The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-04-04


s5OOG00O disposed TO think that number rearer
100000 than 100000 from these provinces alone are
located in foreign COUNTRIES In The kingdom Of sAm
which 900 in the capital (Bangkok They crowd
all the islands Of the Indian Archipelago In Java We
know by census there 000 Cochin China
teens with Chinese In this colony seldom with
two three vessels taking Chinese emgrants 10
California and other places Multitudes go to Australia
TO the Philippines to the Sandwich islands, TO the western
coast Of Central and Southern America have made
their way British India The emigration British
West Indies has been considerable to the Havana greater
still The annual arrivals in Singapore estimated al
Of 10000 and 1000 Is the number that said
annually to return China There not only this
maritime emigration but considerable inland efiux
Chinese towards Mantchoura and Tibet may
added that the large and fertile islands OF Formosa and
HalmAn have been to great extent won from the aborg
ines by successive inroads Of Chinese settlers.
Now, these all males there is not 10 ten
thousand hence perhaps, the small social value OF
the female infant Yet this perpetual ouiowing OF people
respect to diminish the number of those who
left behind Few Cinnamon leave their country with
out fixed purpose 10 return to worship in the ancestral
hail. bring sacrifices the tobs of their fathers but
II may be doubted If In reviss his native land
The loss of life from disease from bad arrangements from
shipwreck and other casualties amounts to fghtfn per
centage those who emigrate.
The muludss of persons who live by the fisheries in
China afford evidence not only that the land s cultivated
to the greatest possible extent but that il ia insufficient to
supply the necessities of the ing population for
agriculture Is held in high honor in China and the hus
baadman stands next in rank 10 the sage literary man
in the social hierarchy II has been supposed that nearly
tenth of the population derive their of support
from fisheries.
Hundreds and thousands of boats crowd the whole
Of China sometimes acting communities sometimes in
dependent and isolated There species Of craft by
which fish be inveiged which is not practsed with
in China every variety of net from vast seines
embracing miles TO the smallest handhet In the OF
child-fshing by night and fishing by day fishing by
moonlight by torchgh and in utter darkness fishing in
boats OF all sizes fishing by those who stationary
the rock by the seaside and by those who absent
weeks the widest of seas fishing by comorants fish
ing by divers; fishing with nes with baskets by every
imaginable decoy and device There is river which is
staked the fisherman in his craft There no
lake, pond which is crowded with fish, piece Of
water is nearly valuable field OF fertile land
daybreak every city is crowded with sellers of live fish,
who carry their commodity buckets Of water saving
they do sell to be returned the pond kept for
other days service lakes and ponds China not
only supply large provisions Of fish, but they produce
siderable quantities of edible roots and seeds which
largely consumed by the people Among these the esco
lent arum the water chestnut serpu ubtrosus and the
lotus, (nelam6 ium) the most remarkable.
The river population of China who live only
in boats who born and educated who marry their
families and die Who Ia word begin and end their exist
the water and have dream OF any shelter
other than the roof and who seldom tread except the
deck board Of their sampans shaw to what extent
the land ia crowded. and how Inadequate it is maintain
the cumberers Of the soil In the city OF Canton alone 1t is
estimated that 100000 persons dwell upon the surce Of
the river the boats sometm twenty thirty Deep eover
some mle and their wants supplied by smbuatory
statesmen, who wend their way through every accessible
passage OF this vast population some dwell in decorated
for theatres for concerts for esss for gambling, for lust
for solitary and social recreatlons Some cPaita en-
poyed in conveying goods and passengers and are 10
sac of constant activity; others moored, and their
engaged servants laborers shore. In
deed their pursuits probably nearly various those
of the land population The immense variety of boats
which found in Chinese waters has been ade
quats,y described Some OF size and are
used magazines fer sst rice Others have all domes
tic accommodations and empaJed for the transfer OF
whole families with all their domestic attendants and
commodatons from place to another some, called
reds from their being supposed 10 have hundred
in. this
uahe cargoes from the ihnsr warehouses 10 the foreign
shipping 10 the ports all these ffoa the huge aud
brous junks which remind of Noahs ark, and which
represent the rude and constructions OF the
hottest ages, TO the fragile planks upon which solitary
ep.r hangs upon the outskirts of society boats OF every
fo and applied 10 every purpose exhibit an incaeuabe
amount Of popuAtOa. hich may be called amphbious, il
not aquatic ..." "a
Not only land and water crowded with Chinese but
aany dwell on artificial isard which float upon tho
lakessands With gardens and houses raised upon the
raers which be ocenpeTs have bound together and
which they eua what is needful for the supply Of fs
daily wants They have their poultry and their vegetables
for use their flowers and their scrolls for ornament their
household gods for protection and worship
/ 10 all parts of Chra 10 vhich have aocsss fad
only that every ground is cult which
capable Of producing anything bat that from the value of
land and the surplus of labor cultivation rather that Of
gardeners than OF husbanden The sides of hE In their
natural declvity often unavailable are suecsson of
artificial terraces, turned profitable Every lit
e Of. o. soft .housa J. q only Few eet N length snd
of the land thus cared for but every device Is employed for
the gathering together of every article that for
manure. a1sNasns 9s.Na as4 @
TIE stimulans to production applied with nm
\ firing industry In this colo1y Of Hong Kong scarcely
ride without finding little bit Of ground
either newly cultivated clearing for cultivation At
tention to the sonot only to make it productive but
much productive as possbles incucated as poiti
cal and social daty. One of the most admired sages Of
China Yung chn) Gays "Let there be uncultivatcd
spot in the country, unemployed person In the city
and the fourth maxim Of the sacred edict Of Kangh,
which Is required to be read through the empire the
st and l5h day Of every moon In the presence Of all
the officers Of Stale ia the following effect: Let hus
mulbery-ree that there May be sufficient supply of
food and clohing" Shin Nung, the OF one of the
ancient and hopored of the Chinese Emperors
"the Divine Husbandman.p The arts of draining and
rrgatpg OF preserving preparing and applying manure
in great variety of shapes Of frzng seeds indeed all
the details Of Chinese agriculture well deserving Of
note and all display evidence of the inadequate proportion
which the produce of The soil bears the demands
| consumption Of the people.
! The Chinese again. have prejudice whatever as re-
CARDS food they eat anything and everything from which
they derive nutrition. Dogs especially puppies are
habitnally sold for food and have the butchers
shops large dogs skinned and hanging with their
the side Of pigs and goats Even and mice the
Chinese have objection neither TO the flesh Of mon
keys and snakes the sug Is srisocratical and
costly decacy which wanting and than the
done TO the guests Unattached ducks and chickens are
avorte dish Nor do the early stages Of putefacon
any disgust fab is the acceptable when has
strong fragrance and favor to give guso the
As the food the Chinese eat is for the part hard
coarse and OF little their beverages nguarly
economical Drunkenness is vice in China and fer
mebted spirits strong drinks seldom used Tea may