New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-30

-,.,a ,,t,., resembling a hugo fat iron, AMI
: ~ ace is adorned With combs and Je~es au1
flowers. arranged with ssIsan sar chin nearly 10
ae1.rLes. Below the tunic sppear the gay uo1'ere
he, "cst vita gold or silver thread. Ihen u soe os
.rg, fot .ed woman, ~ they al are ~ nvs nos au
We seo Ard very small foo. when lelt TO nature
% Tsinsse have beautiful feet ana hands) In nch
t psv 18th a tremendous white sole IN form OF az
utertsd pyramid. 10 these siog song g,s y ~"
-. h.s h. srched penciled eyebrows the small,
faces; .nS The rather full and slightly sensual lip,
ioe as.. q, s,tiecisy Of deep vermon the long,
half sSSrie AND oces 1'
apo ~ x..'..d 20 them by the men may mean AN.
oa tn b.t their manners are quite decent their re-
NJ ~. shogt and reserved and every gesture, or
20 or CUP Ct samshu, seems to be regulated by
a, a.o ceremonial.
Tur CHINESE LANGUAGE AND INTERPRETERS.
In a county where the have fragrance, aud
,hs women 40 petticoats; where the laborer has no
ssbbs5 add The mag srste no sense OF honor; where
he rosds bear no vehicles, and the ships no kees;
vhsre ord men fly kites; whore the needle points TO
The Sossh and the sign Of being puzzled is to scratch
the sspodes of the head where the place OF honor IL
on the LEFT hand, and the seat of intellect IS in the
,omac where TO take off your hat is nsOlent ges-
ture end 10 white garments is to put yourself IN
rpourp,sg-we ought not TO be astonished to find
lterstvie without an alphabet and a language with
ont q grammar. II we add that for countless CEN
tures The Cove has been in the hands Of State
philosophers, aud the vernacuer diaec;s have been
sbaodosed to the laborny classes II am about in the
pext few words to ca forth the execraton OF OF every
s.po,Ogoe ia Europe and ASIA we must mt b3 start
led to lind thstths Chineee language the most in
triosts. cumbrous and unwiedy vehicle Of thought
that ever obtsiped among any people.
There are eighteen distinc, Languages ia Chins, bs
side the court dalect and although, by beautiful
invention deserving Of all imitation, the writtsn Ian
gu,ge 70 80 contrived a. to denote by the same char
setter the sounds of each of the nineteen diheren
Ilrf lly II
great use among the multitude who cannot read
There is not a msn among our Chinese SCHOLARS who
speak three of these languages with fuepcy and
there not enc who can safely either wrie OF inter
prot iI pC!ant State pepper without the assi|tdhce
Of q " teacher"
These teachers are, necessarily, the very scum
md refuse Of the Chinese literary bOdy-the Plucked
Of the examinations, and the renegades from justice
az tyranny They are hired at far lower salary than
they would obtain in their own country as secretaries
10 b;gs official ard if they can write fer hand, or
spesk q tOterabe idiOm, or pronounce with cersan
purity Of accent laltbOugh they may be known TO Do
domestic spies repeating all they see and hear, they
pre resDected and almost venerattd by the Eognsn
Suo oece vine maintains them. II one OF these learned
persons SHOULD happen also to be Of some small
mandarin he becomes to his pupil great authority
on Chiaeee politics and Petronius OF Chinese care
monal Papers are indicted and English policy Is
shapes according to the response Of this orac Q. The
Spooeue who derives his inspirations from this source
Il again taken absolute authority by the poor
beIpaess General, or Admiral, ambassador, who
thioks lis outy 10 ADOPT What he u od arc Chinceo
customs and to ape the Chinese ceremonial
We wsat nterpreters-plenty Of them. We cannot
nay too i;gh for them; must bid high to have
Them Of good quality and at present even our courts
az Justice are br ,ught 10 stands for want OF them.
Ne want also Chinese scholars. But we want them
70 iutsrpret the policy Of English statesmen not to
originate policy Of Chinese crotchets. They know
nothing az the national Interests Of England nothing
of our commercial wants; they are trying all their
lives audsbly and zeslously but rather vdnly try,
ing to iearn the Chinese forms of official writing, aud
tie prsc'ice of Chinese ceremonial.
A Gagged MANDARIN.
Yeix is or 10 Calcutta in the lDheSbe, another
black regiment 1.-THE 6Jth) 10 coming on to garrlson
Hong Ko1g and the diplomatic body is dispensing for
the snot recess which precedes the session at ShsnS-
hae. shall take advantage of the general holiday
70 accompany Yek to Calcutta. 1t may possibly be
interesting 20 study the character OF ~ aged MAN.
DARN.
S.SoAPoRE, March 1.-The InHexible arrived here
this ing her way TO Calcutta fek has endured
the discomfort CT his sickness much better than
We expected. He eats great deal, sleeps great
DEAL and washes very little lie may be pronounced,
therefore. to be very good case, and we hope to
deliver him to the COvernorG eneral safe and sound
Ii wes esd at Hong Kong that Lord Egin had lett 1t
10 the cscleton Of Lord Canning TO detain him at
Calcutta Or TO send bin to England. Should the
(;oyerno neral resolve upon the latter course lek
will uske bat an ntractable London lion. You will
never get lin to shake his mane and roar. la my
btN letter from Calcutta hope to be able to give
you the fret fulllength study OF frstcass Mandarin
fhat hss ever been submitted to the Western world