December 6th.-—About two- years ago Chuang Shan, n discharged soldier, fell in with a companion of the name of Ts'ui in the neighbourhood of Tsitsiharh, and the two men, having nothing else to do, agreed to start upon a career of robbery. Not being successful in their first venture, they quartered themselves for some days in the house of a farmer named Chu Erh-ku-shan, One day during their stay, the latter started for town in a bullock cart, lending a young bullock behind which he intended to sell in the fair, Before he started, the two men laid their plans for killing him and making away with the spoil," They bought " quan tity of sanishoo, with which they plied Chu until he got thoroughly intoxicated. They then asked him for seats in the cart on the pretence that they wanted to accompany the market. On the way. there Chu, overpowered by the wine, fell fast asleep in the cart. They journeyed on till sundown when the two mien proceeded to carry out their murderous purpose. They unhvoked one of the reins of the bullock, bound their victim hand and foot, and fastening a piece of wood at the back of the cart, dealt him a heavy blow which stunned him: They then dragged him from the cart and beat him to death,. throwing the body ina heap of by the wayside. Proceeding on their journey to town, they sold cart, bullocks, and all, spent the proceeds, and went each his own way. Ta'ui has not since been heard of, but his com= panion soon afterwards appeared as a duties at the Board of Revenue have been member of a gang of four who committed performed for some months past by his raids in the neighbourhood of Hulan. One colleagues. The fact is, he is over 70 years day he and his confederates came across a of age, and his constitution is thoroughly man with a mob of ponies, and threatened undermined. The breath of life still re- him with his life if he did not give them mains, but he has no hopes of soon recover-ion of the animals. They carried ing his former health. The Yellow River off $3 ponies, which they sold in Chang:
sity and other pressing questions of the chun. They were subsequently traced and moment claim his active attention, and it is arrested, and during the trial the facts con-with great pain, and a profound sense of nected with Chu's murder were elicited as his own unworthy conduct, that he ventures given above. Chuang Shan has been sen-to ask to be relieved of his office. tenced to decapitation for the latter crime, YELLOW RIVER WORKS. SERVICES oF Two on the principle that when a man is con-OFFICERS REQUESTED, viered of two offences, he shall suffer for (2) Ni Wen-wei, the Governor of Honan, the more serious one. Two of his com-expresses the great satisfaction with which panions have shared a like fate, and orders he and his staff look forward to the arrival have been issued for the apprehension of of the officials who have been deputed to, the remainder,
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