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The absurdity and wickedness of the persecution of the Chinese in California, is thus shown by Charles W. Slack in the Commonwealth.
Facts like these are worth more than abstract arguments. ‘‘We met Mr. Charles Arshowe, the well- known tea dealer, at the Mechanic's
Exhibition, the other evening, with his two ac- complished daughters, all greatly interested in the various exhibits. Mr. Arshowe has been
with us thirty years. He was one of first, if not the very first, Chinaman to engage in business in Boston. He was industrious, respectful
and patient, and he prospered. In time he married a worthy German lady, and a beautiful family grew up around him. He settled down
in Maplewood, Malden, where he has a fine estate. His first sorrow came with the death of his wife, not long since. His daughters
have been finely educated, and are the ornaments of their society. Is not all this creditable to our institutions and a burning rebuke
to such blatherskites as Kearney, who rant that ‘‘the Chinese must go?” By the way, Mr. Arshowe is to leave his home on the fifteenth
inst., and will sail from New York, Nov. 1st, for China, to be absent until July of next year. This is his first visit to his native land since
he came to Boston, and the trip is made for business, pleasure and health combined. He will return by way of San Francisco,
coming over the Union Pacific Railroad. The business ventures of Mr, Arshowe have needed partners, and he has had no
difficulty in finding intelligent Americans willing to share with him comfortable profits.