Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-12-22
7aFhe Chinese in America.

While We are talking about the union of
Great Britain and che United States bv the tele,
grapl,aa union df' another character is auietlv -
elfeetng between this country and China The
li'st inail from California brings intelligence Of
a ploJHcV uiatls quite as startling as was thai
OF an oceanic telegraph when it was first broach-
ed. 'lhe new project is nothing less tHan
INC puoIcauon in Slnt Francisco of newspa.
per, 10 be printed in English and Chinese
The prospectus states that The California China
Mail and Flying Dragond-for such is TO be
lhe maine OF the paper is designed to he n
great commercial and industrial +, medium be-
tween America and Asia; to open the ave-
nucs OF intercommunica,ion between Califor-
ila, on the one hand, and China, Cocbep Chi
ma, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, /" &c. on
the other. The provence of this journal will
be - to set FORTH for the information of tho
Asatic mt rchan Q, the kind and oualit:e IF o,,r
manufactures, the kind and Qualities of our ma
terlal products; and to furnish our own people
WIN information in regard to all produet7.
manufactures and articles of commercial In,
tcrest generally OF China, Japan, India aud the
adjacent regions. Lest any of our readers
should think this announcement a boax we
may state that the necessary fonts of Chinese
types have been ordered, and engagements have
heen effected with number of experienced nrin-
ters in China to act as compositors and trans
lators.
! 1t is hardly possible for those who live In
he Eastern Safes, where a Chinaman Is no
mucn rarity a' an ln,iiin to realize that the
number of Ceestials in California is SO great
rs 10 warrant the publication of a newsnaner
IN thelr native language. Yet such appears
10 be The fact. More important still is this am
honncement as showing the increase ofcommer-
| ciai intercourse between our own Republic and
lhat great Empire in the far Elst which for
centuries has mlintained its integrity. stood
unchanged amid the repeated convulsions that
nave s oSerlurned M every throne in Europe, ami
Oh the North M and The dwellers by the Mediter-
1t not at all probable that the relations be-a
tween China and the United States willIbe
limited by the publication of single newspaper,
such US int mentioned Above Already Inc
pf0Ject OF starting a Chinese college in Cali
iorhit IS talked OF, and, as first step in that
~ ultecti3n, chinese school isnowhf operation
"a San francllc0, the Principal of which is a .
Chlnaman. The News Letter, a weekly paper
pupashed IN the city, and a strong advocate
OF such college, In a recent issue = na ssG91Jq
" II is simply weak TO ignor3 the palpable
fiact that within short time we shall employ
an enormous amount of Chinese in nearly ev-.
cry department of Industry! They stand to us
States; they areeur natuallaborers, our rpiirpaAs
VIII be built our crops harvested, our MANS,
lactures Conducted, aud our menill service per-
FORMED by Chinese, even as the like affairs at
the East are carried on by the Irish So general
and intimate contact with them will induce
our picking up 'small change oftheir ton.stle
while IN many lines of business the necessity
tor more extensive acquaintance with q wiapi
arse. 10 any man who will give the matter a
thaught, II wlllbe Plain thai the lime is near when
a Competent bnoWiedge of Chinese, both speak
ing and wiring will command ainbnsy value
IN business circles And 10 supply that fdctnand
the college is required. I.,..f tG-.f -.