The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-10

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question Of etiquette which any other people would have
eheorfuly waived rather than expose the Anmtor on
nsnaly Power % tae nhansn and ssA,y dacssrsSS ,s
3gineess carts furnished us Tho facts are simply
4sss:-Nr Ward made an official request 'hat char
~ sahen ihe trouble to transport ali the way rom this
pase, in anticipation Of something Of the sorD, and tho
- SimseS and he flag officer why was il refasodS
Isassn 10 the words Of the Governor General Of
p sHih, himself: Ahemi very unfortunate; but i
venld be very inconvenient TO furnish coolies. |
= very sorry, but-ahemi ride In carriage myself,
and, IA short, the American Minister may well do the
eamcn Thus, at last, and after much beating around
- bush, came out the true reason II IVES the custom
e he country for persons Of Mr. Wards rank ride in
carriages and no considerations Of courtesy could induce
tAsn 70 make an exception in his favor.
every well, very WE'LL observed Mr.. Ward, with good
1sssred but Questionable policy, ~ withdraw tho
The request was withdrawn and We stepped into our
carts This same subject was referred 70 subsequently,,
VIXEN We observed that Ten tng last the foreign
minister's had been provided with chairs .Why NOT,
therefore grant them 70 us nowf'
"0hl" they replied, "ohl that was while We were
.sbe eases are dn1snsS Had they replied that hey
had then just received good drubbing and that they
had now Just achieved great victory, they would have
thinking" to get tho truth out OF Chinese anawerwhen
mere is any truth in II, mean. .
During trip TO Pekin were mostly provided with
meals by our own cooks and boys but upon several
sasions during land travel forced TO put up
with native dishes, served in the native style. mention
dishes In particular, which delicate and inviting
any ever saw come from the hands OF French cook
nays more han ant ayo
Won another before forget i. While being
tracked up the river in our junks we noticed
thaa instead of eating rcewhch is the food OF the lower
classes throughout the south Of Chinaour boatmen Of
ne north gathered around IN immense bowl OF hominy
small homny grst, by whatever name persons from
derent sections Of tho country choose TO know Indian
corn that has been cracked into pieces as large as mus
ID audt then
blessed with astonishing appetes or that the homny was
excessively good shut eyes TO the general absence Of
took another pece--n anything but bad II tasted
exactly like the homny made from our yellow (Indian)
corn, which in the absence Of tnat made from white
Ilearned that the grain OF one Of the three kinds
II mlles through fields OF which were sailing, and
was also spoken Of being absurdly cheap
Q3 cents the bushcl think and this, combined with
Naval Pay bin having asa n the last Congress- induced
Why DS' IL that * congress Ike to sec
81 500 per annum, and their army officers at home
getting fat upon the bona tide hominy and nearly 5000
Do @ em % s we are tired
granted army brethren, and that rewards the
ions Of all sAopkeepers, and that by degrees we
getting disguised we'll tired, and are, by one,
dropping away from the service 70 avoid genteel star
walton, by seeking employment in other than naval occu
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the names n no fool or rascasall able ana honest
men, who have been properly valued by tho mcr
leavnr the nayy not because thew were no longer viii
EDr 10 submit 10 its hardships and depriyaons but
nv because nv doing an thew at once stepped from the
Of ths repteel starvation into the ian Of
I'VE Abundance And If YOU viii wait ten Years more ana
box again at another list Of designations you will
Seen driven service thew loved bv superior
nnents held out 70 them from the shore by some polite
merchant or we'll disposed friend And indeed it would
he AGAINST nature for men TO prefer our life Of
eeonomv in the nayv separated as we are most OF the
tnoe from ali that we hold most dearthat thew shond
cfer an such as this n the PARADISE Of an;et
no matter how quiet and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. n growing
1Anly and enough to eat drink purchase clothes with
ma nav for the educaon Of their children mi az This
= subject that will never nav suppose We turn to some
thmr else. -
Vsen wa frat toot I'm orr nuarfers in Palm Vve
uere snrronpaed bv some forty or Bftv COOLIES who
seemed "a have been nut there by the covernmcnt ex
prcssy to get in the way We could scarcely turn around
ihou running one or more Of them down. inquiry told
VA however that they had not been mt there as Stun
bling blocks but as servants whereupon We chose one
Or each room ont of the lot and the others awav
now became the business Of those thus retained to be
NJ the heck and call of every one connected with his
cuar room We used TO send them for water TO battle
IN for Are 10 light our separs with and occasonalv ont
INTO the CITY to make some slight purchase The latter
Vas at once nut stop TO- however by the mandarns:
and To show the way in which thew Accomplished this ia
NY present object
Mr. s. Wells Williams the chief Interpreter had
selected for his room a very tall and thin young
nan who looked as IL he might have passed sevc-
raj days without eating In fact believe the selec-
ton was made because he locked as IL he
von,d enioy the endless succession Of GOOD meals
which were certain 70 be met with in the house Of the
American Legation with heartier xest than any Of hs
eOmpan,ons WE'LL two or three days after our arrival
thie slim gentleman was given Mexican dollar, and
ordered TO no out into the city and purchase piece Of
6eefeak for one Of our number who confined his
bed by sickness After while he returned with two
r three pound piece, for which he had probably paid
twenty or twenty i've cents and gave back change
TINS however did not surprise u.s. II would on the
vary. have been surprising had he oven returned any
sum no matter how small Staggering that night under
"a well filled pockets he LEFT the Yamoon the usual
hour and returned TO his city haunts and boon CON-
panons where the suppositon that he got drunk At
any rate the next day the mandarin who had charge
Of the gate TO our residence informed Mr.. Williams
that his boy had been behaving badly and tina. he had
ordered another his place. This Mr. W. very natural
" looked upon as high handed measure, remarking
Mat common courtesy would have dictated consulting
him upon the subject, and informed the officer that he
was very well satisfied with the boy and desired that he
Night net be molested He knew very well that it was
moi he had been drunk that he was 10 be punish
ed but because he had purchased piece Of beef for the
Sarbarians without reporting il 10 this stupid gate official
Therefore he was not willing that he should be punished
The mandarin replied that he was sorry but that things
must take their course &C wbereupon Mr. W. syeed
quite large and told him that If a hair of his head
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