Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-11-15


N rebel prisons. Among other things
describes q dinner given 10y prominen
| Chinese citizens of San Francisco to Hon
Schuyler Colfax, and his companions-
which Is q faithful picture as We can vcI
ty, having once participated IN banque
If a similar character in the same city
| We take the liberty, however. of except
ng to the statement of Mr.. Richardson
| hat Mr. Tow Chew made the first Ene
ish speech tat the COlfax banquet eve
attempted 10y Chinamsu on this coast
q 1852 we heard q Chinaman make az
English speech iu the Recorders CouI
t San Francisco, which, Tor elegance anr
L urity Of cicjion, aypositeurss Of though
I'D earnest, touching eioqueuce, we nev
n heard exceiled and seldom equalled
Some sixty Cinnamon have been arTeste.
N "a charge OF dIsorCeriy cOnducl. anD
D Yang Sing happened 10 be Of the party
IN being required 70 defend themselye.
Yang Sing asked the privilege OF speak
.ag Tor las country men. Recorder B.
<eF ,nephew Of Buchanan, who David
3Ion lick frightened almost TO death i
| , Democratic Convention at Benici4) con
seuted and Yang Snz enohajued his 40
| ,jence bv g. most powsriul and beautiiu
| ,dHres- he had acquired his kEowIrd.
f English while employed il Hou
Aong, as c3niia-Hgigi Secretary TO an En-.
-sh nuolau5u. tie was drawn 10 CaiIio--
lia by visions oF for. uHe, and on ne oc
.asjoG OF his arrest, was engaged IN fu
serai rites, which seemed TO Western bar
,arisns anything but celestial. But hi
sioquence Saveu his cOuatrymen.
Mr. Richardson's sketch will anus
he reaoer. His story about the C-les
ial difficulty of enuuciatIng the letter
and q he got from u, and it is q tru,
oiH. The Colfax party had Just returne,
rom visit to the BIZ Trees of Mariposs
nd they found Invitations like The To-
owing awaiting thirty i've Americans in
siudiog themselves, the Chinese host
uum bering thirty, VIZ:
TIE INVITATION.
SAN Francisco, Aug. Is, 1865.
You are respectfully invited TO atteno
= complimentary dinner. to be given 3C
| the Hon. SchUy Ter Coltax. Speaker of th,
United States House OF Representative:
the Hon. Wm. Bross, Lieutenant Gov
ernor OF Illinois; Albert d. Richardson
New York Tribune, and Samuel BoTies.
Sriugtieid (Mass.j. Republican, by the
SIX Chinese CymlaUles III California, on
| Thursday, August IL, at the Hang HeoGg
Restaurant, No. 9U0, Dur ont street, neaI
Clsy, at SIX o'clock 2. NJ, in behalf oi
Chui Sing Tous. President OF sam Yap Co.
| hdlug tUug. President o. 4UeHg y 0 Co
| L ng song. President Of see Zap Co.
| VIVA NEa, Pres deIt of Mug Gueug Co.
Chez ShUn. President of Hop No Co.
| Mum kU~e, President OF laE M % Co.
| CoElnines-Sel. Ia NJ to1u worth, Henry NJ Hoe.
! Charles EertOds,N Aac0ndrey.
| Not Transferable
Every Cniuamau IA Jhe United States
| belongs to one Of the Six Companies. ac-
cordlpg 10 his geographical origin. IN
sickness, they care for him; after death.
! they transport The body home. where 1t
is preserved iOF years IN his family house
hold. The six Presidents are elective,
largely salaried, and OF high ability. At
the restaurant, they awaited u in rich
native dress, with shaved heads and
enormous braided pigtsilS. Upon ouri in
| PRODUCTION by Mr.. Csrvalho, the Official
interpreteT-6orni in China of American
parents-they bowed profoundly, and
through him rendered assurances Of thsir
most distinguished consideration.
| Punctual TO the hOur, we sat down at
! little round tables, Mr.. Co.Iax. with the
elite OF our entertainers. occupying the
central board. The table on his right, |
where Providence and Celestial etiquette
placed Messrs. Bross. Bowles and mvself. |
was surrounded by several others. Amer
lean gentlemen, and three Presidents.
| | have set at good mems feaSts, both of
stalled OK without hatred, and the dinner
Of herbs where love was. / have enjoy
ed the huspIgaiiues Of Mexican hscisn-
das, ArIppahoe lodge Cnociaw cabins
negro huts and reDel prisons; but this
was "a new gastlOnomlc and social expe-
rience. As - local cores pondrnt clever
| Iy suggests. IL was Il blending of the Ori
ent with the Occdent; Tor the food came
! from China. and the Americln wines
| trOm Lewis Leland OF the Occidental Ho
! tel Two of our letters John Chinman
cannot articulIte; he changes = 20 and
U to B. Yet | think another Journalist
embel,ishes IN writing that one Of our
hosts exclaimed of tavoriIe dish, Boil
Ell lice; belly good y So does third
who asserts that an intoxicated child OF
the sun mistook Tor an eel. aud tried to
d-your MS own pigtall which had fallen
upon his plate.
We ate only with ivory chop sticks,
| long, round, polished, and Both held ia
the right band. Alter learning gue kuack
one takes up even rice with them with
surprising facility There were S25
dishes. Whstev-r was lacking in Qlan-
! tity was mace up IN quality, for the
choicest cost 81 a mou hiul. Mr. Bowlrs
partOok from about q dozen Mr. Col
| fax forty: | suspended sJmaW heIe IN the
seventies; But Governor Bross religious
/ Iv tasted every one. He q ars few -
Blmb0o soup, rI'ss nest soup. steved
sea weed. stewed mushrooms. fried fun
l L.. sH.. -
sinews, dried Chinese oysters, pigeons,
Il ucks, chickens, scorpions eggs, water
melon seeds, fish in scores Of varieties,
and fruits ed iafuhtm. There were 20
joints of any kind; neither butter nor
milk IS used il cooking.
| Tne celestisls drank champagne and
claret as If ''t0 the manor born" At
every sip every guest bowed ssTiatiq TO
every other guest az the table A few
dishes were uupsistabie, but most were
! tootusOme. The oysters and shark ; fms
we're especially savoEy. Birds nest soup
is from a a mucilage whica certain E sst-
ern birds collect for building N ,teria.s.
Under an inviting name il would be pop
ular at the st. Nicholas. In three hours
and half. strong. richly favored black
tes-the Chinese eschew green tea be
cause it is arrifcialiy coiored-w.s dis
Iributed in tiuiest cups, and thus ended
the first lesson.
Then three-quarters Of an hour for
cigarettes. digestion and Oriental music. /
General Mcdowell an / our party occupy {.
| ing little recess which contained a dI-
van Tor opium smoking, and was labelled
" F,r the Guests Of Honor The in
slruments were a hollow shell, like tur
ties back, beaten with two sticks, yio-
| lin with a bow confined between the
strings. and running like q cross cut saw, /
something resembling o viol, and some +
thing like a banjo. the sharp strings
struck with a flint instead Of the fingers. /
All were keyed very high, but their shrill I.
music was not unpleasing.
As their rigid etiquette requires, the
Presidents now retired, after little kindly
speeches and replies duly Interpreted
| At the second course, leading merchants
took their places. The three al our table F,
were young, intelligent men, with broad /