Many are eagerly awaiting news from the Pootang littoral, where the situation is not wanting in peculiar features, Over the whole of the district are scattered the offices of the so-called Self-Goverament Societies, all the members of which are hand in glove with the revolutionary movement. Only about a yest ago the men along the sea coast rose against the Societies and berat a few of their offices and schools, and made considerable amount of trouble. These mer! are given the reparation of being more courageuns and hardy than most of the Chinese in this pro ud at the lees amen-extremely anpopolar, and if they boist the revolutionary coloara, it will be interesting to see what the people will do. Hitherto they have taken every opportunity of showing their disapproval the societies, and as they are all armed with weapons of some sort, principally sporting pieces, they would prove " considerable menace to their enemies,
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