Kiukiang dispatch to hand states that, owing to the recent prevalence of piracy aus veigandage in the Poyang lake and the vicinity of Huk'ou, Kiangsi province, special orders were lately issued by Governor Li Ming-cheng, of that province, to the Brigadier-General commanding the laud troops and gun-boats of the newly-formed "Reserve Corps," stationed at Huk'ou for the suppression of piracy and brigandage," to set about at once the work of breaking up the numerous pirate lairs which are Known to abound in the creeks and
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