New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-04

Chinosei
What bcvomcs OF tho CecsNaist Rsther delicate
question It might perhaps b equitable to Judge O'
their fate In Cuba by the results OF the shipping opera
TONS But enough on that subject There are certain
mysteries it Is better not to thom. What the Chinese
shipped to Havana ultimately become. can only con
lecture A gxess Is but guess ard have PROMISED
you facts
The diseases 10 which may be imputed tho very great
mortality which strikes the Chinese On board SHIPS can
be reduced to threo kinds-scurvy, worms nostalgia
The two rstnar1ed diseases purely physical must NO
ascrbed to the Chinese diet and to their particular tenn
permanent on which salt provisions and salt atmosphere
have special eaeo quite different from that WHOM
would take place In case any other raco OF men weio
placed In the Same condition am not writing med'
zeal treatise. But anybody knows TINT against consti'
tutona debility produced by the presence Of worms
and more especially scurvy the most efficient remedies
are good ventilation cordals vegetables or any other
Kind Of food preserved in vinegar fresh provisions
whenever practicable and cleanliness. ON board TWO
slips, to my certain knowledge. and very probably on
board the other four the company who ships the coolies
and supposed to provide them with oil the necessary
stores had not shipped any soap nor any eordi"S nor
any pickles of any kind any vinegar There was
to be sure q certain number Of live hogs, weighing
at,ut thirty pounds each and amounting in oil to about
one for sixty passeugsrs The captain OF each ship was
also entrusted with certain Of money tobuy fresh
orvions for his passengers in Mauritius, st. Heena,
or C.pctown Maurisius was particularly recommended.
nrobaby because eoole ship is not allowed to take
su,nes there My mpposition Is founded on this fact
thao by mutual agreement one .bakof tho money given
70 the CAPTAIN to buy fresh provisions with bout %
cor b, DOR mani Is to belong 10 him provided no arrives
in Havana without stopping anywhere. AS % my as
sert,on that ship carrying coolies is not allowed 70
takc supplies IN Mauritius would merely slate TINT
the Don Fernando Of the six ships the one which had
lease mortality hay sg attempted TO stop inaaurtus
harpoy vas ordered out and after an energetic pro
tcsts.on simply oh mined very gea favor small
quantity of incidence Of which she was greatly IN need
ON the express condhion that she would lcaygi1modi
atcy.
In regard to vcn ation some ostensblc measures are
takn. For instance wind.sails are placed in every
hatoA This when there is brceze. may havc bene
fc effect But dnring the long Gains and IN the sui
locating Temperature OF the China and Java Seas they
nre Of no avail Under circumstances can they pro-
duoe any result anywhere but in the between decks
regret to have .oanention that board the Alfonso
dc Albuquerque md also the Don Fernando portion
OF She coolies vera sforsi in the lowor hold.
We now come % the third cause 30 rhiclr attribute
the mortality boarl the cooie ships. IGaean nosai'
gin or as it Is commonly called honzcsiekness
ran Chinese discouraged, despaiing dea Of broken
,,esrt or mnissuieide On board the Twists, some
~ or Il men dieio Of this ncurabe disease VI the mind
gire others jumped overheard. The Dosns Maria da
(cria lost Soy seal passengers ia the Same way. Two
81 them chose ,tay when the was heavy, the wind
strong dressed themselves in their bsst SUITS and.
sf,er taking Jaw OF their friends walked up calmly
and compose6y to the side Of .he vessel hand in hand
nutered Chincse prayer. ar lleaped into the sea-
This dreadful mental dis. mper. WHICH makes the
Chinese dee pair and drives him to suicide IN Itself
severe censare the Company OF Emigration They
have to explain by tho Iroserbia affection
the Chneio bears his couatry and his regret at hav
ing left IL ysobaby forcvc-, (why hroyorD But the
California emigration shor the iranty OF the argu
ment rhero slso the Chinsse has eit his country He
has not been Altered the inducements to do So ii,
has not the same probability Of making little fortune
and yes hear Of any cooao bound to Caforn
committing suicide on I've passage. Once there they
are aseron.!y contenteL haysTesided in that co III
try ten years and neven heard ~ Chinese putting an
end u his lie. The reason is obsious The cooe Who
goes 10 California goes FREQ man. He has mace up
his mind beforehand endure hardshlps and priv atoms
but n Ia, also procured for the passage what are to him
tho ncces,arcs ollie His colnbyman engaged to the
Havana Company dcas not rocive on board tho treat;
msnt be had right to erpo,.. and the fair promises
By which he was indeed to sell his liberty not full
fIled.
have not In writing 10 ySu been guided by preiu-
lice. neither DO | wish to stopped gratio1
whica III should carry ont its avoved object, would
bo rally philanhropic and benevolent institution.
woHld merely point cut the abuses to which 1t is subject
Tie pressure Of pablo opinion may have eec. in
reforming them.
am. respectfully your obedcnt servant
II. MoSIUY DE- LAsAILE, ID. II. p.
HsrsEa, May IL. leG4.
The Laval Meeting this Rven;uv