Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-05-13
1 From The N. 7. Moraixg Chronielt.
A TRAVELLERS TALE.

the Journal Of shing- hu, the Chinele ira.
weller, is the following account ola pati-
on, thro' which he paGed in his Aaatic
wanderings.
" From the manners Of the people. Nays
he) I am inclined TO think they have but
partially emerged from fate Of barhar
i'm. They fill esince that di&ruftul
and hottie difpoation towards each other,
that charatterizes man in a iavage fate.
" All are ambitions of staining potts
Of honor and profit but it is curious to
oblerve the means they ufe TO effect iheir
deiires. With Us in China, the man,who
wilhes for public diainaiop, endeavours
TO deierye it by his virtues and lerviccs.
. The great Bang-ho, when he,was a.
candidate FOR the ofice Of Cock cree, was
remarkable Cor the propEjety of bis ae
meanor and the grandeur Of his attbn.
Three times day did he proceed to the
Great Pagoda, to rub his noie on the Toe
otlhe immortal Ki. His aeps were ipw
and his lock demure; his hair plated with
great exa6fneE, and psIfumed WIKI oil OF
co XII, defended from the crown Of his
head, and being of the length of many feet
was fupported by icveral youths Of mo
def department.
" The paflenger was laluted from his
windows with flowers OF gold leaf, min.
gIed with fweet fcenred flowers, and often
dFenched with delightful delrge Of roGe
water. The beggar who applied a. his
gate was ialuted with courteous words,
and horn Of oil poured on his head. He
went away hungly indeed lo tely, but
10. Thus did this grea, man by his
good Offices, obtain the eiteem Of his ccun-
,rynen, and was elected TO the ippor,an,
office OF Cock e-nee, amid tie general &C.
clanations o, China.
:" In this country, however, matters
are conducted lie different ayle. Tboic
who with to rife, endeayonr to do 10 a,
the exPence of Others. They make great
outcry about their honeny, their integrity
and their Patliotifln--thines which we
are content 10 fral7isr in China. By their
language, one would think thofe virtues
are but fcarce among them, Gnce they are
made the fuhjcet OF 10 much boafing.-
They remind me OF The tradesmen in the
kingdom OF Tulh, who hang out a flag q,
their doors, on which is written, :" The
only hcnctt trader in icwn.''
(" No fooner is man in power, than
It immediately becomes the bahne6 OF
hisrivals to turn him ous and it is fur.
rriGng with WHIT impotence ard cunning
they 60 to work. His beit words aud
atsions arc twiaed into treaion; and for
The ingenuity they diicover in peryesting
The truth, | believe they could even turn
the doctrines Of The immortal Coniucius
into hlafpheiny.
" II is the cnfonl here, for the people
to drink after their meals little cups of
an eAl,ilirafirg beverage, accompanying
the drspght with fome apFropriate,fentl-
ment. Il haPrencd fone time fnce, on a
certain fehivsl day, that onc Of their
principal mandarlles being called on for
ten1iment or TOAST, as it is termed,
gave, f" q aniou u ali boaoa men"
5" HE news fpread il every direction;
the rcgucs Of the nation aGenbled in
cloffers at every corner, they lifted Up
their hands, they rolled their eyes, and
they gnafhed their teeth they RATED a
hue ard cry throughout the Greets, at The
man who would thus eRablih union 70
detlrutiiye 10 their intereGs. They re-
paired IN troop to drcary cen, where
dweiled tie dark. looking Cheat iu. His
coantenance was black as the thunder
cloud /; and lis eyes fcowlsd veremouAy
around.
:" This curious, half human animal,