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UAU11ITT, DRY and FANCY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES, uroetrut, Keady-llade Vlotntng, auter -tazea Yare, dc, which will be sold for Cash or Ready Iay at the Lowest Prices, at -W- T?Altarti TllmV I!iii.uoad Stuket, - - St. JonssBUKT, Vt. I!A;iTr,KTT, DAN1EI.S Ss CO. 11EALERS IN GROCEKIES AND MEATS P.ailroad Street, - - - , - - - St. Johnsbury, s. t. intooits, ar. ., 1"U 1 SlUlAiN VU OUliUl'.Uil. Ollicea hisresidence, opp. the Bakery, St. Johnsbnry wnr w riitnnx. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, gotcls. ST. JOUNSBUItY JIODSli, Main Street, . - - St. JonNSBoar, Vt. GEO. B. WALKEK, Proprietor. AVKM1TR HOIJSE. Kailboab Stkkkt, .-- - St. JonSBBUBT, Vt B. G. UOWE, Proprietor. JIUSS IIOUSE, San Francisco, Caufornia. S. H. SEYMOUR & CO., Proprietors. aiT. 3IANSFIELD IIOTEI., Stawe. Vt. AfirsWlassIIotel, with all the modern improve roenis. ivccommoaauons ior juu gnesis N. P. KEELER, Manager. ST. JVXilAN IIOTE1., I'OHTLINU, .... MAIXE. GEO E. WARD, Proprietor. UNITED STATES UOTEI,. rortland, Me. Itusted in tho very centre of the City. The best incaiea llouso ior ousmess nieu. HEATEDBY STEAM. JSett of Alttntion Qiven to GuetU. able Set with tho IJest the Market ADord EP Terms hereafter, will be but f2 00 perday, JP'te of Rooms, inclnding Parlor. and Bedrooni WOLCOTT & CO., Pro's. 1NSURE Against Accidents I am niittwiriTl in nmvidn Tirntection for tll people against the casnalties which happen to theiu "ery uay. Come and sce iuc. JiOJvai.i r. fRR, Xgent for Travelera Life and Accident tnsurauce Company of Hartford, Conn. Offlce "ingnam s urug store, M.duiiDsuuij, . To Builders and Lumber Dealers Tlm.,l.,l ..nlnt.l 1,1a nnr mill Victory, and is now prepared to fnrnish lmnber md dimension tlmber of almot all kinds. Iiis J are large, and he can fornisb long and heavy timber for especial pnrposes. Tho snbscriher hav- 'ig Deen in the business more than tlilrty yearB, "atters himself he nnderstands what bnilders f-s ana ne can nii d.hs speeoiiy auu - ot. Johnsbury, May 4, 1875. 71U Cnmnlnints. Not "Old Complaint," but a new compalnt, j""xHaaiit!usiices, &tate a AiiomeyB, eic, uc 'n their bnsinegs iust printod and for sale at thii PATENTS. A. LEHMANN, Bolicitor of Patents, Washington, D. C. No patent no pay. Send Circular. tapr78 N. F. BimNIIAM'S "1874." One by One. BT thb adtbor op "COMINa." Not sweeping np together, In whirlwind or in cloud, In the hush of the snmmer weather, Or when storms are thnndering loud ; But one by one we go, In the sweetness none may know. Not passing through the portals - Of the celestial town, An army of fresh inunortals. By the Lord of battles won ; But one by one,we come, To the gates of the heavenly home, That all the powcrs of heaven May shout alond to God, As each new robe of life is givcn, Bought by the Master's blood j And the heavenly raptnres dawn On the pilgrims, one by one. That to each tho voice of the Father May thrill in welcome Bweet, And round each the angeU gather With songs, on the shlning street; As one by one we go, To the glory none may know. The Better Land. hear thoe speak of the better land : Thou call'st its children a happy band; Mother, oh, where is that radiant shore ! Shall we not scek it, and weep no more ! lt where the flower of tho orange Wows, And the flroflics dance throngh the myrtle bonghs t' "Xot thero, not tliere. my childl" 1s it where the teathery palm-trees rise. And the date grows ripe under sunny akies; Ormidst the green lslands of glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the broeze, And Btrange bright hirds on their starry wings iJear the ricli hues of all glorions things I" 'Not.there, not there, my child 1" 'Is it far away in some reglou old. "Where the rivers 'wander o'er sands of gold Where the burnlng rays of the ruby shlne, And the diamond lights np the secret mine. And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand it there, sweet mother, that better land !" "Not there, not there, my child 1" 'Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy ; Ear hath not heard its deep eongs of joy ; Dreams cannot pictnre a vrorld so fair; Sorrow and death does not enter there ; Time does not broath on its fadeless bloom, For beyond the clonds and boyond the tomb, It is there, it is there, my child 1" Mrs. Hemam. The Chinese In California. AN EXIIAU8TIVE AND PICTDRESQDE AC- COUNT OF THE "HEATHEN CUINEE" ON AMERICAN SOIL, IIIS LIFE, CUSTOMS, TRICKS AND WAYS. San Francisco, Cal., Oct., 1877. The "ways tliat ave dark and the tricks that are vain" f the "heatheu Chiuee" are iust at preseut one of the uiost absorbmg touics of ceneral mter- est in Caiiioruin, ior lnueeu thispeculiar race of people are a puzzle uithcult of solution. With their altogetheriucom prehensible dialect, their strange cus toms and habits of living, their closely bmided pig-tails and as closely reticent speecli regaruiug themselves, their fan cil'ul dress, ntter conteiupt for and dis- regaru orall morality m social auu do niesuc lite, anu tueir iaces tuat nave been always unuer a iuasl; tliese "ce- lealials" are a curiosity aud an anoma- lv.aud will neverbecoine Ainericauized All along the Pacitic coast a strong feel- lusr ls-crowins: up aRainst tueni a wisu to nave their nuuiuers here greatiy ai- rainished and their immigration ceaso for thoy will never assimilale as the Japaucse liave done, or care to make any ot our cnstonis tlieir own. " iue Chinese populatiou of San Francisco," says a good authority, "now uuuibers betwecn 4U,uuu auu ou,uuu uieu, woinen and cliildrcu. In Califoinia thete are from 150,000 to 200,000. These eoolies or couinion laborcrsaro uiostly between 20 and 40 years of age, and are from the third autl lowest classes ot society in tbeir own country. The w'orai'D uura- ber about4000, auu are bought and solu as slaves, which they practically are, Thii8 the respectable faiuilies uuniber about 100, and belong to the uierchaut class. In niorals, the eoolies, as they are srvied in lnuia, Uuina auu Jap.iu sink iu coinparison below any civilized race upon the clobe." Itev. Air. uibson fornierlv raissiouary to China. and now entraced heio iu tlie saiue capacity, says: "They have no morals, aud tbe womeu are iu siavery uaraei ana tnore niiserable than exiatcd amonc; tbe white races." Everv sreamer that has lanueu has brought huuureds ot uuiuese, but now, since the riots, many are leturn iiirr from fear of the boodlums, who au uoy thein wheuevcr it is possible to do so unniolested. The six .lmmicration compauies, wliose home aiiencv is either in Canton or Honsr Konsr. are very wealtny auu powcrful. Tliese, howcver, allow no individual iramiirratiou scheinesor free- doin of actinn, and as most of the "eoolies" are poverty stncKcn, oi course 1 l.i: .1 l.nra '.'occictnil llmv are obliced to have '''assisted nnssnires." Whcn they arrive the in spectors gather at the wharf, divide tbeir nieu, stow them into wagons aud send them to Chiua towns, where a few nunibers, more or less, seeuis to maKe but little difference, and tuere tuoy re- mnin till tbev liud sonietmuK to oo Tlm wiiah-houee coranan v has a yearly reveuueof S1G0.000, and their laundries are fouud from one end of the city to tho other. The "Nmg Xang" counts most nieu around San Francisco, aud the "Sam-Ynp" is Ihe most enterpiisiug and powerful, laying raiiroads in iuc South, hewiug tiuiber in the North wnRinnrrin tuo ajsuieui; cn.y oi uuotuu mnUimr riV.ii's in Sacrauiento. All up and down this esteuded coast they flnd an abiding place and some kind ot work to do it sumeu uanus,comiuuuu !nr frnnil wapes. if uot, takiuc what would be starvation prices to a white man. All tiines of day aud nigut you will see the laundry nieu goiug and comiug with their long baskets, empty Or UIICU WIIH UIUHICD. i"" up with apiece of white cotton cloth, and the wbole loau swnng over tueir ouuui ,ioi-a niiisnlpss. untiriiiir. with theii heelless Chinese shoes, loose blue anon npsnnd naii ts. and lousr q ueueshaug- in"-, or as otteu wouuu arouuu men headandthebat. Theirmodeot spnnK ling clothes is quite curious; they flll tueir mouiu nu noioi u nt in n fine anrav over thecarinents. Their places of business are reduced to the plainest practicai uses, , n.o. ,inmict.V nliodes are devoid of any or- dinary householddecorationa; oulybare desired. for they reduco tlieir physical wants to the very lowest capacity. Tlieir pnncipai u au ,,a nmv w?il hivfi.nivwbereforshclter. Tho vegetable venders have a most pecuhar gait, a soit oi aog-irou, yu i,o,v innn- nnlAR Rwniitr across ci.niilAra and a basket attached to Aithnr nd filled with all sorts of pro duce. They come to your door every m.,5no- nnil nnverfailofsavinK"Kood-. by" when they go away. JThe. other ,inr nf "Wnndward's carden" we saw a number in the picturegallery seemiDg' ST. ly eujoyiuc the Dicturfis. mul in Hin grounds others wandering about, and umuug iubib one "tougn-iooting old chap" with three celestial womeu with their hair elaborately arranged with gilt ornaments through the coils and paper flowers ornanienting the high waves and all were smoking cigaretts in true niasculine style, heedless of the atten tion they attracted. Everywhero you run acroas them, engaged in all under takiugs, all capacities, all degrees of idling. They nearly all smoke opium, and most of them gamble, aud there are said to be many of the white class who join tnem in both vices, and on everv block you will see tliese stolid-faced, watchful old Chinamen. sittincr ou little stools back from the walk, in narrow doorways, watchiug lest they be molest ed within aud a raid made upon their gambliug dens. Alraost all the store- keepers deal in lottenes quito exteu- sively, and many whites pationize luem. A stroll throuch Chinatown is one of tne curious sights to be takeu in bv eyery stranger who comes to San Fran cisco. By daylioht it is an animated pauorama of motly sights. The stores are all open, holding inside and out every conceivable thiug for sale. All sorts of vegetables are exposed to view in all stages of freshuess and decay. Trade is progressing busily in all direc tious. Every branch of business is rep resented. Tho etreets are crowded. The Mongolians raove to and fro in an endless procession. The souud of ham mers, the noise of sewing machines, the hum of voices, the strange dialect are heard all about you. In the opeu joss- liouses all tuo gods and goddesses in ivory and bronze have a lighted taper before them, aud the higber deities uavo buruiug mcense, and benighted visitors pay double its value fora curi ous image to carry awav. There are the theaters and iestaurauts, with their gilding, Chinese cbaracters and fauciful exteriors, tho cloud of opium smoke coaiing out of the cellars, the narrow alleys branchiug off and leading into liat abodes ot wretcuedness and lillb. eaven ouly kuows, tlie iuixture of 'ornd 8mells and Btrange liovel sights, altogetuer preseuuug a toreign and in describable aspect. Kearny street, runnmg parallel witli Dupont and one block-distant, is the fushionable retail part of San Francisco. So rapid have beeu the encroachments of Chinatown toward this thoroughfare that the whole uorthwesterly part of this promenade will soon be iu posses sion of these people. Dupout is thick with them and iiero bustlo aud activity thrive, aud a spirit of commercial life is 8oen whose counterpart is found no- where else in the great city. The kno chi (girl) and uam-chi (boy) you will flud look very ruucb alike, ouly the boy weai-s a gay cap ou its little bald head aud the girl has her locks fastened closely down with some preparation and wears paper flowers. The baby (mom-motn-chi) is an odd-looking little parcel of hnmanity. In our walk, the other day, we weut into a store kept by one Ah Siug. He spoke very plaiu Euglish, was 'extreinely polite aud com- mumcative, and sliowed us mauy odd things. In the back part of the store was a party of .six niccly dressed mer chants, eatiug their diuuer out of their curious china dishes and witb chop sticks. Each one had a dish of rice, aud ou the table were two or three kinds of food unkuown to us, into which tbev dashed tho cbop-sticks quite often. Take them 'individually and they look clean, collectively they aie a "soiled" race, for they will live iu more dirt, iu moio vile smelling apartments tlian any other humau beiug. It is said that fif- teeu Chiuamen will live, sleepandcook iu a hovel twelve teet square, having ouly a door to aduut liglitand airj- un der sidewalks, in cramped buuks, ou a coal bin or in a wood shed, they lie contentedly down. Of course there are exceutions, but their habits are mdeed strange and Curious. Some of the mer- chauts' stores are large and handsomc. contaiuhig many curious, interesting and expensive articles, iu quaiut uunui lllustruted books and lans gay uress- lng-gowus, tanciful talilea aud a thoU' sand and one little knick-kuacks that excite your wonder and make you del ve deen into vour purse impulsively and count your ducats and sigh that your bank accouut ia so low. Their houses are nearly all painted with dashcs of green, rcd or black, and over tne doora or at i ne sides are uninese cnaracters; srivinc their names, business or occu pations. One noted "Uoctor Jjapati" has becoiue very cclebrateil aud has many white patients uuder bia cuargo. Bv feeliug vour pulse he can tell what ails vou and whether he can help you or not. A promineut San Francisco physician, it is said, ollcred liim many thousand dollnrs if he would teach him his art of telling your disease so qnick ly and correctly ; but. he said it was a life-loug study to learn, anu iue wouiu be Dunil was too old. A petition, signed oy many urms auu uames, was receutly given tp the board of supervisors, negotiating the appoint- ment ot a committee to wait upon tne six Chinese corapanies who control lm migratiou and the Pacitic mail steam shin comDauv. renresenting to them thi daueers which thrcaten the people by llie large IIIUUJL Ul iucu uuiuucio these shores, aud requesting that they would ref raiu from turtlier lmportatious till the United Stntes and Chinese gov ernments shonld have opportunity to consider the seriously important uues- tions mvolved. The labor market is already. over-stocked, and according to Col. Bee's statement ia,uuu paupers are now thrown upon (Jhinese cUanty. Siuce the recent raida upon their laun dries manv raannfacturers have dis- charged their Mongolian help, aud large nuuiuers of tue unentais tuemseives feel afraid to stay where they perceive such a growingfeclingof dislike toward them. In certain portions oi tue cuy they aie nightly subject to aonse irom the hoodlums. who wait for their prey, and are never arrested. There are rnmnarativelv few Chinese .hast, and the svuiBathies of the people are greatiy witb the Mongolians. duc were tuey aware ot an tneir vices auu tue iuug train of evils they are bnnging to tnis coast, their humanities would suner a chance of svmpathy. The white man -nnnot comneto with the Chinaman : is usnies9 to iiiiuk ih eucu ii iuiuk. rui lonir centnries the poorer classes of th Chinese have beeu ground down to more ammal machines, aud educated ic the rough schools of want and poverty nntil thev have learned only too thor- ouirhlv the full meaning of economy and endurance. They can live on next to nothing, and onlyby degrading white nien to almost heasts, can they, in any wav become a valued rival of John's. The ma8s of laboring white people here are out of employment because they rn-A snDDlanted everywhere by tho ''Chjneae che'ap labor." "What is to JOHNSBUBX, YT., done is the qnestion that just now wears a most serions aspect to tbose who look beneath the surface of things. The Chinese do not care to adopt auy : our manuers, habits or customs, and hen they die here thev even want their bones sent back to the land of eir birth. Thev strictlv and ritridlv adhere . to their inherited foims, tradi tions and teachings. They will not "make over," no niatter what influences are thrown about them. As they are taught to do a thing, so will they al ways do it, and they can never unlearn. but copy very accurately what they see done. There are 75 Chinese firms in the city engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes, mnumerable cigar makers, merchants of every kiud, and some of their stores are very handsome, witli very attractive goods aud expen- ve wares, and what branch of busi ness you cannot flnd them iu is yet to diseovered. What this "heathen Chinee" cannot do remains to be seen ; hat he has done is the closely agitated question of the day here ; what results will loiiow is an anxious query to think- g miuds. 1 he Chinese woinen are remarkable for their small feet, which is a raark of aristocracy among them. A curious case came betore the police court, receutly. of a grandmother and young girl of 10 years. The little thing was tottering along the street, and attracted the at tentinn of an offlcer, who, exatniuing its feet, thought them to have been bar- batously cut aud compressed to make them small. The woraan was accord ingly arrested, but it was found that the toes had merely been tolded under the foot iu infaucy, according to the usual custom. The child undid her wraps aud took off her shoe. The foot had been folded about the big toe as a pivot, aud the four small toes, a trifle eularged, tormed tlie sole or the loot, which was cone-shaped. The child said t did not pain her, ouly wbeu remaiu- ing unwrapped, and that she always slept in her shoes, taking them off ouce week tor a little rest. A Chinaman here, who is a book-keeper in Oaklaud, told in e that his little sister at home often cries bitterly with the pain they give her. We occasionally see iu the streets Chinese womeu that can scarce- ly walk, and we marvel how they can uavigate at all upou their little apology for feet. At the Methodist Chinese mission quarterly prayer-meeting, the other nght, two (Jhiuese womeu took part by eadiugiu prayer: 35 meu were preseut. At the Triuity Episcopal church there are two members nearly ready to be or- dained. Iu the city there are several missions, where good meu aud women labor lor their conversiou, with only an occasional instance where paticnce has its rewaid. lt seems as it they had an utter coutempt for other civiuzations. It is said that niissionary enterprise scurce retaius a footing either in China or ou the Facihc coast, that some de nommatious have practically abandon- ed their euorts in both places, and oth eis slowly await the developinent of Chinese mtellect iu the ways of Englisl art, sciuuce aud literature, before at- tempting to divert lt lioui its peculiar matenalism. lho habits, opinious, su- perstitionsand teachingof centuries they still adhere to, and altbough surround ed by influences which would work a radical cbange iu almost any other tor eign element, they still remaiu an alien isolated people. As tor patient eudurance and cuter prisiug spirit, activity iu work and economy in living, Jolm has few to sur pass him. He is the best of imitutors, but seldom deviates trom the rule he ouce learns. Whatever he earns he kecns or sends back to China. He is an employd of tho white people, but spenda most of his money among his own kith and kin. .He certainly is an iudustrious auiiual, that is an undeuiable fact, yet he has no ambition to have a home domestic ties, or hold social rulations nutside of bis own clau. As Congresg- man Meade says iu his paper on the Chinese, read before the Social Science issociation receutly, they are "alieu in labits, alien in morals, alieu in educa tion, alien in aspiratious and almost every characteristic which goesto make up an enterprising, progressive, law respectiug, God-feariug people." 1 Chiueso embassy is soon to be perma uenlly established here, and a consul ship in San Francisco will teud to a better uiiderstandingot tnis remarkable people, and the resonrces ot the coun try, while a professorship of Chinese literature, just established by one o our leading colleges, will explain th( uiysteries of its philosophy, science and aud art ; but tho dignity of Auiericau labor and citizenship, and tlie welfare aud renown ot the white race, and an elevated and Christian civilizatiou alike demaud the exclusion of the coolie im inigrants. We attended theEoyal Chinese thea ter one night, chaperoued by one "Quick Choy,'' who ia a very gentlemanly Chi naman, and book-keeper for a flrm tha employs 500 Mongolians. He has been iu this country seveu years, having bee home once in the tinie. He came for us in a carriagc aud held it in waitiug uutil our return, usuered us into an onera box, and had an English version oi the play which ne said was one ot their best. Here it is : bcene, China ; time, 2075 years ago. China was theu divided mto sevcn kingdoms, each de sired supremacy, and wished to con quer the rest. Conseqnently there was a state ot curouic war oetween them. In course of time there arose a wise man uamed Lov Chun, who, by the Wisdom ot nis counsels, prevailed. genetal peace wasaccordingly proclaim ed and Lov Chun wasiustalled minister of state. Each kingby royal proclama- tion liistructa his general onicer to con vev Lov Chnn to his home in great nomp and splendor, who spends the re- mainder of his days in the enjoyment of great public esteem. JNow these plays otten run as long as one ot the JNew Xork Weekly senais, and it may be the i)5tu act or the drama you av wituessing. The theater is a rival ot the one across the way, aud is dingy shabbv and devoid of all attractiveness. The body of the bonse was well filled with Chinamen ot all ages, classes and kinds of faces. Hats were all on, most of them leaned their elbows upon the seats iu frout, and the mass smoked coutinually. In the gallery were a few white people, and three Chinese women came iu .and weut out aione. rue or chcstra plavs almost incessantly, an heaven knows to what delicate tones the ears of these celcstials are attuned for of all the discordant sonnds ever banged out of instruments these rank nrsi anu are tue wursi. xne iniuciiiai musician plays a lull-Hedged gong, an other drums on a piece of bard wood and a third brings forth queer harmony from a two-striuged violin, and iron and other materials of that sort come in to the general melee. The din fs inde EBJDAY, NOY. 16, 1877. scribable and its memory lasts you for ' long time. Tbe musicians are at tbe right of the stage, which has no drop curtain and ho sido entrances, and are dressed in their usual day garments, with a white apron on mstead ot the loose sacque. Over the stage is "Yo Heme Choy," Royal Chinese Theater, d numerous cabalistic signs or Chinese cbaracters are on either side in black and red. Through an open window you see portions of the paraphernalia they put ou and "take off, and all the actors come out of one door and return through by drawing aside the curtain. Their siuging is the same on the stage as iu tne uouse, a sort ot sing-song cbantmg with little vanation to the range ot otes. The costumes of the actors were gorgeous in the extreme, fresh and new, embroidered in gold, scarlet aud white figures and gay flowers, having a very rich effect by gaslight. Our escort in formed us that they were new, inst im- ported, made by hands ot Chinese ladies and cost too mucli money. They cer tainly were very rich aud splendid iu glitter, light and coloring, and on one we discerued an elegant peacock with gay plumage, very dazzliug. No womeu take part, but 'hs bard to believe it tor they resemble them so closely with their paint, powderaud manueroi dress, and even in their feet and way of showing them, tor they looked verv petito on the stage. As we came away crowds of Ohiuamen were standing outside upou tbe sidewalk and sauntenng up aud down the pave. The street and its througs of people, its animation and odd-looking restaurauts, with gay ex tenors, banging-baskets and pots ot owers, its grotesque lamps over por- ticos and doora, the men iu thequaintly flowing garments, braided queues and yellow faces, gave a strangely foreign spect to the place, and we could read ily imagiue onrselves iu another land tor the time being. I huve not yet seen one of these orieutals inside of the American theaters here. but have run across them at almost every other place of amusement. On week days aud Suu- days you will see expresa wagons and dray carts loaded tull ot them, gouig out, I aiu told, to tlieir cemetery, where they often carry an aiiimal or flsh, cut t mto liiecea aud strew the portions upou tbe gravea ot their dead, Ihe women wear no covermg upon their heads, and their hair is dressed just as you see it in pictures. We meet them otten in certam localities, some tiiues gaily dressed, sonietimcs carrying uuderclothes and uundles ot blue trous sometimes letting profane words fall from their lips as we pass them Nearly all of them, but the rich mer chants' wives, are brought here in the capacity ot slaves, bought in Chiua and imported here on speculation by these residents of Califoruia. They are uot free ngonts, but must earn money for their inastera or be starved and bcaten into obedience under the lasli. Drcad- ful things are told of these brutal own ers, and surely some of their faces will make you sbudder as you pass them in vonr wnlk of r.nrinsitv tlirnnp-li t.lipir bauuts. One can readilv believe auy thing of their uglinesa and tyranny Their qunrters are squalid, dark aud gloomy, full of uucleanliness, bad odors and wretcuedness. Within almost stoiie's throw of the principal business tborougutures ot the city these creatures areuuddled togetherin uutold uumbem living a most niiserable existence, in the very heart of a Chnstiau commuuity the couditioua of which few cau know or realize. The habits of these eoolies :ire extremely bad. They will sleep iu a room where are trom 5:0 to 50 others each apartment beiug re-floored and made into two and three others. The most of them will steal, lie, and, if nec- essary, murder. The jail has no horrors tor them, tor they have better food and odgiug there than in their own country. and all they seem to care for is to make money enough here togo back to Uhiua aud live m dover tho rest of thei lives. Iu aletterfrom Marysville to-dayl saw that there were 3000 eoolies cm ployed in and arouud that place, and the populatiou notexceediug 0000. Al so that the week previous the Chinamen had sent mto bau Francisco S 18,000 m gold, to be sbipped to China, aud, only a tew days betore that, SiiU.OOU ior the same toreign market, and that they hlled the place ot all ordinary white labor, aud were drivmg tbe white men and their tamilies out ot all employ ments. Hotels, restaurants and liun dreds of private families in this city employed John in prefereuce to the whites. bince the not, howover, and the tbreats utteied agaiuat them, many bave dismissed their (Jhiuese help al together: others greatiy diminished their nunibers. Some will not part with them, because thoy have proved valu able and efficicnt help, honest, trust- worthy and reliable, but these aro tne exci-ptions, not the rule. They will take any wages they can get, and save money ont ot the smnllest. They will do the most mcnial work, patiently as dumb auimals, and never complain They are here but a short time before they have saved mouey enough to go into busiuess for theniselves, if they should so deaire, and they certainly can live and thrive and grow tich on what scarce would keep the body and soul of a white man together. lbe "Uhinese question" is mdeed many-sided problem. If their comiug has done some harm, it bas as surely done some good, and tberem Iet them have tho credit. At a inass-meeting ot unemployed workiugmen beld last uigh this city, some very mcendiary speeches were made, and tbreats nttcr ed against the capitalists of this state. and the untortunate Cbineae. The chairman said : "Deaperate remedies niight be ueeded before they got rid of them.' Ucrtainly, they ought to hav a few brave defcndera, for nearly all tne leading papers give them enough harsh comraeut and uncomplimentary abuse. Occasionally some farraer or employer ot" them comes to the front and says a word in their defense, know a lady who keeps a large board lug-nouse anu empioys all kinds ot help. Last raouth, an American woman came to her, and begged, with tears in her eyes, for some work to do, she didn't care wnat it was. ao tbe Uhinaman was discharged that did the chamber work and the woman put in his place. The fourth day she grew careless, then saucy, and theu wouldn't mind at all, and had to be turned away after ten days' trial; and John replaced. Quiet, industrions, minding his own business and obeyinghis ordera, heis invaluahle in his place. This is the fiftb instance within a year that this landlady has. throngh sympathy for a piteous tale of eorrow and want and need of work, given up the one and pnt in his place another who couldn't, and wouldn't if she could, hll it satisiactonlv. Many that have the means will return to their own country, feeliug tbe intense preju- dice against them, and they say - when questioned, "Me want no more China men to come, too many here now, no good hoodlums make us trouble, me wnte ,no come here, stay home." w hat is to be done with them the philanthro pists are trying hard to flud out. Mean- wbile (Jol. Bee is tbeir detender, and the six companies have sent an anrbas- saclor to China to see to matters and stop more from emigrating to this land of promise and gold. Some of tbeir names are as curious as their habits aud customs. Kiuo Nar, Wing Shaong, Kin Wokee Chung, Kong Suughir, Tuni Tnai, etc, and people English them as they fancy. Many at tend evening or day school to learn our language, and in a short time after landing they can readily understand what you say to them. They will ask the names of everything and write them down in their quaiut cbaracters after your English spelling of them. The more you see ot them the more ot a mystery and curiosity do they seeui, still "childliko and bland," they are al- together mcompreheusible, aud even the usual "cute" Yankee grows serious ly nonplussed in trying to discovcr wnat nes beluml tuat yellow mask. Li. V. JN. Lawlessness in Kentucky. There mns't be an extraordinary de- gree of lawlessness iu Kentucky to call for such continual comment aud protest as we nud in tbe newspapers ot that state ; and the significance of items which we have several times repro duced from such papers, is emphusized by wbat Judge (J. 1). AlcMamarasaid iu a recent charge to the grand iury on opeuing a special terui of the Carroll crimiuul court. His words were : "The blood of the alaiu cries for jus. tice everywhere. Humau life in Ken tucky is not worth the snappings of a man's finger. The finger ends of many men who go unpuuished are dnppiug with the gore of their victims. Acres of grass grow on the graves of murdered men in my dislnct." That is strong language, and tbe source whence it origiuates precludes tbe ldea that :t is mere hyperbole. Iu deed the Louisville Courier Journal feels compelled to say that the Judge has not. exaggerated the situation in the Ieast, for there are regions in Kentneky where literaily "hmuan lite is uot worth the suapnings of a man's finger." Such beiug the case, the paper alluded to well says tbat "it is an accursed condi tion, and woe be to Kentucky if she does not make human life as safe as corrcct public sentiment can make it." The Courier Jourual makes hasle to deprecate any infercnce on the part of Kepublican papers m tbe North tbat tbis state ot anairs is due to the tact ot Kentucky being under Democratic rule, aud says, "Syllogistically our enemies put it : Deinocracy is lawlessuess : Ken tucky is a Uemocratic state : theretort1 Keutucky is lawless." It is very kind of our cotemporary to furnish the syllo- giam, for it showa that he feels the ex istence of some responsibility on the part of the Kentucky Democraoy for such a laxity in the administration of lustice as peruiits these things to be It cannot, however, make free from blame, the party controllmg public seu timent in that state, by charging upon juries the responsibility. lt says : "Ju8t.so long as junes, by repeated acquittals, give the barbarians of this state carie blanche to shoot and stab and lynch, just so long will the muiderer stalk witb brazen brow through Ken tucky, aud langh to scorn the parapher nalia of the law. What do our inries mean by bowing at the feet of Cnme aud kissing bis bloody nnger tips and cringing when he impudently thrusts aside the fasces ot authority 1 Are thev so contemptibly cowardly that they dare not take the responsibility ot con viction t When men lear to obstruct the pathway of the murderer, it must be coutessed that the state of Kentucky bas fallen mto a very low moral condi tion. We have certainly arnved at the pomt when promiscuous shooting. lynchiug and asaasaination will rule the state, or the coustituted authoritiea of the state must place the iron heel of mstice on the lawless." Tbere is no question as to the trutb of these sentimeuts, and it is to be hoped that the "iron heel of juatice" will be placed iu the manner deaired very speedily. But. because tbe Courier Journal has forced a cousideration of this matter in counection with politics we must add to this hope by wishing for one of two things a refbrmation of the Kentucky Democracy, or its baniah- ment from power. We disclaim any sympathy with thesentimentsembraced iu tbe syllogism which that paper bas framed for us, for the Itepublicaus of the North do uot by auy ineans conaider Democracy a synonym of lawlessness. At tbe same time, because a party loug dominant in any locality must be held responsible lor the state ot society developed under its rule, the Democrats of Kentucky must be held responsible for tne cbeapness ot lite in tbeir State. and they owe it to civilizatioq to make a retorm or to retire from power. Ju nes, being lrom the people, repreaent the people, and represeut the popular sentiment to a greater or less degree, It is not only as a citizen then, but as a Democrat, that the editor ot tbe Cour- ler-Jonrnal speaks trutb in saying "We of Kentucky owe it to ourselves and to posterity to make Kentucky lawless no longer." Couldn't Leave the Dog. Yestcr- day, a poverty stricken family, consist ing of a man, wife aud three children applied at the officc of MayorMoore for passage to Jackson county, Indiana Tbey had tooted it from North Caro liua. All were in tatters, from head to toot. wnen the chlet ot the lannly waiked into tho oliice tbe mud "squash ed" between his bare toes. A good deal of sympathy was manifested over tbe hard lot ot tbe unfortuuates, aud Clerk DeBeck proceeded with alacrity to lix them out with railroad passes "Thank you," said the stranger. "God blessyon for your kindness : but how about the dogi" "Oh, a dog!" ex- ciaimed Mr. JJelieck. "liave you dog in the party t" And then he pro ceeded to explaiu tbat it would be im possible to grant a pass for tbe dog, as they wouldn't adrait him aboard the. train, and advised tbat the dog be left bebind. The stranger called up from the midst of the waiting family aganut sore-iooted houud. He besitated while, and then went over and held consnltation with his wife. He came back to the counter and remarked, "1 gness I will walk," and the sorry party, inclnding' the dog, took its way out of the butlding. The incident waB ouite amusing, while there was something of homely tendeiness ln it that the faith ful fellow, who had followed his friend bo far, was not deserted in the hour of 1 temptation. Oincinnati Commercial. VOLUME 41 The Border Railroad "War. ARBEST OF PKESIDENT KATMOND. North Troy, Vt., Nov. 9. The Southeastern men have been laying track all the morning antLeverything is moviug quietly but surely. There has beeu no demonstration made by the Passumpsic. President Emmons itay- mond of the Passuuipsic was arrested at Newport last night by Sheriff T. P. liallup ou lssuing trom tbe town grand juror of Richford, ou a complaint for tearing up tails in that town ou the lath ult. He was takeu by the ofiScer to Richford this morning. L. Robinson of Newport, President of the Missisquoi and Clyde River Railway, accompanied Mr. Raymond to furnish the required bail for his personal appearance at the County Court. The peualty as flxed by our statutes for tearing up rails mali ciously is uot less than two years at uaru lauor iu rue otate rnsou. LATER. Richford, Vt.. Nov. 9. Sheriff L. P. Gallup of North Troy arrived here about four this afternoon with President Emmous Raymond of the Passumpsic Railway in charge, having made tho tnp trom Newport over Montgomery Mountain rather than to paas through the Domiuion, to reach this place. Promptly on his arrival Raymond was arraigued betore Justice Calkms; H. L. Rustedt, as3iated by Hon. II. C. Wilsou and Jobu L. Lewis, appeanug tor the State. Mr. Raymond waived exainiuation aud was put undet ten thousand dollars bouds for his appearance at tbe next term of Frauklin Couuty Court. The bail was furuiahed aud Mr. Kaynioud released, when he was again arrested on a similar charge of tearing up rails m the town ot Troy. He will be takeu to North Troy for examination to-mor- row morning. Isoston Journal. Notes of tha State Elections. The lepublican maiority in Kansaa is between 25,000 and 30,000. The New Jersey legislature is demo cratic ou joiut ballot by seven majorit. McCIellau 8 plurality is about 12,000. The republicans cairied Cook couuty, III., (Chicago) for local oflicers by from 3,000 to 10,000 plurality. The Wisconsiu- Senate is estiraated to stand 21 republicans to 12 democrats. The a8scmbly is still somewhat in doubt. So far, the republicans are sure of 34, the democrats 31, tbe greenback- ers 4, aud tbe socialists 1, with 29 to hear from. Tho total. vote in Massachusetts will be about 185,000, and Rice's plurality about 18,000. The total vote is about 12,000 larger than m the last off year (1875,) and greater than was ever be fore east at an election where neither president nor congressmen werechoseu. Very few additional returus have been received from Now York state, but these show the democratic plurality to be more thau pteviously estimated, or, 15,000. The legislatuie uow ap pears to be republican in both branch- Tbe lauor vote iu the state was probably about 10,000. Blocking a Confidence Game, Mrs. Devereux, of Bostou, reads tho newspaper. Her busuand also reads tbe newspapers ; and the couple long ago agreed that no verbal order pur portiug to come from him for goods and chattels should be houored by his better balt. The other day tbere came to the door a respectable lookiug, plaiuly dressed fellow, aud when the servant auswered his rmg, he told her m eager haste tbat Mr. Devereux bad toru hi pants in such a manner that he could not go out and exposc himself to the gaze of a critical public, and had sent home lor bis ligbt cassimere pants, which be wanted at ouce, because he must g out immcdiately on business of impor tance. But Mrs. Devereux was too sharp for him aud by her order the ser vant told the messenger tbat it Mr. Devereux wanted his pauts, he must send a written order. The tellow's as tonishmeut was ouly equalled by his ludignation at the cruel refnsal to send clothlng to the gentleman whose im prisonmeut was entorced by the wau of it. It is needless to say that Mr. Devereux wore his brown trouseis home to supper in such perlcct condition tha no lady had occasion tn blnsh, and the lady was made happy in the couscioua ness of her superior judgment, which had thus been conbrraed. Cheap Living. When Mr. Beecher expressed the opinion tbat a man migbt live on a dol lar a day, there was cousiderable jok- mg mdulged iu upou tbe subject, and witlings bave hardly yet exbansted their supply of ammunition suitable for firing at this target. Yet Selma, Ala- bama, produces cases where one dolla a day would be an extreme of extrava- gance. It has been a niatter of wouder to some ot tue white people there how ao mauy ot tbe colored populatiou mau age toget along in comparativecomtor ou their small earuings. Investigation iu one case showed the secret. This case was that of an old man, who, o:i earuings averagmg not over twentv five ceuts a day, supported himself aud wite. lie was able to give tbe itema o his weekly puicbases, aud it is a curi ous liat, as witness : Cents. One-half neok meal. -One and one-half nounds meat. une pint of molasses, 4 One ponnd of sngar, One-half nonnd butter. Coffee, 161 TotaL 8ti The possible bill of fare indicated is not a vaned oue, but tbe old man saiu his wife wasa good cook-aud they livt-d well, with plenty to eat. The instance sbows how little people cau get along witb it they bave the will anu the nec essary amouut ot mgenuity, while it al so sbows how it is that m many cases colored woman is able to support a fam ily. lncluding the husband, by her own lndustry at the wasb-tub. Senator SIorton's First Attack of Paralysis haa been thus described by himself: "Duringthe latter part of th aumraer and first part of the fall of 1865 I felt an mdisposition to read or study I didu't care to read so much as a news paper. My mind felt dull and clouded aud I found mauy little tbings escup inc mv memory. I was coufused easily and took little or no interest in what was going on about me. Even the du ties of the state no longer engaged my close attention. These teelings con tinujd until tbe lOtb of October. never shall forcet the day. It was beantiful one : the. air was crisp and I waiked a long distance. In the evening 1 retired somewhat tatigneu, but in other Tespects apparently in my usual healtb. Tbe next morningiwoke eariy but as X attempted to get out ot bed NUMBER 2103. diseovered I was unable to lift my limbs. Agaiu and again I made the ef- tort, wnen it mstautly nasbed through my mind that I was paralyzed. I felt little pain, but from my hipsdownward was unable to move myselt." The Kind of Religion We Want. We want a religion that. softens the step, and tunes the yoice to melody, aud nlls the eye with sunsbine, and checks the impatient exclamation and harsh rebuke ; a religion that is polite, deiereutial to superiors, courteous to mteriors, aud considerate to triends ; religion that goes into tbe tamily, and keeps the wife from fretting when the husuuud tracks the newly washed floor witb his muddy boots, and makes tbe husband mindful of the scraper and door-raat ; keeps tbe mother patient wben the bnby is cross and amuees the children as well as inatructs them ; cares for the servants besides paying them promptly, projects the houey- moon into tbe harvcst-moon, and makes the happy home like the Easteru flg tree, bearing iu its bosom at once the beauty of the tender blossoni and the glory of the ripened frtiit. We want- a religion tbat shall impose between tbe rnts and the gullies and the rocks of the highway pf life and the seusitive souls that are travelliug over them. Dr. Von Bulow, the pianist says: 'If I stop practicing for one day, I no- tice it in my playiug; if I stop two days, my friends uotice it ; if I stop three dajs, the public notice it." It is differ ent with the young man who practices down the street. If he stops for oue day, the whole lieigbborhood notipes it, and fecla like paying him live hundred dollars to never begin agaiu ; if he dosn't stop for two days, tho neighbors ask the police to noticeitasauuisance: and if he doesu't stop for three days, tbey take their shot-guns and go gun ning for him. EF "Never catch me marrying a re- formed man," said a wise little Chica go girl ; "when I get married it will be to some man who doesn't need relorm ing." And she was right. EP A New York farmer goes wild over Gniuea heus. He declares that each one will keep an acre of potatoes clear of bugs, aud will answer every purpose of a barometer in predicting storms. He also says that they will not. scratch, aud lay more and better eggs thau the common hen. Harper's Weekly says : "Senator Ed- muuds, of Vermont, looks an old man, though heis only forty-nine. He has been eleren years in the senate, aud is one of its ableat members. He looks like St. Jerome, and when in repose folds his hands acioss his breastas if he were accustomed to hold a skull under them." Squibs. College incident First junior: "I say, Bill, where is the Latin'- lcsson ?" Second junior "Ou page 304 of the horse ; don't know where it is in the other book." Hurrah ! hurrah !" cricd a young lawyer who succeeded to his father's practice, 1 ve settlcd that old law-snit at last." "Settledit!" excluiiued the astonished parout, "Why, we've sup ported tho family on that foi tho last ten years." . No one can better appreciate the fact that the world is full ofhollow niock eries thau the mau who prepares a lec ture withtho title "How to Get Rich," and then cannot make enough mouey by -it to pay his hotel bills. 'lurner's JFalls Ecporter. The New York Tribune says the place for Cleopatra'a needlo wheu it arrives "is that point which is daily passcd by the greatest nnmbcr ot citizena." We should thmk the temperauce peo ple of that city would strongly object to having the ancieut ohelisk set up in front of a beer saloon. Norrisloicn Her- ald. It some one should write a book and call it "My Great Toe," soniebody else would lmmedialely lssue "My little Toe," followed rapidly by the second, third and fourth toe, aud probably oth er portionB of the pedal anatomy. Ser vile imitatiou seems to be the rage among the book-makers of the day. Fat Conlributor. Harper's Bazar says "ladies will wear camel's hair ulaters this winter." We don't like to dispute such an authority as tbe Bazar, but we'll bet Mr. iarper $500 we know one woman who will wear the same old eighty-nve cent waterproof all winter loug, uuless her busband's lottery ticket catchcs a more christian number than oughty ought hundred and oughty, as it did last time. Burlington Hawkeye. The Monitor says : "The barn and coutents of L. E.-Ainaworth were burn- ed on the 20th ult. Kerosene the cause. Loss about $800; insured." We aro sorry that Mr. Ainsworth's "contents" were burned, but are glad to hear that they were insured. That leaves him better off than the most of us. St. Al lans Messenger. lHe was pretty good at the play bus iness," said Mr. Grant, coutemplatively regardmg tne tomu otsuakspeare, "out I should like to have seen him fighting Bob Lee or trying to be a good presi dent with Cbiirles Sumncrcbairmau of the committee on foreign relations." Bocliester Democrat. Considerate. Mistress (on coming home from the seaside): "Why. Jane, what's become of the bulbnch V Jane: "Well. you see. m'm. it didn't say much and looked droopiu' like, so cook put it out ot its misery, an7 1 'ad itstuued lor my 'at." Punch. No great catch after all. Iratesquire : "Hi, you, sir! You're fishing in my river. I dcmand what you've cuught." Fisherman : "All right, Gov'nor. I've caught a cold, and J'm catch ing the rheumatics, and you'ie jolly welcome to 'em both." Funny Folks. A marvellous escape from death by lightning was that of Mr. Vest of Suisun Valley, Cal., the other day, wheu a bolt struck the buggy in which he was rid ing, tore the top completoly off, twist ed up the iron work of tho vehicle, killed both his horses, aud tore off two panels from the fence in front of him. Mr. Vest himself was stuuned for tho momeut, and probably a good deal pulled down. This is a good paragraph for minis ters, from the Burlington Hawkoye : The winter is closing in upon the cler gymen oftbis country with most ap palling severities. A season of incess-ant- and pitilesa donation parties has beeu arranged by many of tho denoni inations. and the prospect is that hun dreds of ministers, who are not able to keep a dog and don't know how to firo a gnn, will perish from starvation.