The New York herald., 1868-05-27

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Western systems Of Civilization-What He
Thinks of Himself and of Joss Yankee-In
| the Park-visltors and Cards.
| Equally with his Caucasian c0ngener the Mongo-
liam gentleman Is idosyncraic. He has his likes and
| dislikes His temperament is not, except perhaps
that 1t has little more lymph 10 II, SO very widely
| separated from that Of the European. What II he
was born on the other side OF the Caucasus2 Is he
| less 'man and brohersn The boasted lineage Of
the Israeilte is modern compared with the men "of
! far Ca.hay." When Moses was leading the forlorn
| hosts of the tribes, 'laden with the spois
OF the Egyptians," through the wilderness, was not
he present In his ancestors in China,r as Confucius
wrltesP or the proud aristocracy OF Europe who
among them Is worthy to loosen the lachets to the
shoes of Msleu Lionheaheuan, body servant to
Soften Sun2 We mean no disrespect to those who
are Of yesterday when we compare them wearing
the round blue eyes of the European, with the Ca
thayans OF almond Orbs In which are Tres OF darkest
hues; but must exalt these sons OF the Sum- these
descendants OF the Old and all but forgotten civi-
and philosophers Of that populous land which,
from the day Marco Polo visited 1t until Padre Hue
wrote his two volumes on its social condition,
was ''seaedp and jealously guarded from intrusion
OF outside barbarlans by the 1ercest Of dragons
In scaled armor Of the national color-yellow. The
educated gentleman OF Pekin is, as we have hinted,
being governed by his internal eductlons and ex-
|
the better we like him. He is not snobbisil-happily
| for the Empire the works Of Thackeray have never
been translated by any enterprlsng publisher at the
| Ca.hayan capital, and therefore "snob" forms no
part OF It's written or oral language-he Is satisfied
with his ancient blood, ana Is not therefore parcu
larry anxious that every he meets shall be i'm
pressed with his descent or his social Importance.
syen My him him o to Filter a%ay in denoss spcnI
| ing freely that which his economical and labo-
rous progenitors, with impecunous intent gathered
/
wood" And, in life, nothing win him commands
SO much OF the time he gives to meditation and the
"morates," as how best his stomach shall be
"lined." that his days may be numbered by decades
Of years In the land given to his people-thc Central
DRESS AND CEREMONY.
When your soge,'n pays pays you visit or ceremony,
eyes," he decorates his person with rich and gor-
eeously colored garments made from the 6rocades
table ' he REMOVES he his costly S attre and
fguratively speaking, rolls up his sleeves;
M wh % ans wnen
tean robes his person for state occasions no West
ern belle can Outvie him in the magnncence OF the
materials he employs. But when he "retire5 to the
shades of private life" to ponder the wise saws Of the
Old time graybeards of his vast country absorbing
as it does onetenth of the habitabe globe he forges
In looking into the well Of truth, ta he is aught but
man-no better no greater. no more exalted in the
all-perceiving eyes OF Josh than his valet Herr
Choou-chtam, who has the supreme felicity OF being
superior as caligraphist to his master, and conse-
| Quently candidate for maudarinshp.
In the pubic estimation or in political rank lie may
be held Is tine fellow ae puts on no airs" the
ledge OF politeness Is as his guest equally honored
with the great man Of q million Of iacs. His
idlosyncrasy here Is that brains even more val
| uabe tnan dollars. wise and polite gentleman,
you perceive, is the gentleman from China. But il
we nave our way we will change all this. Our grand
civilizng system will teach tie Cathayan that
money, Is. preferable to brains, provided he is
blessed with half q dozen fashionable daughters who
dearly love the glitter Of gold and the scintlations
| OF the diamond, and three or four 'boys' who are
| fond OF Bourbon and "sportn And here itshoud be
remarked that Chinamen as rule, are abstemous;
not that liquor IS with them altogether an ahonina
ton; but they have spice OF inqusitiveness about
them, and they ask questions or course gentlemen
VINO are anayticaily inclined and who are given to
making interrogatories are not particularly anxious
to spoil their appetites by deglutitons OF benzine,
| even II 1t rs labeled 'oid Bourbon"
ON THE PAVE.
The weather being unpropilOus, our Embassy pre-
fer the vecuar to the perpatetic system OF ocomo-
ton. They do not object to the occasional use OF
their limbs on the paoe but they are economical and
WIN not If they can help 1t have their gorgeous
rament spotted by pluylal showers which In the
! on tue just and the UNJUST" When, however the
| thermometer and barometer agree to something like
their presence In the .Great Republic you win End
our visitors from Pekin peekn in at the windows Of
the stores on broadway aud criticisng with expires.
slons that at least wal De novel Whatever In the way
OF art be 1t In lace or cotton silver or god, alabaser
the sixteen servants OF the tVeiss sun and Chih pre-
Ter the cose carriage or the open baroucno.
THE "wHlTE FAwA" AGAIN.
On Monday evening many OF these were introduced
to the .'NnIte Fawn,n at Niblo's Garden ana not
one OF them-and they all have three syiaoles or
more to their names (another idosyncra3y)but .s
persuaded he has beAeid with his own eyes and
Without the employment OF opium illusions worthy
or the greatest magician. In their minds the
who got up The scenery IN the "White fawn" Is
fertie III inventlon than even the great Josh HIM
sell aud as Tor the angels WHO dsport on the STAGE
gyratIng 30 entrancingy 10 tho sound OF masic why
they are, these Chinese, candid enough TO acknowl-
edge that not even Ia the Court OF the Brother of
sun would such genuneXons and gestures and poses
and Exposes be permitted; and yet they acknowledge
estheLlc point of view, the ladies wno snow tier
air proportions In the course OF the play worthy
some hundreds OF milons OF Tartars loyal and Ont
nese dsloyal-it being all tue same to him 30 long
LONG AND SHORT NAMES.
In one other thing Is the gentleman from the
"FioweEy hlngdomn peculiar, peculiar, LIS, n ,s In this-tho
lin naine) he sings. sun (soon) Is a mandarin OF The
second oruer; and two consonants and vowel
is tie only verbal handle he can present to the world
to save nim from nonentty; whereas his servants
are not to be put or with less than from three to
elk or eight heuan,. Huns.pung.
too, Hwcihan-loi; ana for tven Chih Tor ki, lie
finds II necessary 10 expead breath while addressing
Choou-chi.tiam, shaou- Chen .peau and LeuesScea'
II this is rule absolute In the polity OF the Chinese
government. or Is sign OF social rank among It's ;
royay, Its cDo,o,,ers OF the capital and even ofCan
ton, must sport, and how innntesma IN orthography
and sound the sufname5 OF the high and mighty onesl
AT BRADY'S AND AT GURNEY's.
At two O'Clock yesterday afternoon, accompanied
ny Olptdlu DoIuver, WhVupPctrs W take great IN
terest In the welfare OF the members OF the Ebassy
whether great or small caused eight OF the ssryans
accompanied by Tung as interpreter, to be conveyed
TO Bradys gallery Of photographs, where they were
taken sngly and In groups To their unquestioncd
delight, as all could see In their broad faces, which
light up admirably when they smile laugh. These
photographs. some OF them or Imperial size, win OF
course be prepared In Brady's best style aud viii be
on exhibition possibly today. The names OF the
subjects" for Brady's camera yesterday afternoon
were;.Choou;ohi-liam snaoa,chen.peai, Leue-sne-
Chang -hoo-fang ana ChaDg-hug-weD.
Earlier In the day the English Interpreters (who,
by the way speak our tongue ilueniy aud with bat
o slight accent) Tung aud Ieh called on Gurney aud
s'satb for cdrtss de Ctsite Their stay was OF short
duration, but while there they conversed freely with
those who approached them, answering without
hesitation even questions OF PERSONA Character.