The New York herald., 1870-05-23

basls Of trade. The ARABS and Armenians probably
rom TINS cause as much as anything else, are ~
o single ..bantann Tor Hindoo mercnanE) has ever
settled IN Busnire. which il somewhat singular, taxi
ing into account the number Of taem at Mlscat
It's the0 " ana practice. AS before stated the Gov.
ernor pays the shah an annual SUN for his place.
and In return takes all the revenue recei ia DOS.
sesses absolute control the people OF this dsa
trics, and exercises the right OF filling up every
years bids are quietly invited By the shah Ior tbs
govern0rship, aud the asrlrant VINO makes the
biggest oer Is the successful candidate: This samt
principle Is carried into every department OF the
local government. Every ONCE Is openly disposed
OF to the highest bidder from the ka;ee or Jndgt
but has to take his chance or extOrting from thl
people over whom he Is In authority iair return
for his services plus the @ conslderaton ~, ne naa
ernor rs absolutely unlimited; he does ''whal
seems good In his own eyes," only few Gays age
good government Some OF the st0rekeepers In the
bazaar bought grain few weeks ago at very low
rate ana had since. as s stated combined 70 raise
price. the Governor summoned the poor wretchef
before him, declared their attempted explanations
unsatisfactory and publicly whipped them In the
with hard stick; they were also fined and warned
not to attempt to dispose OF their goods at more
system runs through every department OF commercs
aud Of social lie, and it rs frequently exercised
simply lor the purpose OF extortiag present. Ths
kayees but all important cases are sent 10 the Cow
ernor There are no hxed penalties for particular
Oirences, though certain punisnments are almost
tradlti0aal-such, for instance as looping or the
hands for theft or cutting OF the ears Of q
lewl woman There Is only one policeman, now.
are seldom carried into effect, because the crm
mails rarely caught. But, besides the one police.
man, there ts III each row OF houses an appointed
headsman, who Is responsible for the good conduct
Of himself and his neighbors.
THE "PRINCE OF MERCHANTS"
la q m N ria
mercantile section Of the community, the Maieck
TadJar or prince OF merchants, VINO Is the grand
arbiter IN all cases requiring technical business
knowledge. The present Maleck is the head OF
family In which the olfce has been vested contnu-
ous!y for the past half century. He IS said 10 ba
worth the enormous sum I'm Persia) or lfty acs Of
rupees 49, 800 O00; but most OF this Inherited and
great zeal OF 1t was acquired by his father, u
able manner. His father was banker, and when
the plague broke out some thirty years ago many OF
condded their effects to ms care. great number
or these men died. and OF course were unable TO
personally reclaim their property, and the claim OF
their heirs was repudlated Some even OF the
original depositors returned TO Bushre only 10 nd
the Maleck refuse to recognize them as ms credit
Ors even though they possessed o hurredly drawn,
informal Acknowledgements OF the debt.
FOREIGN TRADE.
The principal exports OF Bushire are cotton, mat
der root, raw silk, gall nuts tooacc0, rose water,
assaiHtida, salef gum Persia, wool, wheat opium,
carpets and wines the imports chiefly dry goods.
the bulk OF the import trade is in the hands OF the
Armenian merchants. Bushre felt the influence OF
the rebellion OF the cotton States as keeny perhaps
for its size as Bombay. For years cotton was
brought down the country from even as far as
Tabreez and paid q handsome profit. But now
cotton cultvatOr unless his land is within an easy
distance OF Bush1re. great portion or Per-
STA IS available for cotton.--from Tabreez on the
West to Mesned on the East and southwark
as far as Bushire; but there are no rivers and no
railroads. Everything taken up or brought down
the country has to be carried by mules; and as IL
takes SIX mules to carry a ton the expense OF land
carriage In this fashion for few hundred miles is
very heavy-altogether too heavy for cotton. 10
the long strings Of mules arriving from the interior
one might think the cotton trade was Oh immense
proportions but 1t is IN reality not so very large:
tell exactly. There is regular trade be-
tween Batavia and Bushire. In the rOadstead al the
Graft, and there are generally half dozen vessels OF
more eacn way annually. opium, dates, dried fish
and water are the principal articles taken from
Bushire, and the return cargo from Batavia Il
always sugar. In dry goods all the fabrics Inn
ported are OF English or Of Indian manufacture
" With % opium for China. She " viii 'y take at 0ias The
least 1900 chests. Persian opium, however, ID
spoiled In the manufacture for the Chinese market
the Persians confess they do not know now
to make it like the Benares drug. The latter they
say Is adulterated IN some way; but 1t IS just this
mation Of john % chsaa On the the other i hand and
Persian opium s by no means pure; the manuiac,
turers GRAD up the poppy leaves and mix the dus,
with their oily extract TO give the article fictitious
weight.
There are now two steamship lines from Bombay
mp the gulf. The regular mali ifne-ths
British-India Steam Navigation Company-is suu
sdized by the Indian government aud runs every
two weeks; the other runs generally twice month
but only calls at ports where cargo ls telegraphed
as engaged These latter steamers ny British colon
also, though tney are really the property OF the
Maeck Tadjar. The lines interfere with each other
very little and all the steamers carry full frelghts
aud many passengers both up and down the gull.
TO MECCA.
Every year there is steamer from Bassaroh,
which calls at all the gulf ports, for Jedda. 1t
ries nothing scarcely but pilgrims who are making
the hal or pilgrimage to Mecca. The overcrowdina
Is something fearful Fifteen hundred passengers
have been slowed away on steamship OF 700 tongs
When the month Of the pilgrimage Is in hot weather
cholera generally breaks out and clears the decf
somewhat; and when IL is In winter and there
Is rough weather passengers are frequently swept
away by sea. Three or four years ago hundred
and odd pilgrims were lost In this latter fashion, and
the Turkish government made q fuss about It, and
have arranged now that the ship shall be nned IL
she carries an excessive number OF passengers; but
Of course the overcrowdng goes on pretty much the
same as before.