The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-26
G lin A..


SS'''-~' S''S~'--
Experiences In Amey-A New Tax and the
Spoiss or Onicc-Thc Opium Trnde-Ensuiur
osItIcs-Thc United states Consular Rc-
presentafism-The Formesa War Dinculsy-
Reports from the sccne IF tho RebesiieU.
a Anoy, China, Sept Z, 1857.
II is timc slnce she HRRAID has been addressed
from Annoy, and yet Annoy with proprioty claim ne
the other open ports - chAss thaa hsvs from uyns
70 Nno assumed more Or less imporarcs, or whose
names are moro loss familiar American rsadorA
Annoy, in respect Is probably tho peer or any
Chinese city, aud that In scspsct 10 s street odo
Coeridge's saiirical ncs Cologne fall short Of the
truth when telling Of the odor laden asmesphsrs for
any connosssur In the matter could easily discover
Annoy moro than sfwo and ssvonsy stsnohss."
Like many or the other open ports Of China, Annoy =
now suffering from the imposition Of tax exports
ana imports, called the 'lskim duty" and wh,ch
comes aptly within the meaning Of The ssrm,
- used among the Chinsss. Of "squeexan This
duty 10 sstenslbly war TAI. ed imposed 70 sup
port the government In 10 efforts 20 extinguish
rebellion which, BY The way, seems 70 have been for
cenarcs chronic affection Of portion Of the Chinese
people There shadow Of doubt however, that The
receipts from ths tax 80 directly Into The pockets q he
mandsrins and Chineo officials II 10 acting 90 onsrously
upon the trade Of Annoy a. 70 cripple In great d.
gree, and unless lesssnsd entirely removed u
sAaeov hS'P sss'1e ~s.~y . ~SfSs ~ v~tssA7 49,
Imports a
Cpon the article Or opsum this tax, having neither
rule standard, u heavily imposed Notwithstanding
the carrier efforts Of the Chinese government 10 exclude
opium from the oountry tho ssds in II lie supsndouA
and an immense amount u u ID smuggled Into the
country % AVOID this excessive and crn4hins tax The
'1ekim' duty togethsr, amouut 20 seventy 1vs or
eighty psr cent Of the whole value Of the article
In all Chinese ports. here 10 Annoy the Of the
customs service far foreigners concerned ana
customs traasacslons-bs The sCommissionsr Of Gus.
and % whom The comnissisosr aim of is re,
sponHi0lo u the Hal Kwnn. In whom reposos
css q s Hm s Hs
have been made 70 him and 70 oihcr Chiness civil
sorislss also BY shs foreign cacals snd merchant,
ana certain destruction u trade Although many prom
isss have been mads--for the Chinese psoisats
with them and they cost n0thingyet its Of nothing
a yuh cssu. the nsxs opsa psss above Annoy, Ills
tax though existing and heavy. Is less shan a. this
The oncsrs In the Chinese osssems service ars about
tween EaropsA0s and Ansncans One year sncs u was
ruled BY the powers a Pokin thai n nvs years from
ana speak tho Chinese lsaessrsthst IA The mandarin
o. ofcal dAlcct Hence those already 10 once and ~
ilens sspiIanss are Raging Away q chane--akwsl-
they viii b able 10 understand q shis cultural cease
mantle tongue in sound and sbylc IN appearance Mr
and brother Of Mr. wels Williams AZ pskin, author Oh
that excclisns work On Cana THE Middls Kiag.
dom" and oosn are Americans aud excellent Chinese
Immediaisly IN front OF Annoy = the island Of Ku.
angreu, occupied By Foreign consular officials and
chants There on this fsfsud exnibs marvsl-
ous freaks u ths pIpg up Of hugs rocka and Ia many
phases dslicsssy shat Il seems a. Il the nands Of "a
Infant could topplc them into valleys below. The
rsidsnces On kaisngrsa ars generally q ire peculiar
open eastern style o. building. are singular in appear
The email community Of Foreigners or kulangrsu wss
suddenly broken about the middle Of last
death 81 Lsutcnant Colonel kiszcowski the Commits.
sioner Of Customs Colonel Kisxcowski was Pole ~
bill u, and vas retired ocsr 10 the Belgian army He
| hns, torIiy mxu. of commanding rroesnce and
highly esteemed Hts death the result OF sucdehs
was fouud ~ the bottom Of nsrssw. partially broken
subject 20 IN she failure Of the extensive
| China house ~ John Densk Co. s VA
Among tho ncsicsabs things which attract the sstsn
ton on Americans abroad n the rsnory OF the class
OF men VINO the consular representatives, II ths
! western repuhiso Emerging with such strength ana
mjssy from centcet Of such colossal exfeat tnat fer
egncrs are ssrcev sbic 20 comprehend ~ ~ Ameroa
he's done seems simply pfoper and right that shsshoal4
be represented ~ her consuis IN Shxswd mennen ~
erergy, comprehensive inteirGeDce and coureoy.
IN Amor scarcely think wvrthisr after could
occupies the pcss cour,sousy snd psnerms me
duss 40 diligently. reter 70 General charles W -
l cenirs . ,Frsnchmsn BY birth, 70, AmsrlceM -
heart and usnnsr thoroughly compshsndtng the genius
received that closing camp> sn which a1s Ne
eol ~ Virgins RCD from the Rspstxn 20 Tho Apponat
tor General II Gebdss has been lseyfy enGAG1 ~ ~
mister % obtaining rdress from hs Chinese esshevss.
of he TOYS Of ths Amsvsmu sark Rover, somnasd4d
| ~ Captain Jossrt ~. Hunt. q Long Island % ~.
| presume the Americas pfbnc swsss. Captain Hunt
was accompanied W hs wife iAdy from Hookcn and
] only recently masvied 70 Captain Hunt - swAtow.