New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-10


NJ Crsmntop January 9, 1852, brought the case
20 Mr. W.bster's attention. and spoke OF IL as .
n.,t IF f., .system- which had been for some "me
nr,c,ic.d by passengers in United eta'es ts'o,s
launching AT Jamaica. The matter seems no' W
have been pressed, but the Consul at Norfolk WIS
shorti after changed. A.. ro..t
IL re52 the United States squadron on the Ovs''
of Africa cent home for trial, as sla'ei'' 'A'
.cbooners Advance and j. +. Brown'
In January. 1853, information was 'aid oeioro
tho State Depsrtment that the Silenus Oh New
YORK an American brig, had two months "1 T'e
.h;nn.S 6OU slayes and the schooner Gen. lie MAID
OF bsitiu ore, had shipped 3oo-sapPoseo des'ina'
In April. 1853, the bark. last sailing from New;
York. had shipped and landed In CUBA oOo 0olS'
negroes. .,,orr.ad that
the slave trade had ceased on the Brazilian coast
.ince the epd of 1852, but that many American
vessels were believed to be engaged IN IL Win Cuoa'
He named the vessels Lady Suffolk Glamorgan
and Milanden. as having been watched ana de-
taine6. D.u.a.I
pbia landed 400 slaves at Ortlgoss, Cuoa, ano was
captured after the discharge OF tne caiso ~
Spanish yeeselOf war. :, p::.I
ON october IL, 1854. Mr.. Crawford, br1isn
Consul at Havana, reported as follows: .
Almost all the slave expeditions for some time past
hav. beer fit ed ont in the uu'ed ate coleny a.
New York, where there must De Souie ESQ s.d
sLip. OF ouitttirg, carpenters or ou,ue's ya',,,
an, cslly uro. n akI such business tor the siy
On April 2s. 1856, Mr.. Crampton adyned Mr.
Marcy that on the Goth January, 1870, the Amer,
cal schooner Mary +. Smith, OF New.Orleahs' nau
been brought into Bahia, Brazil, with cargo OF
3s7 slaves. The schooner was OF l22 tuns ourden.
Five hundred slaves had been crammed into her
on The coast of v hom I33 had died on the passage.
and O. after her capture. OF the remainder, 10
died after landing and lO6 more were sent 10 tue
Hospital From the examination OF this case, iour
more American vessels were expected with slaves
On april 10. 1852, very interesting dispstch
was seLt rom Consul Kent at Rio to MI "eoster'
upon the Slave trade and the means OF Its eXtirpa-
ton. .
On January %, 1853. Mr.. Kent to Mr. Everett
describes the case of the schooner Camargo which
brought SEQ negroes from the east Coast OF Africa
ard safely landed them in Brazil.
On February ~. 1856 Mr.. Parker, Minister In
China, writes to Mr.. Marcy that the following
shipments of Coolies hao been made during the
wear 1855 from Swotow, an illegal port even for
legal trade:
shiy. Tonnage Cools Ships TuIDss' C,0 ,ss
American. 6.5s2 $3.50 Peruvian 1850 i.I1o
6 e55,;s 'ss5 is Sc ro,.l..a la77s s.ss'
The Minister had learned that from ls45 to 1852
there were in ported into Guiana and Trinidad
l. 80 male Coolies. January "a, 1856, Mr. Mug
ford Notified Mr. Parker that he was the agent for
d Shipping firm in the United states who mad
made a contract with the Brazilian GoVelnmens
for shipping g 600 Chinese, and that part of them
bad been shipped. but said firm had subsequently
ordered him to discontinue the business If not
strictly legal and moral
A s'prOclamatiUn issued by the Scholars and
Merchants of Annoy" warning the people
against the barbarsns who should seek to inveigle
them into the Cody ships, thus describes the
treatment they may expect:
THE men beiLg inveigled to barbarian houses ana
ships are pubhcy solS When once among them
they carnot understand their gibbersh, and they are
kent in clo+e confinement. They may impore Heaven,
ard their tears may wet the earth but their complaints
are uttered in vain. When carried TO the barb srian
re-. oI g. day and light they mpeed to labor with
out intervals even for sleep. To advance or retreat
equally impossible to them; death is their s'e re-
Mf TN.
"Moreoyer they can transmit or receive no intei. |
gence none kI whether they be alive or dead and
II be ars Of their parents and faies are torn S'h
anxiety The sion OF their families Is cue on an
;piu,x for which nothing can atone. Ala thUse whO
living were denz,ns e the central howery county,
de 40 their ghosts waretr in strange lands u azne
Heaven above in this way are destroyed our ghteous
people, "
A Chinese circular against this practice OF de-
pOrtstiOn states that ut Macao five baraco0ns,
called pig pens were established for the reception
OF the deludtd persons to be conveyed on the
Cody ships; that persons were PAID 80 per he,d
for bringing them in and that when carried aboard
the barbaraDs cut some OF them up for hsh bait
aid sold the rest for 800 apiece. The writer
ccDgratulatts himself, however that some OF them
were rebels, and ought to have been decapitated.
On Nov 9, 1855, the Consul at Manila, Phillip
pine Islands, describes the fearful tragedy that
occurred on board the Waverley. This ship sailed
from SwataO for CallaO, Peru, with $50 Coolies,
25tb October, 1855. The captain died at sea, and
the ate put into Manila The Chinese, suppOsing
that they Ind arrived at their place of destination
atten pied to leave the vessel, were fired ON by
the officers and crew and driven below. The
patches were closed upon them, and on opening
them twelve OF fourteen hours afterward, nearly
800 Chinese were found to have died from suifoca
ton.
On March 81, 1852, the Robert Bovine left
Annoy with $50 Chinese for San Francisco. These
passengers becoming too filthy for the health and
safety of themselves and crew the Captain ordered
their tails to be cut of, and their bodies to be
washed in sea alter. On the Seth March the loss
of their pig tails impeled the Chinese to murder
the Captain and six Of the officers and crew. The
vessel as taken into FOrmOza. One hundred of the
coolies, or me re, were handed to the Chinese
Government, and about forty committed suicide
the rest died of starvation or by other means In
the negotiations upon this tragedy, Pigh aud Sen
delivered to Mr. Parker the following contentious
spOtbegm
LII the management Of business it Ia necessary to
adjust it reasonably in establshirg discussions It is
important tn aoh.ie to equity. Not to adjust
b, TO injustice; not TO adhere to equity
TO psrtialty; and how under heaven. harbovng par.
sl and unjust views, is It possible to manage bust
uess"
On the 10Th Of January, 1856, Mr.. Parker ad-
dressed pubic notification to all concerned calling
upon all citizens of the United States to desst from
this irregular and immoral traffic.
The following are the public representations on