The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-01
CHINESE BunrALs IN SAN rRAsc,sco-The

ARCH ], 1860.
CHINESE BURIALs IN SAN FRArClsco-The
Correspondent Of the New York Times in San
Francisco gives the following description Of a
Chinese burial in that city:
hearse has just set down the remains of
two dead coolies. The cofins were enclosed
IN red wood boxes. each q little wider at the
head than the foot. These were placed in
front of The open tomb. An oldSunderiakeT
spread a cloth at their feet, and disposed upon
itnve small China cups. platter Of boiled
pork and vegetables. and dishes containing
rice. BY this time the coaches with the
mourners came up. These took their position
behind the cloth, and then the ceremony be-
gan The old man, from jug, poured brandy
into the cups. and stepped aside. Each mourn
er III tnrn made two or three bows, then
Rheeied, took one of the cups of brandy and
poured its contents alorg the ground then
bowed till his head touched the earth; then
rising turned away. All turn went through
this form of libation and pros stration, the Guns
being hlPd from the ing As they were emptied
Meahv bile a litfle way to windvard, one had
emptled several baskets of tissue paper, some
OF II printed, some of II blank. and lighting il
stood nv till 1t all was consumed.
Another lighted hundreds of little slips Of
fragrant wood, ard sundry candles of GRIM
s"n-colored wax; and stuck them in the
ground along the front of the tomb This
over, the chief mourner gave to each of the
o'hers TWO bits. The undertaken brought out
an empty cofin, turned it bottom mp, spread
an o1l-cloth over II, produced couple Of bot
ties OF brandy, a package Of thin cakes Of
brown sugar and cigarettes. All partook of
the refreshments, aud the spectators were in
vlfed to make free. Then the carriages rolled
on and the premises were left to the old un-
oertaker. TO the dead, and to US. We entered
the tom b and found within il, besides a grind
stone, axes picks, spades, and coils of rope
thirty,hve coffins piled in layers. The next
SNIP that leaves for China will take these all
bacH, the corpse going not as freight but as
passengers. Several of the companies that
brought coolies ont engaged to take them back
again living or dead. Some of these had been
brought down from the mines at great ex-
rense But with the poorest as well as with
me richest. the bargain is faithfully kept
Before Lone Mountain WAS laid out they bu-
RED IN the earth at Yerba Buepa, but when
all counted-every scrap of hair. and every
nnger-nall was piously regathered.
SCIENTIFIC NOTEs.-In Germany, wooden
railway bridges are not allowed by the official
administration of railways.
The value of the oil and oil-cake of crop Of
3.Ooo,OOo bales of cotton is estimated at SiO6,-
l77,HO.
When water solidifies into ice its crystals
cross each other on angles t6ti deg, and enlarge
the bulk nearly one-eighth, with such force
as to explode rocks, trees and pieces o.: artil-
lery.
The number of pa -ents issned during ISIS
was 3,S2i III France; ), 40 III the United States:
$50 in Great Britain: : ACC in Belgium; 1t3
in Austria; III in Sardinia; l01 in Saxony;Gi
in Sweden, and 20 in Prussia.
3l5,0'H miles of iron wire were used in the
ma II fac ture of the Atlantic telegraph cable,
there being Is covering strands of wires each
or l26 wires in ALL in the outer shea athng,
In the United States there are 1,555 iron
works-se2 furnaces, 4ce forges and 225 rolling
mills, which produce annually about e50.0OU
tons of iron, the value Of which, in an ordi-
nary year, is $5n,UUO,UtN.
Native iron has been discovered in bu. very
few parts of the world. Specimens have been
fonnd in Austria and in Canaan Conn there
exists a seam of native iron, two inches in
thickness from which horse nails have been
forged.
The total amount of gold and silver yielded
by all the mines i'll the world. from the birth
OF Christ down to the year lS56, has been esti.
mated at s'rtesn thousand siro hnadred and nine
mHiionS, tro hundr.d thousand doiioys.
Iakingcold Is caused, not by exposure 10
uniform cold, but by reducing one part Of the
body to a much lower temperature than other
parts.
The Emperor Fountain at Chatsworth, the
residence of the Duke of Devonshire, with a
head of water of 3,l feet, carried through fo1
feet of pipe, plays to a height Of 26. feet. With
the reservoir quite full, $50 feet is the highest
limit to which the water can rise The height
of the great jet of the Crystal Palace Fountain
at Syden ham, is pa feet.
BLACK MAILING LADIES' FEET-Iugeaiou.
Dodge Of Paris ShosDlaker.- A ladies' shoe
maker in Paris, named Matthew, being hard
up for money, lately conceived the idea of
writing his memoirs, together with, 10 use his
own expression, "the biography of feet Of
all his customers. He sent 4 circular. together
with proof-sheet, to every one of them. po-
htely stating that any lady who might wish
her name no; to appear in his book must be
good enough TO remit him the sum of fifteen
francs. The following specimens of the BIZ
ography were read in court on his trial
MADAME -, lives Rue. No first
floor; married in ist4 three children, pays
badly feet very difficult to tit, instep too fiat
two corns and three hunions; walks awk-
wardly, and wears her shoes out in the inside
very fast.
"Madame b, Rue No, two pair back,
still an old maid borrows children to take
her in to the Tuileries Garden pays her bills
but makes hard bargain feet Spreading, toes
crOwding one over the other; two corns and
buniun.
MADAME C, Rue -, No. -, fifth floor ::
formerly kept a cook shop; has two sons pri-
Yates III the army of Africa; two unmarried
daughters gives her children nothing, and
never pays until served with Il wit: feet fiat
large, and tafry, and very apt to burst the
ipathers great many c1rus and bunions ali
mixed mp together
Several of the ladies applied to were weak
enough To pay the fifteen francs, but others
complained to the police. aud the literary
shoemaker was condemned for swlndling. to
months imprisonment
WELLINGTON AND WATERLOo-We read in
Geigs edition OF Brielmont's Life Of the
Duke of Wellington,' II at, At an after. dinner
conversation, at Lord Hatherton's Croker,
who was one of the guests there, succeeded in
hringing'out the Duke on Waterloo. Ailuding
TO some French military writers, who had con-
tended thar the Duke had fought the battle in
a position where he had no practica retreat
the Duke said, AT all events they failed in
putting il to the test. The road 10 Brussels
was practicable every yard for such pur-
pose. knew every foot of the plain beyond
the forest and through it. The forest on each
side of the chanssss was open enough for in
fiutry, cavalry and even for artillery and very
defensible Had l retreated through it, could
they have followed me! The Prussians were
on their flank, aud would have been in their
rear. The cooperation of the Prussians in
the operations l undertook was part OF nv
plan, and l was not deceived. But never
Ontemplated retreat on Brussels Had l
ben forced from my position, / should have
retreated to my right, toward the coast, the
shipping. and my resources. had placed Hill
where he copld have lent me important assist.
ance in many contingencies. and that might
have been one. Aud again, l ask. If had re.
treated on my right, would Napoleon have
ventured to follow me The Prussians al
ready ON his flank would have been in his rear.
But my plan was TO keep my ground ill the
Prussians appeared. and then to attack the
Frenc position and executed my PLAN
On quitting the room. Croker remarked that
he had never heard the Duke say as much on
that subject before
WOMAN CoURTING.-At the last Chenango
Circuit, held by Judge BaicOm, five suits were
tried in which women were plaintiffs. The
first was for SANDER, in which the plaintiff
obtained verdic, for 500; the second was for
assault and battery, in which the plaintiff re-
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