The junk will have canvas sails and a Christian rudder to make her suitable for the long voyage, but upon arrival at the Narrows, every thing foreign will be replaced by Chinese articles, mat sails, clumsy rudder and all, and the junk anchor off the city in her entire oriental costume and build, where she will remain as a show shop, sale room and mountebank exhibition. It is expected she will make the passage in five months.
The cost of the whole affair will be about $30,000, and the “cute” proprietor will undoubtedly realize a large fortune. After having exhausted the United States, he has been offered $30,000 to deliver his junk in England. The Manhattanese will stare as broadly at the strange sight of a cruiser from the flowery land sailing up their noble river, as did the aborigines when old Hendrick Hudson astonished their unsophisticated senses by a display of his Dutch canvas in their bay. The junks are said to be good sea boats, and nothing worse than delay is feared in the voyage. We only wonder some one never thought of it before.
THE CHINESE JUNK KEYING.—The Captain and consignees of the Chinese Junk have made arrangements to exhibit this singular specimen of Chinese naval architecture to the citizens of New York. She will be up this morning at 11 o’clock at Castle Garden, where she will be moored and ready to receive visitors tomorrow, from 6 o’clock, A.M. until 5 ½ o’clock, P.M.—In coming up the Bay she will be decorated with flags peculiar to her country, and salute the vessels in our harbor. Particulars hereafter. Get out your half dollars, and prepare to /Chin-Chin/ Capt. Kellett and have a confab with HESING.
THE CHINESE JUNK--“Have you seen the Chinese Junk?” is the question addressed to ten thousand people every day, by such of our citizens as are fortunate enough to have seen this extraordinary vessel, and the innumerable curiosities of every kind that are to be seen on board of her She is visited daily by thousands of our people, and there appears to be no end to the excitement she has made in our community. She is, indeed, a novelty, and one hour’s stay on board of her will give a better insight into Chinese manners and customs, than can be learned in a library of books.