Tsai, dey ay for settling Fore has arrived at Wuhu and made visits to the various Consular representa ti Roman Catholic Bishop, and the sioner of Customs. A' long conv took place during each of these visits. is expected that matters will be amicably arranged short tim HE. Peng Luh over his seal of office og acting Customs Tavtai of Wuhu on the 19th inst. amidst much pomp and ceremony.
'A memorial temple is to be dedicated to Tso Chung-tang tu the Fo-chow Arsenal for the great services rendered to it by that late statesman, On account of bad times the mid-autumn 1 and street process been w anxious about for pleasure, The people are too matters tu be eager The native assistants of the foreign tidewaiters are partic searching for smuggled steamers, and attempt that seems at all out evasion of duty. They so doing, as is exemplified in Ningpo. When the confiscated articles are put up to n these native asi s bid for and them nea low value, and then re-sell nat a good price. 'A former Comjssioner of Customs prohibited such practices by not permitting the Customs employes to bid at the sale, but the assistants very effectively evaded th gulation by getting their friends, outsiders, to do the bidding while they themselves are the actual buyers. Lately two assistant native tidewaters, Dsao and Wu, purchased at the Customs' auction a' large quantity of smuggled goods at 200 odd jollers and then sold the same for over 1,000 dollars. Can people wonder now that these people's family food and wear finery of sati Shénpao.
It was intended by the Nanking Viceroy that Mr, Tsai, the deputy for settling foreign claims should estimate the damages in Wahu, and then proceed to Shanghai to arrange the indemnity with the Consul-Ueneral; but the head of the Catholic Church in Wahu expressed the desire of the Shanghai Bishop that the settlement should be negotiated in Wahu, and the new acting Wuhu Taotai, Peng, concurs in this arrangement. The Catholic premises behind the Customs are all rebuilt and in order, The priests have moved in and the date for opening the ecliool is near xt hand.
Tye of the Wenchow mountain bandits, brothers, went back to their native place near the Yunkia district to see their mother, who was very ill, An informer at once reported their presence to the magistrate, who despatched a force fur their capture. The brothers were smoking opium when the runners surprised them. The elder brother, well-known as a dead shot," snatched up a revolver and opened fire; but the caps only snapped, three times in success sion, and rheic captors closed in before he had time to prime for the fourth time. Alter receiving a sword cut which near! severed his right arm, he surrendered, The younger brother was not so easily conered. He fought with desperate courage almost superhuman strength, and so fearful were the rauners that he might cape that they rushed on him at the same instant and he fell under twenty knives literally hacked to death, The elder bandit was tried under martial law and executed that very night.
Of the rioters captured at Wuhu two have suffered decapitation, two are to be executed after the autumnal assizes and one is to be imprisoned for three yours, Two suspects are still at hinge, "The higher authorities have nmde a demand on the local officials that these two men must_be captured and brought to trial. Every effort has been made to trace out their whereabouts.
The head of the Kolao Society, Yang Lay-wit, on whose account the Manchu jot at wax captured in Anhui and was immediately executed on the very night following the arrest and trial. Several other well-known local roughs are now punished with the cangue at the city gates of Ngunking, Our correspondent wi es from Wahu that the Roman Catholic Church demanded an indemnity of 111,000 taels and also a piece of government ground, The Chinese authorities have granted the demand, The agreement will probably be drawn up on the 27th inst.
During the latter part of the Gth moon and the early part of the 7th, a severe hailstorm traversed certain parts of Tongchow, doing great damage to horses, cattle, crops and dwellings. One village had every hous levelled to the ground and not patch of ined The authorities are making inspe: Lange sums are being. distributed to relic: the intense sufferings of the people.
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