The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-06-11
THE CHINESE EMBASSY.
Arrival at New York.

NNi'"b"hO b"'o IS"SuNu
us, which we present below. It
was reserved for u Yankee 10 give
the world something new in diplo-
macy. and 10 bring the Eastern
and Western worlds into more
friendly Intercourse than before:
Mr.. Burlingame is accompanied
by his wife and daughte-. The
embassy is composed Of the Hon.
Anson IL Burlingame, the accrcd
tied Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipoleptlary IRON The
Emperor Of China to the Treaty
Powers Of The West. e'.. ..1.
The Chinese Ministers are Chih-
Tajen and Sun Tajen, who are
Chinese High Ministers Of tho sec.
ond rank, and invested with con
.shlting and discretionary powers.
The First Secretary OF Legation
is. j. McLeary Browne; Second
Secretary, Monsieur i. DcChamps.
There are, also. in the company,
six interpreters, two French, two
English and two Prussian, who
have been educated for the pur.
pose.
The rest of these dusky foreigners,
thirty in all, are servants, cooks
and BARRIERS.
In this city Mr.. Burlingamc
will be welcomed by all our citi.
zens, without distinction OF party.
for they see in him not only an
American citizen, but the Embas.
sador from three hundred millions
of people, and authorized SO con.
clude treaties with the Christian
Powers, and TO bring China under
the operation Of the public law Of
the world.
Chih .Taien is sixty years Of age,
and has served his country in
.variousresponsible capacities. He
is of low stature. ard wears q pair
of spcctacles as large as frying.
pans. Sun-Tajen is forty. FIVE
years Of age, burly build and very
Milcsian cast of features. ..f
The students attached to the
embassy arc quite Intelligent
Two ofthem, rejoicing in the cup
homie names OF Funck and Shau,
talk English with considerable
fluGncy. The queues OF all are
exceedingly long, trailing quite
70 the ground. When they we're
descending the gangway from the
steamer, those in the rear stepped
on the queues of the preceding
ones, causing, for the moment,
quite commotion. An indignity
TO the beard Of q noble Roman
would scarcely nave occasioned
more commotion, and all hands
chartered away in manner not
unlike sparrows.
Neither of the mandarins, nor
any OF their attendants, wear
swords. The reason given is that
they are on a civil mission. J
McLeary Browne, the First Secre.
tary Of the legation, is an Irish.
man. He has served seven years
with the British legation in China.
Whom leaving the pier for the
hotel, the two mandarins rode in
an open carriage, the attaches iul-
lowing in four close carriages.-
The servants and 5000 pounds OF
luggage followed in large coaches.
The dress of all is similar in cut,
but very dissimilar in color; the
majority affect blue. They all
wear black skull caps, a loose
overall. of light material. descend
ing to the knees. Tho lower ex
trcmities are cncased in top boots
The mandarins wore beautiful
stilettoes, ivory hilted, in their
boots. ...
As q body, these Chimes con
trast iavorabIy with tho specimens
of their neighbors, the Japanese
The heads arc shaved alike;
tho general garb is the samO, but
the Chinese wear no swords and
the excruciating clatter made by the
japanese in walking is also hap
PLY absent. Both mandarins and
interiors intorminglc and converse
with great freedom and familiari-
ty. There is less Of hdutew and re.
serve between them than is dis
cernible in the relations Of our EN-.
ployer and employed.
There arc two races in China
the Chinese and the Tartar Chi
nese. The members Of the mis-
sion are of the latter family. All
of them arc armed with umbrellas
hideous in make, and of the worst
quality, and most violent colors,
magenta and crimson predominant.
ing.
Mr.. Burlingame had arrived al
the Westminster Hotel before the
remainder of the embassy. lie
was received by his father in.law,
Hon. Isaac Livermorc, of Boston,
Mrs. and Miss Livermore, and Capt
James D. Oliver, an old friend.
AT t2t o'clock the 0rientals arriv.
ed at the Westminster, where a
considerable crowd had congregat!
ed to receive them. Some over.
hasty individuals rushed forward
to embrace the mandarins, as they
Thought, but subsequently ascer
taihed that they had been embrac.
ing tho cook, a fine, venerable old
fellow of sixty six summers, the
only one Of tho lot who has o
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The legation occupies thirty
rooms. No Chinese ladies accom-
papy the party. After about six
weeks soi9urn in this country, the
embassy will proceed to England