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

sc-i say when yoU think of y7ur e0mforts and 10y
rents ct ths Java Hotel in Batavia then ees,ce
the yoG,e and confusion The Iona,a you will
come - The conclusion that in thit a. java and
Singapore widely de emit The Adeiphi u no oetter
and belle vs. 10 now turned inio boarding aud
cannot see what il young Marryat noticed that
WAS worth recommending when ne published raw years
since, that very stupid book Borneo ant the lncau
characters.
But enough Of this-for why lose my nper whstl
cannot remedy, unless it is END enter
prfsing American to out aud estab ish hotel wor
NV 0,so mas cty as SINGAPORE. Thee Is money 70 !ns
OF the entils commerce OF the Eastthe hal, way house
between Calcutta and chiIa and hs rendezvous OF all
the Dutch bauri home-for doubt much whether they
get On all line direct from Holland to Java for many
years.
sir Stamford Rallies showed his good judgment and
good whsn be energeticaiy, HIS resppn
sibty established the colony in 1873 (which the Br
tish would Wedge for some thr
years account Of the Iemonstiances OF the Dutch
who saw powerful rival ia commerce springing up
their own door. as sentinel of Engand watch the
movements At the Dutch Fast India Company making
singapore trse port; for here you have trade
realty no taxes on shipping potage, import ani
export tariff, nothing but trhing charge light dues
was at loss 10 where the revenue came from but
when IismembeI that the celebrated opium farmer pays
Sle 900 INC nth o! $3.50 600 year, the privilege Of
relating this Intoxicating drug the natives
where part o. II is derived This privilege is sod
Dusly a. suc'i,n, TO 'hs highest eidcsr, bus Joon
and Notwithstanding the enormous government tax, h.
mas made immense fortune out Of it, extensively
to purchs Il He also pays some IS per yea. for
ssliDg spirits, which gives him the monopoly Of both
govttnr ent also get some $40 600 par annum quit
rent, as il is called and derive something from the
planters The island, about sixty miles in crcumsr
and Singapore is well placed to command splendid
coastng and oregn trade Our view from the verandsh
upon the mountain in the rear OF the town. Is most pic
turesqus F.om this latter, more especially you have
The horse shoe resembling haror where the ships Of al
nations and svsry flag from the symmetrical model If
Mckay 10 that combination Of the ark, the Mississippi
fiat tee oil fashioned co ton tub and the Venetian
bsrye-a tbnese junk, which Captain Kelly showed the
travelling citizens OF New York for the Arst time;
and occasoned that shrewd remark of the Widow Par
tipgton. shat more money would be made bv taking
over all China ut once nstead of bringing i. junks
You also have the city and the distant mountain range
and cultivated hills and plains-tne intersperssd
with Irregular build ings-windpg rivers into
canals that run aongsde the g'.downs to receive the
produce into the fiat boats while the other Is With
nutmeg and spice trees and the richest beauties OF
tropics.
The rides about the cy are most delightful and the
bamboo and rattan fence I'LL the eye with ybeaaty.
My excursion 70 Captain MarshaJ's beautiful residence
near the gncent buildings erected by the steam
company which he has long been connected with
and the Inspection OF the grounds over which fly the
flag of the Peninsuar and Oriental Company will not
hastily be forgotten Our sayds drove directly through
and about the several streets of the town. across the Sc
vera! bridges, around the espsnade where the native
band enteItap The elite Saturday afternoon With
martial music by the downs, to the Chi
nese burial ground singuiai different from other
tns where the shape of the resembied the saxon
letter L, Omega of the Greek alphabetpaseG the
MalAy Naspny ground wnere these DARK beggarS tear
your clothes pieces under the plea OF getting them
ceanked-we arrived ct the steam wharf which five
years age WIS marsh, but is covered with the
most cApscous accommodations which this company pos
this SIDE OF The coal sheds have at pre-
sent about 1000 tons ready for use, and the store
houses machine shop the sail loft the rooms
the pers and the ,ge amount ofground do not
apLear to have cost so little as $780, 600.
There are but few mercaDcle houses in the place,
and those-some twenty five or thirty aH-have
been established for many years. and most Of
which are doing an extensive business. But for
Americans Messrs. Bous.ed & Co., however, have
large American trade and manage their business well
believe that the European population will not exceed
bali and half whose color plainly shows The off pring Of
the native mother and the European father At Maacca
the Portuguese and Dutch have married and
80 long that the European blood In that district IS de-
generated as aim ost to be entirely lost.
presume tne naive popuSnon WIZ amount to soooo
nations have supplied the balance. Bugis, Javanese,
Arabs and Cares Parsees Ber gaIess and Maays Kings
ing their busines-al dressed according to the
toms OF their country. believe that seventeen
the swsImpg streets of engapore to say nothing
Vulnerable dialects branching out OF the whole. ...
Dr. hHyan French Who n has just published
tie Mslsys says the Chinese portion Of the town s
noticed BY its 'strorg appearance think he should
have saia BY is strong smell tor certainly the odor is
most ofensvs to those not accustomed to it, Many of
the Chinefe merchants are immensely wealthy Wampon
o the Wiz % ass The s sss
steadily up the LADDER Of wealth til bis riches make
him noted. The Malays bring In their produce and sell
to the Chns man. and the Chinaman sells to the mer.
chant who nils the orders which the mail has brought
poyed The pydh,s Of all the islands round about are
pouring in ut oil seasons but the Chinese traders
annually about Christmas time and then such excite
ment The junks are surrounded by hundreds Of hosta
all anxious to trade and meet their fiends but tho
decline to sell talk business TILL with praise
worthy trait observed for ages they have vs
nd
hours vt the Joss house in prayer Singapore Penang
and MsaccA the dependencies over which Governor
Bundel last succeeded Governor Butter WORTH
who was eleven years in ofice) presdes He however,
takes bis orders from the General Of India and
these possessors they only expense and would
bsnds. - ~ f' s'''''--'''' '~-' 'A'A' =" ''''
Ten years after the settlement, the export and import
.r ed tn S22 0O0 O00 b seven years later lin
1880 fell of to $l4 900 O0o Nowit is $4,000;
but the state statistics are two years in the background
For long time, early years. the Americans had the
cream Of the native trade among the several islands
When pirates infested the coast and shot out from every
point upon the unssspcous vessel nation SAFE
1t must te thirty years since the friendship,
1870 they got the Eclipse. TIE American men-of war
sent out st that time to blow The about the heads
Of the robbers may have done some good because the
thing little can 90 done BY destroying the poor fisher
men, when the princes and rsjaha and their wealthy
mountains the moment they are visited BY salute How
lorg is ii since rsjah on the Sumatra coast took
fancy to the wife CT an English captain who fooishly
took her ashore and carried her away his palace and
refused to give her up but notified the ship and her
husband that the first shot fred upon the village wou Id
be the to put the kris through the body OF his
wife, He kept his word The village destroyed bat
the frat shot fired drew the life from the heart OF his
wife. Romantic and true
Spanish dollars in rho hands of the enterprsng
chants OF Salemwho entrusted their to their
still more loDgheaded captains whose natural iaots of
observation and tact for long time has been the
Of giving America so large portion of this trade
these shipmasters perfectly familiar with
their business, know foreign markets, understand
supply and demand and the art Of treating with the
and carry in their head the whole history OF these
islands, and the ports where you exchange buy
sell.
Most of the American business Ia the Indian islands Is
dore wit documentary bills !" under letters of edit
from Brown Shtpey Il Co. and Barring Brothers Co.
The captain agent draws at six months sight
as cargo bss been collected, packed up sto we'd
board aud bills Of Isding signed, and then the drafts go
forward the scceptors secured ybu of ladng, The
back q wheh the invoices endorsed. A the mail
going through 70 England Is two months, the