ABBTRACT OF PEKING GAZETTES, August 13th.—(1) A Decree. Wen-yih, acting Governor-General at Foochow, an Ting Jih-ch'ang, Governor of Fuhkien, ay that the Governor of Kweichow be rected to recover the sum of Tls. 2,300 from the family of Sung Kwei-fang, formerly Brigadier-General at Fubning, in Fuh-kion, now deco: The above sum la the balance of certain monies mi appropriated by the deceased when in command of a force in the North of Formosa. The Governor of Kweichow is directed to recover the amount and send it to the Fuhkien authorities.
(2) A decree by which Li Min-chen is appointed Literary Examiner for the province of Yunnan, (8) The acting Governor-General Foochow, and the Governor of Fuhkien, and a further memorial reporting the stops toalleviate the distri 1d by the Foockiow. The waters left the city on the 15th of June, when the people who had homes to go to'touk their departure, At the seven soup kitchens established in the town, between eight hundred and a thousand ere fed twice a day. To the sick, medicine was given, while: gruel was sent round to children and old copie, According to " report handed in the magistrate of the Min district, 697 houses had fallen, and 39 persons had been drowned or crushed to dea hin on. In the Bow-kwan trict, 10,417 houses were destroyed and 47 lives lost. Numerous public build wholly or partially destroyed, have been sent round to estimate the amount of damage. Fr thousand bushels of rice have already been and about seventy thousand have been purchased in Chébkiang and Kiangsu, so that the price of grain was daily falling. From the distri above Fouchow, reports wore daily coming in, recounting the damage done. In some instances lives have been lost, and in others city gates and public buildings have been brought down by the rush of water, In all these districts the. price of grain immediately went up, but the measures taken to. send up' supplies had gradually quieted the market. To relieve the necessities of the moment, the meniorialists, aa well as other officials, hi, and low, have contributed a parti it pay; but the present calamity necessitate a very large outlay to a much more serious extent than in the cane of the floods of 1834 and 1844. The memorialists pray that the provinces of Kwangtung, Kiangsi, and Chéhkiang m: be ordered to make wood the amounts still owing by them to Fohkien. Should the voluntary subscriptions prove sufficient, these public funds shall on no account be touched, but should charitable contributions fall short of the sum required, His Majesty's consent is requested to draw on the remittances from the provinces above mentioned. After all necessary relief shall have been given, and every sort of repair effected, accounts shall be duly rendered. The memorial concludes by remarking that no advantage had been taken of the public misfortunes to commit robbery; and that the quarter occupied by the Manchu garrison was perfectly quiet The Imperial Rescript is as follow: "Lot it be as proposed, and let injunctions be Inid upon the local authorities to earnestly set about, calming and relieving the people, in order that their troubles may be lightened."
(4) The acting Governor-General at Foochow reports that the Naval Com- Mf, mander-in-chief, Peng Ts'u-han, who had been granted one month's sick jeave, has now resumed his duties and put to sea, (6) The same high official reports the receipt of the following contributions to the relief fund for the Foochow inundations:—From Shen Pao-cheng, Governor-General of the two Kiang, is, 3,000 out of his salary. From Feng, taotai at Shanghai, 1,000 bushels of rice, 2,000 wadded garments, and 2,000 pieces of cot ton cloth, besides medicines and other things. From T'ang, taotai, of the C.M.S.N. Ca., 600 bushels of rice. From the trict magistrate of Shanghai, 300 bushels rice. From Yoh Weén-lan, expectant taotai in. Kwangtung, 3,000 dollars, and 4,800 dollars collected By him, From the' ex, octant taotai Yeh Ting-chuan, 500 dollars, besides 1,900 dollars collected by him. 'The Memorialist prays that rewards may be conferred on these officials in the tame manner as in 1871, when covtributions were made for the relief of the sufferers from the 'Tientsin floods, and an Imperial Rescript gives sanction' to the proposal.
Augustlath, Governor of Shantung, reports that th ty of the banks of the Yellow River at Ho-tech Hoon si B2IH has been very seriously threatened. On the 7th June, a large dyke which had been gradually giv way before the action of the waves, fell in for a distant For-superhuman ting the threatened calamity. Again, on the on 24th Jane, about 1,700 feet of the bank gave way and the position was most tical. Officers and men fought against the waters with their lives in their hands, One thousand additional hands were put on, and by dint of working day and night, the 3,800 feet of dyke was repaired, and subsidiary banks wore built to deflect the action of the water, The sum of Tls. 65,000 which had already been sot apart' for ordinary repairs has been expended, and a further amount of Tls. 70,000 or 80,000 is applied for.
(2) Nyéhi-leh-ho-pu, Deputy Governor at Ulinsutai, and his colleagues, report the recapture of & murderer "ho had effected his escape from prison. The prisoner wa soldier in the force stationed at Uliasu and one day while cutting fuel on the hills, he had barbarously murdered a small boy tending cattle, in order to accomplish the theft of eight sheep. He was arrested and brought to trial, during the course of which he managed to elude vigilance of his keepers and climb over of the prison. Lo hid himself in the hills, 1 ing provisions in the street, seized by the soldiery and made prisoner.
The memorialists pray that the penalty prescribed by law may be carried out, viz., that the man be executed and his head publicly exposed; and also that the officers who are answerable fur the escape may be visited with the mitigated punishment of degradation while still retained at their posts, The Imperial Rescript sanctions August 15th,—(Court Circular). The Prince of Tun and others returned than! this day for copies of a collection of Poems compoted by (late) Emperor, with which they have been presented.—The Governorjeueral of Min Li Ho-nien, and the Financial Commissioner of Kweichow, Lin Chao-yuan, paid their respects on arrival at Peking, and had audience, (1) The Court of Censorate memorializes forwarding mn appeal lodged by a native of Hupeh, named K'ow Yung-fuh, 70 years of age, who complains against the rate of his district for gross acts of injustice. Complainant's son was arrested in 1870 with certain other persons, on suspicion of having murdered two out of three lodgers in an adjacent inn, Com~ plainant's son, though subjected to illegal forms of torture, steadfastly refused to acknowledge the crime imputed to him but the fortitude of one of the other prisoners gave way under the torture, and he returned answers incriminating his innocent, fellow sufferer, who was thereupon reported to the higher courts as the guilty party, Some time afterwards, relatives of the two men who had been murdered came forward, and declared that the missing man had made his appearance at their home ortly after the occurrence, under cire nees which fastened on him the sus cion of being the actual murder being reported to the District he refused to disturb ment; and appeals to the hig Fomained unheeded. Eatly in 1872, com plainant lodged an appeal at Poking, and the provincial authorities were instructed to enquire into the case; but, instend of taking any stepson his behalf, the officer who was appointed to deal with the matter has simply adhered to the original judgment, trid Has sought to cogece the complainant into acknowledging himself satisfied, A special decree is requested hereupon, in order that justice may be doue.—Fur reacrip eof Ath ins (2) Ying-lien, Deputy Governor at Tarbagatai, memorializes referring to the report which he sent off, in concert with the Military Governor Yung-te'inn, on the 28th May last (seo Gazette of 4th inst.), respecting certain jilawful proceedings by in the household of Turgut noble.
—The whole of this day's ken up with a memorial from Governor-General of result, enquiry into the duct of a military officer who had denounced at Peking for harbouring brigands and keeping a gambling house, For rescript see Gazette of 5th August 17th,—(1) A Decree. Kin Shun (commander-in-chief of the army of the north-west) has memorialized Us reporting Uiat the troops have advanced up to the walls of Man AE Wy SbF, and have amed a succession of victories, as a result of which an insurgent lender has. been captured and beheaded. The memorial states that on the 27th, 28th and 29th of June last, the Brigadier-General K'ung Ts'ai, in conjunction with other divisions of the force, advanced upon the town of Manas, where, by means of a determined attack continued from day to-day, ho curried and destroyed the outposts of the insurgents on the west of the position, and, "on the defenders taking to Aight, Our troops pursited them to the foot of the walls. Vu the combat that ensued, the so-styled General of the rebels, Ma Hing by name, and upwards of 400 of Uheit most desperate fighting men, were slain, and their so-styled tsung-ling (oom mander) Ma Teh-ming and thirteen others were taken prisoners and subjected to the extreme penally of the law. The action
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