Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-07

L" tuV 'uu SciNlnE Tor spears. win these
anu the Jmgaiis, and bakets OF stoae they de
lend themselves against Ladrones. After pas
sing the Bogue the craft increase very much.
The tall and white sails of u merchant sh y
are occasionally seen. The banksoppear COW
cred with rice fields. Whanpoa, nine miles
from Canton, Is soon reached, and here the
shores are high and beautiful. The Pagoda
Is seen and three miles Ui the barrier which
the Chinese built To keep of the English.
a hundred millions OF souls is the difference
IN ne estimate oi population. 1t is certain,
according to some, that there are not less than
JouiuOO, 200, while Others reduce this number
to lcO,OO0,000. The Chinese compute them.
selves at 300. 600 900. MIR. Webster then
compared these estimates with what was
known with the population of France. Here
then are 10000. 900 in d territorial extent o.
5O,oOO square miles. or 100 inhabitants to
every square mil. Soil and climate are no
more favorable In France thJu in China
Chinese proper. not including Chinese Tartary
was Il fertile and as well cultivated as France.
The prosperity OF the country, the cheapncss
oil labor and various encouragement for mar
rage attended To increase the population
Aud China proper was about eight times the
extent OF France, while Chinese Tartary was
but sparsely populated. Here the people were
romantic and lived in focks and herds and
'i"'NN Si'uN'i SIuNC " utlilllllU. ms
DIVISION oil the Empire covered three millions
five hundred thousand square miles. Even
II this part was only two thirds as densely po-
pulated as Russia, and Chine proper as much so
as France, there would be 2l0, 900 900 of in
habitants, surprising Chinese Tartary to have
twenty inhabitants 10 the square mile. There
was hardly a possibility that the numbers
were lever than this.
Canton, Mr.. w. said. is upon a level niece
OF ground, hardly above the level of the river.
Lofty hills border il on the east. aud there is
an eminencc near by, on which is a Tartar
military station. Tn population was 6OO,-
uoo' streets Dut . ieet wide, and houses low
and dark. The city within the walls was
smaller than the suburbs. 1t is difficult,
however, TO distinguish the two apart. The
factories OF the inhabitants are upon the very
bank "i the river, and these were the best bull
lungs seen by MIR. W., except the temples
Mr.. W., upon landing, first sought out a Tar
Tar teacher. This Tartar was frightened az
the task he had undertaken: and was in bodily
fear that the teaching of "a foreign Mantchoo
would cost him his head. Upon the third
visit he begged to be let off, and as there was
no reasoning him out OF his fears that the
~Niandarins would seize him, he let him 90.
MI. webster then gave a somewhat amusing
account oil an interview with Duke Peyon'
- D. N"N ~ VI IlS ltSlNtllCS, WHICH
was represented correctly in the prints of our
INN crockery-ware. The manor was finely
furnished, and attached to il was a theatre.
About 1t were no grounds laid out. The gen.
eral appearance OF the house was pleasing, but
there was nothing like comfort. Fifty or sixty
women, all of the small feet kind, assembled
either to see the place or TO see the American
party. They fled at the approach of the latter.
and huddled together in distant apartments.
The American ladies managed TO keep them
sui, so that their costume and dresses were
examined. Mr.. w. described the dresses,
which are very correctly represented in the
books.
The Chinese c~onfine the feet at the age of
five, by cotton bandages, thus preventing their
increase III size beyond that period. This
e'lnces an unsteady and ~tottering gait. The |
fashion Is not colfined to any peculiar rank;
indeed, there is no such thing as social rank in
China. Parents with five or six. children
usually select one OF them TO undergo the on
Grafton, with the hope that she may, in conse-
quence, marry a rich man. The others are
suffered TO remain unused.
Every Chinese as soon as he is able 10 do so
takes u small footed wife. He sends for some
old lady as ago between and enquiries where
he can get a suitable wife. She then secs the
young lady, Miss Lee Mug " Now Leen, and
describes her merits to Moo Chung. The ar
engagements follow, and the wedding. In high
and wealthy families, the husband first sees
her lace when she arrives at the door of his
mouse, and taking her out of the Sedan chair
raises her veil! The Tartar women do not
compress the feet at all. The Chinese women
expressed as much surprise at the small waists
oil the Americans as the latter did at the small
ieet OF the Chlnese-They would not believe
mat the Americans were white, until one oil
them raised her sleeve and showed her arm.
Chinese women all use paint, both red and
white. Some paint the underlip with a poi
sonous substance, which compcls them to
Keep up a perpetual pout for fear of swal-
lowing the paint.
AM GLAD TO SEE YOU.-There are
more lies contained in these few words. than
III all the written speeches of a law shop and
yet the expression is on the tip end of almost
every ones tongue.
lake an INSTRUMENTATION has pickles or
sausaScs to make, and is up to ears in pots and
kettles, when Mrs. Somebody enters with her
SIX little ones, all dressed of as neat as if
they had been imprisoned for six months i'm a
new baudbox. BLESS me! I'm extremely
glad to see you!" 1t is a whapper-it's a
down right lie. In her heart she wishes her
and all her brood TO the-; we'd like to
have said 1T. When you hear a person saw.
lido call again and see me" il sounds so much
like John, show the gentleman the way out"
1T is no such thing as politeness. To be what
the fashionable world term polite. we must
necessarily be hypocritical. The true charac-
teristIc OF sincerity is bluntness and a sincere
man will never have the back ache.
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