Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-11-20
Henry BowrN, Sec,atary.

The Boston Nero. Journal gives The fol-
Lowing ample report of the Hon. CAasp
CusaIse's Lecture on ihls subject;
i Mr.. Gushing in co,nmoncing his lecture,
warned his audience against nny dIsappnh'-
uIent that inluhi be e$pprIrnccd as lie slnuld
proceed in his sddress, as, T,'r .ss. nntvre
of hIs theme, covering such an immense h"IJ
| for commen;, Ire should necessarily bc bricf
aud desuItory IN his rcpark4. The vns'ncss
OF his subject. the thousand details c"npcct"d
with II, The topics Of Impor,aHce apd i"fer'st
upon which hc must touch. wohId exGIhdc
q use OF rhetorical ornament, and his n"-
jicncc must content themselves Ri'hg pam
recital ol lacls.
/ To an Europo.p or al hmrrlcan, continued
lI,hc lecluref Just landed IN CHINA, every thhng
appears s,rnnge. lie finds himself not only
si The anipndes, physically speaking, nut ~
The nntipodes IN n moral sense. lie see5
around him couhtless myrlads oi men W
strange garb, aud wllh general appearance
unlike Ia all mat to winch he has hereloiorn
been accustomed. lie observes ihc nosl
studied uniformity alnorg the yarlons clossrs'
and the progress Of every thing which iali9
under his observation, so slow anp so M,
yaried strikes him ~ singular contrast WIN
our cwn changing and locomotlve speed
A ,huusa nd thugs udmonlsh hln that he Is ~
strange land. lie hears the constant sound
inc of gonrs, he observes innumernble boats
on the rivers, the dwelling places Of mnn.
merable Chmese-carts inuyCd on land ~
so,ls. ns well as boats ON the water. II the
pilot looks 20 the compass 10 direct his course
upon The deep, he looks TO 'I,G pointing OF
the south poe-if he receives a lenef bn
will find it written IN lincs running from top
To bottom Of The sheet, reading from right '9
left, with the da.c nl the bolton OF tie letter
-uo alphabet being used bat ,dlogfaphlc
characters The mourning, instead oi Dei"S
hlGck. ~ with us, is white WI the chinese
The shoe oven is whnenci with some sub-
siancc, 10 correspond ~th other portions ~
dress. lie sees the saucer placed op lhe cup
instead o. the cup on the snnccr-shu''t-
cocks nlayad with the feet lnsrnd OF wllf
the hands-ladics' feet compressed Wsi"nh "'
their wais,s--lea at book cut opoh ahn
trimmed Oh the haC k-a person swimming
strikes his hands vertically and no, h"rIh"il-
,iallv--Ihe top of the head shn,G9--and wh'n
a friend meets you IN The street, he does h"t
shake your hands but shakes his hands nj
yon-ihe infantry nrincd with mat, t,hl"cks, y"
cavalry with The boy aud anow-and
Colonel at tho head o( his regiment not IN
frequently brandIsllng fan ms'""d "t
sword lie will not only note these cN'"rhr
forms of difference, but viii learn lhoi n"h'li'y
il not nhr,cd Irom the father by VI" son,
but rather, if one may so speak, by The ihlh
from tho son-goud deeds - h"''ng bach
upon u remote ancestry. Corruption "l b'wd,
Tor crimes cumnnrtcd. flIrc,s nnf"a,"rs bong
since dcnd and gone, though II d"es h's
necrssnruy p"stcrity. a. thrsc 'h'neS N"'
strike one, upon cursury 'i"w bu' " J"
Just 10 treat the subl"c, ~ di'ercn' mnhn'r'
or iniusiire will be done To great AHA l"'l.
ished people.
We IN America receive out language. and
unfortunately too. many oi our ld'Ds. h"m
Eutops. We sneak ns n we were III" IL
Scendants al the oldest nation on the globe
--ol history as complete. II that hir'"f! F"
ours of our clvilizEton ~ the uniduc id"n
ui clvIrzcd sociciy--oi tho first v"ynge '"
India ~ discoveries. ~ n !Ac ieemlnR MI
hons oi Chna had No cxiStcnce iill disr"''f-
cd by Portuguese navigator. tie, The lre-
iurer. would not speak Oi Chinese ciH'VA
ton alone. but also ~ It's high nnliP"h!'--
China had ior sg"s cullNoied ihr hiis' lh'r'
lprr, and the sciences. The language "l
Coefuc ms, the contemporary oi licr"'ni"~'
II now the vetnaculor tongue ~ thHi g'tHt
people. The discovery of gunp"wdcr. hhd
OF the mann.r's compass. ih" Manufacture
OF SILKS aud porcelninS. ihr m'eh'"n "i 'h'
printing press. and even the circulation :"
bank notes, had their day ~ China, c"uiu.
RES ago. Th, lecture ed NOT know ~ a"'
thing ihat was not pvs-.s-"d 5y Tie 'hh're