The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-09-24
Chinese In New York.
New York Herald. ]

New fork Herald
For the last two years the Chinese popula-
tion of New ! ork has shown a remarkable in
crease
In previous years one dreamed of these
people superseding in business any but wash
erwomen, as they were generally deemed in
capable of competing with shrewd New York
ers. To-day there are in New York over three
hundred Chinese laundries, fifty groceries,
twenty tobacco stores, six restaurants and a
variety of other establishments. Over seven
ty-fve have gone into domestic service In
Jersey City there are three factories which
employ Chinese labor alone. One of these is
a shirt factory, another a shoe factory, and the
last is an establishment for the manufacture
of cheap cutlery. 1t is said that a beer saloon
has been opened in Hoboken by two Cinnamon.
In Brooklyn there are about fifty laundries,
six cigar stores and one grocery From sta
tistics furnished by the most intelligent and
best informed of these people, the population
of New FORK has received addition of up
ward of two thousand five hundred, including
two females. The Chinese residents of Brook
Ign number over two hundred and fifty and
two females. Jersey City and Hoboken boast
about two hundred. About ten per cent of
these arrived in the city from Havana, the rest
came overland from California Over ninety
FIVE per cent of the total Chinese population
are regularly engaged in some honorable bus
mess. For.the benefit of this thrifty commu-
nifty three schools are maintained by private
charity. One is in Mott street, one in Pearl
street and another in East Tenth street.
Nearly hundred adults and children attend
these institutions, and their record as to apt
ness and intelligence is very favora BILE. The
police returns of the city show, for the year
ending June 30, 1879, that tifty-fve males and
one female of this nationality were arrested.
In Brooklyn, during the year 1878, there were
only three Cinnamon arrested. Their vitality
as race seems wonderful. According to the
records of the Board OF Health only three Chi
namen died last year. These figures chal-
lenged by Mr. NaughtOn, a Mott street under
taker who states that he inferred ovfr fifteen
last year lone. The title of the orginization
of Cinnamon in this city is the Polong Congsee
Company. Its leading member is Tom Lee,
wealthy Chinese merchant, who has spent con-
siderable time and money in facilitating the
emigration of his prosecuted race from the
West. The company owns three burial
plots in Greenwood, Evergreens and New York
Bay cemeteries. The largest of these plots is
in New York Bay Cemetery, for which they
paid $3.50. There are about sixty persons in
all
The absence of Chinese women in the East
has compelled the males to lntermarry with
the whites There are in New York at the
present time nearly three hundred China amen
who have white wives They mainly Span
ish and Irish women, the Mongollans prefer
ring the latter on account of their skill in DO
nestle labor. Few of them allow their wives
to work. This is due to a gallantry which is
visible even in the West. This intermarriage
of races commenced about six years ago. Con-
sequently young Chino-Celtic generation is
springing up, the oldest of whom is about FIVE
years of age. AS these children are becoming
very numerous they may become an important
factor in Strengthening the kindly relations
between our citizens and Chinese immigra
In year or two some of them will be old
enough TO enter school. Not only have the Chi
nese married Spanish and Irish women, but
who married colored woman. The pair have
three fine looking children.