The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-09-03
MI New slave Trnde.

We have endeavored to gather from different
sources the facts relating to the voyage of the
San Salvador ship Dolores Ug0rfe, from MACAO
to this port, en- route for Callao. The snip is
registered eight hundred tons, and lett Macao
with six hundred and eight coolies on board. lie
seems from the statement of one OF her ofhcers
that while loading, after having obtained some
two hundred souls, they rose on the crew ana
o~verpowering them jumped overheard and swami
for the shore, about a mile distant. The boats
started in pursuit and recovered one half of the
number. About the middle of June last, the
ship finished loading, and sailed on her voyage
across the Pacific Ocean for Callao.
For three weeks after leaving port, the coolies
were not permitted on deck. They were slowed
between decks in four rows, two amidshlps and
one in each wing, a space sixteen inches VIDE
being allotted to each Individual. After the
three weeks Imprisonment below, under grated
h~atchways, the coolies were allowed to come on
deck in gangs of fifty, for one hour, for the pur-
pose of exercise. The deck was in charge of
%sentries, armed to the teeth, besides carrying a
cat-o-nine-tails. The after part of the deck was
separated from the main deck by barrlcades
defended by carronades. In order to get the
amount of exercise necessary, in the time allotted,
the men were compelled to move lively, being
melted thereto from time to time with the lash
of the cat. Soon after being allowed to come on
deck some difficulty occurred between the crew
and a gang of the Chinese, which resulted in the
jumping overheard of a number of the coolies
our informant said eighteen. After getting well
out into the Pacific, all hope of a release from
this involuntary bondage, by overpowering the
crew, died out. and the coolies settled down in
despair. Soon it became necessary to allowance
them and we were given a dish in which their food
and water were served out to them. After careful
weighing and measuring, we find that they were
given one pound of boiled rice and less than a
pint of water per-diem. Some of them had not
been able to expend the advance paid to them in
the barracoon at Macao, and consequently had a
few dollars with them. They state that when
the pangs of thirst became unbearable they
would hold a dollar up through the gratings and
call for water; when a pot of water would be
given them and the money retained.
They were frequently whipped, from twelve to
twenty-four stripes being inflicted each time.
The sentries kicked and cuffed them continually.
During the voyage about twenty-five deaths oc-
CURED. The mate declared that at night the
stencil from the main hatch was o~verpowering.
To use his own language, You could not hold
your head over the hatch one minute without
vomiting" The condition of the ship and coolies
ON the arrival here was miserable. This we state
upon the authority of a gentleman who has fol-
lowed the sea for years. The condition of the
forty-three which were landed here tell q story of
inhumanIty which appeals to the sympathy of
every citizen Of a Christian community.
We do not care to enlarge upon this statement
of facts to excite the Indignation of this or any
other community. We are willing to leave the
matter of countenancing this traffic to the public
conscience, and have no fears as to the verdict.
On the 29th inst. the San Salvador ship Louisa
CarnerarO, $50 tons, Captain Demoro, arrived
in flty-six days from Macao, having on board
seven hundred coolies. This ship presents a
marked contrast to the Dolores Ugarte. Although
we know that the traffic is all one in essence,
there are degrees of humanity exercised in prose-
cutting it. The coolies on board this ship are
allowed the utmost freedom of action, going be-
low or remaining on deck at will. The between
deck is admirably ventilated. There have been
but two deaths on board. There were no evidences
of coercion in sight. The Captain states that if
one Of his crew strikes a coolie he is put in irons;
that the officers are distinctly commanded in case
of disagreement to carry the coolie with the in
to the cabin, where the cause is fully
investigated and the guilty party punished.
IMPROVED NEEDLE-GUN-The first needle-gun of
Prussia fired eight shots in a minute. The French
chassepot beat this. firing fifteen shots per minute.
The needle-gun was then improved SO that it dis
twelve shots per minute, the soldier carrying
100 charges. The latest Improvement secures twenty
five shots per minute, and allows the soldier to carry
500 charges. Accounts from Saarbruck give the
,hassepot the advantage on long range, but the
gun in precision. The latter is good at
800 yards the French piece at 200. Which is
in a great battle, where the smoke and dust of
he conflict obscures the sight, is yet to be tried.
After all, it will probably be with the firing of the
.Wo guns as with Pope's systems of government-