Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1868-06-02
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I ARRIVAL Or THE CHINESE Nm.
BAssY. = For the first time in the his
tory Of the Celestial Empire y has
deigned to send its representatives to
treat with Foreigners. The Enbassy-
arrived here at noon yesterday By the
steamer Arizona, Of the Pacific Mail
Line, from California. The party
we're met at quarantine BY ? revenue
Gutter under the direction Of the Gus.
tomhouse officers, and Mr.. Burling.
anne and his secretaries were taken OH
and landed at the foot Of Nineteenth
street, North river, whence they were
conveyed in carriages to their hotel. {
The steamboat dock and pier were
crowded from an early hour with
spectators and persons waiting to re-
ceive expectsnt friends, and ~ the
steaoer approached her dock cheers
and waving Of handkerchiefs gave
expression to their enthusiasm. The
party drove to the estminster Hotel.
Tue Embassy is composed as follows
His ExceIlency Anson Burlingaue,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
| Pleoipotentiary, and their Excellen-
cies Che TaDjin and Swii Taojin.
Ministers Of the second rank John
MacLeary Brown, Esq, First Sec.
retary Of Legation, and Emile DO
Champs, Esq Second Secretary to.
gether with Messrs. Fung, Teh, Ta,
Kevel, Tsain and Ting, attaches, and
their secretaries, Messrs. Chpowang
aud Kaog, and seventeen servants,
altogether q company Of thirty per.
sons, The party were thirty one days
| en- route from Shanghai, and twenty
one days from Yckohama. Il - said
that the Japanese Government is also
about to send representatives to the
Western nations, and that its minis
tiers viii! be able 10 treat with these
Powers in their own language, with
out the aid Of interpreters, or the en-
| ployment Of English or American
| Ambassadors. The former visits Of
the japanese to this country created
such a desire for Western literature
that many Of that nation have been
aud are now studying the English
language. Several Of these sons of
the sun now with the Chinese EN-
bassy can also write and speak the
English language fuently.-N \.
Sun. Fat
IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED
| States. - Emigration to the United
States is again becoming a vast move
uent, and is bringing US large num-
bers Of the working people cf Great
| Britain and Germany. The success.
ful result Of the late American war,
aud its development Of the great re-
| sources Of the country has swollen the
tide Of emigration from 10000 to
245, 900 annually. During the past
week there have been large numbers
| Of arrivals at New York, the aver
age being from 800 to 700 . day Ger
many now sends more than Ireland,
but the emigration from both, it seems,
is only limi,ed BY the capacity Of the
vessels bringing the anxious seekers
for homes in the West. Hundreds
wait at the shipping ports week after
week to find ship with berths unoc.
cupied. Denmark, Poland, Sweden,
Italy and France are also contribut.
ing to our population. The class that
come are generally industrious and
thrifty, and their labor 10 worth
great deal to the United States. The
New York Herald says that but one
thing is to be deplored in this swell
ing tide of immigration, and that is
that many of the Danes and Swedes
who have come have cast their lot
with the Mormons, and that frater-
pity already numbers too many discl-
pies in America.
| CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE AND THE