The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-14
are seen. AlI wear the national queue or pig-

are seen. All wear the national queue or pig
tail, which grows from the round unshaven
spot on the crown OF their head, the rest being
carefully kept shaved. These queues are from
four to five feet in length, tightly braided, and
finished off at the end with cord or ribbon.
When at work, and in fact generally, they are
worn coiled around the crown Of the head,
giving ludcrous resemblance to ladys
chignon. Their faces are almost Invariably as
smooth and destitute of beard as a womans;
They are quite short, but generally plump and
round-faced and their appearance not In the
least repulsive.
ON THE STREETS.
After working hours, quite a number OF
them can frequently be seen on the street.
and they make the necessary purchases OF
clothing, &C., at the stores very quietly. They
seem much impressed by the factory girls
whom they have seen, and their almond eyes
convey many glances of admiration when they
meet them. Last night, observeda couple Of
Mongols in an apparently animated converse
tion with two blooming operatives, and heard
them repeat the merry '.good-nights" of their
falr enslavers with evident delight. But not
always does 80 enviable fate await them at
the hands of the softer sex. A day or two ago,
as little squad of them were leaving the
print mill of Freeman & Co., bucketful Of
dirty water descended from an upper story
window, fell upon the head Of one Of the
Orientals, who took 1t very neekly and mani
tested no resentment. 1t Is but justice to the
proprietors, who had been courteously gratiiy-
Ing the curiosity Of their Celestial guests by
showing them through part of the mill, to
say that they made every effort to discover the
offending girl, butin vain.
The gait of the Cinnamon Is o peculiar halt
ing, constrained toddle, reminding one OF the
locomotion ofa hen hoppled by the frugal
swain as O protective measure in defence OF
his vegetable beds. When in hurry they swing
their hands directly fore and aft, and as they
generally 60 haud-in-hand. like school chill
dren, their appearance on the street Is quite
them as iRoffensive and docile, are disposed
to give them all the ASST stance needed In ac-
quIring Information.
THE CRIsPINs ABANDONING THE FIELD.
All danger ofinterference or violence on the
part OF the Crispins seems to be over. very
many OF the latter have lett town, and more
are going every day, in search of work else
where. Others have taken up with other em
ployment and are now working In the mills
driving teams or farming. A few are still
idle, and are reported to be receiving aid from
the Golfers of the order. heard indirectly o
one of these who declared that he had refused
an offer OF Sc @ day elsewhere; "for," he philo
sophically remarked, "the $40 a week draw
will support me here, and amt id foo
enough to work when / can get u living
without" Nearly all the Crisplns here were
foreigners, the majority French Canadians
and though some Of the traders, especially
clothiers, will regret the loss Of their patron
age, the citizens generally are disposed to re.
gard their departure with resignation. The
other shoe manufacturers are oyerrun with
applications for work from American boys
and men who desire to learn the trade, and
most of them are busy teaching apprentices,
and turning out fair amount of work. The
fact of the large pay formerly made by the
Crispins makes the trade very attractive to
other mechanics and laborers, as even at the
"cut-down" rates, nearly any decent hand
could earn three dollars or more day, while
foundrymen who have served three years only
get 81 rs. The experiment of cooperative
shop will doubtless be tried by the strikers,
with what success remains to 1e seen. Mean
time, o few of the old hands have renounced
Crlspinism and oil its works, and have gone to
work for their former employers at the reduc-
ed wages.
The excitement over The imbrOgllo is pretty
much over in town, though the interest in the
Celestlals and their manners and progress con-
tinues undated. For long time the public
interest will centre around Simpsons big fac
tory and lis Mongolian artisans.