The New York Herald Newspaper, September 5, 1874, Page 6

4 NEW YORK HERALD, SATUR FORMOSA.| ese War Against the, The Japa Islanders Concluded. The Mikado Determined to Main- tain Peace with China. Foreign Diplomacy Hostile to the | Yokohama Policy. GENERAL LEGENDRE’S MISSION AND ARREST American Interests—The Simon- oseki Indemnity. Chinese Commissioners Received iz the Japanese Camp. Active Diplomacy a Relief to Field Life Monotony. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4, 1874, The steamship Great Repubiic arrived nere toe day, Sue brings Yokohama dates to August 14, Japanese Relations to China and For- mos ‘The Japanese adhere to their determination not | to be driven into war with Ching except in the last extremity. The whole tendency of their present negotiations ts pacific, but so many influences gre | operating against them that the7 (eel the neces. sity of tully preparing themseives. To this end large bodies of troops have been assembled in cer- tain Southern ports, ready for instant departure in cage of need, and severai large steamers have been added to their transport fleet. The most im- portant of these are the Pacific Mail Company's snip New York, purchased for $250,000, and the ships Acantha and Madras for $118,000 and $90,000 respectively. In regard to the New York it is pos- sible that the claims for commissions, yet un- settled, and about to be adjudicated, will swell the amount paid by the Japanese to $280,000, GENERAL LEGRNDRE ALRESTED, | General Legendre, who sailed for China a fort- ; night ago to continue the peaceful negotiation commenced in Formosa, Wys arrested py United States officiais on landing at Amoy. It is pot yet known whetuer he will be temporarily or perma- Nently detained. Astonishment at tue news of his seizure 1s chiefly caused by the fact that the amicable character of his mission was known to | everybody, It is looked upon as another proof of | the determination of foreign representatives to obstruct tue efforts of Japan to arrive at a fair un- derstaudiug. No ‘oreiguer acting on behalf of China has been molested or interfered with in any way. CAUTIOUS DIPLOMACY OF THE, JAPANESE. The Japanese government, fortunately foresee- ing the possivility of obstacies in General Legen- dre’s case, despatched other commissioners im- mediately after his departure. wo could noi be hindered in tue fulfilment of their daties, ‘The first of these is Okubo, Minister of the In- terior aud a member Of the Uighest board of the goverumedt. His assistant is Yoshsharas, an ofti- cer of the Treasury Department and the head of the Yokohama Custom House. They are to pro ceed directly to Pekin. Accompanying them is a French geutieman im tne iegal service of tue Japanese, THE FOREIGN MINISTERS ANXIOUS AND HOSTILE. So eager are the foreign ambassadors to de- Drive Japan of all Kinds of foreign counsel in this emergency that the French Minister undertook to detain bis employé. Having the law and a com- plete knowledge of the law ou his side, be wagabie to convince M. Berthemy of the danger o/ the course he was pursuing. NATIONAL HOPE OF THE JAPANESE, The Japanese are stili hopeful of tranquillizing the results of this last mission, the keenest interest im the deliverations of the goverument on the Formosa question. On the 4tu Oi August be personally visited the office of the Diajokwan, or the firsc Board of the govern- ment, and presided over the vebates, an act almost without precedent in modern times. THE SIMONOSEKI INDEMNITY. On this subject a trustworthy correspondent writes as iollows : The affair taken a turn the Simonoseki thay indemnity has could never have been anuci- puted by Americans. Mr. Bingham has received instructions (rou Washington to demand tll pay. ment, and t a t posited to his credit. The grouads upon w the order irom the State Pepartinent was Dased are not that the ciaim is just or that the Unite tates government desires tue money lat as other gov- erpments converne: ived their share Ours USt wisO be paid according to the bond. ‘The Japanese are greatly d, not wholly on account of the Gnlooke y because they had be @ last two years of Money, but a given to ulider- ne if ihe balance of tue payment would never be exacted, In this conviction they (elt themselves in @ better posi- tion to resist the s of Other nations, ‘They now cousider ee to believe cat the assurances ot for' 2 aud unwillingness to press an extoruc mend were notning but empty deciama s understood that it Mr, Bingham deeply regrets tue decision of the State bepartwent, which, uevertheless, he is bound to entorce. He hiss not, up co this moment, ftakea possession of the «mount. hoping that an- other mall may bring sowie jwodiiicution of Ris me structions, AMERICANS ON THE QCI VIVE. United Stares Consul General Van Buren nas ar- rived and assumed the duties of his office. General Meyers and Oolonel Lyford, of the United States Army, specially commussionea os President Graut to oring presents of jew and improved srs to the sovereig; Japan, are now at Jed On the 10th inst, they were, with Minister Bingham, rece.ved the Mikado, In the unlucky event of a war witn China it is provable ‘hat these in: ments of at tack, song Which were Gating guns, would be made immediate use 0”. ever, that Mr. Bingham bas issued any orders sor- bidding thelr delivery ro the Japanese autiorities, THE END OF tHE WAR. oy rs The Finai Uperns!o in the Field= Herald Special Hepoty Of the Peace Mission and Negotiations in Camp, Kam YAMA CAMP, LIANG Kao, FORMOBA, JONG 20, 1374. Whatever doubt there may be as to the ability oF | the Japanese 10 construct 4 camp upon strict mill- tary principles, there is vo question that in choos- ing positions of wholes me comfort and pasural beauty they have keeu uiscerument and Judgment. The old camp in the Liang Kiao Valley, a3 I have | Mentioned, was selected solely on account of the supposed necessity « holding a a@- fensive situation. As soon as it was disco vered (hat DO attack irom the natives coaju possibiy be Apprebended—a conviction that tue Japanese oft. cors were the Arst to arrive at—aii interest in this Joeality Was abanavned. he work on the intrench- Ments Was suspended, Goud the attention of ali concerned was directed to the improvement of the new site, two roties soath of the orginal lana ing place. Whatever merit there was in deciing upon this ground for permanent occupation ve. longs entirely to the Japanese. It was thew choice, and f think that the vast superiority of tue position justifies them in ‘their determi | | yond | tions to thts rule. | forth The Mikado takes | It does not appear. now. nation to decide for themselves in such a matter, Just to the south of the village of Sialiao 18 & httle hill of some 250 or 300 feet in height, called, from its shape, Ku San (Turtle Hull) by the Chinese, and Kame Yama by the Japanese. It is the same acclivity that was ascended by Japanese officers on the 7th of May for purposes of observation, Be- Mt, stil further south, is @& plot of level ground some twenty acres in extent, a lit- Ue elevated above the level of the aea, and, while protected by surrounding hills from the ex- | tremest violence of the weather, open at alt times to breezes. which seem absolutely Cool in comparison with the dire intensities of the valley. Since tne Temoval to the new quarters existence has been quite tolerable, The actual heat has been great as ever, and it has not been tempered by such heavy rains as those of the end of May, but there has been no hour of the day or night without a cheering and refreshing wind, and the dangers of camp iever may now be considered entirely at am end. [ fancy that to those who have faita in the delights of positive tranquillity @ prolonged career op this particular part of the Formosa coast would not be without its charms, The atmosphere is warm, but in this spot not de- bilitating, and the outlook ts to some extent pic- turesque, combiniag varieties Of land and ocean irregularity. The present occupants—I mean the Japanese—are of a race that never can disturb the rational mind by excesses of temper. Perfect courtesy is their universal rule. Animated nature is not otherwise superiativeiy engaging, though it possesses a few elements of interest. Our beasts are very few, and they are totally unattractive, ‘They are chiefly varieties of the cattle (water bui- feloes) of which I have before spoken. There are no horses—a few ponies, perhaps half a dozen, brought by the Japanese, serving only as excep- Horses have not always been unknown in Liang Kiao; but the last three or four importations of stock by the coast villagers hav- ing been captured and eaten by the savages, all Dative attempts to introduce the equine element | have been abandoned. It was not as an article of diet— least’ or all barbarian diet—that vae peopie of Sialtao sought to estgbiish the breed, The men of the Mountains express no desire to eat the Jap- anese ponies. They know perfectly well that these particular quadrupeds would uot ve easy o! diges- tion. The dogs of the region are ut terly imhuman; they will not be be- guiled to us by any wiles we can hold forth, Birds, insects and reptiles alone remain, Of the first there are great numbers, thougn what they be and what their name I have no power to tell. They are only songsters, and, 1 suppose, wouid be utterly despicable to the sportsman, But they Hill the air with the merriest kind of music each morning, and are iu greater or less degree audibdie throughout the day. In tne evenings their Piace is supplied by insects, whose volubility sur- passes that of the chirping things in most coun- tries that I have visited. fall of @ brisk vivacity. Tue insects are to some extent assisted by the reptiles, ior there are chat- vering lizards that take peculiar joy in clumbing on our roofs, perching in windows and intrencning themselves in ail sorts o1 augies, whence they send | brief, - stammering and plaintive re- frains, which might be accepted as weil intended serepades if they were not twacced to hours beyond all endurauce. Otuer insects visit us at times, Rot sO harmless in reputation and lar more objectionable in ap- pearance—scorpions, soakes and eager, nipping ceutipedes, They are not, however, very proiuse, ani only the centipedes have appeared tn nul bers or size suMcient to warrant a moment's anxiety. We have sometimes eucountered spect mens Of these eight inches long, aud to fiud them oi tour inches has ceased to be # novelty. 1 Suvok oue of that leugth out of my coat-pocket the other morning, a8 I was dressing. Strangely enough, we cannot get auy positive information as to Wie habits of these creatures. The natives are all afraid of them, apparentiy, but will not Say that their bites are positively dangerous. Apart from the birds and lizards, we sources of our enlivening sounds are not nuinerous. Venders oi questionable Dative products cave been bans ished irom this camp, so tueir cries no longer agitate the air." There is one pecuitar strain, per- haps the st frequent of all, which bas a historical prototype. Cervantes speaks, in “ Don Quixote,” of tue noise caused by | “the ponderous Wheels’ of an ox wagon, from whose harsh and coutimuous creaking, it 13 suid, wolves aud bears fy away in terror.” The axes of ancient Spain were perhaps of a more obstinate and compiaiuing character; but ere their utter- ance i3 rather agreeable than otherwise. The un- greased wheels send out a cry lake that of a distant rustic horn, and Lave often kuown it to be mis- taken for the Jow steam whistie of a ship far out in the aarbor, And, last of aii, We Uave the periodic Cais O1 the trumpeters, Which, although they come a dozen times a day, seem always strange and un- Uaua: in thiv wild district. They are the common calls of American and European usage, and are as often sounded amiss as correctiy; but 1 have quite ceased to think of the errors of (their delivery since | Was witness to the pluck Of the tttie bugiers iu their marches to the interior, These lads are almos: ai! about fourteen or fi teen years old, and they Went turougu the whole of the work of the early of this mouth as if they were vetcrans. In addition to the instruments of their cating they carried ali the paraphernalia of the regular soldier, and they kept their place im the lige with as mach | persistence as the most experiencea and most mascular of their companions. KILLING 1IM% [N CAMP—EVERY DAY DIVERSION AGAINST GLOOM, Thas the calm routine of far niente might easily Satisiy tue inactive mind; but to volatile natures, like the Jupanese, the prolonged stagnation and the progpeci of its indefimite continuation mast be immeasurably gloomy. The diversifying 10ci- deuts are extremely few. Once a week or 80 company comes in .rom a camp in the mouptatug | oF ob the opposite snore apa another marches out to take {ts place. At rare intervais a steamer ar- rives, bringing newspapers trom Japan, and all Wio Undersiand ingish have then a momentary amusement in observing Low most of these pubil- cations vie with one another in demonstrating their singular spite and their ignorance, which 19 not ail singular, respecting this very Formosa ex- peultion; which, painiul as it may ve to them, Will proceed to the tuifiiment of its weli defined pur- bose regardless o1 their derision or their actempts e at oriticism—“cr nice which," to use the words of one of thelr own number, has a clearer esti- Mate than the others or the reaponsibilities of journalism, “siinply consists in standing in the mud and throwing — handiuis of it atJapao.”” What tuat wel! deiined purpose ig can hardly be too oiten repeated. It is to avenge the marder of a number of shipwrecked Japanese and to establish a suficient security, 1 ole way or another, against the recurrence of similar outrages, Time will siow whether the untiess ipputations of different designs are rue of false. These results will be secured; to others the Japanese are indifferent. As regards ideas Of conquest, it was only the other might thas 1 heard the commanding generat, Sao, say Wat the invaciog army he would best like to intro- duce here—and would introdace tf circumstances should combine to prolong his stay—would ve an army Of school teachers to redeem the savages from at least & portion Of their utter ignorance. As to tae pout ontrol of the region, be miy stated tuay Le would rather see it piaced in tue hands oO! apy one of tue more poweriul chieis that could be trusted in @ certain degree than other- Wise disposed of, In that way, be thought, unless the Ubinese should be finally roused to assuming @ jurisdiction that might insure positive security to straugers, the bi guarantee of salety equid be outatned, asionaiiy, again, in te Way Of Giversion, We are gathered to hear the itives of Japauese explorers who have veen bto various paris of tue interior to gather suon, This method of collecting Know. das veen for @ long time in progress. It vinigeuced months velore the sailing of this ex- JON, aud ts Stil actively pursued. One of the investigators was Major Fukusima, whose gs ikequegtly voen poentioned in phis cor- § f ne lie, however, travelied Gniy in the y uis'ricts, whereas the iater observers 40 eXcusively umong the savages. ‘They Mi repor} {he same Wid aud oarvarous condition in every tive, irom North to South, The tribes are alike ; 'B their ignorance o} ali Dut the radest methods of | cultivation, yrodueing oniy riee, tovacco and po- Tatues, ang Got Knowing plow to ya i themselves \ Of laxuries that tte ready to their hand, like the Sugar cane, and, In their deflance and hatred or jhe cniese, whose autuority they totally deny, 4p) against wiot they frequentiy arta, themse. *e4 1p “head-lunting" excursions, the ré& su.ts of Whe pre Scen in prominent displays of i Their usages are wener- ally the sare, tho ff £ A lew sight dimerence: recorded im the way of Wliat they Consider per- sunai decoration. The styles of tattooing are not alWays #luiuar, and in some jocaiities the custom does NOt exist, aud here and there a strange tancy ig exhibited in the disappearance of the two front upper teeth irom the mouths of the married women. On stii! rarer occasions a little relaxtion {9 afforded by Visita to or Irom t iriendiy “head- men’ of the inverior, They are sti too shy to veuture very freeiy among us, but they promul- gate standibg invitanions to such hospitauty as they van oder. For once im @ way it is aumusing, dul quesuouably cooked pigs and Clickens are not jong alluring, end the society of ¢ the tilidest-mannerea savage rapidly to charm, There seems to Se no dvuvt of toe good fecilog Of most Of the Southern tribes. A fortuignt 2 ago Suigo sent Over some physicians to look alter their general healch, anu this, | believe, has always proved the most effectual appeal to barbarian confideuce all over the world, The clueis are now Ainost oppressive im their protestariona, and if the pigs oi Formosa had the ordinary instinct of their species the approach o: any Japanese oMcer O/ FAUK WOuld Dut every sty ina DaDic. Bul the 161s not quite so agree- | able as that which is heard in the forests of Japan, | for the “semi” there are truly melodious; but it is | pro- | | mative feasts are certainly dull. The incidents are | | Monotonons and the interchange of conversational ideas is not vriliant. The wing oi friendship ever mouits a feather, so far as | know; butt? does not fan with safiicient vigor to rouse the breeze of ex- hilaration. We are reduced to the feeblest expe- Gients for sustaining mutual mterest. Fancy making the experiment of chewing betelnut for absolute want of anything else to do. I tried 16 for halt an ‘hour or more witout a result worth mentioning. The nut was care/uuy | a4 according to the most approved cus- m—that is, Wrapped in a leat smearcd with | lime. The taste was hardly distinguishable from that of checkerbverries, and unless it may be in the | flow of red saliva waich it promotes it is impossl- ble to conceive where the clarm of the practice can lie, After one trial there is certainly no temptation for u stranger to repeat the operauion. JAPANESE INDUSTRY. The natural results of the excessive munificence | of the Japanese on their first arrival are con- | stantly manilesting themselv. ud sometumes in vexatious ways. Oue of General Saigo’s minor | projects has been the estabiishment ol a littie ex- | rimental jarm in this neighborhood for the cule | ivation—or the attempt at cultivation— of plants hithervo foreign to this soll, Unier no circumstances that can well be con- ceived could the Japanese remain here long enough to Mee 4 any practical advan‘age trom this scheme, though undoubtedly the inhabitants might have gained some benefit from the results, if they bad cared or known how to avail tnem- selves of them. Butno sooner was his purpose Made known than the proprietors of every desir- able piece of ground for miles around became 60 | inflated with the expectation of sudden wealth that the most preposterous terms for rent were demanded, For the temporary use of a lew acres sums far outreaching -their entire worth were asked and confidently looked for. I do not know | whether the pian wil! proceed, but naturally sup- | se tt will be bandoned. It was oj no specia) importance, but would have had a certain interest Jor many, Who will probabiy be deprived of what | would have served as @ pleasant occupation for & few months, A Pleasing Startle and Exeitement—The Chinese Naval Flag Sighted from the Shore, } | { | | i Kame Yama Camry, } Lian@ K1A0, Formosa, Jane 27, 1874. Relief from the absolute monotony of which! spoke in my last letter hae appeared in an unex- pected and somewhat startling, though, on the whole, by no means disagreeable way. On the evening of the 20th inst, two Chinese ships-of-war led down from the north and anchored in the | large bay, about two miles distant from the new camp—the saie and usual place of debarkation. A notification was presently sent on shore to the effect that they brought certatn officials of really high rank, who had been commissioned by the government of Pekin especially to confer with the | Japanese representative in Formosa, with a view to the adjustment of all questions concerning the present condition of affairs and establishing satis. factory arrangements for the future. THE IMPERIALIST PEACB COMMISSION COUNCIL IN THE FIELD. General Saigo answered that he should be happy | of | district, in co-operation with the Jaj | the foreign ernment the wo affairs the aettiement entire disturbed nese com- mander, and asked if the latter had nothing to disclose with @ view to mutually carrying out this design. Saigo answered tnat he also came under very distinct directions from his government, but that they related solely to the punisnment of the ni superintena of the savage the security of fety jor the tuture, and did not contemplate any co-operation with Chinese officials; that on bis arrival he found that the Chinese speaking people of the region were in no way under the control of China, and that th savages were utterly wild and lawless, beyond ¢! control of everybody, and reg ing to be dealt with by a vigorous hand, 7’ e had done by himself, and he had now no scheme of cv-opera- tion to propose, nor could he accept or submit to any. The Commuissioner—counseiled, I think, by ntieman beside him, though I must not be positive on this point—continued to press his proposal for. conferences and combined ac- tion, but Saigo steadily declined, pertouiarts, as these suggestions were always accompanied by declarations that the legitimate sway of China ex- tended over all Formosa and its peopie—a position which the Japanese general was not disposed to admit, conceiving that the question hi been debated ana adjusted by Soyeshim: and that under any circumstances it was not necessary for him to discuss it here. In fact, he remarked that if the Commissioner desired to con tinue any general discussions based upon that theory he thought it couid be more appropriately done through the Japanese Ambassador to the Chinese Court; that it was more correctly # sub- Ject of negotiation between the two nations than between individual commissioners at a distant point, This terminated the official part of the | meeting and the conference was soon broken up, arrangements being made for a second interview tor the presentation of certain points which the Chinese held in reserve. This was fixed for the 24th Inst, On the afternoon of the 22d General | Saigo visited the Commussioner, at bis temporary residence in Chasiang, @ call of courtesy merely, and Dot lor the consideration of public business, The next di aA Sctupied by the Cnhiuese, 80 fa asl ON feafn, bi ey ing Ore Doe 10n: 4 ¢ of the independent coast ypils Bias and in sending messenger id presents, &c., to the savage tribes in the interior, whom the exertions of the Japanese rendered ac- cessibie. But for these previous exertions it would have been impossible for the Chinese to | carry through their interviews with any degree of safety. No feeling appears to be more keenly cherished by the mountaineers than their tra- ditional hatred of all Chinese, and especiatly those coming trom a distance, whose speech is en- tirely unintelligible to them, found little diticulty in reaching Sawall and other villages, in which the pacifically disposed ‘head men’ reside. Of course they made no attempt to enter the territory of the Boutan or Kusukut tribes, What the nature of their communications may have been it is impossible to say. ‘The Japanese authorities have made no effort to dis- cover, and they were not of a ature to cause any | alteration in the behavior of the savages towards our troops, eituer those encamped among them or hear Headquarters, THE NBGOTIATIONS CONCLUDED. The last and most important conjerence between the Japanese General and the Commissioner be- "gan on the afternoon of the 24th and was con- | tinned through the 25th. The results arrived at Will probably lead to a speedy termination o! the | active operations of the Japanese. They certainly + will do go if the Chinese adaere in good faitn to the conditions which they expressed themselves to receive them on the following morning. At an early hour the next day the Chinese oMicers landed with their suite and were met upon the | beach by an escort of troops, whose appearance was unusually picturesque, from the fact thar one- half of them—Satsuma men—were dressed for the occasion in the old national war costume, tie | other half being clad in their modern military garb. They proceeded at once to the village of | Chasiang, about a mile north of the old camp, | where they secured comfortable quarters tor the term of their visit. Every consideration and respect was shown them by our soldiers, a circum- | stance that will not seem remarkable to those who are aware of the scrupulous punctiiiousness of the Japanese, but waich produced a deep effect | | upon the new comers. I have good authority | for saying that they were somewhat appre- hensive of a different style of reception, | and Mr. Giguel, @ French gentieman attached to | the commission, did got hesitate w deciare his Surprise and admiration at the fine behavior of all concerned. He was good enough to intimate that if the conditions had been reversed he could not have answered for equal reticence and courtesy on vhe Clunese side, and to aver that he certainly should not count upon similar good taste and manners in case of a reception by soldiers—on and of duty—of any European nation, With as little delay as possible the visitors settled their affairs in Chaisang and proceeded to the old headquarters, where General Saigo was waiting to greet them. After a few brief and formal salutations, insep- | arable from Oriental etquette, the Chinese dep- utation started upon the business of their mission. They had on their side an official of rank equiva- jent, I betieve, to that of vice governor of a province, a second oficial holding the position, I was iuiormed, of Taotai of Taiwan Fu—i. e, Governor of Formosa, and Messrs, Giguel and De Sagensac, two French gentlemen long connected with the administration of the Fu Cnao arsenal and high in the confidence of the Chinese | government. On the Japanese side General Saigo was alone. The interview was interesting, | though, of course, vot decisive, being regarded | only as prelituinary to other negottations, As an | example of diplomatic intercourse in the East I shall record it in somewhat minute detail, | although it: ougut, perhaps, be stated before- | hand that diplomatic formality and routine were almost exclusively on the part of the Chinese, Generai Saigo treating the matters under discus- sion with a downright frankness and simplicity | that led, on this and subsequent occasions, to curi- | ous episodes, the precise nature of which I do not feel at liverty to disclose. ‘The conversation | Opened with the announcement that the principal Chinese delegate—Shem Pao Uhen—whose rank is that of a full governor of a province, and who was formerly director ol the arsenal at Fu Chao, seat bis respects irom Taiwan Fu—the Chinese capita: of Formosa—to which place | he nad accompauieu the Embassy, but were ne Was detained vy illness. Not wishing to ran the risks of prolonged delay ve had authorized his associate ty represent au act for him in the com- pictest Way. ‘This associate then asked i! a Copy | the report o( an interview heid at Shanghae be- tween Shem Pao Chen and Yanagiwara, the Japa. bese Ambassador to Peking, had beeu received. Being informed that it lad not, he stated that such au interview had taken place, the two off- cials Having met accidentally at shanghae while Yanagiwara was ou bis way to the capital. He then proceeded to express nis regret that a notvifi- | cauon had not been sent to China in regard ee { intention of the Japanese to visit Formosa (Tal- Wan) and punish the offending savages. If such | warning had been given in time the Chinese gov- ernment would have supplied a force to accom- pany the Japanese und assist in the opera tions, but the work having now compieted it was too late for Going H to attempt to participate, Saigo answere { that word had certainly been sent to declare and explain the purposes of his government, and, furthermore, Ciat “oyeshima, the Japauese AMbas- sador, had gone fully and explicitly into the whole suvjeCt at the time Of Ns Visi', one year ago. The Cuinese Commissioner said it was quite true that & messenger had recently passed through China With letters irom the Japanese authorities, but that the vad condition of tue roads between Fucnao and Pekin had made it impossible tor him to deliver his pews in time. Saigo remarked that it Was @ mistake to suppose txat the work was entirely done, and tnat he expected to be obliged to remain yet some time to execute all the tnstrnetions of his government and secure guarantees for the future safety of his country: men, to which the Commissioner replied that he understood and respected that view of the | affair, and did not dispute the General's right to entertain 1t He entirely comprehended the purposes of the J, ,» and admitted the propriety of their iaifiment; but, as tne whole of Formosa, with all ite Drea aud others, fonge Wg, duty of the en the Caria: , inasmuch inhabitants, d to China, it also bas puthorities to tnqaire in the slaughter as to wou hall be Of the LinkiDaps in 1371, aud 3 WMédoves, 2% more general way, Fag, ann {he pop jaflom were well benaved and Wnd We i] criminals, This ) Was one o! the most important parts of the service with which he wat charged. The Taotat of Taiwan then observed that he hud heard it was the inten- , Hon of the Japanese to visit and attack the settle- fient of Pilam, on tie eastern coast, and he Wished to inquire if it was true. This question, for some reason, Was not answered—possibly be- cause the fact of Japan having no cause whatever Of complaint against Piiam rendered tt anworthy Oia serious reply. The Commissioner next pro- duced Kis own record of the interview before aiiuded to, between Snen and Yanagiwara, which Saigo read and found to contain, on the part of the Japanese Minister, a repetition Of the freqnently deciared objector his govern- ment—nameiy, to destroy or suMeciently punish the Boutan murderers by means of an expedition Which should (urthermore take effective measures to prevent the recurreace of such outrages, and having made this last condition certain, should return to Japan. This document having been Tead the Commissioner said he would like to know What plan tie General nad decided upon, it any, for the prevention of iuiure misdeeds, In response Saigo stated that he undoubtedly had @ plan, Which seemed to him suitabie aud snflicient, bu he did nov think it desiravle to reveal it, especially | As Dis Operdiions were stiiin progress. The sav- age tribes were not yet completely drought (0 terms, and bis troops were scattered in various parts of Southern Formosa, and it seemed to him altogether inexpedient to communicate the de- tatls of Ms plan. The Commissioner said that he | bad come to Pormgaa vy the direction gf bis gov- | | or pational characteristic, ready and empowered to full, Its hardly de- sirable to follow minutely the course of a conver- ‘ sution which extended over so many hours and in which many points were introdficed at times which proved to be irrelevant to the inal settie- ment. Kach party conducted his side of the dis- cussion in the way that best sul:ed his individual The Chinese official was circumspect, deliberate, wary and highiy lished im tone and expression. General Saigo was frank apd straigntiorward, and, though always courteous in manner of speech, was, I presume, far too abrupt in his declarations of positive conviction to suit the circuitous smoothness of Chinese statecrait, A single instance will show the vast difference in the method of treating the questions at issue adopted by the two men. The topic of the future control of the savages was under consideration. China's representative declared the readiness of his government to give piedges that they would maintain a sufiicient turce to keep per- fect order in iuture. ‘Tne General repited to the effect that he did not doubt that pledges would be given, but wag by no means assured tuat they would be sustained with hdelity. the whole course of the Chinese, in the Formosa business, had been one Of duplicity, that they per- fectly well knew the Japanese causes of complaint two years ago, and pow pretended ignorance of them, up to a late” period; that they disclaimed | jurisdiction over the savage territory until within @ few weeks and now arfounce that they hud always assumed it: that it had been open to them at any time since 1871 to punish tue utans, by themseives, for the Japanese subjects, while they now ‘affected great regret at not having been invited to accompany the expedivion for chastising them, aud that, all things considered, he did no: believe they would Keep the savages in sudjection even i they promised to. Whereupon Shem Pao Chen flew into a rage, not with the Gen- eral, out with the imterpreter, whom he accused of falsely trausiating wnat Saigo had satd, avow tog that it was impossib.e that the Japanese Gen- erai could have used such language, and directing him to report to his master exactly the rebuke he had received, But tt 18 not at all in Satgo’s nature to accept a proposal for this sort of evasion. so he stated that his interpreter was not at ull respon- sible, and repeated nis conviction, but aaded, wuen the’ Commissioner gave indications of irrepressible wrath, that if this particular subject was dis- agreeable it could be abandoned jor a whe and resumed at another time. Episodes like this were certainly not trequent, but their occasional occur reuce served to show that the Japanese oificer would not agree to any terms of settlement that should not strictly bind the Chinese to the com plete iuifilment of ail their obligations. This detail is auuclpatory, Krom the beginning, the sole desire of tbe Commissioner Shem sceme to be to establish the right of lis government to jurisdiction over the whole of the soil of Formosa, Saray from the peeinelee. the Japanese General pointed out how repeatediy Waived, Atthe same time he did not hesitate to assure the Chinege oficial that the Japanese had No purpose of attempting to wrest irom China even aD imaginary possession. His design was, a8 it had always deed, to inflict a necessary puuish- ment, and establish @ state of security ior the tuture. Gradually the idea was brought forward, on the other side, that the difficuity might be arranged by China Sasuming the task of preserv- Ing peace throughout tne disturbed region here- alter. Then arose the amusing little break in the discussion which I have described above. Im course of time the suggestion arose and gained favor that the Chinese migat give Substantial guarantees of the integrity of their intentions. ‘This grew out of an intimation on the part of the Japanese that if all this region nad really been under China’s control, then Japan had been doing the work that China ought have done, but had neglected, at an expenditure which should properly have faien upon the otner party: Although merely an incideutal observation, not intended as especially pertinent, this was, I think, somewiiat eagerly seized upon. Suppose that the Pekin government would undertake to reimburse the Japanese lor every item of their outiay—wouid that meet any oO: the questions in disputer It seemed tu be agreed on all sides that this would Ql least stand as strong evidence of good taith, And 40, aiter many divergencies and variations of slight tmport, it was ultimuteiy agreed, on the evening of the 25th, that the hostile operations of | the Japanese should be suspended, pending a reference of terms Of settlement, for ratification, to the respective governments, These terms are substantially as follows :— The chinese authorities to reimburse the Jap- | anese for the whole cost of their expedition, The Chinese to guarantee such occupation of as shall prevent ngers. These conditions effected, the Japanese {urces to be withdrawn. ‘rhe Chinese Commissioner expressed not the slightest doubt of tne willingness of his govern: ment to subscribe to this agreement, and allowed it to be understood that be was acting with full authority in making it, and that the reierence to Pekin was soiely a matter of formality, [t ap- pears much more than probable, then, t! the occupation Of Southern Formosa will terminate withio a few months, and that the action of the Japanese here is virtually ended. If this be so the original aim of the promoters of the expedi- tion will have been accompilisued in @ far more Satisiactory Way than was, or could have been, at | first anticipated. ‘The lesson given to the savage marauders has peen effective and lasting. Tne fact has been thoroughly demonstrated that injuries to any of the subdjecta of Japan, at, least in | Asiatic | waters, | wil ot | pass unredressed. The reg! ich has for been @ terror to all Eaatera navigators will reafter, through the action of Japan, be free from perii—t, 6, Fonpesing China to hoid to her compact, and all will have been done—wnich ts a Som R tical consideration—without an: eangustin| rain MM @ national treasury whicl at thé Present tile certainly needs restoration rather than dépietion. THY CELESTIALS BAY ADIEU AND RETIRE, On the 26th the Chinese party took leave, Their ships had t24en unwiliing leave before them, hav- ing been drive@ northward, trom Liang Kiao Bay, by @ violent sto7M@, On the 2th. They were, con- sequently, obliged $0 march by land to Takao, forty miles distant, Tbey embarked, not without dimicaity, at Taotat, or “aiwpu Fu, and we learned with regret that several the men-of-war were drowned in the landing. An Oficial Americ macy and Nation rst attempts at mn Message—Diplo- Interests of the United States. Kame Yama Camp, L1ano K1A0, Formosa, July 5, ha} On the afternoon of tne Ist inst. a little Chinese gunboat came into the harbor, from which presentiy landed @ messenger, who an- nounced himself as @ deputy marshai of the United States Consul at Amoy. He brought private let ters from thatoMcer to Messrs, Cassel and Was. | gon, the former of whom also received confmunt- cations from Commander Kuta, of the Monocacy, written, structions trom Admirat Pennock. These de- Apaches were all of an admonitory character, DAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1874.—TRIPLE ‘SHEET. . | and weir purpose was'to warn the gentlemen to | Whom they were addressed againat participating {n any hostile action against the Chinese govern | ment. There were two reasons why notifications of this kind were superfuous. In the first place, no hostility toward China has at any time been contemplated, and in the second the services tor which Messrs, Cassel aud Wasson were especially engaged have never been calied into requisition, so that, since the third or fourth day alter landing, they have simply occupted the position of interested spectators, In the sew events in which | | they have taken part their action bas been accl- | | dental and subsidiary, and entirely apart irom the | | duties which at the outset it was supposed they | would be called upon to perform. The Chinese au- | thorittes, however, choge to attach to their pres- | ence a fictitious importance, and by their urgent United States Consul, and con some pian of action. And in accordance with rovisions of articly 1 of the treaty of the first year ¥en Fung (1568), that the two countries shail mutual assist in preserving friendly relations, we asx honorable seit request the Japanese mander-in-Chief, | Hiang, to, SK his sob diers back t' Japan. And if in the vessels that have zone to Formosa there are American citizens aiding the Japanese we ask you to punish those are acting improperly, whether on land or sea, in ascord~ ance with the eleventh article of the treaty and the Jaws of your country. m the time when your honor- ble seft urrived in China you have always mal fairy in strict accordance with right, so that the reets are (ull of praises of yourself by rulers and people, id Ourselves are truly thankiul. Now that there are Gffairs in Formosa, over which you are Consul, you cam show your iriendly feelings by acting in accori@nce wath the treaty and by t Mneasures in connecuom with Admirai Li and nian. Thus can you show friendly teeling | We have sent ® communication to Ad- mural Li, and also one to Pretect Chian, ordering him te Bo to y and arrange the whole affair with you, fot which purpose we give them iull powers. Aad we re- quest you to act With these two not only as officials but as triends. Hoping thus, with best regards, &c., &c.. &c. ence with the representations persuaded the civil and military | althorities to address them as above indicated. | believe that whey cousidered it sumMcient to seud In response & brief statement of the actual conditi D of affairs, denying any intention of assistiug in Warike operations and promising to witadraw in the improbable event of a collision. The follow- | ing circular documeut was also delivered by the deputy marshal. As only three Americans were connected, directly or indirectly, with the expedi- tion, the expense of putting it in print seemed rather @ useless extravagance; but undoubtedly the Consul could nos be aware of the exact num ber, and thought it peat to err, if at ali, on the side of proiusion;:— NOTIFICATION. Unitep Starks Consutars, AxoY amp Tue Darzxvexcixs [nie une 16, All citizens of the United States ure nerel; and!warned to at once withdraw irom tae Japan armed expedition now opuratung in the isiand of For ited se not Mos@, and herealter to avoid aby connection with tut enterprise, under penalty of arrest aud trial tor viola- tion of the laws of new! Failty: . J. He NDLKSUN, United states Consul. By instruction trom Hon, 8. Weuns Winuiams, Uniied States Charge d’Atfaires, Pekin, The obvious misapprehensious under which the FIRST RESULTS AND GENERAL INFERENCES. In the interview which iollowed all tnese subd- jects were discussed with greater ireedom thao would naturally lave been possibie in a series uf letters, The Chinese appeared to be firmly of the opinion that if the Americans were withdraw trom the expedition the wnoie affair would fall through of itsell. They could not have enter- tained a greater delusion, With a yiew to their Temoval they Were extremely anxious that Mr. Henderson should himseli visit Formosa, armed with ail bis authority, which he saw no sullicienty reason for doing, ‘Their auxiety ior the despa’ ol the Warning documents was not satis” the assurance tbat copies had already way of Takao, They desired to hay | additional notifications special r | to supply the means of car Was tle occasion e* | fi st seemed so States ® De chia nich at ws. @ United va an official vi-war, Tue Chinese -/ wore acutely concerned avo F, “tre’s connection with the ; bug”... chan’ ,vvtt any other detail. ‘Ife fact tnd ne was iormeriy Uniied Staves Cousia) » Amoy, | in their view, would warrant MrgyHer’ “0 | taking particularly peremptory Mepg .a ius | Mr. Henderson endeavored to show* then ee xt But now the visitors | | Instructions ordatning tus notidea on must have General Legen ire’s present position differed in Lo | beea issued stand at ounce a8 its excuse and as | way irom tuat of any other citizen similarly placed, | justificanon for the inditterence with which it wae | but apparently failed to satisly them. As regards | received. The messenger had littie news to bring | the legal aspect o1 Lhe case he did not conceal hia beyoud what seemed a some what exaggerated ac- opinion that neither the act of 1318 nor thatol 1860 ; Count of the excitement in Amoy, Which, Ne said, | was applicable {a this instance, no war having | amounted to a positive panic among tle mer- | been deciared and no hostile action against Chin: chants, some of whom had wound up their affairs | having yet veeu committed by the Japanese, while od mude ready tor flight in anticipation Of a2 | the savage Imnabitants of Forinosa assuredly could On being asked why he intumated that | that claim had veen | alors of their | as] understand, in accordance with in- | attack oy the Jupauese, “STAND AT EASE !)? for iurther consuitation with bis government, all active Movemen s hereavout have been discon- | unued. General Saigo keeps positive faith with | his recent visitors, and has suspended his arrange- ments jor the establishment of new camps in Va- | rious positions. At tue same thie meetungs jor Mmenced beiore the Chivese visitors arrived, are | Kusukut villages and certain Japanese oificers, } attitude is one o1 humiity, jor the present at ieast, no iurtuer rigor wiil be exercised toward them, aod the “head men” are invited to come to tne camp on the same terms a8 | those of the weil-disposed rulers further south, | But they have not yet shown sudicieuc confidence for this, The friendly savages say tuat the Kou- | tans are asnamed to come in contact wiih tuem ailer their deleat and dispersal. A Violent Storm in The Formosa Chan- nel—A Herald Commissioner Tests the Feeling of the Chinese on the War Movement. Amoy, July 11, 1874, Thave at last had @ practical experience of the irresistible violence o! the Formosa chaunel storms | atthis season of the year. Un the afternoon of the 6th inst. 1 came on board the steamship Takasagu Marn to prepare for a final departure | from the Japanese camp in Formosa, which prom- | ises hereafter to be @ scene of diplomatic tran- quillity, and which, “war thoughts” having “leit | their places vacant,” will oder little in the way of general attraction, Toward evening a heavy westerly wind set in, which rendered landing neXt to impossibe. Ontne foliowing morning an attempt was made to send a steam launch on shore, but the Iittle craft soon became un- manageable and was obliged to anchor half way between the ship and the beach. A little after noon | the Takasagu’s auchors were iound to be drag- ging, and the vessel driving upon the low rocks that iringe the insecure harbor. The'cabies were slipped, and the steamer started away ax speedily as might be in the direction of the Pescadores Islands, one of which contains an excellent | harbor, Butas the night advanced tne gale.tu- | prudent to search for this refuge, and the course ' was shaped for Amoy, at which port we arrived in due season, after a great deal of discomfort, but, j I presume, no particular danger. The Takasagu ship Delta, an old but serviceable vessel, which the Japanese might be glad to possess if they wanted any of the sort at all, But tney donot. She was purchased under pressure of circumstances not | wholly anconnected with the United states | Legation at Jeddo. It was ome of the com- |; Puisory bargains which the stoppage of | the steamship New York, at Nagasaki, last April, rendered inevitable. This involuntary visit to | Amoy has afforded the opportunity of examining the real state of feeling among the inhabitants, | tion mentioned in a previous ictter. In regard to the former it appears that the reports of a partial | panic among the lower classes, tf not among some of the higher, were not without foundation. Iam by No Means sure that itis not toan extent shared by the local authorities, At any rate, no officia; attempt appears to have been made toward ar- | Testing it, Nota few of the populace have really | gone into the interior, and it is said to be per- , lectly troe that numbers of merchants have gus- | pended their tramic in anticipation of the necessity for sudden flight. A single incident will , Serve to show the current of popular feeling. One of the servants attached to the United States Consulate petitioned Mr. Henuerson, a few days ago, to be aliowed, so ton- fident was he of the impending invasion, to bring bis aged father and mother under the protection of the United States, and lodge fhem for @ time in one of the out- buildings of the establishment. He was as- sured that there was no occasion jor his alarm, but could not be convinced. In Tatwan Fu, the principal city 0! Formosa, the trepidation ts said to be even greater, and junk loads of fugitives are coming over each week. I! all this be as it is rep- resented—and much of {t undoubtedly ts—the ua- usual preparations of the Chinese are probably the Teal cause. So much bustle and contusion and 30 | much pretence of military concentration have not | been Known in this part of China for generations, | With regard to the action of the United States of, Cials Lam strongiy inclined to the belief that it is on the part of those in this immediate neighbor. hood, purely formal, and, in one sense, | Merely nominal. I see no reason to | change the opmion expressed in an earlier | letter irom this place respecting Mr. Henderson's | views upon the subject of the chastisement of the | savages by the Japanese. Ana I cannot help re, | tion before quoted was issued “by instruction | from the Chargé d’Affaires at Pekin.* The Con- sul’s attention was first called to the matter by a ; Communication from the Viceroy of Fukien, the | mere transmission of which shows how deeply the | oMctat mind of China ts impressed by current | events, inasmuch af direct epistolary intercourse between @ Viceroy and a foreign consul is almost, not entirely, witout precedent. The lite japanese enterprise has vroken down Ohinese tra- ditions In more than one respect. As au example \ of the atyle of this new order of correspond. | | ence [am permitted to present @ transiation of | the Viceroy’s ievter, all of which 13 here appended with the exception of a few opening lines of cuur- teous greeting :- Now we have investi well ag the statemencs of i ‘ated this Formosa business, as is the Taotai of Formosa and the cup win of the Yangwn, to the effect that this expedition to the savages of Formosa has been planned by the former | Consul at Amoy, Legendre; also that one Cassel and | | Mapy others were assisting, We have also exammed | and found that Formosa has long belonged to China. and the savages are certaimiy under Chinese jurisdicuon, , @nd other nations have nothing todo with them. On | this occasion hag sent $avages without previous consul } Office, and Japanese ( | without awaiting a communte: motion, toos sol lis j mentire violation both of treaty between China and Jap twiei } Munications to Hinng, the Japanese Commander-tn- Chieti, requiring him to take back | his soldiers, | and twice ser@ ‘commumeations to the Board of Trade | to be forwaraed fo your honorable self,,to be examined cted upon—ail of which are on tle. We have re- | ceived your despatch. in which you show your desire to | carry dut treaty obligations, and, in settling matters. vo | preserve peace and triendstip, a’ well as your purpose to pertorm duties, for all which we desire to ex- | press our hearty thanks. We have appotnted Chian, second in the Board of Trade and formerly acting Pre: foot of Fuchao, to go to Amay, and also Have sent a com: munication wo Li, Admiral at Amoy, telling him to await the coming of Chien, aud then with him bave a conicr. \ Since the return of Commissioner Shem to China, | the continuance of discussion, which were com- | stull held between the chiels of the Boutan and | | These savages do not hesitate to acknowiedge | themselves veaten and broken, and thei habitual | ‘They are assured that, | creased to such an extent that it was thought im- ! was formerly the Peninsolar and Oriental steam- | and of tnquiring as to the causes that may have | led to the Consul’s action in issuing the notifica- | | minding myself—although 1 certainly am not di. | ; rectly reminded by any person—that the notifica, | not comé ulder the designation of a nation with whom the Unites Cee are at peace. A strong point will douotiess be made by those who blindly Oppose the Movements Of the Japanese of the tardy assumption of autuority on the pars. of Cina over the whole island and people of Formosa, ‘That this deciaration was an aiter- thought, and w very recent aiterthougut, there can be no question, The proois are too clear and numerous. That it Was not an alter-thougnt of Cluinese origiu, bul Was prompted by foreign dip- lomatists, is the almost universal conviction, al- though this belie! cannot be so weil established by evidence. Let me mvite a comparison between the positive statements of Cominissioner Suem's associate, in his mterview with General Saigo, and roy of Fukien | | | the concurrent assertion of tne V. jin his letter to Mr. Henderszon—"‘the | Savages are certainly under Cutnese juris- | dicuion’’—with tue avowais Oo; & letter from tae | Fuchao Board of'frade to the United Staves Consul in 1867, which I find ia the records ere. The sub- | Ject under discussion 1s the case of the bark Rover, | in regard to which the Consul had eudeavored to | arouse tle Chinese to a sense of their supposed re- | sponsibilities. ‘fhe oticers of the Board of Trad write (June, 1867), first to say that China would un- doubtedly be ooliged tu make reparation in all | cases where outrages were committed on Chinese | territory or Chiuese waters, and copdnue as fole | lows:—"But as in the Rover case the Americans were uot murdered on Chinese territory or on Chi- ) hese seas, but tna region occupied by the savages, | relief connot be usked for them under the treaty. ‘The savage territory does not come within the limits o! our jurisdiction,” * * “We believe those savages to be wild aniials, with whom any one woud disdain to contend.” What more than tus is needed to show the worth. jessness of the sudden assumption of universal @uthortty iu Formosa, or to shelter the pretensions o/ those wuo are endeavoring tohold up Lie Jupanese to Obioquy as the invaders of eg. tabasied and acknowledged Cainese rights? It anything then it caa be iound in @ later despatch from the Board of Trade (January 12, 1568), im | Which the oficers of that lustituuon and the Pre- fect oi Fucbuo unite iu making a distinct acknowl. } edgement of the right of loreign nations to deal with the savages directly, and wituout Coinese in- | tervention, aud evcn advise the inethods best to be adopted in tuus dealing with them. The doc- ument 18 too long for transcripzon, but its terms are civar and Unmistakavie and apply as pre- cisely to the present Japanese expedition as they would toauy Vielt by ships irom European or Amer- ican countries. And, ii stil further evidence were requ 1 am cuavied to say that as receully a8 thle month of May im tus very year, atler the departure Of tue first ships of the fect, aud, uuless Lam greatly mis- takeu, alter the arrival of uhe Yuko Mara to Liang Kiso Bay, Wie Cuinese Admiral at Amoy, in @ con- Versation with the United States Consul, reaterated the old denial 0; iiability, anu again declared that bis government admitted no accountability for the ; deeds oi the savage luhavitants of Formosa, The newiy assumed position, thereiore, dares from period within three months of the present time. And I repeat that there is nardly a candid ob- server to be found who dves not believe that is Was not the natural outgrowth of the established Chinese policy, but was suggested and deveioped by joreigners, who act upon the conviction that | vheir interest hes in iomenting discord between | these two nations of the bast. | Lhave just revurned to the steamship Takasagu | Mara from a last visit to the two camps on the shore of Liang Kiao Bay. Their appearance is, of course, unchabged, aud the ordinary routine of | existence continues the same as ever, for the sole dierg are, Naturally, unaware ol any prospective | Fesult of negotiations that may preseuuy with- | draw them irom the sceme. ‘the streets of ti Kame Yau station, Wiich is more like a pleas: ant village than o military post, were partially filed wits careless promenaders and purchasers of luxuries or necessaries at the several shops that have been estabiisned, the barber's stalis were | Unrouged witu tne usual seekers and purveyors of gossip, aud the wrestling ground in Iront of head- | quarters was occupied by groups of otficers discus #ing the new situation of atfairs and the possible contingencies of the future. Among these latter the only douvis as to an easy solution of the whoie Formosa quesiion seemed to arise irom an uncer. tainty avout the ability or disposition of the Cnt hese to adliere to their pleiges. Within the Gen- erai’s house a party O1 strauge visitors whose dress indicated high rank were visibie, These were messengers who had been, specially sent by the Mikado to bring congratulations to the Com- mander-in-Cniei for the success of his operauons. They were Hojio, an ex-Daimio, at present at- » bacned tu the liaperial household, and two others, connected with the War Department. fhe lanes at the back of the eucumpment were active with the customary waudering native merchants of both sexes, beuring their stores of trafic on heads and shoulders, waiking with superuatursl erect- and making the Valley resound with thelr y Which Rave come tuto lashion agatn. The sea beach in jrout of the settiemncnt was a scene Oi some desolation, Mauy boats were destroyed by the storm of tae 7th and 8th inst., including the e@leaiu iaunci, which had vainly attempied to Make its Way from the steamsiip to the shore, and tue sands were strewn with their fragmen To ‘ peat was still Jerce and unrelenting, and T neg hardly say that no Sensation of regret shadowed the departure from this arid and inaospitiole soil To @ casuai pasder jinacquainted with the real miseries of the piace fle tittle clusters 1 cotiages inight offer an agr nd even an inviting picture; but to one whd hal end enieeLiing svjouru of two monthe 4! they suggest nothing in @ personal Way but recol- lections oi discurivrt. In a broader sense they have, perhaps, u better and bigher significance, for they represent the only approach to genuine bu- Navity aud civilization that has been displayed | Upon this isiand, and even alter their abanaon- | Ment they Will staud ag the record of a mission that has doue a good work, not only for the coun- try which planned and performed it, but for the | Whole community of nations. Whatever else be- tide the passage of (he Formosa coast is bence- | forward {ree trom its worst peril. There will oe no more slaughter Of unhappy castaways, and neither Engiaud wor America need again be troubled by the consciousness of a duty hastily uudertakem Qnd as speedily thrown aside. we task Which they did hot think it worth while to ecter upon with reai decision and determination has been exe ecuted by Jupan; and iiteraliy in spite of suem—or their representatives in the Bast—tieir own wrong? lave veen avenged by a little Eiapire in ! whose patn they ptled every opstacle that tne gevuity or audacity could suggest. | Twice within the past three years Japan has rendered 2 service to humanity, te defiance of the combited and Ureatening hostwity of the ausnorized delegates irom almost every Power that bolds relations with {ts government. It fought the fight aguinst the Coolie trade so. gauanily that the infam) of that barbarous traffic no jonger darkens tle eartu, And now it bas cleared the higuway of the Pacido of adanger and a dread wich have hungover tt for a quarter of acentury, Thanks to Japin there will be no more Rover Massac'es to latent and leave nnredressed. From this day the savages of Formosa cease to b@ @ terror to Kastern vovagers, The worst of them have been punished for the past and ali of them have had thetr iesson for ti future. Their power to harm ts broken prever, and it will be Witi a just pride that Japan cn look back Upom the achievement and say, as tne ancient conqueror said, “Alone I did it.” Upon arriving at Jeddo, August 1, I fiad thi General Legendre has been sent ‘to Orina ag speciai Commissioner, charged with the cuty of completing the arrangements commenced ty Gen- | eral Saigo in Formosa. Here, as at the seat of | active operauions the oaly apprehension felt i@ | that the Chinese government inay uot hovorably ao | abide by the terms of settlement proposd and } agreed to in tae interviews at Liang Kiao Tele , graphic despatches have been received bi Saige | In Which aiusion is made to some dificultes that | have arisen in the way of adjustment, bat thetr | exact nature is not explained, and tt is not sup. posed that they are jormidable. The chtets of the Boutan and Kisukat tribes presented thenseives ) at the camp ou the Lita thst, and pi¢aded tor ime | munity irom further chastisement. Ther were well treated, but were informed that, oving ; citcumstances which need not be explaned te them, their rage could not be finally devidal apos al preseae ig (het