The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-01-21

or hear Of his fate, there Is not one who will not
shed streams of tears, drawing long sighs with
STRICKEN heart.
The foreigner at Au (Macao) had made might
OF his right, and had done evil; he had lusted after
the women, he had demolished the imperial GUS
| tom house, he had set fire TO temples, and burned
| images; he had encroached upon houses and
land; had broken open graves and destroyed the
mains of the dead the measure of his crimes was
full TO excess; the gentry and the common people
were all enrsged at them; they were intolerabe In
| the SIGHT Of the powers Of heaven and earth and
the villages adjoining having been, moreover, sub
Jected TO the Imposition OF unjust tax, the gent
ny and elders Of thirteen OF them had made Joint
representation OF these things to the Governor.Ge
neral and the Governor. Their excelencies could
| see no good means of arresting the calamity,
which incrsased like a fire, burning every day
| more hereely than before they were without
plan for ITS restraint until they gave ear to the pro-
posal OF au-tslun, who secretly moved some pa
| trlots TO bind themselves by an oath, shedding
their blood before heaven, and appealing to 1t and
eDgeged TO ensure their perfect security throughout
the whole (ot their undertakng) Now this
| projected about the time of the Tsing-ho, IN the
summer (May, but there was no opportunity. of
which they could avail themselves, until the Mo-
fub, (mlddle OF August when Zone evenng) about
dark, shin and Kwoh, and five others from Chau-
chau-iu, went deep INTO the tigers den, with share
weapons concealed about them and they stabbed
the commandant (head of soders) and took away
his head and left hand while his follower, who
was nding with him, being also wounded, fled.
They then fastened back to the villages, the yousg
stoTachs Who could have known that Pau-tsiun
and Chau, the son of an officer of rank. had. with
the faces OF men the hearts of beasts; that they
should have treacherously inveigled kwoh to the
city, with promises of rank his reward that they
should have written 10 Shin letter which caused
him to surrender himself 10 the magistrate Of
Shun-teh, TO be by him delivered into the charge of
the magistrate OF Pwan-yu! Why was he sub
Jected 10 examination before Sd Courts succes-
sively! His head was then exposed, his life being
forfeited for the one he had taken. To pachy and
IL. q, l.. ~
lencies have wrongfully slain the innocent: but will
| the minds OF men incline to submlssioni And
though the gentry and scholars of the ihrteen viii
lagos SIT by looking on, because 1t is one of their
own order who has played fast and loose. is IL 10
be supposed that those of the clan of Shin, who
have lived for generations in Fuhkien at Chang
| chau-fu, will be disposed to make no more OF this
matteTl We tear that they will be hard TO appease
The example Of the late Governor General Keying,
who dealt leniently in the of Hwang .chuh-ki,
ght have been followed. How should the bar
barlans of Au have been the wiser chad another
been caused to suffer instead of the real criTnnalD
| Men cay of the Governor General, that he has
made bmself terrible by the excellence of his
eounses; but the truth is, that he fears the bar
! barlans as he would tiger, while own people,
on The other hand, he regards as fesh which be
shares (wlth those without,) who dispute with
HIM, who shall swallow the most (or the fastesD
In their rage at HIM, men are gnashing thar teeth;
| their enmly is such that they cannot abide under
| the same heaven with him.
| Now, the barbarians of Au having an inter-
change OF language and feelings with the Eng
| lIsh, we are between the horns Of a dilemma in
process of ume they will surely make advances in-
TO our fair borders, the silk worm eats its way.
Just as, when the disease was but onithe surface,
and cur people were so fortunate as to hold the
| cry against them, the patriotic clubs of Tsien-
chau and Ilwalt-tsing hundred villages and more,
sent forth their patriot soldiers IN large numbers,
and beat the foreign mauraders at the North
wall these were worthy OF distinction among
| the mass. Troops, wearied by crossing many
ssas, then came on all sides, and penetrated far
into the country: In our army there was no
officer cs pabe Of forming plan for repehng them.
In seven provinces they brandished their weapons,
| they exhausted all the funds Of their realm,
and what credit did they gam, after all : So often
were the troops OF government defeated, leaving
their coats of mail and dIngng away their helmets.
so they took SIX millions Of money, and they set
apart the five ports and island, and they begged
/ for peace, that they might have trade. From an
| lost go much of dignity. Well may the neIghbor-
ing States despIse us, and the bsrbarians of the
Norib, South. East, and West laugh us to scorn,
for We cannot hide our shame.
These two men, wIthal, Shin and kwoh, were
the superiors ot Chuen-chu, who, IN the time OF
the "FIghting Nations" (B. G, J0) slew the
strsnger and we therefore especially record here
In, this hidden wrong that has been done to them;
but the men Of talent and discernrnent To whom
thus Is addressed, when they shall have deeply
probed this matter, must make II known IN all
paIts, 10 guide the darkness ot those who come
after them, io the end that none may IN any wise
surrender himself to government. The track OF
the foremost wheel can be seen. Beware Be-
ware
We would add that shin was man VINO had all
his days done what was right when put forward
by the people to cut oil villain, his ardor was "a
the rainbow; he was worthy the name Of patriot
Aatl that be chanced N not TO find more lnstr,ous
ruler, and that, taken at disadvantage, he should
have been betrayed and slan Truly is 1t lamen-
table.
THE cUMsNoNooS AFFAIR-THE AMERICANS AND
THE OPIUM TRADE.
tFron the China Mail Dot. 20
The publication in a contemporary OF the deposit
tons taken before Mr.. Hiller, removes some deli-
cacy ielt Ia aluding TO this matter; and although
We will run over p" Cumsingmoon aiiair " very
briefly, we could net well be ineligible without
giving the names of those concerned.
Several years ago, CaItain J Endicott, now
of the American opium receiving ship Rupdrell,
procured Gas was then common enough with To-
ieigners) Chinese girl named Akeu;. she has
ly,d with him since. and ls nov the mother Of se-
vrFal chh'ren. Akeu Is a shrewd, intelligent wo-
man, not troubled with those feelings Of degrada-
iion which Europeans attach to females IN her
dung TO the west coast; but for how long, or to
what extent, is TO US unknown. We are IN
formed that after the wreck of the Isabella
Robertson, In the yPhoon OF September, lsfs,
Captains Endicou and Lungley purchascd
pert Of the damaged opium eight chests of
this opium they cold 10 Akeu on credit, Captain
Luuglcy being paid his share in full by the other
l juint purchaser Whet er u was the same lot, or
| OPIUM purchased by the proceeds thereof, is not
/ quite ciesr but 1t is alleged by Akeu-in her
/ statement made AT Macao, before Mr. James p.
Sturgis and Captain Lungley-that in April last
che shipptd eight chests Of opium for port on the
west coast this opium was taken by pirates. The
woman we'd 10 visit the pirates haunt, thinking
that she could bully them out OF the captured pro-
/ perry by threatening them with the vengeance Ut
her foreign inends. she was tar succe ssful
that her first visit (or at least SAID TO be her
/ first vIsit) she obtained from Shap-ng-tsai a
quantity Of betelnut, which she carried to Cum
sInpmOon and sold to advantage. IL - affirmed
/ that the betelnuf dId not cover the Ioss OF the
| op um, and IN opposition TO Captain Endicous
wish, and during hts absence at Canton. Akeu
again started tor Tien-pshk with two boats--one
belonging to hers u, the other chartered tor the
voyage. She was AT Tiep-pahk when N. M Str.
| Me dea viriied the place last month she was the
irst to inform Captain Lockyer OF the cnar scter OF
the Junk heei there at anchor, though we fear
| from NO friendly motive.
ON the l7th Of that morth-ten days after she
| bad hem seen AZ lien. nahk-Aken arrived at