The New York herald., 1870-09-25
NEW JERSEYS CH1NAMEN.

Captain Hcrvey's New ssLnundresses' NJ
Home In Belleville-A Talk With Charlie
Ming and Foreman Van vOrst-An Quiet
Along the Passaic-yho Bellevillian Blas-
terers.
Yesterday afternoon, With q view to discovering
whether the violent wordy demonstrations OF GER
tain parties residing In Bellevie, N. j. relative To
the corps Of coolies recently introduced near byin
Captain Hervey's extensive laundry-had eventu-
ated in anything more Serious and also to see now
John Chinaman himself got along under the new
order Of things, o representative of the HERALD
visited the place, in company with q journalistic
friend. The laundry is situated on the northern side
OF the sylvan stream Passaic, q few minutes walk
from the village one Of the oldest hamlets In the
spans the river to cross which toll OF one cent IA
charged per capita. Reaching the laundry, the
board fence that on the south being only few days
erected. the HERALD reporter found the foreman,
%nan gentleman Q.
Harvey not being in New Jersey. On explaining his
mission the reporter was at once admitted
quarters rs0ooeu Of the new washers and roners
The Celestial laundrymen had just finished supper.
aboard American war vessels breaklasI early. tdin-
ner at and supper at four O'Clock In the after
feiiows fellow young, @ wi vigorous and asnetc They humber
slxty.eight and are mostly year or two more or
nan ven sa Ser sS wno
persons twice day, shave tner frontal scalp once
week so, aud are represented TO be exceed
Worst was quite enthusiastic about these
gentlemen from China, and predict.
wonders with them. They have not yet commenced
to work. but will tomorrow morning. No hostile
demonstration has yet been shown the new comers
or any Of Captain Herveys people; Most OF the
nave returned and resumed work, there being
enough for all They seem to accept the situation
yesterday remarked to visitor that "nOw they the
girs) need not care for the Beleville boys; they
Ssa get asng os maSe Of
can stand proof to their pretty feminine colaborers
charms. Addressing the foreman the reporter
Kingdom certainly looked less repulsiye, equally
strong and decidedly @9Es iaIsllgenf NJ thar the
ssssa; aeo; ,nsss ssa'1 ss dss aa
| them In relation to the Irish" Here the reporter
suggested again that It was possible he might lay
tivty. This was rather sumner but after slight
pause the foreman added, .Qp, Of course mean mean
s saea & M Ss ad s dsa aa1s
say there Is Irish gentlemen, but they don't come
our way often, tell YOU" y '':.a4'N
was introduced. He is quite an Intelligent
fellow, speaks English quite fairly, SO as to be
and calls MINIS Int ss Mng
proud Of the Charlie" which he acquired in San
Francisco He has wife and parents In China
swears and claims with his countrymen to belong
to the better class Of his country people He neither
e He na party
delighted with their new place and Of the pros
pect before them. They came splendidly supplied
with clothing and food peculiar to their country.
The opposition in Belleville to the looming men"
seems to be entirely confined to few OF the lower
showing their faces on the other side the river
through! fear Of the Chinese chopstcks or the toll
charge across the bridge deponent Knowsn y not;
quiet along the PaSsalc.