The New York Herald Newspaper, July 27, 1869, Page 5

a emnintions TU CHINESE LABOR QUESTION. Coolie Emigration an’ ‘Stream of Indus {rials from Asia. The Trade in Coolies---How and by Whom Conducted. Character, Habits and Econeo- mies of the Chinese. The question of Chinese emigration to (he United ‘States Is at present attracting a great deal of public attention, and many of the leading men of the South, Southwest and even the Northwest have earnestly taken up the subject, and are applying to ali known sources from which to derive information. The public press has thrown but little light on the ques- ton, for the reason that it has had no means of ob- taining accurate and reliable accounts of this vast business, and our statesmen and Jeadiog men are perfectly ignorant of what jhey commonly cali the coolie trade. Even Mr, Koopmanschaap, who as- sumes (0 be an oracle on this subject, 1s unac- quainted with it further than in receiving Chinese peopie in California, for he has never visited China im his life. The opposition to this coolie movement arises from this genera) state of ignorance in regara to if, and if was through this ignorance, together, it must be admitted, with # good deal of fanaticism, that the act of Congress of January, 1862, was passed ‘to prohibit the coolle trade.” Many of the leading med in the New England States protest against the importation of cooiles to this country because they believe the coolie trade and the slave trade are identical; and even were they convinced that the coolie is simply an emigrant, who comes to make fruitful the barren wastes throughout the length and breadtn of the South, the Southwest and the West; that he comes to build our railroads and canals, and even to fill our workshops and factories and make them busy with his industry, still the New Englanders would oppose him, for they are opposed to everybody and everything that is likely to contiict With their interests, That this coolie emigration en- terprise will ultimately be perfectly successful no one can doubt after being enlightened on the sub- ject. The next ten years will give us an enormous Chinese population, particularly in the South; and in view of this fact the purpose of this article 1s sim- ply to give an exhaustive, comprehensive and ‘npartial history of we coolie trade in all its ramifications. Nearly all nations have been, and are now, deal- ing In the coone business, and every nation that has permitted these people to labor for it has become enriched thereby. England, France, Spain, Holland, Portugal and Peru have long since acknowledged the benefits they have derived from Chinese labor. The Jargest business that was done for some years Was in the Cuban trade, and a number of first class houses in Havana were engageu tn it, such as Drake & Co., José Maria Morales, Campbell & Co., Torrices, Poenie & Co., Ferran & Duplerris, Ac. About the year 1868 the Spanish government put some impedi- snents In the way of this trafic, and it fell off a litue for a year or two, but afterwards began avain with fresh vigor. The business until 1864 had been prin- cipally carried on by merchants and joint stock companies of Havana, but in that year some of the planters began to receive coolies on their own ac- count. Don Miguel Aldama sent an agent to Macao in 1864, and until 1867 received large shipments, Other planters followed his example, but only ona small scale, The leading houses before the revolu- tion in Cuba were the Alianza Company and Measrs. Lombillo, Montalvo & Co. The French honse of Caro, Herms & Watson recailed their agent last year, ‘as did also all the other Havana houses, COST AND PROFIT, Up to the year 1858 the cost of landing a coolle in Ouba was about $120, Mexican. Of course there were expenses after the landing to be added to this, but at that time the brokerage in China was seldom over five dollars per head, while in 1857 it was eighty-five per coolie. Coolie contracts have been sold as high as twenty-six ounces ($442) and as low as twelve ounces, The Importers make a great many bad debts, and from this cause and also from the occasional great number of deatis on shipboard their profits are not so large as they otherwise would be. In 1866 and 1867 coolie contracts were disposed of on as long credits as two years and wituout in- terest. The most experienced coolic trader is an American, Ceptain Francis Bowen, a native of New York, who lias for the last sixteen years been en- gaged in the coolie business in China, He formeriy commanded a numover of coolie ships, but for years past he has residea in Macao, where he has been the agent for the shipment of coolies to the Spanisi: West Indies. He ts thoroughly acquainted with the Chinese laws and customs, and with international laws governing the coolie trade, and has been very successful, Probably there is no person engaged in the trade who has u greater experience than Vaptaiy Bowen, and he certainly is more extensively known than others in the business, BUPPLY AND DEMAND—THE TRADE. The Peruvian coolie trade has, withour doubt, been the cause of the prejudice which most people Teel against this business, especially those who do not understand how it is carried on. That great cruelty and injustice have been practised towards coolies in the Chincha Islands cannot be contra- dicted, Ships engaged in this trade are mostly owned in Peru, but sail under the Italian flag and are com- manded by Itallan captains, They are generally old American clipper ships, and m this respect are superior to other vessels in the trade. But on ac- count of the bad management on board there has been more trouble through mutiny, assassinations and mortality than on other ships, The Peruvians obtain their coolies from Macao at present, and take the intermediate season between April and October for their shipment, Their trade, however, is com- paratively small. The principal house engaged in the business is that of Carnevaro—a very rich Kalian, who went to Callao many years ago as cook ofasnip. He has a number of sons, who are well educated, high toned, gentlemenly men, and who now carry on the busiaess, ENGLISH AND SPANISH COOLIE TRADE, ‘The English have been engaged in the covite trade for many years, and are, in fact, the first people who started this sysiem of emigration. They have al- ‘ways objected to otter pations doing fhis business, desiring to keep all the profits in their own hands; and, characteristic of their hypocrisy and seliish- ness, have from time to time denounced it and calied upon the philanthropic to take measures to stop it. The old cry of the thief. to the crowd to stop thief; but it ‘has been of jittle avail, and they have been detected and thwarted in their “hitie game,” which thoy believed they could monopolize, ‘The English take coolies from China, India and from Alrica, and their treatinent of them while on ship- board and after they are landed is not nearly so good as that shown toward these people shipped to nl The Spanish coolie trade has been largely confined to Mf coolies Nave been sipped to this Isiand since 1862, At that time and for a number of years aiterward they were shipped not only from Macao, bot from Swatow and Amoy, art as the expenses iu China were at that ime much less than at present a great deal of money was made by the parties con- corned, Of late years the agents for the shipment of these laborers for Cuba have been obliged to restrict tueir operations in the East and almost exclusively to the town of Macao, which has consequently beé- come the principal coolie depot, This place is in possession of the Portaguese, and the authorities of hig government are so strict in regard to the Bhip- ment OF these people that 1t wonld be almost impos- sible for an agent from Cuba or elsewhere, even were he #0 inclined, to commit any legal act, although the English papers in Hong Kong, only forty miles, distant, constantly amuse themselves by aye. tematically abusing the Spaniards engaged im the ‘business, forgetting that their own countrymep are the largest shippera of coolies in the world, and that they are sending not only large numbers of Ghinese, but also Bengal, Malavar and even negro laborers to Demerara and other English West India possessions, as well as to Mauritius, The custom of the Wnglish has beon, even when they captured 4 slaver, to send the slaves fo serve as apprentices t Demerara, This has ac- tually been done withinithe past few years, and was phe sed ae every for o1 Suet ine years, we is one im the ilave traac 18 period, ne si during thi LIE TRADE. pogien tae have less need 8h, Dut from the year 2866 wail 1862 they Freneh goverment wax vou- PERUVIAN COOLIE cerned reoniee ring ae pears great aumnes of im the ie an oMicer of ‘the Legion of Sonor for bis snecessinl slave dealing, le bad fctories established in the Rio Congo, or Zaire, 94d purchased and treated his slaves in the 6amg “ianner as the regular Portuguese slave traders of The coast. ‘This business was fin- ished in 1863, snd the French then engaged m the coolie busb:css and obtained their cooltes from their possessions about Pondicherry for the Island of arbon. DUTCH COOLIB TRADE, | * ‘The Duteh also nave been in this business, and al- though the Chinese on the Island of Java are not of the coolié class they form a very important element in Javan society and are of great benefit to the coun- try, many of the principal traders, merchants and arusans being Chinamen, HOW COOLIES ARE OBTAINED, The manner of obtaining coolles forthe Spanish West Indies is as follows:—The agent, after estab- lishing bis house in Macao And giving security to the Portugese authorities, has then to hire several houses for the reception of the emi; 1s a8 rapidly as he gets them. These buildings are mostly the old pataces of the wealthy Portugese of longago, and many of them are really maguificent edifices, and all of them commodious and perfectly ventilated. By the laws of the land the doors of these buildings are always to remain open, and no force is ever used to detain acoolie, Each agent employs a number of Chinese brokers to engage these people, and in China there is always a large population of hall-starved crea- tures to whom aby change is for the better, and there is but little troubie in engaging them to sign a contract, TREATMENT AND CONTRACTS. On arriving im Macao they are conveyed to the house prepared for their reception, where they are washed, shaved and dresaed and well fed. ‘The day after this they are taken to the Senate House, where, defore a Portuguese judge and other authorities ap- teeta by the government, thelr contracts are read thera by duly qualitied interpreters, ana they are asked if they are willing to accept the conditions. If they agree to this they are conducted back to the reception houses, where they remain for six days. ‘They are, however, at perfect liberty, for the doors are always open and they are well treated and fed. In every room there ise copy of the contract they are expected to ign, written in the Chinese lau- guage, which they can all read. During these six days they have plenty of time to reflect whether they will aign or not. Atthe end of this time they are conveyed again to the Senate House and are again interrogated as to their perfect willingness to enter into the contract. Those that object are immediateiy dismissed, and they have the advantage of a week's board and thelr ciothes,as no charges are made, Those who sign the document are then titted out with new clothes, &¢., for the voyage, and are generally paid two months’ wages in money in advance, They are then sent on board of the ship lying in the harbor, Here bra a4 be lable to remain a montit or six weeks before the number of passengers is completed, and this 1s about the worst regulation the Portu- guese have. However, even on the day the ship sails, the harbor master goes on board, and any Chinese having anything to complain of, or even by saying he has a parent to support, will be imme- diately put on shore again if he so desires. THE SHIPS carrying coolies, as a general rule, are the best ven- tilated and provisioned of any ships in the world, and if American vessels were permitted to carry coolies, as formerly, it would be even much better for these emigrants, because the old clipper ships formerly used in ths trade had great height between decks, and were always Well manned and commanded, There is an instance of this in Captain Lee (an American), of the ship Josefita & Almira, belonging to the Aleanza Com- pany, of Havana, who on three voyages lost less than two per cent of his passengers. Coolie ships for Havana are well provisioned—in fact, better than any other class of emigrant vessels. The list of stores consists of beef aud pork, salt and dried fish, rice ad libitum, good biscuit, besiaes Chi- na salt pork in jars, and salt eggs. Vo ttsis added mungo, jagra, sugar, achaoes (dried peas), sauer kraut and ail sorts of Chinese pickles, tobacco, cigar- ettos, pipes, &c. And, for amusements, playing cards, dominoes, musical instruments and gongs—a list tuat the best Liverpool packets cunnot begin to equal. Captains are ordered to give as little waier to coolies as possible, but always to have a sufficient quantity of tea made, cines, wines aud liquors for the sick re liberally provided. Satung vesseis are not permitied to leave Macoa with coolies before the lat of October or after the ist of April, that being the time in which the northeast monsoon biows, and tie ships have a fair wind down the China Sea. The average pus- sage, when American ships were allowed to cary coolies, was about 100 days. The passage by other ships, however, is much longer. The agents in China are very careful ta caationing the captains of the ships they charter to have a proper regar.t for the sanitary laws, which are mentioned in the char- ter contract; but im many cases tie caution is not heeded, aud this neglect is the cause lor tie exces- sive MORTALITY which sometimes takes piace in cvolie shtps. Dysentery ig one of the principal diseases common among the passengers, and there is no quicker way of Kiling of these people than to give tem rice not thoroughly cooked and ‘to aliow them to sit about on damp decks, Some captains’ sole ideas of cleanliness are that the coolies and the decks shouid be continuaily splashed with sait water, and they cdnseq gently. practice this method, which invariably results 10 the certain death of a large percentage of passengers. The be- tween decks should be dry, *holy-stoned”’—i. ¢., scrubbed with stones—and water shouid be very sel- dom if ever need below. Coolies are generally uf- Micted with the itch while on shipboard; and. it ve- ing @ contagious disease, tt is impoasible to cure it oa account of the necessity of huddting the passen- gers together; but three days on shore is surticient to Vhoroughly cure the worse cases, THE HATRS OF PAKBAGE for the Jast few years from Macao to Havana have been from twelve to thirteen pounds sterling per head and one pound to the captain. The ship fin only water, firewood, proper berths, galleys, 4 ‘Thé charterers put on board all the provisions, medi- cines, &c., and when the ship sails they give tie cap- tain one Mexican dollar for each man on board, with wuich Lo purchuse vegetables at either the Cape or St. Helena. WHAT THE WORD COOLIE MEANS. Most Americaus and Europeans, who ave unac- quainted with Chinese iife, imagine that the word coolie embraces in its meaning all the population of the Chinese empire which is devoted to agriculture and the various departments of productive indus- try, This is an error, The word coolie js bengau, and signifies laborer, and 18 not Chinese at ali. It is used by the populations of the seaboard towns, who for the most part speak, in common wiih the toreigu residents, what is ca'led “Pigeon English,” to desig- nate @ particular class of employés, There are “coohe riggers,” ‘coolie carpenters,” “coolie deck hands,’, “house coolies,”’ &c.; but they form a sepa- rate cluss from the population around them. in like manner the word mandarin is generally sup- posed ip this country and in England to be a Chinese term; but it is not. [tis aiso Pigeon English, gna is derived from the Portuguese word “mandar,”” tw command, Being accepied by the foreigners of the seaboard as entirely ‘satisfactory the Chinese themseives, who take kiudily w tue absurdities and facilities of the “Pigeou English’? for the transaction of business, have adopted it into their vocabulary. In like manner many other words common to doth natives and foreigners in China are misunderstood in the howes of the “outside bar- barians,”? and belng misunderstood are of course inisapplied. For fistance tue epithet “eoolies,” ap- plied to emigrants from China to Califoraia and fastened on these enterprisiug people in the Goiden State, is @ misnoiwer, Yet tiousanda believe that the Paciiic Staves are being overrun by a different class of Chinese jaborors irom what they actually are. The Chinese who labored so taithfally aud well in the butiding of the Pacific Railroad, and who form so important and valuable an element in the laboring population of tae State of California are not coolies properly so-called, but emigrants trom China seeking for higher — remaneration and better ineans of subsistence than was adored them in the central. flowery jand. Verv many of them, it is true, enter into contracts with wealthy merchants of China, to do a specified amount of work and stay a certain lengtt of time in the ter- ritory of Uncie Sam, and agree to terms understood and agreed upon beiore they leave the coast of China, Just a8 coolies agree with coolie agents at Chinese sea ports; but they are an entirely different class of people. The majority are eruigrants from China, who have voluntarily lect the shores of the Celestial empire, just as trishmen have abandoned thelg mud cabins in Connaught or Munster to seek a wider veld and a highei ing West; and like the Irish they pay their own way, and are “iree and independent” trom the start. COOLIE CHARACTER—THE MAN AT HOME, Ttis not too much to say that although several good and bad books and leiters innumerable have been written on Chinese polity and manners, and that pretty accurate accounts have appeared ‘trom time to time concerning the resources of that extra- ordinary country, No oue seems Lo have thought of giving a sketch of the Chinese taborer as he is seen at home; his habits, virtues, vices and special weak: heases; fis mode of’ living, or In fact way Informa. tion necessary to a Proper understanding of his merits as a iaborer. Perhaps the omission was caused by the indifference of the outsi¢e barbatians, who, having heard so much of another though differ: ent Ciass of Celesttal workmen in Caitfornta, evinced no curiosity to learn more about him, Butas the higger question, and with prostration of sou) be it sald, even the woman question being evidently des- Uned to succumb to the coolie quesiion, information on these points is imperatively demanded, The following observations on the characteriatics of the coolie laborer are’the resuit of business rela- tions with the population of the Chinese coasi, ¢x- tending over many years, and may be relied on implicitly. it mast be premised ‘that they are to- tally at variance with the preconceived notions of Boorle who have formed tucir opinions of the Jhinese character from withessing the public con- duct and social hebits of the Celestiais In Californ: 7 or by reading the accounts of those who have writ: ten on them ; but then, as has already been stated in another part of this article, the Chinese coolie, prop- erly so called, 1a altogether a different being aid hus different habits from his fellow countryman on the Pacific slope. ‘The cause of this difference has also been fully explained. Anybody with a vivid imagi- ation would have no difficulty iu picturing an ideal Chinese coolte, whose defects would be absolute perfections; but as itis the object pf this article to jow What the Celestial laborer is, a8 well as what he jot, in order that no one may cry “Lo, the poor Chinaman” ignorantly, tie vices as well as the vir- tues Of our future hewers of wood and drawers of Water are equally dieplayed, Ag alaborer, then, the coolle, whether in @ ir 1t10N, ie industrious bartwording, soa ia nie em- loyer When the cop<itions of his contract have been Keckptea him. In the matter of honesty he will pe found t sorapare favorab} with whites or blacks; though, of course, he cannot be expected to have in- tercourse with local politicians, with whom no doubt he will be a card, if introduced into the States and clothed with the ballot, without pening se sagaciously corrupt as bis mentors; and as for intel- ligence, he is immeasurably superior to the negro fleld hand. Everybody who has spent years in China bears witness to the fact that the voolle pos- sesses OXtraordimary imitative powers and learns the mysteries of the trades very rapidly under the taitton of au American or European. There are among the lower classes of the population of the Chinese seaboard at the present moment thousands of excellent mechanics—carpenters, masons, engi- neers, &c.—who would be found an invaluable ele- ment on any Southern estate. Finally, 1% mast be said that the coolie, even the lowest and worst m- structed, i4 cleanly in lis habits, which, in view of his probable employment as a domestic in his new home, is a strong point in his favor. Probably the prejudice which ¥o largely prevails in California against the Chinese there is mainiy caused by the ramoré, well or 0) grounded, that nameless vices are practised among them; but the natural feeling of detestation resulting from such an evil reputation should not be directed against all of that race. The coolle 18 not addicted to such vicious habits, A cap- taln of @ ship who carried 1,100 coolies from China to Australia took particular pains to ascertain the number and nature of such crimes that were committed on the voyage, and has since informed the writer that he could not tain y a single case had ogcurred, Gambling with dive an checkers is, it seems, their principal vice, For the excitement and picasures of the gaming table a genuine coolie wiil barter his freedom. ‘They have a scrupulous regard for their pecuniary obhgations, aud will not hesitate vo rob to obtain the money necessary for the discharge of their debts. This amusing trait in the coolle Character is go well known in Syanghae that people Keep of the streets: 88 muGh as possible ou coglie settilag days. They are very claunish, keep to themecives as much as possible, save ther money, but like luxury in com- mou with ali Eastera people, Coo.ies consider politi- cai bother a very poor business aud never meddie in its strife, In Singapore their action might have had an important infuence on local politics, but they have never interfered. How they would behave if driven to madness by the oratory of a Southern fire- eater or carpet-bagger it is impossible to say, bui It is possible they would mind their own business like sensibie Celestials. It 18 not woo Koon now in the discussion of ‘the coolie emigration to the United States to offer a word of warning against the introduction of opium 9s an article of iuxary for the consumption of the coolie jaborer, Should the emigration scheme come to a head, as isnow highly probable, the English wil, without doubt, hope to flnd a market for their poi- son here; but Congress should see to it that such stringent laws be enacted as would prevent the evil. ‘yhe coolie laborer in Chinas generally too poor to purchase the dangerous narcotic; but transplanted ‘to the West he might find less difficulty im procuring it. The greatest evil that could befall him as a la- borer ty our fields would be a pientiful supply of the English poison, aud, mdeed, the good that would accrue to the planters of the South by the introduc- tion on their jands of Chinese juborers would un- doubtediy be neutralized vy the evils certain to arige fron) ap unchecked supply of that pernicious drug. CHINESE WOMEN, Tn all speculations conceruing the disposition of a purely productive and laboring population in States and ‘Verritories where an abundant supply of cheay labor is considered necessary to their proper devel- opment, sad in every plan devieed to procure that population, the female question must necessarily be embraced. Sy this we ean that as a male popuia- tion, engaged in any pursuit, deprived of the civil- izing ana natura! society of women, must, by force of circumstances, develop characteristics dangerous to the society amid which it labors, it becomes a quesiion of the Jast importance to consider how far male labor can be employed without the presence of femaies. [a the cotton and rice fields of the South male Chinese would undoubtediy be sufficient, the nataral aptitude of tue mates for household duties having been abundantly shown In the states of the Pacific, where as yec only they have labored. But ex- perience proves thut to make a foreign population contented with its lot and fappy in its avocation the presence of a ceriain number of females of the same class is indispensable. The Spanish, who, as shown in this articie, cujoy: the Knowledge that is bought by expericnee, prefer a smixed cargo of males aud feniaies Lo mies only in all consigninents of coolies from China to ther West India Isiands. But their wishes, so far, have met with a poor reali- zation, The worthless ciass of the popatation of the sea. coast towns of China, from wilich the Spanish goverameat ult thelr coviies, are gen- erally such poor devils and su impecunious and miserable tit Women Wil! not atiach taemsélves to them for any consideration. The Portuguese gov- ernment, too, offers every obstacie to the emigra- ton of females to the Spanish Indies, ‘Tne liberal inducements offered to suppers by the goveruments of the Spanish West india isiands for the importa- tion of coolie Women fail to secure any considerabie number of the Chinese ‘fair sex’? for the reasons Stated. Without entering into the question ot the necessity of having these women on plantations where Chinese men labor, the fact that the Spanish, after years of experience, consider their presence of 80 muci mnportance should be considered, at least, a proper cause for careful in- quiry and calm consideration. There can be no rea- son to doubi that, as in more civilized communi- Ues—as we regard civilizaiion—the presence of Women Of their own race, Speaking their own jan- jage, understanding thei wauts and babits, and thoroughly identified with them, would be of tacal- culable benetit to Chinese emigrants in the United States. An erroneous bn tbeendoi prevails here, as well asin Kngiand, that Chinese women ave tinmoral in their habits; aud the opinion is more tenaciously adhered to because of the well-known laxity of morals and the prevalence of vicious habits among the Asiatic population of California, But there ig no anaiogy or comparison between the state of society there and in China or what it wil be in the Southern States. In the Pacific States the Chinese emigrant, docile, obliging and quiet in his disposition, ‘and willing to iabor for whatever remuneration his employer thinks proper to give him, finds himself surrounded by a strange and hostile race; an alien in an alien land, hated by most, and suspected by all, be regards his residence there as mereiy temporary, and looks forward impatiently to the day when be can re- turn to bask under bis native sun with the wealth his labor has brought him. He does not think of providing himselt a home; the conditions of Nis exisieuce amid that prejudiced popuiation are sna that all natural aspirations are smothered at their birth, Hence w follows that thongh he may exhaust reams of paper in describing to his rela- tives and friends, wii remain home at ease under their own vine and tea tres, the weath of tue Goiden State, he rarely, if ever, ni is Samy Lo join his, foriunes. ‘The most depraved classes of the tema. population, always to be found in seaport towns, whether Asiatic, Buropean or Awericau, do not wait {or myilations, but being, as is generaily the case, the creatures of speculators as abandoned and crimimal as themselves, engage in gangs at a con- tract price to supply the wants of the more dissolute element of the Chinese population temporarily in Calilornia. Owing to these facts it should not be expected that tie Celestial emigrants in the Golden State woul develop very extracrdinaty traits of virtue; yet ii is an undoubted fact that vice and im- morality Of atl descriptions, as extibited in tie police courts, Which afford the very oest tests, are more extensively observed in the Caucasian than the Mongolian race. ‘Nhe Chinese woman of the lower class fs, as arnie, naturally modest, Virtuous and faithful to her mar- tiage vows. While there are, a# is well known, a nuin- ber of females in China—and perhaps far less than in communities boasting of more advanced civiliza- tioa—broucut up to and trained to the profession of prostitution, the great majority of the sex ave pure 40 thelr morals. ‘They are good domestics, loving and affectuiouate wives and mothers, and are exceed- ingly expert m household duties, On the rivers and bays on tne Chinese coast there 1s a large ‘floating’ population of men, Wome and children, who live in ourly and day mtercourse with a class of people never celebrated in any country for extraordinary virtue; yet those who have bad the best opportuni. Ues for studying their habits declare that a bigh d gree Of morality prevails among them, and that the Jemales are less hiable to temptation than more en- ligitened women in cooler climates. The antic pated argument of those who would urge the pre vention of Chinese femaie emigration to this coun- try has, therefore, no foundation to rest on, COOLIE BROKERS—MANAORMENT OF THE TRADE, The business of procuring coolle laborers from the Chinese coast is often attended with danger, owing to the ignorance of the persous entrasted with the duty of engaging the hands required. Coolie brokers are, as a rule, exceedingly treacherous and cunning in their intercourse with foreign traders, and only those Americans or Europeans who have lived among them and who understand them tho- roughly can hope to trade on equal terms, An in- timate knowledge of Chinese character is essential to successful dealings with the pig-tailed rascais of the coast who are the “go-betweens’’ in all transac: tions of the kind mentioned. Jt is not at all uncom- mon for an uninformed West Indian agent or EB) lishman to hive a number Of pirates instead of coolies only to find out iis mistake when his ship ts cap- tured and himself and his assistants given to the sharks, Jt is not too sweeping aa atsertion to state that every Chinese fsher- an and Ceiestial ‘longshoreinan is a pirate. In fact, the pursuit of the finny tribe among the coast population is generally but a cover to piraticai busi- ness, Fishing {sali very well in duli tines; but no coaster Would hesitate @® moment to deal la baltic, murder and sudden death on the high seas, pro- vided the reward Was tempting and the danger Was not too apparent, Should an unforiunate, unarmed vark, homeward bound to the Lutted States or Europe, get vbecaimed in the vicinity of any small fishing town on the coast, her fate would be sealed in nine cases out of ten, It is quite a common oc- currence for a fleet of 300 or 400 sat! of these semi-pirates to attack a defenceless vessel caugitt 1 lin; but the jeast show of force is suiicient ul-uninjormed people to deal with the professional scoundrels who are the brokers in the coolie Dust- ness; DU as that class 19 a necessary evil, We Ob- servance O1 a few ordinary precautions in negotiat- ing witb them will be found sufficient to prevent disaster. Itisa frequent practice of these men, who, besides being Oshermen, brokers, ‘longshore- men, &¢., are often spies of the different piratical Jeaders Whose vessels drift about outside the ports In waiting for homeward bound vessels, to keep them informed as to what ships are avout tosail, by what pas , and the sort of cargo they are taking on board, ‘The most terrible disasters that have be- fallen American abd Kuropean vessels from the NEW YORK CITY. 18E COURTS. is. in the Ohi- traced to the sievedores and ips were loaded. The danger to be apprehended in the shipment of coo): even under contract with the local government to the satisfaction of of Chinese law, ig not 40 much from the scheming of these prone as from the bes pom pirates—professional cut- throats, who woul seve the opportunity of the engagement of a cargo t0 mix in the that they might at a favorable moment take ONITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Violation of the Internal Revenue Law. the ip ana murder the crew, Pipers ig) eon charge ; Ms The United States va. L, FP. Auja.— isa ‘The nese coolie brokers took great pleasure, and no doubt made great profit, in fiipoath these | #gainst the defendant, who 1s a dealer in leaf to- raseals On shippers as genuine taborers. hen & } bacco, for omitting to make the proper entries In a leading pirate succeeds in leavenil cargo with bis creator ae or ves, be generally waits for a few days after the sailing of the ship until ali sus- picion has died out and then quietly steps on the deck in presence of his confedei » Who eagerly watch his movements and gives utterance to the war cry of hiscian, If instant murder and pillage does not foliow It is because the Anglo-Saxon element 18 too strong and the Chinese courage oozes through the native pig tail. ‘The danger of a bad selection of coglies, thereiore, is not to be underrated, but it can be altogether avoided by thoee who may engage in the business of transporting Chinese laborers by the appointment of men who are thoroughly acquainted With the Celestial “go-betweens,” and Who are abie to compete with them 1 smartness. The selection of mea for tue work on the principle of political or personal favor, as our consular system is managed, would undoubtedly result m failure and disaster. COOLIE REVOLTS—WHERE AND WILY. There ts but littie danger of any outbreak or revolt among the cooles after the ship has once passed Java Head and geis well out of signtof land. Once at sea, should such a thing occur it would be the fault of the captain and officers, Neltner kiling nor fogging appears to have @ good effect on the Cht- nese when iu a state of revolt or insubordination, Putting them on hall rations aud punishing wher stomaciis have the power of quelling tnem sooner than any other means. They do not lear death, be- heving in the transmigration of souls, and they are sailicieatly vindictive Wo inake fogging of but little use. Many mayorals and olers have been assassi- nated by the Chinese for the too indiscriminate use of the whip. But with the very best treatment coolies are Hable to revolt on board ship. However, if the first attempt is put down, and coolness and determination shown by the officers, they are hte jikely to attempt it the second time. ‘The famous Italian patriot Garibaldi commanded a Peruvian bark called the Merced im 1851 and 1852, when he made a voyage in her from Amoy to the Kast Indies with a full copiplement of coolies. ‘The Mer- ced went back to Amoy for coolies under another captain, and on the return voyage the crew Was as- sassinated and the ship burnec by the coolies. ‘The American ship Waverley, Captain Hayden, in 1856 put into Manila with a nuniver of coolics on board in a state of revolt. While the xhip was at anchor in the harbor there was some more trouble on board, und the officers in command connned the coolies below and put the hatches on, Before they Goat removed a great bumper were Ssuflocated to jeath, ‘Che American ship Norway, Capiain Major, had a terrible mutiny on board, 2 seugthy and graphic ac- count of which was publistcd some years ago. ‘The clipper “ip Kate Hooper, of Baitimore, Cap- tain Francus Bowen, was set on tre twice by the coo- lies in 1857, Eight of we ringieaders were kilica on this occasion before order was restored. im 1869 the fine clipper ship Flora Temple, of Balti- more, Captain Jonnston, with over 800 coolies on board, was lost on a ree! In the Chinese Sea, and part of the crew and every Coolie perisued, Ameri- can ships generally have had less trouble with their Chmese passengers than those of any other nation. Spauish, French and Portuguese ships bave suifered most. in 1855 aship with from 450 to 500 Malabar coolies arrived off the hurbor of Mauritms. She was called the Sultanee. The ship had made along passage and nad a great many sick on beard and had also Jost a considerable number. She was in urgent need of water, firewood and medicai attendance. Lt ap- pears that several years previousiy a slup called the Sultana had brought coolies to the is!and, and at the game time broaght the cholera. Upon the appear- ance of the Sultauee off the harbor a large crowd gathered around the Government House aud called upon the Governor to forbid the ship anchoriug and tosend her again to sea, notwithstanding her dis- tressed condition, Although there is @ sinall island adjacent to Mauriius and gen ly used as a quarautine station she was forbidden to anchor Vhere, and after being suppiied wiih a little water was ordered to sea. ‘Tne weather was bad, aa Was inthe Reight of die furricane season. withstanding thts and there being no cholera or other contagious disease on board, these nistormu- nie peopic were seni to sea for about a month longer, The sbtp laid of aad on the harbor vance during this dine for waler, and the consequence of tis cruel proceeding was the death of about a bun. dred move coolies. 50 miuch for Huyish ehariy and pai tanthropy. CORNELIUS KOOPHANSCEAAD. In @i great movemenis, whether poi. gious or social, inaugurated by popuiar inipu intended to effect a radical change, som 1 puis uimsell forward as its leader, flourishes for a short lume us 118 representative, and then suddenly disappears to make Way ior # wore Wortiy actor tu the drama he exsayed to play. The Holiaader, Cor- neliug Koopmanschaap, wuo 1s now prommenily be- jore the Awerican public as the representative of the Chinese emigration scheme, bears the same reia- Uon to the new popular movement isaugurated at Mempnis. It is entirely complimentary to him to soy that he 13 an aaventurer with a good deai of book, as provided by the seventy-sixth section of the Internal Revenue act of 1868, The evidence shows that the defendant failed to make such entries from the 22d of May until July 19, 1869, the time at which he was arrested. The defence admitted that the omission had been made, but claimed that it had been done so by te neglect of the defendant's book- kKeper, and therefore that the defendant was not criminally responsible. ‘The Commissioner held that the act made it im- perative for the dealer to make such entry daily, and that if he delegated such Ane to another persor and such person neglected it, it did not excuse him, and that he was personally llabie under the act for snch negiect. Defendant held and the case submit- eae the District Attorney for hia action in the matter, COURT OF OVER AND TERMINER. Third Day—Trinl of Policeman Matthew Campbeli for the Alleged Murder of Mane vice Long. Before Judge Cardozo. The People vs, Matthew Canvpbell.—Parsuant to adjournment from Thureday last, the Court opened at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday, when the trial of officer Matthew Campbell for the alleged murder of Maurice Long during the progress of a mot in the First ward, on the might of the 3d of July last, was resumed. Long before Judge Cardozo took his seat on: the bencn the court room was densely crowded by citizens of all classes and grades, among whom were not a few of the friends and relauves of the deceased. Several policemen and oter friends of the prisoner occupled seats in his immediate vielnity, apparently taking great in- terest in the proceedings. William 4. Mathews, the juror who was so sud- denly taken fil on the previous day of the trial, was in his seat and answered to his name when the roll was called, Judge Cardozo (addressing counsel for prisoner)— Are you ready, gentiemen ? Mr, Holines—We are ready, sir. Judge Cardozo—If the sick Juror is still so unwell tuat he cannot sit, do you consent that he shouid atop aside aud have another substituted in his place? 1, Charles Speucer—Provided we can get an- other we are. Judge Cardozo—The juror can step aside for the Present, but let him remain in court. Alexander M. Levien was then called, and having given satisfactory answers to the challenges of coun- se], Was substituted for Mr. Mathews. OPENING THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION. District Attorney Garvin, in opening the case to the jury on behaif of the peopie, said that this was ® case in which the Grand Jury, after grave deliberation, had come to the conclusion to pre- sent Campbell, the prisoner at the bar, for the highest crime known to the law. This case was somewhat out of (he ordinary course. The pris- oner sat there with his badge upon his breast as a member of the police force of the great city of New York; but that must not screen him. If he had com- mitted this murder be should suffer for tt the same as apy other individual, it did not make any differ ence in cases of this description whether the man Whose life was taken Was a good man or a bad man. Equal rights for all was the Jaw in this country, Now, smurder was the taking of a man’s life witha premeditated design to effect nis death. If the jury ound that tis police officer took the life of Maurice Long Wilh a premeditated design to eifect his death, then it was murder, and not all the powers of the earth could save the prisoner from nis just fate. He expected to show the jury that Maurice Long's tife was taken by the prisoner at the bar. Why did this police orticer do this act? Was there any excusable cause for doing 1? If there was the prisoner knew it and would be able to tell them. The day was gone by when you couid arraign a prisoner 10 @ court of justice and say, “You cat’t speak*’ He can speak or notif le pleases. If he did speak and gave a satisfactory reason, then they had a right to acguit bim. But the prisoner fired two balls toto this inan’s body tustead of one—or perhaps instead of none at ali—aud it was for them as jurors to say whether he was justified in doing tnis or not. THE TRSTIMONY. ‘The first witness called on the part of tie people was Edward Fitzpatrick, who testified as follows:— Reside at 116 Greenwich street; was in my room about a quarter to eleven o’clock on the night of the 3a of July, undressing, going to bed; { saw a police- man having hoid of aman, wiih a club in his baud, and, afler wrangiing with him a few minutes, the policeman put # pistol within about six inches of the man and fired at him; the policeman still held on to the man after he fred, and the man was try- energy; but when this is said, very itttle | ing to get away, when the policeman put tie pistol more remains. His kuowledge of the Cuhl- | to his Dreast a second time and shot lum again sud nese 18 lmiled, and lis experience a8 an} then clubbed mim; it occurred outside of 120 enugration agent consists entirely of what | Greenwich street; 1 could not tell who the police- he dasJearned in the transportation of Chinese back from California to Chiua—his business fur the last tilteen years being the chartertug of vessels at San Fraucisco for the carrying of live and dead Cnina- men from California to the piaces whence they originally came. but of the coolte trade—which, as bas abeady been explained, is cutirely different from the California immigration—le cannot and does not know anytuing. Never having been in the business of engaging coolies in China for the Pacitic coast or anywhere eise, Whatever theories he has ad- vanced or May yet present to the public through the press or otherwise In furtherance of his business en- Verpriges may tieretore be received cum grano salis. it may, indeed, be doubted whether he ever was in China mM auy public capacity; ior gentlemen who have residea there aud have been engaged in exten- sive trade never heard of him. That he has been employed in the transportation of Culuese from Call- fornia to China is beyond a doubt. The trade was commenced a number of years ago by two Swedish or German satiors, who, seein a good opening for specpiaiion, commenced chartering ships at low rates for the transportation of Chinese back to China, aud charging the un- iuitiated Celestials a heavy price per pigiail, netted @ handsome fortune, One of these men died not Jong since and the other disappeared, having per- aps, also paid the debi of nature. Then Cornelius Aoopmannschaap stepped into the vacant shoes, and has since been engaged in the trade with more or Jess success; but of the coolie trade he is, as is stated, profoundly ignorant, his representauons to the contrary notwithstanding. WAGES PAID TO COOLIES. The cnormous amount of first class labor waiting for employment in the Chinese empi articularly in the northeast monsoon, is incaicula) ‘The best ciass of men—not the wretched opium-besotted creatures generally obtained by Havana and Callao brokers, bus stout, able-bodied, well-disposed me- chanics and Jaborers—can be had for a merely nominal sum. Contracis for five years, with power to renew for a longer term, are eagerly entered into by these coolles* at the following rates:—Black- smniths, eight doliars; carpenters, first class, seven man was nor the man at tne time. Croxs-examined by Mr. Holmes—All the words I heard spoken were that the deceased said “I am stabbed,” or ‘I am killed,” or something Jike tiat; when I came to the window deceased and the officer had hold of each other; after the second shot was fired | saw another oificer there; inside of two min- utes time had elapsed between the fring of the first and second shot; the deceased tried to break away from the prisoner after jthe first shot, and the pri- soner followed him and shot him the sccond time; both men were erect when the shooting took place; there were a great many people around the street sitting on stoops; there might have been from twenty to forty around the officer and the deceased; there were women and children among them; the children were jetting off fire crackers. Lawrence Moore, examined by the District Attor- ney—Live at 125 Greenwich street; on the night of the 3d July [saw a policeman coming down laving hoid of a boy with his left hand; Maurice Long came op to the policeman and asked him what he had the boy arrested for; the policeman then turned round and made a motion to hit him with the club; Long then grabbed the policeman by the arm, and the sleeve of the pojiceman’s coat tore off; the policeman then turned and shot him in the breast, and set nis shircon fre, and clubbed him when he fell; tnen the prisoner and another policeman dragged the de- ceased along about seventy or eighty yards, Cross-examined by Mr. Holmes:—I1 did not see the second policeman unti! after the first shot was fired; the boy that the prisoner arrested was about eighteen or nineteen years of age; I did nut see the boy strug- gie after he was arrested; when Long took hold of the prisoner the prisoner gave him a jerk aud his sleeve tore off; the prisoner then threw his arm around Long’s neck and fired the shot into him; it was on the very spot where the slot was fired that Long took hold of the policeman’s arm; when the shot was fred there were about fifty people (work- ingmen) around the place; s&w no bricks or stones fired before the shots were tired; before or after tne man Was siot I did not see any stoves thrown; | did not see any thrown in my presence; heard no cries against the oficer; Lonly saw them clapping taeir dollars; carpenters, second class, six dollars; | hands and crying out, “the man is shot,’ cooks, seven dollars; house servants, six dol- Bernard McCabe, examined by the District Attor- jars; laborera und fieid hands, four dollars | ney—Reside in the First ward; saw this occurrence; r month. ‘he American ‘Trading Company ot | it took piece between half-past ten and eleven o’clock; f was standing ta front of 126 Greenwich street; saw a crowd running towards Cariisle street; saw two policemen have hold of this man; the man got away [rom one of them; tie prisoner held him, and I saw bim shoot him and then raise his club and strike him twice; I identify the prisoner, Cainpbeil, as the man who shot Long. Cross-examined by Mr. Holmes—The two officers stood one on each side of the man that was shot jorneo, who have employed large bumbers of coolies at these rates in their operations in that country, found no difficulty in renewing their con- tracts at the expiration of the first five years. Their experience, too, with their Chinese employés has been in accordance with what has been already said in this article respecting the geveral character and habits of the coolie laborer, COMMERCIAL LEGISLATION—COOLIR SHIPS, The act of Congress passed In 1862 prohibits any | when they had him under arrest; there were American ship from carrying cookies, and Eng- | about fiity or sixty mep, women and chiiaren lish, Prussian and Swedish ships cannot carry | around there; did not hear any outcry; had them to Havana; hence the oniy ships to be | stones, brickbats or any other missiles had for this trade are Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Austrian and Russian. The ships of none of these nations can compare with the ola American clipper ships, for they are generally inetcienuy manued been thrown [ should have seen it; [ saw where the odicer’s sleeve Was torn; did not see it torn; saw the white shirt through the sleeve; I think tt was the left arm; did not see any blood on the prisoner; saw aud commanded aud there are greater losses | blood on the otier oiicer when he went to the among the coolics on them than when they | station house; did not bear the officers rap for as- were ulmost exclusively carried by American | sistance; when I first saw the tear in the sieeve the ships. Last year the French ship Carme- | two policemen and deceased were standing together; it was not the prisoner who had the blood on him at the siation house, it was the other policeman; | saw blood on his face, around the eye; the time the second shot was fired, to the best of my knowledge, the prisoner had a hold of the deceased; after the first shot was fired the parties stood looking at each other for about a minute; the pol'cemen then had hold of the prisoner and Long was trying to get away from Campbell. To a Juror—I velleve the lamp was lighted on the sidewalk; I could see distinctly. John Holland examined by the District Attorney— Reside at 141 Duane street; saw this occurrence; stood about ten feet from the party; 1 saw this boy coming up With the policeman, and Long asked him what have you arrested him for? and said he “I Want an answer;” the officer shoved him back with his clab, and then drew his revolver and shot him; ‘Unis was Long’s son the policeman had arrested; the prisoner Was the man who fired the shoc; | heard two shote fred; after he fred the drat shot the pris. oner clabbed the deceased. Croas-examined oy Mr. Holmes—Have known Long about two years; about five or ten minutes after the second shot was fired | saw the other oliceman come up; before the first shot was fired Bampbelt and deceased were struggling for about five minutes; saw Campbell's coat sieeve ripped; could not say who did that; heard the le hat. looing and shouting after the shots were fired, but not before; did hot see young Long forcibly taken from the officer and disappear in the crowd before tue shots were fired; did not see a woman beaten or strack in that vicinity that night. James Hurphy. examined by the District Attor- torney—On the evening of July 31 heard somebody say there was a muss; [ went over and saw & man in the hands of two or three policemen; the man was trying to ward off the biows of their clubs; I line arrived in Havana from Macao, having lost over 500 coolies, nearly half of her whole comple- ment. As a general thing the French are about the poorest carriers engaged in the trade. ‘Their ships are small, with but httle height between decks in comparison with the American clippers, and they are in no Way 80 weil calculated to preserve the bealth of the passengers, There ts but one steamer engaged in the business at present, the Catonia, belonging to tie Alianza Company. ‘he only advantage she has is tn being able to leave Macao alter the lst of April; and when the southwest monsoon has sei in steamers make no quicker passages from China than sal aud are not nearly 80 good fur passenge! were two large French steamers built this trade—the Fraucols I. and the but their passages were Aiways beaten by (he clipper ships sailing at the time, aud the percentage of deaths in these steamers tvas very large. INPERBNCES IN CONCLUSION. In conclusion, if the United States government should allow—and tt most probably will aitor this agitation on the subject—laborers [rom Asia to come Ww this country and work under contract jor say five years, the same as the bnglish are doing, the parties interesied would be abie to get afar superior class of Chinamen than other nations, aud frou the north of China. ‘The coolies shipped frou Macao are gene- raily from the loweat dregs of the people, and arrive at that port covered with sores, itch and all kinds of cutancous diseases, American agents, however, would find no dimiculty In obtaining a very superior class of people from about Foo-chow or Ningpo, or even further north, ‘They are avery Mardy race and can endure both heat and cold. ood mechanics and servants can also be induced tocome. ‘The idea of bringing Chinese for Tennessee, Arkansas, &c., by the Way of Californta is absurd. The cost would be enormous, New Orleans is but a few days | saw the prisoner, Campbell, then piace a pistol to longer than the voyage to Havana, aud with Ameri- | the deceased's breast, 40 near it that] could see no can Oy Ships 100 days would ofien be suMicient | space between 16 and his breast, and shoot him; de- to lane mM in that port. ceased then let go of Campbeii’s club, wiich he had control of up to that time, and Campbell fired again; then they dragged him up a8 far as Carlisle sureet; when | saw them tirat deceased bad bis hands up New Orleans consequently will become the great poe American depot for coolie tinmigrants, as lew _" BOT we for Germa, Wish aud olier imi. gran curbstone and the prisoner then drew his pistol Jd not see from where) ana shot Lim; the pris- t the bar is the man who fired the shots; after the shots he came up to the corner and asked us~6Q help to take man to the station Cross-examined . Holmes—Deceascd had got ene rod bye of the 8 eee woes T saw rst, and subsequent t control of the pris- oner’s club, when he shot ting: we the time the firet shot was fired the deceased had pugsession of the 8 club; from a minute toa minute anda half elapsed between the firing of the first and second shore; when the second shot was fired three officers hold of deceased; Long sized man; he seemed to have great 3 0 heard somebody cry out once, ‘Go in, old man,’ or something of that kind; it seemed to be a boy that halloed it; there were from thirty to fifty people there before the firat shot was fired. John Murphy, examined by the District Attorney— * I saw the shooting part of this transaction; was mending on the corner of Thames street and Green- wich, talking with some boys, and veard somebody shouting out “A mugs; ran over and saw three policemen doing their best to club deceased in the doorway and he trying to ward off the blows with bis hands; ro hg ge one of the clubs from tneir hands and it fell; the shot deceased; he the aim with the pistol, and fired a second time, and then struck deceased twice with his club; one police- man ran out into the middle of the street threaten- ing to shoot somebody. Jross-examined by Mr. Holmes—When I heard the cry of “A muss” Iran over to see what it was, because there was a fight in a r beer saloon tn the early part of the evening, and Cre at might be a continuation of the musa; the gecond shot from the pistol seemed to have been d in so that the shot would take effect; from the of the first shot to the firing of the second the prisoner did not let go his hold of the deceased; for ses nine minutes before the firing of the first shot deceased was struggling to get away from the men; they were trying to club him in the a A and he was warding off the blows with his hands. John Nugeat examined by the District Attorney.— This Witness corroborated the testimony of the ceding witnesses in regard tothe details the shooting and said deceased was a very qi map, and he was surprised that he was killed. On cross examination he said he heard the sound of one stone bounce on the sidewalk about the time the shot was fired or shortly before the District Attor- iso corrobora- John Skeelan examined by ney.—This witness’ teatimony was also tive of the preceding in its main features. The District Attorney read the Deposticn of Dr. Frederick F. Farrell, house surgeon of the New York Hospital, as to the cause of the death of the de- y ke The prosecution here rested, and the court ad- Journed until this morning. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TEAM. Decisions. By Judge Brady. Bolm vs. Bolsn.—Order settled. Sophia Biohm vs, Jou granted. Blohm.—Divoree COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. MARINE COURT.—Nos, 3008, 8238, 3403, 3409, 8410, S417, SAS, 3419, )» S421. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS.—Nos. 41, 44, 92, 118, 138, 165, 189, 190, 193, 194, 196, 201, 204, COURT OF OYER AND TBRMINER.—The People vs. Matthew Campbell; murder. CITY INTELLIGENCE. THE WEATHER YPSTERDAY.—The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in comparison with the cor- Tegponding day ur last year, a3 indicated ther- mometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, HERALD Bi corner of Ann street:— 1868. . 76 Average neoyesuee yawn for Average temperature for corresponding date inst year. a KILLED BY THE FALL OF A BaL® oF COTTON.~A named William Bloom died in the New York Hospl- tal from the eftecis of injuries received by & bale of cotton falling upon nim at No, 81 West street, where itis stated he was employed as porter. Keenan was notified to nold an inquest on the body. The accident occurred some days ago. DEATH FROM INJURIES.—Coroner Keenan was called to the Morgue to hold an inquest on the body _— of John Hoey, whose death resulted from injuries received on the 4th inst. by falling out of @ fourth story window of his residence, No. 559 West Twen- tieth street. Deceased, who was @ blacksmith by trade, was thirty years of age and a native of Ireland. ‘ PROBABLE FATAL ACCIDENT.—While playing on a pile of lumber at the foot of Forty-seventh street, North river, yesterday, John Reed, aged ten years, of No. 614 West Forty-seventh street, lost his balance and fell, carrying over with him a portion of the lumber. The boy’s skull was fractured, and the epee who attended him thinks he cannot possi- ly recover. SvoveN Deata.—James Coffee, a lad eleven years of age, died suddenly on Sunday evening at tae residence of bis parents, No. 19 Cherry street, In the rear. Deceased had been playiig ball and his system became greatly over- heated. Soon after return ing home he was taken sick and grew rapidiy Worse, and died as stated. An inquest will be held on the body by Coroner Keenan. DEATH IN BELLEVUR HosSpiTaL.—A woman known as Mrs. Harrison, forme rly an inmate of premises 105 Chatliam street, died in Bellevue Hospital under circumstances which raised the suspicion that she had been foully dealt with. It was stated that she bad been beaten by her repaced husband, but a post mortem eximination showed that death was caused by apoplexy. Coroner Keenan has charge of the case. FaTat RaiLroap CastaLTy.—James Miller, a child five years of age, whose parents live im Sixty- seventh street, between Madison and Fourth ave- nues, died yesterday in St. Luke’s Hospital from the effects of injuries received last Saturday week being run over near Sixty-fifth strect by one of the steam cars passing over the Hatlem Ratiroad, Gorp- ner Rollins has charge of the case and will hold an inquest on the bo ly to-day. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCTATION.—The reg- ular meeting of this association was held last even- ing at No. 161 Fifth avenue, Mr. T. B. Sillew pre- siding. The Secretary read the minutes of the pre vious meeting, wich were approved. Reports from various committees of the orgauization were then reaq, after which & number of delegates to the Con- vention at Portland addressed the meeting at con- siderable length. According to the statements of tne delegates the Convention was successful, there being 800 representatives from the associations m different parts of the country. The exercises last evening were interspersed with singing and prayer, and ter minated shortly before ten o'clock. BURGLARY LN Broapway—$1,000 Worry oF HAut STOLE! Human hair has recently become—owing to the furore for false getups—so expensive that the thieves look upon it as one of the best articles to get possession of, i is aiso an article that 1s easily dis- posed of, a3 a dealer ts rarely able to recognize roperty ater it has passed from his possession been slightly readjusted for the market. ‘The hair stores this summer Lave been er patronized by thieves in consequence, auc in but a@ few isolated cases hag the pro been recovered. The latest robbery of this character re- ported 1s at the store of L. Nicholotte, No. 891 Broad- way. According to the report of the case made to the Central Vince, Mr. Nicnolotte left his shop om Sunday a#b two o'clock 10 the afternoon and did not retura until half-past eight o’clock in the eye When he disco’ 1 that the piace had been ente! by means of faise keys and robbed oi from $1,000 to $1,200 worth of hair. ‘Ihe property stolen is repre- sented to be of me best leagth and quality im the market, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BURGLARY.—Mr. Samuel W, Boyle, of No, 9 Vam dam street, appeared before Justice Dodge, at the Jefferson Market Police Court, yesterday, and charged two colored men, named James Dixon George Van Ness, with having broken into his on Sunday night and stolen therefrom @ quant wearing apparel of the value of thirty-five ay Officer Uharies Burns, of the Twenty-eighth pi arrested the prisoners in the act. They were com- mitted to answer, LARCENY BY A GiRL.—Annie Dunn, a girl thir. teen years of age, employed by Mr. David T. Jen. nings to take care of his children, was yesterday ar- rested ona charge of stealing fifty-four dollars be» longing w her employer. ‘The money was in a bureau drawer, aud on being missed Annie was charged wtin the theft, which she stoutly begs After being brought to court she was searched, the money found in her possession, she was fully committed to answer, THE SUB-TREASUAY. The only event of importance that characterizea the management of this department during the past week was the appointment of Mr, William G, White to the responsible position of Chief Cashier, in place of Mr. Ferris, resigned. Mr. White's recordis # Jong, honorable aud distinguished one, years In the Park Bank, for a time in the First National, and cashier of the National three er ie 18 @ gentieman of the highest int well ; ‘nown to the merchants of New ork, and ine position will be batled rith general aatisfe ue days ‘oe “ne werumeny pure of or continue to pe W Inesdays and Thursdays Wardibg Oi the blows; they pushed him towards | Week. He was four yO