From the Far Eost-The Yankees In China.
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Correspondence OF Inc IrlDuile.


US Ship ST.. LOUIS, Gaspar Straits (China Seal


December eth, 1875


avail myself ol fitting opportunity 10 give you
my last letter from the East We arrived IN the
China Seas on thu lst of April, ISL; and, alter
having visited several important ports, and exposed
ourselves to all the dangers and prvatlons OF eight
months service in an unhealthy climate, we are
now on the point OF leaving, having lost but one
man during our stay. This unusually successful
termination OF an East India cruise NAV be at
tributed te the circumstance OF having siudiously
avoided every occasion OF exposing our men 10 the
effects of the SUM- and 10 The fact oi the ST LOUIS
being snsle-decked vessel, Offering no obstruc-
ton TO healthy ventilation. All on board have
worn flannel from the day ct arrival al The CAPE oi
Good Hope II has been oil great service, no doubt


The Americans seem 10 be DONG driving
business at Canton. Their ships usually arrive IN
an hundred days trem home; and, alter landing
their cargoes at Whampoa and reloadlns, are des-
patched before tho vessels OF other nations have
fairly commenced operatlons, we are go,a-head
people, no doubt. The English admit II here
well as elsewhere and exert themselves 10 The Ut
most 10 surpassu Our merchant ships are the finest
vessels that float in the Canton River; they sail
faster and cheaper than the English, and clear more
money in the same length Of time. The English
may say what they will, but are the natural IN
heritors of the Ocean. An American will traverse
the Ocean in d vessel that the Islander would con
denn He @=es ms Chronometer for forms sake
onlv for if hc has ,hr Of obtaining the latl-
tude he readily converts II INTO longitude by pro-
cess peculiar 10 himself. He doc his days work
on the head of a iour.barrel, matter of econo
N.Y. and instinctively prognostcales the weather
with unerring accuracy. He hurres over the
ocean as If fearful that II may eyaporate before he
arrives at his destined port and as hastily returns
in hopes OF making another voyage ere that event
t,anspircs Time is everything TO him; he has no
mercy ON the ribs and trucks OF his ship Time, or
more properly no-tlme-at-all, (lhe deity OF the
Western word) is the object OF his alteration ; rain
blow or Storm long his ship is flying over the
deep, peace reigns IN his bosom This Is no, eX
actly the case with our men.oi-war, for we have
no object in making very short passages 1t lsmore
10 our advantage 10 prevent, as much as possible.
the wear and tear OF our vessels; and, as our ab
sence from home is for specified time, we cen
slider ii a matter OF dHty TO husband our spars and
sails unlessit becomes necessary 10 test them inihe
performance OF that duty.


The ST. Louis, however, has not been beaten
since we left home, she is considered fast vessel
To give you faint idea OF her speed, ! will mere
lv add that we ran, from the Island OF Cerrrsidor
TO the anchorage off Manila distance twenty
miles, iii an hour and three quarters-dead Oh the
wind the whole way. This is a, the rate Of eleven
and our,entis miles per hour. II.