New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-25
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hi, food His Chinese cock was sent f.r. aud arrived
:. the sst mo OF with gIeA. stores OF linese COM
sslio "a, to biz imGense satisfaction. Nis'oio ~"
soyed lin He was, or pretended 10 pe uuo
saockeo OF tie dress d 40 Eoglish laoy' ne S nc
eyss stuci uslS turned ftom her, and rsna a.o'
.atd (. at her throat was not covered MI, aaoasee,
showed HIM some portraits IN an "aSrraIa TO- y.
IAo,e. ~ tall room dress. iek was scanuaNsd, una.
- man s,onld wear bedgowps was proper, put tnat
,bsv 6oa ne 10 bedg owns was a.rocious.
yek an hi. private life very respectable China
ma, lie !. 81 srely free from al supicion Of those
cttfslabe nasi,s common 20 n's COUNTY "en suu iof
oo, lie snokes 10 opium; his ordinary drink is only
tea; he uses samst only as medicine II,
"a, CO.., his only wife. un'er the protection of bis
1.,ser ,o RS native village. He spoke of his
v-opz 10 his eyes to show curiosity this topic did
ut lesn their number destination. lie has 500,
bu. has adopted nephew, who is now "a years old,
ard ia pursuing his studies at Pekin.
be txIce day. OF four five succulent dishes,
and he ls' II good ose TO eat rce with each DISH
not ieseyng FOR the erd Of dinner as the Chnese
Do st their fessts. lie drinks nothing while eating
His devotons consist in sitting in the posture of 3
Cbsese idol, his legs crossed ana his face TO the east
Hsremaas in distracted state FOR about ten minutes
sad The act of devotion is accomplished. When he
6st board he retired into this contempls.ive
STATE several times day lie afterward became much
more reniss and once day appeared to suffice him.
He used no idol, and when asked whether he wished
for any fact for performing his deveons privately
replied that he wanted nothing Of the sort imagined
that this act Of devotion according to the GUS
tom C the higher sect Of the Budihiss but one day.
when hs was IN special good humor, he condescended
to explain vhy he turned himself to the east instea
Of the .st which is the birthplace Of Buddha. He
said # no were praying be should turn to the west;
but he 10. Praying He turns to the east because
the east 10 the "terg chi the principle OF life.
the wet is the principle Of death. He says the four
cardinal points agree with the four seasons-the north
the Winter, the south is the Summer, the east is
la -, ti,a tha Anti, Va lad
him what Taol tois was. "Confucian 7" Yes"
"Buddhist ." eyes" "Taoui,t2" ayes. 1t is
more aneieLt than Confuciu,. 1t is the ancient
ceremonial OF Chln1 Are the Iaoli OF Confuc rus
"spceot Tsoli of China ," "Yes; they are all in
cuded in it. From the time there was an east there
"was this T. OIL"
In the practice Of that virtue which we Westerns
are clad to rank next to goodness Yek is certainly not
conspicuous. A n ore undesirable messmate for the
commander Of ship.ofwar can scarcely be imagined.
He spite, he smokes he eructstee, and he blows bis
pose with bis fingers. Capt BROKER hiss taught him
the comfort Of handkerchief, but not TO use
il fer this purpose. His daily additions consist Of
slight rubbing of the face with towel moistened in
hot water He has horror of fresh air. and, while
in Chnete waters, never willingly went on deck: lie
loved to have the ports closed and the ghts down.
He wears thickly-padded stockings, the long, blue
seevsd quilted cape, and blue pantaloons tied at the
ankle common to all Cinnamon. He boasts that he
has won outer coat for ten years. and its appear
snce amply iustifies his assertion; Il i, stiff with
grease. When We drew near to Singapore, within
one cegIee Of the line, the heat became frghtu HIS
pract &c then was, while steaming from libatioDs OF
ho tea to "trip III his coat and sit in bis long yellow
grass coth shirt wet and dscO,Ored-s most disgust
ing object. ~
O1Ce, after q six weeks confinement, he gravely n-
tns;td his intention Of taking bath; and he was
ssgery reminded of what he had been more than once
informed that there was most comfortable bath
room CO deck, quite at his daily service That was
not at eil Ytks idea Of bath. The cabin was gwen
up to bin and bis domestlcs, and small pan OF poll
ing water. We ali hoped that he had cleapssd him
self bat when We saw him again he was wearing MS
old greesy, unwashed Jacket.
Considerable alarm was at one time entertained as
10 whet the great man did not encourage class OF
parasitic rot usually tolerated by great men. mr.
Alabsste- saw to his horror an unknown, but most
suspicious insect crawling within the sacred precincts
OF the captains cabin. 1t was not BY the Mandarins
agercy that the action of Peter Pindars great epic
was reenacted on board the Inhexble. Yeks retinue
consists e a cook, barber, two waiting servants
and military attendant. This last person we, with
our usual absurd practice of dignifyng Cinnamon with
European titles call an alde-de camp. he Is mill
tsry arm of the sxth degree. He is also dirty
fellow. doing meDisl offices about the person OF his
chief and messing with the other servants upon the
nests that 90 from his master table. Ii he were an
EDgl;shmsn, we should cal MIN az pest soiu'o'
servant. or an orderly. go
A.ter Yek had manifested his acquaintance with
entomology, the aide.de-osmp' and the domestics
were compelled to wash, and some strong hints were
thrown out to their master. The Washing was gIum-
bI, at as tyranny, and the hints were thrownsway
80 nothing a. left but to hope almost against hope
ths, the Mandarin himself is free from vermin and to
contin re TO scrub the attendants. The southern CHI
for tho mos. pant OF Clearly HABITS put tne
northe.rs are dirty. Yek is from Hupen, wnich S
one of the FIVE northern provinces. 49,,
Yek sleeps In recess IN the captains cabin, which
he prefers to separate sleeping berth. lie goes 70
bed about 8 o'clock, and while we are reading or
writing or playing chess he sleeps the sleep Of in.
fapcvoa- npbroken slumber apparently undlsturbed
by vicious of widowed women or wsilmg orphans;
This ma n. killer after Staying his hundred thousand
human beings, enjoys sweeer sleep u an an nncoeh'
Loudon Alderman after turtle dinner. go
But. although our great Mandarin Is at peace win
his owo Chinese conscience he has an evident horror
OF his living countrymen He has lost isce WIN
them and the greatest fear he has Is tue being maze
an exhibition 70 Chinese rabble. Wewere malicious
enough TO ask whether he would like to 60 to the
Hong Kong Races. He answered, just as the iatner
OF :ious family might answer, that it never had
beea the custom OF his family to go to races.
o. Monday, the 23d of February, the Infe1ible
steamed ont OF Hong Kong hsrbor, and Yek might, if
he had eased have taken hs last look for some time
of the AZ ores OF his native land. II he felt any OF the
b.ey pess Of exile he was successful IN conceang IT
for he entirely occupied in smoking ms pipe ana
we hs9 rounded the green island and the steamer
TO the piping of the strong north west monsoon.
was ca deck watching the familiar oblects Oh tne
hsrbCr as they receded, and thinking resretly ma
some friendships which most valued there had Deen
dimmed by the strong line had felt 1t my 1uty 70
tak upon some pubic questions, when sounes came
through the cabin skylgh like the strains and groan'
of Etna. ,. .;.s
For three days this condition of things continued
Judging from the sounds the Nceroy might De throw
Ing up lis two provinces of Quangs and Qusngtune'
1t must be admitted, however, that he struggled III
fully with his malady To use his own expression, us
nnr.ioe; but he manifested all Chinamans courage
oS n1nrance On the fourth day he even returned 70