Within the last month foreigners have been attacked small band of robbers only ¢i the large city of Anshun which has strong military force. Happily no personal harm was done. and the losses amounted, I hear to about one-twentieth of all the goods carried.
At Chenyuan the head of a young robber chief, native of chow fu (officially called Szehsien) is exposed. He came of a good family but he was tempted to get' rich quick, formed a robber band 1d harassed the district. At last killed the Szehsion magistrate, drank his blood, this decided his fate and he was caught and beheaded, his head being sent to the neighbourhood hsiens and ex-Posed as a warning to all,
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