Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-02-20

and this process repeated again ana again
until the whole is polished In the most per-
feet manner. This is now ready for the pat
terms in gold, and a skillful artist pricks out
the design on the black surface with a sharp
pointed steel instrument and the delicate
preparation Of gold, contained in little porce-
lain s%auccrs, is laid on with fine brushes
The artist is careful not to touch the lac, as
before drying it is poisonous. The gold be-
ing finished, the whole is once more careful
ly scrutinized, and the article is ready for
sale. Nothing can exceed the richness of
the magnificent foldinr-screens they make
for rooms large landscapes are introduced,
and scenes in which are represented Chinese
gardens, which are always irrigated, and in
which bridges and boats are necessary as
well as ornamental.
A %finciful taste occasionally colours tho
costumes of the figures, and the borders OF
the screen glow with brilliant flowers. That
lacquer ware is most beautiful which, not
prolusely gilded, displays rare Isolated ilg-
ures upon d black ground the elect Is rich
and striking. The Urge chess-ta6les have
shifting tops, one side adorned with gold ;
and the other, forming the board, OF a%lternat-
ing lacquer and mother of pearl. 80 Inc Is
some of the work, that a man was engaged
for six entire weeks in painting a ian mat l
saw. His brush was pointed like a needle,
and the gold was laid on line by line. In
one apartment, set aside from the rest OF the
factory, the very finest work was finished,
and a kind of oiled gauzo was spread around
the walls and under the ceiling, to prevent
the smallest particles of dust from falling
upon the ware.
On our return we tried to get a boat, but
it being very low tide, we could not cross
the mud to obtain one, and were obliged to
thread our way back through the lanes. To
give a specimen of the Canton jIrgon of the
English language, we asked the cooley who
accompanied us, this question: "Can &C
Hong water walkee - that is. Can We
return by the river ~ and the cooley an
swered, 4" Water walkee top ride" meaning
that the tide was running up strongly. The
cooley took us through the most respectable
streets that he could find, and we really saw
some very pretty women, 1t was Sunday
but, excepting that the foreigners knew by
their calendar that it was so, there was moth
ing to denote the day; no sign of devotion
no Sabbath stiffness no long trains of pa
rents and children focking to church. 4 few
joss sticks were s~moiing hero and there. hu
they smoke at all times. Here was the eter
nal throng forever busy; here a mandarin
anu MS olIcOlS urdsgllg alonB d cllilueN
criminal, and there the roar OF a street the
atfP.
We cannot but rem1rk, as we pass alon.
the streets, the extreme carelesSness of tn,
people in regard to FIRE the joss sticks ar
close to the woodwork, and lighted pieces {
paper are thrown about in all directions.
sort Of fatalism is the cause of this; there
no need Of care, because houses will burn
it is 80 ordained.
Their fire crackers, too, are continual
exploding. A building is never finished, bu
papers are burned and crackers are fired as
sort of dedicatory rite. The narrowncss Z
tho streets AMI difficulty of o5tuiaing waite
cause fires to spread greatly, aud no whcr
are conlagrations more disastrous than annie
tho narrow thorougbfares of an Oriental city