North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-06-10
TIE CHINESE ARMY.


respecting the army IN CHINA which al
the present iunciafe will Ipassrss Interest.
The Chinese Army in numerical view,
is very great. hnt ia rraliIy us strength b
not by any means fnTml5ablc--it Is gener.
ally stated that the number of ttoops am
cunts 10 ONE million infantry, a0i 500 600
cavalry. This statement he considers a.
exaggerated. The regular troops aie d
vlceJ into four divisions, according 10 the
different nations. The lini division of 81, :
500 men is composed OF Mandlonrs- Is
the elite Of the army, and those who
serve IN il enjoy great privileges. The
second division vi II 900 is composed 81
Moneols. the third division consists ol
q 600 Chinese--ihe ancestors ~ these
men co.opeiaied with The Mandpurs 10
the conquesis OF China. The fourth III
vision, aud that which is held IN The least
estimation, is termed from the Abofg ines,
the number is 500 900 men, they are dis
tributed 10 The aarrisons in The interior al
the Empire. To these add $4,000
militia, forming total OF 100000, ni
which $4,000 are cavalry. There is,
besides an Angolo cavalry, which may be
assimila,ed To the Russian irregular troops
of the Don and DUAL, the number canoi
be exactly ascerlaineG--it is said 10
amount 10 100000 AL the Chinese SOL
dlers are married, and their children are
inscribed, at their birth, on the army list,
and serve To recruit the corps 10 which
they belong. Every soldier OF the Isl, 81
and 81 divisions is provided with arms, a
horse house, and receives az monthly
pay three or tour lanes, (six oreight rub
les, y his clothes are supplied al his own
expence. The consequence 10 this regu-
latiOn is, that the men wear all the coIors
OF the rainbow, aud great confusion ire
quenlly arises. Government allows the
fourth division To cultivate certain lands,
appropriated 10 that purpose, and no other
provision is made for the soIdiers-they
live Oh the produce. The army is never
in want OF recruits, the poor are always
Q lad To enlist, in order TO avoid hunger
and misery. The expenses incurred by
government, in keeping up their .orce,
are said TO ammount 10 81 ,40C, GOO lanes
(G00 millions Of roubes,) aud yel il is i'm
possible 10 conceive an army 10 be more
in want OF Discipline than that of the Chi
nese. The late Emperor or Dziazzin isSu-
ed proclamation, in 1900, in which he re-
Gals 10 the memory OF Mandlours their
active exploits, and reproaches them with
their want Of Discipline and military talent,
tells them that the Chinese are absolutely
better troops, and yet, adds the Emperor,
few OF your ancestors conquered the whole
Of this mighty empire"
3GAooning on Large Scalc.-Mr. CT
ayton. OF Cincinnati, who has made one
or two attempts to scale the Alleghanies,
is soon 10 ascend from Pittsburgh in a hal
loon called the Erie Mail Packet" when
he will make another attempt to cross the
mountains and direci his course TO one Of
Tie Atlantic cities. Picayune.
VEfLs.-Cuitis, a writer on sight, saws
that the wearing oil wells permanently
weakens many naturally good eyes on ac-
count oil the endcavoTs oil the eve IN adj
just itself 10 the ceaseless vibrations of tina,
common article OF dress. Ladies' should
therefore be careful how they hide their
pretty faces with veil.
Johsua Munroe, Esq, Of SALISBURY,
Vi, well known in this city, and a large
stakeholder in some Of the Troy banks,
we understand committed suicide last
week. The particulars or the cause of
this nelonholy act we have not yet learn
ed. = Troy Mail.
Glorious News from Florida Our
gallant army in. that territory, ably sup
ported by the regiment from Cuba, have
at length killed and scatped Squaw.
The Marquis Camden paid into the
Bank OF England the sum Of f5S, $50 l9s.
which added 10 The sum previously given
to the nation by that patriotic nobIeman,
makes the amount, Voluntarily surrender
ed by him, no less than ihre hundred and
louy-two thousand aud sixty-six pounds
thirteen shilIinss!
From parliamentary paper just pub
lished, we take the following gross re-
cepts OF custom duty collected at The un-
aforementioned ports, during The last two
years. We are informed, that The appa-
rem, falling of in the receipts Of Liverpool
aud Bristol is owing 10 the change of cal
lection OF duties on sugars refined in bond:
sisss. 1889.
London, Il,o547s4 ell 4sI GAS
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