The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-11-06
VOLUME 8.--EUHBER (.
The Chinese in California.

The Chinese El California.
The Chinese are destined to exert an i'm por-
tant influence in this country. For the last six
months they have supplied a larger number Of
immigrants than any other country-not excep-
ting the Atlantic sector. of the Union 1 mean
to say, the excess of immi grafton over emigra-
ton has been more in their favor. Scarcely
week elapses without the arri, Al Of 15o TO 25O
Ceiestiais. Very few Of them abandon tho
country. They appear to shape their course
for permanent residence. The greater number
equip themselves for mining and set of in
search of gold. But many have settled down
in trade or business in this city. The variou,
grades of society are well represented They
all hail from Canton. 1t wo,iid not be credits-
able to come from any other place.
1t is curious fuct that although there are
from ten TO twenty thousand Of these people in
California, very few Of them are females. Tho
women do not come. l know of only two or
three Chinese women in this city. One OF than
Is the noted Miss Atoy, whose reputation is nCt
in the least degree doubtful. This d distinguished
character has pretensions to beauty, though
she is not homely. She lives in very public
place, and shows herself at the ioor, always in
regular national costume, with Chinese panta-
looms of pure white, or highly wrought satin
| Her visitors Americans, and the names Of
i. some eminent politicians are sometimes coupled
with hers The Chinese do not enter her dwell
ling. II is said that some of them waited on
the Committee of Vigilance, when that
eign tribunal was making domici.ary visits TO
suspected persons, and giving them notice TO
quit, with request that Atoy should be sent
home, as they considered her disgIa e TO their
country and pest TO society. Eut some O. the
Committee desiring TO become better acquainted
with her ladyship before proceeding to that
tremity, she was not nolcsted.
! You can scarcely look into the street but you
/ see troops OF Chinese. Here are a dozen marct-
! ing in single file, irregularly, AMI making q
I tour of observation, noting with curiosity every
thing around them. Here is another troop.
twenty or more, laden with tin pans, boots and
various preparations for the mines. Still larger
bodies may be seen with sacks OF sugar srd
rice on their backs, carrying them TO their store
houses after the manner Of ants. Or if tLe
load be too heavy for onc two OF them tug il
on pole. There is q chap with huge basket
of clothing, ct the heels of a. edd looking
genius who wears odd looking spectacles, and
who reads his book as he goes, TO find the pro-
per stopping places. Occasionally you behold
fifty q hundred in one gang. just arrived, and
staring with amazement al every thing, getting
along about fast as children going to school
on parade day.
I The Chinese are slow in assuming the Amer
lean costume. Their clumsy shoes first come
of, and are replaced By boots, often much too
large. They fond OF Big boots, aud viii
seldom subnit to good TT If they get s.
pair of boots Of greater capacity for the samo
money. Their feet generally small. A fFiei
of mine had stock of small boots which he did
not know what TO DO with; a Chinaman, at
tracted by their cheapness, bought a pair, and
returned with swarms of his countrymen.
who exhausted the supply before night.