As has been announced in your columns, the Taotai of (Chinkiang is to leave here soon for a visit to Peking, The natives say Li Hai-huan is to give over his seals to his successor Dain Ying-fu on the 27th instant. Whether or not our Taotai is to go to Germany or not, has yet to be decided. Both Taotai and Prefect have their admirable qualities and will be missed by their admirers. The native gamblers will doubtless be glad to hear of the latter's re as he has positively forbidden their doing any gambling in the city. THE "suiwo."
It is said: "You might as well kill a man as scare him to death." The advantage of the latter, however, besin the fact that a person "soared to death" does sometimes survive, whereas the other never does, The Suieo had a right on, her up river last Sunday morning. About four o'clock she ran on the sandbank beyond Golden Island. Three passing steamers tried to pull her off, but there she stuck until about an hour before the Kiangyii came, After a stop over of a day and a half on this bank the Suiwo managed to go on her way without being damaged, puta little annoyed by the extra delay and work,
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