. Two coolies (all porters bear the name) usually do the needtul for a moderate sized man, like correspondent, but Danicl Lambert would have required twenty, while Tom Thumb could have managed with half a one. I have never yet been dumped by the sure-footed beggars, bat it is not un- usual to cee chairs on all possible angles, one coolie flat on his back, the other on tiptoe, and the unfor- tuvate occupant of the chair in the most uncom- ortable position. If there is any dirty work to do employ a Chinaman; they will do anything for motey. Be careful a8 you walk along the Band, or you will get the contents of a wateccloset on your clothes, for every few yards you scent these offal and filth trading urine carriers, who arc bearing the nosegay continually past you to the gardens of the suburbs or the rice fields beyond; and yct some of the gentlemen here pretend to tell me that the Chinese are a most independent race. Yesterday, in company with Dr. Lockart, I made my first tour through the Chinese city, and what little I didn’t see duriag the journey is hardly worth recording. How wonderful the appearance of all Isaw! How deeply interesting—how singularly dif- ferent from any of my past experience! As I went from street to street I could only articulate, what a place is China! If one city of medium size can show you things so novel, what will you see inland, where millions are congregated within a single wall? Read Huc’s romantic tour through the interior part of this vast empire, and then reflect and spend a few more hours in Capel Petar a country and a pecple 80 able to support themselves without a thing rom the Western nations. I say, as I wander through this populous city, my senses are severely taxed at being brought into contact with so many novelties in so limited a time; and I can only ex- press astonishment at every change to find things so different onthe spot than pictured in books. We must have walked some two or three miles through a most thickly peopled district, be- fore we reached the te, Passing countless men, women and_ children, all hurrying on with loads of vegetables, baskets of fcwls, bun- dles of joss Paper and every possible kind of salea- ble article. ‘The wall is very thick, very high, and bears the semblance of strength; but what was my disgust, to see hang i the entrance of the heavily hung gate, two bamboo cages, each contain- ing a human d. The sight was most sickening, aud I hastened on, as the Doctor told me,that two years ago you would have seen two hundred instead of two, which was the imperial way of intimidating the insubordinate, by exposing on the wall of the city and otber conspicuous places, the heads and bodies of the executed rebels. How narrow the streets are. I can hardly get along; and yet it is the same with most of the East- ern cities. What can have been the object, for it is almost impossible to crowd along; and if you stop to examine anything that attracts your attention, the chauces are decidedly favorable to your get- ting the end of a coolie carrier's ba.aboo in your face, for they are continually halloing for you to clear the path, which is sometimes difficult to do when several of them are gradually closing on you from different points, and you have only a few feet to torn in. Jn one street we went into coffin maker's and jos paper manufactories; in another rive, and corn milla; and then you would-fall in with a whole row of blacksmiths, carpenters, umbrella makers, comb manufactories, boots, shoes, tailors, bookvinders— now and then a barber, shaving you with his two inch chisel of @ razor over @ pastry cook’s—cakes frizzling in the pan. Farther on we came to a beau- tiful street, wider than the rest—-say ten to tweive feet—gaily caparironed with gaudy swinging signs, of beards or pastebourd, colored cotton or metalic signa, the several characters noting the name and tyle of the firm standing «ut conspicuously, like urkey tracks on asnow bank, completely lined oa oth sides with wholesale and re ail salesinen, cioth ds, or ready made clothing, beans, peas nd rice in one shop, and caps avd silks and cloths in the next; pictures and paints, cook shops and eating houses, curiosity mongers, pawnbrokers, banks, books and barbers; some polishing stone ornaments, some grinding corn and rice, some kneading dough with the pot giggling ready to re- ceive it, while others were en in counting cash at some exchange house, smoking opium in a hotel or drinking sam:hu in a pot house, and an occasional beggar gotup in the best ‘ible style with rags and vermin, sores and filth, person exposed and mud balls stuck on his forehead, yelling at the top of his yoice round some aristocratic tradesman‘s place for money, and the poor shopman dare not drive him away, for the professional beggar is the particular protége of government, and you can only get rid of them by giving the poor devils a cache; they then go on to the next and before night collect enough to bey their rice, drink a cup of samshu and then get drunk over their Spain pipe. Passing along this thickly shopped street, the Doctor suddenly dived down a small lane, and in another minute I was in a bathing house, where the poor come atall hours of the 4 and take @ bath or steaming for half a cent. Had I liked the smell I would have stopped longer, but the stench of the steam room was rather too much for me; but I re- mained long enough to eee how BS bende every- thing was laid ont. Each bather has a little box for his clothes, and an obsequious servant to help him dress, aud if they chore, a cnp of tea was near at hend. Some, only half dressed, were being ope ' your dress. with wild and passionate emphasis, Dickens woul: have died with langhter, and Thackeray would have exploded out of sheer merriment, to see some of them come out of the steam cloaet—one especially, warts sme 300 pone Saran ne out, bt ong draggin, round, @ hage rat— His eyes blind with stevea, bis legs and neck like three pieces of bamboo, all of the same size, and the latter not quite solong. These three and his head might have made up the 60 pounds, but the #0) peande was the rest of hia body. Take him all in all, he resembled some of their Buddha gods— say Bachus, just after he had swallowed a couple ot posts, The moment this strange sight appeared [ urst into uproarious laughter; the doctor laughed, and his own countrymen, the Chinese servanta, jumped off their fect in pure delight. It was a sight to be remembered. The gentlemanly manager of the ¢stablishment asked me if I would like to be steamed. I told him nothing would give me more pleasure, but that just now my time wouldn't ad- mit, and with my fingers acling ass temporary vice upon my nose, I gave him a chin-chin and bolted out of the place. The next place we visited was one of the many ooium dens you find in every street. There were about a dozen r besotted devils in different stages of intoxica- ‘ion, and some lifelesaly drunk upon the floor. Go into one of these hells, if you want to see what ef- fect opium has upon those who indulge in it to ex- cess. About the room were coarse beuches and one or two beds, where, laying down, resting apon their elbows, with a little rush light before them, they would with a long needle insert one of the little balls into the end of their pipes and smoke away, letting the smoke disappear, usual- ly, through the nostrils. The opium is hand- ei to them in little cups about the size of a thimble, and they are allowed to make themselves drunk for one cent, Like the bathing room, the stench wos too powerful for me, and I left; bat have a word more to eay on this question before I bid good bye to China. A little further on we found an English missionary’s church, built of stone, and aleco saw an American lecture room in the midst of the most populous part of the city. A loud voice attracted me towards the former, and I entered the house of God to heara fellow Anglo-Saxon bold forth to a hundred ugly looking vagabonds in their own language. They were conning in and going out continually—curiosity being the most prominent feature on their countenance ; few seemed to remain for any length of time. Praise- worthy and persevering must be the man who can spend his breath and time expounding some dry doctrinal scriptural question to these poor creatures, who live on from day to day all objectless. From the missionaries’ temple, we went to the Chinomen’s house of Joss. Here we found a ‘arge hall, entered by a spacious court, in the midst of which was a huge bronze cup, with the names of those who had abgcrined to place it there engraved upon its side; a penny subscription monument, a @ curious relic of two hundred years ago. The out- side of the temple was singularly ornamented with quaint designs of birds and animals, vegetables and trees ; and in the interior were immense statues, all gut, of Buddha—the past, the present, and the future. Beside these were other forms, larger than life— youth and age, happiness and misery, peace and war, the pregnant mother and the new born babe, lavgbter and scorn, and several other emblems which Ido not remember. These fig1res all repre- sented their several characters to the tetter, and must have cost ciuch money. Opposite the No. 1 god were littl+ sticks to burn ne aiee and Joss per to set on fire; and that is their idea of worshi P: Again we are off for the court of justice, and this was a memorable half hour in my tour. A clean, dignified room, with a mandarin, whose whole mein bore unmistakable marks of authority, sitting on the sent of the judge, with pollcemen and assi:- tants, officials and clerks, on every side; but the Pena: with chains about their legs, and arns id behind them, were waiting their trial and the decision of the judge. One man was up in the cri- minal box, and the system of examination was too cruel for me to continue long inthe room. First the guard struck him flercely over the mouth with a bamboo official staff, the poor wretch shriek- ing with pam; the other prisoners all the while stolid and indifferent spectators, not knowing who came next. Afterwards another kind of torture was resorted to, the guard making the criminal kneel down with his hands above his head in a position which extorted yells of agony—the judge and the officials all wearing the utmost indifference. A litle farther on there were two criminals with huge bolts abeut their ancles, and the kang, (a lar anetcs piece cf plank) hung round thier neck. The whole trial seemed a farce—a mixture of brutal cruelty with refined barbarism. From the court we went to the bastinado or jail, and saw scores of pri- soners above and below; all the cells were crowded, ard the clanking of chains, and hoarse growls of tke prisoners spoke another feature of Chinese life. The benevolent institution was our next resort, and here you see the charity of the government in providing for the lame, the halt and the blind. attendants, nurses, doctors, all arrayed in the style ot our own hospitals everything furnished by the imperial magnate. The patients were very nume- rous, and seemed well cared for. This was a public hospital. We also went into che city charity house, and one private house for the distressed poor, ali of which institutions gave me impressions of the kind heartedness of a people who, when in the time of their prosperity, put by a little for those who have not been so fortanate. But nothing struck me with more respect and surprise than upon being taken through a foundling hospital. Fora moment I could not credit it; I had never read of such a place amnong the Chinese, and of course was much surprised to find ax institution of such a charitable nature conducted upon the same principles as those of France, England or America. There was a little drawer in the side of the house, directly tacing one of the public streets, where the forsaken babe was deposited, the opening of which caused a ringing of bells, when @ nurse was appointed, and the little stranger was wrapt up in a blanket and duly nour- ished and cared for. As we entered, the nurses, each with a child in her arms, started off in all di- rections, apparently frightened at the appearance of the fau-quais, (foreign devils). It was some time before they would come out of their rooms, and then they stared at us with unfeigned surprise. I should have taken up one of the lilliputian Celestials, but I was cautioned against it—for, if no contagious disease is caught, you are sure to get vermin on ‘e wandered about the large apart- tents from room to room, all of which had one or two occupants, and some were filled with older children, in Paty jue of strikingly original make, the nurses all appearing, after a moment of fright, to aze upon the strange sight of features, manner ani ress. Is it possible, said I, that all the charitable institutions of the European and Anglo-Saxon race are all observed in such detail in Asiatic China? J bave seen enough for one day. I must have time for reflection. I was unprepared for many of the customs—many of the wonders that were in our path; I was tired, for the Dr.’s walk was fati; is to a novice, ina tas city, where streets, lanes, and paths are over fiag-stones and bricks made slippery with a never-ceasing tread of human Mife. I saw several more temples—went into more bath houses—more opium dens, and several other shops; but, describing one, you see all. The ruins of the burnt district covered many acres, and it is only a mies of surprise that the imperial troops did not entirely destroy the city, for the fire, as_at Moscow, was started at several points, Like Californians, however, they are fast at work—the same owners re-building their tenements—and hard at it trying to ‘recover what they have lost. I saw the walis where the French wasted their cannon balls, and tried to knock down the city; but it was like firing through a piece of mortar. One temple was pierced through and eel am pe id- d'ed with shot—and, like Banquo’s ghost, the walls would not down. I also saw where the company ot marines were mowed down by shot they could not trace. It seems the Chinese rebela had stationed themeelves in buildings facing the place where the wall was weakened by the French cannon, behind holes cut in the side and pasted over with paper,and bullets were continually flying about them, but no one could tell from whence they came. Near this place was a new kind of grave yard, where the poor were buried above ground, in coarse wooden ¢>ffins of great size, merely deposited on the ind; and as the bodies Ce as the stench is fearfal. Tam surprised that it was not more sickly than it is, for filth and stench are wettnee y ie seven- ty-two stincks which Coleridge saw at Cologne was a cologne bottle compared with the seven hundred and twenty ina Chinese city. In several places jieces of red paper were pasted on the house, tell- fog the passer by that the smallpox was raging in the tenement within. In going home I went through the Chivamen’s market—an immense speculation of an Ameriean, a member of the extensive Smith family. If he sueceeds in finishing the mammoth buldiog and its approaches it will make his fortune. Tired as] was,I got baek in time to meet my ap- pointment at the game of tenpins, at a private club, well arranged, well conducted; but the alleys are spoilt by being about twenty inches wider than they should A, You may see a proof of that im finding 176 chalked up as being the highest roll. + The billiard tables are mostly inthe hongs, all private. ‘The trip to the Lg on 1 gave up to down t> Woosung, where I was amply puid for ti excursion. I also wanted to go to Foo-chow and Napkin, but I was cautioned against the trip, for the pirate rebels were con‘inually on the water. I had not given up all hopes of [pen hes Japan, and did my best to get up a party of gentlemen to charter the Erin or Confucious steamer, ut all to no use; some excuse or other was sure to throw me off the track. I then made up my mind to go alone, and engaged my passage in the Greta, bound to Simoda via Shangbae from Hong he to take the Dutch cargo which was laying there in charge of the supercargo, in a Japanese temple, Oar Wisconsn Correspuncence, Mrnasna, Wisconsin, May 8, 1866. Emigration--Wheat Crops of Wisconsin—The New Town of Winslow—Is Rapid Growth and Brilliant Prospects—Sturgeon Buy, §c. 1am on a visit to this thriving little village, teens ing with an active, enterprising population, and sm so charmed with all I have seen of this Westerm country that I cannot resist the temptation to give your readers ome sketohes of this part of our coun- try. I see by the papers that the emigration from the East this year is unprecedented—all wending their way westward. No less than 9,000 landed in Chicago in two days last week. Let them come; our boundless prairies will afford a home for all that are likely to come, and yet there will be room. One great difficulty experienced by immigrants is to learn from relinble sources the best point for their destination Every Western man from whom inquiry is made will describe the region of bis home as the El Dorado—the paradise of creation—and, as atrue specimen of this class remarked of his “le cation,” the point upon which the Almighty placed his compass when he made the circle of the globe. It is, however, almost impossible to make a vory fatal mistake in eettling down almost anywhere ia the West—every place has advavtages, and is ra- pidly improving, The new lauds are mostly im Iowa ond Minnesota, and there the great tide at present is flowing. But while farmers may find it their interest to seek cheap lands, and are willing to undergo all the hardships of a fron‘ler life, there are very many mevhanics, artisans and men of means, who prefer settling down in places where they will find ready and profitable employment for their ta'ents and capital. To such this State presents unequalled attractions. The past four years has demonstrated that ours is a wheat growing State. Our farmers have gene- rally realized from their crops during that period enough to pay off their debts, to erect substantial ia- provements, and to “salt down,” to make them wise and prudent for many years to come. Our cities and villages are increasing in population and wealth beyond the expectation of the most sanguine; new places spring up like mushrooms, and in an in- credibly short time are found teeming with an active and prosperous population—men of very limited means, by judicious timely investment in their eater- terprises, becowe almost millionaires, witheut effort, by the mere rise of proneriy. There are many, such places, now attracting attention for the first time, that in three years trom this will be regarded as old settled towns, as much 80 a8 many of your jaterior villages of twenty years’ growth. The most preminent and really the most pre- mising of there now areas public attention is the new town of Winslow, lying between Sturgeon bay and Lake Michigay. Anincorporated company are engaged in constructing a canal across the ba ningula to connect the waters of the bay with lake, and 60 Repeats to one of the finest har- bors in the whole Western country bordering the lakes, and affording accommodation to the great lumber interest west of Green Bay and to the com- merce of the lakes, the value of which it is almost impossible to overestimate. This place must necea- sarily become a business point equal to any on the shores of Lake Michigan,and will be more speedily populated than any other town started in some years past. The town is laid out on a liberal scale, and will be ready for settlers about the firat of July. and perhaps sooner. Hundreds are anxiot any awaiting their chance to select lots for business residences. In Minnesota, the town of Wynona, on the Mis- bene ps also attracting much attention, and de- servedly so. La Crosse, in this State, also border- ing on the Mississippi, a new place, started withim the last five years, is most rapidly rising in im- portance. On the score of health, however, I should ee a residence in the northern part of our tate, and avoid the rivers. The climate on the pe- ninsula north of Green Bay is very mild—much more s0 than persons would suppose it to be in that latitude—and it is only accounted for by the fact that Lake Michigan, at that point of very great depth, never freezes over, and this must necessarily have a great influence on the atmosphere di the winter season. Grass was growing in the cinity of Sturgeon Bay at the time that teams were crossing on the ice on the lakes 100 mi south of t. Peaches and all kiuds of .froit are dqsily and afely raised. The lands around the Way are fully equal to, if not more fertile than those n any other part of the State, and are rapidly settling. On Sturgeon Bay there are al- eady three Jarge steam sawmills, and a population of about 500—mostly Eastern men. Lumber sells in he bay at $8 a thousand Provisions of all are at present high, but enjoying as the inhabitants do, a ready access to the best farming regions and all the best markets, this will not long be a ground of complaint. It will not be desirable to leave the East for this point before the first or middle of June, by which time the company will have constructed pier on the bay, and the passengers can land on the Site of the town. At present the route is by Green Bay, thence steamer to Sturgeon Bay, and the landing place distant about four miles from Winslow, which dis- tance ig traversed in small boats from Graham's Landing. The steamer Fanny Fisk plies daily be- tween Green Bay and Stargeon Eee A steamer leaves Buffalo every week for Green Bay. Emigrants, however, may come by railroad te Ford du Lac, and thence by Lake Winnebago te Menasha, and thence by Fox river to Green Bay. This route is the most speedy, but is more expen- sive than that by the lakes. @upreme Court. Before Hon. Judge Davies. JURORS ATTENDING COURT EXEMFT FROM ARREST. May 27.—In the matter of G. W. Weatbrook.— This was 8 motion in habeas corpus. Mr. Westbrook had been attending as a juror in the Circuit Court, and on reaching his office in Broadway he was ar- rested for contempt, in not attending before the Court of Common Pleas as a witness. The Sheri returned to the writ of habeas corpus that he held the defendant by virtue of that writ. The Jadge said that there could be no doubt that a juryman, actually empannelled on a circuit, and attending from day to day, was pel ged from ar- rest during the time of his attendance; that the ad- ministration of justice required such a rule, the Court could at any time be broken up by arrest- ing one or more of the jurymen. He therefore heid Mr. Westbrook exempt from arrest. United States Marshai’s (Mice, THE LATE EXTRADITION TO FRAN E. May 27.--Mrr. De Angelis has received a letter from Soucillon, whom he brought back to France some time since, under the extradition treaty. He states that he was convicted of the charge of for- very, and has been visited with the maxiunum pun- ishment for that offence—ten years’ imprisoament. ke is confined in the prison of Poissy, near Paris, and expressed his gratitude for the kindness he re- ¢ ived trom the United States authorities. MINISTERIAL Rest@naTions in Canapa—New ARRANGEMENTS.— We stated yesterday, that Messrs. McDonald, Cayley, Spence and Morrison had re- signed their seats in the Cabinet. We should have ded, that M. H. Smith had also resigned his office of Solicitor General. We also stated correctly, that their resignation was expressly based on tl double majority principle. We have since learned that his Excellency the Governor General has re corded bis decided dissent from the reasons 80 aa sigoed by the four Cabinet Ministers above named, and his emphatic opinion, that as they still enjoy the support of @ majority of the whole s there was, coustitutionaily speaking, no safficient cause for their resignation. We now understand that Sir Allen McNab th. long determined to retire from the onerous duties bis official position, at the very earliest pericd when he could do so ina manner honorable and satistac' to himself, decided voc afternoon, in c with his Lower Canadian col es, upon placing their offices at Sir Edmund Head's disposal, so as to afford him the Opporeuntty of making a new selec- tion altogether. They also recommended his Excel- lency to entreat to Mr. Tache the task of forming s new cabinet. His Excellency declined, we ate told, toaccept of Ss ee eee from those who were no longer his constitutional advisers; but, ne- vertheless, oe upon his own judgment, did sub- sequently send for that gentleman, and commis- sioned him to undertake that duty. We believe that. the new list has heen made up, with one exception; that it comprehends all the retina members ext Sir Allan McNab; that the Hon. John Ross is to restored to his position of Speaker of the Legisla- tive Council is to be filled by Mr. Stevenson as Ime spector General.— Torcato Columb’a, May 23. A CHANCE FOR THE AGENTS OP THE UNDER- @aouny RarLRoap.—Colonel Sam). Bugg, of Nash- ville, Tenn., who is now in Cincinnati as one of the democratic delegates, has authorized the Cincinnati Enquirer to say that his body servant “Phil,” who is in Cincinnati, and whe is a bale! el ng mt and who has been raised by him, and oan, by the Jaws of Ohio, be taken from him if he desires ta 140, that if any person, 8o disposed, in the State, can take him away from his master or mistress, he will forfeit one thousand dollars to sny orphan asylange. 1 in Cincinnati that the Mayor may suggest,