'A. correspondent at Chinkiang sends us the following pathetic story. As he truly says, cases of this kind should amuredly brought before the public, it is to be hoped for their amendment. The incident in question occurred on June 30, A friend and I walked out on Sunday afternoon to the Lily Valley that is only a few miles from the British Concession at Chin-Kiang. When we entered the valley we saw emerging from it, on the opposite mountain range, a crowd of very disorderly soldiers. In the valley are the ruins of a once very large and fine temple that was destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion. Now there only remain a few outhouses, in which still live three of four priests.
As soon as we reached the ruins we wore told by one of the priests that the soldiers had just ransacked the place, carrying with them tome bronze incense.burners and a few fine old weapons that were kept in the temple. As one of the Priests had remonstrated with the woldiers—there were twelve of them ~they threw quickliow into his
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