The story from our correspondent in Peking of the seizure by the American Consul at Changsha of opium worth between $300,000 and $400,000, and about one ton in weight, draws attention to the daring of those engaged in the trafic and the value of the drug, which, it is to be assumed, is the native product. That a number of Chinese should be engaged in an illicit deal involving so much money is the best. possible indication of the magnitude of the opium trade in the interior. Mr. Adams, the U. Consul, is to be warmly congratulated on the decisive action he took in the matter, and if every foreign official was as careful of his count: honour in such cases a very decided damper! would be placed on the activities of some of the confraternity engag-! ed in the trade.
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