The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-07-23
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SOMETHING MORE ABOUT CHINESE
In a previous letter gave NY iEpres
sion of the Chinese III San Francisco. l
know more about them now than did
then, for this morning | Went down 10
the wharf where lay the mOnstrOus
steamer, the City Of Toxic, and ,aw Il
thousand of them. more or less. crawl
out of the bowels of that mighty leyia
than, and plant their feet FOR tie first
time on Freedoms soil They We're the
genuine article, aud a look at them was
entertaining, as well as instructive They
arr allowed To come oil the ship in
squads "i twenty, each with his or her
baggage. and are hospitality received los
the Custom House officers of Uncle sam.
WHO show them NOR attention Than,
they eyer YET again He iirst r5nD.l-
them 30 open their baggage. which n,. ,.N-
amines with a rapidity that seems
miraculous. He toSses out their cloth
ing, holding up each article 10 the light
TO see that moi hing dutiable i hidden in
its folds. Ee opens their empty and half
empty cans ofproviSiOns to tue same end,
and after tossing their traps about in a
manner that makes them howl with an
guisb, iie subjects their persons to"n ry-
animation of the most searching nature.
lie peels off their shirts, take. GiT their
scarfs. examines their long uucurs: in
short. lie goes through them. This Is TO
detect smuggling For belt known that
the Chinese are most expert hiderS
Many an innocent-lOOkinE Hi WU has
brought through enough opium on his
person, or concealed in his baggage, To
not only defray his expenses, but leave
him enough to get back upon. II he is
not an opium sharp he may have silks,
and other goods that are light ana easily
concealed, the duty on which, if he es-
capes, wouId make him decently rich. l
saw one stripped who had silk thread
wrapped about his body, the duty on
which was 300. Another one had the
staff of IA Chinese umbrella followed so
as to hold precious stones and opium
enough to set him up for life III his nit-
tive village. But the custom house of
ficers are very smart, and from long cX-
perience are up 70 the most of their lit
tie games. The most OF them come 10
grief.
After they are examined, the officer, if
he finds no dutiabie goods about them,
puts chalk mark on their baggage and
another on their backs and they are free
to depart. The employment agents are
waiting for them. They are loaded up
in express WAGONS and taken To various
lodging houses, where they stay till work
is found for them. They were all mt
work the next day. So farI have spoken
only of the men, bnt there remains to he
considered the
WOMEN
Outside the ropes that keep the crowd
away from the cInigriIntS stood a dozen
hard faced Chinese women waiting pa
tiently. What We're they waiting for!
Why the female emigrants. As each one
passed the ordeal OF the custom-hOuse
officers she was seized by these waiting
women, few words passed, dOcu-
ment in Chinese was exhibited, and the
girl would be carried oil. Every one of
the women on that ship bad been bought
in China by the keepers OF the Chinese
bagnios, and were consigned to them like
so many pieces of merchandise. The
harridanS here cnngrtc! with their agent
III China, who, for 50 much in hand
paid, buy girls and ship them. When
they arrive they are taken to the dcns on
Dupont, Jackson and Pacific streets, and
Kept there in abicct slavery till they have
earned their price and passage and made
Il certain profit for the keeper when, il
they are yet alive, they are free. There
was forty eight of these unGOrtunates IN
the "City of Toxic" Every Chinese
woman
WHO Is eKEy CN THE sTREkT
is n prostitute. The arisioofi,tie Chinese,
the merchants and manufacturers, have
their wives with them, but no one ever
sees them. They are kept carefully So
cluded from tie gaze OF mankind. The
OrientaIs do not believe that gAmen have
souls, and they keep their wives Just aS
they do any other luxury. Among them
wives are bought and sold and s;lch tri-
fleS as love, affection, or respect even,
never bother them. The common Cal
naman buys a wife and sells bcT when
he tires of her, and his title to her is re-
spected. Those brought for the bagniOs
are held by a regular bill OF sale, which
every Chinaman will support, for lac
holds his own wife in that way. The
Chinese women l:"ei g few Susan Ban
thongs.
CHITATow-
cannot be said to have been seen tiii one
has taken the trip did last night. TO
do it, get on good terms with The Chief
of Police, and have him detail one of his
policemen in that district to take you
through You will see things that, to an
would seem impossible. YOu
go through long, narrow, dark passages,
swarming with the Ieathen, ami smelling
of all the horrors that sin, dirt, and filth
can produce Understand, these are iiIc
quarters OF tie low Ghinrsa. YOu enter
Il room in cellar, or iii the ,arrct as line
case may be, ten feet long, five feet wide,
and sig feet high, and in that space You
will find six, or even more, Clinamcn,
reclining on shelves, one abOV" 'lie Gtn-
nr, and all smoking opiun. In the low
nr berth, on the tloor, is always an old
scoundrcI, whO lets these bcrtiIs
by the night, and sells the wrctched Oc-
cupants the supplying drug. He is a
thief by day, rs probably are all the oc-
of his cell. Put as u" sells thc
opium lie gvts the entire products ni |
their days work and Imagine IL build |
ing four stories high, each story diyid, d |
INTO two, 80 feet by 120, Wit. an average !
Of sly 10 each room 10 by 6 Ticn- are /
| dozen sl4ch buiih.ngs-a dozen, yes, iif- !
,yi-and scores Of sIiia!loi o.,-., lIn. al |
filed as | have stated
In these dark passages, marrow ALLEYS. !
md dismal courts, dwSl! the
CHIEESE THIEyEs,
male and female. Here they GOnsGot |
heir rObberies, and here they bring their |
BOOTY and hide But buried as they are
II numbers it nvails them but little. The |
,isicerc on this beat know every one nf |
hem, ana, a. tiisy C2nnct leave the CRY,
t is easy enough TO find iiiemI. ~ you'd !
,G unsafe for white man Ia 20 through
hesc places alone, but with an officer
ne is safe rs hc would be with Il thOus-
nd about hi.... |he Chinaman has
wholesome tenr pf an o'uGes ana Ec-cr
nolests one,
POLITICALLY
california is mixed this year as il has
.een ior several years past. The Rrpub-
lean party happened % l!'ve among It's
eaders' large number OF heavy eap,!ai-
SITS interested in the Central Pacific
Road, and OF course those vino fight that
Dad Gght the party The Independents,
made up OF tIIgae-fourths Republicans
nd one-fourth DemOcFaiS elected Booth
Governor two years ago, and viii prob
bly, carry the State this fail. The Cen
raj Pacific is, in all senses, Il monopoly.
lvery passenger and every pound OF
reight that crosses the continent has 10
ay tribute to ii, and then tariffs have
ot always been go reasonable a. 1oGid