Returning here, I find a considerable amount of emotion. There was more firing on Saturday night than on any previous occasion; and last evening for the first time, some of the streets of the city, especially those m the neighbourhood of the _governor's yamen were ®arricaded. Saturday was a misty evening, and any sentry on either side could see' anything requisite for his firing. Both sides have promised each other and all others that we' will not fire on "you" unless "you" first fire on "us", While there is abundant evidence that both sides have done a lot of firing there is not a tittle of evidence to show which side has broken the engagement. A well attended meeting at the Chamber of Commerce this morning took the matter into consideration. An influential deputation was commissioned to visit Gen. Chao in the city, the consular body and any official on the west side with whom they might manage to get an interview.
They saw Gen. Chao early in the afternoon. He stated that he could not see his way to evacuate Changsha itself. But, if the western troops would withdraw
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