The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-13
LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA.
An Important Chinese Manifesto
War I'm ChinadOm-Disap
Treasure Hunters-A Cooperative
Fourth Of July Celebration
Grants GuillOtine-Busine Pros
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Special to the Register:
SAN Francisco May 29th, 1870.
AN IMPORTANT CHINESE MANIFESTO.
For the past ten years the Chinese
problem has been the great puzzle OF
this State Politicians have wrangled
about it in and ont of season, aspiring
CiceroS have madei i. a theme for their
eloquence on every conceivable oeca-
sion, the Legislature has pondered and
debated it session after session, propos-
ing all kinds of enactments from tax
ing the imported live Coolie to taxing
the exported dead one, and after all
this turmoil of bitter discussion a few
Chinese merchants meet in a back par
lor and issue manifesto that Will
probably give the question its quetus
This important circular is in the shape
of an address to their people at home
misunderstanding further immigration
TO the State, and is to be distributed
throughout all the large cities Of the
Empire. California and the Pacific
States it says "are very different now
to what they were few years ago, and
the prevailing impression that money
can be easily made is wrong one
The placer mines are nearly worked
out and If the Chinese miner is at all
successful, he is more than likely TO be
robbed and perhaps murdered. Chi
nese evidence is not credited in the
Courts, the laws afford them virtually
no protection, they are looked upon as
inferior to cattle, and are seldom treated
with respect. Their general condition
is then described Thousands are un-
able to obtain employment, the tenn
pies are crowed with destitute, and but
for the liberality Of the six companies
many would die Of starvation. In con-
clusion, the women who have come
here are severely censured as a disgrace
to their sex and country, and the policy
of sending any more here is strongly
deprecated These six companies are
a powerful organization, and their in
fluence is So great that the address will
undoubtedly stop the Asiatic influx,
and thus remove prolific cause of dis
sention from the State.
WAR IN CHINADOM.
Painting the celestial eye by a well
directed blow, pounding the Chinese
skull with bit of stick, or dancing a
Milesian hornpipe on Asiatic ribs with
number fourteen hob-nailed boots is
considered by some to be an amusement
savoring of Paradisal bliss. Ifso much
amusement can be got out of one
cracked crown, what must have been
our feelings when we saw the wholesale
hacking, managing and shooting that
took place yesterday amongst the Mon
golians. The Chinese washerwomen
have Protective Union, and one OF
its regulations prescribes that no new
laundry shall he started within ten
doors of one already established. This
rule having been violated by a believer
in Free Trade, the offender was cited to
appear and show cause why he should
not be punished The club meets in a
temple on Sacramento street, and a. the
case excited unusual interest, several
hundred Cinnamon were present to
watch proceedings. In the course OF
the trial a friend of the culprit ex-
pressed his dissatisfaction by pulling
the trigger of Remington with the
barrel pointed at the Judges head and
this was the signal for battle that
would have done credit to Homeric
heroes.
The crashing of glass, breaking OF
chairs, discharge Of pistols and Babel
ofyells, attracted the attention of out
siders, who ran for the police, and thus
saved the coroner weeks work. In
the meantime the whole of Chinadom
was in a ferment and thousands Of
Tartar warriors deserted their peaceful
avocations and turned out in hostile
array. The Captain on duty started fol
the scene of riot with ten men and
about fifty willing Cells, anxious 'tc
break Johns bones with the sanction o.
law. Their appearance caused a sus
pension of internal hostilities, and the
entire belligerent element combined tc
resist legal interference. Runningtht
fire of pistol battery effectively served
from opposite windows, the police
stormed the stairs, subdued the Drawer,
of Chinese Horatius who stood on thu
landing ready to dispute the passage o
an army, and after desperate hand tc
hand conflict, carried each room in sue
cession. Fifteen half slaughtered Chi
namen were removed to Jail, number
were taken prisoners, and scores o
weapons secured as trophies of victory
The wonder is that many were no
killed outright, for the floor was slip
perry with blood, the walls perforate'
with bullet holes, and even Joss re
ceived such a severe wound in his sa
cred stomach, that his internal anatom,
of saw dust ran out, leaving him tn
very picture of collapsed and discon
ISOLATE deity. .E#F g.tFt
THE TREASURE-HUSTERS
Who left here last December for Coco
Island, in the Indian Ocean, returned
few DAYS ago somewhat disguised wit
| their wiId-goose chase. They too
with them one of those remarkabl
men to whom dying pirates alway
confide the secret hiding-place of the
stolen riches, and, following that wo
thy's directions, landed, prospected an
H., for seventeen DAYS, but foun