New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-09
TIE KINGDOM or CORHA.

just below the mouth Of the much take Of AMOR,
lies lsrge pet ipsuis nOuiasily degendeet on Chns
bo, only nouina1y, of wiaoh very little is koo~n to
the d,,rzeo world. An entering wedge Of civizs
ton has However. been driven into this couatry by
the f.ith spd perseverance, Of Mr. Msbaut a Catholic
missionary, who, - years ago, landed its shores
from g Chinese junk, alone ard unprotected. His
boCness arded with mart yrdom, bat not until
Others Lad joined him, aud 10 1917 there establish
ed a ebuTco, counting 76o adult communi ,aots AMI
100 cat, ctuneD. Through these missionaries some
thing has been learned o. the peninsula, which 80
fpd in private letter Of Baron Chassiron, commun-
Gated To the annals dts Voyages.
CoIea il divided into eight provinces, each ruled,
Ike the Chinese provinces, by mandarin. Tue
Government is absolutely despotic, but the King has
a council of ministers. Tne crown is hereditary; the
King recognizes more than one Legitimate son,
and wien there beir to the crown 1t is made the
duty Of the ministry TO find end TO announce him
II regular The army consists Of abou
1000 men; every man carries On his own trade, bu
none the business Of fighting; it is rsbbe with no
mo,e organization than the Chinese army. There is
pever any Use for this army. TIE soldiers are armed
vito uachlocks, and in the capital the missionaries
say there are some imnopaLie cannon.
As in Cbins the mai da,ius Lave toeirtran Of shock
boys heavy, miserable set, the outcasts of all the
East who support the shoulders Of their MASTER while
standing walking cary his tiger.skin chains, and
psignis Of power, and do his body work generally.
They the most revolving cruelties on criminals,
such as cutting the belly out Of live man. half bury
ing him alive, hacking off his limbs aud endeavoriDg
in every way to Iroopg his suiferings.
According TO royal census made some years ago
the population Of Corea is 7.3i236l, but its iupsr
fec,l.ss leads to the belief that it is eight nine mil
lions As in japan, everything bows before noble,
whether iich or poor. He lie amenabe to no law the
people dare lot smoke In bis presence; they must
yield to him in the street, and if rciog horseback
dsmount as toey pass Lis bouss. He may borrow or
buy and never pay, because he is noble Tne Corean
is Of medium size, active and frank, and though
great friend Of quiet he is continually bard at work.
He stands far ahead of the Ctipsman IN Whatever he
does. He cotton cloths IN the Sumner which
he lines with fur in he Winter, aud though he is biz
OWL manufacture, yet he buys considerable amounts
Of European manufactures, most Of which come
through Pekin.
The slaves are completely in the power of their
owIers, who may kill them whenever they chOose.
The women al slaves, at least among the rich, who
have as many they can buy or keep. They are
rarely permitted to visit tber parents or the graves OF
their dead, shut up in closed Sedan chsrs. through
which friend or foreigner can penetrate AMI Sc
yeiey watched. Among the common people they
have more liberty but the daughter is never con,id-
cred as a member of the family, nor has she inh,r
tsrce. She IS married off sold by her father, as he
chot SEES and after bis death the power descsnds
to her eldest brother or the next heir Sous on the
contrary. are half deifed OfteDtimes they are not
weaned until they are or 10 years old.
Nearly 500 years ago cotton was introduced from
China and its culture it'll that of rice constitutes
the chief bu pess of the country. Wheat aud other
cere SIS ale known but of little value. In the sou; h
EN- part Of the pepinsuls where the Thermometer
d, es rot usually go beneath TO- below zero in tae
coolest Of the Winter, apples, peas, pesches, and
even grapes ripep, but they ave insipid. Grapevine
is III known; the inhabitants replace it by Biad OF
beer used in other parts Of the East. Tobacco grows
remark ably well, AID is very cheap. The commerce
of Corea carried on only with China and Japsp, snd
at stated times ard ports Our domestic animals are
found but they are used differently the OK is used in
agriculture, and in carrying losds, never for food;
while tie horse is used in agriculture, but only
to mount the nobility.
The interior il very rich in mines Of gold, silver,
iron, "copper" and coal; but the Government has Sc
cured a complete monopoly Of the gold and silver
mines by placing them under the guard OF The Evil
Spirits so supeI,titious are the Coreaus.
Every ear at the time Of the Chinese New-fear,
the King sends sn Embassy TO Pekn with presents;
but as the peLiisuls s now practically independent OF
China, they can no longer be considered as tribute
paid TO central Government; il is simply kind OF
polticsl demonstration of respect.
As TO letters, Corea is to China what China is to
Europe. The whole literary knowledge of the Coresns
is limited to the learning of few Chinese chsraoter
The Corean language hss an a'phabetic writing which
even in it's crude state is far complete than the
50 coo characters Of the Chinese: but it is wholly IL
c.use and every year the Government sends asec md
Embassy to Pekin to fetch the calendar for the fol-
lowing year; the Embassy is gone about three months