The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-18

Death OF nm American Curious Cause.

Death or nm Administrations Cause.
from the Overland China Mail, Hong Kong.I
An inquest Oh the body Of young American
the police force was held on the afternoon Of the
LIST OF August before f. Stewart Coroner and
Messrs. William Smith, John Smith and Charles W.
Barnes, jurymen. Ha4tla sgaua efss
ceased, who had been marine in the United states
Asatic squadron, was, though teetotaller, large
nty Wd nanactor Song On
morning at four O'Clock to scour tae hills in search
OF suspected characters deceased had marched from
the Central Station over the hills to WanChl without
taking food or nourlshlnent Of any kind The exer
ton OF climbing the cliffs was 80 telling the men
every five minutes TO breathe them. Some considers
Bile cnaflng passed between deceased and hts COM
rades as to hts being too fat to climb which was re-
ceived in good part aud caused deceased to exert
himself sui more to keep In the van Of the march,
On arriving at the summit or one OF the highest
peaks, as the men halted as usual TO wind deceased
was unable 10 rise with the rest and appeared In q
liant wan great deal Of difficulty an ambulance
was got down and sent to the hospital but becom.
Ing delirious on his Journey died as the bearers
postm0rtem examination showed the smaller
caplilaries OF the brain engorged with blood and
The stomach was entirely empty, and there were no
marks Of violence upon the body The deceased was
character In the force. The verdict returned by the
jury was death from natural causes. 80
Religion and Superstition. sae
The Pckin Gazette Of July contains some interest.
ing matter In connection with Chinese civilization
generally. and more particularly with the theory or
tne treatment OF disease by means Of portions OF the
human body cut or for the purpose This you Will
see hasisome bearing on the TIent-sn affair, the i'm
mediate cause OF Which was the belief that the mis-
sionartes used ohildrens eyes as O medicine Ma.
ksin-yi the Governor General OF the two Kiang
to the enect that young girl Of Kiang ning-fu cut
on TWO joints of one of her fingers and put 1t into
the medicine which her mother was taking for a
disease which the physicians had pronounced incu.
rable The traditional and orthodox Chinese cus-
tom, for which las the memorial says there are
numerous precedents even IN recent years is TO cut
on portion OF the flesh OF the thigh. This, the
young girl, aged only fifteen, at first actually
attempted to do, but had not either strength
or courage enough to complete the operation. The
Governor General INDUCES In boundless landations
OF this most commendable act OF dial piety, which
mad, OF course Its reward III the immediate recovery
OF the mother. He begs that the Emperor win be.
STOW some exemplary reward on the child, such as
the erection Of triumphal arch in the neignbor.
hood to commemorate the act. BY this means he
says, fllal pety all over the world will receive en-
couragement. The Emperor, in his reply. refers the
Of the girl are respectable her father being an ex.
pectant Taotat II Is TO be hoped an abstract OF this
precH OF the Pekin Gazette in the next Cycie:
and surely the editor cannot allow such touching
instance OF Chinese nial plety ana such convinc-
ing proof OF Chinese civilization TO pass without its
need OF praise
the American missionaries had meeting on tho
9th TO consider the unsatisfactory information fur
nished by the American Consul at Tlentsln to the
Minister, and necessary to memorabilia Mr. Low,
and, possibly, the home government on the subject
"Dr Williams and Mr.. Low" we are told "Only err
from detective information. Dr. Martin Is all right.
He feels disappointed and chagrned at the conduct
Pekn University is further understood to have ex-
pressed himself favorable to q war which would
indeed reaction from Burhnramism OF Witch the le
Professor OF Hermeneutics has been SO conspicuous
partisan; but we have no DOUBT he is as sincere
now as on previous occasions when he has changed
his 0pnl0ns-probably more 80, as the present ute.
RANGES bespeak tendency to return to his first