CHINESE NOTES.
—No one seems to fear lest the Chinaman will die out. To allay apprehensions as to their over-swarming, Prof. S. Wells Williams, LL.D., for forty years an honored resident in the Flowery Kingdom, says:
Some fear that this country will be swamped altogether by this flood of aliens, but the 125,000 or so of Chinese now in this land, with few exceptions, all came from a small portion, two prefectures, of Kwangtung province. There is no probability of other parts of the empire joining in this emigration, for several reasons, one of which is the great differences in their dialects.
—Congressman Shelley, of Alabama, has introduced into the House a bill providing that, after January, 1879, all Chinamen coming here (except officially) from any country shall be taxed $250 per capita, or serve five years in the penitentiary!
—Over 300 Chinese have been received as members of the Protestant churches of California, and in addition there are 700 Chinamen in Christian associations for learning Christian doctrine; 750 Chinese attend the mission schools of San Francisco, and over 1,000 go to the Sunday-schools.
—Representative Page, in a letter to the President of the United States, writes:
I desire still further to state, that in California there is no division of opinion as to the evils of Chinese immigration, and I, therefore, on behalf of the people of that State, very respectfully suggest that you make this matter the subject of a special message to Congress when it convenes in January next.
—On the other hand, Mr. D. O. Miles, formerly of the Bank of California, says: