The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-20
CHINA.


American Progress In Hong Kong-A New
Hotel and Revolution In 0Dinfng with
Friends''-English Sn0bs and n Few Yankee
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the United states
Asiatic Fleet.
Hone Kong, China March 20, 1862
Among all the cities or the East Hong Kong has
probably the least really fine weather. Beautiful
days are rare that you readily count their
number upon your fingers. Through December and
January there was really some fine weather. Feb
ruary came, chill and very much muggy and rainy.
March has been worse and for the last three weeks
most of the days have been oppressvely warm very
muggy and with such an impenetrable veil Of mist
overhead that sight Of the "Peak" was rare. The
nights, however, quite comfortable and during
Of them recently the new Hong Kong Hotel
was opened. Yes, there Is bona dde new hotel
in Hong Kong. good hotel has long been
necessity here. Perfection, however, has not by
any means been attained in this first attempt. The
number Of rooms limited to forty, and applicar
ton was made for these almost Immediately for per-
manent occupancy At present half the number are
retained for the travelling public. The merchants OF
Hong Kong, too disposed to avail themselves Of
this opportunity to break up the junior messes OF
their establishments and send the young clerks to
the hotel for their meals giving them stated allow.
ance for that purpose, beyond which they must not
step. Cause.-The young men have been living uxu.
rantly. dining all their friends and neighbors and
calling frequently generally otener with all the cpl
and and sherry and Ice and cigars. Result.
can't do 90 any more. Well. the hotel opened
BY the Governor and his lady. Now. three, four, I'VE
ana at
sttu0ns and with snap OF the fingers annihilated
America, Declaration OF independence and constitu-
ton They decided that things were going to be
thus, and sO-possbly aping home manners, because
they continue TO- do that even to-day-it was Jatt
occompn. But In discordance with their arrange.
ments America wouldn't be annihated. and now
she seems stronger than ever; and for three years
saucy looking Yankee men-of-war the finest in the
East, have come here and gone as they pleased;
..and all that sort Of thing you Know" and
a great deal more they don't understand
A handful OF men, who possbly-cant tell
come out here and become 'the glass OF fashion and
the mould Of FORM" And there are Americans, too
u Y true By o. sc their ase wSS ee@
ride and talk and eat and walk as their colonial
teachers set them example, and who, with these
teachers, seem to have iinbibed the Chinese idea
possibly by reason OF contiguty to Chinese territory
lands are-weIi. yes-suburban dependencies.
Honor, however to the body OF Americans In Hong
Kong who remember that they are Americans ana re-
The tract OF land In the lower part OF the city and
%c sn %a ns
viii soon be covered again with more substantial
the sranite dry dock on the Kowloon side, which
| has been slowly dragging itself along, VIII be
| opened In six or eight weeks.
| The American nagship Hartford has been at
| anchor here nearly Two months The Hartford re-
turned from a weeks tarry ut Whampoa, and the
United States steamer Aroostook from Canton last
| week.
Commander .. II. Baker, late commanding the
| tinted states steamer Cnadla, was lnvaded ana
nome In the last trip OF the Pacific Mail steam.
The United states steamer Ashuelot arrived here
4 mn le ~ A
from shanghac, under the temporary command OF
se Lieutenant Gn seed was
transferred 10 the command or the Cnadilla, and
Lieutenant Commander J. y. FylIe, lac ex-offcer OF
the United states steamer oneida and more recently
temporarily commanding the Aroosook, was ordered
90 and assumed command Of the Ashuelot: Lieu
tenant Commander L. A. Beardslee, who has been on
shore ~ for three months, has recently again as
sumed command Of the Aroostook.
A. noon ON saturday, the 2lst inst, the nagship
Hartford steamed out OF the harbor Of Hong Kong
homss ard bound. As sne moved away itom her
a aasnlncent salute fired IN honor OF Admiral KEEP
pei. Commanding The hnsllsh squadron. the Amerl
% nS s ae aaa gave sy ness
bs, and returned tue ss.ute aud the cheering. From
the main truck OF the Hartford the honeward bound
rmsresn. here. Soa'ed ABOVE the smoke From the
rigging aud the tops the Yankee sailors tossed their
| malnmasf head . live chicken was thrown Into the
testimony OF the fac that the repeated chai.
engrs race from the boats CT, ws OF the Hartford
| a not been accepted BY the foreign men.ofwar.
The Hartford wall remain at singapore until the ar
| rival " Admiral Rowan and the Piscataqua, when
| she wili proceed home. The AroJsoOk VIII remain
| while ~ Annoy and the lnadila at swallow. Inc
| Shenandoah, Commander feDger. left shanghae for
rhiia on the ista insi, and viii proceed thence 70
CoreA 20 examine into the OF the General Sner-
| man.
| 1he Iroquois. Commander English. IS at Nagasaki;
| The sbpeifa. Commander Crcig II al Hiogo OF
Osaka. the Monocacy. couiman Ter Carter ~ at To-
| kohana. Iy the arrival u toe Gangcs from tne
| north irformatlon comes Of assault BY the
| Jananesa a. OSaka on a French maa-oi-war boat,
4 wi.n a midshipman and some OF tie men were
l k,lle1 Troube - anticipated, and the Ashueot
Il lL.l.D lnrl lnInnIInW.