New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-23
CHINA.
THE MOUANMEDiN RZBELs-A VISIT To THEIR
CAPITAL-PIRATEs on THE COAST-DRsTRUC-
ton OF ONE NEST"-TRAGEDY AT WOO
STING.
LrRoM OUR owx coRREspoyDEyT.I

SUNG.
IRON OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
SHANGHAI June 10" If you put 1t down
here it will break out elsewhere" said friend, speaking
~ the late rebellion in China One writer China aptly
selected for the title OF mis- book China and Her Rebel
lions" She indeed, doomed to endless rcDeloh'
In the last decade have had the TdptngS laying waste
the central and richest dsrictsthe silk and tea regions
BY the aid Of foreign leaders and foreign arms they were
vanquished. Then bands Of NieH-fe which sweep
over and devastated Northern China, their rayages ex
tending nearly TO the capital
Just now the MOhammedan rebels are laying waste ths
fine provinces Of Northwestern China The lmperahs'
troops sent against them seem TO meet WIN Naeu sue
cess The Impcrasts sometimes declare that they nave
utterly extermnated the rebels. Again we hear thaths
nns manufactured at the arsenal here are no sooner
taken to the than they are the reoe
and turned upon their manufacturers and former owners
as they recede" The last accounts fthe Mohammedah
rebellion now raging the Province Of shause are that
the great Gen. Lee sent to rout them had been deeaed
and killed This however, is not credited, ana lacn
confirmation. Whether lie has been taken or not ths
Imperasts have no doubt suffered another reverse ana
great anxietes prevail at Pekn.
When recently the Mongols were threatened 10y tns
Mobammedan rebels instead Of applying 10 Pekn, whera
they well knew it would be perfectly useless, they
entreaed the interpositiOn OF the Russian Consul AZ
Urga He afforded immediate relief and protecuoh'
Like most semibarbarans, these Mongo tribes possess
the virtue Of loyalty TO those who have helped thcm
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easily extend their frontier and the Khngan chain OF
| mountains will be the natural boundary Of Siberia.
Some French travellers lately penetrated to the capital oil
these Mohammedan rebels-the City Of Tall. They say:
Apart from the destruction which has been wroughtby
war and oppression the natural beauties Of the country
are extreme. In the front the mountains of Tall
their feet bahed by magnificent Lake. while their snow
covered tops lost in the clouds Beneath them
stretches immense carpet Of yedure in the midst Of
which, houses built Of red EARTH glow in the warm suu-
shine If the landscape not one of the most magnh-
cent that it is possible 10 conceive the fault lies with tho
natives who have stripped the hills OF the trees which
should be their natural ornament"
They were refused an audience with the Sultan. who
sent them away with these words: "Tell these Euro
peans said the Sultan, "that they may take the dis
ct watcred by the MekOng from the sea to the borders
Of Yunan, but there they will be checked. They
might conquer China ITSELF but the Kingdom Of Tall
would prove an nsurmOuntable barrier to their ambi-
ton"
To-day there from the Province Of Yunan that
the Imperalist General has an Engshman, one Mon
rens in his employ, and with his assistance is meeting
with some success There apparentlypulittle left
except the capital city, Tall, which under the superior
leadership Of foreigner is likely to fall soon, as did
soochow the Tapping capital when Gordon and his coll
leagues planned and led the attack on II. =, 49, .
While there little hope for peace in one quarser
trouble springs up in another The h9rdes OF pirates tnat
invest the and islands making heavy demands
UPON pow t y o Which shows their strength and numbers
inmate pirates known to be between that place and
seemed to be trading junk with numerous passengers
board. After haAng and the usual questions they
kept in company The next day they fell m with two
other jks sailing iu the same direction and ful OF pas
sengers. On the third day selzmg favorable oPOTtu
the war Junk boarded her. and drove the crew over
over the side He was drowned with most his men.
The three piratcal craft were filed with
ment by this SAME mandarin, who having no other
Of livelihood, had turned pirates Hearing OF the
| ion pf bp
this method OF turning the tables Ihe 1hheIe man
revenge They chartered the American steamer Fenea
and her, with guIboat built at the arsenal here 20
| ferret and exteuninate the pirates The Fenela
under the command of Capt. Cunningham, was armed
with three guns, howlzeT and hsiGtce, Se car
plined Cinnamon, the Colonel. and Major watson Upon
the Ss T s %iy the chaS3 eoP Of stands
supposed to be infested with hordes of pirates. A.
s sboo appf ss4ed to the eastward OF the
| principal town. while the FenGia went 70 ths
Ned wildly TO the hills in the middle Of the Island where
their utter CONSERVATION they found Col Cooke and
his men ready 10 meet them They were so th,roughy
cape except in single Instance. One talwart pirate,
doubtless thinking that "he who runs away hFes 10
fight another day. took 10 his heels Col. Cooke win
unerring aim, discharged one barrel OF ms revolver
depryng the runaway Of his turban and bringing him 70
stand still The party were marched on board as prs
oders and the Fenella and gunboat proceeding round
them safely TO Nngpo where Col Cooke, Major Watson,
and Capt Cunningham received the thanks ana con,
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energy displayed in destroying this formidable nest of
pirates
river gives another view OF the Chinese officials and
sOldery. Through some petty disturbance IN an opium
shop kept by fascinating native ladies, two men he
longing OF the Chinese unbOats stationed there,
sentenced by the mandarin IN charge OF the hee
TO an indefinite number OF blows, which duly IN
icted smartng under this severe treatment, one OF
the victims vowed vengeance. He watched his oppOrtu-
nity and In the middle Of the following day, when tbs
mandarin was, according TO his custom, locked IN the
sweet of Morpheus. he stoo into his cabin ana
buried the fatal blade in his heart SEEKING the body IN
his arms before alarm could De given, he carried ON
deck and plunged with IL into the muddy waters OF the
carried the bodies far the North spit where az 0"
| water thew found, the mandarin locked IN thd
| death grasp OF bis assassin. -,
his evident that there is very wide difference I'm the
ments upon the question OF the policy should adoF
with China. The people at home look at thugs a. ty
ought to be- and might easily ana feasonhpy :" cN.
peCte q country OF such extensive terriOyo i Nss
wealth. almost inc Nhaustibe resources, aud Wherr t
people possess intelligence and higher sI "
| civilization than has been found among otne.
heather nationsH Those who reside here AoT LAS:
people ensaved and oppressed by the nj III
that the mandarins will is law, and that NO anu ~
hangers-on scruple AT nothing The resident h,re ~
full well that the treaty has been avoided anu ,
spirit II in letter. at all times and In every St.i
IL IL suited the convenience OF the officials ING 20, $40.
or Pekin Government has morally no power 70 ,eI.
aud punish these abuses In the PROV hees, tno \,
from the greatest to the least 50 hedge ~ so,
with lies. Nor does one believe that the ioAin WV
eminent n less false and rotten at the core 49,, A,
Ii is difficult how better state o luihss 80
ever come from icih, except by slow ana tVuo Pp.
! cess probably running through many hundred years, ~
might come from t5itOuf easily ana AT once - ,|th
nave their heads In the public crb are not likely 20 @
draw. They and their offspring VIII continue 'n, 49,
oppression from generation to generation unless some III
iluence is brought 60 boar from without AZ IN s.ta
public schools and newspapers ~ u the lnitos sta'e>