, 1876-09-30
lIc8 lFOM Jan EIAJlcl6E8
DURING TnH FABT TEN YEARS:

Unf gain ....bu, U73
o5s4 pa!eE erdns s - ana ~ sFs a sss sse a
spending decrease Of immigration; but, as may
bu seen from tho returns Of tho three following
years, tho subsldence was only temporary. 81,
too, the present fa1ling-od is due to the present
Companies are quietly awnlttng. the dcatll. or
rather suspended animation, Ut q fusa. For
they sl,scwdly know that, though Senatorial
md Congressional Committees may meet and
Investigate, and though lcngthy newspaper
correspondence on the subject may be entered
into, nothing Tan be dono until the nat!0u's
delegates SIT again. By that time our inocu-
lated brethren may havo sisen t. un extra
l0,00o; for We have our spring imports and fall
szporss. Seven-teaths Of the Chinese conc In
the first scason Of tho ycar; for,
T. tl,s spsns, Young Alb Jtms fancy
brightly burns with thoughts d trndo- dollars.
They return In great nu,nlnrs during the fail,
y be baek in time to enjoy the New: Years fcs-
livities. As the usual period Of ti,cir exile Is
from five u scvcu years. it will perhaps strike
some Of your readers that the taxpaytng limit
y twelve, hsed BY the companlcs land ne1'-
1ample OF heathcn cutencss not to be sncczel at.
Setting the round number Of Chinese on tue
Coast Ut
~, ONE .1,,1s ayNDRED ASp FIFTY s1S THOUSAND,
throughput the other States, 5000 Of tllese
i've In San Francisco, The women number
Mss 2,5o0, Of whom not more than
ste1y Sa' hsRst, sfe aon INV. ' been 'FSess Pes1
ssueA; their hulders. added to numerous
san Frnutdsco breed, wou'd number 1000 chil-
lren, neariy gil Of whom arc to be found on tho
treets u this City. All California housekcep.
md. although Sir Q4!bblcr might reasonably
aIie exception to tte noun ninde adjective,
Ars Housekceper Is only half wrony,-a fact
~ which .,s she Gun reat With glory. With the
A.apts, brokers, pllyslcians tIricsta, md COM
2any potcnttarles, all TIM uuw Chinese mule I'm
migrants are boys, ranging from II to 70 years
q agc. or the 1h2, 700 men, women, and chill
areh, calculated to be on tile rncllie Coast,-
which extends from the borstera of British Co.
luMbla 70 those 81 Mexteo,-fully 1o5, ,000 are to
b. found ln this State.
The Coolfe, oil hts arrival til port, IL
ANYTHING HUT AN ENCHANTING OBJECT;
yet the hest idea mny DO obtained of the sort OF
nl,iuial le is then, by following and noting lin
from the steerage to the cellar. As soon US the
steamer touches dock, the Inspectors Of the
various Companies c9aml'er oil boasd, generally
accompanied By, IN elderly female purity or two,
with IN umbrella In une hand. i silk pocket
handkerchief b, tho other, and wicked old
smile on . wicked oI1 faeu. The Coolies are
gathered together e, bloc very dnzed aud sheep
like The inspector calls out tho name
Of hls Company, and certa,n humans stand
cut aud aside, until the whole consignment is
grouped according. to the number and name OF
sr interest in John on tic Companies than they
kre wout to profess Put tle idea Into cAArge,
aud you arc Immediately NIT BY the plausible
explanation that tho Coinpaulcs arc all nan,etl
kfter esrsain districts arnllt,d nnd near Canton
and tlat these divisions Of the Dock arc only
sVtdsncss of q very praiseworthy consideration
pa the Compan!cs' part for tho likipgs aud prs.
s,s 81 alsadH Ssdin !sa at nonr could '@ 'psr'
JOHNS LAnEs AND PENATEs
70 not ~ Saratogau space. Indeed, 10 be
literal, hls household.gods maInly consist Of u
,, ls'ln p93t,9eilisl p,3. toss In ons corner Of :
put. md bcidjng swung Rla on that. In nas low,
continuous string they ile out, and, With lab--
eInE ncsssst and modu'ated te ths key q
gagt, Into the axpreas-wagous waiting for thetil,
On Which they all take i ride. To each load
there Is guide, who mounts bealde Jehu;
iyaily good thing out of these arrivals, 81 int
and plank, and earboized bricks, aud cobblea,
snd granits blocks, and patent ffauds,-all Of
francisco block k.-untl baggage and bodies aro
get down keychunk, with III the csekla Knock ii
out Of the one, and the tackle loosoned OF tAo
other.
"A QuExR-LooK1No BET
they are, Their boots, of course, thick-soled
snd toe-polAted; sonetimeE wrlnklea socks,
sotnettnes nuhe; their trousers, very loose snd
buggy, Of some thin calico stuiE, and reaehing
but Just below the knce,-thls eurlnesa being
explained BY the extFayagant length Of tlt
wing-liku sleeves Of their sacques, the hsNdi
cunning Just where IN elbow is expected to he
a. tuld-length: these hunds, when they do crce{
out griuy md llka claws; their heads covered
with = broad tapped hat, shaped like pound
cake; aud their facea guiltltas Of any express
lions &aye those Of stupid establishment ur stoli.
gnuEauce. No oue-not even = missionary
tuuld claim for these lowest specimens Ut . rae,
anything but an extraYagaat extension Of tha
delightful principle, that ali men are brothers
And yet these people, by trick OF apt imlta
don ttn which they are Ike monkeys)J md tl
sahlts Of low.lViug ia which they aro like rats)
,fIat the
MOST EOkxIDApLs OBSTACLE TO lNTELLl0BA7
WHITE LABOR
lhst aver any young country foateted. Mean
willie, wAgon-l0al after wxg1u-luxd has LesI
&nQted dpHh Liza ssllax set xosrt for III elt iossQ