The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-30
CHINA AND JAPAN.

Chinese EmIgrntion-S shocking Crime nj snmn-
rindn - Blowing Up of a Junk and Loss of
Life.
The shanghae Ne,cs Letter. just at hand with other
China and Japan journals, received by way of San
Francisco, comments on the question OF Chinese
emigration. 1--WE are glad TO see,n It says, "by the
last Pacific mail papers, that in every part Of the
United States the question Of Chinese immigration
is being earnestly discussed, and that our fellow
Countrymen are already clearing their minds from
their haZy notions of this empire.
"They see millions of industrious men, In whose
hands is the key to the great problem Of cheap labor
in America With practical men decision soon fol-
lows lows discussion, and we may be sure that the
opened West will not be long in supplying their
wants by organized immigration from China 1t is
will aid and encourage this new passenger traffic by
early increase in their steam line. Supposlng
them merely to employ their spare vessels, it would
be possible to have an extra steamer every month,
which would be sufficient for a short time But the
labor demand in the United States is multfarous
that it must soon cause an advance along the whole
line OF China.
"The province of Kwangtung will continue to send
men suited for our mines and railroads, and for
such other emplOyments as demand certain
amount of adventure and hardhood But for the
Southern plantations, and for the grain fields of the
Northwest it probable that the best laborers
will be found among the quiet and dOcle peasantry
who inhabit the lower valleys of the Hangtsze and
HOangho. The mountainous province of Shantung
is also known to contain superiuous population,
unable ID subsist Off the soil, forbidden to deve
under II for mineral wealth; many from there might
be induced to emgrate to America instead of to
Manchuria, where the experiment Of settling has
Dee0 ITleu WIFI l1UlIeTe0J SUCCESS.
Intelligence has been received from Sanarnda OF
a shocking murder committed on the 18th of August
on board the British barque Jane, Captain $. Rich
ardson. cabin boy on board, who had been de-
tected in the theft OF some gold ornaments belong
ing to Mr.. Carleton passenger on board, laid in
wait about z. NJ, armed with an axe, with which
he struck Mr.. Abel the chief mate the head, in
fcting very severe wound. Mr.. Abel fell stunned,
and while he was down the boy struck him second
blow on the left thigh, making cash nearly foot
in length.
Mr.. Carleton, hearing the noise, went to see what
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doorway of the cabin, he was struck by the boy on
the left breast dividing the breast bone, three of the
upper ribs, and severiDg the heart. The murderer
escaped TO the shore, where he captured by the
Dutch authorities, who have commenced an inquiry
into the affair, but he is on his way to Hong
Kong for trial. The murdered man was an Ameri-
can, well known and respected in Hong Kong
From Swatow the Ganges reported that on the
18th of September large Saigon rice junk blew up,
killing about thirty Cinnamon and wOunding fifty
more. The junk Immediately sank, and had drifted
foul of the Douglas mOorings when the Ganges left
that port.