The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-18
TIE FIELD HANDS FROM ASIA.

ia the Yawning at caused by the ball;
stands for Zero, or nothing at al.
THE FIELD HANDS FROM ASIA
JohH Chinaman's First Appearance In
=. the fouisiana cane-fields-Hew He
- Works and Stands the Heat-What
IL: the Negroes Think OF Him.
t,lpuY -,,.
We have accounts from Louisiana, reporting
the arrival of one hundred and forty China
men, shipped there to work sugar estate be-
longing to certain Massachusetts capitalists.
If this business be revival of the slave trade,
as Senator Wilson and Ben Butler declare,
then it Is fitting that Massachusetts should
take the lead in all parts of the country
North and South In this she is true to her
!history..and- traditions. We quote from a
letter: ~, -
+! The first days work of the Chinese in the
cane fields of Louisiana was entirely success
,ful. The hands showed themselves apt 10
learnand docile to obey, and got through an
exceedingly good average ns DAYS WolS "sR a1t mo
n1sttsr s Win a view OF. adopting Chinese labor
.themseives. This movement Is already giving
such an impetus to rice and sugar cuiuVaIlon
sas cannot fail to be In the highest degree bene-
tfctalto the State.
~ ~ ..'.,4..'f; =, ~ g 70 .wIiAT THEY aRE.
Impressed In blue blouses and drawers, very
much like Coney Island bathing dress, with
Tbayan crowns, beardless faces, and plated pig
tails sWasping the ground, their appearance
cnnyeys 3 frat impression ofefeminacy, which
a close inspection quickly dissipates. Nearly
;hll Of them are young men-they nave no
fwomen among them-some mere boys, 1.-THE,
muscular, and sctive as company OF plcked
French Zonaves. Yesterday, when your cores
ing, jumping and chatting with all the abandon
OF parcel Of schoolboyB just let loose. Two
dr. three. on soberer thoughts intent, were en-
Ieagedin cooking the common supper, and
N6Oking Hin q way OF their own deVising IN tne
3akrahgements for their reception, Kitchen had
ebeen forgotten. Chinese ingenuity was equal
to the occasin. Burrowing hole In the
ground. after some quaint fashion Of their own,
they developed kitchen range which would
make backwoodsman's fortune. Alas, for
the, fcndly cherished beliefs Of early days
Thai, Bellknown picture OF our childhood
which represented the Chinese provision mer.
GhSnt making his daily rounds with string of
fats slung by the tail to one end of 9 bamboo
p0leyand three fat tpuppy dogs dangling at the
Gther. WSs one of the few traditions which
time had not disturbed. Pressing forward to
verify this honored belief by occnlar demonstra-
Hon, your correspondent found most appe-
.fIzing r0doat Of chickens and rice simmertng
In the saucepan; five or ten pounds OF Juicy
\ >beefsteak broiliDg on the embers, and some
corn cakes baking In the background. Is not
this enough 10 shake ones confidence in every
xhing-eVen In fish stories?
WHERE THEY ARE.
dSihese 40 pioneers from Celestial land have
been engaged to work upon one OF the 1nesC
Hu4ar Plantations in Louisiana, known former,
iii as the AnlRndon plantation, now owned by
Cakes Aines, Governor Gardner, Peter butler
land:other Massachusetts capitalists, and man
iagedby Amos B. Merrill, one Of the shrewdest
i6wyefs Of the Boston bar. En- plssdnt, is It
TGtcnaiouB that Massachusetts, men, who, II
history hes not, first brought negro slavery to
IGnrSe The South, who built up the institution
and then destroyed 1t, are now taking the lead
iinintroducing the new motive power here and
In their own State, and perhaps in fifty years
lhenge Mn be forming "Chllese abolition 30
ad1sgy 20 The Cinnamon on the Mllandon place
Mvs t.het quarters In the rectifying house. of
%aef6nct diStillery, Zone of those sacrifices
iwhieh government every now and then eXacts
fam Louisiana distillers to please the Western
building, ,!a1d when fitted up with the bunks
which the Cinnamon themselves are preparing
!: ,Sill'answer q admirably for their accommoda-
sssla.aa sI1lisssss Ya.9 Eas1 es1,I ess1!,1I
fhs T ai hands employed BY Mr.. Merrill receive
fourteen dollars month wages anu sMeIiS aiI
:sasyshn I'M gold. Acertain proportion OF their
yeeayis kept back as guarantee lot falthiui
service. .i,.I ..s.,;f.y-.e,
WHAT THEY CAN DO.
a5Thirty OF the hands have worked on sugar
i!niantatfons In their own country; the rest are
SSuick and ready to learn. They are handy at
All mechanical trades. and are said TO make
aShe yery best of household servants. A few OF
.ahem speak little English. Lee Fook wing,
.eheF head man, who, BY the way, ID one OF tne
af1ina which has overrun half the country, and
whose leader mixes up Christianity and Con
te,f,cianiam I'M celestial confusion, has lived In
,Elglaa6 and speaks English well.
.,rHf suppose some Of our countrymen here can
i,FriteeHswss asked Of him in the hearing OF
lyodroofresp0ndent. a.
hCeftainly; all OF them. ~
IsWhRt I and read, too p
gCeItainly y-their own language"
..acaWells that's more than can be seid OF many
either lsborersain this country. Are they con-
.seYeA.n .oiia 'i.-a sl.S
lucy llhc IuO SllAuotC
70 GYeS; It fs, what they are used to"
"Haye they written this to their friends IN
tsINYes;all Of them. Ihad to take much let
tern, 70 the city yesterday"
ssWhew I, Well have labor enough here
directly, when these letters get over
eyes; there will be much Chinese here by
and by. !" y
GIL wHAr THE NEGROES THINK OF IT.
,s.sol the same plantation there are employed
some fflyor sixty negroes, whose quarters are
but q stones throw from the Chinese encamp-
menk :Ispent some. time In getting at their
sentiments, which appear to be q mixture OF
,distrust and blindly ignorant depreciations
At first they were reluctant to speak on the
subject, but a way being found to loosen their
tongues, spokesman No. 10 stout, powerful
lnegro( gave his opinion:
I,SHI dun care; dey can't do me nnfen. Oars
too much work anyhow. S'pose dey turn me
away here, den goes somewhere else. OATS
all. .
IL narrow-chested, worn-out darkey, en-
ployed as q sort of c makeshift watchman
around a plantation house, was emphatic In
his, opinion and found many to agree with
him, that "Dem men would nebber do de
work. "Why not?' "Well, dey aint got de
strength The youngest and weakest of the
Chinese, meanwhile, would have found little
difficulty In doubling this old darkey up and
sIrn,nin,y him intn thp Misssainpt