, 1870-11-04

CHIN

fG< beIs3on in tho North hSIcst-N0tc. |
Mich Ia vi the Shnust lkcncS.-7OO,OUb |
n. n Ata \ ArrnA-whnx They ConPaAln
VI and Eso Tncy Act.
I.1,,, "a s,rxt s) Correspondence Of ths Hong Ksg
Nail
.,bc fo.toaing poto. on tho present position |
Of the aifalrs among the shensi tobcls, desul. !
toy II they are, max up terrible picture Of
the sla.c 10 which tEat and some parts OF tho
Ut iGl boring provinces have teen reduced.
Ny Informant IL u mill .Ars Mautaria who re-
cent?, came on fur,ou.h to Pekin elth an es-
eorr q 500 soldiers ffu1a ti1s imperiaIi.t camp
II aupply in northeast Shensi. Hu Wa Il
days on The journey:
Tho reb.ls ara shut up in N inland district
formed by the splitting Of the Yeilos River
tho Si,. S1trsms H...rn 2os'hTsst 1ss, of Of
shut IN on ali except the Kensuh side,
ahrpce they p:oeur's ample aupplles both for
,hems elves and their suimals, OF which each
msn 1,as Two or tlr-e- Foreign Atms tlny oo-
,siu from the ~esteru MAhome;an cities, but
no cannoL !; 'hcS are rers p!ucky. and will kiIl
Nh lung nj the have LLtfe LETT Tho lm-
peria'iete are .Apsc tus supsiy Of foreign
| goods All sueltn to A1Hte in Stpt-mbsr; but
they viii hAse little cffec., for. though the
l tebel camp IL with ranRe, the 1mperiAlint
| suuuers viii nul bc able tu best down the eu-
tscnehnti.ts
| hly informant es mates the 1cbc1s At 49,
! quo mvn, as fellows: 1000 Old Eienfei, under
| their OIL: ltaaer. falsely repurted to ba dead,
Chang TsunY Va; l5.0OO Szeclluen men; l40,-
lc0 k.ueub men; sn0.O0o Shensi mon, uuiar
Ma-Eo-loeng, the iaiter being comnnanIet-iu-
Lhiet.
Tho ImpcriAIists-some 500. 900 men-aro
| mAssed aet and south OF the rebels islands.
the 4,U00 foreign drilled troops are posted safe
| on the eArt hide of tho broad Yellow luvez.L
Hung Chang la. his headquarters At the cap-
itsl OF Sheuui. 25O miles from the rebels, at
Which safc dsatance he directs the operations
Of th. Imperialists. When fight taken place
M1-Fu-SAan always reports another victory :
The pack mules, with grain for the troops,
| take tw enty y-nix days to march acroaa Sheuai.
"! Informant started with So0 mules, and had
| oAls vtnty when he reached his dostiaa.ion,
tue rest having tecn killed and estcn to piuce
| oul life i,y tho way. Tie mules always cun-
a,llne haif theft load Ut grain on the way.
Supplies for the troors arc drawn from North
| ern aud Eastern Sneuhi
Northern ,Sl,ensi IL spokap OF as dcropu
lated. Solitary uascilets are Killed anI eaten
Tie troops II cure themselves frutu = s,ta1lal
tate by always guins ID hasda. Those of ths
! inhatitxttu Who htse not been either killed d
sorced into the rebel or imperial AU1ts hsst
ted for safety 10 tho charcoal pits nluong th
for subetst ence.
Ny Informant expects that tho rebels vii
holo their irlA.d E,osi.ion for t"o yeara 70
, uulcss the foreign guns scare them out. wtiisi
! ne ducn not expect lie snys they have all IL
, | silver and gold Of Eausuh and Shennl viii
them, 1nelsetl tiowu iuto eolid .na4=ea the s.z
, Of water kongu,: 4 body Of 1000 llnpe.ialist
/ have desettci aud hold possession III fei,
kgan-Fu tSorth Central shrnsD whanc
! 4hey mako raias for subsistence but they At
, ! quite overlooked as harmless, al tho effort
u the Iu,persalists being directed to kee., th
rebela from spreading northward Of this Srca
/ | wall, following It eastwafd aud breaking; tut
sheusi 1t its eatEono northwest point. wher
+ the great wall abutB upon the Yellow Niver.
! j great trade il done 10 captured or hid
n ahcad. The soldiers sell them at ! good prot
Z in SheLEi. Ny informant tried to pliuE tH
= afol s with l.u., but ono night they rose ulto
I him, neatly killed litn, aud tn.t1s their eacap
i bomewasl. This man claims that the 1upt
= 1ialists hold kahsu1, tnt that seems iucnt
.lstcn1 with his o:her st1tement that the rcbe
j t1aw their supple. from that province i
4 | ntcrltes the comparative lack OF courage
a tho imr eral trnol:s mol to eowardice, hut
q their tciug worn down by terrible marches
n willie the rebels have Jolly time Of It II
10 live on the lat OF the lAud. Tue fmpciialls
of Go not employ water carriage on tho rive
" though il IL naviSAbla every @herc except
IL tho mountain go.ge-. The country fur 2
h norlL Of Si-Sgan-foo is still inhabited. .
" ta,e. A few months ago the rebcls made
IN so:tic rovnd the gruat wall in Suens, folicl
iii iuG lts northern SIDE to 6hcusi, aud Getti,
n into northeastern Slieusi they swept rou,
Il the cities Of Slttnsi homeward again, Ill Il
in wlle pursued by the Imperialists.
n The M1tomctann aro fighting and slang
NJ teIing fea1fully in tho west. From Il
,c ARRIVAL hear of cities taken and put 70 Il
AZ sword, soldiers and rebtla sometimes fore
r. 20 feed en- their mules and, when mule de
10 fails, to Lii their adversaries Or prisonets y
m cat them. For dunk the,s extremity driv
CO I4em 70 even uo1s olsHust!uS eaIea'cn
o. 4uH4atious OF lHe oou3 A1e eA1A ~ W 10:
m fully prevalent. The febcla arc cight-tent
n. Mabometans and two-teuths ''..Cnaug-mas
~ teci." They arc reported 10 have many 4
Nv cign arms and to number 300, ,00D. It
4" force iuto sleir ranks those WHO prefer Il
he 10 death. Thes are making for tho east a
ri southeAst-thnt is advancing on Etih-ii, a
at the Imperialists have their hands full in ke
he | ing them At bay.
II Daa}y fights occur.