The New York Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1868, Page 4

CHINA. The Burlingame Mission---Its Object, Influence and Consequences. The British Interest Amazed and Jealous. ‘Mutiny of the-Imperial Troops and Progress of the Rebellion. FIRE, FLOODS AND EARTHQUAKE, MARKETS AND FINANCE. Our special correspondents in China furnish, by ‘ay of San Francisco, the folowing varied and in- resting report of the progress of events in the Ce- tial Empire to the 16th of January. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. (Tbe Burlingame Mission—Its Negotiation and + Object—Public Opinion of the Undertaking— The British and French Carping of Disap- proval—The Men and the Sularics. Hone Kona, Jan. 15, 1868, r Asthe piece de résistance of this correspondence I fhave to report news which will cause no little sur- prise in circlés whos¢ members are not “behind the ‘®cenes”—the appointment of Mr. Anson Burlingame vas envoy from China to the United States and Europe, 3 propose, after giving all the particulars at my com- mand, to add a few of the local journalistic opinions, prhich can hardly fail to interest and amuse your feaders, You will observe that they emanate exclu- sively from English journals and English writers; for in this colony, and in China generally, American Yournalism is unrepresented, with one exception—the Shanghae News Letter. I may remark that Mr. Bur- Aingame’s appointment is the all-engrossing toptc of ‘conversation at present in China circles. I will leave fyou to judge of the opinions entertained by the extracts I subjoin:— + The announcement of Mr. Burlingame’s appoint- Ment was thus heralded by the China Mail, which @aper seems as arule favorable to American enter- prise while strongly opposed to any attempt to poach Pron John Bull's “preserves,” which it appears are wertain vested interests at the open ports. The writer ‘Bays:—“When some fourteen months ago we an- founced in these columns the return of Pinta-jen, the Chinese Commissioner, from his travels in Europe, Wwe little thought that his mission would be but the herald and the harbinger of the embassy now an- ounced as about to start from China for Europe and Whe United States, The Chinese government of its own accord have taken the greatest step in their his- fr so far as their foreign relations are concerned. hey have asked the Hon, Anson Burlingame, who a8 Fepresented the United States government for six ‘ears and who was retiring from the diplomatic ser- ice, to become their minister and represent ive to America and all the European treaty Powers. It is an epoch, not only in their history, but bn that of civilization; ana, if properly backed, the mission will simplify many questions of policy. The hission or embassy, as it is termed, is to consist of ‘he following members:—The Hon. Anson Burlin- me, Ambassador-in-Chief ; J. McC. Brown, Esq. Assistant Chinese Secretary of her Britanic Majesty's [cgation), Chinese Secretary; E. de Champs (Cus- Roms Klukiang), Interpreter; Chikiang, 2 Manchow of the fourth rank, and Scn-kia-ku, a Chinese of the fourth rank, both employés of the Tsung-li Yamen, re to be raised to the dignity of red button and sent assistant ambassadors, and twenty-four Chinese prill go as secretaries, &c. The post of French inter- preter was otfered first to M. Le Maire, of his Impe- ial Majesty's Legation at Peking, but de- lined, and was then offered to and accepted y M. de Champs, who, in company with Mr. jowra, accompanied the unoMclal mission ast year, Mr. Burlingame will leave Hong Kong for Europe by the last mail in January, and as no recise date is assigned for his return, and his salary {240,000 per annum) ts to continue so long as he may Pe absent from China, we may safely infer that he pill not revisit this colony for a year or two at least. We hear that the Britis Minister, Sir R, Alcock, has Scent ed to Lord Stanley announcing itis approba- ion of the scheme, while the French Minister, the ‘omte L’Allemand, lias telegraphed to his govern- fment his emphatic disapproval of the whole affair, Whe influence of Mr. Hart with Mr. Burlingame has Song been known and commented on, and unfriendly critics have been*wont to assert that the virtual avoy of the United States to China was the Inspec- ftor General of Customs. But under any circum- Btances we must congratulate Mr. Hart on the choice §nade—if, indeed, the choice of a minister has rested vith him, It is, however, undoubted that by the Meparture of Mr. Burlingame Mr, Hart has deprived parmoat of @ most faithful friend, of whom he wil, Houbtless, fee! the need when at the revision of the Hreaties. The question of the customs will be dis- icussed next year.” | So mucnt for the liberal organ in China. 4s oppo- pe & morning journal of some tnfuence and larger laily circulation, though without the advantage pos- essed by the Mafl, in an overland edition thus fvrites upon the subject; and I am bound to say that its opinions find an echo in many quarters where it as to be expected that Burlingame’s appointment @vould be favorably received. I make no apology for juotiug this and ‘the.preceding article in full, be- feaue they represent the views of the two parties in Taina, and tue journals are the leading papers of the Yo sections into which the foreign community is divided. The Press says: “Mr. Burlingame’s appointment as ‘ambassador to everywhere from the Court of Peking, As spoken of as an actual fact by people w me down from the north on Friday, and the first im- Pression excited by the story—that it could be no- @hing but a ‘sh —has to be given a The jetails of the appointment appear to be known. His multiform Exceliency is to receive a salary of 40,000 a year and his travelling expenses paid, a sideration of no small moment fora diplomatic esentative accredited to ‘the government at hington and all European Courts.’ If ie ean sue- feed in keeping the Chinese in the dark as to the idiculous impracticability of thelr scheme for a r or two and draw t ary during that time, no subt a very brief term of service as ambassador to he world ai large will furnish him with a pecuniary ecompense quite considerable enongh to com him for the sacrifice of his emoluments as Amer! inister at Peking. It is generally understood that he pay accorded to the foreign agents of the great ppublic is not excessive, and would not be an tin- ortant consideration insuch a case as this. ‘Then he title to be borne by a gentleman accredited to fwo hemispheres must be prodigionsly nificent, *spanglorious,’ and its ¢ ling lusire might affect Wie Spartan nerves even of a Chived States Mints ter. What the title is exactiy present, though the plu “Envoy dinary’ will certainly have to be include erhaps, however, a man Who comes from the Celes- Lal Empire to represent the Brother of the Sun and Moon at the courts of all earthly potentates ought to ‘ Dave a title with an astronomical Unge. » German Lille Durchlaneht, which Carlyle always translates ‘his Transparency,’ might suggest something like ‘his Solar Or ‘his Lunar Radiances Bud the house vecupied at any time by the Homad|c embassy might be called the Asylum. The Attach would be sateilites and the messengers comets, and suitors for an interview with his Radi- nce might ask leave to (ake an observation if the Jelestiai ambassador were visible, Whether the Chi- Es governroent will find it an economical plan to wep up & company of moving diplomatista, apart ‘omn the Halikelihood that the travellers Will ever be ble to transact any business at the various cagitals in which from time to time they may set ap their tent, which it i8 in the lewst degree important to Juina that they should travsaet, will be revealed in ime to the Peking authorities. "Perhaps it will also be revealed to the outside world how they have been dd to lay out $40,000 a Fase expenses as such singularly bad tate ear and Mr. Burlingam jas no one among all the European diplomatists at Peking been mercifal enough to warn the Chinese ‘ulers against wasting their money in this ridiculous fashion? Have they been reluctant to deprive their juondam comrade, the United States Minister, of the els which he had earned so fairly wy Inventing this yonderful appointment, or have they been pru- Gently left in ignorance of the grand scheme ii) It was sealed and settied and his Radiance bad started on that delicious mission to the overnment of Washington and the courts of Europe peneral? ‘That the Chinese government has not Decu treated well in the matter is very manifest, Though itis dificult to say, of course, who is the Chief sinner. Moreover, a step has been taken, am suming that this made, which must have A at of really valuable pee pA e Ql tment of Mr, Burlingame as universal anbes: lor? or, yard Parad Bare bese Tepre- nese as accrue therefrom that it has. faduced to go into the op- eration? The it of real diplomatic inter- course between the Chinese and other governments by the appointment of Chinese officials to reside perma- nently at London and Paris and other capitals would obviously be a thoroughly imbued count! en with an effect which his newly ap- Peop bom hy of the manifest proof of has afforded in securing his Present fA cmt lg Ir. Burlingame Naling his Sovecninent about brie org may encount he go impressions re on his nd y He vista he may pay to the cour! do no more good, Pi of England and France, will pened less, than any English or Frenoh diplomatist of intelligence and mental activity talking to Chinese rulers A Pekin, Phe, pative am jor suel som ppd nile! ve European go’ pe ous the other }) Will have o motive whatever for making any ig they may wish to make to the government of Pek! through Mr, Burlingame. ‘They will naturally prefer todo this through their own representatives, and even the American government loses by the transac- tion, as, assuming that itis on cordial terms with Mr. Burlingame, {t would naturally find him of greater use at Pekin than wandering over the earth’s surface, We are informed that Mr. Llp ser is a gentleman of such large private fortune even the 40,000 taels and unlimited travelling expenses can be no object to him whatever. What, then, is his motive? It remains ag obscure as the purpose which the Chi- Heep gears proposes to gain by his appoint- men Looking at the matter from a dispassionate point of view, I am inclined to think that the Chinese have been wise in thus commencing their efforts to enter in- to diplomatic relations with the outside world. It is per certain that any purely Chinese mission would ave been a failure, but our British friends are many of them in a state of intense excitement at the idea of a United States citizen being the first to drop in for so fs and, if sensibly carried out, honorable a position, 1 enclose some additional papers in the matter. The first is from the China Matl of January 14, the second from the Friend ef China, which possesses & oe in the i of patiiatans severe articles. The first is headed “Mr. Burlingame’s Chinese Mis- sion,” and goes on to say:—“We have received from a valued correspondent in the North the following let- ter, which we insert, not as expressing our own views upon the subjects to which it refers, but as stat- ing in plain language the chief objections which have been raised to the appointment of Mr. Burlingame.” ‘fhe concluding pt aph is significant, and we have good reason to belleve that the French Minister has been injudicious enough to talk openly of coercing Mr, Hart. Our correspondent writes thu: ‘The subject of Mr. Burlingame’s mis- sion, or embassy, as it is somewhat pompous), termed, is still fresh in the public memory and still the theme of conversation and correspondence, ‘That the term embassy fs a misnomer is apparent to all, as the difference between an envoy extraordinary and an ambassador consists in the fact that an envoy may be accredited toa court without ever coming into personal intercourse with its sovereign ; whereas an ainbassador ts specially accredited by his own sovereign to the ruler of the country to which he is appointed. Neither in his capacity'as United States inister norin his newly fledged appointment as Chinese envoy has Mr, Burlingame had the honor of an interview with the son of heaven, and his rank, anomalous and equivocal at the best, will not be by rae by any undue pretensions to the position of an ambassador. It would be im- possible for the most ardent hater of American gov- ernmental institutions to wish for a more practical commentary upon Yankee diplomacy and diplomat- ists than is afforded by Mr. Burlingame’s acceptance of the appointment under discussion. Let any one imagine the appointment of Chinese envoy offered to the Minister of France, of Russia, Prussia, Great Britain, or even of Spain. He would be a bold Chinaman who would venture in good faith to make such a proposition to the representative of any of the European Powers. There are many gentlemen in the Chinese service whose knowledge of the | might fairly entitle them to look forward to the post of Secretary to a Chinese embassy, and that the British representative should allow Mr. Brown to accept the post offered by Mr. Hart is a slur upon the Customs Service and an injustice to the seeccee, bs retarding many qualified interpreters to be found in its ranks. It is reported that Mr. Bur- lingame intends to visit all the treaty ports with the exception of Newchwang and For- mosa before his departure for San Francisco, The representative of France at Peking is most decidedly opposed to the mission and poe against any other than a Chinese representing Chinese interests in Europe. It is rumored that his Excellency the Comte L’Allemand intends next year to restrict the political action of Mr, Hart and to compel him to contine his attention to customs matters. Should the Chinese make a stand the Tuileries will, it is ru- mored, induce England to take joint action with France in refusing permission to the subjects of either country to enter the Chinese service. is dif- ficulty, Which is at the best but prospective, will no doubi be met by the Inspector General and’ some of his lieutenants renouncing their nationality and be- coming Chinese subjects. Qui vivra verra,.” An English writer furnishes the Friend of China with the following:—“Admitting for a moment that his (Mr. Burlingame’s) mission is a purely Chinese idea, we are at once led to inquire what its object may be. If it has reference solely to the revision of the treaty, then ft must mean either of two things— viz, that the Chinese are prepared to adopt pro- gressive measures, or are, on the contrary, inclined to retrograde or stand still. If progress the im- port of the mission, there is no need for Mr. Burlin- game; the Chinese authorities here will find the re- presentatives of the foreign Powers only too happy to welcome ay, steps in advance. There is no ne- cessity for an Intermediate in a case such as this; a concession will come with better grace from their own lips, and will be the more readily accepted as genuine and sincere, If, however, as is highly probable, the mission implies a ret: de movement, an effort on the part of the Chinese to stay the action of the treat; Powers, as the Japanese did with regal to the opentn; of Osaka some three years ago, then we must lool upon Mr. Burlingame merely as a special pleader aid for his services, and employed by a feeble and impotent government to try and extort from the European Powers that which they themselves despair of obtaining from the indulgence of the foreign rep- resentatives in China. Whether Mr. Burlingame and his mission will be received in Europe under such circumstances is questionable in the extreme, What have the home government to do with interlopers or special pleaders of this description? Great Britain and France and Prussia ought to be able to conduct their own affairs direct with the Chinese government without the intervention of go-betweens, Cannot our Minister (British) manage the affairs of her Majesty’s government in China without reference to Mr. Hart or Mr. Burlingame? What have — the; to do with our international relations? tt is to be hoped, however, that the home ve ernment will see Mr. Burlingame’s mission ym the true point of view and refuse to recognize it, It will be a lesson to political schemers in China when the head of the present mission is told that Great Britain will have noth: to do with him; that he had better confine himself to his own affairs, and that when we have to revise a treaty or transact other Juftiness with the Chinese vernment we can = 80 jwithoat the intervention of any foreign med- ers.” I have thus, I fancy, given you a pretty fair sketch of the situation, the result of which will greatly de- pena upon the attitude assumed by Congress and the President as regards the recognition accorded to Mr. Burlingame. If powerfully backed by us the European Sta will gladly follow suitr but I am too much out of the way of home intelligence to predict very ac- curately what will eventuate, Whatever may be the upshot as regards China there is uery little doubt but that Mr. Burlingame will have made a very oe jaca thing of it, if he can only “hold on” for a few years, I may mention that the Secretary Brown, an Eng- lishman, is one of the beat Chinese scholars of the day, and that there is no want of due care in the organization of the mission as regards its personnel. Assault on the French at Hankew=—Mutiny of the Imperial Troops—Progress of the Rebellion—An English Consul in Trouble The Telegraph and Spirite—Fire, Floods and Other Disasters. Tione Kono, Jan. 16, 1968 Since he date of my last letter news, except of the most local and domestic kind, has been singularly scarce, with one brilliant exception, to which T shall refer in its proper place, I must, however, endeavor to make the most of what there is, There has been no inconsiderable excitement ac Hankow, owing to an attack made by certain villa- gers upon the French Consul, the commandant of the French gunboat Brettron and a French merchant. These gentlemen had, it appears, gone out shooting, and, in knocking over a hare, one of them managed to lodge a few small shot in the leg of a peasant working ina fleld., Although they managed to quiet the party shot, a number of villagers raised a dis- turbance, mobbed the Frenchmen and took from them thelr guns, adding a few brickbats, &c., by way of parting civilily, The Frenchmen, as well they might, retreated, ana upon regaining the gun- boat a party o forty men were despatched to the scene of the outrage; the ringleaders were captured, and the house of the leader was pulled down, a3 a warning to futare rioters. Much comment was ¢x- cited by the matter in the local journals, but there seems to be @ pretty general belief that the French commandant was right in taking speedy action in the matter, instead of waiting the tardy measures of the Chinese magistrates, who would most infailibly have been bribed to silence, ‘The irrepressible rebels form, as usual, an inex haustible matter for newsmongers, First of all, shortly after the departure of the China news was received of a general mutiny of imperial troops at Fan-tseng, sone our hundred miles beyond iankow. Nothing has transpired as to the result, but it is pre. sumed that as usual the disaffected jolned the rebels, while the better disposed returned to their allegiance. The Hankow Times, 8 usually well informed paper, gives the following reason for the mutiny:—‘These soldiers, forming the army of the renowned general Paw Tuaw, are sald to be 80 comfortably quartered in Fan-tseng as to object to going against the Shan- tung rebels, or the revolted Mahometans of Sankan. Fan-tseng, with the adjoining city of Sheang-yang, 1s the principal internal port of Hupeh, and is about half as as Hankow. With the fortress of 2 -fu, mentioned by Marco aud one of the last of the a olties to sabintt to the lian ‘uen, the occupation of dynast Baoree aad one on each asee of the Han river, trol of the commeree, and the oemen etes Reports " on the 231 stated that Li Hung-chang had gained series of victories over the Re ede exact locality not known-towards the end of Novem- 19th of November, ina iter with Li's trooj bne of their enters Lat wi ‘This reads well for the im- rialists, but it does not seem that the news is Belleved by the Chinese journals, at least except to ing to receive them.’ avery modified extent, paper from which I ri pened the above items adds that ‘some Chit take a hopeful view of the intelligence’—a sentence which does not say much for the general belief of its reliability. The concluding paragraph of rebel news is as follows:—‘ We learn that another report has reached C! to the effect that the Mahometan rebels in Shensee are surrounded by the Viceroy Tso, who was lately reported dead, so that for the moment the imperialists seem to be in the ascendant.” This is a comical but appropriate ter- mination, The Viceroy is reported dead, and shortly afterwards, like the clown in the pantomime, ee up aj and shows himself “quite alive and kick- ing.”’ Political events in China partake as a rule strongly of this pantomimic element. Some startling news has come to hand from Corea. It is line that two of the foreigners on board the Genera] Sherman, American schooner, at the time she was burned with all hands by the Coreans, are et alive in the interior. It is supposed that one of em is an English missionary named Thomas, but the reports: are too vague to admit of much hope being founded on them. Why our government has allowed this outrage to remain unpunished is a mys- tery. It was surely stro! enough even though Great Britain and France declined to adventure. Relative to the destruction of the Amoy lighthouse @ while since by piratical fishermen, some spicy re- marks have appeared ina journal lately started at phsngnae by an ex-consular official and called the Evening Express. It says:—“The outrage clearly il- lustrates the kind of government, or rather lack of government, there is in China under the present dynasty. Had British energies been devoted to forcing the ‘powers that ought to be’ to suppress piracy and the like (this putting the light out, to assist dark deeds bel of the num- ber), instead of forcing the opium trade, we would not now have the frequently re- curring iracies, actu: it) eof the guns of our “brave defenders.’ Would that we could retrace (or rather efface) the aren a 8 cannot, let experience dearly bought teach us a lesson; a motety of the assistance we have rendered the ingrates at Pekin would have established a good system of government, and still there would have been ay, if not more ie and pick- ings here are now. 8) if unpalatable to Britiah ears, v ce A report was Ceres by the North China papers to the effect that Mr. Hughes, the British Consul at Kewkeang, was hustled and collared by an mob, and that his wife had brickbats thrown at her on account ofa dog having been accidentally shot by a local British volunteer (the volunteer mania ex- tends to the open ports), and the celebrated London story of “who shot the dog?” seemed likely to be re- peated with pigtailed v: ns. Mr. Hughes, how- ever, writes to contradict the whole story as @ pure fabrication; so the journals are deprived of 8 valu- abie text for preaching anent Brit consular pol- or It ought to be, ‘ ie Hong Kong China Mail notifies that it has been officially informed that the East India Tele- ‘aph Company “has shipped two-thirds of the cable for connecting Hong Kong and Shanghae,” and that the completion of the enterprise is beyond doubt. Apropos of this, an amusiug termination of the cele- brated Fu Shuey difficulty comes to us from Shanghae. Do your readers know what Fi Shue; Means? [fancy not. And I shall be wiser than all the sinoloques fn China, who have been correspond- ing about it, if | succeed in making the matter ver; clear, It is easy enough to say what it is not. But can best describe it by explaining that the Fung Shuey are a sort of pervadi ont supposed to be Pre everywhere, and whi if offended, will in- Hlibly work evil to the neighborhood. This is a very lame sort of explanation, but is sufficient to let your readers understand the matter I am going to refer to. Now it is a popular superstition among the Chinese that to erect bulldii it trees, dig up graves and otherwise alter the face of the certain spots, is distasteful to the yaa aes of the neighborhood, and so apparently ical a machine as the electric telegraph was immediately “apotted” as entirely op) to the Fung Shuey superstition, Acting under this belief the Chinese peasants near Shanghae uprooted the posts of a small wire carried by an_ enterprising resident at that port from his oifices to Wusung, diplomacy has been tried in vain to Induce the Chinese officials to sanction and protect their re-erection. This latter is the stick- ing point, and till within the last few days all efforts have been fruitless. Chance has, however, accom. plished what all the wisdom and power of the West could not, and the sequel is thus told in a Shanghae yee has {t that the Mandarin in charge in the vicinity of the Beacon, who was so bitter an peycoent of Mr. Reynolds’ bo Sapergorc is now in treaty for the purchase of the p! belle’ that he could effect an amelioration of the Fung Shuey dimiculty, if, by having the line under his own con- trol, he could make immediate reports to the of foreign vessels on shore, and thus gain the 200 taela which his Excellency has notified he will generously bestow on any one who gives him the earliest in- formation of such a catastrophe. Had this tele- graphic venture not been interfered with its pro- prietor would, Ce ge or been willing to give all such news to the Chinese officials for a lower figure than they now offer. Anent the Fung Shuey that we have heard so much of lately, as one of the chief causes of the opposition of the Chinese to electric telegraphs and other novel- ties of the Western (and Eastern) barbarians, there is a resemblance to the ieeling that existed in Europe in the generation passed away, when the wonders of electricity had only become known and that but to a limited extent to a few savans; followed by discoveries (or revivals of discoveries) in animal magnetism, clectro-biology and a host of others of “that ilk’ by which a few made money at the cost of “doing” thousands in thé eye. Who that has witnessed things, spirit rapping and the effects of electric currents on the dead “‘subject” of a dissecting theatre in_ particular, would not be inclined to be sceptical? and how much more 80 an ignorant and exceedingly superstitious people, fooled by charlatans (under cloak of religious observance) out of their last mite? it these things, new to us, are and have been for ages known, more or less, to the people of certaln parts of Asia there is nothing: to disprove; moreover it has frequent- ly been found that many of the sorceries of olden time had been caused by means which the science of’ the last century has placed at the disposal of any schoolboy fond of chemistry. The best way to show our Celestial friends, Whom we are 80 anxious to convert by first laughing at all they hold sacred, we think would be to send out instead of students well up in theology, high or low church, a nuinber of lecturers; or say, rint and circulate, to begin with, a number of lec- ures on chemistry, electricity, , &c., and by a few appropriate e: perfments, conducted in presence of respectable Chinese, show them how we can ralse the dead, and produce fung shui that will increase the growth of our kitchen gardens, besides = | many other (to them, and soine of us too) wondel magical things.’ 1 have quoted chese latter remarks upon the fang shut because it is to the United States that we must look for material progresa in China. Of course some of our people are a little too ge-ahead in thelr notions, but It ts a fault on the right side, and it fs well that you should be able to place before your readers the opinions of British journalists, who cannot be acused of extravagance in thetr projects. A_large robbery has taken e of tea on the Pyang lake, the tliird during 1867. The inland waters abound with pirates, and their last exploit was to walk off with a chop of tea valued at five thousand taels. The Chinese, with strange perversity, find in the existence of these pirates a reason for opposin the navigation of the lakes by small steamers, Muc interest is felt in the forthcoming negotiations for the revision of the British treaty with China (all na- tions sharing equally in any concessions gained) as regards this point, which it is hoped may be carried. cut the foliqving from a local paper, and » d my own testimony as to the general expectation f sonie crisis among the natives, who are anxiously watching event: ‘it ia a circumstance worth no- ticing that there is @ Chinese prophecy in a sup. reased native book to the effect that the reign of he present dynasty will cease with the coming year, and that a foreigner will ascend the throne of China. Circumstances certainly seem to point to this pro- phecy’s being peey to become realized.” ‘The most noticeable features of the past six weeks have been an explosion and an earthquake. The former took place at Hankow, and over 1,000 natives were blown into ete by the firing of the arsenal at Wuchang, @ suburb of Hankow, caused, it is said, by & “leam-pigeon” mandarin crushing me detonating powder by a blow with a hammer. earthquake was experienced both at and in Formosa. Not much damage was either place, but the residents received a py fricht. ‘The eniy item of a sensational 4 tending it was the sudden reversion of the water at Keelung (Formosa) from the harbor basin, and the attempt made by some natives to secure the fish left doundering ia the dry bed. Before tuey ‘could regain NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 1%, 1808—TRIPLE SHEET, SPER UR Ar tee | aes had to record juiet and the time or I even @ worse disaster. wanigk Matters in China have seldom been more news going than at present. There Iseven a vesat tpors sol too Roa, Pay oe of , unication partakes of the prevailing dryness ‘ou mhust excuse it, on the principle that no one can inake bricks without straw—in a climate at all ri Ihave noted the fact of the Yellow river petten | e001 near Nan whereby an iommsees user oF ovens was laid under water and well a8 loss ) hing could, however, be done SEE ad SP at aa we the Chinese ment ACce] his The idea seems worth ventilating ‘etme Guiness iengih become fally senstble of me le the necegsity for tf & thoroughly organized river police, and a Baltish naval ee it is said, been nominated as the first su) itendent, I wish him joy of his position—when he gets it—for by all accounts it is likely to be no sinecure, as robberies gem to be eetcing more. freqnent every Gy, Tt i owever, Cl sign of progress on the part o! znize the necessity China that it is beginning to reco; of abandoning the old beaten track of letting every- HONG KONG. thing manage itself, Shortly after d Cag 3 last letter per the China the colony ‘of Hong ny was visit by an- other of those awful conti lons which have 80 dist ished the annals of the place ever since its foundation. On the 28th November a fire commenced in the godown of a merchant named Schellbars, and the destructive element, although Brayely sercgaieyt with by all the force at our command in the colony, did not cease until it had laid some five European ant two hundred Chinese houses in rut e area devastated was only some three hundred yards square every way, but the insurances amounted to more than a million of dollars—quite enough to jus- ay the fire ae called “extensive” in a small colony like this, Of course, directly the fire was out, there was a meeting of insurance agents, &c., to decide upon taking some means to guard against similar accidents in future, locking the stable door after the steed is gone being a favorite course of action all the world over, and the result is that they bullied the Governor into sve, home for two good American engines complete and with steam Ponce. Our people have taken a more direct way of doing business by ordering machinery and gear to the extent of $8,000 upon their own responsibility—a much more sensible and satisfactory manner of meet- ing the diMiculty. Altogether the last fire has acted as a caution to Hong mene large. Talking of insurance officers reminds me that the establishment of Augustine Heard & Co. has at length been fittingly housed in one of the best, if not the best, buildi in this colony. There has been some little delay in its completion, owing to the flight of the architect, who, after receiv! a handsome ad- vance, “absquatulated.” Twice also has nature itself step} in by floods and age rs But the work is done at last, and is worthy of the colony in its best days. The Hong Kong Association Society, which has been got up to represent the colonists at home, has presented to the British Parliament a memorial urging that Hong Kong should be relieved from the parinent of the $100,000 which is annually exacted ‘way of “military contribution” towards the pay of the troops stationed here. It has not been actu: paid over for some three years, but the colony debited with it, and Hong pny | does not see the beauty of the arrangement. So the association has taken to memorializing the British Parliament. I may-mention that the British house of Jardine, Matheson & Co. have deemed it necessary to have a memorial all to themselves. The document is good enough in its way, but people are asking if it is not “coming the 1” rather too much, consideri that the Chamber of Commerce memorial exp: all that Jardine, Matheson & Co. had to say upon the subject. However, it is a fact significant of the Position of house which is probably the to he west of the African Cape and may BE without pene comment. There is somethi imposing this mova the opinions and des! of beneath them commercial status, which rather seems to take the British fancy. The Governor is determined to make marine lot holders repair the damage done to the praya fronting their lots, which the said lot holders decline poe A An action has been brought to enforce ont views, but it is still pending. Mr. Burlingame’s Movements as Reported in Shanghae—His Travelling Troubles and Re- lef—An Official Inspection of Consuls. SHANGHAS, Jan. 16, 1868. On the 2d ult. we were startled by the intelligence that the Hon. Anson Burlingame, United States Min- ister to China, had been appointed Chinese Ambas- sador to American and European capitals having treaties with China, and farthermore that the honor- able gentleman, in travelling overland from Peking to take ship at Tientsin, had been blockaded by the Neinfei rebels, and was unable to accomplish his journey. The United States steamer Ashuelot, at s few hours’ notice, got up steam and started for the north; but on her arrival at Tientsin she found that Mr. Burlingame had been released from his uncom- fortable position by a party from her Majesty's gunboat Dove, and another relief party from Peking, consisting of the mounted escort of the British Lega- tion and some Cossacks of the Russian Legation. The party at once embarked on board the Ashuelot, which vessel returned to Shi which she reached on the 10th of December, hav! made the voyage up Lape bani in eight days—one of the fastest on ‘The news as to Mr. Burlingame’s appointment as Chinese am! lor is fully confit |, and he ts to receive the nice little salary of $40,000. Opinions of course differ as to the advantages Western Powers will by this inary mission. own opinion goes that f interests cannot suffer and mi Ue pol @ step. Mr. Brown, of thy Engl hn Eapeinoa, ann Mr. Des Champs, a Fregchman attached to the Customs service, accompany Mr. Burlingame as and some half dozen Chinese officials will also be apprenticed to Mr. Bur- for a noviciate in diplomacy. before he starts on his mis- sion, make a tour of ins] ion of some of the con- sular ria, and wo have started long ago reckon te ieee of the mail induced a pro- stay here. The Ashuelot has been detailed for the service of waiting on him as ven Tons he juires her for this duty. It is also probable he will not leave China until the arrival of Mr. George F. Leonard, the United States Consul General here, now expected on return from leave, and who, it is supposed, will take charge of American interests in China as aAftaires, . Burlingame will, Financial and Commercial Report=Native and Foreign Markets. Hona Kona, Jan. 15, 1868, ‘The Pacific Mail Company's steamer Great Repub. lic reached this port on the afternoon of the 13th, eight days late from continued heavy weather. She brings dates from San Francisco to December 4 and from New York to November 10, with telegrams from the latter place to December 3. ‘There 1s no pros- pect of business improving until after the Chinese New Year's holidays at the end of the month,” ts the opinion given forth by everybody, and such is un- doubtedly the fact. In my last per China I noted that all American imports here were dali, and this remark must continde to apply with peculiar force now, for John Chinaman will do nothing during his holidays except square up his yearly balance; he has no Sundays and few holidays all the year round, and he takes them all at once in the shape of a fort- night or three weeks between the old and new years, From the San Francisco Bulletin 1 observe that the Japan and China line via Pacific hi not as yet given that impetus to trade which was expected it would; but you must take into account that trade here and in Japan is probably as dull at present (from a variety of causes) as it has been for many years, or probably ever has been, and you must not draw conclusions too soon. “When things are at their worst” they are said to mend; and this is the reason that so many are of opinion that they must do so at a rapid pace so soon as the aforesaid holidays are over and the Chinese again take up the weights and scales instead of their joss-sticks. A glance at the events commercial for the past = at once explains the general stagyation and distrust, for probably no one year of foreign occupation has witnessed so many cx- ensive failures and revealed so much commercial bungling, if not swindling, a8 has this year of 1867, re- cently closed. To be sure, the overtrading in China has one on at so rapid arate, and ata rate so entirely Gisproportioned to that of the opening of the coun- try, that prices which were obtained for is three fed ago have been reduced by one-half during ‘he past year, T cannot illustrate this remark better than by appending, for the study of your readers, the following tabular statement coimpiled by @ Shanghae paper:— 1807—Tatm, —-186—Tarls, Gray shirtings, 7 Ths..... 2.05 @ 2.10 2458 256 Gray do., 64 to 8% Ibs. 2.50 @ 2.35 2700 2.75 ‘T-cloths, 6 to 7 Ibs. + 1.65a 210 2008 2.30 T-cloths, White White shirting to 8 Ibs. 2.460 2.75 Nirtings, 56 reed. 2158 2.26 reed, 2,60 2.62 Camiets, SS... +1160 12.50 14,25 9 14.50 Long ells, scarlet 6.00 7.00 a 7.60 Long ells, assorted 7.00 w 72 Spanish stripes, per y 0.08 00.08 Tron, nail rod.. 245 a 2.60 Trou, flat and round. 2.200 2.40 Lead... Cea 490 5.09 Tin piates. 4e 4.40 Coals, English. 11,00 @ 11.50 ao 9008 ot that @ie country has not “buds, 185 boxes; fire an idea of the trusted in keep order, ant pomesine iomenives of prone ant oo subj than commercial; but ances of the ceptive (and it will ers themselves if they are) causes mentioned, ‘The tea export to the States from J: 1to De cember 31 last Fined summed up to 38,137,771 pounds, Inst 33,043,820 in 1866, which embraces & anes of leaf bought up at competitive rates, which paid producer very much better than the exporter, as I previously noted. This competition is source of weakn considered another of wi buyers, which should be spokes Sete ton Ose on Great Britain has a sorbed neal | pounds agall 1866, and the same remark has much to British merchants than Still, both should go hand in hand, The following totals of exports of silk and sundries during the past year be of interest your readera;—Crape shawls sik, 1,261 piculs; mi 78,649 plotls: rhuparb, 271 pious; & Star aniseed, 10 boxes; cassia oil, meats, 4,728 boxes; chinaware, 624 boxes; fans, & 1,505 boxes; vermilion, 308 boxes; straw hats, 1,055 cases; tin, 3,427 piculs, and straw braid, 1,384 piculs. These figures are from a le authority, and throw some light on the eous trade with the States and this country, Now that the Pacific Mail Company is fairly in motion there is no doubt that in these minor hes of trade a large in- crease will be made this year. After what I have above stated I need add very little regarding the state of the particular markets, In the tea markets at all the ports transactions have been moderate, although there appears to be a cer- tainty of a shorter supply this season than last. Canton buyers are contint to resist the high rates of teamen, and no transactions have yet taken place in country Congous ; previous prices have ruled, how- ever, for canton made, anda fair demand has existed. Quotations are:—Scented Pekoe, 165 a 28 taels; scented Capers, 15 a 27 taels; district Congous, 20 a 21 taels; pow der, 12 a 26 and Foring: Hyson 173¢ taels. At Foochow an active demand for Congous sted on English account, and one or two of the American houses have pegamienpared the Oolong market and made large pul at extreme rates, otations:—Congou, dust to low medium, 73-5 a 18.3 taels, on board; medium, 20.3 taels do.; Sou- chong, common, 17.03 a 18.8 taels; Oolong, common, 16 taels; fair cargo, 19.3 a 19.8 taeis; Panes cargo, 22.8 taels, and medium scented teas 20.8 taeis. At Amoy the Congou stock is exhausted, but about 12,000 packiaes Oolongs have been taken during the past fortnight at a reduction of $2 a $3 per picul on for- mer rates. The Oscar has sailed for New York. A sale of 524 chests 1s reported from Hankow, leaving in stock 1,326 chests. The supply, it is believed, will not be above an average one at Shanghae, if that. In the silk market at Canton holders are firm and decline prices a little under those given below. Very little business has resulted in consequence. Settle- ments and prices are as follows:—No. 1 'I'satlee, 150 bales at $485 per picul; No. 2, 60 bales at $475; No. 1 bony Kong, $500; No. 2 Loong Kong, $480; No. 3 Kow Kong, $445 @ $455; rerealed Cumchuck, $520; and waste silk, 200 bales, at $50a $70. Under the head of export sundries it may be noted that in flre- crackers it is reported that contracts for 40,000 boxes have been made at 80¢, a 83c. for No. 1 Gold Eagle chop and 77c. for cae grades, Some 10,000 boxes are also said tobe making, with seventy-two crackers in the pack, for the South American market. Sundry quotations:—Cassia, $20 60 a $21; cassia buds, $25 50 @ $26 50; rhubarb, 170 a $80; galangal, $2 10 a $230; vermilion, 50 & $40; anisced stars, $27 a $23; cassia oil, $170 a $175; ginseng, crude, $70 a $120; clarified, $120 a $135, The opium market is firm, closihg steady. Patna closed at $650 a $660, New Benares at $652, and Malwa at $702. Estimated stock on January 14— Patna, 3,138; 443; Malwa, 697, and Persian 254 chest Tn su; puppies are ome forward more freely, and prices show a decline of 30c. a 40c. per picul. Shekloong smnlte, ee eye $7 20; No. $5 50 a 30; brown, No. 1, 50a $3 60; No. 2, $3 10a 20. A sugar refinery is in process of construction here by one of the largest native sugar dealers, and the machinery has arrived. Coal.—One cargo of an- thracite is on the market, but no favorable offers have been made. Purchases of rice continue on @ limited scale, but closing rates are silghtly in advance of previous fortnight. In provisions, flour is without movement; wheat is weaker, native supplies having arrived, and beef and pork are only sold at retail. Miscellaneous quotations show cotton goods, Amert- can drills, 40 y: » $5 30 a $5 40; 30 yards, $3 00 a ; Jeans, 40 yards, $4 50 a $4 60; 30 yards, $3 90 a sheetings, 12 Ibs., $4 40 & $4.50; 14% Ibs., 30 a $5 40." Quicksilver, $67 50 a $63'50, Flour, & $8 50 Bi, bbl. Beef, $18 pee bbl. Pork, $20, eat, $2 80 8 $2 90 per picul. . Anthracite coal, 12 50 @ $13 ton. Rice, No. 1 China, $2 95 a $3. in, ‘@ $1 52." In bullion and exchange, bar silver 1134 per cent; doll: 136; sterling bills, six months’ sight bank, a, 3d ads, 3%d.; private, 43. 34d. a 48. 344d. In freights there Is little or no change. The Gala- tea is on the berth at Whampoa for New York at £3 ton of feet, as also are the Fidelio and both at £3 2s, 6d. The Ainerican bark Penang, now in Hong Kong, has been chartered to go from Manila to Francisco at $16 gold. Current rate from Shanghae to New York £3 per ton of forty feet. Marine Intelligence. Hone Kona, Jan. 16, 1868. The Great Republic, leaving to-day, takes about 800 tons of general merchandise. For San Francisco she has 8,264 packages, among which are 2,467 piculs rice, 60 boxes opium, 800 packages tea, 26 cases silks and 400 tons of hemp. Curiously enough there are ‘on board 40 cases of aniseed oi! for Southampton via Panama. The steamer takes about 400 Chinese pas- sengers. KNEE DEEP IN THE MUD—BROADWAY GYMNASTICS. ‘The breaking up of the winter accumulation of snow and ice, which prevailed through the month of February, has left Broadway in a condition of mud- diness, downright and emphatic, which it has not enjoyed for several seasons before. It is mud, mud everywhere—on sidewalk and in gutter, at every crossing and at every point where there is no cross- ing. ‘Knee déep in the mud” is the motto, and no- body makes any effort to avoid carrying the proverb ofthe day. The police, gay and festive Lotharios, have an enjoyable position in relation to the matter, masking gallantry under the guise of necessity and assisting lady bo ggen Sgr across the street by taking them up forcibly, like babies, and carrying them across of expense, Remarkably courteous and accommodating fellows are these M. P.’s—especially ¢o ladies—though not one of them has ever been known to extend the aforesaid courtesy even to the most diminutive gentleman. It is a curious fact— which may be here mentioned—that exactly at those crossings Which have the nature of thoroughfares the mud and slush ia deepest and least effort is made to secure passableness, The Bleecker street crossli wre stnaty, execrable; and here the police play the part of ferryboate unto ladies, young and old, oe. and unpainted, They are priv leged. No river dares to run them down. They wear jack boots to the knee, which no mud can penetrate or especially soil, the preservation of the immaculate shine being no object to thera, espectally when there is a lady in waiting at the other side. Bnviable gentlemen they are, with an enviable destiny— especially in bad weather. Canal street forms a second point of interest to the jotter of notes, | on, seems to — stat! —_ 2 ; Squad of tall, stalwart gentlemen, capable of carry! Aouble weight, since (fom elthet corner nt the Can street crossing i! is quite-impoasible to get to either other corner. Pedestrians gather in fe gettin ad corner. Stages rumble and roar accumulate; and generally a sort of Bedlamish aspect rales the aay and, for that matter, the night too. he corner of Broadway and Fulton street makes the third and most ee of all these points, With mud as deep as at Canal which means as deep as Inferno; with a greater accumulation of ve- hicles and carte; with & huge structure like the Bronaway bridge In the way of every and tronized by nobody, this potat is the most execrable of all points to be mentioned. Gymnastics are the particular order, and one effects a at immi- nent danger of his neck, Cmsar passing the Rubicon ig no comparison. There is the mud underfoot; the confusion of crossers just ahead of you seudding under the bare poles of astage, and there is the ponderons pole of the vehicle just ready to knock you on the head and seeming to aim tly at that point o. yore Mysiog. Anon a policeman seizes a couple of ladies, and, one under each atm, rushes frantically across, over you if you are in the way, past you if you get out of the way, Deliberation not possible. You dash—m: a gallant dash— through clusters vehicles, under the noses of horses, ducking yout head to avoid the pole, and anally effect a crossing, the most eae samt and forlorn individual who ever forded a muddy. thoroughfare, with a dozen batteries firing nothing but mud trained directly upon your valuable person, “Shine ‘em up," shots bootblack, and you retire with a consciousness ‘our entire person stands in necd of the impudent little villain’s distin- guished services. You have the Rubicoi a within you carry the congclousaess of a secoi wesar. A SAD Case or Svictps.—We t to learn that the wife of Frederick §. Fairchild, Jr., of es drowned herself on Sunday evening, about eign o’clock, while laboring under a Gt of lnsanity, Mrs. Faireiiid was the mother of F. S. Fairchitd, Jty President of the village and agent of tie Hudson River Raliroad. She wag am exemplary woman, whose death will be much deplored by all Who knew her. So® was in the sixty-eighth your yf her age— Troy Wito, March Ui. JAPAN. eeeeacamana aaa The Revolution of the Daimios and Seizure of the Mikada. ABOLITION OF THE TYCOONATS: Fighting ip Yokohama and Burning and lation of Satsuma’s Men im Jeddo, Dynastic Jealousies the Causes of Civil War. By special correspondence and newspaper reperts from Yokohama and Jeddo, Japan, dated the 25th of January we have detailed accounts of the origin and progress of the fierce civil war, provoked in the em- pire by the conduct of the Daimios and dynastie Jealoustes, announced a short time since by special telegraph letters to the HeraLp forwarded by way of San Francisco, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Aristocratic Movement Against the Ty- coon—Looking for the “Spoils” from Fore elgn Duties—The Tycoon Deposed as Ruler— Alarm in Yokohama—The New Ports and | Trade Prospects. YOKOHAMA, Jan. 25, 1868. The state of affairs here has assumed a warlike aspect since the opening of the new ports, The Daimios, who have so long opposed the opening of the country to foreigners, have had a conference with the Mikado ant Tycoon, and demanded that it the ports of Osaca and Hiogo were opened they should have the privilege of making treaties with the foreigners to open thelr ports in their respective provinces. They cannot see why the Tycoon’s ports should be open and he, to the exclusion of the other princes, should reap all the benefit arising from the trade with foreigners. The Tycoon has given notice to the foreign minister that he will carry out his treaties with them and that he will stand by them in all cases. The opposition princes did not gain their point, so they retired, and haying gained posses- sion of the sacred person of the Mikado, who is the supreme power of the land, they forced him to annul the title of Tycoonate and also deprive the Prince of Mito (the late Tycoon) of all his titles as one of the nobility of the country. The Tycoon still retains the control of all his sol- diers and is looked upon by ail the people of the country as their ruler. Shin and Tosa have in their command all the soldiers of thelr provinces, whichis no very small number, The Prince of Sutsuma, Cho whom they have brought to Osaca, and now intend to coerce the late Tycoon to accede to their wishes or resign his power over the sojdiers. This will only be done by his death. men and capital at his disposal (he is one of the But considering the number ef richest men in the country, having collected one- third the rents of the country for the past year), It will take time to settle the affair; but whichever way it may go, it cannot be otherwise than to the good of foreigners. The chances are that whoever shall come out victorious will open the whole country, and we will attain the end without any more diplomatic agents, and have access to the country from one end to the other. If this is brought about, which is the only way they can do, the foreign nations can come nd trad je or Inhabit the country, A civil war is just what they w: time, and if they only have it now! the desired end which the wholé looked forward to—the openin; country and free intercourse wit Yokohama has been in a state of great excitement for the past two we Rumors have been going around that the ronins, or robbers, were coming here to burn the town. The gates of the city have been closed and strictly guarded, and foreigners are not allowed to go outside, Still the danger is not 80 reat a8 Many suppose; there has not been any Sent fiz within thirty miles of this place, nor do I think there will be. Tne English and French ‘ison have been on the alert and will give the settlement all the protection it needs. The Japanese take upon them- selves the troubje to circulate all the rumors and reports their weak minds will allow them to, and hardly a day without somebody being killed, according to rumors; but so far nothin, of the kind has happened, Buildings still continue to up, but business of all kinds is at @ stand still. e coming holiday (new year) has a depressing effect on all mercantile trans- actions, and will continue to have for the coming month, when it is hoped business will revive in. General Paul Frank, late United States Marshal af this place, has been nt Consular Agent at Hiogo, and W. H. Moss Vice Consul at Osaca. Hiogo and Osaca were opened to gh og for purposes of trade on the 1st of January, 1868. Were until now supposed to be the greatest marts the country, but, owing to the situation of the towns and circumstances connected with them, they are not what has been so long looked and hoped for. Hiogo, or Koohe, the foreign settlement, is to the right of the native town and contains about bike | acres of land. The site is may but when tl is said it isall. The harbor one of the poorest in Japan, there being no holding ground for shi within two miles from the shore and water thi fathoms. During a northwest wind it is impossible to o to or from a ship, These winds are frequent dur fg the fall and winter, The town in the beg ee | chain here for some iil bring abous rid has so long up of the whole the natives. is slightly elevated and is surrounded Py a hills. This is said to be the t port of Japan for tea, but very little was seen. ie only produce that was brought to the place were rice and dyko (tu which they use in great quantities. The merc! appear to be very rand with no desire to trade. the ap ce the place to the pioneers whe were there at the beginning was enough to dis- hearten any one, with nothing but a long stretch of sand and neither house nor place to put your head. At the opening there were as many as two hund) persons there, but they have got over their fever are gradually leaving. Those who had the money have already gone. ‘The prominent vopic is, how could the Ministers have chosen such a place as this? Surely they muss have had their eyes closed when they took this plea- sant town. They have done themselves proud and need only to choose another locality for a town and then ign or hire the Japanese to do their work for them as this job seems to liave been done. Osaca is in peace with Hiogo. The sad calai which has befallen our navy here gives us an idea of what a place It must be for shipping. The reguia- tions read that you can go ashore and walk around— roviding the Japanese have no objection. This ts japanese have a ol lon, init foreigners shall | or teade there, citer airgotly or indirectly. The fate fatal accident on the bar has put a a on this place, showing plainly that it can never rr of entry, Tho Newtiity of the people also would jeter a foreigner from living there, ft being neces- sary to have a uard of five or six men, and then be flake to be insulted and inost likely killed. ‘The city has inhabitants to the number of 300, ‘and is well built, with a large local trade, and m become of cofsiderable importance in time; but present there is very little foreign trade to be done, unless a change should take place, which is not very probable. NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. Revolution and Seizure of the Mikado—Burne. ing the Palace of the Royal Widows—Se- vere Fighting on Land and at Sen. {From the Japan Times, Extra, Yokohama, Jan. 25,} The news from Japan ts of the Mghest teaget A revolution has been the consequence of the be of ure new ports. The gp Mikado had been seized by Latsuma, Chiosia and Tosa, and Stots bashi, the late Shogoon, has. fled from Kioto, the capital, and shut himself up im his castle of Osaca, under the protection of the Aeets of his ail es. A distinct and solemn aesurance has, however, been, made to him by the ministers of the treaty Powers bog Oy ee i] < wae in the strug- ie. He is collecting luis fore . The Gonfederaved “Daimlos have as yet made no sign. They have pro) nothing to the foreign ministers, and are unilkely to do so until after # assembiy Of the nobility of the empire in councth, Meanwhile the country is without a recognized bead, Disturbances have taken piace in Jeddo of @ serious natare, The Nino Maru, a palace in the chief enclo~ sure of the Shogoon's castle, and the residence of the ladies of his court, was burned down on the 16th inat. The relicts of all Shogoons live in the Nino Maru, and it is said that the palace wos destroyed by &@ band of Satsume’s people, who came up to rescne in that manner @ sisver of their prince, who had been the wife of a former Shogoon. It has not been ascer- tained that this was Teally the case; bat two days afterwards Satsuma’s chit jace in Jeddo was attacked and burned by the Shogoon’s troops, a8 well as three smatier houses of bis. The 3 had for some time been dismantled, and the vernment detiare that they had no quarrel wit Satsuma, but merely Went to disiodge & number condottiert who had establisyed themsclves in the empty yashvicis, ere Was & Severe fight at the princ Lege and the official report is that a bundred ant a | o se robbers were killed and @ hundred al A say wounded, tie government loss being ‘Whotper Saisuiya’s men or not, the surviygrg qué killed an@ wounded.