A few di north of this city 2,000 troops have just been stationed and an area of 40 foreign acres has been purchased for an encampment, We do not pretend to say what they are here for. A surmise has alread; appeared in the N-C. Daily News whi is worthy of notice, to wit, that these new Shantung camps may be in anticipation of further European advance, REFUGEES, is wandering around in this part of Shan A band of Hupeh refugees numbering 400
tung. They are subsisting upon generous ditions from the magistrates, who thus secure the good behaviour of their unwell come visitors, They are then respectfully escorted to the confines of the neighbouring; county, Thus they are passed along an manage to live and dress better than the Shantungites in like straitened circumstances, The sum this party demands from each Jisien magistrate is four hundred atrings of cash, equal to $280, They usually get it.
24th June,
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