The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-25
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The sieamship Columbia, Captain Barton from
Havana the 2oh nst arrived at this port yesterday
Thepurser Of the Columbia 10 entitled 70 our thanks for
prcmp, delivery Of our dispatches and Hlea
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF the HesALu.
The White Slave Trade-OpIum and the
Cooiies-Slave Landings Again-The Spanish
'Budgct-A Nice Bit Of Intolerance. and a
Cry I'm Behalf Of Religious Libcrty-Spnnish
Trade With Liberia-Terriblc Thunder.
st0rm-Sugar Market.
HAVANA. July 20. 1857.
already stated 10 you that The number Of Chinese
coolies that died the passage to this port between
the years 1s47 and 1866 H. 2e out Of o9 coolies
shipped from Macao, &C. further stated that out OF
H. 400 shipped this year from February to June So
tho number that died at sea was 1880 souls
But ! have still to say something in regard TO
the mortality among those unhappy and deuded i'm
migrants after their arrival these shorea l havo
heard OF one instance where than hundred
and forty arrived out Of three hundred and twenty
shipped. This was unfortunately an exceptional case
but the average mortality shore from divers is
by far greater than at sea; II up TO high
figure after they lodged In the bardco where the
contractors naturally have all possible taken Of
them, and you can easily imagine how much greater
must Re the mortality after arrival at the plantations
II would be quite task to get at the number that
die in the former case but II would be far dcult
to ascertain in the latter Although know Of certain
plantations where the mortality has reached seventy Eve
per cent will not claim Ito exceed thirty three por
cent on the average You will at once admit this to be
q moderate assumption, all things considered But
your readers must not suppose that this astounding
had of
tho coolies, the hard and prolonged labor they
have 10 perform during crop time, the bad food
given Thorn, to their particular constitutions But
there exists another evil to which you may great
measure attribute thas enormus mortality; this s the
pernici0us effects arising from the excessive OF
opium. Although tho sale OF opium is prohibited by
the government unless prescribed by tho physician as
a remedy, yet the coolies have little diincuy in
obtaining It, provided they pay the druggists price.
Tho consequence Is that thousands die from
the effects OF inc POISONOUS drug inc sale OF !, Is
abroad an;arcle OF the best quality proper for this
market, and expressly packed IN small boxes" II is
hoped that the government will long stop TO
the immoral trade, although 1t does not show any such
intention, while there IS duty on it, Az long as the
cised by everybody and do not why should pass
unnotced now that it is done by Others though not on
so large o scale.
An individual named Don jose or Juan Antonio San
chez Bustamente has been cited to appear before tho
Of giving evidence about the landing OF African
negroes Point Hoandes, Cape San Antonio. pre-
that this citation published for the purpose OF
ending long pending case, and as tho date of the
landing is always omitted In those notices. ia the
Of the vessel stated on this OCCASION Is possible
that tho omission the Immediate cause Of the lately
reported landing of ga cargo"
Since the affair at Porto Rico rumor got afoat here
that some disturbances had also in Cobre San
tiago de Cuba but although II stated TO have been
quarrel between the soldiers and some blacks does not
appear TO have been anything very serious
No less than twentyfour Parrot guns were recently
received from the United States strengthening the
cl,s ~ fzrtn
large those sent before and speak eoquenty Of
Mr.. Stewards notions Of English neutrality
According TO the late budget estimates OF Spain II Is
shown that whilc the total expenditure OF 1851 was
$50 964 that OF lS6007 reached the enormous figure
% the SPANISH bncy gS
great saving has been Effected comparatively of
with that alone Nevertheless the money squan-
dered away last year So, CSC, GIG more than in
1851, or nearly double the expenditure then made
An extraordinary instance Of Catholic intolerance
allowed pass i not my boundon duty expose
II In your columns. appears that fortnight ago an
on sugar plantation not more than twenty miles from
this city, died OF the yellow fever being Protestant all
efforts to allow the corpse to DO buried in tho Catholic
place fatty refused, and still moro formal denial
given to the application by the secre,arv Of the bishop
The body had therefore TO be conveyed 10 tho open
field in the vicinity Of the Hoyo Colorado Cemetery:
before tho coffin could DO property covered tho hole
dug for the purpose being nied ey the ram, mad
10 90 emptied more than once tbs in!oeance
towards Protestant foreigners must over ,,-oys q
great drawback to mmgration any extensive scare
As long their religious liberty is thus nterfered WITH
allowed Paes Of wsTship Of Their own, the spsnisrds
must not expect any other than heaihen such as Chi.
nese coolies TO settle in this country That the noc
tcsnt foreigners their grave would Sfcev =.
credited row by Mussnlmans or Moor. yonr readers S
VIII Of course. Understand tina. .cn cases rs the above
principal cities Of the island not because tho eccies
ssc authority have ever given permission for the burial
because custom has rendered i imperative for the last
ever; Of the bishops secretary, i may Be- con.
interfere in tho matter Therefore America England
and France. in all their treaties with SPAIN have never
that hoy did So in orser that Ing mortal remains Of
thor citizens residing within the pale OF Catholic ito
erance may be treated in more Chrstianiika manner
The Consul Of Liberia at Madrid has called upon the
Minister OF slate for the purpose OF Inviting the Span
merchants TO approach tho ports or that republic with
out hsss o. or the purpose 2, pursuing free inter
lection to all legitimate trade Tho produce she offers
is palm oil and othsr vegetable oils rice, coffee sugar.
cotton indigo, pepper nuts feculas, &c. and vessels
be furnished with all kinds Of provisions at mode
rate prices.
am happy to announce to seafaring men and others
that the hospital known by the of Bcbot's, To-
Gated literal mudmro ut the end Of the bay aud
situated in ono Of the most pestentai morasses,
rounded by shrubs OF mangrovothe existence Of which
have moro than exposed In your coumns-is az
last to be discontinued The had recourse
the press TO point out the expodiercy OF closing the
establishment with so many patients in 10, whose lives
might be endangered by their rcmoya ana tho press
suggests the rroprcty Of doing so next winter. Tho
foreign Coasuls have also been induced TO make an
application In this to the government authorities
Whatever may be the result, I am glad the au.
thoritios found ample grounds TO do away with n
nuisance which has been permitted TO exi>t for forty
years and has proved to have been the graveyard OF
thousands OF American mariners and foreigners I will
take an early opportunity OF exposing other nusances
existing In this city, availins Of your wide spread COL
umns a. the emily alternative in country where so little
can be expected from the public prcss.
The French steamer Darien from New Orleans on the
18th, arrived here the 18th inst, having one hundred
and i've passengers board mostly poor Spanish rcfu-
gees from Vera garrison, whom the Spanish Consul
at New Orleans had provided passage.