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FROM CHINA.

New York Oct. 2l-1'he chip Ioratio,
Capt. Rowland, arrived on Saturday night
in 1875 days from Canton, bringing US highly
| important accounts from the Celestial
Empire down to the nth Of June.
The English trade with China had been
entirely suspended, and the last of the
American shps, the Hora,o. has arrived.
We annex variety Of extracts from the
Canton papers. giving an account of tho
proceedings OF the black mud and other
important matters. It appears that these
measures Of the Chinese government
arises from the progress Of Temperance
Societies. Opium Is the article which
the Chinese use for intoxlcallon instead Of
whiskey or rum. The special edic,s' of
Lin resemble, in intent, therefore, the
fifteen gallon law of Massa chusetts, and il
appears from the result that the uetotaI
lers' OF China have mastered the res, g the
celes'ialS. 1t is said that the British GOV.
erment will send force against China,
and compel them to repeal their 'te,otaI'
law and eat their black mud again. It is
not impossible but something curious NAV
take place between the British and the
Chinese. On one side is The British power
in Hndoslan. on the other her power in
Australasia. Between them they mig be-
able to carry the war into Picking herself.
Teas will be scarce in Europe, and very
probably high, in year or more. The
value of the black mud destroyed BY
Lin. who is regular locofoco. and fifteen
gallon man, was equal TO $500 900. His
lmperial Majesty, the brother of the Sun
and cousin Of the moon. gave directions
not TO send the black dirt to Picking ,pro.
baby thinking he had quite a supply of
dirt of their own manufacture. -HeraM.
CANTON, JUNE 4th, 1889.
The following Proclamation from the
imperial commissioner and his colleagues
has ended all speculation as 10 the method
of dealing with the exlorled and surrender.
ed opium.
"An imperial edct has been received" "L,n
Tshissn and his colleagues have reported that tho
opium on hoard the ship. has been surrender.
ed, and requested that il may be sent 10 Picking to
be destroyed. This affair has been extremely we'll
managed, and !, the emperor, certainly have no
suspicion that there is any deception or CLOSING in
The matter; but as TO the request that The opium
shall be sent TO Picking TO be destroyed, consider
That the distance is great and The roads difficult,
and it wond require the strength OF too many of
the people, therefore there is no necessity 10 send il
to Picking. Lin Ishisen and his colleagues are TO
assemble The civil and military officers and destroy
the opium before their eyes, thus maniestng to tho
natives elng on the sea coasts and the foreign
ers Of The outside ma lions an await warning.-Rs.
spect tMs-Obey RespecJaHy."
We Immediately despatched civil and
military officers to the Bogue, and fixed
the 22d of the moon for them TO superin.
tend the excavation OF stone lined trench.
into which the opium Is to be thrown, and
mixed aud stirred up with unsaked lime
and rock salt, and be thus destroyed before
the eyes of all The civil and military officers,
and the dregs be then cast into the sea: for
the natives OF the sea coasts and the foreign.
ers of the outside nations must be made 10
know how greatly the anger of the emper.
or has been excited: and to learn tina. even
ordure is more valuable as a manure fol
the land than the smoking mud A speciar
proc lamation. 4th moon, 18th day. NAV
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