The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-27
Tfie GIsimainan in TcXas-fse Arrives,
.-aEgcs Himself at Home, and Goes

TT,e CIsiManan in TcXas-kEe Arrives,
.-aEgcs Himself at Home, and Goes
10 Work.
The Galveston Nens of recent date
saws:
Two hundred and forty Chinese arrived
yesterday as pioneers of an immigration
from the Flowery Kingdom, upon which We
must depend hereafter for plantation hands
and Eouse- servants. This lot of Celestials
were employed by General J. G. Walker to
work on tie extension of the Central rail-
road. They have been engaged for three
years at the rate OF $40 (specie) per month
and their rations. Transportation and m
;iops while en- route are also furnished by
their employer. There is an interpreter
who receives $500 per month, and three
fo.emcn who are paid $40 Per month. They
bring with them supply OF Chinese com
ruoiities sufficient to last until they can re-
ce;ye additional stocks by way of Panama
Tbe officers of the beat that brought
them from St. Louis to New Orleans say
that they were exceedingly docile and we'll
behaved, and gave no trouble whatever
Quarrels and squabblcs among themselves
were easily settled, and they frequently
offered their assistance to the crew, and
seemed to take pleasure in working.
General Walker denies the statement
tint difficulty was apprehended from the
negroes at, Memphis. He is of the opinion
that Chinese labor will not be ut once avail
able for agricultural work in the South;
but thinks that after they have been intro
duced as railroad and levce laborers they
viii be willing to contract with planters on
fair terms. Even now the price of THEN
labor is coming down. and they can be had
in California at SIS to $40 and found, OF
SIS to $50 and they find themselves.
Considering the length of time those Wit
passed through yesterday had been coopet
up on the deck of the vessel, they wer,
lunch cleaner and neater in their clothing
and persons than could have been expected
Though small in stature, they were robust J
iqFmei, and, from the case with which they
handled heavy packages OF plumber, they
are both strong and active. II. ~
The general dress was blue cotton
blouse, ndpantaloons of the same material,
bat Of more ample dimensions than fash
ionable gent would like to. be incascd
in Their shoes were made after the
fashion Of q canoe, turning up sharp at the
toes, and their hats resembled inverted
wash bowls. A number of them, however,
wore boots and loose overcoats, and all ap-
peareds to be comfortably clad. Each man
was provided with bed and mat, bowl, and
the inevitable chopsticks. Their language
scanned harsh, and appeared to consist en-
tirely of short words. If they saw anything
new or unexpected in Galveston they did
not manifest it by word or sign; neither
did they appear.conscious of being the cen.
tre Of attraction for crowds of strange peo'
PIC. - rs......
sAfter their arrival at the depot prepare,
tons were made for cooking breakfast
Fires were lighted, kettles were brought out
pans and bowls were placed in the hands 0.
each, and everything was conducted syste
matically and decorously. The principa
ingredient of the cuisine was rice, though
wenoticed that some Of them placed small
pieces Of pork that had been Drowned to s
crisp over the tops of their pans of rice
The 3chopsticks were the only instrument
used in carrying their food to their mouths
the sticks being held in the right hand with
the thumb and first and third fingers, the
second one passing between the sticks
whidhfley used as tongs for picking W
their food.
Aver pfeaklasC Has oyer WOSt u tneH
took q. good big drink Of the hot water in
which the rice had been boiled. Carefully
putting aside the wood which remained
after the cooking was done, they washed
their bowls and chopssieks, packed away
their pots, &C., lighted their pipes, and
enjoyed . smoke with as much philosophi-
cal cothposure es the most devoted lover of
thetweed amongst the outside barbariaps
could have done. Several Of them smoke
English indifssently well, but did not
eFinee any disposition to be communicative.
There was but one woman in the lot. she
Was smal! in size, and by no means attrac-
tire in personal appearance