The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-04

OF the great causes OF the excavation OF their people,
has just spent about e. 900 Sterling for the 70
lease OF couple OF capttves In Abyssina, wens 70
war with China In order to force the chinese 10 taso
opium In exchange for tea and SILK. Inc
Chinese. unable to cope with 80 formidaDie
power, had to succumb and submit 70 me
| high duty on it whenever il was entered in any
Chinese port. The merchants OF Hong kong nave nave
not been scrupul0us to endeavOr 70 evaue tnese
laws hence the very proper action OF the cninese
TO such an extent has smuggling been carried on
| throughout the empire, that the British Minister
| himself wrote remonstrance to the merchants. and
seems has approved OF the action Of the Chinese
| have held meetings and the newspapers TEEN with
editorials calling upon the Governor to use the
stations abolished But the worst insult Of all lies
| In the fact that an agent has been placed IN
Hong Kong to collect duties ~ IN advance for
| give certificates that the necessary duties have
been paid upon showing which at the different
community are writhing In imp0tent wrath at their
being Obliged to be little honest In the future,
that their neighbors at least should be strictly vir-
tuOus. The Portuguese port OF Macao has been,
ever since Hong Kong passed stringent regulations
against the cOOe trade, the haven of resort for all
who wish to engage In this nefarlous business The
Portuguese government have passed laws equally rs
stringent as those OF her rival, Hong Kong; but
they certainly not carried ont In the same man.
ner. The government OF Hong Kong Ia honest
enough 10 see that s laws are carried ont whereas
vent or they wink at the infringement OF the laws.
That 1t is shameful business and most disgrace
equally undenabie that many OF those en-
gagged in this dlabolcal trafrc are residents
vessel arrived At Macao the captain Of which re-
lates story that shows that even coolies at times
become ge 3 to excess and terrible e. must
for my part can feel but little sympathy for him or
anv one else engaged In the hellish traffic. The fol-
was the Italian ship Theresa Captain BOlOs, bound
for Callao. She sailed from Macao with 300 coolies
ruary last Things seem to have been as usual, and
after passage OF sixty-two days land was sighted,
which proved to be New Zealand. while the men men
q rush was made aft by the Q ooiies to
seize the cabin and arms, which they accom-
OF the crew were killed, cut to pieces and thrown
overheard; the second mate was also killed on the
one Of the SHIPS crew, who shot hlia with ride 70
saw his own life. The mate had seventeen wounds
anu was n anu aer el9nsy days
killed about two days before the ship arrived or the
coast OF China. But now comes the most horrid
ship was taken, had free light, and in less than
two hours fifty were killed and their heads taken or,
after which they were placed In boxes and put In
the ships hold. The stencil after sixty days was
dreadful, and TO add to tins the captains wife
treated 9v with the greatest st"i Kindness. There t.
no doubt but the greater part OF the coolies
were pirates, as they made The captain seer
ledge OF the use, OF the compass and chart The
ship, after anchorng In the port OF pack, was
we are informed the mandarins gave every assist
ance. The ships name was taken of all her boats and
day with crew OF about eight Europeans alive in
Guiding the captains wife.
A gentleman named Saint. one OF the prcprietors
OF the Epen,n0 MAIL published here, Is now on trial
for libel, ON account OF some remarks published In
his paper on the subject OF the coolie trade.
here on the night OF the oath utmo In charge OF the
gunner, and reports the death Of her commander. |
starting left Hong Kong for Hainan on the 9th, and
after putting into Cup-chO0 arrived at Haihow on |
ana 10 @
18th, when the glnboa was at place called Poosln.
Here Captain Stopford took one OF the boats with |
four men and China boy and went ashore TO en- |
deavor to get pilot. Clinaman willing to act as
pilot found and was takel into the boat Az the
which capslzed her and pitched all hands into the
water. A Chinese sanpan, which happened to be
near came 20 he me Doy anu na e tS S na a
were drowned. The body OF the latter was after
wards picked up bat nothing was seen OF the unior
tunate oilcer. After dragging for the body for two
days Mr. Tlley procured another pilot and left Poo
sin on the 2st, arriving here safely on the 24th.
clip the following from the Hong Kong Press OF
August o, headed "A wreck or Formosa,n which
says:-Some time since we mad letter rom CORE
% wreck hnSna BEEN were
given. Captain Martin, OF the stag. which arrived
here on the 81 inst from Keeling reports mat while
lying IN the harbor OF that place some fishing
boats arrived having In tow the maInmast, part OF
deck and covering board OF large American vessel
Tound the wreck outside the harbor. The mast Is |
built one, painted white, with heavy iron bands. |
lot look as II they had been but time in the
water there being no barnaccs attached TO any por-
lion Of them. Captain Martin examined the wreck
and found on one side OF the manmast the marks OF
what seemed TO be fre III while the wreck was IN
The water This fact would lead TO the superstition
that the breaking up OF the ship some OF the crew
made raft OF the spars, but that since then the
waves nave broken the structure into pieces.
Tho Markets.
SHANGHAI, August 1A-In commercial matters
there Is good business to report during the past
month, both in imports and exports. English manu-
lectures have been In active demand and extensive
shipments have been made to the North where prices
have ruled high. In our own domcstics good bust
ness has also been done. Stocks are by no means
Holders are consequently firm In their demands, and
the NATIVES anxious purchasers even At advanced
rates Drills are easily saaDie o. Mexican 90 .,
firm at IS 90 q IS IS. Jeans. - 90 81 80. The
large supplies Of sydney, Japan and Keeling Goals
have caused the rates for this article TO decline con-
sderabiy aud since the sale OF the Rcsolutes cargo,
to arrive" transactions In anthracite have taken
place. Quotations for American coal are SIS 80 q
ti7 per ton. Arrivals, 12s tons. Oregon lumber Is
quoted nominaly at $45 80. Flour. Tor which there
Is but slight demand ut $40 per barrel, and quick
In exports the principal business has been for Lon
don, the New YORK market not having fairly opened
vet shipments OF tea have been about 81, 000. 900
pounds since the 1lh OF June, against 250000o0 to
the same date last year. Such an enormous export
in so short time must weaken The home market
cessivey and IL viii be miraculous II serious losses
are not experienced by holders. Prices nave de-
clined about taes lately, but are nevertheless
s,iil higher than last years. The green tea market
has opened but rs usual the Cinnamon are demand
ing extreme rates. About 5000 bales Of silk have
been settled during the month, at an advance OF
from alas 10 per picul on last months prices,
making q total for the season OF $4,000 bales, Of
which about ITO pales have been for New York.
The total export for the 1869 is estimated
at $4,000 bales, that will be seen, ut least
one half the entire crop has been forwarded In the
short space Of two months.
SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN WISCONSIN.
Young Married Woman Murdered By
Boy-sumDary Punishment.
A gichland Centre Richland county, VIA. cor