We have received Manila papers to pulation.
March 7th. There appears to be a very undesirable increase to the population of Manila in the shape of a good many loafers, who are, we are told, looking for work only to avoid it. These gentry bring disrepute on the name of American, for to a Filipino every white man is an "Americano" or Gastila," as his knowledge of people and nations outside of Spain is very limited.
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