The New York herald., 1868-05-29
THE CFNESE EMBASSY.

His feminine Trnits-His Impressibility-
M. Burlingame at Breakfast-Anothcr
Visit the Ph0tOgraphers-The Ministers
Chh and SUN nj the Seventh Regiment
Parade.
When metaphysically scanned or dissected an ex-
ceednQly pleasant quality of mind is detected in the
Monaghan particularly those families or branches OF
the race which reside in China the Corea and Japan;
and this characteristic is femininity.
Externally they appear masculine almost to
sayagism, and, questioness, tribes OF Mongolans
there are but little removed from the lowest grade OF
barbarism; but, on nearer approach and acquant-
ance with them, peculiar conception or thought is
given out that we can distinguish by no other name
than that we have given to it-namely, femininity
The members of the Chinese Embassy exhibit this
quality in large degree. They are dependent
retiring readily impressed and arrive at conclusions
rather by intuition than by the usual processes of
ratiocinaton. Their features are broad fat rather
coarse and underlined in outline; their eyes large,
not small is the general impression but seem to
be because of the length Of the dropping eyelids
the mouth is large, but there is little frmness ex.
pressed by the under lip, and, old and young they
are susceptible TO demonstrations Of friendship, while
from danger they involuntariy shrink, particularly
when followed by rude demonstration. Notwith-
standing this they are easily aroused, and are
uncommon scolds. Chinaman win talk, If
cIenching his fists or raising in an offensive manner
his arms. They have little or music in their
sous-we are not now speaking of the feminine or
negative side of their character-but are lovers Of
noise What to us is ravshing music to them is q
series OF unmeaning sounds; and yet If they have
not tune they certainly have time. Thus the rattle
of the treble drums which preceded the band OF the
Seventh regiment yesterday afternoon pleased them
hugely while the band itself, beyond the display Of
highly polished brass instruments. elected from
them little or no comment Anything rich or taste
ful or shiny fills them with delight Thus safrron is
pleasant color in their eyes; SO also do red deep
shades OF green az not sombre) blue, purple and
scarlet affect them pleasantly.
Scenery is aso when there is no darkness in the
heavens and the warns the atmosphere to sultri
ness, attractive to them. They rode through the
Park on a cloudy afternoon and scarcely opened
their lips while within its boundaries. at was
good, answered Fung-yu simply to question. On
clear, warm day they passed over the same roads
ID this public ground, and SO delighted were they
their vocabulary sufficiently comprehensive to eX-
press their thoughts. They will look admrfngy at
plain woman glaringly dressed In costly fabrics, and
will pass by, hardly noticing her presence be she
ever 80 beautiful one who Is SIMPLY attred in dark
servers. Their minds are cultivated, and they hes
tate not to ask questions. Place mechanical con-
triyance before fore them and they desire to be made
ascertained, do not accept Of it mathematically
They look at it and ask questions women look and
then ''when out Of sight it is out Of mind"
NO GRAMMAR OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE
their mental constitutions. This is proved by the
fact that they have lo no gram1mar n1I. OF their
chart; and, as Fung-yu remarked yesterday, the
native and the foreigner must learn Chinese
by "cxamplen and not by grammar. There were a
Few simple rules, he aoded, but they were without
authority. They had lexicons OF the language but
this did not preserve their oral speech from great
confusion, and 1t was his belief that there were
some thirty or forty dialects in the empire which to
the Chinese themselves were as apparently distinct
as were French from English and German from
Italian. AS we have remarked, the leading trait in
the mind OF the cultivated Chinaman is receptivity
which is clear and quick but as void Of the quality Of
woman. Perhaps 1t Is this quality or rather want of
il that makes them Indifferent warriors and yet at
their enemies when placed within their power.
MR.. BURLINaAME AT BREAKFAST.
MI Burlngame and his secretaries, Messrs. Brown
and Du ChOng, with number Of distinguished cit-
zens, among them Ex-Governor Banks, d. ID. Field
Mr.. Rugges, DR.: Lieber and two or three Journalists
breakfased at the table Of Elliot G. Cowdin, at his
residence In Twentyseventh street, yesterday morn
ing The conversation was chiefly directed to the
probable results the mission to the nations which
had been so confdingly entrusted to the distin-
guished gentlemen present, would bring about, the
future ofthe Chinese empire, mingled with congratu.
latfOns that an honor signal should be extended
unsolicited, from the oldest and exclusive 20
me youngest and most catholic OF the nations.
IL this Embassy regarded that its pr0prety is
questioned. II is felt that q high honor has been
conferred on the republic by the selection OF our dis
tinguished citizen as the authorized agent OF the
Chinese government in all civilized lands; and the
delicate mission that he win fully satisfy the Jealous
statesmen OF the court at Pekin, and at the same
time advance the interests Of civilization 80 that
new impulse shall be given to the development OF |
knowledge commerce and The progress Of peace
AT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS.
The members OF the embassy the Oriental side |
did not until the appearance OF the Seventh regi-
ment make any particular movement worth an
Cooper's house for the .diversincation- of know.
ledge and their subsequent calls at the Astor Library
and the jewellers in Broadway, so fatigued them
that, the SKY wearing threatening aspect all day,
few OF them ventured abroad.
Except their presence at the northern end
Seventh regiment, accompanied by Mr. Bur.
ingame and his first secretary. their only visit
and sun and their attaches % Funsyee and Tel Teh, mn
der the care OF Captain Dolliver went to have
cartes de rtstte taken. While in the dte!ier OF Mr.
Quincy 7uJen Chih sat for time while artist
made more exact outline with the pencil of his
features on nne super-imperial picture which
represents with great strongness OF outline and fea-
ture the personages Of the embassy-fourteen fig
nres In all.
The portraits OF members OF the embassy taken
by the leading Photographic artists OF the city-Mr
Brady and Mr.. Gurney-are unusually fine. Mr..
Brady has an imperial OF Mr. Burngame which
Is strikingly exact. He has also been unusually
happy IN securing mperials Of the Ministers Chih and
sun, sitting, Mr.. Burlngame standing between them,
ouu again vi iatter stLlnR Wllle IIe IOTmeT, III
erect positions, the right and left OF him. The
photographs, taken singly, OF Slan.hea-heuan Hung
pung-joo and others are also to be commended as
worthy OF the fame OF the manipulation. Mr.. Gurney
IN MS supertnpcrfal has succeeded in presenting
we nave said, an excellent work II greatly pleases
al the members Of the embassy. II IL understood
mat copies are 10 be forwarded TO Pekin as evidences
oi the extreme accuracy Of the Photographic as
pursued in America.
III ~ very certain that place yet visited pleases
onI Asiauc friends SO well as the galleries and
osSutTs OF our photographsts and there is no en-
poyment so agreeable TO them as sitting before the
camera. " you would make Nessiet,rs les Cbipois
your friends for life take them to a photoprapher
anu iet portraits of all sizes from the microscopic TO
INT mhperiaI pe taken and presented 10 them. In
the language Of the poet they wouid ..secure the
shadow ere forever fades and IL certain that f
repeated slttings VIII effect that purpose their
shadows will be secured for all time
THE SEVENTH REGIMENT PARADE
In pursuance OF the general order issued n week
or two ago by Colonel Emmons Clark the Seventh
regiment paraded yesterday in Its fun dress uni.
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