THE TROUBLES IN THE NORTH. Our Shanghal exchanges report further attacks on Roman Catholic missions up the Yangters.
The steamship Tek-being, on stopplag at the Tung-chow passenger station on the and fast 'received on beard the Rev. Father Revere, who reported that the chapel and school at Seo Kow- hion, as well as the residence-of-the-priests, were attacked, looted and burned down at 4 the whole of that day placards were posted ap the children to the school or church, which about the place calling on the people not to send their to the she been a premeditated affair, similar in all respects to the Waha trouble and the other disturbances that have taken place along the Yangtse Valley. Father Revere was escorted by a guard of ten soldiers to Tungchow, and he says threats are rife, to burn the Mission premises there also,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1891.
Taking loto coolderation the fact that a great deal, has been said in the newspapers of late, about the Kola Hul, and other Chinese Secret Societies, I venture to call your attention, and ❘ that of your numerous readers, to the fact that after all no one appears to have sald anything about the reason why such societies exist and
flourish in China.
snquiry into the origin of the fire as useless, so that the Halen's, cowardly dishonestly came to naught. Now after more than three weeks delay, we find of all the scores of original arrests only a few have been sustained, and the crowd magarine, I have heard that some years of rioters is being filtered down to the dregs of a beggarty and mathematical twa, bile looters and those who heat and kicked the Indies and children have apparently been allowed to go. of course the yaman underlings have not allowed: and heavy ran. be paid as the some bave had and acts on the fatal night.
they know are explosive; so to bring them together, without special precautions they consider would be like leiting off fireworks in a
ago-they-were-instructed- hy the Throne: ta revent the settlement of foreigners in Hanan, but without this, the other reason alone is quite sufficient to account for their action, bath in hindering our coming, and barrying our going. The best cure for this state of matters is to be found not in the consul but in frequent and brief
Uke a disturbance. This gives them confidence, and once they are satisfied that we are not likely to give rise to an uproar they leave us to our own devices. In this way a great number of wild Hunan cities have been tamed, sent visitors to them finding all so quiet now are inclined to accuse their predecessors of having drawn the long bow in their accounts of their earlier experiences.
o'clock on the afternoon of the 26th ult. During various parts of China for away from Treaty the golden opportunity to price of words vleits | every care being taken to avoid anything agreed that it wasɛto be found in the book which '| way; withjihn's every few il, and plenty of coolles↓·
Sta Kow-halen le an important Jesuit Mission station, situated about 180 #ffrom the river... MORE ANTI-CATHOLIC OUTRAGES IN THE NORTH. Père Colombel sent the following details of the recent incendiarism at Yankeno to the V. C.
Having myself lived, for many years, as a solitary foreigner, wearing my national dress, in Ports and gunboats, surrounded by thousands of the Triad, and Elder. Brethren Societies. I may soldiers, the majority of whom were members of possibly be supposed to know something about such associations; but as a matter of fact, being n Chinese official, and Secret Societies being forbidden by law, it was not an easy maiter for me to acquire much that is worth knowing about internal organisations of the societies. Nevertheless, I did succeed in acquiring much interesting information, about them, in one way and another, and some of that Information is especially important'at the present time.
It is, I presume, Important to know that Chinese Secret Societies were not organised for the purpose of preventing the spread of
There is no doubt that H.R.M. representative in Hankow is doing and will do all in his power to secure Justice; be needs all the moral support of his chief and his government in order to wrest it, if need be, from unwilling and dilatory Chinese The future of residents all along the river and In the Intand depends largely on the way the Wasseh outrage is dealt with. The present full means that the party of violence is watching and if there be any weakness or polsing life against life, we shall see other disasters worse than those of Wuruch. There in after all more and more evidence that the riot was planned, The victims were followed from their house by
that pre-
expelled from Changsha, we started off up the As soon as we reached our boat, after being river, anxious to avoid coming into contact with the authorities, and the consequent wasting of time in useless diplomaties. The breeze held good, so we were able to reach Slangtaushien.
preaching of the gospel as an evidence of the ruth of their faith from the notable fulfilment In our day of this most Improbable prophecy. The mandarins and liferatt of Christ's time bitterly opponad 26 his gospel ; the prescher he selected were anything but promising; there for many centuries seemed hardly chance in favoar of its fulfilment, and yet it's being done. This is not one of those cases which can be explained: on the supposition that the prediction was uttered. after the event, for the highest authorities am contains it, substantially as it is at present, at least a hundred years ago; and it is since then that the fulfilment has become most conspiculous
I did Capt. Liao, the commander of our escort, great injustice when I supposed day he caught us up again, and saw us safe ho had deserted us, for on the following to Hengchow. It is a curious fact that the people of Honen are most pleasant folks to away from their homes. As a rule they are have anything to do with, once they are manly, brave, intelligent, straightforward and obliging, not greedy; good companions, and in a word more like ourselves in disposition than the Chinese of any other province. They may be one takes the trouble to show oneself friendi. the first watch is set, will bring about a good understanding which makes it most pleasant for all, and very convenient for the traveller. They can furnish all kinds of Information about every body and everything all along the route. They. help your boatmen, they speake a goot word for you to the people, and if you have obtained their confidence, they will not only let you do as you like yourself, but also do anything you care to
Paoching. There was one, hut It lay over high mountains, and through such wild districts that no one ever went by it, and thus ha bad never. heard of it before." But that very morning the magistrate had sent for the head official coolle, and threatened him with the bamboo if he did not fumlah us with men i but neither the fear of punishment nor the love of cash would induce a single colle to attempt so dangerous-a-road. We told him that they were still making mistakes, for there was a splendid paved level road all the to be had, but for their own prohibition. How ever, they must please understand that we would not go up, and we would not go down, but just stay where we were and seil books as long as they lasted. Then turning to my assistant I played books ready, and bring me my big boots i wa our trump card; Mr. Wang, please get the must not, waste more time. The officials here no doubt don't understand what they are doing; who ever heard before of a foreigner coming to
city during the examinations and willing to 'ga' sway of his own accord, and they won't let him t If there is a great uproar now they cannot blame
This is generally effective in bringing the...... authorides, to terms, and was so in the present before, we attempted anything, so desperate ;, were forthcoming. We had still to pay the high rate we had previously offered for these p“ but the yami threw is one chalk, two yamin 'runners, and three soldiers into the bargain. The chair was to carry me through all the towns and busy places unobserved, but nothing less than an iron sale with the keyhole in the Inside
Daily News of Friday last. The affale happened / Christianity. in Chins, nor for the expulsion of men with swords, ere they reached the crowd oo distant, by nightfail. This is a place of seen at their best in the shape of an escort, I caver Our friend begged for an hour's grace on Monday evening, the 29th of June. For foreigners generally but they were originally and their death. It is to be hoped that the immentie alie, and as a tradiag centre comes some days placards bad been posted up in the organised to support the weak against the strong, Viceroy's'and Consul's, commlasioners will be nearest to Hanków of any place in the central An evening spent chatting over the drum after and at the end of the time the coolles
to maintain truth and justice between man and kept safe from the violence of the plotters.— provinces. It stretches along the left bank of man, and to espouse the just cause of the father N, C: Daily New.
the river in a half-moon for a distance of eighteen less and widows, whenever safaring from The Shandao states that advices have arrived | 27, and boats are anchored in tlers four or fiva. From Nanchang Fu, the capital of Klangal, to deep along the whole frontage. There is pro- oppression of any kind.
the effect that a mob had broken into the pre-bably no other place in China, not an open port, mises of a cadre Catholic father who had where so great a volume of trade is done. It established himself in Slahfulb as a preacher, possesses one R.C. place of worship, but, as far The doors and windows were all masked and as I could learn, no foreiga priest, nor are such the place was wrecked; bat as the telegram ever seen by the people." mentioned nothlog further we are at a loss är to where Slabfall is situated.
town repeating the old calumales, which were minde more absurd by there being no orphanage at Yaukao, The Father in charge made several representations to the Halen, that the placards ..should be removed, and only got promises. He then went himself to the Chebslen, who had some of the placards for down; but it was too the sealdence he late on returning to
The was followed by an Immense crowd. Chehelen fell on his knees before them, and begged them to desiat; but the doors were soon forced, everything was methodically looted, the crowd passing the things from hand to hand in in chair, so that nothing might be missed 3-then the bonge was set on fire and everything spared by the fire was carried off.
The military mandarin attempted resistance and was slightly wounded; he arrested two of the incendiaries Aagrante delicio. The Chebsten let them go, and blamed the military mandarin: As the riot could not he stopped," he said, "the best way was to let it alone, we can easily settle such a small matter by and by," The Chebslen is only acting, his appointment being for twenty days only: it was his first day of office, which is, no doubt why the rioters chose that particular day. The Father retreated to the yamin with his eight or ten followers, but he was again besieged by the crowd who obliged their
mandarla to hand over the Father and bis people,
They were nut into chairs, escorted by runners and conducted to Tongchow. Here there is very great excitement, but the best is hoped for, as the mandarins are firmer there and have, three hundred armed soldiers. At Yaukao there were only twenty, and they had no guns.
In Klangal, near the city of Fuchow, four chapels have been destroyed in the last few days. All this seems to show a well organised scheme, which is being slowly and surely carried out. There is not a chapel in the Interior which may not expect to be set on fire as soon as the opportually comes.
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We are informed moreover that the Lazarists expect daily to hear of the destruction of their establishment at Nanchang Fu, the capital of Klangal, on the Poyang Lake.
THE DISTURBANCES AT WENCHOW. (From a Correspondent.)
June 25th.
This port like so many others is at present in a very disturbed state. The exciting cause, besides the reports of what has occurred on the Yangize, is the presence of a body of rebels who are encamped in the hills a few miles from this place, and are defying all efforts of the author rities to reduce them. Rumours are current that these men, who have been creating great havoc amongst the villagers on the north bank of the river, intend joining the disaffected in the elly and making an attack on foreigners. To under- stand the situation it is necessary to explain that for more than a month past a gang of piratical marauders who have been driven south from Taichow have been levying blackmail on the villagers, and when their demands have not been complied with bave ruthlessly butchered them and set fire to their houses.
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to produce my passport there, and then it wRE found that the document which cost me so ruuch trouble to get, was not the one they wanted to ace They had hunted up an old despatch referring to me which described a passport of a different number and date. However, that matter
ally explained.
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To the manifest injustice with which Chinese soldiers are habitually treated must be ascribed the principal reason why these societies exist and flourish. Men who have placed their lives
would have been necessary to carry out this idea. In peril to fight for their country against Its
As'per agreement we had to leave Hengchow enemies' deserve to be treated humanely and
Our experiences here have been varied. Once
without attempting work beyond selling bonics a grand demonstration was attempted after the From Stangtan Hsien to the next city, Heng are friendly, and I have no reason for saying the for a short time outside the city." The people justly instead of which the Chinese soldier is
Changaba pattern, but it was not nearly so well ill-fed in camp, ill-treated everywhere, ill-cared
shan Halen, is a distance of 170 . The river is students may not be friendly also, for they never for when wounded, brutally treated when wick
managed. From make-belleve it passed into still of considerable breadth but full of shallows, or Infirm, badly, housed at all. Umes, poorly
CHUNGKING opened.
earnest, and the mob came into actual conflict. The country here is hilly with Lut few-towns-of-brat and only time on the whole trip I was asked on any occasion molested me there. For the "with the authorities. There were blows exchanged any size. The people are friendly and the honies paid at beat, and generally fleeced by everybody. who has anything like authority over him. The After a long delay, and only when the Chinese resulting in many bad bruises, and some cuts, unusually neat and clean. On this part of the Chinese soldier has proved himself amenable to officials had exhausted all their resources of the scars of which still remain. We did not. journey I find from my diary that for want of military discipline, brave and reliable under procrastination, the port of Chungking at last wall to see who won, but departed while the
more striking Items I had to chronicle such foreign officers; and such distinguished states-figures in the Customs retums, and we have to fight was at its warmest, Victory, however, things as these that the people of Siangtan are men as Lo Ping-chang, Teo Tsung-tang, and record the arrival of the first Foreign carried cargo declared in favour of the powers that be, and on largely occupied in chewing betelnut which is Tseng Kuo-fau were not slow to perceive this from that distant port. To Messrs. Butterfield our return they were all full of the doughty deeds sold everywhere made up in one-cash-cach and to behave accordingly. Such men as Tseng & Swire, says the Shanghal Mercury, belongs they had done that day. But just as Lamb chews, Thers contain a piece of husk and Kuo-fau, Tso Taung-tang, Tang Chung, and the credit of opening the port to Foreign tells us, when in ancient times the Chinese kernel,
with a touch of lime, neatly There are at Hengchow two places of unusual Pêng Yil-lin, would be a credit to say country, trade by janks flying the British Ang, people were being rendered houreless by the fastened together with a strip of the leaf Interest to foreigners. One is, the ancestral in the treatment of soldiers and peasantry; but and plying between Chongking and Ichang, supposed necessity for burning down a house They also smoke: tobacco and oplum, and home of Péng Yü·lio, late Admiral of the Yangtze, habitually treated with the grossest injustice, between Chungking, and this port. fo China, where soldiers and peasants are thus establishing the first regular connection In order to obtain roast pig, a great genius arc great spirit drinkers, all of which It is a mean-looking thatched, cottage, standing arose who abowed them how pork could be
proves that money is plentiful there, and that under a tree on the river bank opposite the city. their names are venerated wherever they have seat foreign-owned junk from Chungking, cooked by a less ruinous method; so at Slangtan
man naturally is not originally virtuous, as the Humble and lowly though it would be, even for been on service of the state, and they may under the terms of the Chefoo Convention, some sage must have pointéd out, that it was trimetrical classic says, forțit would be much
A small farmer, it was far too grend for His which will have an opportunity of reading the Ichang on the 26th altimo. Her cargo consisted all its risks and unpleasantnesses, in order two than to give up one of the four of which it more to his king with ordinary reed mats. Ho possibly be delfied by succeeding generations, left that port on the 15th June, and arrived at not necessary to have a pitched battle, with easier to get them to adopt an additional vice or Excellency Faug, so he had an addition made to many good deeds of these heroes, that have been
of some thirty bales of silk, of various sorts,' and to drive away a foreign devil, After the expe- many indulge in all. Above Slangtan there are died a poor man, and his grandchildren still live privately and publicly recorded by thousands of about twenty packages of Srechten wax, which
rience of the fight we confined our operations to a large number of lime-burning establishments, in the thatched, cottage. Yet he had only to were there transhipped, our Ichang corres the boat, and on various visits, anchored some soms of which are said to employ over a help himself, or simply to shut his eyes and grateful people.
pondent tells us, to the Anshin Maru and the 200 yards from the shore, disposed of thousands thousand bands in mining and a hundred cattle open his hand as others do, to become the C. N. Co.'s steamer Tek-Aring. The latter vessel of books there. But one time, in passing Slang-in pumping the water. These pur escort, would possessor of unfold wealth. This grim old reached Shanghal on the 1st Inst, and so we
tan, in company with an eminent and highly not hear of our visiting, "No," said Captain patriot, and apostle of things primitive, had the have to chronicle the arrival of cargo from respected D.D., we thought we might venture on Llac "the proverb says there are three reputation of having cut of more beads than any Chungking in the short time of fifteen days, the call. We found no trouble on shore until establishments a man must keep out of other man of his time. He could neither be bribed quickest transit on record. No doubt the
nor deceived. Corruption trembled before him, ' certain men, arrived from the yamiln, with the gambling, brothels, and mining and the request that we should return to our boat, and proverb settled the question. We saw I opening of the port to foreign commerce, even
and evil-doers quaked at the very sound of his meet the authorities who were waiting us if only junks are permitted for the present
We did so, and while still engaged to be found in small grains amongst the stones there were more of his kind in China. The other number of people searching for gold, which name. He remained a fiery anti-foreigner to the will greatly stimulate the trade-in Szechuen there.
last, but, notwithstanding, one could wish that slik and wax, and other commodities will also
la discussing matters, a great amoke was after freshets. At a small town called Sanmen probably be soon found, now that ready means raised on shore, and the fire gonga sounded all of transport have been established. Other fanks over the city. This brought together an imense size and flavour they were like pameloes, but in ment: It is bulls at the back of a low hill; on
we bought some remarkably large, oranges; In place of interest is the Roman Catholic established firing the British dag, including some chartered crowd which, there being so fire to attend to, every other respect like oranges. We failed to the left bank of the river a little way below the by Mr. Henry Hertz, and another owned by Mr. found amusement in throwing stones at us. To see the famous mountain of Hengshan which is city. There are not many of: those who bear Archibald Little, are already on their way down, avoid this we pulled out and anchored in mid visible from the some thirty before reaching the Christian name bit must be glad to thinkc and we hear that the Customs staff at the new stream; but hardly had we done so when a great the city of that name. All the time we were that from here, at least, in this dark province port, who have long been long kicking their shout directed our attention up the river, and passing it was covered by mist as with a great throughout all these generations morning and heels in idleness, are at last finding that they behold there was coming sweeping down upon cloud of incense. This is the last of China's night, praise and prayer has been raised to the have got some work to do. We further learn us a big gun junk full of men armed with long-famous mountains which has yet to be visited Christian's God. It has suffered from mob ... that, although everything is not yet arranged handled ladies. For ammunition they had a and described by the foreign traveller. We know violence frequently, but the establishment is.. about the manner of paying tekin, yet a tem-goodly row of buckets such as Chinese farmers all about Tal-shan and Omishan, but Hengshan all there as large as ever it was. Every porary arrangement has been arrived at by which carry home from market with them, and they with its wonderful temples; and that most, native one meets in that district knows the difficulty is met. Tuli la done by paying a evidently meant business. There are some things ancient Yü tablet, with its inscription in about the RC, mission, but one does not small tax, equivalent to the half-duty, in addition which foreign flesh and blood cannot face." We the mysterions tadpole characters, still remains come across many who have ever seen the to the ordinary duty and hall-duty on exports.. did'not need a second look, but with our own unclimbed and undescribed. Hengshan city. li fathers, or who are acquainted with their
hands got up the anchor and sall, and harried away as fast as the wind could take us. From but we found work there most difficult through priests had been resident there for over two
small, and the people have always been friendly, teachings, To" spite of the fact that foreign .... the time the authorities got hold ofus till we were the weather being overpoweringly hat. This centuries, I never visited a city where a foreigner,.. in full retreat, there elapsed about an hour, wave of heat was followed by a terrific thunder-
was a greater curiosity. We had to anchor in storm during which fell hallstones the size of midstream for a week, on the occasion of our. marbles, and the temperature fell to that af mid first visit, and thousands of people came every winter.
day, paying their best, hire, and undertaking a. good deal of bother, in order to `see the great! | "carloslly's foreigner was to them."-
Tang Chung is the only one of the above four named worthies who still lives. He has been thrice most undeservedly degraded, and twice narrowly escaped being decapitated through the machinations of ble enemies at Court. In Szechuan, Kaelchow and Younan, where he has spent the best part of his life in the service of the Government, he is most deservedly popular with all honest people. Were there mady more like him in China we should not bear much of the evil doings of secret societies. Such things would die out of themselves, or drift Into harmless institutions of a benevolent nature. As things are now, soldiers are forced to combine. together, to exact their just dues from unjust superfore, and to reslat undeserved punishment at the hands of unreasonable oppressors. If things continue much longer as they now are, what are now mere bands of hungry marauders will develop into dangerous' bodies, of political insurgents, whose operations will not be confined to the destruction of Mission property, but will assuredly be directed to the overthrow of the prekent very unsatisfactory Government institutions, which will be replaced by something mill more unsatisfactory, owing to the lack of ability aild experience in such matters of the in- surgents. The Secret Societies are sure, to be blamed for all these disorders, whilst the real authors of the mischief will probably go un punished to live in a riotous manner on their III. gotten gains.
Soldiers are of course Indispensable, but they humanely treated when icke or infirm, and must be fed, clothed, housed, disciplined,
BUNAN.
A RICORD OF A SIX WEEKS' TRIP.
V.
What is the cause of the special hostility of the Hunan people towards foreigners is a matter on which It is not easy to obtain much light.
VI.
Slanglan possesses one unusual advantage, from the foreign book-man's point of view; It has a large number of fine open spaces where he may collect a crowd in peace. One of the
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From Siangtan to Hengebow took us a week
: There is a remarkable contrast in almost every ⠀--
point between the Roman Catholic system of
week or two age they arrived in this and made a rald on a village twenty miles of 1 kappiness and prosperity of the people can only little of the foreigner, or had less reason to the lack of this, and the consequent crowding in | Liu river into which the greater part of the..testants. The methods followed by the former
and good order amongst all classes of society be accured by the careful preservation of peace Another element of danger to the good order of society, is the lack of good roads and means of irrigation, both of which are indispensable for the averting of famine...
WUCHANG.
(From our own Correspondeni)
June 29th,
They went to the house of the richest man in the
given by themselves, is to the same effect as Dr. complain of him. The explanation, as invariably the streets to the interuption of all other upward-bound boats turn. It is from this river an old, very quiet, regarded as proved and pers village and demanded money; there being some
business: Watts' explanation of why dogs delight to barklandings from the river, which are numerous, hard, and the natives way there are tens of of any now departures taken, fresh efforts made, delay in satisfying them they killed the owner,
and blie, namely, because it is their nature to."
But at Slangtan the matous, or that the best Human coal comes, both soft and fected and bence stereotyped. One seldom hears, his father, and two wives, and also shot three of
Amongst the common people it seems to be due hundreds of people can stand without inter from it. It is also the direct route to the Cauton: As they did a hundred years ago they are doing are large empty spaces where a crowd of thousands of boats engaged in the coal trade of new place occupied by our R. C. friends. the neighbours who came up on hearing the nalse? They then looted the house and others
to a variety of causes and a good deal of it may fering with any one. At eight o'clock in province. Hengehow city is built round an elbow to-day and in the same places: "The spirit of ›› adjoining, set fire to them and completely
really be put down to their disposition, which is the morning we stepped. ashore from a sampan of the river which brings its whole fifteen of the land has completely conquered them. Their destroyed them. On the news reaching the city
turbulent. The fact that so many in every at one of these, and carefully selecting the shady frontage under the eye at glance. It presents a systems in the interior may have been forced, the Magistrate at once proceeded with all the
crowd have been soldiers in their time perhaps side, so that the sun might shine in the eyes of handsome, appearance and its situation is very upon them as a necessity, when, in the persecu soldiers at his command to the scene of the
accounts for this. Next, they cultivate a good the expected crowd, we mounted a stone with picturesque. For ornament it can boast of a tier times, to be discovered meant death or outrage, but after being away some days the
deal of the feeling which Punch expressed in on back to a wall and awaited the progress of pagoda at either end, of the broad squat banishment, but now it is maintained from pure force returned without accomplishing anything.
It is now possible to see more clearly what is bis picture" There goes a stranger, Bill events. We had hardly spoken a dozen sen kind; an Imposing college ballt on ani choiceThey are still as invisible as they were The officials say that their troops were outnum the trend of events as to the settlement of the leave, all a brick at im, doubtless: tences to the few folks we found there, when the island in midstream, and many temples then. The fathers do het personally preach to bered by the rebels; who are variously estimated Wusuah riot, and the sight is not satisfactory. A survival from the days when the words for people came pouring it out of an alleyway like crowning ruleg ground both loside and outside the heathen, nor circulate books, or carry on at from 200 to goo strong and are well arnied tying of the Viceroy Chang Chih-tung la brafted stranger and enemy were synonymous. But the water out of a cleve. For half an hour the walls, hose gay porcelain rools framed in medical work amongst them, nor educational fa with foreign guns, etc. Since then the city gates about among the people which throws light on main cause seems to be the teaching ther we were able to keep on talking, and selling the brilliant green of the spring-clad trees, gave stitutions for them, nor came into contact with have been closed from 8 o'clock at night til 4 in the subject. Of course he knows, and the people mcelred during the Taiping rebellion. Als well great many, books, when they got beyond life and colour to what at any lesson must be the people generally in any way. They live in a the marsing and soldiers are stationed at various know, that the Imperial Edict has come, and known, Hunan generals and soldiers were chiefly control, so we slipped inte our sampan again, striking picture. Before we reached the city, we state of my serious, seclusion, which the native places in the elly keeping armed night patrols. that the Tsung-ll Yamen presses for prompt instrumental in putting that down; indeed, they and rowed away, to another matou some dis- knew that all the students from seven Asians vainly attempts so penetrate, and about which he' On the 21st fast. the rebels made à rald on local settlement, but he is stated to have ad believe they did it all themselves single-handed, tance off, where we repeated the performance. were collected there, for the examinations, and invents most wonderful stories. They have me another village some 30 // away with the like "Wuhu needs no loss of heads, Wasuch needs and has saved the Throne and Empire. Once we thought it wise to cross the river, but bad made up our minds that perhaps the wisest kode of their own by means of which, if the result as on the first occasion. Now the aur the loss of two. The fact that the Japanese Foreigners supposed that they too had a hand only to recross further up and begin afresh in a thing we could do under circumstances was to fathers do not seek the heathen, the heathen are rounding villagers who have anything to lose who attacked the Czarevitch was not executed in this work and speak of Ward and Chinese fresh neighbourhood. About two o'clock, how pass quietly on. With their followers they were indabed to seek the fathers but on the whole are deserting their houses and flocking into the appears to bave made a great impression and the Gordon, and the great assistance rendered by the ever, the soldiers came upon us, as we were busy tald to number 10,000 far too many for one they are but mildly aggressive on heathenism. Lus city; and it is said that the brigands bave Chinese. The distinction of petty and grest British and French governments, for which the in the streets, with the old story of the author foreigner to deal with. From: Hengchowe Being mainly occupied in discharging the offices. posted placards in the neighbouring villages treasen, of attempted and completed murder of Imperialists ought to be eternally grateful but ties waiting for us on board our best, and back. Intended making for Pao-ching Fu, z50 i distant of their religion on behalf of their Christians, threatening to attack them if they do not send conspiracy to Hot and results are clearer to of all this they have never beardale-Hunan, we had to go. When we reached it we found by land, so we planned to hiss coolles quietly fe from the fees for, which, indeed their support s them money: and it is rumored that foreigners western minds, and minds following in the wakeey only know that foreigners gave rise to the all ready for a start; and a gunboat told off to the evening and allp away early next day walls partly derived ties fill is position more analogous also are menaced with attack. The city officials of the west than to the Chinese. The Chinese rebellion, and then took a mean advantage of escort us to Hengchow: In auch cases nothing the enemy would be still asleep. This pro- io that of a home clergyman, whose congregation are, greatly alarmed: as their soldiers will not signed that if the man who tiles to kill o the government being in difficulties to is to be gained by being nasty, so we ceremo gramme, however, was upset by the yamán, con demands all his time, than to that held by the e face the rebels. It is said that the failure of the Imperial Prince is sent to penal servitude, attack it on their own account. But Hunan nously thanked them for their care, assured The authorities know all about our latestions Protestant missionary, who considers that his la magistrate's expedition has caused a large the place which killed two obscure, young never lost heart. They were prepared as them we were entirely unworthy of it, and beg before we arrived, and concluded they could time and effort must be mainly devoted to the number of bad characters to join the rebels, Englishmen is well punished if life goes for soon as they had finished the rebels, to come, ging that should we come back again they must improve on our ideas considerably. Immediately heathen. In, the Central provinces R.C. effort besides making them more bold. On the 23rd life. By Chinese law, in the case of riot in and utterly exterminate the devils, it was not think of putting themselves to so much some suspicious looking characters were which yumdar are burnt or mandarins besten, not found convenient to carry out this latter trouble, we told our sidpper to start. Capt. Liao gentleman met as with the information that lamphantly thstood many orm, and
on our putting in an appearance a brisic official" | "presents the appearance of an old tree which hay ca observed in the city; on being questioned by there is no mathematical precision, as to them of the programme, but the idea was deeply with his gunboat sccompanied us some ten was all right, and every arrangement had been at strong, but which, under present circum the Famis runners they tried to escape, but one number of lives. In confirmation of this idea lodged in the mind of the Human brave that when he discovered that he had forgotten some concluded for our moving on without delay to extances, dock not promlic any great further was caught and on his person were found two is the news received from Wosnek that every fortigabr, was to be his lawful prey. If thing for which he must go back, so teillag us he Phoching. The despatches were already written, development fu forms of growth revplers and a dir, Oar the 24th he was two men are in closest custody who confess one trains up an animal to rash at and worry would soon retam he departed, and so, thought and a gunboat waiting to escort us to Chiyang, We are so accustomed to having the worka ofizi examined by the magistrate when he boky said to having had a share in dealing deathly blows, some other animal at sight, it takes some time here endeth the protection and courtesy of a city five days further up the river, on the direct them.Cr fathers hold up to us in the press, and? he was a spy, scat. by the rebel hand he said each to one of the victims. There seems to be to forget the lesson. There is a good deal of 'Slangtan,
route, as he said, to Paoching. We objected that by writers on Chinese matters generally, as If they killed him the rebels would shortly have the desire to execute thèse men, is likely as not this kind of animal in the Human man; but he their revenge.
There may be those who wish to know by according to the geography of the province, as models for us to copy and admire, that one often id it is saldo the authorities are less guilty than others, and to allow the rest to is forgetting) a generation has passed since then what sight we persist in forcing ourselves into wehad learned it, we should find ourselves farther wonder how much thewriters know about these sending for troops from Haugehow and that the go either free or with less penalty. Now it is and he common people are no longer specially places where we are not wanted, throwing official away from Pasching at Chiyang than wo then matters and how they came by their Inform Cheatal has gone to Foochow to consult the most eamestly to be hoped that these infantile hostile mva in very large crowds. Y
persons into such a fluster, and resulting in were but this we were assured was quite tent But while saying nothing about thr Viceroy regarding the serious outlook What motions of moving two counters" in-a-game-to As to the traff, their hostility seems to be proceedings which sometimes can hardly be mistake, for there, was no other road. Their there are. I think, a few points in which if wond with the rebels on the north bank and the die correspond to two counters already moved will kind of patriotism, that kind whose chief called edging, Well, wa do so in virtue of a object, of course, was to keep us on the water pront the fathers to copy us for instance, in affected in the city, the tranquility of this place not be allowed to be the only result of such a characteristo la an utter contempt for all other very ancient charter. It is to be found in the till out of their jurisdictions so we had, to tell, punconstant and intimate intercourse with the aca it by no meant assured. Meantime foreignen agedy. Should the high authorities really try peoplesave themselves and a deals second Psalm and provides that the heathen "thear that rond or no rond we would continue our people as large, in the great proportion of our are quietly making preparatlons and, getting such a solution they will surely compel the stern to show how eally they could hip them." shall be given to Christ for an Inheritance, and journey by land. It was late before we got ridators given to direct, aggressive work in the o their arms forbished up and in readiness so a remonstratice and compulsion of the Fowers of They and strongly against everything foreign, the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession of this friend and were at liberty to mace pur paluwe take to find pat farther and better to be prepared should any trouble break out the world. Were this to be the outcomer the because they are fongly for everything is also done in fatalment of a prophecy uttered own arrangements, but we soon found we could methods of reaching the people, and the energy The presence of a guubost would be of some people of Wasach would naturally saap betr Calogandy dangerous because they run by Christ, recorded by both St. Mathew and St. do nothing. Not a single coolle was to be obth which we put them in operation in our service down here. About half the foreigner fingers in the face of a dejected West, and some no risk of punishment. But they too are getting Mark, that the gospel shall be preached in tained on any terms, as the amén had warned efforts to make the native Christians independent live in the clly, the rest, on; an Island in the neighbours of theirs to the near future would sadly bewildered in these days. Small official all the world for a witness unto all nations them they would catch it if they engaged to the of us, self-supporting and self-extending, and in middle of the river about gao yards from either take other lives at a strictly proportional cost steamers now run to Changsha there were two And also in obedience to His last command to foreigner. One bold headman atm driving our diligence la opening new stations and occupy shore. We live” so far apart and our numbers' There are algns of the usual bunging, and dis- there on our visit the telegraphile being intro go into all the world and preach the gospel to bargain for double rates promised to find the log fresh ground. These are all polots of strong are, so few that we are in a most critical position, honest way of working which we know to be duced, and the vary purity of the examinations every creature. Thus certain folks hare It number of man wanted, but he too failed to contrary in which the advantage is on our sides
Sky do kay Later, gcharacteristic of Chinese officialdots, hat which is contaminated by foreign nations.
impressed upon their minds that it is their duty to obtain even pun. This spoke well for the control Let the two continue to run side by side, aunt” Stuce writing the above the British gunboat we ligd hoped would be abandoned in dire fear. As to the authorities, these hostility, where goon this mission, some to the most inaccessible which the Hengchew, authorides have over their presents for and her acne of year, and li în spita Redpole has arrived, and as long as the remains in this cars" arte" Anangchi Helen Tiled Fard; any te xhown, admits of an easy caplanation, corners of the Dark Continent, some to the lonelin ellys (lière, are not many places in the province of their long intar fall become obefous to all with us we shall feel quito sale,-N, C. Daily through cajoling, entreaties and thres is to ludzes. „Personally they are just as indifferent to our islands of unfrequented seas, and sore to inland where starving coolles, could be - kupt from the
but RC friends, with their ancient the Romanist who was carrying the. biện, and peaching and book selling as the mandarin Chinese cities or wherever the uttermost parts paying job by a mard yamen wamning i wyd was the first cause of the rict, to suscrit that fac in ther provincës," who, KS.
care of the earth may be in which some of that a After wo find fully learned our own hulphasér
ging, unaccommodating, system are left Milanaikes themselves set fire to their han for pics of these
creatures" lye. There need be no more said 'ness, the next day our oficial friend, put in an
ruggle for bringing the Chiness, of course to cover traces of their infamous Bat”
bout its for go they will, or try toifalpades his appearance igaks to ascertain whether we would
to the one forms or other, of, by prozesslyn: Prótesturi killing, ata, ate: % The Videroy's canimissio
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is nos laid by Christians on this world wide. ), made a mistake about there being no road to
THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE SECRET SOCIETIES, General Messy Contributed the following information in a letter to the NV, G. Datty Neton of Thursday Instrume
'we' while 'under their
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