pak cee eet (From the Foochow Echo of the 13th of june.)
At the sale of Race-ponies on Saturday last following prices were realised; Dragonfly $700, Kum $230, Grizlylear $135, and Shoofly $16. Although there was a good attendance there were not many bidders, Phe price paid for Dragonsly was said to be the highest on record at a Foochow pony "Critic" sends us the following. Ata public meeting held last evening, a speaker, referring to what was going on in the Foochow slaughter-houses, said; I know as a positive fact that on one occasion a d animal was taken in to be slaughter The lis pros did not say whether the dead animal was an ox ora cow, but the meeting seemed to sec a nil in the story somewhere and there were roars (of laughter) in consequence, it is somewhat remarkable in the history of this decaying port that at the time of going to press to-day, in the height of the tea season, there is not. single merchant vessel of any kind in harbour. How is the glory departed and boy' bring some more champagne
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.