New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06
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soroa ue.ks EGO [ took TRIP i"'" ""'
~. .oo,,-s. ot which now propose giving you
. ..e,oh Leaving Shar shai ~ Boat Jus' oeep
..o,oh 70 stand esect in the caoin, aud ie'n''
.,,,n.n;,a by a Chinese teacher. stared up the
-, R,s4r. which has l'vee on both sld@',
., ,o the siississippi River in Louisiana. The
,sontry adjacent 20 this r yer brars marHed re-
,sp,bIance TO Louisiana, bordering On the miSsis-
siovi The so ,s aluSitl, and rivals EeyP'' ID Pre
aoct;veness Itis common thing To reap three
and four crops a yesr-and sometimes SIX ahu
s.yep. when the land is planted with vegetables
Cor market. The Chinese greatly prefer nientsou
10 ahy other kind of manuJe. This they Apply IN
liquid state. .oo .;x,y
=, seventy miles f,om shanghai HIRE we dls.
tributed number of tracts, aud preached several
tines 10 the people who we're very CIVIL Inie Us
a all,d town at the junction oi several canais'
and has considerable trade. There is tve-'tory
pSeoda here ihc bell of which was t0llng nlgh'
slo day On VISITING this pagOda, we iounl some
Buddhist priests were
DOING KOONG-TUCk
sr deceased Mandarin. "KOong tuck means
To- perform merit for another. Ii ls INTENDED iof
IN. repose of the deceased persons soul ana 10
oct It out of purgatOry. The ceremony cOns'Nis ~
repeating prayers and tolllDg bell ore huhdtru
dave and nl.hts IN successlon-qute ihe iu-
neral / shoud say. iull-slze image OF Tue 'iau-
darn sat ut u table under the BEL, Where some
boys were taking their turns IN performing the
seiyice The relations of the deceased pay the
priests for this ceremony
SOon after leaving PlDg0O, we saw TWO meu
floating about in tubs, gathering up a K'nh Oh
muscle from the bottom OF the canal Ny friend
concluded they must be some Oi the descendants oil
J,ioo.Les We low found ourselves ia the elk
bo h.t,L oft fhp N
the edge of N. water, were set with morus multi
caulis tres. These trees are planted frJm three
TO fur feet apart, al do not grow very l4Ige.
Passed cemetery, IN pretty grove. GA the
wall of d house ad AGENT was an inscription,
In large letters, stating that the founder oi this
cemetery had been III the habit OF Duying live dsh
in market, and turning them loose in this c1nal
This in Ihe estimation of the Buddhists who be-
Ieye ia the tInnsuligration Of souls Obt1ined for
bim.a great d. gree of merit just think OF 1t !!
Had be- used the fish for food, he might have eaten
his grandfather.
Twenty miles from Ping.Oo, We came to Hal
YeaD, a walled town, where we distributed books.
CAMPHOR TREEs.-IIere we got into the re-
giOn Of the cawphor tree and saw some noble
spt cinebs in the cemeteries along the banks OF
the canal. This is an evergreen, aud attains great
size an d age. The Chinese show good taste III
planting il in their cemeteries. The wood Is very
valubb BILE being used 10 make 1ardrObes, bureaus,
and trunks, which are mOth.prOIf. Why do not
'.the fathers at Washington have some imported
and planted in Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and
Texas, where they wOUlO doubtless tlOurl,h?
The following day We passed through number
Of yiloges where an - outside barbarian was az
strange as his books and dOctrlne. The pc 'ple
were gO"d-natured and very civil We were how
ever, sometimes uncOnfOrfably squeezed by the
crowds pressing forward to got look at us. We
DOW approached the mountains which skirt the
hare Of 'h,,vy Ray Wp
these mountains i'll sJne places were planted with
pile tre, g. to grow for wood. Would not the
Americans DO we'll to initiate the Chinese n this
Rse of their waste lands Speaking of wood, re-
minds lie that the Chinese use rice straw. wheat
straw and cotton stalks as fuel for cooking.
CHEAP MODE OF BURNING BRICKS.
Strange as il may appear to an American the
Chinese burn all their bricks with nothing but
sIaw We passed a klln in iull blast, the interior
OF ~bich appeared sufficiently hot. The kiln is
made round like al old-iashiUned brick oven, with
one small opening II top and one ut bottom. The
straw is placed close at hand and man feeds the
hre without intermi.siOn till the bricks are burnt.
Cne man to feed ii 10y day aud another by night
are sufficient to attend to Kiln. They burn their
line with the same kind Of fuel. Thus see
what the ingenuity Of man will devise when the
usual productions fail.
On our way 10 HaNyung we met with a scholar
going 10 tbat place, TO offer for graduation. He
could reud and observed the rules of etiquette.
We gave him some books to distribute among his
friends. About night reached Hal-Nyung,
vailed tOwn on the Hang. Chow Bay, but did not 20
ashore. I he DAY following we reached II country
village, where remained over the Sabbath. AT
this place we were visited by some of the literat,
v hO were glad to receive our books and learn
sJmethIng about foreign manners and customs
As the people had never seen foreigner, nor
heard the GUspel before, our preaching On Sabbath
created no tlie str. The priests acknowledged
that their gods we're usde of wood, stone and
mud, but said they could not throw them away,
the people would then desert the tempes, and
they would lose their rice, which the people Were
in the habit OF bringing them The substance of
their argument was food for the body is much
more important than food for the soul " which is
the practical belief of many persons in Christian
Iauds though they NOT as candid in cJnfessing
il as were these heather priests.
After their candid confessions, We showed the
sbsurdiy and wOrtblessDess of image worship,
very much to the amusement OF the auditors. The
priests however, seemed to feel that they were in
the situation OF the frogs in the fable" Though 1t
"msy be sport for you, II is death 10 us" ihs
place, in a direct course, IS about one hundred
miles from Shanghai, though We travelled one
hundred and fifty miles to get to it, and did not
pass through single lock on any canal. So level
10 this immense plain, YOU Gao travel for hun Ireds
of miles without meeting with lock. IL Is inter
stcted in every direction with canals, which afford
water for irrigation, we'll as cheap and easy
communication with the market towns.
CHINESE FARMING.
Every foot of ground is in the highest state of
cultivation, and 1 have never seen farms kept in
better order III any part of America. The fact is,
foreigners have already derived m,ny u.eiul hints
from, the Chinese, and may yet learn more. The
chain pump. which has been patented III America
n nriylual lt,V,ntiOu ha been in ugp for cpntI-