The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-17

The coolies are procured by purchase and are truly
Of Africa Native Chinese employed 10 entice them
from their homes such as may be persuaded from hope
BY OroSers," who deal with the shpmsstsrs p' IL
"brokers send their emiesaries into an parts Of tue
country in search Of and boys who may be deceived
by all manner Of false presences TO place themselves in
the hands Of men who remorseen az DEATH They
are sometimes beguiled, and sometimes kidnapped.
ds1se conces,s ,bs mot az ssrsr T Tus
being nvegled into barbarian houses and ships
publicly sold When once among Them they cannot
fersand their gbbe bh and they are kept in close
fuerent They may implore heaven, and their tears
may wet the earth, but their complaints uttered In
vain" They are often sold for sloo per heed.
The report gives the proclamation OF Pih Kevei, the
Governor Of Canton In which be offers liberal rewards
for the capture OF persons engaged in kidnapping.
importation Of coolies into that country 10 which he said
'h was fast deeeneratng into species Of slave trade
which cannot continue without injury to al concerned
In 1857 Dr. Parker forwarded the State Department
an argument In regard TO kidnapping and selling Lgs
.; yesses IN which the writer says "I man falls
days he s tied up with hempen rope and cast into the
The report continues The facts which come 70 ma from
China the documents published by American and Eprl
officials and residcns-the Consular acticue there and
dispatches to the home government compel to believe
that no language car depict too strongly the fearful char
acter Of thd slave trade OF the nineteenth century,
The attention Of the United States government was
States Minister 70 China January 49, 1853 10 this letter
he refers TO the OF the American ship Kate Hooper
Baltimore, which called from Macoa on the l4th Of
October 1857 for Havana with ESQ coolies The registered
Tonnage Of the shpwas ,4ss 1886 tons. At Angler
the chip reported In Distress The master stated
that the sight Of land GAspar Straits 10 excited the
coolies that they rose in muuny They driven be.
low, and kept there. This wasShree degrees below the
equsor. The coolies tried TO burst open tie matches and
ire tho ship Five Of them were killed, several wound.
ed and twenty closely confined
Mr. Reed refers 10 another case, o the American ship
Challenge, which reported put into Singapore
Distress having infectious disease On board and having
lost many passengers.
Mr.. Reed did mot consider himself authorized to with
hold cearances when the local authorities furnished the
certificates At Swasow, being negel port there is
consul, no cloarance-no sem blAnce Of law.
After full confederation Mr. Reed says thathe deemed
beat 70 attempsto arrest this raRc by "warping" n
not threat which twill be for the government At home
to carry into effect In the q tbs Flora Temple,
In these roads awaiting cargo Of coolies for Hayans and
Of the wandering Jew said V BE- waiting q @anehae
directed the Consul 70 advise the Saah ocers that b
my opinion IVES contrary 70 TIE lsws a Tie Uated
States me answer cf The Spanish Consul
General II pcremptury rsfuHal - interfere. no ~
ccives fse Of Eve dollars m every CODY shjpped Ny
power f iutefyVntioo here thus exhausse1 ne Ane