The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-05-16
ding boats for silver only The which this silver
demand exists and il thus given ssmiofcalys


II
This amount Of silver has been drawn from
nation which havng ule foreign commerce, has only its
intaranl supply IT, The looking out 81
silver" In 1888 had alarmed the government and II sought
70 stay H. La 1850 the number Of chests sold WI reach
CO. 000 worth SS6 000 be paid In silver The profits
on thsss sas Admitted officially be the sole Of
sustaining English sway in India In order sell opium
must Produced, and produced aaps labor thus
the lands surveyed aud allotted every years The ryot
than required plant poppy Whsn this Is nearly ripe.
tho compsnys agent nspects the fields. estimates the pro-
daos. and the ot Is required. pain Of sonfscason
and exile, deliver the quantity estimated price
chest Of 800 rupssssay sis6-frsd BY the gov~y~m<st
The opium procured b sold by the in Cal
average of 800 rupees. four much
allows is slaves This the system Of
slavery because the government, while robbing the opera
tive Of hisabor enters into obligation for his support bad
But this is the smallest part Of the diaboca
transaction. The OF opium the destructive
all Is. fact suicide take effect aioays witm
ten gears the last half OF which Is faught with suffering
and horrors which beggar description. When person be-
gins smoke he takes grains, and after lew years
reaches 300 grains The average Of all 10 IL grains day
chest weighs l25 70 lao which daa TO- 900 chests
supply 100000 souls This the number In 1872 This
year 10000 required. the number of smokers
having 600oOOo Admitting that the average life
10 prolonged years. then 100000 human beings,
many all the inhabitants Of the State Of South Carolina,
perish annually in the following manner
"Pieasurable ideas pass away They become
fainter and ainer, and at last give place 70 horrd
dreams and appalling pictures of death; spec,res q
fearful yisage haunt the mind the light which
seemed TO emanats from Heaven Is converted into the
6 ss b. sa
ipcessant Sickness vomiting, diaba, and total
of digestive functions and death finally relieves the
To stop these growing horrors and his people from
such hell, tho Emperor resored measures to
suppress the trades and sci zed IL chests worth $780,
CO., When the ruan ia command OF the English advised
him SELL that nobe-souled hsathen replied. Nothing
will induce derive from the vice and mis-
cry Of my people, and the "vile dirt" destroyed
But British bayonets errand OF "phlanthropy,"
compelled him only pay for that iorfeed opium
@zl, 100000, but refrain from nolesng the trade
consequently, whole hecatombs Of human beings are
annually immolsed Sustain British rule in India.
Not. only the markets destroyed by the drain of
treasure. but tho people also perishng. and the
United States have right insist that the
OF China in respect opium shall be enforced without
armed opposition of England The United States have
much interest in China in any other country, and
have dny % perform in projecting il from vassalage to
England.
The markets have been generally DOLL with the excep-
of cotton, which evnces increasing buoyancy The
from the South. ~ wen those from abroad.
have consped improve the rates, which half
over those Of last week. being follows
os sss va g. 90 MID Ma g AZ. sSs a,
S S.ss T. s's oa:... iss :n :is i:' i::
Flour quito firm. straight State 81 81 50; Michigan
4s Is : S5 So Rye flour, % % @s Corn NEAL S2 81
-. Wheat Is in fair demand, at lss 1874 cents Gen.
esse. Rye, 50 cents. delivered Barley, 62 Oats.
~ . Corn firm at g. 62a Genus. mixed
6si 81 cents. southern yellow. Pork is m-sales
msss, $40 81 $40 ~; prime, IS 6oa 50 n. Lard firm,
81 cents Whiskey, % . % cents.
Freighs better cotton 10 Liverpool 81. per bale
Money has continued quite easy, and 10 very abundant
In private hands. Perhaps there great q
number Of individual lenders now. The stock marke,
has fcs sound stocks, well supported and some
railroads, particularly Ere which has risen IL per cent
In % days. are improving. The quotations fol-
lows