, 1878-02-02
From the Daily Of Friday.

From the Daily of Friday.
WANT WoRK.-There is Q large
class Of men in this city, without
the necessary means to supply the
ordinary necessities of life. who are
continually damning the "heather
Chinee, and making him reponsibie
for all the ills and hardships which
they are suffering. At first glance
this plea would seem plausible
enough, but upon closer inspection
it will be found that much OF the
destitution complained of is due to
an indisposition to accept offers OF
work. even at remunerative prices
this class of men rather preferring
the street corner or main office OF
the hotel than honest occupation OF
any sort. As an instance in point
last evening o gentleman from the
Sil]aguamish called at one OF our
hotels. and stated that he wanted to
secure the services of q number OF
men to assist in repairing the damage
done to the dykes in that section by
the recent high tides. Although.
when the proposal was made, quite a
number of persons were present who
have been boarding at the hotel on
time for several months, com
planning of the scarcity of
labor, yet strange to say not
one of them accepted the situation.
Our sympathies are with the distress
ed of every condition, but from this
circumstance we are convinced that in
the majority Of such cases it has been
misdirected. These fellows who make
such loud cry about the hard times
and nothing to do, are like the dischar-
ged soldier who, when asked to work,
said he would sooner sell his shirt than
stoop to such degradation.
CHINESE New YRAR.--This morn
ing the DISPATCH collector started
out with a handful of bills to col
lect, as is usual on the first of each
month. In his rounds he presently
found himself in a Chinese estab-
lishment. There an unusual sight
met his gaze. Instead Of being hard
at work, as on other occasions. the
Cinnamon we're dressed in their best
and sat around smoking and talking.
A table was spread with the luxuries
of the Flowery Kingdom, and dec
GRATED with flowers in blossom. The
''boss," after informing us that he
mo ketchem money to-day - alice
same China New Year." led the way
to the table, and after expatiating on
the delicate favor of the dates, figs,
prepared coceanut, watermelon
seeds and other dainties, gave the
modest reporter to understand that
he was sat home" to his friends.
The boss, noticing that the printer
man hesitated and was slow to &C.
cept the proffered hospitality, then
brought out box of HaYanas. The
youth, who doesn't indulge in the
weed, still hesitated. This embar-
rassed the heather, and with per
picked look he inquired, ''You gin
up?" which was declined with many
thanks. The company than sat
down and John proceeded to tell
how the New Year holidays were
celebrated in China by all the peo-
pie. He finished by giving the
number Of thousands of fire crack
ers exploded by San Francisco
Chinese merchant last New Years,
and the number burnt by Wa Chong
in this city. The festivities, which
began this morning, or rather last
evening, will be kept up nearly all of
next week.
SA1LED.--The steamship Dakota
sailed from San Francisco on the
Both for Puget Sound ports, with
the following passengers: For Seat
tle--B w Sears, Chas A Wright, E
Terrey, o S Jones, H F Jones, B T
Jones and wife, Miss Clara Vanhu-
sen, H G Ehlers, D J Malarkey. D
" Kohn, Mrs E L Mallet. r Win
gate, John P Allen, Pat Forrest,
wife and four children, Edward Ev-
ans, James B Eaton, T L Larsen,
Robert Maple, A Cochran, T Han
ford, Mrs Armstrong. For Tacoma
M Gilkey. VIM Pumphrey and
daughter, W Laks. For Olympia
W Anderson and wife.
$40 Found. "A ten dollar note of
the Confederate States of America,
was found this morning near this
Office, and will be returned to the
owner on demand. The note is No.
25, 5,957. and is payable ''two years
after the ratification of q treaty of
peace between the Confederate
States and the United States of
America"
New SHoP.-M. Fl. Keiser has
opened a new carpenter and joiner
shop on Mill street near the black
smithshop of Chas. Mcdonald. He is
prepared to do general carpenter
and contract work, and raise and
move buildings See his new ad-
vertisement.
To SAIL. The Oregon Steamship
Co.'s steamship City of Chester will
sail from Portland for San Francisco
on Tuesday, February 9Th, at four
P. II. Passage can be obtained of
D. 7. Wheeler, Seattle agent. See
the new advertisement.
THE attention of the District
Court is occupied mainly in the
trial of civil suits.