The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-29

Sin consideration Of the payments Acd promises
;orssd the .sid arst party promises aud as,ses thu.
ire second party shall have the preferences aAd refusal
over az other persons to this contract foe ten
onths longer or the terms and conditions
ofth time specified this contract, should tho said
6r,t p Tiy be silias TO maze any contract.
Ar 1e said second party stipulates, promises tAd
aereex give to the Lkeon and partrer the bsua
t Of ose> taftsr dsdactcg ia
sent or perfs the drs bsneat In New six weeks
sitter the con-. n,ncsmeDt m m the performances.
maintain fsp cost ths sad Likoon and partner at
some respehBi. hotel gvsn:
5-Tbe secoSd party also to all ex of
house rent ord hhe ext or maintaining ths said
dramatic company in Chinese style ofllvins viz Rios,
fish, &c. ard also to all necessary expensas at
tend1g the drs.natsc operations Of aid company
The said par.y. the first part agrees to psrfogm
desenated by ths party Of the second csrt
Sit y further nntssA y ag,sed and upserstcoi BE-
sha tire vnthIy 7aary OF one hundred aud 6fy
dollsrs -nch one hsn A. sy psvty o. as:t
salary to commence from tho. late Of the first PERFORM
arce In New York
ancs Of the cditon, this tract hereby agrees aud
S pa 2 ns s ss 2 adroSe stage
pa ps a. ss r 2Rs & IT,
u conditions herein conained md at the exp.rAto1
and Faidment OF the above sruas as and conditions Of
s @ sS s become their
per'y free from lei or hipdranca
In testimony her y, the parase hsys 'ersunso sss sns
q 20. BEACH.
SO far everything seemed prosperous for the poor
Cinnamon The salaries of the actors ed under this
arrangement, from 81 200 TO $5oos yesr- a large su
compare Ito their earnings in theiyown ryahd the
interpreter, Long sher~, IN intelligent good looking
young fellow, from whor, have learned IN se partcu
lars, was to receive $3.50 smonth
With bright hopes tLsy left SaE Frauciux by the
steamer Cortez and arriysd New York bv ne Uncls
SSm tho nf Anvil Rat hora tn
frown them The expenses of ther psssass $4,000,
WAS guaranteed understand by the principal parties
before named to be paid tc the SCENTS of the Ch orna
Steamship Company, MessrSs Davis, B,oois & c. =
their safe arrival at New Yo7k The agent Mr. achv
waB furnished believe, wi.h q note o. hand to 7.
Barnum for that amount but that gentleman refasa to
honor it and absolutely declipea taking any share st
ever in the enterprise Here dilemma. The aga vt
had funds to desy the expenses the passage
to enter the oyuaton properly, and to maaa
tain ais large company. In this condition of affairs
Messrs Davis Booes Co retaiued the wardtobe ths
troupe, stated to be cyth from $40 900 to $5ooee
lion for their debt of % oo0 The interpreter oates that
Iisoon then signed paper authorizing the wardrobe -
be so pledged, he at the time knowing nothing u
the effect of such docment. This papss also We give
copy Of below -
We Lhoon and Min onu, managers and contractors Of
he Tong Hook Tong Chine Dramatic Company do hero
by give the above contract aDdthereby
recognise and admit tia lien Of Davis Brooks &C., a.
PRIOR to al others whatsoever said wardrobe.
Aod they, the said Darts Brooks c5ro, agreeing on
heir part that they viii not hold saa Lkooa and Min
Chm sonaly liable for and on accouct Of said lea
Ggped Chinese hieroglyphics for Ihoon end Min ohu
Witness present JAMES D. STEVENSON
Ehvirg thus partially arranged the dIfcufty Mr. Beach
proourd Niblos theatre, Messrs. Davis Brooks Co.
permitted the of the wardrobe in tLcir possesscn
anltbe representations went for the Of
the last nights perfomar being for the benefit Of the
company. But whatever may have been the profit
Of this weeks exhrb.Son the unfortunate Chi
nsss~ derived none from it the agent lsfs
the city without making any sort of engagement with
them, and since then the solemn cont-act, under tie
Of which they to New York. has been
waste paper. The salary shey to receive has, o
coure been unpaid the ezpeSse Of their board at the
Shakespeare Hotel has not been Betrayed and werct
for tao benevolent disposition of the proprietor Of that
stablishmentMr Eugene ievre the poor Chinese would
be recipients Of public alms at Wards Island.
Tsate Of board agreed TO be paid for the forty per-
formers at the Shakspea SIS week each, 4120
week IN gross but afterwards the rate necessarily
raiseito 50 50 However the only rcocivsd BY the
proprietor have been In all sst1. or this r Beach paid
oetors be left the city, 500 Dr. Agnew, of Phaadephts
brother to Capt. Agne of the shareholders paid
$780, Mr. Friston, another of the shareholders who
short time since passed through New York Phil
adepba, paid s6o and Mr. Esbt Coly another Of the
shareholders, residing iu this city, paid sso Mr..
Besshs lawyer, MI. Stephenson paid 3sl, and Mr..
Mathew OF Philadelphia agent to Mr. JOHN Fdstoa paid
$50; making the whole by the hotekeeper
for two months board of the cornpaay s3l1-And
leaving still due to him upwards of 500.
Weie II not for his bencvolence the would
va said before, have bsen long ago compelled to be-
inmates Of The alotcuse but no says e could
have the heart turn thou Of his doors their pre-
teal fororn ard destiuts condition. Aadhe rorst Of
ii Is be is not him. elf in that pecunasily iudepeu-
that
course towards these unfortunate strangers.
Several offers have beon since made engage the COM
paay; but they have generally proceeded rsS persons
nohavipg any capital of their only desiring to
make q speculation out Of them Among tas number l,
however, is not Mr.. Earsha of the broadway theatre
but his terms, though perhaps generally favorabl n
would not make any provision for the Chaee until IA
commencement of tie engagement which would be n
the Fourth of July In the meantime they would sys
to remain burden en- the proprietor Of the Shaks er NJ
who might all the time have ha1 his house aed dfb
more profitable customers They thsmselves .expne..
their willingness 70 perform fon what lid nav
their board, ard have several times ofred avoths
hotel not to,be burden onthsis friend:
The May or anathe Commissioners Of EmerN iou hav.
been applied TO the subject bur though b ey ozpres
great sympathy for the mssOrunes Of the Jhr men-
most Of whom have money enough at hoy le-.Asv ar~
not able to suggest any for their bene Tn
Commissioners OF Emigration, indeed, ere rensrous
enough to offer the hotckseper 81 so ek fos each oc
their board but that Of would iaHi ct too serious
loss his part 1t to bs hoped, how ever that some
movement w be made to protect there poss strancsrs
from the want and saering with which shsy are now
Threatened. They cse hess placing ever Hdsnos in
the honor Of Amerisars and truss 1t M not have 70
be said that the citizens Of New York we're caous Ia
their misfotu Thay still depending on the charity.
of benevolent hest whose means, however will not
permit him continue his kindness aem Tlore Il m
doubt but that the Tong Ho Tom .Companv were A.
gagged by coed manager, Il would . pro st hls sr go
iaion, and understand that Nc ,ssrs Dax~ Trsoss
Co willing to land the wardro i for tn Mr. usa IL ;t
| return be guaranteed to them. -
L The inte rnr2far Inn1 -uho