The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-11-04
Archaeological discoveries in
ga Cochin China.


| =, The ruins which have been discovered
| in Cambodia (says the Recac Cotoainte ct
| 4Haritime)a prove that the inhabitants
! must at one time have been as highly
civilized az they are how debased. Re
/ mains of sculpture have been discovered
1rivalng those produced III Greece in its
! best days The ruling principle which
dominated every other is supposed tn
/ have boeua religious one, but this. did
! not prevent the goveCnment irem paying
| attention to material matters calculated
to benefit the people by adding to their
/ comf4lt and prnmot ng their commerce.
! Magniticcnt roads are met with, which, alb
!, p,,;ss, to ran deep INFO the interior OF the
| country, and besides these roads, at Ger
tam distances apart, large sheets OF wafer
fwere formed for theuse, as IS supposed,
/ of the ca sssvans which traversed them, the
auiinal.. which conveyed the merchandise
such as the elephant and the buffalo, re-
curing frequent bat his, the country being
SO parclled during several months by tht
grea0 hcas that all the small strcahs
] ponds and shallow lakes are tr'edup. <
III Well built bridges have been discover
ed in many PARIS, and the expedition Com
|, Quoted by Mr Lagree found remains OF
: the same and other constructions as far as
the 18th degree nf north latitude. 30
Il extensive and numerous are these remains
mat they are considered toprove beyond
dispute that al the time " hen they were
4 built the country must have been dense
Iy populated by people rich and prosper
! Gus 10 very high degree; indeed there
is pos tive evidence ot the fact In the
writings Of Chinese traveller, who
speaks with warm admiration OF the Law
J ish manner in which gold was employed
J in the decorations of their monuments.
The successors of those VINO erected
these monument are now few in compare
4 sou in the great territory OF Cochin China
4 Driven back from the mouth of the great
Iriver which gave them access to- the Sea
tby the Annimtes, and from the upper
valley of Cambodia, by the Laothians
as far back AS the fourteenth degree on
4 1.-THE thirteenth ON the lett bank, and more
over divided between the governments OF
France and SIAM and only a portion OF
4 them retaining their own sovereign, whose
r.le, and that of theirschiefs, is described
as in no way calculated tn revive ancient
civilization and prosperity, they seem to
1 have lost heart, and 1T is only occasional
i ly that their innate energy isroused SO TAI
i as TO induce them to escape from the op;
preston to which they are subjected by
taxi ing refuge in the forest.
How far the Incidence of their charac'
ter may be attributed tothe oppressiveness
Of the governments they hive under, It is
OF ,asre, impossible to say; but a sad-
/. deDlng idea of this distinguishing
i feature is derived by travellers from
the uculivated state OF the country. Vast
districts so fertile and so well situated
that immense crops OF almost every kind
4 could be growni in them, are suffered to
lie fallow year after year, and this not
because hands are wanting to cultivate
the land, but because they prefer living
4 in state of misery and wretchedness to
Il making the exertion necessary to raise
i themselves out Of it, persuaded as they
are that they manage to accumulate any
little property they would only involve
1 themselves in possible danger and certain
robbery by the Manderins who govern
them. The little relation they still have
i with the countries outside their territory
| they owe to the Chinese, who conduct the
commerce, and the iAnnamltes, who ENJOY
the highly remunerative monopoly OF the
| fishisDg. 20 ,'t3ti --.,
/ The condition of those who live under
i the rule of the Siamese is described rs be-
| ING much better than that of those who
| live under native rule This is attribute
| &c, to the terrible Establishments which
| followed every attempt to throw off the
woke to which they were subjected, until
at length they became convinced OF the
utility of such attempts, and set to work
to make the best of the opportunities that
still remained to them The entire race is
described as inevitably doomed to des-
truction from the encrOachments OF Chi-
nese, Annamitcs and Europeans, just as
| tt G magnificent monuments OF their former
greatness are from the gnaw1ng OF decay.
Is THIT THE MAN? -At political
meeting the speaker and audience were
very much disturbed by man who con-
stantly called out for Mr. Henry When
ever q new sp5akerj came on, the man
| bawled out, Mr.. Henry = Mr.. ?, Henry !!
/ Heniy!" cali for Mr.; Henry y After
| several interruptions of tins kind at each
speech, young man assembled to the plat
form and was soon airing his eloquence
in magnificent style, striking out power
fully in gestures, when the old cry was
heard for Mr. Henry. Putting his hands
to his mouth like speaking trumpet the
mau bawled out at the top of his voice,
"Mr. Henry Henry Henry Henry |
tcall for Mr. Henry !" The chairman now
arose and remarked that it would oblIge
the audience if the gentleman would re-
frain from any further calling for Mr.
Henry, as that gentleman was speaking.
| us that Mr.. Henry ?" said the dlsturber,
aThunder. that can't be Mr.. Henry why
| that's the little cuss that told me to hol-