The New York herald., 1868-03-12

6ll0xl6Qc6.
The Hankow Times, usually well informed paper,
gives the following reason for the mutiny:-"These
soldiers forming the army OF the renowned general
Paw Tsaw, are said to be SO comfortably quartered
in Fantseng to object to going against the Shan
tung rebels or the rev0lted Mahometans Of Sankan.
Fan-tseng with the adjoining city OF Sheang-yang,
Is the principal internal port OF Hupeh and Is about
half as large as Hankow. With the fortress OF She.
angyangfu, mentioned by Marco Polo In his travels
aud one OF the last OF the important cities to submit
to the Mongolian dynasty Of Yuen the occupation OF
these two towns, one on each side Of the Han river
would give to any large body Of troops the full con-
provinces Of Hoope Honoan shsnsee and q aras r9s
part Of Pechie. 1t Is distant fr0m Peking
three thousand six hundred and twenty H.n
on the l4th December and Hong Kong on the 2sthJ
stated that Ii Hung-chang had at length gained q
series Of victories over the Nenfei in shangtung-
exact locality not kn0wntOwards the end of NOvem-
with LIS troops, one q their notable Chiefs Lai
III d hs ssa snSssr anS & n ;2S1s %s Fs
being shot in the side by petty oflcer Ii is said to
nave witnessed the exploit, and to have been so de-
50 simple and effective manner that he promoted
the Onicer In question, on the field Of battle, to the
rank Of brevet colonel and made him a cumshaw
OF 10000 taels. This fact 30 fired the imperial
troops with longing for taes, f not for glory that
In subsequent encounters, between twenty and thirty
The usual exaggerated statements are current with
regard to the myriads OF slain, &C. The remnants
OF the drss motley crowd are said to have marched
east towards Halchow, where General KuO is wait
Ing 70 receive them. This reads well for the i'm
perialists, but It does not seem that the news is
q very modified extent. The paper from which /
have CLEANED the above items adds that "some
Chinese take hopeful view Of the intelligence"-a
sentence which does not say much for the general
belief OF Its reliability The concluding paragraph OF
rebel news s as follows:-"We learn that another
report has reached Chnkang to the effect that the
MnlOmetan reDeIa Slanaaa anrrOnuAp1 nv
viceroy Tso, who was lately reported Dead so that
for the moment the imperialsts seem to be In the
mination. The Viceroy is reported dead and shortly
afterwards, like the clown in the pantomme, jumps
up again and shows himself "quite alive and kick
ing.n Political events in China partake as a rule
strongly OF this pantomimic element.
Some startling news has come to hand from Corea.
1t reported that two OF the foreigners board the
General Sherman, American schooner, at the time
she was burned with all hands by the Coreans, are
yet alive in the Interior 1t is supposed that one Of
them iS an English missionary named Thomas, but
the reports are too vague to admit OF much hope
being founded on them Why our government has
allowed this outrage to remain unpunshed Is mys-
terry. It was surely strong enough even though
Great Britain and France declined to adventure.
Relative to the destruction OF the Annoy lighthouse
While since by piratical fishermen, some spicy
marks have appeared In journal lately started at
Shanghae by an ex-consular official and called the
%stratss og cypress Te sSa II outrage clearly Il
OF government, there is in China under the
present present dynasty Had British energies been
be- to suppress piracy and the like his putting the
light out, to assist dark deeds being OF the num-
S woa not Of forcing SaHs the opium trade
curing piracies, actually within range Of
the guns of our "brave defenders Would that we
cannot, let experience dearly bought teach us
lesson; moiety OF the assistance have rendered
the ngrates at Pekin would have established good
system OF government, and still there would have
been as many II not more good billets and pick
ings than there are now" This Is plain speaking,
II unpalatable to British ears.
A report was published by the North China papers
to the effect that Mr.. Hughes, the British Consul ut
kewkeang, was hustled and colared by an angry
mob, and that his wife had brckbats thrown at her
on account OF a dog having been accidentally shot
by local British volunteer (the volunteer mania
story Of "who shot the dog ~ seemed likely to be re-
peated with pigtailed variations. Mr.. Hughes, how
ever, writes to contradict the whole story as pure
SO the journals are deprived OF valu-
able text for preaching anent British consular pol
icy as 1t ought to be.
The Hong Kong CHINA Mali notifies that 1t has
been officially informed that the East India Tele-
graph Company has shipped two-thirds of the cable
for connecting Hong Kong and Shanghae," and that
the completion OF the enterprise Is beyond doubt
Apropos Of this, an amusing termination Of the cele
brated Fung Shuey difficulty comes to from
Shanghae Do your readers know what Fung Shuey
means2 fancy not. And shall be wiser than all
the sinoloques In China, who have been correspond
ing about II, II succeed in making the matter very
can best describe 1t by explaining that the Fung
Shuey are sort OF pervading genii supposed to be
falbly work evi to the neighborhood. This is q
very lame sort OF explanation but Is sufficient to let
your readers understand the matter am going to
refer to. Now 1t Is popular superstition among the
Chinese that to erect buildings, plant trees dig up
graves and otherwise alter the face Of the land at
certain spots, is distasteful to the Fung Shuey OF
the neighborhood and SO apparently dlabolical
machine as the electric telegraph was Immediately
spotted" as entirely opposed to the Fung Shuey
superstition. Acting under this belief the Chinese
peasants near Shanghae upro0ted the posts Of small
wire carried by an enterprsing resident at that port
tad IN s vo oces @ 10 au nas
and protect their reerection This latter is the stick
ing point and till within the last few days all efforts
have been fruitless. Chance has, however, accom-.
plished what all the wisdom and power Of the West
could not, and the sequel Is thus told In Shanghae
paper:-"Rumor has It that the Mandarin In charge
In the vicinity OF the Beacon, who was bitter an
opponent Of Mr.. Reynolds telegraph scheme is now
in treaty for the purchase OF the plant believing that
he could effect an amelloration Of the Fung Shuey
difficulty II, by having the line under his own con-
troll, he could make immediate reports to the Ta0tai
OF foreign vessels on shore and thus gain the 200 taes
which his Excellency has notified he viii generously
bestow on any one who gives him the earliest In
formation OF such a catastrophe. Had this tele-
graphic venture not been interfered with its pro-
prietor would, doubtless have been willing to give
all such news to the Chinese officials for lower
figure than they now offer. Anent the Fung Shuey
the chief causes Of the opposition OF the
Chinese to electric telegraphs and other novel
ties ties Of the Western land Easternl barbarians,
Europe in the generation passed away, when the
wonders OF electricity had only become known and
that but to limited extent to few savans; followed
by discoveries Tor revivals OF discoyeries) In
animal magnetism, electro-bioogy and host
Of others OF sthat ilk' by which few
made money at the cost OF "dolng" thousands in the
eye. Who that has witnessed these things, spirit
rapping and the effects Of electric currents the
dead subject OF dlssecting theatre In particular,
would not be inclined to be sceptical and how much
more so an ignorant and exceedingly superstitious
people, fooled by charatans under cloak OF religious
observance out Of their last miteS That these things,
new TO US, are and have been for ages known, more
or less to the people OF certain parts OF Asia there
Is nothing TO disprove; moreover IL has frequent
ly been found that many OF the sorceries
OF olden time had been caused by means
which the science Of the last century
has placed at the disposal Of any schooboy fond OF
chemistry The best way 20 show our Celestial
friends, whom we are 30 anxious TO convert by first
laughing az all they hold sacred, we think would be
TO send out instead OF students well up In theology,
high or low church, number Of lecturers or say,
print and circulate, to begin with, number Of lee
lures on chemistry electricity, Sc., &c. and by few
appropriate experiments, conducted I'm presence OF
respectable Chinese, show them how we can raise
the dead, and produce flung shut that win increase
the growth OF our kitchen gardens, besides doing