New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-04

the ninetes during a Summer whlch lasts tnree,
Ogrhs of n the years. seven times hotter than
il wanted to be. Then stay at home. or
do not hither You deslre 70 AK. kegp sIiSb
colony its chief settlement, and its stock IN trade
IL is an attractive place, hanging upon the SIDE Oh
lofty peak which vel Nance sh to lSr s tsTs street
Iises behind street like shelves, upon the hillside
| one above the other, climbing third way 10 tne
Of tine sneea ns s victoria Cross as 4 i were at
tempting TO tear the vapory clouds which so 0fteih
shut It from the view. The green slopes at the hack
nanv of tbe avenues mOdtes the effect OF the nght-
| eoored houses, and prevents our ternng them eaI
sh The various PUBLIC Dn nr wo hot TO- deal
| in sncb heavy material The Town Hall, in process
| of construction, with its plastered SIDES ana
! neat-coyered roof; the Governors palatial resi-
dence the post-ohice, the club, the new hotel,
| fine barracks, the godowns of the racine
! Mail Steamship Company, with many DINER
Subjects i'm which statistics must figure, we VIII pass
Inv for the present and merely mention the TACT tnat
the town clock on the tower is the most striking
thing we have yet seen or heard. IL is almost nui-
sance Its deep toned voice is heard every ID minutes
during the four and twenty hours, to the great aus
pust of jewellers round about. and at night It's OWL
like eyes are illumned as to let all who look upon
| IL know when 10 stop burning midnight oil and
..donse the glm" The chief business street of the
city is the Queens Road and surely it is curiosity
i'm its way Ii has fashion, style, structure, pian
completely its own and thoroughly unique Many
| European merchants have their warehouses and
dwellings along the road, but the chief attraction
exists where ChinadOm asserts Its sway. All sorts
and conditions of Celestals here hold forth, but
! principally those engaged IN merchandising ana
trading in such supplies as are needed 10y the wte
folks who come hitler Curio shops, where all sorts
of fine ivory work can BIO had boxes curlousy carved
and wrought, fans, lacquered ware, porcelain ana
| few million trinkets devised merely 10 give Jonn
| Chinaman a clutch upon the barbarans money
iewelry stores where they "makee that Cinema COLO
all popa" and where trnkets and notions can be de
yised for GINNING craftsmen in Canton to work out;
! tailo W n n
as men usually made. Look out for these iolks,
they will do you in the eyo II possible but lay ia
good stock of clothing. for Won will need II IN such
a country, whose washerwomen pound yonr linen
! with bonlders TO make 1T pliable and whlte; Inc
gentle All Hoy wants to make You coat. ana desires
Won TO send him muster; carefully see that the pat
fern has no blemses for IL never sure that they
| will not be initiated. Char-makers, shoe-makers.
together with dealers in the peculiar wares and mer,
chandise best snited TO Cinnamon hucksteIs and
peddlers wandering scsSor-grnders, peTlpaetc lock
| vendors beggers, coolies. w0rEmen, passengers,
white black brown, yellow, all natlOnaltle5 OF the
East and West seem TO mingo in the throng which
crowds this thoroughfare. The busy mum OF men
rises above and transcends all other noises save the
ear-peTcing screeches of the wheelDarrows az they
are trundled along; might AS well try to per
suade these coolies to lose their qnene as to at
tempt to teach them that this viainous noise is I'M
necessary Let us go into any of these shops along
here where we see a painters sign. Ascend INTO the
second story and behold the studio. Happy is the
head of the establishment to have you cdi ana DE
| will " Chin-Chin you too mutchee" A halt-d0zcn
artists working away upon portraits ms II Tor dear
| life The walls are covered with Opaintlngs, tran
scripts from photographs. or pictures OF similar ma
fure desperate attempts TO catch the shadow ere the
substance fade This is n high old art gallery, but
having of them there are left no more worlds
of this sort to conquer for which fortune be praised
See the specimens. Beautyi in any of its types IS very
scarce; but stiff and formal dellneatiOns OF the
human face divine are hung upon every slde-an IN
Disseminate mingling OF young and old, male ana fe-
male blonde and brunette which. II we admire not,
affords us great amusement to gaze upon. But chiefly
does the collection consist Of the most horribly hOmey
| f,-no AZ ran he together.
than the celebrated CatIn gallery which. few years
since was proyIdentially destroyed by IRE NJ the
! Smithsonian Institute IN Washington, wherein
| the deyouring element eXtcrminated n batch OF
! the giest faces of the most homey savagcs which
had ever been limned upon canvas Here are to be
seen pictures of precoc0us yonthsw with big hands ana
! tremendous heads, with hair cut square b0b or
spruced MP in the sOaplock fashion, staring from the
canvas like cheap-coored prints OF young Jasper
Conway, or other great infantile mathematicians;
tawny headed folks. op-lipped femnines. care-worn
men or gallus dandeiied young bucks. whose beauty
will never occasion them serious Illness, abortlve
! Landscapes, and very wiry-lOoking marine views,
whose concentrated stiffness Is exceedingly painful
To the eycsight 60 naught OF their bong repug
nant 10 good taste. Yet there are people foolish
enough 10 send from America score of pictures to
be painted by these people, 80 that our COUNT ~
NAV not be without specimens OF chinese ART, i0r
which six Mexicans' are considered fair equiv
/ alont Let us go into the street. No one ever
sinks of walking any great distance at this season
/ while the sun in up So call for chairs.
i These structures. built Of bamboo and slung upon
/ long. springy poles, are carried around upon the
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in this line of business. canvas roof shelters the
/ rider from the sun. while curtains of cloth exclude
the ran light blinds break the reflection OF the sun
RAYS from the roadway, while the rapid pace OF the
carriers proVokes gentle breeze which serves To fan
the heated occupant of this most luxurious institu
/ ton. Some there who do not like the sensation,
but the majority of folks find pleasure in the gentle
vibration OF the vehicle IL is really wonderful to
see how these 1.-THE, lght-lmbed catiffs Will scud
along with a heavy load. They go ahead without
word or expression until you desire to stop; they
are thoroughly subject unto you A gentle stroke
upon the right or left, arm OF the chair iIndi-
Gates your route. while vigorous pounding
will bring the establishment TO halt.
All the public chars are licensed and mum
bered and schedule of prices fixed by the Colonial
| Government-in like manner public conyeyances
/ at home. The charges are very reasonable, but the
carriers have the same disease as hackmen the world
oyer-they are never content with their fare. but
like the daughter of the horse-leech they cry Give
| gIve given The same may be said of the boatlnen
They surely the most peculiar folks ronnd about
! these parts. Wherever there is so much shipping IN
a harbor as there is here without any wharf accom-
modatons, there will always be large population OF
,watermen. This is true OF all ports IN the East
with sampans They are usually long, gracefully
modelled hulls. very much like whaling boats
They are tted UP with deck ;t nave 1 xsr d the
after-part of the boat is an arched roofing of
bamboo and canvas, underneath which passengers
sit An entire family occupies one OF these sampans
IL is their only house and home and possibly they
live on board as comfortably as they desire and per-
haps just nationally as the majority OF floating
populations. 1t is great fun TO see the father and
mother, with all their progeny, take part In the
| working Of the vessel; the little shavers six
years old will tug away at an oar, or, sitting in the
stern. manage the helm. These folks piratcal
set and bold have they been that, like the chairs
they are also licensed. At night time when persons
leave the shore for shipboard paieeman is on hand
and the name of the ship, tho destination
of the travellers, 30 if any robbery or viii
lany should be attempted there would be a
| clue to the discovery OF the perpetrators, and n
chance for their punishment. Every one of the
Chinese boats, whether large or small, have eyes
| painted upon them, usually at the bow. With them