, 1861-04-15
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QUE CALIFORNIA LETTER.
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Correspondents OF the C1acaRo 1I2unnet1
- sAH FRAHo1sco, March IA, 1851.
In my last I promised to give your readers
some items respecting the Chinese residents Of
thts city; aud now proceed to redeem my prem
tse, Saturday, the 9th Of ofFebruaty, WIS great
day among this peculiar people; 1t was their
Nav Year, and celebrated ccordlngly. In fact,
they observe five days at the opening Of the
year aa holidays.
Persons living In the vicinity Of the quF ters
occupied by these emigrnnts from the !" Cen
tral Flowery Kingdom" " were aroused from
their slu1nbers at the gray Of the morning, by
the din Of sounding gongs, and the explosion
of bushels Of fire crackers, bombs and torpa-
does, which were fired OF by tho almond eyed
frolickers, regardless Of expense. Sacramento
street, which is n,aiply occupied BY the mas
sive brick storea Of tho wealthy Chinese
nabobs, was the centre Of tha holiday excite
nent Every store was hung with crimson
hammers. while from the balconies and roofs
Chinese men and women, gai1y attdred lin
their flowing silks, were igniting fire crack.
ess By the barrel, and casting them
into the street below, where Young
America, and Young China, were bump
inc their heads together, in vain efforts,
to rescue from the exploding mass nnign1ted
crackers for future private display on their
own account. Inc scene Hae aln9ue' LIE
p3gtalled celesllAs eDJoseo 't0 49, pio~
digiously, eepee1aAy "nea eonle tnaate0n
boy" {American), who in his enterprise, had
c.ammed a fire cracker into his alreadg
pletho1lc pocket, ~1thout having 1any ezs1n. :
guished 1t, became tue 7acnm OF Case o. o,
premature explosion Oh oeeecnes' tne slueu !.
o1 gnnPo"oet, "ltngleu WI 1ue 1uss ~
burning eanaal "ooo' ano 'ae o"ot ~ 1eos'
aog' gave 'oaen ~ u tue Ne oo4A s1' -
gong On" eaus "ete e1ep1.lssa, ~ ~
11ce ano toa@L pts' "ete ~ 1'
nol oniy 10 'no s71.ol4a: w. s -
oa'paltAne "e1e u9s.y AA'4 ~ e4- 'eA0 ~
Inc s7eas sp[eaa SCI W, ~ nouo1 :
Of the occasion The thinaxnan oeneVes 1naS
his SUCCESS in business, and in al mundane
,fa3rs tbronohont the war viii he IN exact
|-'-s1' - - a.. os,o,-o,-, ~
Propofuon 10 tne not1eef u ofe es"ss%efH ne
lets off at the opening Of 1t; hence the great
number Of that interesting coutriyance which
ara otfared m m snch occasfona. Early In
the morning, large nun1bers Of males and fe-
na1e. of this singularra "dressed to death,
.-a ha.-,-o-1a +ha ho,ds 1on, .+,ins of .car,.t
ANU oe"& n!s IL sn7I n*'A'A' 1'ns 0AAteo ~
paper, might nave been seen Henong tuelF
yav to the 81 Joss-house," as their heathen
+enn,e IN irreyerent,7 called by the Americans
s.r s.oas;at1e1 ~f+ho,- uon,a,1,.s -
fesnaps aesssApAAou y, tDe1l ouauAsso,.o'
Meeting clothes" may be Interesting to the
curious In such matters. The ladies usually
wear .,3ks or satin tuuics, blue or black. orna-
w." | N;tx ~a1J ~ .;1,7or t-.;. +tf. go.
nasnse0 "ltn suio ~ eN'ei p.e4o LILLE sai uea.
descended to the knee, and waa cut full and
straight, giving the wearer the appearance o1
.ra,,,;no i, a harre7 With hoth ends knoc,-sd
""tAn's 40 - va" 'A''' 49, e19 .eosHo1
| out, and well drawn up al tho snon!aefe, De
nesth which depended the dexter supporters
| encased IN loose trowsers. Of white linen
s1.aa s,11, nasar,h1;nr =, .h,,f
! OF cololeu eliA Aeeonos en@Ps
| and size two bushel grain bag
| They were stockings Of immaculate white
| nssE and +h,ck-so}ed heeI-!esa ahnes. nofnt
ID ana trvned M at The toes. They Eert
| Iana7s1,u hare headed /. but their head dresser
S5ga-e ~ m Il, ff1e mort stnnnfnp sfvIe Thej,
1T h}scE ha,r WA con1bed bacR over na1a
| ~ sT3 snread nut in the form of a ian. the 6ntei
s19 a19e hTist1;ng with silver pins. ar Ala
rosche5 m 1;}se the comb of a gnn,e cork sni
sGe1Tsre5 r. waith silver sniken orna5nenfef3 vwitf
nen1ants nf co3ored TIaxg. the whole mas.
creased aud polished until 1t shoae like ebony