, 1860-02-24
HOW THE BRITISH CONDUCT THE
CUOLlE TRADE.


or horrors. The slave trade itself on the coasts
Of Africa is not more atroclous; while all the
horrors Of the ''mi!dc passage" belong to 4
coslie slip Is well us to IN African slarer, and
u. the snue time that "midttle passage" EN-
braces the China Sea. tue Indian Ocean, and the
Atlautic, instead Of The Atlantic only. The
great ccnters Of the traffic are Annoy, post
about :.0p tnlles north OF f]ong Kong, und Macao,
the old Portuguese town. Is miles distant, on the
Caution River, where barsucoons ire erected,
aud de sers have their residence, who make
thelr arrangements +" it'll pirates and others to
secure c1o1ies ty pomises, t04cverfalsc if they
can, or bv violence, if that is necessary. Fair
PROMISES urc mudc in abundance, tempting to
tlcse poor starving i'to op!e. but promises made
on'y to he broken, by winch great numbers nic
decoycd, and then forced into these barraeoous,
lnd thus detained, unable to communicate with
thtir friends, or the authorities. willie others
are seized while asleep i'll their junks by n ght,
or quietly occupied in their fields or gardens, or
other humble uvcca io.s. and with hands und
feet tied, arc hurried of to the barracoons,
where they are imprisoned till the ship il reudy,
to which they are carried by night, or s'eu tbiy
by dag, notwithstanding. all their eutreaties and
protesiations. and despite ali their feeble resist
anee. case recently occurred ef which a
friend has furnished me some particulars In Cd
dition IL tlose given in paper here, bv IN ind-
vidual CONCERNED in the traffic, and on board
the ship ut the time Of tie disaster 1t is tale
Of horror never exceeded bY anything in tue
records Of the oceun. The Flora Temple, AZ l
a'n msha,ncd to contess, was IN American vessel,
tut chartered by. Eosli>b residents here, who
Aro fully responsible for all who followed
The Fiorl Temple was Us fine ,nerciaut -ship
a. ever entered the sea Of China, as is asceT-
taincd bY competent judges. Lying oil Macao,
al arrangements were made 10 secure full
Cargo of coolies by the means have mentioned.
Ihry we're cheated, iuvcig!ed, or stolen, and
either taken directly to The ship or else confined
IN the bltracoons in Macao till the ship Tas
ready to SAIL lor 1iavana-the crew numbering
fifty, and tue cosirs eight hundred and fifty
Leaving Macao October S, {Saturdar} the de-
ceiycd and stolen coolies soon learned the'r
cruel destiny, and US all injured and betrayed
men would do, resolved to attempt to arert it,
4'owever desperate the chances. They lad no
disadvantage iu the effort Of recovering their
Liberty. \ party collected Oh the deck on Tues
.lav morning, before the shores of their own
be!oycd country had foreve' disappeared from
their eyes, aud rushing upon the guard, 4 single
individual, a fight ensued, in which the ..uurd
wask:llcd. IN the meantime, the captain, John
>un, feurlog tue nuise, hurried upon deck with
lis revolver, and his brother and an Enslishn,au
Interested in the kidnapping with him, both also
armed with revolvers, WIN discharged half-a-
dozen rounds INTO the coolies, who were thus
driven back. and defeated in their attempt to re-
cover their liberty. How many were killed and
"ouuoeu, IL IL 'oe tne 19letestoi tne k'anaFpers
mol 70 tel.. nnd tae deao a.so 1ell no tales. nor
c'n lucy tell t''e cruel tfeatineht they received
treuttncnt, us they well know, which was only
futctuste 0f what awaited them. Nor do il,e
officers Of tile shp or the EngIiohn,au on board,
"uo IVES ttau''e Ia sto,en human uesH. INFORM
Ivy "ot'u oi lne COURSE lucy loaA to"asos fnese
m''setao'e' uece4sea ano ne'pess men. "heh
.nes "e.e oesetfpo"e'eu aaa oe'ea.eo ~ taelr
raosa Jns''naote at'enP1 u assert tnelr neef4y.
blt lrfend Informs me that they we're dtivsn
below deck, ana conhned there IKE telons, a..
most "itf"nt !tsut ana aer, ana where, crowded
toGetneF ~ 4areei hunoeF III SO n'fIo" space,
tue greater part must iaevitab'y have pcrlsted
III ti!e ION: middle passage. 1htnE Of eight
hundrea and llltg hatnan oelngs' a1l tuil grown
n:l1 pressed into ttlis contracted, ray!ess. air
les dungeon, ~ which thc5 we're to bc dcported
l.om China to uayana, III the long way over tue
Cb1na seu. the ln111an Occan, and the Atlantic!
On tue following friday, uct. "A, while sail
't';5 orer the Ca'na sea, ut It o'clock IN tue ere
us.i:, Ute vessel struck upon rect wh ch is not
,nean TING blowing. aud the sea running high.
Every t4urt Was made to sare tue sh1r hy The
officers ard crew; tile poor coolies, baticntl
Iowu beneath tte decks, being allowed no
cl4uce to ail in Saving the ship vr'thcmsefsts.
:illhough the yards were "braced arou {" and
tue silp Hofe uath, SUE etsucA HraI sHGAtl!s
.slltl then soon utter several times will u tre
uleudous crash. the breakers running alongside
very high. Pieces OF her timbers and planking
n.ated up her port sidc, and after some more
hcary tl,umrs she remained apparently imtzoy-
able. The waiter sap'dly increased i'll the hold
TIL it reached the " between,dscks," where the
$50 coolies we're confined. While this WIS 70
,ng on, indeed almost immediately after the slip
tiret struck. the officers and ere very naturally
brcaue afraid Of tile coolies for the treatment
they had received, uud the Captain ordered the
boals to Ie ivHered, not to save the coolies in
"ho!e or 'u part, but to preserve himself and
cu,u>t ances, we're NOT more than sulli cient for
,I,c officers and ciew. showing tha. no provision
Ind bevn made fur tie pour cooties III case Of
i.sa>,er. Il'c boats passed sately through the
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