, 1873-11-04
JOHN In THE SOUTH.
Tho Chinese ON tho Plantations OF
LnutAinnAs

columns Of Now Orleans journal In rcsnrd to
tile succoss Of Chinese labor In tho sugar parish
eH Of Louisiana; Suggestions Ncro made in tho
largo numbers wore brought to tho plantations
OF thiB State.
We do not know wlnt satisfaction Cinnamon
thom "a laborera in u. Or. Kittrodge brought
fourteen Cinnamon from Cuba to his plantation
on tho Lafourchc, in 1868 or go. They worked
worry we'll for awhile. but woro SLOW. aud weak.
They at length became ! almost # worthless would
hands on made An assault on tho manager with
thor Bheath-k -klives-woull havc killed him but
for tho Intervention OF q faithful negro with d
Bix-Bhooter. They were all drivon from tho
After this ovor 200 Cinnamon werc brought
from China to this State j; 115 wero sont to
plantation on the Lafourcho, and forty were
placed on ono plantation. and twenty e Gu snotlor
for while, but Mt length portion ran away;
others gave much trouble, md wo think there
aro mono left on the plantation at tho presont
time. Il cost $3.50 head TO bring them from
China, but thcy can DO brought to tho State for
Tho proprietor Of the Millaudon plantations
near Now Orleans, brought III Cinnamon from
California through tho agency Of one Cum Wing
about $4,000 to bring them to the plantation
and start them to work.
They had not baeu ut work many wcoka when
Gum Wing made his appearance on tho planta-
ton. Wien the Chiuatnen heard Of it, they
made move In mass on tho house, captured
| Cum Wing, took him to their -quartorH, took
away his Int, cont and boots. and It WAS thought
they would kill him. The planter. agent, over
ntraining tho wrath Of tho pigtaila. They had
t send for tho city police, who subdued them
with their clubs aud threatened thcm with six
shooters. The causo Of tho muss was that tho
Cinnamon were caissatisllcd with their contract,
nrHs IL Ind lint WiNu MI In rtor rtar
| should change 1t.
At another time the ovorseer was compelled to
shoot one Of them, wounding him i'll the arm.
The whole body Of tbem, armed with knives,
clubs, axos and bludgoons, pursued him to the
planters house, demanded Lis blood, md could
not be reHtraincd by any ono. They arc Hna TO
have been tho most dlabolical crowd that ever
assembled In md around New O1lcans. Thcir
nate nonds. They were determined to search
tho house in epito of the planter, but the over-
Reer escaped to Gretna, aud never caino back
again.
mont vellal, thieving, triliug laborerB he over
| Haw. Fifty OF them went to work for tho chief
contractor ut tho Ponitontiary, and wero after-
ward discharged; forty ran away, twenty-five
went to work for q planter up tho coast, and
either ran away or were discharged, There aro
none On the hlillaudon plantation now.
Fifty Cinnamon were employed on panta-
tior above plaquemine. They oil ran away.
a. PLANTER DelDW NeW OFlGaNb eINplOyGN Il largo
number. They came up to the city to complain
Of bad tyeatmeut.. md gavo thoir employer .
grcat doal Of trouble. They were factious, mud
hard to manaGo.
e26 MONTY in gold. They and their employer
wcre NIL dissatisfied
On plnntNtion, near Plaquemino, ffty-tbree
Chinamen were employed. Ihoy all run away.
Ono planter, below plaqucmino, WHO had q
atout,, rosoluto oyerseor; who treated them
roughly, and made the pigtails afraid Of him,
got along pretty we'll with them, aud they did
better for him than these people did for any
other planters.
Parish, eitllor ran nway or wore q h ed aud
| twenty-five, employed by auotu. .,.tcr, be-
came 80 dangerous that be had to snoot and kill
! one and wound another, and tic gang loft him.
A gang Of these Celestia)s was employed On
! the 1eche, below Centrovillo, at 92G month in
gold, they furnishing their own food. The oyor-
Heor Informed us that ho was diBguBtcd with
them that they we're moan and unreliable Ia
! borcrt.
Twenty of these men we're employed by
planter above Franklin, Oh the Tecie They did
wall for awhile, but at length all Of them ran
away
They have generally had the nnme Of being
nnfaithful, clansh' sordid, slow, and weak, and
appointed their employers sadly.
Most Of tho Cinnamon who were on planta-
| tions in 1870 aud 1871, we think, have goue to
tho cties md villages to hunt up light and easy
| work, md to the North and West and to Calf
| fornia. We can hcnr OF none on tho I.afonrohe
or In Torrebonnc, though ao1ne planters may yet
employ thol1l.
They may have reformed Rincc 1871, and may
bo doing we'll Oh dozen plantations in tho
Stato but we haye no Information to thn effect.
Ono plantor once snid llo wished thoro were d
million Of thonl in tho Sthte. We think q mill
| ion would seal tho doom Of LouiRnuu, anl We
would thon sink to rise no moro.