Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1868-06-30
Ibe 6a3ette an0 GOmet.

IHE IHINESE AIANDARINS IN
| Observation-Disclosures" the Wash
|ington correspondent Of the Cincin-
natl Gazette, gives a lively descrip-
tion of the Chinese ambassadors at
the capital:
"AlI wore the inverted washbasin
hats, surmounted at the apex of the
cone with button, which marks the
rank of the wearer, and covered with
a flowing tassel Of silk The two
high mandarins had, in addition, an
ornament Of peacock feathers floating
with the silk tassei over the back of
the hat. Their shoulders were COW
7fed with garment somewhat like
the loose sacques now worn by the
ladies. Beneath these were the
skirts which reached below the
knees, underneath these were silk
trowsers, tucked inside Of most ex-
traordinary boots : shapely enough
but made TO augment the height
If the wearer by soles over an iuch
liz thickness, which were of pure
soft white. One of the mandarns
wore huge, round-eyed spectacles,
framed in tortoise-shell, that gave to
MS face an expression OF almost owl
ike wisdom. All carried fans, on
which were inscribed notices from
Confucius, or parting injunctions
from the friends who had presented
them as souveniers. They wore
their hats throughout the ceremonies.
Beneath them could be seen heads
shaven all around the forehead, till
they looked prematurely and pain
fully clean; and down their backs
hung long plated queues of glossy
black hair, reaching far below the
waist.
"Ihe two high mandarins wear
black moustaches; the rest have per-
fectly smooth faces, which add to
their feminine appearance. All look
Intelligent, and the mandarins, In
particular, have heads that will COM
pare in volume of brain with almost
any of our public men. One Of them
bears marked resemblance, in the
lower part of the face, to Gen. Butler.
They are represented by Mr.. Bur-
lingame to be statesmen of expert
rgce, of high ability and scholarship
that would entitle them to rank with
such men as Edward Everett. That
they are exceedingly observant and
Intelligent is evident enough to all
Two Of the Chinese students speak
English quite well, and almost with
out percepdble foreign accent, and
write it almost as rapidly as their
own tea-chest cabalistics. They are
both young-one of them only
twenty two-and are just out of the
Imperial College a, Pekin, They
we're greatly Interested ii the short
hand writing of the Globe reporters,
which they watched curioasly while
they remained in the hall after bust
ness was resumed. One of them
gave some samples Of their own
short hand writing. which appeared
to be based on the same general
principles.
"Atter listening to the progress of
regular business for perhaps half an
hour, the Embassy retired with cere-
nony, the members standing till
hey had passed out by the door to
he left of the Speaker. They were
lext taken into the Speakers room,
where a crowd of Congressmen's
wives and daughters were presented,
were solicited ad nau-
cam, and the two who spoke Eng
ish were kept busy answering how
hey liked this country and how it
with theirs. Altogether,
he impression which they LETT on
he minds of most spectators was
hat we have few diple mats who
under similar novel circumstances)
ould have bore the trying ordeal of
uch a reception.
"That they thoroughly appreciate
heir position, and are determined to
its dignity, and acute
nough to see the changes it is likely
D work in their ancient and popu-
,us empire, Mr.. Burlingame's ad-
ress serves to hint. But we have
carcely begun to comprehend the
aal importance Of this strange mis-
ion from the Flowery Land, and
le last page of this letter is not the
lace to attempt to treat of it,"
n Swiss papers say that Jeff.
'avis is going to take up his abode
Geneva as soon as his trial is out
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