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process which is telling so heavily on the progress of California. There is no State in the Union, or for that matter in the world, which could have stood the drain to

which this state has been subjected so long. without something like collapse. After August 6th, 1882, and until August 6th. 1892, no Chinese laborers or artisans, with SCOTTS GALVANIC GENERATORS States. The Chinese question as a political the exceptions stated, can enter the United

factor will, therefore, be revived in 188S. and in 1892 the battle will have to be fought over again, but on a broader area than now. It may be, also, that amendments to the present hill will be required as we go along, which will serve to fan the agitation more or less briskly in the interval. If it should he found that there are loopholes in the present measure, neither Congress nor the President can refuse to stop them up. The purpose has been to grant the people of the Pacific Coast the relief which they have demanded, and not to deceive or cajole them."

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WE leam that His Excellency the Governor of Macao has carrical out his original Intention of paying a visit to fihanghai prior to returning to Macao. Messrs. Bastos and Hart-Milner, men bers of the Embassy, are expected here from

Yokohama on or about the 14th inst

The steamship lingon came out of Kowloos Dock this morning. The Oceanic will undock at

be placed in the vacant dock. The Germina Sam-shui-po early to-morrow, and the Messageries

the mail, will follow the Sindh. steamer Picciola, which has had to give place to

Maritimes Company's mail steamer Sindh will

IN 1881 there were 143 silk-weaving establish. ments, having 18,858 looms in operation, in France, and in Switzerland in 1880 there were 86 silk manufacturers, having 2,650 power-poms and 25,000 hand-looms. The Swiss figures for 1871 were: Manufacturers, 79; power-looms, 1,150; hand-jooms, 26,560. The ribbon production in

Basle in 1872 was estimated at 57,000,000 francs,

We have received, from Messrs. Kelly and Watsh in 1876 at 52,000,000 francs, in 1878 at 39,000,000 franes, and 1880 al 33,000,000 francs,

a sample bottle of their "Anti-Cockroach Varnish" for preventing the destruction of books This compound is expressly by cockroaches. prepared for the firm, and neither injures the binding of the books, nor produces the objection- ablesticky appearanceso commun to the majority of similar tecoctions. It is guaranteed to keep all books perfectly free from the attacks of cock roaches, which is indeed a very high recommen- Sodation in a climate where one's most valued treasures so frequently get completely ruined in recommend this "Anti-cockroach Varnish" to spite of the greatest care. We can confidently the attention of the public.

A SATISFACTORY decision, says Figaro, has just been given in a case where a landlord was sued for damages on the ground that he falsely re presented the drains in a house to be in good condition. The tenant, who had a family, asked the agent whether the drainage was good, and was assured that it was. His children, however, fell ill, and the illness was traced to defective

and a verdict was fraud for the plaintiff. Let sanitary arrangements. It was pleaded that the agent was not aware that the sewers were out of order, but it was ruled that this was no excuse,

householders take note.

As English Judge, according to Truth, is usually an oldish man, but a man at most points. Con- stant hard work on the Bench, following upon a career of vigorous struggling at the Dar, has kept the sinews of his mind braced, and maintained in him a certain amount of virility. But what is the average Irish Judge? He is a person who, having played a little at politics during his youth and maturity, has for the last ten, fifteea, or

leisure by dawdling through a few cases in the twenty years been amusing a bigdy remunerated

Four Courts during term time, then going away on circuit to receive a certain number of pairs of

ATTENTION is drawn in several French papers to the inequality in the salaries of diplomatic re- presentatives of the French Republic. As regards the Anibassadors, these range from 250,000 francs. which is assigned to the St. Petersburg post, to 60,000 francs, which is drawn by the French Minister in Switzerland. The London Ambas- sador gets 200,000 francs, the Vienna 170,000

80,000 to 32,000 francs- francs, and the Berlin 140,000 francs. There is likewise a considerable difference in the salaries of plenipotentiary Ministers. These vary from

We are told by the China Mail that Chiarini's

the Company will give a few performances before Circus is expected in a few days, and further, that proceeding south. We do not say that such will, the majority of Hongkongites can do very weli not be the case; we hope it will, as ourselves and

with quite another Sortnight of those capital per- formances served out to us by Signor Chiarini on so as the weather seems quite settled now, so far the occasion of his last visit here, more especially

as wet is concerned. However, we have no in-

them a treat and then being compelled to make tention of leading our clients astray, promising

some lameexcuse for their being disappointed. So far as is at present known, nothing has been before proceeding south. Mr. Chiarini's advance agent, the ever courteous Mr. Wilson, arrived.

Wong Arow, the European-dressed Chinaman, late keeper of a rattan-ware shop in Lyndhurst

trial to the Supreme Court on other charges, one Terrace, who bus already been commited for

for putting off an altered one dollar note as a $100 one, was further conunitted for trial this morning by Mr. Wodehouse on the additional charge of stealing two pieces of clothing and in inoney from a brothel in West Street. A FEW months since the workmen in the piano- forte manufactories of France struck for an ad vance of 20 per cent. in their wages, and the Under the bill as passed, four classes of manufacturera viehled. The result has proved FROM the news contained in the Reuter's tele-white kid, gloves, and talk a certain amount of decided about Chiarini giving performances here

as anticipated. Pianos made in Genwany are gram received in the colony this morning, it may soll in Paris at forty dollars less than the same be safety assumed that affairs in Egypt are ap-

British Admiral, namely, that the construction disregarded the conditions fail down by the

and arming of fortifications should cease, and the result has been an ultimature from Admiral Seymour, who is no doubt acting in conjunction

Chinese have the right to enter all the time. They are traders, teachers, students and

goxty-gondy political twaddle to the grand juries. He is over-pak, under-worked, and immensely

travellers. The treaty provided for the pianos made in France. Henry Herz, one of theproaching a crisis Arabi Bey appears to have puffed up with his position as one of the leaders here from Shanghai on Sunday last. It was his

admission of these classes, and the bill conforms to it. Each person belonging to any of these classes, before he can he taken on shipboard, must exhibit a certifi. cate from the Chinese Government, stating the name, date, official rank if any, the

with the French Admiral, to the effect that unless the forts are surrendered within twelve hours, the town will be bombarded. There can be little

usually garrulous, often querulous, okl woman, of what is called Dublin Society; in fact, he is a frequently, indeed, capable of giving very good advice to jurymen, but about is fit to act upon it himself, about as fit to bring in a capital verdict,

as he is to execute the sentence.

intention to visit Canton to-day for the purpose formances there, but at a late hour last night, of seeing what prospects there were of giving per sufficiently late for the China Mail to have been relegated to its proper and ultimate place, a

sanctuary which need not be named, we were in- formed by the gentleman in authority that no

It is requested that all communications rela- age, height and all physical peculiarities, have taken to the novel expedient of carting i doubt that Arabi Bey, who is secretly backed up ther she obeyed him. The chances are that she thing had been decided on about the Company he

and not to the Editor.

staff,

ing to Subscriptions, Advertisements, &c., be ad- the former or present occupation or pro- dresselte the "Manager, Hongkong Telegraph" | fession, and place of 'residence. There is Fetters on Falitorial matters to be sent in “The no very accurate definition of any of these Editor and not to individual members of the classes. A trader is a very indefinite sart Communications intended for publicatima ana ¦ of a term. For instance, a pranut vender be accompanied by the name and address of the might set up to be a trader. Besides, if a writers, not necessarily for publication; but as evidence of good faith.

man came to trade. lost his pretended Whilst the columns of the Hongkong Tele- | capital when he arrived, and had to take graph will always be open for the fair discussion

the Editor does not in any way hold himself res ponsible for opinions thus expresserl.

TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisers are requested to forward all notices intended for insertion in that day's issue not fater than THREE OLLOCK so as not to retard the early publication of the paper.

TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Arrangements have been made to publish The Hongkong Telegraph daily at 4 rat." "Sub- scribers in the central districts who do not receive at once communicating with the Manager.

their copies before FIVE O'CLOCK will oblige by ment itself. If that fact should ever be

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business, has withdrawn from the union, and the largest manufacturing houses in this branch of

workmen employed by him are talking of a co- operative manufactory, Tuxes as regards jinrickshas, are evidently looking up. Not content with carrying ox's en- trails in the two-wheelers, the enterprising drivers

damaged rickshas on the top of the serviceable ones. Yesterday a Sikh Constable spotted a movement of this sort in progress, and summored the driver for carrying goods in his jinricksha discharged the defendant, on the ground, we sup ather than personal effects, Captain Thomsel

pose, that it was on, not in the 'rickshátbe crippled two-wheeler was being carried. The coolie de- serves great credit for his locomotive ingenuity.

by the Sultan, who is, in turn, supported by several of the Great Powers, will show fight, and Pharaohs" is not in the hands of the British we shall be greatly surprised if the land of the

within the next six weeks.

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MEN seem to be hom to meet with accidents, whatever care they may take to avoid them; in the same fashion, we suppose, that those who

French journals of the other week. A workman, are bom to be drowned will never be banged, A striking illustration of this is given in the frightened by the violence of the gale, took re- fuge by lying down in a ditch at the side of the railway. Here at least he thought he was safe. shortly after he had taken up position, however, the telegraph poles were blown down by the the wires. While trying to free himself an ex- wind. The man was immediately entangled in

press train passed. The wheels of the engine caught the broken ends of the wires. One of these entwined round the body of the unfortunate quite dead, andt horribly mutilated before the workman and dragged him along until he was train could be brought to a standstill. Says the Rising Sun and Nagasaki Express

THE question now, says a contemporary, is whe

did not. The he in this case was an American who, wishing to leave home for a while, drew up the following code of rules for his wife's guidance: 1.-The lady was to speak to no one in a railway train, nor allow herself to be spoken to, except by the conductor and porter in discharge of their duty 2-She was not to sing or even sit in the parlour of the house to which she was going, ner

3-She was not to leave her mother, night or sing in her own room when any one not a mem- ber of her own immediate family was present.

day, for five minutes at a time, nor to go to walk or ride, even with her own brother, unless the mother also was present. 4-She was to make no calls, nor receive any, except from her brothers and their wives. 5.--She was to speak to no one whom she had known in the past, nor permit any one to be introduced to her; in case of an intro-

duction she was not to speak. 6-She was to write to her busband every night a full account of what she had done, where she had been, and with whom and to whom she had spoken during

has been recently sufficiently proved thatthe China represents giving performances in Hongkong. It faifs statement about Governor Hennessy's re- call in disgrace was a deliberate and unfounded lic. There is just as much truth in the statement that Signor Chiarini has decided on giving perform. ances here before proceeding south. So far as the latter is concerned, nothing definite bas, as yet, been settled. The special organ of the mis- Point árin, should endeavour to stick slightly to sionaries and mouthpiece of the bumptious East

the truth, otherwise, one of these days the weak kneed individual who so complacently plics the scissors and paste brash in the sanctum in lower Wyndham Street may get such a side winder as will astonish even his classic conscience.

by correspondents of all questions affecting public to some other employment, what is goingWe are in a position to state on the best autho mcrest, it must be distinctly understand that be done with him? Difficulties of a likerity that the Patent Slip at Kowloon will be character may be stated in relation to the opened on Saturday first. This slip, well known other classes, if any organized system of for many years in connection with the enterprise evasion should be started. But we are not of the late Captain G. N. Sands, was transported going to borrow any trouble on that score. from Lap-sap-wan to Kowloon a few months If any scheme is hatched to defeat the law. ago, when the Dock Company disposed of their we think our people will know how to deal West Point property, and has been erected in a most convenient place adjacent to the Kowkon with it. One thing is very apparent. that

WE must confess we are more than astonished Docks, where it will no doubt prove of immens

at the proceedings which took place yes- no effort can be made to render the law

service to the Company, as well as to the ship-

terday in the Giebler versus Pereira assault | nugatory in thesu particulars without the

case, and have no hesitation in saying corrupt connivance of the Chinese Govern-

ping interests of the Colony. We intend paying

that whoever counselled such a course as be able to add something to the above remarks.

aut, las by no means reied for the credit a visit to Kowloon on Saturday, when we may

that pursued on the side of the complain- Two coelies, a hawker, a cock, a servant and a tailor were up this morning before Captain Thom-

either of Father Giebler or the Order to which he belongs. A most impudent assault by a Por- sett charged with fighting and creating a distur

tuguese youth is committed in the private house bance in the public street, the two coolies being

of the 1st instant :-We have this week to record onc disastrous result of the recent foggy weather,

of the Roman Catholic Mission upon an old farther charged with assauking the head-coolie

grey-haired man, a priest. The evidence for the which for a number of days was a source of belonging in the Ordnance Store Department. anxiety and danger to mariners around the coast.

complainant fully, we think, establishes the The latter, it would appear, tried to separate one of the coolies and the hawker, who were fighting Francisco, 517 tons register, commanded by viewed a tailor for whom Mr. Oscar Wilde has The American barque Benjamin Aymar, of San

charge, and just as the defence is entered upon, A REPORTER of a New York paper has inter-

the counsel for the prosecution throws up the when the coolic beat him and got the second Captain Mott, and owned by the Shanghai Ship-

sponge, and intimates that if an apology be coolic and others to set on him with poles, cutting owners Association, has become a total wreck.planned and furnished the drawings for two

tendered by the defendant it would, no doubt, be his head and subjecting him to violent ill treat whilst on the voyage from Shanghai, in ballast, ment. The cook, servant, and tailor were arrested bound to Kuchinotsu, for a cargo of coal. She

costumes, which are intended as specimens of accepted. Not only that, but the defendant's the "caming garb." The fortunate "artist" who solicitor coolly said that,if Father Giebler apolo for calling out "tah" as the others were being left Shangbai on the 16th uit., and experiencea Well, I am making two suits for Mr. Wilde ac- apologize for what he did; and it was only on the has been entrusted with this commission said:gized first to the defendant, his client would also extremely dense fog throughout, nothing having cording to his order and drawings, one to be of suggestion of the Magistrate that the first apology

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established, we shall occupy a stronger grouml than ever in dealing with the ques tion when it comes up again.

The bill being signed, the struggle for the future is, beyond doubt, going to be a Hosokost, TrESDAY, JULY 11, 1882.

much easier one,

It was a hard tussle for three little States on the extreme eilge of Tax President having signed the Anti-] the Republie to pull up by the- ropts, on Chinese hill, no Chinese laborer or artisan the other side of the mountains, a lot of can lawfully enter the ports of the United | old notions which had become consecrated States after the 6th of August next, who by time. It was no light work to make has not lasen in this country at some former ninds which are always struggling for a time. But how many of them, says the resting place perceive that out here the San Francisco Balletin, will succeed in conditions upon which these notions were landing before that date is merely a mat- founded were wholly different. Success ter of conjecture. There is authority for did not attend our efforts in all directions the estimate that a number equal to that in this very difficult process. New Eng- of the Chinamen in the State at the taking land appeared to be the most stubborn of the last census, will have forced their section with which we had to deal. It was way through the tiolden Gate. In round two opinionated to accept the law from " numbers.'in 1880 there were 105.000 Chi- | what it no doubt regards as Western bar- nese in the United States. Of these, 75.000 barism. But if the universal brotherhood were in California, the remaining 30,000 notion, which, when freely translated, living scattered over the Union. But the means increased dividends by the intro- great bulk of them was to be found in the duction of cheap labor, has not been torn Pacific Territories. In small squads they up in mill-owning circles, the roots, at have besides effected a lodgment in every least, have been very well loosened in the Stato in the Union but'two. But one grave minds of the masses, who, by the general question for us is the probable destination discussion which has been forcal, have

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conveyed to the station. The two coolies were sentenced to 14 days', and the others to seven days' hard labour cach,

A FossILIZED idea prevails amongst a certain class of journalists (?) that the desideratum in a writer for the press is the ability to make a ship's hawser out of a piece of string-we use the ex- pression figuratively. Our contemporaries the Wyndham Street oracles, appear to be believers in the above theory, if we are to judge from the of newspapers, the China Stail and Daily Press, accounts which graced the pages of those marvels

of the averted faction fight which, we are told, was stopped by the prompt action of Inspector Corcoran and his party. A veritable mountain has been made put of a very diminutive mole bill. If the accounts referred to are within some hundreds of miles of the truth, we

coran acted in a manner that reflects little credit on his lengthy experience as a policeman and preserver of the pulilic peace. The first duties of a policeman are very clearly laid down, and are, to put the matter plainly, to prevent crimes being committed. We are told that the Inspector when

been sighted since leaving part, to ascertain the exact position of the ship, until about 3 a.m. on

the day. Instead of obeying these rules the good lady has filed a petition for divorce, 'alleging that these roles form a sufficient ground of grievance. Had the framer of these regulations been a wise man he would have simply said, "Be a good pet, ducky," and then gone on his way rejoicing, He would have had equally good security.

of the 73 000 in excess of the usual move been brought to sue the real dangers of i ate much inclined to think that Inspector Cor- the hull realising $849, and the sails, spars, rapes, mousseline de soir. Around the neck is also a

the situation.

TELEGRAMS.

etc., eic,, about the same amount.

ACCORDING to the San Francisco Chronicle :--- Oscar Wilde, in lecturing to the people of New York after his return from this coast, said that of all the American localities which he had visited,

LONDON, 10th July. EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS ansia, Admiral Seymour has demanded the sur-members of the force) armed his men and pre-in them more bright colour and picturesque The armaments having been resumed at Alex- and unnicaaingless term so often used by the cipal reasons for the preference being that he saw he heard of the affair (information received, vague he preferred California and Colorado, his prin-

render of the forts within twelve hours. "All the Consuls are allont.

ment which is likely to be precipitated on us before the hars are put up.

Arguing from generalprinciples, it would' seem that they cannot remain in California. There were 30 000 outside of the limits of the State in 1880. only because the parties who own them could not find profitable employment for them there. They have, therefore, been forced to send them to points where the gleanings are not quite so rich. For the time being large numbers LOCAL AND GENERAL. of them will be absorbed by the railroads which are being pushed forward north Tus visitors to the City Hall Muscum for the and south. What is to become of them week ended 9th July, were-European, 161; afterwards none.but the Six Chinese Com Chinese, 2,545 ton), 2,706. panies can tell. Not being free agents, they cannot settle down along the high- way which they have aided in constructing, All that can be said is that they will be moved to the point where the most can be made out of them until their period of ser- vice expires. If the 75,000 who are likely to be landed before the suspension com mences were to remain in California, the Chinese and white male adults would stand nearly man to man, The new horde would displace an equal number of whites in course of time, But the probability is, as already stated, that they will be trans- ferred alsowhere. Their sojourn would bring down the profits of the Chinese already here, for the cutting under would have to be more severe than ever to secure a place for them.

THERE will be a regular meeting of Lodge St Jobs, No. 618 S. C. at Freemasons Hall, Zet- land Street, en Friday evening next, at 8 o'clock, for 8.30 precisely, Visiting brethern will, as usual, be fraternally welcomed. THIS morning the dead body of a Chinese male child, two years of age, was found by a Chinese constable in the Water off Praya West, and was sent to the Civil Hospital, Death is supposed to have resulted from drowning. An inquest has been ordered for this afternoon.. Two confederates, a tinsmith and a gardener, were arrested yesterday in Jervois Street by a Chinese constable in plain clothes while en deavouring to induce a Chin Chu man to purchase a ring as good gold which was but bad brass. The tinsmith offered the ring for sale, while the gardener tried to persuade the Chin Chaman to buy it, affirming it to be composed of the labor each rewarded the cunning ones' unsuc- genuine precious metal. Three months' hard cessful efforts to do the Chin Chu man in the

The chances are that Western Texas, Colorado, Nebraska, perhaps Kansas and Illinois. will be subjected to the foraging optle.

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afraid to meet the defence, or the cross-summons, the latter being for an assault, consisting in the alleged knocking off of the defendant's hat by the can imaginethatadesire for peace, and not to seein complainant, a very trivial charge at the worst. We

vindictive or revengeful, may have in a great casure prompted yesterday's proceedings on the prosecution side, but we conceive a forgiving spirit would have been best exhibited after all the evidence on both sides had been taken, The defendant's conviction was all but cer tain, and by entreating a light sentence or an entire remission of punishment-not that the de fendant deserves either the one or the other, quite thereverse-Father Giebler would have come out of the affair with honer, instead of, as now, with very small credit. Assuming that the rev. gentleman actually did knock off the defendant's hat as is alleged, what then? To our mind he would have been perfectly justified had he resorted to much stronger measures toward one who had the extremo rudeness and ill-breeding to waylay the gentle. man in his private residence as he was descend. ing from his room to breakfast, and to accost-hius in an insolent and threatening manner with a de.

and for satisfaction.

the morning of Thursday, the zzad, when land

black velvet and the other to be of the shade of would come with propriety from the defendant, a lake glistening in the moonlight. The shade

that any other terms were agreed to. was discerned close ahead, and immediately.

is called couleur du lac an dair de la lune."

view of the opening statement of complainant's afterwards she grounded on what proved to be a

This explanation seemed perfectly satisfactory,

counsel that should he prove his case he would spit running out from the northern end of the

but rather general; and the artist was asked for ask for a severe punishment on the defendant, north-west side of the island of Amakusa, about

details. These the artist gave. He said that yesterday's proceedings exhibited indeed a two miles to the southward of the town of To- there were two suits, one black and the other marvellous bound from the sublime to the ridicul- micka. All efforts at the time to float her were mouse colour. The black sult has a plain black ous, and are calculated to place Father Giebler steam tug was obtained from Kuchinotsu to utterly unavailing, and later on, the same day, a

velvet doublet filling tight to the body, without before the public in anything but a favorable any visible buttons, after the style of Francis Light; for it is now freely said that the priest was render assistance, but with no better result. The

the lower part of the sleeves being of enibossed following day, Friday, the weather was very

velvet, with embroidered field-tower designs and boisterous, the sea causing her to bump and fitting light to the arm.

The upper part of the damage herself to such an extent that all hopes only of a larger pattern, and the body of plain arm is to be in large puffs of the same material, of saving her were abandoned. The wreck wast disposed of by public auction yesterday morning, velvet. The sleeves are of two designs of bro- caded velvet edged with a delicate ruffle of

narrow frill in three rows of the same material as that which edges the sleeves. The breeches are to come to the knee and to be tight filing, with two small buttons at the bottom. The stockings are to be of black silk, and the shoes

SENATOR Hoar, of Massachusetts, according to cut low and secured with a silver buckle.

a San Francisco contemporary, attributes the opposition to Chinese to race prejudice. He declares that "this legislation, which inflicts a blow at men because of their color or their skin, would be a cause for deep repentence to the American people." It is somewhat strange that a man with intelligence enough to sit in the Senate without becoming absolutely ridiculous should make such a mistake. There is nothing in the arguments used in the Senate or by the

Senator Hoar has come to. There is no race (he is quite big and strong enough to have done so), our way of thinking, he would have taken the anti-Chinese Press which warrants the conclusion valiant, high-souled youth by the scruff of the neck prejudice whatever in the matter. The Chinese thrown him across his knee, face downwards, and present a system of labor which resembles humiliating punishment generally given by are objected to as immigrants because they re-

treated him to a practical experience of the slavery, and because that system has reduced strong minded mothers to unruly children. That, them to a deplorable social condition. The only we apprehend, would have been the correct way way we can protect our people from the same social degradation is to refuse the Chinese the the mark) of such as the defendant. We repeat to have satisfied the wounded honor (God bless privilege to live and labor in this country. If we working classes, the inevitable result will be the mitted upon Father Giebler has not occurred in the permit them to come here, and compete with our

what we wrote in our issue of 3rd instant, that a more contemptible assault than that coni- lowering of our social condition to a level with history of the Colony; and we consider that result of the ability to live cheaply, and in times into Court at all, should have been carried throug the Chinese. The ability to labor cheaply is the the case was pretminently one that, if brough of distress. the cheapest liver will get all the to the end, One thing it will have shewn the work. We do not consider it possible for a man public, that there is a certain class in the Colony of average intelligence to put forth with sincerity who, to judge by their assiduous attendance at the argument attributed to Mr. Hoar. He has Church, would seem to be models of Catholic been told time and time again on what grounds piety, but who, nevertheless, have about as much the Chinese; and if he does not now know it, it of his celebrated letters to the Duke of Bedford, the people of California base their objections to

true religion as the animal familiarly known as the pig. With them, as “Junius" observed in one is because he is determiner not to learn it. #prayers are morals, and kneeling is religion,"

pared for the forthcoming fray. Now we contend costume. The Colorado miners enslaved his that Inspector Corcoran's duty was to at once fancy, their slouched hats being too utterly beauti. take action in the matter and see that no row ful for expression, and their dress Inexpressibly took place, instead of waiting until actual war- brilliant and charming. He advised them not to fare had commenced. We are told that the change them should they ever go to New York object of the Society men was to lure the salt for the absurd conventional apparel of civilized smugglers on shore, and then lead thein gradually life. It seemed unutturably sad to him that some towards the hills where bundles of bamboos time when they had made their pile they might (fourteen to the bundle) were placed on the do otherwise, and inflict a serious injury on the hillside ready for use, while a ninth man was noble cause of art. He was also saddened by thic fan waver, who was found to be the leader, was tained from the mines would be coined Into the seen to guide the crowd by waving his fan. The thought that the beautiful silver which they ob arrested in a barber's shop, where three fighting big, ugly dollars which play so important a part fighting irons and a dagger found in a barber's San Francisco he found "most interesting." In irons and a dagger were found. Ye gods! three in American commerce. The Chinese quarter in shop. What next? An armed party of some six his opinion it had "a decided artistic value," hundred, each waiting his particular turn for a go which Congress should consider in discussing the in with the fighting irons and dagger on the bodies Chinese question. The quarter is full of "artistic of the romantic salt smugglers. We are further motives," and at the two Chinese theatres every informed that the gallant Inspector sent out his actor is "nobly and beautifully attired, and their should advise him to send out his amah the next the end of this division of his discourse; "I learned cook to do the scouting part of the campaign. We plays are pageants." Says Oscar, jestingly, at time he is anxious for information received many things from the Chinese." Doubtless he before the magistrate were let out in two sureties and if he improves his opportunities, will be able The fact that the nine defendants brought up did; to fresh a young man has much to leam, of gro cach, will at once shew that the seriousness to increase his slender fund of information, even of the so-called riot existed only in the wondrous from those dens of vice and debauchery to which imaginations of the artistes of the Maudler and he is said to have been taken by his intimates Muffin Wrap, and that the community of Hong-white in this city. He is becoming an unconscious kong may rest easy in the full knowledge that humorist, whose sayings are a perpetual delight very mild members of society when the case again realized by himself, between their real and their the six hundred desperadoes will turn out to be and surprise on account of the difference, not

comes before the nugistrate.

intended meaning.

Were Father.Clebler of