The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-01-03
IMMENSE REDUCTION
Prices of Clothing,
M. GUTNIAN &lCO'S.
JAPAN AND CHINA.

Reclamation OF the Tycoon-UpeninS
af che Inland Sea 10 Foreign Trade
-AGnirs in China-Resaftn M
shaaghai-Rxplesisn-Treniy with
Pirates.
NEW YORK, January 2.-The Herald's
Yokohama, Japan, special OF december
9th, via San Francisco January lst'
says: The Tycoon of Japan has re-
signed his governing power into the
hands of the Mokado. The government
of the Empire will henceforth be carried
| on under the Mokado by council OF
Dances. .
There are many rumors atoat OF
troubles at the metropolis of the En-
pire. Some assert that the death OF
Stolzevabhi has taken place, but It IS
not generally believed.
The inland sea will certainly be
opened to foreign commerce on the hrst
of January.
The United States Minister, with sew
eral of his colleagues, will proceed there
to be present on the occasion. An army
and a large naval force will be on hand
in case they are needed. The opening
of the Jeddo is deferred until the LIST
of April. The new port 30 be opened
on the west coast of the Empire is Nea-
gaia, as named in the original treaty,
but the harbor ut that place being un.
safe for foreign ships coming in, that OF
Ebbincinito, on the Island of Sado,
about thirty miles distant, is to be made
the port of entry in its stead. This
port and harbor are to be opened on
the LIST of April. The reason for the de-
Law given by the Japanese is that they
cannot prepare the settlement before
that time. There are a good many
robbers in Jeddo and it is feared that
they NAV come to Yokohama.
General Manufacturing, United Stats
Minister inJapan was married on the,
25th of November, to Mrs. Schayer,
widow of the late Raphael Schayer.
commodore James Watkins died on
board the steamer Costa RIGA on her
passage from Yokohama to Shanghai,
| from Injuries received from falling
down hatehway.
The demand for arms and ammunition
has been good sinca the receipt of the
news of the abdication of the Tycoon.
The Herald's Hong Kong special, dat
de November 25th, via San Francisco,
January LIST, says: l have to-day re-
ceived intelligence of the death of Mr.
Celfeld, Consul at Foschew, which
event took place the 2sth of October.
The banks of the Yellow river i'll the
ShaDg-Eng Province, have burst at
some points and the entire country in
that neighborhood is submerged. In
Kankan fears are entertained that the
citywill be submerged.
The Herald's Shanghai special, OF
November 9th, via San francisco,
January 1st, says: The annual regatta
was he d here on the days of the 18th
and 18th of October. The eight oared
race this year was won by the English
boat, the American being beaten by
about length. In the men-Of-war's
race the american boat beat the French
and English contestants.
A fearful explosion of a powder mag
azine took place at Wychung, a Chinese
city opposite Hankow, on the goth inst,
attended with great loss of life and
property. The VicerOy's palace was
blown into the air.
/ Advices from the Northern portions
of the Empire state that the Imperial
hosts have sustained a severe repulse
! from the Nlenfrl, VINO TOOK SIX camps
and captured battery. Great distress
prevails in the extreme north.
A mission school and chapel have
been opened by the Castle Missionary
Societies. The Bishop of Victoria was
present at the exercises and took part
in the services.
The natives in Canton use the fact of
the granting the Hong Kong gamb-
ling house, license by tho Christian
authorities, as an argument with the
missionaries of their superiority over
the foreigners and their system.
The French Consulate of Hankow
having had difficulty with some viii
layers aLout twenty miles distant, or
dered the Lebreothan, n French gun
boat, with large detachment of the
CrausO China troops to assist Chinese
magistrate who was deputed by the
Hankow Dapota, to adjust matters.
General Legentre, United States con-
sui at Annoy, has made treaty with
the pirate savages on the South coast
of Formosa, under which shipwrecked
seamen are to be treated.