The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-17
NE w YORK.

THE ATTACK ON ENGLISH TEACHERS IN YEDDo.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16 There was telegraphed
from San Francisco to the Tribune, which to.
morrow will publish iull account of the re-
cent attack upon Messrs. Dallas and Ring, two
English teachers in the Government college at
YeddO, Japan, which states that of the circum-
stances of 9ttack very little is known beyond
the mere fact ITSELF The two teachers had
visited the foreign quarter of YeddO on the
afternoon of Thursday, the 18th inst, at which
place they dismissed their guards, intending
to return unattended to the college in the eve
ming. They started about IL o'clock on
foot accompanied by young Japanese tutor
in the college and special pupil of Mr.. Dallas,
in fact an inmate of his house. The distance
they had to traverse was about ten miles by
the most direct route, but they chose another
course, through streets which are generally
we'll lighted and thronged with passengers I'M
I'll a late hour. For some four hours they
wandered considerably beyond their regular
way and were apparently just about moving
toward their homes by series OF side streets
when they heard rapid footsteps behind them
before they could turn Mr.. Dallas felt sharp
not at that moment know to be the cut of a
sword. As he was regaining his feet Mr.. Ring
cried out that he was wounded and their only
chance was to run. Fortunately there was no
| resolute pursuit. In few moments they
gained paper shop on the principal street
where they were received with the utmost
kindness, the inmates closing their doors to
prevent the entrance OF intruders, carefully
| staunching the wounds and sending messages
| to the college and in search of surgeons. The
young japanese who accompanied the Eng
| lishmen is said to have run away in terror
without making any effort to attack or to iden
| tfy the assassin or assassins. IT he were real
| ly guilty of this act of desertiOn, so contrary
to the prnc Piles Of japanese gallantry, hi
will inevitably suffer degradation and disgrace
| if not worse. He has already been imprisoned
| By ten o'clock Thursday number of Jap
| anese doctors had arrived and had dressed the
| wounds with admirable skill.
In the morning the patients were removed te
| a tea house close at hand and taken in charg
by the surgeon of the British legation unde
whose care they have steady improved till tn
present time.
On the ooh they were conveyed to thel
homes in the college grounds.
| On Friday the entire class OF two sW0rde'
men in Yeddo underwent an examination ,thel
weapons inspected by experts to discover
any trace of blood existed upon them and wer
called upon to give written certificates OF thel
whereabouts on the evening of the assault
Nor were these measures mere formalities, as
have abundant reason to know that they wer
strictly and literally executed in houses
high and low alike Great deal of the trim
and social intercourse of vast city has actua
" been suspended in order that nothing shou
be omitted that might aid in bringing the
tenders to justice.
Thu prevailing opinion among Japanei
} themselves is that the aSsailants were soldle
/ of newly arrived regiments from Tosa, one
the southern provinces of Japan. The Dell
is based partly upon the fact that persoi
wearing garments of the kind in use by u
Tosa regiments were seen close to the spot
, attack,