The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-04

The first tnStalment OF CnlneSe laOoreTS LOT
the South, numbering over three hundred as al
ready announced by telegraph, reached st. Louis
on Wednesday last. The Ceestials were engaged
to work on the extension OF the Houston, Texas
Central Railroad and will be taken to Calvert
and placed on the sections under construction.
The St. Louis Republican says:
THEIR PAY.
The men are to receive thirty dollars In coin
per month ami board themselves. They Will get
the same as other railroad hands are getting.
The railroad has been paying tnlrty nine aollars
in coin, and even at that rate could not get
supply, owing to the scarcity Of laborers. the
contractors pay for the transportation OF the
Chinese to Texas, and all that 1t may cost them
over twenty dollars to return TO San Francisco
after three years. service the contractors agree 10
pay The contract was made by Colonel r. p.
Boyce, OF Texas, assigning to General Walker
the charge OF bringing them through from Call-
fornia. A contract was also made with lleadman
Chew All Ileang 10 serve as interpreter under sal
ary from the contractors. These men have been
several years in California, talk English tolcra-
bly, and assisted to build the Central Pacific Rail
road For working plantations IN the South as
many Chinese laborers as are needed can be mad
from $40 to Sl2 per month, in the currency OF the
country. BY contact With the Americans they
have abandoned their superstitious NOTION lilai
TO thcir native country The party lett san Fran
cisco OIL Sunday, tile l9th, at lo O'Clock a. NJ, 3oO
strong. On the way about seven OF the number
grew falut-hcarted, and persuaded by some OF
their friends, they remained behind, but the COM
plcmcnt was made up by the addition OF eighteen
others, who volunteered anu Joined the emil
grants.
TIE ARRIVAL.
In expectation OF seeing the Cccstials, a large
number of people went to the depot. but, getting
tired of waiting, they gradually dropped away
and went home. Among those present most
anxious to see the visitors was Ala Lee. himself
a native Chnaman, who has been resident of
this city twelve years. He first came to Califor-
mia as Interpreter for missionary OF the Episco.
nal Church among his countrymcn. Lee was
horn at Ningpoo, near Shanghai, can talk twelve
dialects but since his residence in this city has
been sorn of his pigtaIl and given up the pagan
Ism of his fathers. lie appeared anxious to meet his
country people and proiIer them some sound adj
vice. At n late hour they arrived at The depot,
They appeared to be quite small In stature their
ages being from twenty-five TO thirty. They were
a few Guiic young boys, and some three or four
men over forty years old. Most OF them carried
long STICKS which are used for carrying their
baggage, the stick being balanced on the should.
er, anu tile baggage being divided and suspended
In front and on the rear. They have the queue or
.spigtall" appendage OF twisted llalr, III some
cases curlcd about their hats, and wore loose
blouse but with few exceptions the whole attire
was like that worn by ordinary laborers. But
the dark almond-shaped eyes anu ollve.cOlOTed
eountenanGe, q whitlsh hue tingcd with orange
tics Of the Chinese race
CLAIMING BAGGAGE.
On the platform commenced violent clamor
when the baggage was claimed, anu the scene
almost brgguls description. The confusion was
like Betllaln broke loose the entire party Gus.
continued for long time to pull, shove and
squeeze each other, and chatterlng, scoldlns and
swearing I'm broken English, making din that
was heard several blocks away. 1t was like the
nru oh
among Indians when dividing their latt0ns.
Tie police hUvered around, but when told that
this was the manner OF tile CeleStlais, they
thought best not to interfere. At length two OF
the leading men with strong voices. assembled to
the top OF the car, and, commanding some sort
OF attention, the baggage was showed up 10 thcm
from the door. when they tossed II INTO tue
crowd, and after each package was tossed about
like u ball for some time, 1t ut length found an
owner. One Of the men In charge sail that
similar scene occurred on the route at each trans
fer of baggage. He said ihat at ogden, two
men had hold of pan which each claimed, and
they pulled and hauled until they tore 1t TO pieces
The party were then marched down to the
steamer Mississippi, commanded by Captain Ned
Green, where they went aboard The steamer
will leave this evening FOR New orleans.
ON BOARD THE GOAT.
little before l2 o'clock these Cinnamon, two
hundred and forty-scven oil told, began TO arrive
at lhe boat. In appearance by torchlisht, their
features seemed more of a cross between the In
dian ana Tue MeNcan .na .ninS cisri Nus o,
or two exceptions, they were wound around their
heads. Some OF them wore common black wool
hats, while others wore the regular Chinese straw
hat which very much resembles an old Dutch
straw bread basket. Each OF them carrie,l
bundle-some Of them two-in which were done
up their wearing apparel, bedding, &c. 1t
is not assuming too much to say that many
of these bundles would weigh from 1j0 tu
800 pounds; yet they trotted along under this
weight with more case than "barbarans'i tas
they call ,isl would under twenty-five pounds.
Their handles were all Wrapt UP in o kind Of