The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-05
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY JULY s. lS6B-TRIPLE SHEET

state. The Emperor has also two wives OF lesser
rank, who are denominated simply queens rushin).
King Solomon before he became that all things
were vanity In the palace, however, the Empress
!hoang-hol Is invested with special privileges, while
the wives OF lesser rank are bound to strict obedience
10 her mandates. The succession Is not however,
as might be supposed hereditary In the European
IN fact with no special dignity in this respect The
Emperor, on the other hand selects his successor
among the progeny OF his three wives-the progeny
cession than the progeny OF the wives of lesser rank
rms selection H. however, Kept state secret until
Tne death tn Of the Emperor when the document
carried into effect. For the daughters, they are gen.
orally peddled on among the lesser princes OF the
the royal family, or those members OF it who may
not happen to be named for the every gen.
sson sns Ins them ne e in the
ton they are merged into the ranks OF
the common, people, ceasing to be princes and
ieges. Princes OF the first rank are salared by the
state and draw an amount equal to 500 per year.
besides being allowed retinue Of 800 servants.
They are required to- remain at court and form
majesty. the Emperor Princes Of the lower ranks
are not required to reside at court and have no
special privileges, except as small stpendiaries OF
Hoangte: About Ave thousand persons are en-
pOyed at the royal palace-the Emperor never ap-
peartng In public without retinue Of 1000 con-
stables and body guard OF q few hundred Of
OF nobility there are five degrees, viz THE Kung
or duke, the Han or count, Pc or viscount, Use or
baron, and Nan or baronet. The civil mandarins, Of
into two classes from the first OF which the minis
tiers Of State are taken, and from the second OF
which are filled the minor offlces Of the empire The
military mandarins number about O,OOO and are In
rank the peers OF the civil in every respect. They
are distributed into five classes, distinguished by
buttons on their caps. The four higher classes wear
for their distinguishing button ruby and the lower
class is compelled to be content with genuine
sapphire.
In the administration OF the government there Is
division into boards Of officers of which the Revenue
Board, supervising the collection Of taxes, which
partly In money ana partly In product; the Board Of
Penalties supervising the administration of the
criminal law the Board OF Ceremonies, supervising
all matters OF etiquette, and the Board Of Building,
supervising all matters egtimately falling in its de-
partment, constitute the principal working eXecu-
tive arms OF the government. For purposes Of emu
meration and the collection of statistics the whole
empire Is subdlvided into families, over each of
which an officer presides, whose duty it Is to
persons in his family. Every ten of these fam.
lilies Is supervised by superior officer, to whom
the ten interiors report every ten OF these officers
ports in his turn to the governor OF the province the
governor OF the province reporting TO the Emperor,
and the whole constituting, when efficiently man
and susceptible OF being made available for the col
lection Of any Information which may be needed. In
this manner the Emperor Is kept informed year by
year to increase OF population, upon any topic
for information concerning which he may make
requistion upon the bureau. Besides these depart.
ments there is also an imperial Cabinet, endowed
with special powers in its special members, every
one of whomGepOrts to the Emperor only on impor.
should be deemed of sufficient magnitude to be
worth the especial attention OF the great representa-
tive OF the male principle OF the universe
In this outline map OF the organization Of the gov
eminent. the working of the Monaghan mind IL
plainly observable. II isnvolved rather nvoluted
to a degree which renders it complicated and clumsy
OF execution IL Is wheel within wheel, ball within
ball. puzzle of government, more remarkable for
ingenuity Of construction than for any quality to
commend IL to the imitation OF foreigners Like the
minds that invented IT, il Is ring within ring, regular
but not mathematical. These iat-n0sed denizens OF
the East have never, in fact, exhibited any special
aptitude for MISUNDERSTANDING no knowledge OF
algebra, but some litte,of arithmetic and astronomy
OF which last they are not the possessors of the
terry formerly accorded To them. Their celestial
maps, in fact bear strong internal evidence
OF having been imported by the Jesuits and
afterwards metamorphosed by native students;
their knowledge has valuable features
which cannot be demonstrated to have been
drawn from JeSuitical masters; and, In general,
their pretensons to calculate ecpses and the like
must be admitted to have been completely exploded
by the investigations OF recent and more critical
travellers. With algebra and the higher mathe-
MATES they are totady unacquainted, though age-
bra IL OF Oriental origin and dates from the subtle
logic OF the Arab; in geometry they are unprofcent,
and In the art OF building, which Is to great ex-
tent dependent upon geometrica science, they have
made little progress, and will probably be indebted
20 Europeans for their best edifces even for GEN.
fury. Their ships are parodcs OF SHIPS their houses
are parodies of houses all in all, their civilization
is parody OF civilization, and has few elements OF
national strength or greatness about IL.
Nevertheless, they are acute enough In their way,
and may be registered AZ common sense-thOugh
the Monaghan common sense Is a travesty of conf
mon sense from the European 5tandpoint-unimag-
native literary people, with commercial rather than
agricultural leanlngs deceitfu in the worst OF
the word cunning and crafty rather than subtle
but withal industrious, frugal and thrifty. Their
great vices areFirst, that they will smoke opium
the great detrment OF their wits and OF their peck
cts, and, secondly that they have an unconqerable
iondness for stranghng babies especially II they 1.-THE
babes) happen TO represent the female principle.
Concerning this latter, 1t may be stated that,
on the average. at least half of all the females
born in the Kingdom are stranged Immediately
after their birth, the mode of strangulatiOn
being sometimes compression of the throat, or
APPROPRIATIONS; sometimes suffocati0n by placing a
wet cloth over the mouth, and sometimes thrOttling
by putting few grains OF rice in the mouth and per-
hitting the little innocent TO try the task OF swallow
ing them. fourth method, more generally prac-
tsed perhaps Ia by immersion IN tub of cold water
or In other words bv sort OF systematic drowning
with which ends the revolving catalogue OF means
and methods OF lnfanticide. third vlce-lf vice be
a sufficiently harsh for either OF the last two
Ia that Of suicide the statistics Of which. could they
be collected, would be found to embody larger per-
centage Of deaths by seifdestruction than appears
upon the records of mortality In France, really the
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