Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-11-08

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US was retaliation, which accordingly pactised After
hours entertainment retired to the veandah and heI
we favored with Of their delicate attentions f
they began to examine apparel piece by piece and wit
the utmost curiosity As Dr. Parker informed that In
was the very of potenes submitted and recpocs
ted with all due diligence. Alter hours Of this ntele,
tual converse our guests retired
Any thing like pleasant and instructive intercourse wit
the Chinese Of course impossible They the
Us in every thing They ignorant Of every thing this
we know and they desire information which possess
Our Minister resolved to acquire the Manchou Tartarh
language of the couand Mr.. w. was despatched to Can
ton for Tartar teacher The voyage pleasant mad
boats kept and hired fol the purpose and very prey fur
nshed, and managed with the greatest dexterty Smaie
boats by which the Others which cannot approach the land
reached constantly kept by who thus obtai
living and who pass their lives board These boats arr
very and OF all Sizes many of them are h'ted
appear like immense blocks of houses floating on The
water Shops OF all kinds kept in them and mus a
least three hundred thousand persons obtain living oori
upon the water living there all their lives and hnay dying
on board their boats About fifty miles above Macao IS me
mouth Of the river Forts stand either side and on ise'
aand in the centre These forts look formidable, but are
soon seen to quite useless. They simply WALLS open
at the top and placed upon the summit Of Inc hi 50
THAT they easily commanded from the top hey nave
numerous PORTFOLIOS as large each OF hem az paiiiu
and no guns at all mounted ~
The population of China very varously estimated ne
Chinese been received as correct ana MI
Webster said he could but think injustice had been done
them They have every means OF asceranng the actnai
population and when we compare the asserted population
of that empire with that of western nations there be
good reason Withholding credit from HEM France, Tor
n instance with surface of 200 900 square miles, has
000 of people, $50 TO each square mile. Her SOIL
climate &c favorable than those of China
are her people industrious, frugal temperate China
proper is fertile and well cultivated France. Its
southern portion produces two crops year. and it
well titled when Cesar conquered Gau Her people
the most industrious and frugal in the world For
hundred years they have not heard of marriage
couraged, and emigration is strictly prohibited China proper
thus capable of maintaining population eight times that
of France In Chinese Tartay the people nomadc
and of comparatively sparse Suppose then that
this part peopled wo-thds densely Russia, which
has twenty the square mile if China proper dense
France would have $40 900, and Chinese Tarary
TO- O0O 600 more, making 000 900 in all or giving all
alike density onehrd that of France the population would
exceed $50 000 000 These accounts are very large and
almost incredible, but when the facts Of the and
the the Government has Of acquiring information
considered they will not be deemed beyond belief
Canton is built upon low ground hills the east and
Tartar station commands the CITY, The population is
ousy reported from 900 to million. The streets
seldom eight feet wde and the houses low and dark
is hard to distinguish the city proper from the suburbs and
closely the walls interviewer with the dwellings that
they scarcely be recognised The factories for the foreign
merchants the banks Of the river and much the
finest buildings except the temples, that meet the eye.
Mr. Webster said that he found Tartar-no native, but
Chinese schoaand secured his services teacher He
noticed his great perturbation and this
creased from day to day. until at last he did ALL
except explain that he feared he should lose his head
from his engagement So had been bis from
this that he had been unable sleep and had
threatened to poison himself to get rid of his anxiety
Two others, however, obtained, who remained
Mr. Webster gave of visit the country seat
of gentleman which he visited about miles above Can
ton contained several houses connected wooden bridges
and all built upon piles in low marshy spot The buildings
were of two stories, and had handsome apartments very
furnished In the theatre, and the two
fshpond On nights Of performance the place light
ed by lanterns upon long poles stuck into the mud at the bot
tom Of the pond. An avary deer monkeys &C. were
kept upon the premises there were gardens or grounds
About fifty with small feet the strange
visiter. They all dressed in silks with and ou
like the Turks They manifested much surprise at
the small urdis Of ladies did their small feet
and inquired with equal anxsy if they thus
pressed with great pain.
The Chinese have the art Of dwarfng trees and will cult
vae apple tree perfect in all parts, and yet
exceeding foot in height and, what is still strange
they will raise from them pleasure fruit either of the usual
size, Of size propooned the diminished growth Of the
tree.
At Canton there displayed elegant articles luxury
beauty IN the greatest pouon passer through the streets
constantly in danger Of losing eye being knocked down
by the bamboos which Coolies carry their burdens for no
beast Of BURDEN except the buaoes plough the rice fields
is known Southern China the population being dense
TO supply them food Every thing done by human labor
There wheeled vehicles except wagons driven by sails
IN the northern part Of the empire and the Chinese
milk
The beggars of China very wreched very numer-
ous though less than would be supposed China has
asyums, and Of all paupers who obtain relief do by
begging. They go about the streets with gong
other scordan instrument least with harsh and
pleasant They enter shop and, without leaving off,
Hamlet recommends, their damnabe faces, they
mence noise which forthwith drives all customers from the
premises This is allowed by law and CUSTOM and is
nued until produces gratuity II the shopkeeper be
blessed with orude the beggar beats his gong till he is tired
lies down by the and sleeps awhile and then resumes
his beating. He keeps up until he has aggravated the
keeper the requisite amount. Begging is thus trial Of
patencethe strives to annoy and the other TO endure
| and il continues till one Of the two gives In
The Government Of China is pararchal-a pure, unaloy
ed despotsm The Cza Of Russia less absolute than the
Chinese Emperor The soil Of all China is his the lives
property and honor Of the people IN his hands he
them the sun Of heaven-the OF law and religion, and
is invested with every attribute Of power and sovereignty
The empire divided into provinces each province into dis
tcs and the districts into towns, villages, and hundreds
Each officer Of each division IL responsible TO his immediate
superior Crimes accidents punished not only upor
those NV whom they are committed but those also by whom
they should have prevented In any serious disturbance
town. the authorities Of the district and the province
which il situated punished in various degrees. Fami
lies are held responsible for the behavior Of each member
them II cruel to punish family for the ofenc
Of one, ravage district for crime Of Of its nhabi
But the theory that all the members Of the empr
bound preserve order and peace and responsible
its nracton IN England and this country where town
held liable for property destroyed by mobs And in Chi
this theory il allowed become dead letter. and
harsh may il cannot be denied that experience ha
proved il Of wonderful efficacy the preservation Of quiet
II tranquility.
Mr. Webster related one incident 10 illustrate its operation
In passing through dense crowd in the night America
r. robbed Of his watch OF impossible
identify the offender but he made his complaint to the Man
darins who told him that in three DAYS his wa should
returned That very day all the police officers Of Canton