The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-23

NEW FEATURES OF TIE COOL1E TRADE
"A lurge iron sailing ship. of 1900 tons
burden. owned by London firm, com
manded by q Scotchman, aud engaged
in the Coolie trade. is now at the docks
Of Brooklyn, New York. From informa-
ton givon by the captain to O reporter
OF the Eagle, it appears that he had Just
brought 600 Coolies from Calcutta to Ju-
maica. who gave him no trouble at all,
aud that he had made three trips in the
trade before. His company owns nine
| ships, nll of which have been engaged in
the East Indin trade. His vessel came
from Jamaica to Brooklyn with what IS
called ballast cargo, consisting Of jute,
seeds and saltpetre. What ig specially
interesting to visitors to the ship, bcsitlcs
her being engaged in the Coolie trade, is
that sho is managed by craw OF Lasc,rs,
fifty in humber, who arc under the com.
maud OF Scotch captain and couple
OF Scotch mates. The bustling of the
various nationalities of which the Las.
cars are composed, such as Arabs. Ben
galese. Manillamen aud Chinese, in their
peculiar attire, under handsome Malay
bontswnin. with q striking Oriantal flce,
but dressed like an English slilor, and
as active us Yankee, presented pic
tnresqnc scene. The Arabs of the crew
were from Zanzibar, the Sultan of which
has recently concluded u treaty with the
British Government, in which he pro.
misses to abstain from carrying on the
slave trade, as woll rs to compel Il ccsst,-
ton Of that traffic in the "dhows," or
coasters, which have perpetuatcd The
trade iii the Persian Calf. These very
Arabs, it is possible, may hive been ut
! one time concerned in this soon to bA
suppressed business. Whether the Coo
lie trade is much better than that which
the Sultan Of Zanzibar las agreed to
suppress, admits of question This
may depend upon those who carry it on,
and the localities to which tho Coolies
are taken. 4 Ecrin paper declares tLut
| there are Coolies in Peru owned by Cor
mans now living in Germany, who nre
dragging out II miserable life Of slavery.
One Of these Germans, it is said, is pro-
prietor of l, 100 Coolies, who, under cover
OF the revolvers and the stripes of the
whips OF thirty-six overseers, work from
early morning until late at night, year i'll
and year out, not even having q respite
on Sunday. Their food is two pounds
of rice each day, and nothing else. Many
of them are lonted with chains, aud at
night all sleep in stall surrounded by
bull dogs, and most closely watched. by
menns Of these exactions, their owner is
said to have amassed fortune of Sl3,-
600. 600. Another German burned thirty
sl1 corpses OF his slaves, to strike terror
into the survivors, who believe there is
no resurrection for those whose bodies
are thus dispo ed Of The German Con.
suls i'll Peru, Cuba and Macao are called
upon TO look into the matter.
| s------
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constitution. But any journal that eau
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OF a. II. 5. need entertain no fears.
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