The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-08-17

Kansas. ior taxes and cnArg = thereon; Ts I.
County Treasurer Of the County OF La.ven~ o.tb.
Kansas 90
THE cooLIE TRADE. 11=-.Z
agj,.
Horrible Condition Of the Chinese in Cuba.
IErom the New York NatiOn.l ,a,. !,
From the 10th of March to the ID of May
1874, as our readers will remember, com.
mission of the Chinese Government uas e.
gagged in investigating the condition Of the
coolies in Cuba. The commission consisted
Of two Englishmen, A. Macpherson and A.
Huber, commissioners OF customs and Of
Chen Lanpin, their chief. Their report in
an English and French version, has now
been published at Shanghai. and may b
summed up by saying that it furnishes .
fresh chapter in the worlds history OF slav-
cry and the slave trade. The commissions
instructions took the shape Of fifty ques-
tions, in answering which the testimony OF
a cloud of Witnesses is given-testimony Of
the same nature and as arrefragsble as that
contained in the "Key to Uncle Toms Cab
in." 1t sppears from this dismal recital
that eight-ten,hs Of the coolies examined
declared they had been decoyed or kidnap-
ped from their native country that if they
signed any contracts they were forced into
doing 80 by the most disgusting penalties
that they were deceived about the nature Of
the service to which they bound themselves,
and the kind of wages they were TO receive,
and even were induced TO sign contracts ss-
tenslbly in place Of absentees. Il astcd
where Havana VA" says one, "and sss told
that it was the name Of . vessel. in con.
sequence, thought was being engaged lot
service on board ship, and signed the con-
tract" Says another: AT the time Of sign
ing The contract, was told that one foreign
year equalled six Chinese month";" More
that 10000 Chinese - led thus for Cuba
more than 5000 perished on the way. ''On
board three hundred died from
thirst; sometinses dollar was
paid for two cups of water" "when thirst
forced us all 10, go on deck in search Of
water the master, regarding US as nutln-
Gus, discharged fire arms and killed ~
men," the surgeon struck all who COM
planned of sickness :" five men who rose At
night to relieve nature we're shot by the
sailors ;" II am the only child Of my pa
rents, and was in great grief yet no one
regarded me During The voyage ore man
killed him.elf" The number OF suicides BY
jumping overheard and otherwise was very
great The horrors of the middle paessse
were all r.pested. Arrived in Cuba, the
persons OF The immigrants were exposed to
intending purchasers as il they we're already
slaves. The importers profit averaged
from $500 TO $500 per Capita. lncompar-
ably the larger number (nine -tenthst
passed from the barracoOns 10 the sugar
p antatious, and their fate far surpa-ses in
hardship that of the rem sinder. I'VE are
dealt with rs dogs, horses, or oxen, badly
fed, aid de prived OF re-t, 30 that q single
day becomes a year" A days labor, by
law not % exceed ten hours, often amounts
to tweni lone Sunday, by Law allowed for
Test, is wholly OF in part = working day
like the rest "During the entire year we
are not permitted TO wash our clothes. IL,
Whcu lCiruIC, VIC w ~ ooo aASt cSSAf ~
The negroes, We are chair ed and beaten.
space would fail us TO enumerate all; thSl
forms Of cruelty perpetrsted ON these IN
happy victims OF cupidiiy. Their slavery
is complete, while all the deiusive provis'
ions OF the Spanish Government tor com:
plants for ill-treafment or violation OF
contract to socalied Spanish Protector
and the Cuban officials, are as inefectual -
they we're doubtless intended to be. AT
the expiration of the eight years Of service
fresh contract must either be made, or
the Coolie is cent TO the ''depOs" for r1na-
way slaves, where, without the pretsncs Of
wsges, he is kept 1t work, on the roads in
chain-gsng, perhaps for years. The PLAN
tation presently seems more tolerabls tha1
this, and the jail than either. 81 have nov
been over three years in the depot We
have to endure endless hardships l am
now sixty-six years old, and beg that you
will procure me q meBdicantt pass, 80 that
may 60 out and beg for food. The change
would revive me-" One can fancy the feel
ings with which the commissioners listened,
helplessly, to appeals like this, or, having
before them men showing the ecsrs of At
tempted snicide, heard others testify: "At
the end Of the eight years NO, ceduls was
supplied to me, and l was forced
10 work for another term of four yeass.
A few days ago asked my master for q
cedula, and was told BY him thas had TO
serve for other si1 years. II this Be tks edae
suicide is The bea course open 10 me. Of
again: "My master daily beats me, and
yesterday aogged me with great severity.
Five months have now elapsed, during
which no rations have been issued 70 me-
On account of this and the other i'll usage,
l requested . felIow-workman to, on my
behalf, Icy q complaint before the officials
He has done 20 on three occasions, and in
each instance it has been rejected, and l
have thus to go on laboring; whilst 1t l
ask for wages the threat OF claiming is
made. 1 in all edneaness nou mediate san
eide" The means are at hand II saw q
Cantonese throw himself into . we'll, Fuki-
neee throw himeelf into . sugar caldroo,
and native of Swatow cut his throat. Be-
sides. eight Cantonese hanged themselves"
The reading Of this repost would do
much, We fancy, By awakening pity for tie
Cuban Chinese, TO modify the feelings now
aroused against the Chinese in this eoustry,
even on the Pacific coast. Long - II the sep
between the political and even the polilico-
economic objection 70 Nongoliaa inwisrs-
ton to the United States, and The brute
prejudice which can only expren ttRt IN
mob violence. there is . teadeacy On The
part of the philanthropic TO conio1sd the
Two; and one Of the uses loot the ieast) of
. narrative like this nay -, % s0uOviDR
them of their error By eiieisine 'gUPashy
in quarters where it wD not supposed to
exiss. ihe report nsy also sesSs - call
attention to the fact that while the Chinsss
TO our shoEes i cnnducsed @
if it were purely voluntary, asd 10 sstesa-
ed BY no horrors lpun the ocean, h ID osvsE.-
lheless sort of labor tr.fie. vh1e u,chi-
nery has never been broushs 70 Eshe Tie
coolies whose transportation n psid jor IN
advance by the Six CompasSis do Doe -
orce, as employers in the Pacific States veil
know, begin to contract for snd .secttve
wages Is independens laberesa. An iatR-
mediary contracts and Feceives for de-
until, presumably, ths passaes noeey has
ind them individually fre 10, oil sPPs&-
ance. = -.--s.I
The sequel of the sinking Of The 1ohsvk
is not pleasant one for Captain Rowiand,
ent to the Richmond county jail en- .
.harge Of perjury, in saying uoder oatA thAs
,e had loosed the main sheet Where's il
Eas found fast. Otherwise the evs.t i d.
below the surface Of publicity,