The New York herald., 1868-05-23
THE CHINESE EMBASSY.
Arrival In this City observation-disclosures oi
the Legation-The Landing, Drive 10 the
Westminster and Movements of the Strangers

| Westminster and Movements Of the strangers
| Yesterday Afternoon.
| The curiosity Of New York-a grave, mlnd-her-
own-business old DAME not subject to any shakness
OF nerves-was Just little excited yesterday by the
advent OF number Of rather unusual personages
with rather unusual cues Of rather unusual man
ners and from rather singular country-a country
the people OF whichhav strange ways and ideas OF
their own the art and literature OF which spring up
upinto weird fantastic forms that seem whimsical
to other people, and the government of which has
reticence peculiarly Its own though not particularly
suggestive OF its own qualifying adjective "celes-
tial" jenkins would have jotted in his note
book-'Sensatlon," opportunity for grand
exhibition of imaginative gymnastics" "nO facts
needed except names;" but the fact is there was
no sensation as jenkins would have jotted it down,
and New York, the imperturbabe, was just curl
ous not out Of her wits with furry jenkins would
have reported her. New York may be pardoned too,
| for little curiosity exceedingly curious occa-
sion. The world at large is curious. female
| atheist or poodle dog, monstrous squash or edu
| Gated hog, murder or muster-all the same
lifes glories and its grles all feed the flame; and
New York, though 6ass with sightseeing, has her
spasms of wonder at what is going on in the world.
Not that female atheist would be anything wonder
full in New York, for female freethinkers by no
means the exception at this age OF the
| planet; not that poodle dog could ex-
cite any curiosity, for poodle dogs, both biped
and quadruped, are by no means uncommon; not,
in fact, that anything in the above catalogue or in
oe S Sed r MAKE ae All smny
phase OF ordinary affairs and something OF another
TX must be sought FOR and exhibited ted before New lew
window New York is not green, and never lifts
the sash to see or lounges In small delegations
around hotels without the most satisfactory reasons
Yesterday there were peculiar reasons in the
| arrival of an embassy from country whence en-
basses are uncommon. The steamer Arizona, from
Aspinwall May Ia, put In an appearance yesterday
| forenoon with some peculiar entries on her mani
fest-entries of strange people. with strange
| luggage and strange solemn faces, with the
y and h on the on of
the head and gathered and cued in long tails be-
hind The Hon. Anson Buringame Ring United States
| mandarins, was among tie passengers from San
Francisco via Aspinwall. In other words, the fa-
nous Burlingame Mission was on board, and every
body went to see. OF course everybody who has
ever ounged about the CITY Hall has observed before
tnose peculiar Individuals who sell cigars at the rate
| 0i tnIee ". i've cents, and whom, with the quaint
ntpnss OF phrase to descriptive peculares, the in
ilabitants of San Francisco term mummies.
less less legs, that it'"s'a Seem to to Ne bent into
a permanent crook with the weight of their
little nOndescript bodies and W yellow, leatnery
skins that have all the appearanc of Kid very
fully tanned and dried in the sun; individuals with
squeaking, peculiar voices that might easily mis-
take for the notes of hand organ long afflicted with
influenza; individuals with little black beadlike eyes
tndt might easily De very care
fully polished ovals OF jet inserted exactly where
eyes are ordinarily inserted in the queerest little
knobke heads that were put upon pair of shrunken,
York passes daily without even the ceremony Of
nod, being Of what the Greeks used term the
OF pOlloi. An embassy OF the mandarins Of the
race is. however quite another thing, and an en-
basy OF international Importance could not but prove
another thing altogether. The consequence was the
gathering Of small multitude at the foot of Canal
street yesterday morning, not so particularly for the
purpose of greeting the distinguished strangers as
lllUaD,o
Osity as to the personal appearance of a real man
mon, but whence they are seldom exported.
The multitude, however, came near being dsap-
pointed and were only gratiiied, in fact by the In
terventiOn of happy accldent-FOrtune, which is
repued TO favor the brave, turning aside from its
usual habit on this occasion and copdescend-
pened in this wsc:-Upon the receipt OF "a tele
gram that the Arizona was in hailing distance
w. Lay, was detailed to meet the steamer and take
the embassy board. The cutter left the barge
on board consisting OF Abraham Wakeman, sur.
vcyor OF the Port of New York; Mr.. Isaac Livermore
OF Boston; Mr.. Burlngame's iather-inaw; Mr..
Edward NJ Lyermore, of Cleveland, and captain J.
NJ Dolliver of Boston, The reception party boarded
the steamer OF Staten Island, and after extending
a welcome TO Mr.. Burlmgame escorted him on board
tne cutter after which the flag of the Celestial en-
p' the rorsmast Of tue cutter R the 0Y guns of of
the Arizona saluting the strange ensign. The party
en proceeded up she bay sirnS and were landed
where carriages were In waiting 10 convey them to
the DlckenS-Sanctified ana arlStOcratic Quieude
the Westminster Hotel. a host of the friends OF Mr.
Burlingame had already gathered az this point to
await his arrival and after considerable handshak-
ing, the guest escorted his rooms an elegant
SUIT of the second floor. The c0rt6ge arrived at the
Westminster about one O'Clock in the afternoon.
The multitude did no. lose their glimpse of the man.
darlns, nevertheless, and, despite OF the excellent
intentions OF the revenue cutter, every of them
went away with his cehi, rdi, rtc,n in his mouth,
after the manner OF conquering Caesar, though that
every one OF them did so was nothing for which to
blame the cutter in question. In consequence Of
the fact that the Arizona was behind time and OF the
further fact that the embassy numbered with
a vast quantity Of very singular lug rage the shape
of bundles, budgets, trunks Of ODD pattern and the
like the captain OF the steamer declared that
Impossible to take the time to effect a transfer both of
the embassy ana the embassy's luggage TO the cutter
in waiting, and, the captain proving ineXorable, the
embassy mad the alternative to leave their luggage
AMI embark in 10 stay Herewith and sacri-
fce state To convenience The embassy stood hv
multitude at the foot OF Canal street was disap-
| pointed as the reception party was. II was nearly
or quite two O'Clock when. after sundry name
| vathan athwart the dock at the foot Of Canal
street, and blowing or its dense breath with
for the voice OF any monster imagin-
able, stood sill, rocking iis huge hulk to and
aud very audbly indeed. 1t was hydra-faced
| monstcr-,hat multitude that turned its hundred
heads IN the direction OF the other and huger sea
monster which had Just moored, ana upon the hulk
| of which and In the bowels Of which there was o
peculiar hustle just at that time OF individuals who
had all the air and manner Of liputs crawling with.
| In and upon the gigantic carcass Of Guliver OF
exceedingly modern pattern. They scrambled up
and down on the monsters back the huge
hulk betraying by no sign that 1t felt
| them: they pecped in and out at the huge
monsters nostriis. and the monster did no teen
sneele, though single sneeze might have projected
them into the middle OF the harbor; they scrambled
about with vaises and luggage on their backs In the
| monsters Intervals, and il made no sign that any
| thing was the matter. Then they hauled plank and
rested II upon OF the monsters ribs and began TO
| scramble out Of IL with whatever they could lay
their hands on, and the huge seahulk did not seem
To I'LL them. Thus went on the process of dis
| emharkinQ which the hydrt-faced monster on shcre
| Kept its eve on. noting every motion, and " must
he admitted, swearing very little occasionally with
an admixiure OF the exceedingly ihioinatic English
which Addison describes as the dialect OF the London
lshmarket. ''Try that again and III mash
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