News has just reached Shanghai of an incident which proved of some excitement to passengers and crew of the str. Loongmow on a recent journey from Chungking to Ichang. At Wanhsien, about midway between the two cities, a party of soldiers boarded the vessel. They were armed, and in a truculent mood. Assuming an air of authority which he perhaps privately distrusted, their leader demanded that Captain Hall should deliver up to him a certain quantity of opium which the vessel was carrying for the Customs. The demand was made in the name of his superior officer, but mention of this individual did not greatly impress Captain Hall, who promptly gave the party one minute in which to clear off the vessel, warning the soldiers that if they did not leave, he would call for assistance from the Monocacy which was in the vicinity. The minute having elapsed, the steam whistle blown, whereupon the soldiers erectly retired, displaying keen di: Someteent at the failure of the raid.
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