Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-11
CHINA.
Continuation Of Captain George W. Gifts
Tflp from Memphis to China and Back,
Oplut-lts Use and Abuse-How # Is smuu.
gled and SOld-FataI Consequences.
sse S~hopkeepsrs How they Live
heir EcoEOmy-A Tribune" Cor
respondent Sold In Tea.

! Tse S~hepkeepers How they Live
heir EcsEOmy-A Tribune" Cor
d z respondent Sold In Tea.
:; his opium business is O mucb NOR
: Ortance than people at a distanc
! s GIVE. Specie is regularly shiDpe,
n from China to India shown,
A. the opium of India and III
: e-goods OF Europe imported int
&, ia are of more value than all tn
land silk exported from that coun
S5 : And opium is undoubtedly tn
RS st item, and Hong Kong is tn
Scipal market of this drug. How
LSeh damage the Chinese do to them
selves by using all these cargoes O
poison 1t would be difficult to deter
mine. Would it not be well for tn,
people Of Exeter Hall and that iIk t,
take this matter under advisement'
1t would be very easy to stop thu
traffic. Her Majesty's Government
could forbid its expectation from Indi;
TO China, and if the Chinese Govern
ment were permitted a voice in tn.
matter its prohibition would be fixed
at once. This thing called consist
ENJOY Isl wonderful thing. Million;
of pounds sterling were annually
spent by British philanthrOpists t.
free another mans servant. Barrels
of tears were regularly shed Owe the
condition of that servant; he was pic.
tured as ever in chains, continually
being skinned alive, starved and
driven to deaths door; hence the hue
and cry to release this bOndman. A
million white men had to be buried,
and forty million more are to be bur-
dened with taxes for a century TO
bring about the glorious result. Sam
DO is free to die on the common; the
work Of the philanthropists in that
behalf is done, and l sincerely hope
that they will proceed to attend to
that beam in their own eye now,
which came not to their knowledge
whilst they were bounding others tc,
take n another by the throat. TBe
use Of this perniciosS drug Gauss an
nudLy o deaths IN Chin nan
there Were negroes in the SP,16 hefore
the Var! Is not this ChipAman q man
and a brother? But he il a free man
and hence has a perfer,t right to smoke
opium or cut his throat if he wills. 7
noticed, some time since. nv the Emo
Ish papers, that one of these associs-
tons OF persons, who, having no BUSH
ness OF their own, Ineet and organize
I4r the purpose o. having a peep =
the affairs OF ether people, had , =
oVerhauIlD% undressing and JeeI
ing apoEr the COOhe trade Ia fesOlv
ness ny the way FROM DAD busl
Favana and CSIlac. r Alaeoa II
on forcing the Port o1aIe "a arr dis oeI,
away lo,0@ ",6iname anU ? 9eH vaaE
nretanS they have discovered, bu.
hi = absolut g ignorance of the fac
70 they the mseIves are a~ceessorie:
the mHrf Ter of forty Chinamer
/ where a Po'tugese steals one. LoOI
after that beam, will yOu2
1t IS an astonishing fact that one O
the partners of Jardine, Matthieson 4
Co., OF Hong Kong, is intensely Cd
posed 10 this business of Chinese emf
grafton, no matter how conducted
hels so upon humanitarian grounds
ana yet his has TO do with the poison.
ing 10 dCath OF q third of four mil.
IONS O.. Cinnamon a year! His enter.
prise brings the stuff at the rate o.
lou fteen knots the hour to the greedy
ST hoker. His influence has aided tC
open new ports to foreign commerce,
and keep old ones secure. This.
though, is nothing; but the taking ]
Chinaman to a foreign country, where
his condition may in every Way be
benefited, is a sin not to be thought
of, praeticed or allowed. COerce the
effeminate and degenerate govern
ment to keep the duties on opium
down, forbid the certifying of their
ports ard cities-anything, in fact.
that we may turn an honest penny,
but take not n of our consumers
hence. Oh, virtuOus and humane pOi-
sOner! put money in thy purse, and
verify, you shall be thought well of!
l confess that when / commenced
the paragraph on opium, l had no in
tention of administering a castigation
to the dealers in it, but the simple
statement of the fact seemed scarcely
sufficient. Fair play and honesty OF
purpose makes it necessary to hit this
monster a square blow.
The appointment of Burlingame as
ambassador by the Chinese govern
ment was al effort TO free themselves
Of the OdiOus treaties forcing opium
on the country. Therefore the unpop-
ularity OF the mission, and the war
upon it by the opium dealers and
their agents. All the fuss about the
wording of credentials, and hairsplit-
ting over the chicanery of Chinese
diplomacy was nothing more nor less
than a blind to prejudice public opiD
ion against the Chinese, that no relsx
alton of the treaty screws might oc
cur,
There are two superb dry-docks al
Hong Kong, and a marine railway for
hauling vessels out of the water, The
Aberdeen docks will take in vessel.
four hundred feet long. A visit tc
this place is worth your while. There
you see the Cinnamon as s~hip-carpen.
tiers, caulkers and Triggers, blacksmiths
and machinists. They perform their
work well, and are paid from twenty
cents to twenty-five cents q day, 4
large English ship was towed in from
sea, after having been roughly han
died in a typhoon. Nothing remained
but her foremost and fore yard, q iury
topmast and topsail guard, with
which she had managed TO run down
before the mcnSOORin sight of the port.
A number of tenders were put in for
repairs. A Chinese contractor got the
Job, and proceeded to put her to rights
again. New masts were put in. New
Notwithstanding and running-was
fitted; new sails were cut and made.
new iron-wOrk done. In fact. the
ship was made new from her deck up-
ward to her sky-sail yards, and all bv
Cinnamon. At the fOundries and
machine shops you find Chi
namen doing and performing any
and all work that is to be done;
making patterns, running lathes, fit
ting, finishing, and making castings.
In the Sail-lOfts you find them plying
the needle and using the I'D, in turn
ing in clews and making cringles, as
deity as the best sailmakers in
Europe. al steamers sailing to and
from Chinese ports have Chinese
crews. They are equal to any en-
ployment they can find.
Hong Kong is a free port. A vessel
arriving is boarded by the health
officer, from whom she obtains a GER
tiicate, and pays therefor twenty-five
cents. This is the only port charge.
When she clears from the Office of the
harbOr master, she settles this bill
and goes her way rejoicing. Goods
from all countries are landed duty
free. This exceedingly sharp policy
is what has built up the place 80 IN"
idly. Situated as IL Is wish a gonds
throw o. UnIna, it is frequented by
large numbers of merchants, who
come FROM THAT cppntEy to make par-
chases and smuggle the goods. 1t Is,
in fact, a grand rendezvous of SNUG,
glers. You viii see at no time less
than two hundred-and sometimes
double that numbered Chinese iunks
of sizes ranging from Ef,y r. fu,oBL,-