Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-10-27

She was pumped out and raised. This shows
the ease with which the limbs may Be used
while encascd in this armor.
Captain Taylor has purchas ii tie schooner
Spitiirc, which il will b. recolected was cap
tured on the coast OF Africa and condemned
as slavef, III which lie is about to proceed TO
the Chesapeake Bay, to raise the cargo of the
brig Canton which was loaded with non and
sunk about two months since lie is engaged
to do this, it is said, by the Boston Mutua, In
surdncc Company lie is then going tn Spaii-
! ish Main for the purpose of looking for the
treasure OF some OF the Spanish galleons that
have been sunk there.
Mr.. CUSlllNG'S LECTURE UPON THE
CHI NESE.-ln the first of these lectures de-
livered before the Newburyport Lyccuin, last
week, MIR. Cushing indicated the Chinese
from niatiy ut the prcjudices which exist
against them witliall distant people lie de
clarcd them TO be Ingenious and industrious.
anda large class of them leaned men. Books
he found as numerous as in Europe, and the
catalogue of single library, in his possession,
occupied ten volumes. lie said that the fatal
error ol the Chinese has been in giving too
epicurean character TO their habits and their
government. One illustration of this cited
was the fact that u, the close of all letters TO
one another, the written salutation is :. wish
you tranquility and promotion They lack
only military skill and discipline To rake
them powerful nation, capable of repelling
INVASION or OF overrunning contiguous coun-
tries: Tor no men arc Drawer, or die more fear
lessly m the ranks. From the tone Of Mr..
Cusiiing's remarks I'VE should infer that ne
supposed they would ultimately attain this
military skill and discipline NJ. C%ssliiing
remarked that the fate of the Chinese should
be a warning to those utopian dreamers among
us, who would devote all intellectual and
! physical efforts To the arts of peace. to the
extinction OF that martial spirit without which
independence can never be maintained.
We give the following abstract from the
Newburyport Herald, OF other parts of the
| lecture:
China does not need any foreign trade
| Within her own territory she produces every
! thing requisite Tor the wants of her popuIa-
tion. The Imperial commissioners repeat edly
assured Mr.. G.. that this commerce from the
outset had been literally forced upon them by
the English and Americans adversely to the
interests and the wishes OF the Chinese gov
eminent and people
/ Newspapers as we'll as books abound and
circulate freely among the Chinese, and the
Pekin Gazette. particularly, penetrates to eve
/ ry part OF the empire. They annually publish
a Red Book, similar to our Blue Book, giving
the names and emoluments of all public Off
GERS.
IN regard TO the population of China, Mr..
Gushing seems to be OF opinion that the Chi
nese census does not overrate the number, and
! that the three hundred and fifty millions which
they claim, Is not lar from the true number
The land and the water of a country, as large
as Europe, teens with swarming masses liv-
ING alike IN boats on the rivers and i'm houses.
In the southern part of the country two crops
year are produced, and the poorer classes
subsist on little rice, and the flesh of dogs,
cats, rats, &c. To the cities and towns there
are no carriage ways, the streets are only mar
row loot paths, and no horses or other beasts
OF burthen are kept to require large ranges of
pasturagc. The population is crowded into
the narrowest limits, by a long succession of
ages of peace and industry. The compensa-
| ton asked by the servants which Mr. c.. i'm his
character of American Ambassador, employ
ed, was only five dollars a Month, and out of
| this they found their own washing and board
ing.
The Chinese have long been acquainted with
all the Improvements Ill the arts, upon which
Europeans pride themselves, as the inventors,
with the exception only of The steam engine.
Machinery has moi been introduced amongst
them, because of the effects il would produce
among such croweed population, by throw
ing Immense numbers of handicraftsmen out
OF employment. Hence the success will,
which English and American manufacturer
are sold there, Notwithstanding the chcapness
OF Chinese labor. Mr.. G. minated the pos
sibllity that the introduction of these foreign
manufactures in the country, might, at some
future day, produce the same effect
TAKEN INA stranger called upon one
OF our merchants short time since, and pro-
posed to sell a cask of extra quality brandy. -
Failing in that, he requested the loan of a
hundred dollars, the payment to be secured BY
deposite OF the brandy. BY way of enlist.
Tag the merchants sympathies he stated thai
he had lost astUrlte->pnd four children in tn,
space OF six weeks. When the brandy wa.
to be tried he was careful! to permit no one tC
draw it but himself Observing him to trem
bic, the merchant remarked, "Why YOU are
agftated-you are nervous" eyes" said I'll,
man, ''if you had lost wife and four children
III six weeks you would be nervous too" The
money was paid and the stranger went hi,
way. On a full examination it was found tina
copper tuu, which contained a small quaint
ity OF brandy, had been firmly fitted arounC
the bu,lg hole and all besides was water! w,
hope we are not harsh in our suspicious, thai
the stranger knew all about it and intended &c
swindle.
M0DESTY.--A damsel being sent 10
! music shop by her master for some cat gut
ashamed to pronounce the yulpar word AN,