The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-14


faas QAs.os D,asoy-By the arrival Of tho ship
Clarendon Captain Slodard VIC have intelligence
from the city Of Canton to the 23d Of April her da,
of sailing The last overland mail 81 London brought
adyces from Hong Kong to the LIST May, and ION
CAUTION to the 23d April so that the news by TINS ar
rival is no later
The American of last evening publishes The FOL
lowing extract Of letter written by the United
States Consul at
IlosG KoEG, April l. 1874
Matters aud things at this Island airs becoming
more and more settled, though many seem to be IN
der the impression that Should the trade (Chinese)
leave the old seat, (Canton,) IL would probably be
transferred the different ports lately opened al The
North
The sale Of American manufactures &c. find a
ready market here, and will continue so for long
period.
Mr. Gushing is still living with his suite at Macao,
and they say he has dispatches TO the
(Pekin and informed the Emperor that he should
soon 20 up the coast and make him visit. see no
probability OF his reaching, yet hope he may
The lrigate Brandywine at Whampoa, having
lust returned from Manila. She touched at Macao
on her way
The Com nercial has CLEANED the following inter-
teresting items from late files
The Register of April 10, contains number of ex-
from the Picking Gazette, aordng curious Illus
trations of the customs, moraies modes OF thinking
and policy Of those very curious people The Chinese
From II appears that an embezzlemeDt from the
treasury, TO the amount Of nine millions oil taeis, mas
been discovered and thereuPon the imperial Gov
eminent has ordered that the loss be made good by
all the officers who have been connected with the re-
venue depar ment for The last thirty years, and by
the descendants of such dead All debtors IN
the Of SIX thousand taels less TO the trea-
sury) are ordered to pay up in SIX months and
among these debtors II appears that there are hun
bred and forty mandarins and twenty princes OF
the blood but their rank gives them exemption.
Another extract relates case of Lynch law. The
victim was pay-master who delrauded the troops
with base coin the members Of the Lynch Court
the defrauded soldiers, who beat him TO death.
IL father appealed TO the Board of Punlshmens for
vengeance on the Lynchers, but told that whose
ever provoked the public Indignation must take the
consequences
From another il appears that great numbers OF Chi
nese have been in the practice OF resorting to Mon
gqa, fish in the Yellow River, where the fish are
abundant and excellent But the Imperial Govern
ment has issued powerful edict, commanding the
people TO remain within the boundaries of the Celes-
tial Empire, and not go wandering about In quest oil
gain.
The son of Pawshegan, minister of state, having
practised deceit at the examination, and so by i'm
proper means Obtained rank, his father requests TO be
sent before the Board of Punishment for trial. So
ordered he being responsible for the conduct oil his
offspring
Sir Henry Pottinger has published long cores
pondence between himself and Ching, the acting Go
vernon Of kwanluHg (Canton) on the subject oil VI
Citations of the treaty by certain English merchants
who had erected buildings at Namoa, on the front er
of Fokeen, and beyond the limits within which TO
permitted to establish themselves. Ching
calls upon Sir Henry TO severely restrain" these IN
teroPers Sir Henry replies that they are subject to
the operation of Chinese authority and advises Ching
10 take for their rrmoval-promlsng 10 CO.
operate by issuing proclamation on the subject
| WIN all which Ching declares himself SATISFIED
Before the evenlfuI peace OF 1912, all heretics, and
especially the Roman Catholics, were treated with
great cruelty by the Chinese Government, whenever
any case was brought before the local tribunals
Much OF this fury, however has lately abated, and
on a recent OCCASION " hen a teacher cited be-
fore the mandarins to undergo the customary doom,
he was acquitted by express orders from the court.