The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-20
4 C4RGo or CHINESE WOMEN.

The telegraph briefly informed as OF the dis
turbaucc that lately took ace in San Francis
co on the arrival of steamer from China bear
ing a large consignment Of Chinese women. A
correspondent Of the New York Times, under
date of February %, gives the following amus-
ing details of the affair:
Il has been well understood, among the
Chinese circles, Ior week or two rast, that th Q
CHINA steamer which arrived yesterday would
bring q large shipment Of Chinese women and II
consequence great excitomont existed among
that interesting portion OF our community
Every Chinaman considered himself entitled to
a wife, and determined to obtain her at.whatever
cost. Word was brought to Chief Crowley that
parties were .rming themselves and threaten
ing to enforce their hits by the arbltrament or
cleayers, iron bars and revolvers. With his
usual energy lie ut once detailed o large iorce,
and sent them TO the docA OF the Mail Com.
pany to prevent riot. Whom the steamer
was coming up the harbor the news spread like
wildfire through the Chinese quarter, and at
onoe crowds of their people started for the
landing, Every possible means of conveyance
was in demand. The high toned merchants
aud head men, who were determined to pre-
vent their country women from falling into the
hands OF their brethren OF lower caste, pro-
yided themselves with passes to the dock, and
went in hacks and on the street cars; while
hundreds of women, with umbrellas spread
over their heads, crowded into express and
baggage wagons, and tho regular ''pirates, OF
sanspans, as they are called in Chlra, hurried
to tho place on foot.
AT least fifteen hundred Cinnamon had as
sembled before tho steamer came IN sight.
,eyond their Internal promiscuous jabber the
crowd we're quiet. until the steamer came TO
her dock. As none but the merchants and
head mca who had passes were allowed inside
the gates, the rest crowded up to the gates or
dispersed along the wharves, liuing them away
down to Main-street. As soon as the officers
commenced landing the women from the steer
age the excitem ent became intense, and it re-
auired large force to prevent them from
breaking down the gates. One Chinaman mado
an assault upon an officer, g'vir. HIM blow
in the face that brought b.. - the ground:
All the boats iu tho vicinity were engaged at
high prices by the partlt to be roWed to tho
side OF the ste I'm r. hoping BY that means TO
get ACCESS TO the women, aud it required strong
measures to prevent their boarding the yes-
sci. After the boats were engaged, q terrible
fight commenced as to who should occupy
them, aud many who had paid their passage
we're thrust back into tho crowd, and their
place taken by one wno did not scruple to take
q sail at another's e1ponsc.
While this confusion on the outside was
going on the women were landed, to the num-
ber Of three hundred ald ninety, and placed Ill
half q dozen rows. The examination by the
customhouse officers (mosL OF them young
men) was exceedingly interesting. Largo
quantities of opium were discovered on their
persons, slowed away in different places.
When tho search was completed, they were
slowed away in large express wagons, anu con-
veyed to such places as the merchants and
head mon directed. An officer was placed in
front, two on each side and QUO behind OF each
wagon, each armed with heavy club, to beat
off any Ioye-smtten Oriental who might try to
board ii. 1t was an abusing sight to see
these wagons going up the hlll from the dock
at full speed the officers swinging their clubs
at the hundreds OF mon who followed, jabbcr-
ing their disappointment at the top OF their
lungs. By 1--WE o'clock, the women were safely
slowed away, aid under the sirong; protection
of the merchants aud head NEIL, who will pro-
bably reship them to China By the next steam
er, or send them over as servants in American
families.