The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-10-08
From the Deseret News.
From the Deseret News.
CHINESE In CALIFORNIA
Extracts Of Letter from Elder James Leis to Elder
George A. SmM.

Extracts Of Letter from Elder James Lecis to Elder
George A. SmiM.
PARowAs IRON CousTY, UTAH.
Saturday. June g. 1854.
A few reflections upon and ideas gathered in our
lands may not amss In California there about
$4,000 thousand Cinnamon generally San Francisco
the mines They called the best cooks washers and
servants that country They are capable of performing
and enduring labor and fatigue than any other peo-
pie in that island and have spirit to reaiae f the
many insults and injuries they receive They like The
Jews distinct people, and work Ia squads entirely by
themselves in the mines and every arthing Their
living is brought from China by their merchants and
all their trading is done among themselves and they
their peculiar costumes few adopt the dress Of this
country
In San Francisco whole streets are occupied by them
They have their hoeI-keepers wholesale and retail
merchants groeers and physicians In fact they do their
business independent of others After obtain lg suf
fcen make them independent at home, they usually
return. They take little notice Of strangers only
when for their interest," greatly addicted to gambling
and have gaming establishments and houses Of prostitution
publicly open day and night like their neighbors. Thou
sands of brought from China to this market
hired by the wealthy of their countrymen for
ten and often three dollars per head for each year. On
any money advanced for outfit passage if paid the
first year doubles the second principal and interest
Young females of from Ia to 49, we'll children
bought in China at from $50 to $50 each ana brought 70
California to swell the already enormous amount Of crime
prostitution degradation, and corruption ;l t;Et
Thousands of abores hired in China for the wages
OF that country, Ia few cents per day and their passage
paid and they work in the mines their term of service
generally for years. after which they sent home thus
one class preys upon another to enrich themselves
informed that thousands thus in bondage under their
different overscers, sent out for this purpose
In California there already large and extensive
Establishments for the sale of the fine and costly fabrics
well manufactured articles and paintings of rare
Workmanship aud of exceeding line ins which find the
way into the houses or by the wealthy ~
visited many of their leading ascertain if posi-
BILE the situation OF their country and gather books to for
ward the work in which engaged; but found they
were not disposed to give any information, and seemed
surprised that we were DESTROYS of knowing anything
about them, though few could speak English SO as
understood They require high price for information
and carry their dstinctness to great length In their
dealings with Others they very unscrupulous N
found the Chinese in California with prejudice of
feeling caused by their iltreatment from its otzens
which is not confined miners but includes their legisia
tors. They are raduecd, viied, and abused every
hand yet they thrive increase particularly relating
trade They controlled by of intelligence, and
far from being what Christians call them for their
ideas OF the Supreme Being their Father their sssrras
the laws and obligations they Under to each her with
their code of morals in advance of the secara world
and have their pecuarities which truly strange to
as,
They rapidly increasing many OF the barriers arc
being broken down which have long deprived them Of
assocang with other and neighboring nations Undoubt-
edy upon their return to their land they will carry
more liberal principles which, with the extension Of the
spirit of liberty and reform pervading almost every land
will shortly under the directing hand of the Almighty
who has said by his servants that when the Gospel the
of his kingdom in the last days, should
commence then his work should begin among ali nations
This is truly the with that people y Fta "
After completing arrangements, left San Francisco
in the barque San Van Hoome March at Hong
Kong after passage of 40 days
BY letters of same date, learn that the Indians
prosperous and that they enclosing the old fort
which was hfty-siS rods square, with wall around ll2
rods square, 10 be ~ feet high, aud fee, thick
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