The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1870-07-29
MARTETTA GEORGTA FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 49, 1870.
JOHN IN LOUISIANA.


We find in our exchanges an article
descriptive of the appearance and habits
of large force of Chinese on a Sugar
plantation in Louisiana, worked by some
Massachusetts gentlemen. We append
a portion of the article:
WHAT THEYARE.
Dressed in blue blouses and drawers,
very much like Coney Island bathing
dress, with shaven crowns, bcardles faces
and plated pig-tails sweeping the ground
their appearance conveys the first i'm
preston of efeminacy, which a close
inspection quickly dissipates. Nearly
all of them are young men--they have
no women among them-some mere boys
1.-the, muscular, and active as a company
of picked French zouaves. Yesterday
when your correspondent visited their
quarters, they were racing jumping and
chattering with all the abandon of par
eel of ol-boys just let loose. Two
or threee on sober thoughts intent, were
engaged in cooking the common supper,
and cooking it in way of their own de-
vising. In the arrangements for their
rece ption kitchen had been forgotten.
Chinese ingenuity was equal to the oc-
casion. Burrowing hole in the ground
after some quaint fashion of their own,
thew develop kitchen range, which
would make backwoodman fortunate.
Alas, for the fondly cherished beliefs Of
early days. That well known picture
of orr childhood which represented the
Chinese provision merchant making his
daily rounds with a string Of rats slung
by the tail tn one end of bamboo pole
and three fat puppy dogs dangling at the
end of the other was one of the few ira
ditions which time had not disturbed
pressing forward to verify this honorec
: belief by ocular demonstration. Youl
correspondent of and most appetizing
yQqoat of chickens and rice simmerng
in the saucepan; five or ten pounds OF
Juicy beefsteak broiling on the embers,
and some corncakes baking in the back
ground Is not this enough to shake
ones confidence in everytbing-even in
! fish stories
WHERE THEY ARE
These 40 pioneers from Celestial
land have been engaged to work upon
one Of the finest sugar estates IN LOUIS
lana known formely as the Millandan
Plantation now owned by Cakes Ames,
Governor Gardner Peter Butler, and
other Massachusetts capitalists and man
aged by Mr.. Amos B. Merrill one of the
shrewdest lawyers of the Boston bar.
En- paSsaqt, it is not curious that Mas
sachusetts' men who, if history lies not,
first brought negro slavery to curse the
South, who built up the institution and
then destroyed it, are now taking the
lead in introducing the new motive pow
er here and in their own state, and per-
haps in fifty years hence will be forming
"Chinese abolition society" The
Cinnamon on the AIillandon place have
their quarters in the rectifying house OF
defunct distillery Zone of those sacri-
fees which government every now and
then exacts from Louisiana distillers to
please the Western whisky riEgg.1 II Is
! a large, two-story, wooden building, and
when fitted up with the hunks which
the Cinnamon themselves are preparing
will answer admirably for their accom-
mediation.
WHERE THEY COME FROM:
They came from San Francisco, via
Omaha and St. Louis, and were brought
over by Mr.. f. w. Gardner, of San
Francisco. An interesting incident OF
their voyage is told in the Republican +:
From the time of their departure from
San Francisco to their arrival near New
Orleans, none died from sickness and
bat one death occurred from accident
This was at the mouth Of White river,
where three of the Cinnamon, iii viola
ton of orders, went into the river to
bathe. and one was drowned When a
long search for the body had proved
fruitless, and as the steamer was about
to resume her voyage, the countrymen
men of the poor fellow leaned over the
side and Simultaneous y raised a most
appalling yell, as if to call his attention
to what they were about to do, and then
threw overheard his clothing, hat,
boots and bag containing quantity OF
Chinese money (cash). This was evil
IDENTIFY species of funeral ceremony
and was probably intended to enable the
drowned man to take his departure for
the next world with proper outfit.
WHAT THEY CAN DO.
Thirty of the hands have worked on
sugar plantations in their own country !;
the rest are quick and ready to learn.
They are handy at all mechanical trades
and are said to make the very best OF
household servants. A few of them
speak little English Lee Fook Wing,
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