Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-10-29
FROM CHINA

Nrw Yonx Oct. si--rhc ship Horatio, Capt
Rowland, arrived on Saturday night. in i25 DAYS
from Canton bringing us highly important accounts
from the Celestial Empire down 10 tho ilth Of June.
The English trade with China had been entirely
suspended, and the last Of the American ships tic
Horatio, has arrived We annex variety Of OK.
tracts from the Canton papers giving an account OF
the proceedings Of the black mud, an other impor-
taat matters II appears that these OF tho
Chinese government arises from the progress Of
Temperance Societies. Opium is tho article which
the Chinese use for intoricaon instead of whlskcy
or rum. The special edicts' of Lin resemble, IN
intent therefore, the fifteen gallon law of Massachu-
sets, and il appears from the result that the tetoial
lers of China have maseredthe res, OF the celesas
IL Is said that the British government, will send force
agains, China, and compel them TO repeal their ro-
total law and cat their black mud again II is not
impossible but something curious may take place be-
tween the British and the Chinese. On one side is
the British power in IIindostan, on the other her
power in Australasia. Between them they might be
able TO carry the war into Picking herself Teas will
be scarce in Europe, and very probably high. in a
year The value OF the black mud destroy
ed by Lin. who is a regular locofoco, and fifteen
gallon man, was equal TO 81, 100000. His Imperial
Majesty, the brother of the Sun and cousin Of the
moon, gave directions not to send the black dirt to
Picking. probably thinking he had quite a supply Of
dirt of their own manufacture. Herald
CANTON, JUNE 4th, 1899.
The following Proclamation from the imperial
commissioner and his colleagues has ended all spec.
ulaton to the method OF dealing with the ox.orted
and surrendered opium.
"An imperial edict has been received" "L'r
Tshsen and his colleagues have reported that the
opium on board the store ship has been surrendered
and requested that il may he sent to Picking to be
destroyed. This affair has been extremely wei
managed, and !, the emperor certainly have no sus
pcion that there is any deception CLOSING in tho
NATTER but TO the request that the opium shall be
sen, to Picking TO be destroyed, consider that the
distance is great and the roads difficult, and IT woulo
require the strength Of many OF the people there
fore there is no necessity TO- send il TO Picking. L'
7shisen and hs colleagues to assemble the civil
and military officers and destroy the opium before
their eyes, thus manifesting to the natives dwelling
on the coasts and the foreigners of the outside
nations an awful warning Respect Mis--Obey Re
spectfhRy"
We Immediately despatched civil and miliiar,
officers to the Bogue and fixed the 22d of the
for them TO superintend the excavation of a ston'
lined trench, into which the opium is TO be thrown
and mixed and stirred up with unslaked lime AM
rock SALT and be thus destroyed before the eyes o
all the civil and military officers, and the dregs b.
then cast into the for the natives of the Sc
and the foreigners Of the outside nations
be made to know how greatly the anger ofthe emper
or has been excited and TO learn that even ordur
is more valuable a manure for the land than tn
smoking mud-A special proclamation. 4th moon
10Th day. MAY 3i)