The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-01

They generally pass for English,
and ike the Scandinavlans, have
their peculiar names, as Llewellen,
Lloyd, Powell, Pritchard, Grif6ths,
Matthews, Hughes, etc. Evan Evans,
Owen Owens, Richard Richards, Da-
vid Davis, John Johns or Jones, be-
ing quite common among them.
They do not, like the Scandinavians,
colonize in neighborhoods, but are
scattered all over the city, in ali trades
and occupations
They have little church of their
own, and miRister who breaches in
their own language, which is akin to
the Gaelic, aud claimed by them, to
be the original British tongue.
The Welsh formerly prefxed Ap"
to their names, as Ap Richard, Ap
Howell. &C., as the Irish prefix u,
the Scotch Mac, &c. but this is now
generally contracted and attached to
the name, becoming Pritchard, Pow
ell, sc.
In England the Welsh are gen.
orally credited with being quick tenn
pered, quarrelsome, and Incorporate,
but if such is their character there,
they show wonderful capacity for
reform on this side Of the Atlantic,
az their history in this city and In
Racine, Kenosha, and Portage Coun-
ties, Wisconsin, abundantly testifes.
They are generally members of some
church, and Industrious, thrifty citl-
zens.
There are, also. in this city a dozen
or so families of Manx people, natives
of the Isle Of Man, WHO, although
British. are like the Canadians,
neither English, Irish, Scotch. or
Welsh, but unlike Canadians, their
country is not a subordinate Do,
minion," but kingdom, as you will
see by reading the various titles
Of the British sovereigus. Their
national coat of arms is three
booted and spurred legs, joined
above the knee, and arranged
in a circle, SO as to look as If racing,
one over the other, like the spokes OF
a wheel. Another point In which
they resembl native Canadians is that
their language-EDglish-is such al
to lead one to think them either Eng.
lish, Irish or Scotch, but leave him
at the same time, unable to decide
They are generally stout, hearty peo
pie, most of them being ship carpen
tiers or ship smiths. Before | clos'
my correspondence with you, shall
take occasion to speak of another
class of foreigners of whom we haV,
considerable numbers In the State
but none, so far as l know, here il
the city, viz: the Portuguese o
whom there are large numbers II
Sangamon and Morgan Counties.
The newspapers seems to have ia
/ ken q sudden turn here lately il
amusement matters. The Times an,
Tribune are both criticising Lydi
la Thompson's troupe severely. Per
egrine Pickel pricks his pen into tn
; peculiar performances of that peTipa
, tetic playing party with g pungenc
E that punctures painfully while Point
points his pencil piquantly, and put
, prominently in print pretty phara
phrase of Lydia's penmanship whicl
places the fair Lydia in a ridiculou
! light before the public. OF cours
Lydia retorts by speeches before tn
foot lights and by letters and han.
bills, but she knows she has the hard
} est of it, for her hand bills and speech
es reach only look and yell" a
; the ''po'" white folks In the Sout
say, while the papers reach far an
near.
Mr." Lydia Thompson, whoeve
he Is, keeps in the back ground, frin
his pillets from Miss Lydia's fuse
making her stand all the FIRE in return
This habit of married women who fol
, low the stage for a profession to g
before the public as Miss Tweedledee
when in fact they are either Mrs
Tweedledum, or ought to be, helps t.
bring the profession into disgrace, an
but caters to depraved taste. Hold
ing out as a maiden, woman who
the mother of several children ,as
often done. leaves the woman the al
tentative of acknowledging herself a
either disreputable or sailing unde
false colors; which, as it is general.
resorted to to hide some disgrace
leaves a suspicion on her character
But it is broadly limited that few of til
shape artists" have any to suspect
The question now arises, Why i
the Lydia Thompson troupe les
meritorious now than it was thu e
months ago when the papers puffe
them? Perhaps your equivocal puff
that so incensed Dan. Shelby, has ha
an effect on them. Who knows?
Yours, DEARBORN.