New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-13
THE CHINESE EMBASSY.


THE CHINESE EMBASSY.
Chin Chi Young one of the secretaries to the new
Chinese Minister, when asked by TRIBUNE TO
porter OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel YESTERDAY aI'sr
noon If Cheng Tsao Ju had been called upon py
:" any distinguished persons III the course Oh inc
day, replied with laugh; 1870, nu ,on,o
ooh yes There have been good many any, r tbsro
sentatives of the press here Besides these theTo
were Choung, the Chinese giant and john husseil
Young Mr. Young had met the Minister wnen ne
was with General Grant in China, and ne simply
called to pay his respects In friendly way.
Choung. who was accompanied by Mr.. Bnnnell,
only came to obtain certificate from the Minister
that would be of service to hun with the customs
officials when he returns to China. He only stayed
few minutes"
"Was Chouugs wife with himY"
"Oh no. That would he entirely contrary TO
Chinese etiquette. But Choung is big thing He
and Chang, who was here last year, are most uh-
usual men," .,
do you raise many such in China ~ n-;o.
"They have many huge fellows IN the PROVINCE
of Hsantung where Choung came from" ,
The Minister and his suite called upon Generai
Grant at the latters residence in the afternoon:
"Ihey are old friends, you know" said Chin en- m
Young, referring TO the fact that Gheng lsao ,}n
and General Grant had met in China In the the
course of his stay in the city the Minister VIII re-
ceIve delegation of the leading Chinese merchants
of New-York. -, ~
"Will the laundry1nen be allowed to come also "
We'll, hardly the laundrymen," said the secre-
tary suggesting that such performance would De
little too demonstrative, but adding, however |:
1.-The Minister considers all the Chinesse III 'hi'
country as his children, for whom he cares"
lis it not rather a comprehensive mission when a
includes three count so far apart as inc oh'ou
States, Spain and Peru " :. I'll. nd
while Cuba lies close to this country, 1t is governed
from Spain, so that would e eTl ha1e b ,n
SOIamai;c relations with Spain for four years
Quoted by a charge datlares we shall n0t at'olnp'
to do anything in Peru till tho affairs OF that eoun
cd iG
Chinese Government TO combine several countries
nnder each Minister. Thus our Minister to
England is also Mn MRs'0F to to Germany
also Minister to Austria, Italy and Holland w we
sail from here Saturday on the Germanlc Inc
Minister will 60 directly to Madrid y %Pe1e ne sro M
ing about q month in Spain he will pass some weeks
in travel mainly in England, France and Ger
many. The Minister wants to inspect the arsenals
and Notifications in which he is greatly interested
lie himself directed the construction of the two I'M
mense Notifications the river at Shanghai. After
completing his programme OF travel IN Europe the
Minister will return to the United States" go
This afternoon the Minister and his suite Will
visit Governors Island on invitation from General
Hancock.
VOGEL g. CO.'S BALES, OF MERCHANDISE.
A TRIBUNE reporter visited the ship Richmond
Robinson which brought over Vogei IL Co.'S bogus
cargo, ut Prentice's stores. Brooklyn, YESTERDAY;
The wharf was covered with "bales OF merchandise"
which had been taken out OF the hold OF the snip.
The mating was done up in packages, the covering
of which bore hemp markslb but every one, when mas
SO far been got out has been found upon examination
TO contain cheap mating worth from 80 to $6 Cap
tain Smith the commander of the ship, said that
there was hemp in the hold but had not yet been
reached The silk was removed yesterday, and 1t
was stated by the people in charge on the wharf that
every bale composed of fine KIND OF grass and
was not even covered on the outside with sllk as
had been stated. Captain Smith SAID That
he made inquiries at Hong Kong as to the
standing of VOgel q Co.. but received no ln1Orlna-
tion TO their discrcdt. This is the second consign-
ment he has brought out for them In regard to his
liability in the matter he was not at all concerned,
but said that he was only bound to deliver what he
received and if the shippers of rolls of mating
chose to call them bales of merchandise, it was no
affair of his He signed for, balls of
merchandise weight and contents unknown" and
under such a bin of lading he would feel safe III
taking anything. Captain Snow, OF the urn OF
Snow 81 Burgess said substantially the same thing,
adding that it would be perfectly safe to ship a
broom-stlck as bale Of merchandise" IL was
said that Rechnagel a. Co. intended TO hold the
bank which issued the letters of credit responsible
on the ground that their instructions were 10 issue
letters of credit on hemp. Mr. Rechnagel when
asked about this said that such were the instructions
to their bankers but he did not like to say yet what
the firm intended TO do III the matter. The CON
sgpees have sent notices TO Captain Smith and the
owners Of the ship to the effect that they shall hold
them responsible for the delivery of specified NUM-
Der of bales of hemp.