New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-04
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& M5 EdA0f-I had scarcely dispatched my last
lcftcr. of date 98t inst when CHANGED to fall III
With second member Of The crew of the ship
Messenger mar equally as Intelligent as ms SHIP
mate With whom had previously conyersed' He
reply To my iaterrogstories fully confirmed all
had before heard from his shiplnate and did not
pat what the lawyers term leading questions 70
him, as was esrous Of knowing the truth respect
ing the great majority Of the 4 Asiaticos brought
here by the Messenger having been : kidnapped
and, Il, proof that What BE stated was true, he mem
siohe one particular case that especially attracted
ny attention. as
He stated that, 10 His great surprise, he found
:snlusr Ma Coolies the son of the at.onpradore
f.,ysris;on ,eerchant, who shad supplied the ship
with fresh proyisiens during the Tine she vas af
& sswatan II teleys was the name of the place he
mentioned, aud Who vas one Of the wealthiest men
NJ ta,a ,,l.ee. and that upon his asking the young
man how he came there? he replied that he had
been asaussgsi,' Y that being the Chinese express
sion ri kisnapped.n My informant in this ease
III resided two or three years III China during
xsfieh time. he stated, he had gained sufficient
knowledge of the language of that country to hold
u simple conversation in it. He also informed me
that Mr. Perry United States Consul in that part Of
China. had previously taken from the ship full
cargo of Coolies between six and eight hundred in
nusaber because they had been kidnapped
That tie ship then cleared at swatao when she had
slpf single Eoolie on board, and then dropped
down to Maeso where finding the small number
oCo0lies she brought to this Island in the barracoon
ready for shipment, she embarked them as speedily
as possible. ard set sail for this Islands having no
ether : clearance than that she had before OBJ
faiaed at SWatao, when she had nota single Coolie
ON board. Iwonld here observe, that there being
such a strong similarity III the names Of the two
4 places, Swatao and Macao, when spoken rapidly,
that think il IS extremely probable have used
enc name for tie other in the foregoing narrative.
Shouid have done so, 1t could have no
other effect than to lead the Cooiie importers to
carp at my ignorance Of the geography of China,
without weakening the force Of the statements |
send you, and ] will take the sting from any gar
sasm that may be offered BY stating that | have
not d map Of China at my command, and that
very many years have elapsed since ] studied
geography.
desire also 70 have il observed, that the two
men who furnished me with tic foregoing facts
stiIl part of the crew Of the ship Messenger; that
they speak highly Of tie treatment they have in
dyidualy received from her captain and officers
therefore shey have not been induced TO make the
statements they have done from pique or other
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