(From the Foochow Bobo of Sth and 11th Mr. Henry Edgar, the new Commissioner of Customs at this port, assumed charge on the Int instant.
Tt is said at one of the northern stations of the English mission that as many xs twenty natives have been carried off by tigers, The Foochow orange crop will be very large this year, Contracts for export are being made at lower prices than known for sume years back, A Targe fish, caught in the river near Cheong-lock, this week, was found to contoly a man's hand with two gold rings on one of the fingers, Another proclamation, issued by the Sub-Prefect, has appeared temin people that the use of kerosene ai city is prohibited, Any one found buying the oil will be fined and otherwise punished, On Wednesday Inst a boney lent minded though evidently crazy native purchased ox, some poultry and living fish in the market which were intended for food and gave them their liberty, turning the ox and poultry loose on a hill and' the fish into the river.
We hear that the Salt Commissioner has been commanded by the Emperor to dit tribute help to the poor by giving one tael teach. This bounty, although small, will be of some help in getting the warmer clothing that will be necessary now the cold weather is coming on.
Friday next, the 17th instant, being the anniversary of the birthday of H.I.M. the Dowager-Emprest, the Provincial Treasurer has issued a proclamation requiring all officials to assemble in full uniform at the Imperial Temple on that day to pray for the ong life and prosperity of the august consequence of the late rise in the price of foreign piece-goods the manufacturers of the native cotton cloth are working night and day to keep the market supplied. 'The cost being considerably under that of foreign goods, the demand has so largely increased that it is difficult for the' manufacturers to keep pace with it, The yarn being used is from Japan.
Tu and about the neighbourhood of Choeong-lok the people appear to be of a quarrelsome disposition. It was only lately we reported x formidable fight between the people of that town and a force from the surrounding villages, and now we hear of a similar disturbance xt Woohang in the same district, After some petty encounters betwee! two villages, a day was pitched battle. This was th:
ly of that it passed from official to official until the news reached the Viceroy who at once ordered 500 soldiers te the spot, a force which proved quite unequal to the task for which it was sent, as the villagers turned on the troops and they had to retire after many were badly wounded, On this, the turco was increased.500, which so frightened the villagers they fled, In the meantime the local Magistrate had made seven arrests and sent the men into the city for trial, The Intest news is that, all being quiet ogum, 2,000 "of the troops have been withdrawn and 500 left asa guard against any fresh trouble,
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