New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-02-06
The Co0iic Trade,
A Tsrr,.i. STORY by the Ens,n,., q,
SLAYER.


Mr.. o. Jackson, who wss engineer upon
the coolie transport Fatchoy, relates the fol-
lowing in the New Orleans Republican:
The Fatchoy left Macao Aucus, o5th with
i,ooS coolies on board. All went well until
the fourth day cut. On this day. at about 2
Z. NJ, cry Of mutiny forward was raised,
The coolies had attacked the guards. one OF
the guards went overboard-probably thrown
over by the coolies; the other took II the
rigging. The coolies made a rush for the
chinese galley, probably to get knives or
other weapons. The mate and second mate
from the bridge shot into the crowd and
wounded three of the coolies This checked
the mutiny. The officers rallied and sue
cceded in catching number Of the coolies
and tying them by their long queues to the
IRON barricades or to the gratings and driving
the rest below. About 80 or more were put
IN IRONS: The next morning the spanish
captain had them brought up; some bags of
rice were placed on deck aud the prisoners
were laid across the bags, faces down, strip
ped to the skin and numerically logged Ly
TWO men, keeping time with their whips. the
biood nowing at every blow, when in a short
time the deck was covered with blood, As
each Chlnaman was logged no was washed
with salt and water and sent below.
We arrived at Angar, Batavia, September
9TH, remained there two DAYS, proceeding
thence to Maaritius. where we took on water
and coal, the ship remaining in quarantine.
From Mauritlus we went to the Cape of Good
Hope. In all these ports the coolies were
Kept below, and while cOaling was going on
the matches were put on and the hospitals for
the sick kept closed. The heat was intoler.
able even in the open air. The VOYAGE for
the poor coolies was ono OF unimaginable suf-
!ering. They were logged, kicked, cutied.
and throughout treated with the greatest cru,
city. Tho filth and stencil was something
horrible. Tie hospitals were not cleansed
during the whole voyage. 1 venture to saw
that in the annals of the African slave trade
all the horrors OF the "inside passage" never
surpassed those Of this Chinese slave shin.
The deaths OF this murderous voyage reached
eighty, or eighty per cent. Of the number Ia
ken on board at Macao. The deaths doubt
less wero caused by the floggngs and the
horribly filthy condition of the ship. We
reached Havana December LIST. We were
not put into quarantine, but proceeded at
once to discharge our cargo of live freight.
The vessel is to all intents and purposes
German property. She has been chartered
to the Havana Chinese Importing Company
Tor two trips, one Of which Is now fulfilled
There was on board an individual STYLED. in
sailor parlance, a paper captain" He APP
peared to be the agent Of owners Of the cool
les, or something like supercargo. He had
lull control OF the coolies -superintended the
dogglng and other punishment inflicted on the
coolies throughout the voyage. A more mer-
CHESS scoundrel never raised LASH
The other captain is q German. In the
ships papers he is styled sailng-mastcr.
The first, second, and third mates arc Ger
mans. The carpenter is german, the chief
engineer is American, and the others are
English and Scotch. The crew was com.
posed of several nations, but all CT them I'M
Outstanding English. There were but two
or three on board besides the "paper cap
tain" who spoke Spanish. The languages
used on board among officers and crew were
English and German, and for commanding
the ship English was used exclusively.