The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-12
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government. and 80 were superintendent by Chinese
Mandarins. These officials systematically il.treated
the Panthays and to such extent did their Oppfes
sion 60 that at last the miners rose upon them and
put them all to death. This revolt OF the miners
was the signal Tor general rising which the local
Chinese authorities were unable to suppress. Pekin
was applied to, but the central government was
almost paralyzed, for just about the same time the
Talplng reDelnOn broke out In the centre OF emma
and the standard OF revolt was also raised by the
Mussulman population In the northwestern pro.
Of these three simultaneous rebellions that Of
the Talpings, winch was eventually crushed by Euro
pean ana n tne iaii OF Nankeen In 1854 In cvp-
nese nave received no foreign aid, and have c0nse.
quently been unsuccessful. Kanshu and Shensi
would be true OF Yunnan were 1t not for some large
bodies Of dacoits supported there by the influence OF
the King OF Burmah and by the Chinese resident in
We will now turn to M. de Carrie and his compa-
Yangtse. Here they crossed to the right or
southern bank OF the river The largest
Which ney was as1a IN sehuen
fortified, and to DO place Of great trade. N. de
Care describes the houses vast magazines filled
with "copper" SALT cotton and medicines all ready for
transport to point on the Yangtse beyond the
jurisdiction OF the mandarin who rules Hwes.li.
Entire streets are described as being occupied 6y
fourlshes In spite of the Governor, who inn
Navigation OF the river by the heavy transit dues
that he insists upon. In spite of all this trade -FOUR
ishes On leaving Hwei'li the Governor provided
them with an escort to take them to the border Of
the Panthay territory. The scenery here was at
once grand and beautiful, the nigh hills all around
shrubs and beautifully variegated bowers.
During this part OF their journey they were with
out an interpreter but no sooner mad they entered
the Panthay country than they heard OF the exist
ence OF Q French priest IN the neigborhood,
and him they soon found. Pere Leguicnere
have lived there in the mountains for fourteen years.
and had gathered around him small band OF con-
verts. He had carefully avoided having anything to
do with the Mussulmans, and though doubtful as to
what sort OF reception he might meet with at TALL
he agreed to go along with them as interpreter.
The country through which they now travelled
we have just described, towns and villages mere
heaps q run cultivation ennrey neglected grave
rise up before them In all their grandeur with their
snow-cad tops while their feet were bathed In the
limpld waters Of the beautiful lake on which stands
one Of the most ancient Of all existing towns, Tai
ifoo At FORT little way outside OF the city, they
had to halt until instructions should be received
from the Sultan.
CITY SCENES AND ROYALTY.
Next day petty mandarin visited them who es-
by aigorgeously dressed official, who dismounting,
vited them to do the same, and accompany him to the
palace Of the Sultan Almost Immediately they were
assaulted by ayast crowd Of soldiers and Others some
OF whom tore the hats from the travellers heads ana
otherwise insuted them. The insults were re-
sented and quarrel ensued, In which the Anamite
Of the most violent OF the mob, and not till then did
their guide interfere TO quiet the disturbance This
he now did and conveyed them TO the residence ap-
pointed for them This little fracas they afterwards
learned was arranged on purpose that the Sultan,
who was actually looking on from the top OF the
citadel, might get good look at the foreigners and
see how they acted in such an extremity. The same
evening an officer came and apologzed for the rude
ness OF the people and made arrangements for their
having an audience with the Sultan on the morrow.
When the morning came however, an officer pre-
sented himself and said that the audience must be
Leguchere alone and Immediately. He went and
returned in about an hour with orders for the French
to leave the city at once. The Sultan abused him
for daring to bring to Tall men evidently bent on
mapping out the country for conquest-said tnat he
had already put several strangers to death and
would have served them the same way but for the
letter Of the Grand Multi. He also said that the
French were welcome to take the YekOng up 10 the
borders of Yunnan, or they might even take China
ITSELF but the Tall Kingdom, never. He forbade
their trying to explore the river that drains the
Tall lake believed to be the Mekong) and said that II
they did 1t would be at their peril. Such was the
reception at and dismissal from Tallfoo OF the
French exploring expedition.