Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-20

servnnce By the CelestiaIs.
A San Francisco (Oal.) paper Of recent
date says: 's.n-- 70 'I0.3'ia
Last evening was the New Years Eve Of
the Celestials-and to-day their New Year
commenced. Throughout yesterday after
noon, evening, and the entire night, all
Chinadom was iubilant with strange noises
OF spluttering fire -snappers, the everlasting
resounding rattle of tumtums, aud the dis
tracing caterwauGng of their one horse
fiddles. Mongolian children romped laugh
old opium smokers tor the occasion lost their
many wrinkles. Pagan houses of worship
were thronged by long-tailed idolators-
and the whole city was fragrant with incense
offered to their wooden gods. "Chin. chin
for Joss was burning in every room where
dwells a worshiper. Sacramento, jackson
and Dupont Streets were carpeted with the
red skins of millions of busticulated crackers
and besides the delighted Mongols were hun
drsds of little white boys in adecidedly half
tickled-to-death condition. The internal
racket, kept contiguous dodgers awake all
highland we have been bothered all day
by sufferers coming to odr Office and asking
if we, or the Chief of Police, can't stop the
nuisance. Our answer was simple: 1--WE
are down, like a thousand of bricks, on the
race of MoDgolians- opposed to
]
the bright gold (our life bloody from our
State-but they are poor miserable devils,
any. how, and we like to see even dogs enjoy
themselves at times" '0
| This morning those str ats where this peo-
pie most do dwell, looked as though they
had been on a bust all night--red, fever
isb, dissipated. Chinadom was uneasiIy
sleeping. At noon they were up again, and
swaImfng like bees on the streets making
naT1o Tho xvov IL 10 dona 10 this. Ah-Hupn
walks gravely with his fan on his arm into
| Ah-Tung's house. Ah-Hung salutes his
friend by bowing nine times to the ground
saying: .... ...... .--. u s.....
| i'Therich gifts ofthe good joss be showered
| upon thee and thine, o All Tung Gifts that
! shall be rare as thy choice virtues-they are
known throughout this barbarian land, no
less than the land Of thy fathers, whose good
| repute hath so well been upheld by the ex-
emplary course of their noble sonI" To
! which Ah-Tung replies in this style:
Beloved friend of my bosom and noblest
son Of my fathers loved companion of his
| youth, all hail Welcome to this humble
hall whose doors are always open to the
| good, the wise, the true. Son of the Flowery
Kingdoml Thou whose tail exoeedeth in
length the caudal appendage of that last star
l which the accuIsed barbariaus in their brutal
ignorance call "cometp--thou whose wonder.
-fuI talent in the salting of sprats in this ig-
norant country, has called forth the spon.
taneous wonder of the whole Celestial EN-.
pire-whose form is symmetry itself-whose
performance with the two pair of chop.
sticks in bowl of licey, have never been
surpassed, and seldom equaled-the son of 9
great father-the father of greater family
the adored friend of many thousauds-cOme
to my heart, and there, eneircled in the folds
OF thy sweet-scented robes, rest forever u
Then each man shakes his own hand, and
sits down sups tea eats rice cake, etc.
smokes opium chats Of China and old Oe.
lestial flames and at the proper time the
visitor takes his leave in a set speech.
A large number of Mongolians were ar
rested by the police for firing crackers Of
last night, but were discharged this morn
ing out of consideration for their manner
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