, 1874-08-11

Il story OF Two Chtlhrcn OF Confn-
C3If1s

Il story OF Two Children OF Confn-
cius,
From tbs ST, Louis Republican.
All Quong aud Wang Chin loft tho sunny
shores Of their Celestial homo somo Ave Or six
years ago and sailed for California under tho
benlgnant auspices Of NoopmanBthop.. In duo
tinlo they landed ia s"n Francisco: and having
l1oollun, they wore snngly eBtnbtibhod in tho
Chinese quarter, wlloro thoy romRinod briof
space, attcr which they wore taken, along with
nlauy ot'srs r. Of tholr cousntrytnon, undoI a
naiiroad. There was nothing remarkable about
All Quong, but Wang CAia IL described by tho
local chronicler ~ "abovo tho nverago azo Of
Cinnamon, we'll built, aud possessing far more
II il furthor enid of him that he iB very light
colorod for Chilau1an. his complexion being
bright lemon n-color instoaa Of tho dirty. oelro:
color usually characteristic Of his race" It il
further yoae,safoa that he SPEAKS Eng''sh with
in tho country only five or six years." From MI
common hcathop," as will appoar horoaftor.
But the foregoing facta aro not tho only eYi-
anco OF his race; in fact thoy BRO only incidents
which sorvo to prepare ua for thu reception Of
the last aud crowning testimonial to his great
ness. Wang Chin carrios sf1.shootcr ''all
shown capacity to use It not only "al1 aamo
49," hut bomuwhat more skilfu'iy than, tho proud
Caucasian. But before proceeding wo must so
back and take up the throad Of our ssory whore
wo ioft It. Whom the Pacific Railroad WA
Wing Chin, All Quong, and the balance OF that
gang BAD come oyer tne S'orrass Terminated, and
tho Children Of Confucius WOE. paid OF aud left
to look out for thcmAolvos. OF oourao tho great
majority Of them ayailod themselves OF that
stipulation i'll their contracts which necoaitates
tloir transportation back from pronontory
Point to San Ffapciaco, where they sottlod down
INTO tao 9all rouha Of heo-waahco," or
strageu on into tho deserted gnlches to pun
patient caucasian couelna naa deserted long ago.
Hut Wang Chin "ae cast in . dlfferent mold,
anu LIS heats beas w'sh Sfnb'tsoha higher than
tho wash,poaIa anu bFoadar than tho deserted
sinleea Or MoKoinhne or Mich1gan Biun. 30 he
called an Qnong to him,--by the way ho seems
to have aomo sort OF peculiar control over tho
gohtiof ghonG,-they pacsea np thelr simple
traps, ana polu!y stfaok out 1of white Fine 1t
was rare spectacle to zee two ~ chlnsmon "broak-
lug for tho now tntnea.' The traditional thing
tor poor simple John to 40 Was to rake over tho
old sluicea; but, az wo have already observed.
Wa1s CniA 'saa 1aade o1 atefnef sun.
:, Well III duo tlnlo the celestial pair roached
the new mines, where they dVod into the bowels
of tho mountain and bee began operations. E7ory-
They worked their claims as long as they paid,
aud when they pete1ed ont they went prospect
vloro, jt,st ~ ali tie superior 0aucaaia',a about
they kept out Of everybodys why, and their
conntrymon wero not sufficiently numerous in
That Iogion to arousc tho antagonisna Of races.
Dus time woro Oh, and Wang Chin and All Quoug
concluded to migrate to pioohe. TO facilitate
tAeir movements md carry their ute1lail8
they bought mule, ata this brute was
tho cause Of oil their troubles. The u,f.le is
troublot1s animal anyhow. Wang Chin aud All
Quong reached tho fiooho country with thonl-
selves aud their 1nulo in good state Of presor-
vatou, ana they Btraightway located claim.
Their appearance In the atroots Of tho mining
town created some 1ittlo surprise and caused
good deal Of cur1ouB comment; not because OF
their nationality, for tho Pagan Chineo, though
ssaree, ,was yet to DO found in fiocho bnt be-
oolored Wang Chin woro encircled by bolt,
and bocanso IN that belt roposed eix-al'ooter OF
wore that peculiar ornament Of our higher
civilization wit al tho easy grace aud charming
nouclnlauco Of fighter to tho manner born,
It WIS distrousingly Obvious that ho Was no
ordinary Chinaman.
Az ho passed down tho street With IN easy,
swinging tread, many veteran ana grixzlod
minor looked askant at him and shook hta sage
Aoatl
"Why, boys, tho d--d Atonsolyuna sllngln'
more style than fellor night from the MAripo-
But Wang Chin and his comrade went their
way In ponce and when they had stakod out
i, their claim thoy turned tho mule out In tho
upper llat to plck. up some bupctl-grass
and ena Shrubs t. for himself h Ono day not
go to town, 80 lie caught the m,1lo and rodo him
III. Nov thoro III alwAya a tliVeshlty Of opinion
In mining canp about tho relative status OF
Tho Chuaman aud the mule. Some Of tho mora
!,bo1al-mindod aro willing to ooncodo that tho
mule, Thon ilero arc others betwi1t and bo-
twGon, Who think 1t about Rn oven thing, but