A Chengtu dispatch to hand reports that large body of indifferently armed Boxers suddenly appeared in the vicinity of that city about three weeks ago, but did not venture to approach near enough the city walls, so that a modern rifle could get them, knowing that there was a strony force of Viceregal troops prepare! to receive them should they dare to invest, the place. After making a demonstration before Chengtu, in the distance," and firing four vollies at the city, the insure gents marched off in a_westward direction after pillaging some villages near by.
The New High Authorities of Szechuan, General Ma Wei-chi, Provincial Com.
vder-in-Chef designate of Szechuan, Kuangtung province, has asked for an1 obtained p: rm'ssion from the Thron+ to enlist a brigade of some 5,000 Canton se troops to tke with him to Szechuan to supper-s the Boxers ther—ILE. T-ea, Vie: ignote of Sz chuan, t-kes with overland from Sh nsi, vid Shensi, to his new post about 3,000 men of his. old force which H. raised in Kansu in 190) (while hol the post of Treasurer of that to escort the refugee Court fr Shani, to has kept by him ever There will therefore be at least 8,009 geod tro ps in Szechuan to rest ore order when the new ant Commaader-in-Chief get We translate the following fromthe wenpa's" Che vtu corresp"ntent's pitd, dated the 26th of July last having been repo te that a Bo: of some 10.00 met and hoys had a bled at Shiispan, x v-llage about mizht miles distint from Chengtu, with headquarter ata Baddhist temple called Lungt'aashih, a
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