They cannot bat be aware of the moyement, but up to the present not an arrest has been made nor a proclamation pul hed. This only lends encouragement to the idea so freely expressed by the leaders that the officials are parties to the movement. Unless ps are taken pretty soon to put INCIPIENT REBELLION, y to see troublesome times this ig. The worst of itis the Chént'ai ier-General's forces have been so depleted this ear through orders from the Governor to disband, that he will soon have barely enough men to form an escort for himself and the Taotai. The native soldier is useless enough in all conscience against a disciplined force, but he is usable against the native rabble.
15th January.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.