The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-09

tanning purposes with InstesI If the I'D fashioned
| way OF mate wnefs there much waite. 4, "a
passed through ny1rauc press whict terevs sseoty
] 1t IA lacktd Ia saany bags .. About picul sch.
Clutch also goes forward in limited quantities for cls
Hg apo printing purposes and Inoa ruooer has pail
| wsn, but t shsald be well felected ami cesn S3u b
America however comes in competition Tortoise sh,ll
would Dc if the West Indies don't feed ths MARKET Il
sometimes 70 slipped TIA il produced in ouXnllty,
ana has sod Se for years but Hohspd is always ready
TO tuppy ~ when our prices are very nsb GATbouss
neal must be very cheap to compete with Mexico Hon
dvras RstaIs M deer skins and rice ara smpcg
Carolina, relieve have through ms,s
OF the staples or productions which sold in she S,r
gapoie and Persng market for tbs American trade cos
American bu-ia.ss all in the hams of ew--rios.ly
Eastern n-but few ships come out on New Yo.k &C
count.
Singapore must eventually be the greatest ,is
emporium OF the East fo the products IT sit its nfgh
bors poured into is Tap; End here ships, 1t
Arjer after passing round both capes, contnusy met
When note the present coumerc5 0. tbs pert
hardly realise that about the close of Pr tdsat McLrse
Malay fishermen
One word en- Siam, ere the mall bag closes but
| ofstrgapore be reafter.
Like Japan Siam has locked her outes do,r s:om Tho
frst and in diplomacy should think them t-otnsrs
They have many things we want and have hing
for them - buy In RETURN but thus far with tbs
uoa ef their connection with the East India Company
what has bean oones And The company treaties
In the Twelve article treaty which he negotiated duag
early part the present has Gone tapg
soSrs ~ Ss United ss.
think In 1883, which the means Of completely shut
ting he trade for no American ship has ever loaded
there sfnceJ was total failure not inclined TO be.
eve that the British goys, will ont any
Boes'ier, as American Envoy tried to briog them
in 1850 but defeated Ard Sir j. Brook cid best
for Er gland When he sent out few months later
The British treaty just made will 60 into effect April
torhcomingwhich Is the ,2lSth year OF the Sawess
sb in
to GO up with the ambassador Mr. Harms &c sss
what he 90 with tina old rsjshs for the United States
but as he has not arrived as expected, by this boat
j. r. Logan in ms elaborate journal thess ecurtrs,
made up from authorities ] believe says eonething
about it, but EArl's work gives little information
The Westward 10 Boston clipper has jest paced
have and are continually passing with their living
eights The days Of the African slave sre shs
past save what the Brazilian aud Cuban traders nay 80
abolished when English coal ships Peruvsa con
vict huks, and American clippers, s hesng towards
of space occupied By poor devil Of Chinamau, WHO
thinks, when he receives dollar in hand to be spe "a
clothing and makes contract to work five years at IS
per monthly paying $50 for passage, With sn the
rice they want that he leaving purgstoey
for paradise But when his owner puts hicl to
the guano deposits, under the burning of the Chi
Read that horrible affair q the wa7erisy Boston sp
shuddsr think Of It, and chs nv very blood when
fancy pictures the baskened swolen forms of two hun
.
than the frozen sodiers OF Napoleon the
Niemen and at Slnclens the startling ho-re-s II hs
Backbo1e Of Calcutta.
Our Minister to China Or. Parker, and his a.ache Az
YOUNG AMERICA.
LONDON HorEI, SINGAPORE, Dec. Il, 1875.
Nor. About The Cooie Trade-Numd~rs Of An.r,ear PES.
ses Engaged in fsSGsiaicd' HisDry OF he Commerce
Of SUPERINTENDENT Budget for 1863 54--Tae Press
Of the kldnd--comm ucial Notes DC, dc.
have just matted four packages Of HERALD cor
respondence but could 40. pay the postage singapore
since which American captain has just arrived hsre
with passengers. from Swatow. Inc OtrAnts of sau
Francisco, lett that port the 18th staIt having
made fine down, vita favorable monsoon,
in eight days He chartered to bring down suga arc
two hundred and forty Cinnamon mot Coolies ana CAP
Hays has given me glance at this most unchlstlsn
trade, and but be surprised in these modern
times to notice the extent traffic than the slave
trade, because those engaged in it give another
American clippers daily leaving. The Westward Ho,
Hussey and Bald Eagle, Capt T1eadwel, of Boston, with
about 700 each have left the former Caao che latter
to Havana. The Australia and Bona Ventura (Chathaa)
with 400 each have gone 10 Havana; aud the Amelia, of
Boston has sailed with 600 tor Calao, while the War
Hawk, 900 clipper with 9o0 was loading for the
port and the Winged Racer, Of Boston Gorham
about to sail with 200 for Havana and several more
ships the way under charter. THIS viii show you
the extent Of this modern eightng business Nessrs
1aght Il Co. OF Swallow, and young American BY the
of Bradley who is connected with that house.
very active in getting of the Ships under Canton and
Hong Kong inatructons-the Peruvian Consul managing
greater portion of the contract papers. The British
government forbid that traffic from Q consular por-but
Swaow is out OF their jurisdiction. This port offers
good anchorage inside the island to shipping and Is
suats the rivee Han. Captain Hays says the exsmi
ucf< ,> -.
them of to the ship is too revoting for description
all men over tnrty-fvs years old, after they
have been stripped stark naked show the least sign OF dis
upon their persons rejected these poor
lures brought long way from the interior by ocrimps
OF their own nation-who get $40 for bringing down all
Of what they term healthy cattle turned ashore to
perish Of starvation OF die lingering death by exposure
Great numbers, says Captain Hays, along the
beach in this horrible state Perhaps he added they
far better Oft than those poor wretches who have
been led to suppoe they bound to tie golden regions
Of California or Australia or some pleasant island in the
China or Indian seas. The moment they are passed
ard get board the ship, they have the sulks
ard wants to go back but no, they had crossed the
or South America. Captain Gorhsm, of the Winged
Racer very much alarmed at the mutnous state OF
his cargo ana logged some sixty passengers one morn
ing When mutny is among them the captain credits
only the interpreter, or the who makes the fact
known This man, therefore, has the power to mis-
represent the feeling on board to occasion strict and
harsh measures, against which they RISE The most
danger arises before they the land the
boundess look Of and their respect for navigation
under kind treatment, will usually keep them In their
place. But since the affair of the Waverey and
two other mutined ships, the American shipmaser
but enter upon his voyage with the hvehest sense Of
dsnger
Through the courtesy Of Mr.. Woods the enter prsing
editor Of the Straits Times am able to add statistical
page to Singapore correspondence which your East
noian mercantile readers will lind interesting, it
ains the entire commercial transaction the colony
from its four dalton: Also statement bearing the
currency question. You aware that the East India
Company oesirous OF introducing the rupee and
fraction OF rupee instead CT the dollar and fraction OF
dollar. This movement meets with the NEST opposi
ton Of the merchants of Singapore and the statistics
which now add we're compiled by order of the public
meeting held at the Singapore the 18th Of
August last past
STATEMENT IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
SINGAPORE nrERyA DURING LAST
ONE OFFICIAL YEARS
Years Imports Erports. Gr0Rd Toll.
1854. ,465 202g5 2610 40
lS38-3i. 2G09,3T3 194S4if 3,9l874
lSa5-S6................ 16540s9 562S6i 1926 a5S
IS40-Il..............., 3lsS $40 267338l 1851 924
1886. 25 22T 2NSS12 6,252 U9o
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