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

'ho i"so va nino @po IN Sbt l. Duftt
boat seventeen years DID, made OF teak very roughly
anifhed. The cabin accommodation very poor, but
the bs makes up for all Deficiencies and with tea
and COFFEE 81 g. our breakfast at L. dinnee At and
ireshments IN the evening, all of good quality, well
cooked, have DO complaints TO make. schnapps and
liquors always on side table, tive part
ofthe coa to the Dutch passengers among
ofthe gentlemen met and from whom
and NJ. De Soh sugar planter; Mr.. Loudon who lakes
change II the tin mines 1T BuIton Island of Banca
lekasd os forty years pinse Henry brother of the
King Of Heapd, and Captain Fsbius der the
Dutch steamer Gedeh just arrived from Nangsski who
Ia tor Holland With the Dutch treaty just
executed BY the Emperor OF Japan and the Dutch Con-
missioner, have obtained much valuable Information
We have also on board the Lord Bishop OF Victoria
"a pleasant quiet man, who wishes to have slavery
abolished in the United states hopes thai Cuba will
b part of that extensive country aud beats
snockngly 1T chess. Captain Prince, commander,
bas been sixteen years in these wsters, and find
him most intelligent While doing the honors Of
the table, he conversed with the Belgian Consul in
French the Bishop In English spoke Dutch to his coun-
Jnen, and ordered the In Malay Our ste inner
is crowded with all kinds of men, and customs
party of Arab merchants have attracted the most at
eution. They very wealthy, and paii 5000 for
small portion of the cabin. Although cabin passengers
they keep aloof from Europeans, all budding
round their trunks and merchandise, on which
they sleep, eat and pray, under awning on
Deck dsdainng mix with the indels a. our end of
the boat. These singular costuned white robe
huge turbsn, sandal eeted, mcussched and whiskered
sons Of Mshomet-sre bound q pilgrimage to Mecca,
and certain hours they 60 of and wash themselves
and thea back pray 1t is unusual spectacle
Al arranged in row, with the chief stepbadvanced
in 'front.' they mutter their prayers kneeing standing
sitting, now touching their foreheads to the deck,
kissing the hand of the chief gestcuating in the
most unintelIigble manner again bowling their swarh
FORMS again rising; turning their faces upward and
then changing their position always oendipg-like the
forest trees under the westerly winds in the North
EDgland-towards the East, or, as they supposed to-
words Mecca and finally, kissing each others bands at
the tenedicton All this ceremony is being performed
among eli the different tribes who acknowledge shem as
their psternal ancestor, for it was
Shem's proud children reared the Assyrian piles,
While Hams scattered through lie Sandwich Isles
We have board lot Of Malay convicts, several
Chinese merchants, shipwrecked English sailors,
company Of native soldiers who proudly the uni
form, and many Of the islanders, al speaking and
teing their several languages. No wonder Tower
Babel rather suddenly npeded in its progress by
the sudden change in the workmen's syle converse
ton Rst.liug beans in tin tube, shaking shot
paseboard or talking with about tour at time
that stammer, will give You an idea OF the SQUAD.
Our Malay crew OF seventy are under the ssrany who
works them with hi5 ooatswain's whistle. pity the
captain who not understanding the language without
sarany, takes Malay crew. When giving some impor-
tant order to the men aio in the midst Of violent
squa the rri ability OF the captsin reaches It's height
to zee them all pouring down the shrouds to ssk him
what he said
! could rot get sight of the Arab women. They
en- beard closely yelled, and immediately
locked up in their staterooms The Arab children
beautifully formed with their large black eyes and regular
fha do fiat and
the little covering for the chest which stops where
the native covering usually commences.
We arrived at Mimic (named suppose after the British
Governor GENERALLY a. night. and early in tie morning
steamed for Rho, and then have no more stopping
places TIL We arrive at Singapore Bancl is noticeable
only for its tin mines: about COO tons annually
shipped from Mntc and it modern machinery intro
duced large quantities could be procured. The
the surface and is said he the known
There only twenty five European residents. The
mines worked by Chinese coolies, who brought
down tor sae. The straits OF BAnca about hun
gives fine view Of the long coast Of Sumatra. In
places the land is very low and you cannot
OF mountain scenery with foliage from base TO summit
beautiful green. Remember your excursion from
Kingston to Montreal and you will find q faint
baL OF the scenery Tor even here nave thou
ard islands.
Orr SINGAPORE, Dec. IA.
Our passage sgainst wind and tide, part of the way
night; leaving Batavia ct eight O'Clock the 11th,
arrived Mimic at O'Clock r. Ia the day; left
settlement with dozen Europeans At eight O'Clock A.
NJ Oh tho 18th, and here we are 81 Singapore in pas
sage Of eghty-two hours having stepped ten on the
miles. lave little Of note since leaving Batavia,
and do not think that can I'll up my page IN
you the latest dates from Japan. Captain Fabius
left EAngasa the 18th ut, where he has been for
about four menhs waiting to bring negotiations 70
before the rest OF the world but from what gather
the Dutch have atded another important link to their
stead of cam on and from their first foothod In the trade
IN 1911 obtained through their assistance driving out
the Jesuical timely aid the Japanese
have foIgotten-and doubt, had not the Dutch
resorted to M kinds OF chcanery at that early period
tryii oveTIeach the natives OF Niphon they would
not have bsd to dsbase and lower themselves 10 such
dsg1acefu manner as is wildly described by their own
writer's Baron Van Imhof and Nalanyu, in their
ceavoIs TO continue which early writer's have
ttd unted during period of sixty to 1671
between three hundred millions Of dollars the
profits whIch must have been enoi This M,
wen be called Their GOLDEN age Bribery and corruption
he psrt OF the Dutch factory erected at Nangssaki
1641 no doubt caused The sudden change OF policy
OF the Emperor for first stopping the silver, he after
wards shut up the gold mines, and then the Datch
Qra ia y reduced every few years most restricted
~, crcourse, aud had to submit TO insults which
Christian nation should have resented From gold to si
YER from silver copper, their trade 81 this time, 11G0,
their age Of bronze No doubt the loss OF the Island
Fornosa 1861 also lessensd tire respect which the
we're cut down rom eighty iupks 10 tventy. This
nation used 10 get twothnds OF the trade, leav-
ing one third for the Dutch. TIE English.
who tried to open commerce from 1916 to 1923
and again 1878 to 1882 could accomplish nothing,
AND the Esst India Company select committee repcrted
in 1892 that the CT small wou1 show
loss Of $3.50 GEO. Having squeezed toe Dutch down to
pooling trade, the varied little during
IL latter hat Of the past century, and II mot ne
resting TO lcok the account sales OF thu inward and
outward annual cargo at the companys a. Bata
via. In 1S04-5 invoice. amounting to s212 00o from
Java. consisting Of sugar rice, lin sapsu wood nutmegs
spices pig lead and pIns and cloths af err adding all
expenses, outfit, &C., cost laid down 1T Nangssaki,
$3.50 Geo. the loss which perfectly runeus, the
entire outward cargo only netting So? 000 But i
the return cargo OF copper and camphor which changed
the result of the voysge this realized 1886 OO0 giving
the company clear profit of half million OF dol
lars. In 1906 however. the Dutch ship did not do
WE'LL the cargo costing 1894 600 produced only 1868 600
thus ettrg but SIG, 000 Bot even this average the
Enelish did keep up, when the Dutch possessions in
the East fell into then hands from the French by frosty
for the accounts OF their voyage in 1872 made with
the same assorted produce OF Java, which cost them,
laid Gown sos O00 and sold at loss q 60 per cent and
Japsn eonrer. lbs. ...... .9O2, 452 s223, 727
Csmphor lbs 45,7S5
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