Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-14

doctors made up sum OF money, ana he went
on his way rejoicing. This is, perhaps the most
wonderful case on record.
Failure of Chinese Cheap LnboT.
A letter in the louisiana Planters Banner
gives his observations Of Chinese labor from the
old-fashoued planters point of view:
"a week ago we visited the Millaudon panta-
ton n short distance above Gretna, on the west
side of the Mississippi. This estate. as we have
stated before, is the property of Amos b..
Merrill, Esq, of Boston, Mass. Last year Mr..
NJ. brought to his plantation about $40 China
men, from California, at the expense OF more
than $4,000. Mr.. Kingsley, the plantation
agent, gave us an interesting account Of the
working and other qualities of John Chinam0n,
which 1--WE rise to explain" The whole COM
panv of Cinnamon were quartercd by themselves
in the two-story brick rcctiiying-housc con-
nected with the large distillcry on the panta-
ton They had been on the plantation bnt a
few weeks when Cum Wing, or Kim wing, rs
he sometimes writes his name, who Drought
these Cinnamon from California, visited the plan
tation. He was a wealthy Chinese merchant
and labor agent, connected with Chinese house
in California, and with another in CHINA. soon
after he made his appearance on the PLANTATION,
the Cinnamon event for him in body lheY
carried him to their quarters, Invested him OF all
his clothes except his brooches, and took his
boots They bid defiance to the overseer the
agent, the proprietor, MIR. Merrill and all the
Others. This occurred we think, late in the
evening. Mr. Kingsley at once went to the city
and brought police force to quiet these humble
aud obedient labOrerS' from the Celestial king
dom. The Cinnamon were in bed when the
police arrived, and each had q candle burning at
his window. Each one denied that he had any
thing TO do with the arrest and detention OF Cum
Wing. The police took Cum Wing to the resi-
dence of Mr.. Merrill, and about fifteen pigtails,
supposed to be ringleaders were taken TO the
negro quarters. The rest of the Cinnamon,
about 1875, were detained as prisoners in the
upper story of their quarters, the guard stand
ing at the door of the lower story i'll front.
At about four o'clock in the morning the
guards heard a disturbance In the rear of the
house, and soon learned that about sixty China-
men had dropped one by one from the second
story windows of their quarters, and were
armed with clubs and missiles, and furious and
rcsolute, were preparing 10 rescue their leaders,
who were under arrest Mt the negro quarters, and
to recapture Cum Wing. The police immediate
ly rallied, most of them Irishmen, armed with
clubs and siX-shooters. Mr. Kngsy requested
them not to shoot, but to handle the yellow
rebels as roughly ms they pleased. The fray
commenced in most lively manner The pig
tails were no match for the police, who knocked
them down, beat and kicked them, and tum-
bed them righ! and left. 1t being night fight
the FRAY was exciting in the extreme, and the
whole plantation, where either black, White or
yellow people were found, were in a white heat
excitement. The Cinnamon were promptly sub
dued, and again put under guard in their guar
ters Some mouths after the above affair the
Cinnamon on the Milaudon plantation became
sullen, and gave the overseer, Mr.. White, some
trouble. One day he pushed one of them one
side as he stood in his way, and the Chinaman
struck him. Mr.. White drew his siX-shooter
shot him through the arm, and wounded his
body. This reused every Chinamau on the
place, for whoever strikes or insults one of
these people, insults the whole gang with which
he is associated The oYerseeT fed to the house,
and the infatuated celestials sent for gang of
their countrymen, about 30 number, who were
working IN another part OF the plantation. AS
soon as these arrived, they all armed themselves
with cane-knives missiles, clubs and sheath
knives, and marched on the dwelling house of
the proprietor Of the plantation. There were no
police at hand to protect the white people, and
their numbers were too small to protect them
selves
The celestials furiously demanded White, the
overSeer. They were terriblyin earnest. Moth
ing but the blood of White would appease their
wrath and satisfy them. Strategy was the only
way to save the life of Mr.. White and quiet those
yellow tends. So, while Mr.. Merrill and others
were pretending to inquire into the matter, and
were delaying their attack upon the house and
the murder of the Oycrseer, Mr.. White made
his escape in the direction of Gretna, and they
persuaded the infuriated aborers that he had
been arrested by the police and would be tried
and punished. This satisfied them and they re-
tired to their quarters.
Mr.. Kingsley says he found his Chinese labor
ere uniaithfu and that they cared not Il straw
whether they did their work or not, provided
they got their pay. They were slow, not strong
or abe-bodied, and as fond OF ease and idlenesS
as any beings on earth, when they can get
enough ahead to enable them to get along with
| ont work. The agent found them very ordinary
| hands about the sugar-house, and they gave him
much trouble in putting cane on the carrier as
| they were ordered to do il.
In the field they had to be watched, and forced
| to work, Or they would have been nearly worth
| less. They frequently were stubborn and de-
| layed work, hating their teams at places that
would compel other teams to halt and lose time
| Their object, Mr.. Kingsley thinks, is to get all
| they can out of their employer, and give HIM Us
| little in return. He saws they are the keenest
| cheats in the world, and cunning in making
| bargains and in obtaining advantages. He says
that they object to being locked when idle or
| sick, but tenaciOusly demand all their wages,
| whether they earn them or not; that they are
| utterly destitute Of moral honesty, and have not
| the least sense OF justice in their natures.
| A wel-inlormed Chnaman from California
visited the plantation some months since, and
told the agent that they did not know how to
| get work out of Chinese laboferS.. He told Mr..
| Kingsley that they fed them too high, and didn't
| beat them enough. He told them to beat them
| like dogs and they would do much better.
| Out of 141 Cinnamon Brought to the MillaudOn
| plantation, there are now but twenty-five re-
manning on the place, and Mr.. Kingsley saws he
will give them SIS apiece to run away. Fifty
one of the original lot went to work for Mr..
| James, at the pententiary in Baton Rouge,
| twcntysiX went to work for Col. Roman, on the
| coast, and more than forty ran oft. Mr.. Kings
| lev saws they are fond of changing about, run
away worse than negroes, and if they hire at a
stipulated price they will leave as soon as any
body offers them higher wages. Col. James en-
| plOyed $50 Cinnamon at the penitentiary, and
has discharged them all in disgust. Col. Ro-
| mains have all run away. Mr.. A@mar, six
miles above Paquemine, employed fifty Chinese.
They have all run away. Mr.. Davidson employs
large number below New Orleans. They have
given him a great deal of trouble, and we learn
he is much dissatisfied with them. Mr. Stack
house pays S26 a month in gold to fifty or sixty
Cinnamon. We learn that he is dissatisfied
with them.
Mr. Kernochan, below New Orleans, has
thirty Cinnamon. They work very we'll for
| him. He had a stout, reSOutG Overseer, who
| whipped the head Chinese manager and inter
| prefer when they first commenced work on the
plantation, tiled him down and whipped him }
| and soon after the celestial manager ran away +:
the gang were terribly afraid of the big white
| Overseer, who kicked and cutfed them about as
| though they were dogs, so they arc doing pretty
we'll Ed J. Gay, Esq, worked flty-three Chi
D9men on his plantation near Plaquemine.
luey all ran away, MI. Kingsley says tine Cnl-
namen and negroes seem very friendly, and
have no trouble in their intercourse with each
other, but they do not live together in the same
quarters. Mr.. Kingsley is Of the opinion that
the muss between Cum Wing and the Chi
namen on the Milaudon plantation was the re-
suit of preconcerted plan between Cum
and the labOrers, to obtain more satisfactory
terms from Mr.. Merrill; that they are crafty
enough for any such tricks, and the whole affair
looked to him like put up job, though Mr..
Merrill does not think So"
CHIoAGo's LOST LITERARY WEALTH.-Chi-
cago was the great literary emporium of the
northwest The entire book trade Of the city,
including that small portion Of the stationery
trade which was done by the book houses,
amounted to S3,0O0,00O per year. The western
news company, S. C. Griggs & Co., w. B. Keen
& Cooke G. & c. Sherwood, and Cobb, Prt-
| chard & Co.. were the leading houses. The first
three firms did business side by side in five
story marble block on State state and their
| premises formed the finest group of bookstores
in the world. Their stores rented for from S1G-
| 900 to $4,000 each per annum Each was 15O