The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1870-03-02
that when they walked their heels aip-happed. and
their steps were short and quick

that when they walked their heels fip-happed, and
their steps were short and quick.
RoUsrABoUrs AND sPEcULGroRs.
The roustab61ts or deck-hands on the boat are all
Africans, and they did not to view the Chinese
with favorable eyes They regard them as interopers
who work for half pay, keep all they earn, despise
fat bacon, and never indulge in whisky and poker.
The Asiatics had never seen many black men be-
FORE and they gazed them curously out of the
Of their pigike eyes, opening their mouths and
displaying their broad, white front upper teeth AS
a great many New Engianders boarded the boat to
John, there was, of course, some trading done
The Cinnamon had some brass coins of their own
country and not long before they learned the
value Of d" stamps" Coin worth half cent were
" snapped - for fractional currency worthtwentyve
or fifty cents, and the yellow men laughed prOdgous
ly at the supposed yerdaney'of the Yankees. lt
The Galveston Cieiliuh Of the 18th has an article
the coming fthese men, from which we gather
interesting facts. They have been. at work on
the Central Pacific Railroad, and have abundantly
proved their adaptabty to the labor required, and
are engaged as experiment for that class of labor
in Texas This body Of men s destined for the
tension Of the Houston TeAas Central Railroad and
will be at taken to Calvert and placed the line
Of sections under construction. As the line from Cal
Bremond very nearly graded it is prob
able that John Chinaman will lift his first spadefu
Of Texas earth somewhere beyond Bremond. If he
with the present experiment. large bodies
will be at brought in, and the thronging thou
SANDS viii put their shoulders 10 the car OF texas I'M
provements and give us new impulse toward our fu
ture development. s- ar-rT 80
Captain Boyce has given us some very interesting
details of the difficulties encountered in negotiating
the present arrangements. 1t was found that Chi
league union exists all through California, the
chiefs Of which conduct all negotiations and take
Of the interests of the These chiefs elected
to office, and have salary TO compensate them. 1t
found in the process Of the negotiation that Chi
nese human nature is to the angelic stan
dar is Gar or Celtic The oh
needed side contracts and private bargains just
Southerner OF Yankee politician does before he can
comprehend the true interests Of his constituents.
Thus it was found necessary to agree to establish
Chinese in the vicinity of the place oflabor, and
great diplomacy was exhibited in arranging the
amount and class of goods the contractors called
upon to supply stock in the establishment We
give the full result of the negotiation in the following
list of goods be bought for the Chinese in Texas
Marrow leaves, SOC pounds bRnbo brushes5 dozen
foo chuck bean curd sticks 10 boxes 400 pounds
10 boxes veTmiceli, 500 pounds 200 pounds ginger
root so pounds orange peel 200 pounds cutie fish, 10
boxes sey, 10 jars eAtsup, 20 reams Chinese writing
paper, 200 Chinese pencils, 10 daily account books,
5000 visiting card paper, pieces paper, for ights
800 pounds California abaiones 400 pounds red melon
seeds, dozen frying pan shoves, 4 dozen copper
spoons (arge 100 pounds pax kO, 10 pairs Grape
penders so pounds sugar candy 80 pounds red dates,
counting boards, pound Chinese ink, 100 Chinese
pens 10 paper boxes pills. 10 bottles medicine pow
der 10 boxes doc gnllons) China nut oil, 10 jars
zoo pounds salt turnp, 40 sets bowls, 40 sets chop
sticks, dozen chop knives, 10000 pounds salt
shrimps. Is bags $50 pounds salt fish. 200 bags
fungus, 30 Chinese pass books, 90 Chinese general
ledger books, boxes so 600 fire crackers, boxes
FIRE paper, Jos sticks box so pounds
dried oysters $50 pounds black peas, mats
OF 100 pounds red peas, mats $50 barrels green
peas, large kettles l6 small kettles dozen frying
pan shovels, ? boxes or 100 pairs Chinese common
shoes, 90 Chinese purses 10 buekskin purses. aH.
The men to receive $50 coin per month, and
board themselves. The contractors pay for their
to Texas, and all thatt may cost them
$50 to return San Francisco after three years
service, the contractors agree to pay tits calculated
hat the coming of the Chinese will so hasten ourra-
road constructions that they may by that time be sent
back by rail from Texas ria Kansas. We infer from
he statements of Captain Boyce that he contemplaes
cushing this business with energy if he finds
nent and looks to future Arrangements fer transpor
alton ria Panama, which will facilitate eoperation
md perhaps reduce the cost Of importation.