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The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27
DESCRIPTION OF THE YOKOHAMA PEOPLE.

Frank harrington, special correspondent OF
the Enterprise, in letter dated Yokohama, De-
cember lat, thus writes Of the population OF
that place:
The number of natives resident here 10 be-
yond computation, as thousands Of them ere
wandering with no fixed residence. They are
of two classes only: the governed (or COOLEST
and the rulers. A man with two swords 10
styled Yakonin, and his weapons are obtained
usually by birth, but frequently by service to
some Prince or Daimio. They are, without ex-
ception, believe, hostile to Europeans, hating
them cordially, and, when under the influence
of "saki" % liquor like pure spirits). have no
greater ambition than numbering foreigner.
They are a numerous and dangerous class,
80 dangerous that no foreigner is safe beyond
the city without q strong guard The coolie
population are the most abject slaves, and dare
not do ought forbidden by two-sworded man,
under penalty of losing their heads. They
wear single garment, and do all kinds OF labor
of the most degrading character. They are
dirty. covered with vermin and infested with
foul disease; will steal anything and everything
possible, and are also ESQ We are informed by
old residents) the greatest and 0ftenest liars in
the world. The women are clad with long
robe, which is worn with great regard for
COuSCutEuSCp ahd 70 sbihS pus HssAoNaA'S.
Pig-eyed, small in stature, crippled in gait from
wearing shoes of wood (like stills two or three
inches high), reeking with foul disease, the ma
tive women of Japan are indeed u wretched
class. Children abound, and those of from six
to ten years of age have charge Of infants; and
nineteen of every twenty are covered with foul
ulcers, that tell but too horrible tale Of their
mothers profigacy and disease. When We
state that the greatest source OF revenue to the
Japanese Government 10 from the sale oflicense
for prostitution, it will be- seen how fearful
must be the result. They live in paper houses,
with paper partitions, devoid of fire except in
dish holding handful of smoulderng char.
coal, from which poisonous gases are exhaled.
scores of them occupying house fifty feet
square They are entirely devoid of modesty.
and battle in common, as horses or dogs would
do. They do nothing rs a christian would.
They use a saw that works the reverse OF ours,
a plane ditto, get on horse from the right
side, etc.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27
J. w. MARSHALL, THE GOLD DIscovERER

j. W. MARSHALL, THE GOLD DIscovERER
The Truckee Tribune of January 9Th speaks
of this individual as follows, and suggests a
contribution in bis behalf:
1t may not be generally known that the man
whose name heads this paragraph, and who
first discovered gold in this State ut Suffers
mill, is still alive. He is now living at place
called kelsey's Diggings, in Ell Dorado county
de ID upwards Of fifty years of age, and 10 30
reduced IN circumstances that, though feeble,
he is compelled to work for his board and
clothes, not being able to earn more. The
miners of California certainly should not let
this man remain in this fix. It 10 due to him.
as the first discoverer Of gold, that he should
be respectfully taken care of in his old age
Were he dead, you would all respond literally
TO build him o monument. Would it not be
better to smooth the rough path as he moves
down LIES way, by general contribution be-
ing taken up among you, and show your ap-
probation of his discovery. than 10 let him toll
and suffer and die, almost unknown and un.
cared fort In his BEHALF therefore, we make
this appeal-not at his request, for he is ignor-
ant OF the fact that we make it, but because it
10 justly due him: That the miners of this
State take up collection, limiting the SUBJ
scriptions to fifty cents each, and send it to
him, or, what 10 better, to Controller Watt,
who, by the way, is miner, and will certainly
interest himself in the matter, for transmission.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

oysTERs-aRAT1s-FoR ONE HOUR ONLY

In the frst week Of November, in each year
there exists curious custom nc tne pretl!
watering-place of Arcachon, near Bordeaux
The scene of it 10 the sea, or rather the oyster
bed in the sea; the performers are any persons
who possess boats, and know how to manage
them. On that morning, the whole coast
swarms with boats of all kinds.
Men. women, and children set in them closely
packed together, for the great object is to gel
as MANY arms and legs into the boats as posi-.
BILE. To the small island which lies in the cen
ire of the oyster.park, all eyes are directed
It is completely embedded in oysters, which
any of the occupants of the boats are allowed
10 take gratis, as soon as the signal. cannon.
shot, is heard. This liberty lasts only one
hour, so time is precious. Not o minute, not a
second of this hour is wasted. Ever muscle
ia strained to the uttermost.
The report of the cannon rolls with dull
sound over the waves, and many distant
sailor who has never heard Of the one day and
the one hour of the free oyster-6shery at Ar
cachon, fancies it must be the signal of ship
in distress How Justify the oars are piled
now! Quick as arrows the boats shoot on.
ward to the island. The sailing-b0ats indeed
come to the scene of action rather later than
the swift, light, nutshell rowing boats, but they
contain more DOoty anu carry tnoIc aIms aiiu
legs to work in the oyster-bed. During the
performance, the noise and shouting are deaf
ening
The oyster-bed is scraped with all sorts OF
instruments-rakes, shovels, sieyes, and SO on.
This, of course, increases the agitation OF the
water, so that the sea is quite rough all over
the bed.
But now the gunner has already got the
watch in his hand TO give what viii really be a
signal of distress. Who. indeed, can say what
is hastily gathered into the boats in the last
few minutes before the closing shot is heard
star-fsh, crabs, and all sorts Of things besides
oysters are hauled in, in the eager haste of the
fisher-folk.
Then the cannon orders an instant halt.
Woe to him who stoops but once more toward
the bed in order to increase his store by last
hasty grasp. He is sure to be seen, for the
telescope is pointed at him. and he will be
obliged as soon as he lands to throw the whole
of his precious freight, TO the very last oyster,
back into the sea. The spectators of this
strange scene, Of which there are large num-
Der, either line the shore or are rowed over to
the island. where they have picnic on oysters
and biscuits. Hearth and Home.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27


TIE NEGROES IN WAsHISGroS.-Wet take
the following from the Lancaster pa IHielli-
gsRoer of late date:
SO great aud frequent are the outrages con.
mitted by the negroes in Washington that it IL
said BY the correspondent of the Baltimore
Gaseftc mothers are afraid 10 trust their daugh-
ters beyond the protection Of the parental roof
During the last week two white children nn-
der twelve years OF age were the victims Of ne
gro villainy. Hardly day passes that shock
ing outrages against white woman by negroes
are not chronicled. The wretches who CON-
init them are not arrested, and the Republican
police, part OF whom are negroes, make scarce
iy any effort 10 do so. When they do arrest u
person, as they did the other day inan BY the
name Of Pool. he 10 forcibly rescued by the mob
This is not all: the law for the drawing of ju-
rors is Systematically violated in such man
ner that the respectable citizens are excluded
from the service. aud the lists are given over
to negroes and the very lowest whites. Is not
this pretty condition of things in the Capiisl
of the Nation, which is directly under the con
trole of our Congressional rulers, aud for
which misgoyernment they are responsible
This description of Washington society Is more
or less that of all parts of the South where
there is large admxtare of the colored race.
Il it not about time that We had change OF
policy, and the old truth again asserted that
this Is u white mans Government
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27
woMEN's RIGHrs-ws take the following

NOMEN hlGhIS-Ne take tue louoWInt
from late number of Applstoa's Journal:
There is n very general impression among
women that the laws are unjust to them. and
that, if they had their rights" they could BY
means Of the ballot, so control legislation rs 10
greatly improve their condition. An examina.
ton of the law of New York, however, shows
that, in the most important State of the repub
lie, the legal status of woman is really NOR,
favorable than that Of man. Unmarried wo
men are on perfect equality with unmarried
men, with the sole exception of political fran
chises. In two important particulars they
have the advantage of the other sex. They
can marry or make wills ut nm age two years
earlier than that ut which men become compe-
tent to assume similar responsibilities. Ii a
woman marries, the enjoyment Of her property
is secured to her, free from her husbands cou-
troll. Her earnings are absolutely her own.
Her husband is bound to support her, whether
she has money of her own or not, while she
cannot be compelled TO contribute in any way
10 her husbands support. even if she is very
rich, and he is utterly helpless aud destitute.
husband cannot sell real estate without his
wife's consent; ut least, he cannot give q clear
title to it; while, if che owns land she can sell
it outright without her husbands consent. The
husband cannot deprive the wife of a life
interest in one-third of his real estate after his
death, while she can dispose as she pleases by
will Of all her property. She need not leave
him foot Of land or q cent Of money unless
she chooses to. The husband also ia liable for
the wife's misdemeanors. If she commits an
assault or trespass, the husband must pay the
bill or 90 to Jail. She cannot be imprisoned
in any civil suit, while he has no such exemp-
ton, but may be made to suffer in her stead
for her misdoings. Such being the actual state
of the law in New York, it is evident that if any
Injustice exists in our legislation, il is the men
and not the women who are the subjects of it.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

Men OF THE COMMUNICATIVE ARE
THEY.-Jeferson Davis is announced as har-
ing gone into business at Memphis, Tenn;
John c. Breckenridge is practicing law at Lex.
ington, KY; James NJ. Mason 10 on his farm at
Winchester, Va; John Slidell il with his son-
in-law, the great banker Erlanger, near Par
is; Juda p. Benjamin is in full practice at the
London bar; Pierre Soule, at last accounts,
was hopeless invalid K. NJ. T. Hunter Is at
his farm in Virginia; Robert Toombs Is prac-
ticing law with success in Georgia; his col
league, Iverson, is prosperous wood merchant
at Macon, Ga; A. II. Stephens is sinking grad
ually ut his home in Georgia; Gen. Lee is at
the head of the Military Institute at Lexing-
ton. Va; Beauregard ia president of q railroad
at New Orleans; Mosby is practicing law in
Va; Commodore Buchanan was lately at the
head of an agricultural school in Maryland;
Raphael Semmens Ia at Mobile; Bankhead Mag
ruder is lecturing on Carlotta and Macmillan /;
Ex-Governor Vance is praticing law In North
Carolina, and refuses to ask for bis pardon: A.
g. Brown, Edward Barksdale and Wiley P.
Harris were supporting Judge Dent for Cove
nor of Mississippi James l.. Orr is q state
Judge in South Carolina; Robert w. johnson
and Albert Pike have opened an Office in Wash
layton. ID. c.; ex-Senators Yulee and Mallory
are alternately in Florida and New York; ex-
Senator Wigfall, of Texas, is in Paris, George
N. Sanders is in London. and Beverly Tuckner
10 Canada. Henry A. Wise, Thomas Bocock,
j. A. Seldom, FL. A. Edmonson and Charles
James Faulkner are still in Virginia.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

MAssAcHUsETTs.-Th State debt of Mas.
sachnsetts 10 S30, 528, $50, which shows an in.
crease of more than $1,000. 900 during the past
year. They have undoubtedly been practising
the Radical System Of economy and retrench.
ment 10 That God forsaken country, and ID will
take eeyeraf crops Of Goldfish to pay of that
debt go ee
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

SYMPATHY. - The Typographical Unions
have passed resolutions of sympathy with the
telegraph strikers but decline the proposition
TO refuse to set up preas dispatches.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-01-27

.WM. H. misunderstanding Seward
vas still In the city OF Mexico on the 9Th or
This month. but was expected to leave for Vera
Cruz u few days, q
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22
TO CONSERVATIVES.

The Advertiser. having been restored 20 health in
a few weeks, by very simple remedy, after having
and that dread disease, Consumption is anxious to
make known to his fellow sniIcrera the means of
cure.
To Il who desire It, he viii aend a copy of the
prescription uEet Gree OF charge) with the direc-
ICus for preparing and using the same, which they
will find SURE Cure ron CoNsuMpTIoN, ASTHMA !.
BRcScnITIs, etc. The object of the adv 'rtiser in
sending the Prescription is to benefit the afflicted,
valuable; and he hopes every sufferer will try his
remedy, il Will cost them nothing, and may
prove blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription, will please adj
dress REy. EDWARD \. WILSON.
Williamsburg, EingG county, New York.
Snyrrnhcr D. lSJJ-ly
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22
SPECIAL NOTICES
Irritable FnyaIidS.

Indigestion not My affects the physical health,
but the dispositions and tcmDcrs of Its victims =
The dyspcptic bccomrs, too, in a measure dcmorn :
lied by his suiIcrings lie is subject to fits of rr.
tation, sollenness, despair, as the Gaze may be-
pretcrnatursl scnsitivcncss which he cannot con-
troll, leads him TO misConstruc the words and acts
those around him, and his intercourse even with
those and dearest to him is not uEtrcqucnty
marked by exhibitions of tesnCss foreign to his real
nature. These the mental phenomena Of the
disease, for which the invalid Cauuet be justly held
responsible, but they occasion much houschod dis
com FORT II is 10 the interest OF the nome circle, II
is essential TO family harmony well as to the res
of hc principal sufferer from state not tar
moved from nCipivut insanity, that these syInP-
toms of mental disturbance be promptly removed
This can only be done by removing their physical
caUsc, deraUg men: OF the functions OF the Hom-
aCh and its allied vi5Cera, the liver and the bowcls
Upon these three important organs lIOstcttcr Stom-
RCh Bittcrs act simultaneously, producing a tho
rough al nj salutary chang in their condition. The
vegetable ingredients of which the preparation ID
composed are OF a rcnnvating, regulating and al
terGiive character and the stinrucnt which lends
1est that be extracted from the most Wholesome
OF all cereals, viz: sound rye. No dyspcptic can
take tij5 genial restorative for single week with
oct exprricncinE 4 notable improvement in his
general a-aA. Not only will his bodily sUtfcring5
sbAto from day to day, but his mind will recover
rrHidiy from its rcstt.ssncEs and irrtabiliy, and
this happy change will manifest itself in his de-
III around him.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22
TOMESTFAD AND PRESENTATION.


T HAVE compiled a foil, concise and eompictn
j statement, plainly printed, for the Information
of persons intending to take up Homestead oT
Prce mpIiOn in this portion Of the West, embracing
Iowa Da kota and Ncbraska-aud other sections
It ex plains how to proceed and secure hundred
and sixty OF rich farming lands for nOthiur.
six months before you leave your home in this mot
healthy climate. In short t contHins just such ~
formation 2 is needed by those intending 10 mAIr
n home and fortune she tree lands Of the Wee,
! will send of these printed catalogues TO any
which il gives il worth FIVE dollarH to AM body
Men who came here two or three years ago and tool
up farm are to-day independent.
TO YOUNG MEN.
This country is being crossed with numerous rail.
roads, reaching from every direction 20 Sioux City
within one year. One is already in operation,
Meeting with Chicago and the u p. railroad, abb
two .I,Orc will be ComPlsted before spring, connect
ing US with Dubuque and MEG Tcgory direct. Three
moro will be completed within year. connectirs;
direct with st. Paul, Minnesota, N0nkton, DSkotu,
and Columbus, Nebraska on the U. =. railroad
The Missouri river eives access to- mountain trHdr.
Thus it will be that no section Of the country
offers such unprecedented advantages for businCs-,
and for making fortune. For the country lie being
populated, and towns and cities are being buI,
and fortunes made almost beyond belief. Every
man who takes homestead now, will have railroad
market at his own door, And any entcrprising
Young man with a small ca ptal, eatablish hun
self in permanent and paying business II he selects
the right loca ton and right branch Ottrade Eigh-
teen years residence in the western country aud IL
Ia rye portion of the time employed as Mercantile
gent in this country. hiss made mo familiar with
All the LranCh hes of business aud The hes, locations
in this country. For one dollar RENTED to me,
will give truthful and definite answers to all gu
tions this subject, desired by such Person Tell
them the best place to locate aud what business
overcrowded. and what branches are neglected.
Address DANIEL SCOTT.
S. C. Com OF Emigration.
Box lsG, Sioux City. Iowa.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22

B@~ IF you have discharge from the nose,
offensive or otherwise, partial loss Of the sense
Of smell, taste or hearing, eyes watering or
weak, feel dull aud stupid or debi.iated, pain
or pressure in the head, take cold euai'J, you
may rest assured thaE you have the Catarrh.
Thousands annually, Without nanilestinS half
oftke ahovo symptoms, terminate il csnsump-
ton and end in the grave. No d sease is 50
common, more deceptive or less understood
by phvtcisnR. 4. Y. Pierce, NJ. d.,
Of buffalo, \, Y, is the proprietor of Or.
Sage's Cstnrrsh Remedy perfect Specific
for Catarrah, "cold in the head, " or catarrhal
headache. which he seeds TO ANY address, post
paid, fer sixty cents, or four packages for =.
Sod hY druggsts.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22
"a CARD.

A Clergyman. while residing in South America as
missionary, discovered n safe and simple remedy
for the Cure of Nervous Weakness, EARLY Decay,
Diseases of the Urinary and Seminal Organs. and
ard vicious habits. Great numbers have been cured
by this noble remedy. Prompted by dcsire to
ben Gift the alctcd and unfortunate will send the
recipe for preparing and using this medicine. in n
scaled envelope, to any who needs it, Free Of
Charge. Address JOSEPH I. lNMAN.
Station D. Bible House,
October s. ISCo-Gm. New York Cisy.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22

CA5VELIING STAMrs.-ThG mode Of can
ceiling revenue stamps by the machine known
as the ribbon stamp" has been forbidden by
the Commissioner of Revenue, and orders
have been issued requiring cancellation with
pen .ni. ink, or with the machine known as
'Whccler's Patent Cancclier."
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22

NE1Ds STAMrING.-Many persongsurpose
shat after having received : lettSt addressed
to some friend or acquaintance, all ahsJ have
to do to make it resc! the person (who has
left the place in the meantime) is to change
the address merely and drop it in the post
office The Postoffice Department has decided
that all letters intended to be forwarded must,
after having passed from the custody of the
Postoficc, be prepaid by stamps in the same
manner as though the letters had never been
taken ia the 4,ail. If they are not so prepaid
they are held for postage and sent to the dead
letter office as unpaid matter.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22

WARNING TO PEOPLE VINO HOLD Re-
cE1prs.-It is reported that government OIL
.fcials are going around the country inEes;l-
eating every receipt book, bill, etc. The
reason of this is to see if the proper revenue
stamp is adjusted or not. 1.-THE latte: be the
case, fine is imposed upon the holder of the
paper, who, perhaps through neglect, has
omitted to have the paper stamped. Business
men would do well, therefore, TO examine
their papers. in order that they may not be
viotimized.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22
Berkeley County.

From the TaHy iStar We clip the fol-
lowing =:
On Monday night last. between nine and
ten o'clock, three scoundrels entered the barn
yard of Hon G. j. Faulkner, at BoydVille,
and stole three of his fine white Chester
shoats.
Governor Stevenson on Monday last grant
cd an unconditional pardon to John Sincindl>
yer, convicted oflorgery, at the August term
of the circuit court of this county, aud who
has since been confined il. Jail.
The Neto Era says:-
= The new Southern Methodist church at
Bediugton, this county, was dedicated to the
worship of God, last Sabbath
= The pr0tracted meeting which has been
going on at the Southern Methodist church
in this place, during the last four weeks,
closed Sunday night last About seveHty
persons were converted during the meeting,
fifty of AlorA COINED tile cburGh Ia which
they were converted.
The following is from the onion -
"A lady by the name of IIashorn, was
badly burned, on Saturday night lass. She
had been filing lamp, and spilled some oil
On the table her little boy set fire to it, and it
ignited the oil in the can and also in the lamp
she had filed Fortunately she succeeded in
cxtinguishing the flames without serious in
jury to herself or the house.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22

ySAML II. WOODY, the prince Of walk
ers, We are glad to say, ID able to be out again,
after his severe illness last week, and is now
able to take command and parade bis Cons
pany" as usual.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22
ERENRS "a Y0UTEE.

\ Gentleman y no suffered for yc"rs from Ncr-
vntIs Debility. Premature Decay, aud all the effects
of youth &. iudi=crctoil, will, for the sake e suffer
luz humanity, send free to all who need il, the re-
cript and directions for liking the simple remedy
~ which lie Cureu. Sufferers wishing to profit
by the advertisers experience, can do SO by address
ing, with perfect confidence, JOHN 3. OGDEN.
Nov. 80, lS69-Iy. No. II Cedar ST., New York.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22

BUILDING ASSOCIATION AT HAEPERs
FERHY-We learn with pleasure that our
sister town of Harpcr's Ferry, emulatinS the
example of Charlestown, is about to organize
Building Association. a charter has been
applied for, and f,ur hundred shares Of stock
guaranteed. We kn"w of no point where a
we'll conducted Building Association would
prove more beneficial, and We wish our neigh
bors abundant success.
Just before going TO press we Clip the fol
lowing from the Wheeling Register ct Fri
day last =
Incorporqte,r-The Secretary of State on
Yesterday issued a certificate Of incorporation
to the Harper's Ferry Building Association,
orsanized for the purpose of rasiug money to
be loaned among its members for the purpose
of aiding them in procuring real property
PrincipsI office at IIarPor's Ferry, Capital
stocks s26O0O0, in shares of $3.50 each
Charles f. BeIler, F. Cannon. II. Cham
bcrs, J. NJ DecauInc aud S. V. Iantis are TIE
corporators.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22

THEFr.-On Saturday night last somo
rogue, or rogues, broke into the meat shop Of
AR. W. s. Merchant, and extracted thcr e
from, about $40 worth Of meat.