Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-01-07
GOING SOUTH.
THREE HUNDRED CnINlSE LABo
RERS ARRIVING IN ST. LOUIS
LIVELY SCENES AT THE DEPOT
CHINESE WAGES FOR WORKING
pl INVITATIONS
From the St. Loui. Republican.

CHINESE WAGES FOR WORKING
PLANTATIONS.
[From the st. Louis Republican.
The first instalm, mt If Chinese laborers,
numbering over 800, arrived the city NJ
a quart, past ~ O'clock last uight, on the
North Missouri railroad. They are in
charge OF Gen. j 'hn Walker aud Major
w. II, Rh.a formerly Of the Memphis AUa-
tdnchs. The estials we're engaged 10
work on the extension OF the HoustoU, Tex.
as Central railroad, and will be taken to
Calvert Ind placed un the sections under
construcu2n. The lue from Calvert 10
r chmond is nearly graded, aLd IL is probu-
b that the FIRST work of the Cinnamon will
he somewhat b yond Bsemshd. We Isarn
from NJ irr Rlea that tho msn are TO re-
ceive thlrty dollars in coin per month and
bead The mselves, They will get the same
is other rsi'roa1 hlnis ore gcjt ng. The
railroa ! has b, en- paying thirty -niue collars
N coin and even at that rate could hot get
isuppy owiig, owl 6 TO the scarcity OF la
)urvrs. We leatn I om New Orleans pat
per that the co ,tract,Is pay FIR the trans
p r'ati n Of th, c lness TO Texas, aud all
mat 1t may cost them over nty dollars
q ra'u u 10 SAP Ffdncisce afl,r three years
service the contractors agree to pay. The
ionract was m-d1 by Capt. X. z. Bnyae,
Of Tex@, assigning to General Walkor the
,harge OF bring ng them thr ugh from CALI
iornls. A contract was el,o made with
lleadmsn Clew An II ,ang 10 serve as in
terpret-r under S.laty Il, M the cuntruc tors.
THESE men hive been several years Ia Cali
tornis, tan l. glish tolersb y, aud asst ted
t. build he Contra Picif; rsilread. For
working plant ,IionS in the South, AS many
| g iiDese labTers as arc need can be h ID
rom $40 to Sl2 per month, in the currency
OF the country. By contact with the
Americans they have abandoned their su-
pers itious potion that required their bod.
ss at death 90 i've transported to their ma
i've country. The party left San Francis Q
ON S inday, the l0sh, AT 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
| 800 strong. On the wsy about seven OF d 4
Lumpr & ew faint heart,d and persuade d
by snme ~ tneir fricnd,, they remained be-.
i MUD, b IT the complement was made up by
| h addition ut eighteen others, who vOlun
eer, d AMI 'in ths enigrSnts. They lef
Cunncil b utfs NJ MAY, at 10 A. NJ, snC
dobeIv o., special rain yes erday morn
ng 4 $3.50, 'ohow ng train Nc. q, wbIcf
part, comp NJ, ieit the China train ee
mini, aud arr et at the North Missouri
depot On time at 6 o'clock at evening.
THE ARRIVAL, K1o.
Ia txpertation OF seeing the Colestials,
arge number OF people went "a the depot
bit, ge Ing tired fl waiting, they graaua /.
dropped away and w,nt home. A nooI
those present most aJx Gus TO see the yiSi
tors was ALA Lee, Linise native Chira
m n, Who Las b. en- resident ut this cit,
tive vo years. He mr. came 10 California (,
interpreter l,r a Missionary of the f. $50
pal Cnurch among his count ymen. LIE
| ~ ht Al " hai or
ak twelve uiaiects, bat Silce his resdenc
Il tai city nas been shVr, # his pig TAI
aud gwen up the pagaH'sln of his fathers
IL app,ar n xtous TO meet his c"en r
opie aud pr, ff..r Them SOM SQUAD advice
Al a iate hour lhey arrived at he depo'
anu the Chinese thruuEed out IN the pla
ora. They app jared t. he qu IN Email |
saturv, tn u az hell g ffeh tive T. fiV
; hirty. The w,re trw quite your
to , AMI solhe three or fonr nj, u over To- {
yeas oil. Most of them carried Ion
sli k, which sre used Tor carryi g the
bags re, he STICK beng balanced on III
'h'ul er, ami The gSsgs being divided a.
; sus,. adr I in front sud on the rear. The
have t Q lueue or" p'g-tail appendagr
twisted NIT, 10 some cases curied a'oI
ihair, nj ware ioo-e bi IS IN, with e,
exrepIL rs the whole attire xss like u,
IN by ordinary labnreTs. But tho daT
: 81 ODD shaped =! gu nj olive 'ol"red ecu
tcnaucc, yhitish nue., tiuged with oran
= ant verm Iii n, sh sed the pet liAr Oh
> acreristics oi The Chimes, see.
On the platform comm need a viule
:; clsmor wnen the b'gsage S's claimed, n
!, the scene s'moSt bfggars description. I
confusion was like hedlam III, ke loose. 7
!. The entire p trty clustered about the do
% Of thu baggage car, and continued for
" long time to pull, shove, and squee
u each other, aud chatteripg, scoldIpg, ~
swearing IN broken English, making
; that was heard sv raj blocks away.
was like the scramble of unrulS childre
or the qnarrt ling among Indians when (
!, viding their raii0Ds. The polio. bower
n sronud, but phrn told this was the mann
OF the Celesials, they thought test not
int, rfere. At length two of the lead
men With strong voices, ascended to the !
:, &C the car, and comm lnding some S ut
~ ats ion, the Ia slage was showed up
- them from tho do r. when they tossed
-. into the crowd, ant AFTER each package v
." ossed at out like ball for sometime, II
4th found an owner. One of the m
in charge said hat similar scene occurI
on the route 1T each transfer of bsggt
lie ssid that ut o den, two men bad b.
of a pan Itch eaen claimed, and th
pulled aud hauled until they tore IL TO !
ces, T ~ patty were then marched do
IN tie steamer Mississippi, commanded
Capt. n I'd CIR en-, wners they went abos
The steamer will leave this evsniDg for n
Orleans.