The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1856-08-14

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white residents of California are gradually becoming
familiar with the manners and customs OF their
strange neighborNthe Chinese. The Cinnamon ex-
hibit their peculiar civilization In a multitude of
ways they build houses, catch and cure fish, take
Ia washing, do a general trading business, speculate
In rice, and worship In a Boodhist Temple in San
Francisco, and in the interior, their occupations are
still more varied.
deceased friends to their nativel land, and in this work
many thousands of dollars are expended every year.
A correspondent of the San Jose Tribune, describes
thus the ceremonies of some Chinese on the exhuma-
ton of the body Of one of their countrymen who died
in 1854, ct Snelling's ranch, in Mariposa county.
Anticipating that the proceeding would be of
rather a novel nature, / accompanied them to the
graveyard, and will describe as near as can the rites
and proceedings had there.
Before touching the grave, they unfolded a pack
age and took from it four pine sticks, painted red,
and about one foot long, the ends of which had been
dipped in tallow until they were about the size of an
ordinary candle. These they stuck in the ground.
about one foot apart, at the head of the grave, (the
four forming q square,) and set them to burning.
They then took from a little red paper case fifteen
very small pine sticks about the size of broom straws,
one foot and a half long, and covered with a sub
stance that burned very like o slow match. Lighting
these. and setting them in the square before named,
they proceeded to take out divers bundles of papers
one, which [ noticed, being the smallest, contained
fifteen slips of brown paper, each having fifteen holes
in it, and were piled in three piles around the square.
Taking up another bundle, they produced fifteen
large sheets ofbrown paper, each silyer-gilded in the
centre to about she size of a playing card, and these
they arranged iii piles as they had the smaller pa
pers. Another bundle, and the last, contained fifteen
similar sheets, except that the gliding in the centre
was of gold these they also arranged like the preced-
ing bundles, and setting the whole on fire, waited
solemnly until all were consumed then, taking up
their spades, commenced work.
Reaching the remains, they examined very partic-
ularly as to whether John died wearing his cue.
Finding it, they rejoiced exceedingly, and on my ask
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than any I have yet seen, explained to me that it was
a part of their religion ; and those who ceased to
wear it after leaving China were refused burial inside
of the Great Chinese Wall, but that their remains
were sent home and buried outside of It's Fran
cisco Chronicle.
HoRRoRs OF WAR-The Liverpool Times of the
18th ult, contains the following from its Crimean
correspondent:
ssThe Russians do not disguise their joy at the
prospects of peace, and, indeed, they must have suf-
fered enormously IN the seige. They say that the shot
of the allies sometimes struck their boats full of men
crossing from the north side, and sunk them, and
they take pride in relating the horrors of the siege.
Some of them will never be known. Mr.. Deane, the
diver, has, however, brought others to light.
The English poet, Rogers, died lately at the age of
ninety-six. His long life, in a prominent position,
kept alive his poetry which, otherwise, would have
died long since. The mind of Rogers had few or none
of those feelings and Inspirations which make a man
81 poet. He was always rich and comfortable-smell-
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headed man and one that slept o'nights. He had a
G100, 900 note framed as an ornamen above his man
tel-piece-the idea is tremendous. But it is not po-
etical a true poet would not make such a blazon.
But what poet, since the beginning Of the world ever
had an opportunity to do so ? The fame of Rogers is
an accompaniment to that of the bright wits of his
age-and will be remembered for their sakes-and
this he knew very well. It is curious enough that
the most expressive little song of humble cottage con-
tentment should come from that London banker who
had the hundred-thousand-pound note over his man
tel-piece-ss Mine be a Cot beside q Hill Rogers
could not live out of London.
1t appears that the advance copy of the treaty of
peace, which eventually appeared in the London
Daily yNetcs, was hawked about among the London
press, but, not one of these { senterprising'' papers
would pay for it the price demanded-1,00O francs,
about 5000!
The colored population of Washington city, num-
bering in all about 10000, have eleven places of
worship, the aggregate value of which is $4,000.
Ten Of the colored congregations pay their pastors on
an average of $3.50. There are above 1000 children
in the Sabbath Schools, who are mostly taught by
members of the several congregations.
A little boy died in Bangor recently, from the
effects of using an old tobacco pipe to blow soap bub-
bles with. His little sister, who used it with him, is
lying dangerously i'll. 1t is. supposed they were pois-
oned with the essential oil of tobacco, imbibcd from
the pipe which they were using.
EUROPEAN HOTEL RULEs.-The ssVictoria Man
sion'' in Brussels, contains among its regulations,
the following -
sThe bedrooms are supplied with every reasonable
contradiction bed linen is replaced every two weeks.
Two towels weekly are allowed, and where more linen
is required, it can be had for the mere cost of wash
ing. One foot bath weekly, all extras ] a franc each.
The proprietors do not undertake to supply enormous
quantities of cold water
HOLIDAY PRESENTS The Boston Post is response
BILE for the following -" A friend says he had two:
. kiss from his wife and another from his daughter.
The first he valued for its rarity, and the second for
its disinterestedness-being given for a gold brace
let"
TIE ECCENTRIC. / have ever thought eccentric
persons a great blessing to mankind. But for them,
we should all be crushed down into a semi-huid state
of utter respectabiity, entire conformity, and super
abundant folly. They are the centrifugal forces in
them, even when they border upon madness, than
not to have them at all.
RoEs' GOAT SKIN BRoGANs, FOR SALE