Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-26
The Kingdom Of oorea.

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| dent on China, but oaly nominaly Of which very
little is known to tho civilized world. An enter.
ing wedge of civilization has, however, been driv-
on into this country BY the faith and perseverance,
| Of Mr.. Mabault, aCatholc missionary, who twen-
ty-two years ago, landed ON ita shores from Chi
ncsc Junk, alone and unprotected. His holiness
| was rewarded with mart tydom. but not until eth
era had joined him, and in ls47 there WINS cstab.
lishcd n church, containing 78a adult commune
cants and 400 oatechumen. Through these mis-
sionarics something has been learned oi the per-
insula. which We find in u private letter Of Baron
| Chassron, communicated to the Anadhs dcs coy
| Voyages.
Gorea is divided into eight provinces, by u man.
dariu. Tho Governmanti IL absolutely despotic,
but tho King has n council Of ministers. The crwn
is hereditary; The King never recognizes more
than one legitimate son. and when there Ia no
heir to tho crown. II is mado tho duty of the min.
lister to find one, and tn announce him as the reg
uar successor. Tho army consists Of about TO-
600 men; every man carries on his own trade, but
mono the business offghtng; II is a rabblo with
no more organization than the Chinese army
There is never any use for this army. The sol
ders are armod with mntch-lncks, and in the cap
tnl the missionaries say, there AFRO some immord-
kif cannon,
A in China, the mandarins have their train ot
shock boys. u heavy, miserable set, tho outoass OF
nll the East, who support tho shoulders OF their
masters. while standing or walking, carryinghls
tigor-skin. chains, md insgnin OF power, aud do
his body work generally. They uso the most re-
voting crueltics ON criminals, such as cutii the
belly out If II live man, half bnrying him alive,
hacking of his limbs, and endouvoring in every
way to proong his suilcrngs.
AcoordinSto royal census made some years
ngn the population of Corcn Is 73f2,36l, but its
mperfectness lends to tho belief that il eight
or nine millions, AS in japan, everything bows
before n noble whether rich or poor llcis amen
able to no law; The people dare not smoke in his
presence they must yield tn him in the street, and
If riding on horseback dsmount ns they Iass his
house. lie may. borrow or buy and noser pay be-
cause hc is noble. Tho corcan Is Of medium size,
ncti,c and frank, and though great friend ot
quiet he is continually hard nj work. lie stands
far ahead of the Cinnamon in whatever he docs.
lilo wears cotton clothes in the summer. which he
lines with fur in tho Winter and though he ie his
own manufacturer yot he buys considerable "
mounts of European manufactures, most OF which
come through Pekin.
Tho slaves completely in the power of their
owners. who mny kill them whenever they chonse
The women nre slaves, at least among the rirh,
who have as many as they can buy orknep. They
IRE rarely permitted to visit their parents. Or the
graves of their dead, shut up in closed Sedan
chairs, through which no friend or foreigner can
| penetrate. and severely watched Among tho
common people they have more liberty, but tho
daughter is never considered number ol tho
family, nor has she inheritance. She is married
off sold by her father n he chooses, and nftcr
| his death the same power drscends to nor eldest
brother or the next heir. Sons. on tho contrary
are half dcied oftcntmos they nrc not wcaned
until they eight or ten years old
Nearly five hundred years ago cotton was intro
duced from China, and its culture with that Of
rice now constitutes the chief business ut the
| country wheat aud other cereals are known, but
of little value. In the southern rnrt of tho pom
| insula, whore the thermometer does not usually
bpunnth Iflo bpIuw the rulIaat of the
| winter. apples. pears peaches. and even grapes
ripen, but they nro insipid. Grape wine "
known; tho inhabitants replace il bya kind of
beer, used in other parts Of tho East. Tobacco
grows remarkably well, and ia very cheap. The
commerce Of Corea is carried on only with China
and Japnn, and at stated times and ports. Our
domestic animals found, but they used dif-
lcrvently; the ok is used in agriculture, and in
CARRYING loads never fooi while the horse it nov
re u'e in agricutue, but only to mount the nobil-
itv.
The interior is very rich in miues of gold, silver
iron, copper and coal; bat the governments has
secured n complete monopoly of the gold and sil-
YER mines by placing them under The guard IF tho
Evil spirits so superstcous are the Corcans.
LATEST FROM LAKE SuPERIoR.--i ISeperg Hal
Horm-IMR Haifa Iound ia VcigH.- The line
Detroit steamer Illinois arrived from Lake Suuc-
riur Friday morning.
a correspondent writing f.um the MINES tn
mine, undor date of Sept. II, says:
Yesterday we Ind hail storm here that for
violence has never been cquaed. Tho hail fell
thick and heavy for about twenty minutes, some
of the stones being seven inches in circumference
and weighing four ounces The storm then allated
for time aud those who had the lighis of glass in
the windows Of their houses broken. procc dcd t"
replace them by others: but ther haste atailcd
them nothing, for second storm came hcrcer
than the first 1t lasted for about half nm hour
,rlu t,ntk hpI Iy tlIn
storm had to suffer. One piece Of ice was found
that weighed half n pound. The effects Of the
storm were only felt within small space, in
places one milo dislnnt from this no hniI>tone
fell. At this mine and in the immediate neigh
borhood, should think three thousand ,mncs of
glass have be broken. The stones entering
through the windows destroyed mirrors ard earth
enwate, and damaged furniture. But til" great
est damage done has been to the gnrdcns cab
bnges were cut in pieces small enough for 'krout':
tomatoes were knurked off the vines and pounded
Ia jelly; pumpkins were skinned, and saw
three that were split in halves, rs ifdone with
knife carrots. beets onions parsnips AMI pota-
toes were actually beaten ont of the ground and
81 nearly destroyed that they useless except to
feed cattle. l cannot yet say how mach damage
has been done, but hear ef one individual who has
lost nearly three hundred dollars in garden siu'
glass aud furniture, This is probably the great
est individual loss in the township. THIS N ,rn-
ing tho sky loVks clear, and people ara b ginning
to think that nature is going To f,li h'' in" her
regular course once moro. The Ia" IT the
try has wo-begone appearancethc si looking
like the bed of a river, for where tlcge was luam
Yesterday. there rs nothing but gravel to day
The trees stripped Of more than half their fo-
liage."
A SmREwD TRrcx.-On Thursday last twaboys
who work for Mr.. Taylor. tolacconist on Main
street were passing throu III the Mnnutnctureres'