New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-06-19

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War Is terrible enough anywhere. but In China
ss horrors would appear 10 Be doabIy grest. a
correspondent of the N. z. Post, wiring from
shanghai, says:
There is something absolutely frightfnl In the
contemplation OF q war introduced into the p0pu-
ious Districts Of this country. You cannot compute
other counss nnder ia heaven. n Owing g de won.
derfni densIty e IL popnation, every square inch
Of soil j. put unass contribution, and BY 9 refine
ment 10 tae arss ?. snsiching and cultiystion nm
most capacity those gains and Vegetables that
constitute the chief sustsHszce Of the inhabitants
There Is no waste land hsss, down 70 the very
waters edge, wherever blade q grass or q stalk
Of grain, or nutritious yegetaAs.seaA be made to
grow there the tireless patience of Chinese hand
has planted and his ingenuity brought perfection
something that can be used to sustain hdInAu life
busy multitude and made TO yield Of fts finay abes
and the feahered inhabitants of the air arc subject
to the aame demand. Every avenue OF trade and
industry that offers chance for man, woman or
child to earn tre, 80 to be able TO sustain life,
ia besieged by an eager multitude, all seemingly
anxious to supply their daily wants BY patient m
dustry.
snbsst entirely upon the products Of the fisheries
The people who live upon the water ara numbered
by millions. They are born, grow up, live and
die In their little boats. 1t is no uncommon thing
to see man with his wife and several children oc-
cupying day and night, summer and winter. their
tiny craft for all purposes. This large class have
no other home. mans boat is 8 bis castle 9 az
classes wonderfully industrious, and they snr-
pass most people in frugaity. The art Of living Is
reduced to its cheapest and simplest form, 20 far
The psopis see1n literally crowded for room, and
the great question =, how can they be feda During
times of peace and pieusy. when the avenues Of
seasons are favorable and ths soiI ysid is usuaI
| increase Of grain, China, like . vast beshlssin q
pleasant summer day, when the honey hearing
| flowers are all In bloom, seems to be q pleasant
the other extreme of drought, the visit Of The
locust or any other Of those casualties that adect
njuriously the harvest s truly national calamity
:" We shall all starye' said poor old woman,
as she saw the locusts settling down upon her
little patch Of rice, just as it began to rpen, after
having been carefully attended by her for several
| MONTHS " fear we shall atarveu i q common re-
mark in China when the supply of food is cut short
dread war. Those who fall by the bullet. bayonet
| and sword, constitute but q small part Of the suf-
| ferers.
graduated than pited, as they are spared the wit
Messing evils of 20 much greater magnitude. Every
foot OF all of hostile army landed ON the shores of
China, crushes eutthe lives Of multIfudes of human
| beings, whom they never meet, and who have new
er offended them or their government in any way.
The horrors Of battle field a few hours after the
strife is over, may be depicted, bat who can even
imagine the long 6uQ QItNIy WttA6 Huu =.
| homeless. bleak starvation and misery that viii
4 stalk along in the desoiated pathway OF an army
marching through the heart Of this empire swarm
ing with human life
PRINCE SAUNDERS IN EaGLAND.-We fnd the fol
lowing account of negro teacher once famous i
Boston, in the recently published Recollection
Of Charles r. Leslie . the artist. At dinner with
the sister Of Rogers, the poet. Mr. Leslie, IN 1884
/ met the Countess Of Cork, whose vivacity, IN he
early days. had charmed Dr.. johnson:
aShe was them he SAYS old, infirm AM
diminutive dressed all in white, with white bon
net which she wore at table. No doubt she ha
been pretty in her youth, and. notwithstanding he
great age, she was very animated. She WAS q
tended by boy page, in fantastical green hyery
with a cap and a high plume Of black feathers.
| She had been an inveterate i0n-hunter from DC
grlhood, and when her juvenile time was passed
], was glad to put up with comparatively ignobl
! prey. An American negro, who had kept littl
\ ! school in Boston, and who afterwards made goo
! deal of money ct Hayti. came 70 England sol soms
!, was mistaken for his title, and he was believed
J, be true specimen, freshly imported, Of Africa
9 royalty. He was the great man Of the season, en-
Q the Countess of Cork g could not have part
}, without his Highness Prince Saunders .a
Once the Countess and his Highness, having bot
9 of them assemblies on the same evening, she SCI
!, her carriage for him, and he was carried away
e triumph from his own guests. At conversatio
q at the house of Sir Joseph Banks where there VI
ID crowd Of distinguished men, the general obie
!, of homage was the Boston negro schoolmaste
whose meagre talents were upon par with ,
. plebian education. /" got near says Mr.. Lesli
IN ito hear what passed in his circle, and gent
70 man with a star and ribbon said to him. What 50
q prses me is that you speak English 30 well
Is Saunders, who had never spoken any other la
y guage in his life, bowed and smiled acceptance
ar the compliment He called one morning in Lo
don upon an American lady, who had last seen hi
m in his native city and had sent him into her kite
ant FhoUa ooypp IN
ss at breakfast With extreme condescension, as q
or thought she offered him cup of tea. sNo, thai
you, maam, y be said, I'm going to breakfast
:. Carlton House,"