The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-06-08

and he is assisted by the charity |
of his couutrymen, which they bestow on him |
safely, because he is industrious aud honestly |
repays them. When he gets TO the mines he
sets to work with patience, industry, temper |
ance, and economy. He gives no man any
offence, and he is contented with small gains,
perhaps only two or three dollars per day
His living costs him something. and he is well
pleased if he saves up three or four hundred
dollars year. Like all other nations, and as
is particularly to be expected of them, many
return home with their money, there to re-
main, buy rice fields, build houses and devote
themselves TO the society of their own house
holds and the increase of the products OF their
country, OF It's exports and imports, of IFS
commerce and the general wealth oil the world.
But not sll; others-lul as many as Of other
nations-invest their gains in merchandise and
bring II into the country and sell II of your
markets. It's possible, sir, that you may not
be aware how great this trade is, and how
rapidly it is increasing, and how many are
now returning to California as merchants who
came over originally as miners. We are not
able TO tell you how much has been paid by
Chinese importers at the Custom House, but
the sum must be very large. In this city alone
there twenty stores kept by Cinnamon,
who own the lots and erected the buildings
themselves. In these stores q great deal of
business is done; all kinds of Chinese goods,
rice, silks, sugar, tea, etc., are sold in them,
and also u great quantity Of American goods,
especially boots, OF which every Chinaman
buys one or more pairs Immediately on land
ing. And then there are the American stores
dealing in Chinese articles on q very lurge
scale, and some with the most remarkable
success.
The emigration Of the "Coolies," as your
Exceiencv rather mistakingly calls US, is at
tended with the opening OF all this Chinese
trade. which ifit produces the same results
here as elsewhere, will yet be the pride and
riches of this city and State. One of the sub,
scrlbers OF this letter is now employed as
clerk in an American store, because of the SER
vices he can render them as broker in busi-
ness with his countrymen; he has some times
sold 100000 day of Chinese goods. Chy
Lung, who arrived few days since with some
Sl0,000 in China goods, has sold out and re-
turns tor another cargo on the Challenge -
Fei- Chaong, VINO brought in a cargo about
month ago, has sold out, and also retnrns in the
Challenge. So does the Partner of Sam-wa
of this city; Tuk-Shaong for the same purpose
for more than u year he has been continually
importing and selling cargoes. A great many
others sends for goods by the Challenge, and
all the other ships which you speak of as be-
ing expected, will bring cargoes of Chinese
goods as well as Chlnamen Nor does this by
any means give you full idea of the trade of
the Cinnamon. They not only freight your
ships, but they have bought many of them and
will buy more; and as to the freig hting ofships,
il may be worthy of your attention to know,
that such is our preference for your country
men, that we employ your ships in preference
10 any others, even when we could get them
cheaper. When ship arrives, everybody sees
how actively and proftably your drays, steam
boats, wagons, &c, are employed by U.S.
Some of US read in the papers, the other day,
that the Government of the United States were
going to send ships to Japan, to open that
country to American trade. That is what we
supposed your country wished with China as
we'll as other countries, but it cannot all be on
one side, and it is plain that the more advan-
tages we get from your country, the faster you
will get the benefits of our trade. The gold
we have been allowed to dig in your mines is
what has made the China trade grow up so
tast like every thing else in this country. Ii
you want to check immigration from Asia, yoa
will have to do it by checking Asiatc COM
merce, which we supposed from all that we
have ever known of your Government, the
United States most desired to increase.
What your Excellen"y has said about pass
ing law to prevent Coolies shipped to Cali
lornia under contracts from laboring in the
mines we do not conceive concerns us, for
we believe any are coming except a small
number, perhaps, who work on sh4res. as we
have before explained, just as people from all
other countries sometimes do. We will not
believe ii is your intention TO pass law
treating us as Coolies whether we are so or
not. You say there is no treaty provision for
the manner in which Chinese emigrants shall
be treated, and that the Chinese government
would have no ight TO complain of anv law
ox.luIipy from. fha h.,
otherwise. This may be true of the govern
ment, but il would certainly ALLEVIATE the pre-
sent remarkably Iriendly feelings of the Chi
nese people, and in many ways interfere with
the full enjoyments of the commercial priv
ileges guaranteed to the Americans by the
treaty of Wanghiya.
In what we here say we have most carefully
told your Exceliency the ruth, but we fear
you will not believe us, because you have spo-
ken in your message OF US as Asiatics, "igRo,
rant of the solemn character of The oath or af.
firma,ion in the form prescribed in the Consli.
| tuition and the Statutes,' or indifferent 10 the
solemn obligation to speak the truth which an
oath imposes" 1t is truth, nevertheless, and
we leave il to time and the proof which our
words carry in them TO satisf, you of the fact.
| 1t has grieyed us that you should publish SO
bad character OF us, and we wish that you
| could change your opinion and speak well of
| us 10 TIE puDtlc. " t 10 not ue0y tnnt many
| Cinnamon tell lies, and so do many Americans
| even in Courts of Justice. But we have our
| Courts, too, and our forms of oaths, which are
| as sacredly respected by our countrymen as
| other nations respect ;heirs. We do moi
swear upon so many little occasions as you
| do, and our forms will seem as ridiculous to
| you as yours do to US when we first see them.
You will smile when we tell you that on or
dinary occasions an oath is attested by burning
piece of yellow paper, and on the more i'm
portant ones by cutting off the head ofa cock;
yet these are only forms, and cannot be of
great Importance, We would think. But in the
important matters we are good men; we honor
our parents; we take care of our children; we
are industrious and peaceable; we trade much;
we are trusted for small and large sums: we
pay our debts and are honest; and of course
must tell the truth. Good men cannot tell lies
and be ignorant OF the difference between right
and wrong. We do not think much about