Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-02
loss OF Chinese Transport aud Sixteen
LiVes-lboUt the Chinese Girls Im-
ported into San Francisco
Frem FermOsa,
Fearful TyphOOn- Whole Villages De-
sirOyed and goo Lives LSst-EOVc-
mcHts OF Leading Englislmen
aud Americans.
Violent storm al Seattle Car OF Rus.
STA lassHe-The War In Buen0s
Religious Disturbances
French Elections, Etc.

e SAN Francisco, December l.-Th
+ steamer Vancouver arrived last night
The following Is her summary o. new
from China and Japan 10 the twenty
eighth of October:
{ The Viceroy and cOmmapder-in-ehie
q Lirang Chang, is reported to have de
! cided upon working important coal anC
> iron mines at Pung Chang and western
: Chihilli, hitherto undevelOped, and aI
It English agent has been commissioned tC
Y purchase the necessary machinery. Thi.
|, step, heretofore opposed by the govern.
: ment, is taken by the war party as an
- indication Of desire to increase the ma.
4 tonal resources for military purposes oi
a the government.
At Macao Viscount Sam Janu-
ariOe is dangerously IN. A riot
had broken out st that place
: among the armed police. Attacks were
threatened upon government houses.
The disa6ected, believed to belong to
joss, were formerly engaged in cOOlie-
: catching, and were irritated against the
! governor and his secretary, Mesnier, for
their share in the work Of suppressing
the coOlie trade. These men, till recent
ly destitute, were enrolled in the police
B out Of charity. Their design is said to
have been to pillage the Chinese quar-
tiers. The danger is not yet wholly over.
/ NicerOy Carton died last month, hav-
ing held his Office thirteen years. He
was much respected by foreigners, and
regarded as among the most progressive
officials.
Jortoi Or, governor Of Chin Kiang,
died October Sth. He was chiefly dis
tinguished for his snti-foreign feeling.
The Chinese have agreed TO every
thing required by the japanese. They
recognize and admit the Justice of the
! Japaneseis course, Of which thew give
an indemnity OF five hundred taels, one
hundred and fifty of which are already
paid, the balance TO be delivered before
the end OF this month. They agree to
keep the tOrnOsa savages under control
flor the future. The japanese will retire
EHOm the island. There is great satjsfae-
I 8on IN Japan over the result, but so lit
tie has the government been influenced
| by pecuniaTy motives they have already
| determined to return part, if not the
whole, Of the indemnity. They required
II only as an unnhistakable acknowledge
ment Of the propriety Of their action;
that having been proven win Heated, /
they are disinelined to keep the money. 4
to submit their quarrel with Japan to /
diplomatic arbitration have been made, /
but the Pekin government is entirely I
averse to such proposals.
There has been an iusurreci0narv de- .
mOnstTatiOn in the neighb0rh0od of
Chang Chasfs, city in the south Of the
province of FUkin, and the viceT0y oft
Fukin left Chasfa on the fifth Of October
TO investigate il.
The only preparations for land defense
inside yet by the Chinese are in the
Cnussn islands commanding the APP
prOach to Shanghai. Here and at WI
sung and Shanghai a few earthworks
have been commenced but left uniin-
ished, Cstensibly for want Of funds.
Minister Avery left Shanghai tor Pc
kin October l4th, arrived at Tiensir the
eighteenth, aud resumed his journey the
twenty-frst.
The Chinese pirate captain who seized
the ship Shark was executed in Hong
Kong October lO.h.
Mons. GOfTsy, the French minister, is
about to return home. Count Roche
bOurt viii act as charge d'0fdirs.
Sir A. =. Kennedy, governor Of Hong /
Kong, sailed for England October 18th. II
J. G. Austin, colonial secretary, will 4
administer the government during bis
absence, n
The Chinese transport, Savak. ell
gagged in carrying troops 10 FormOsa.
foundered at TarWarja, in tue typh0on
Of September 18th. Sixteen lives were !
lost. Other transports, scattered by {
the same storm, have not yet been Z
heard Of
1t is reported that the celebrated (
Sihung Chung, viceroy and general Of the '
army Of Chihili, will be sent to Canton {
to take the office Of vicerOy Of Kwan G
lung and kwang 81. No reasons are q
announced for the proposed change, 8
which cannot be carried out until after 7
he japanese crisis is passed. Mean @
while, ChanghaB, recently governor OIL ]
he province Of AnWby, is temporarily L
to the post. {
There IS a serious general complaint q
Igainst the United States consul az Hew 4
)hange, for having sentenced a pilot, ii
" the name OF Holiday, convicted Of a q
nurderOus assault upon a Chinese wO- I
nan, to only fourteen days imprison-
nent. L
The japanese consulate at Shanghai, d
eceived high praise from the American l.
for prompt and satisfac- Z
oTy settlement Of the collision case be- G.
ween a Japanese steamer and the 4
hip Worcester. el
The subject Of supplying prostitutes Ii
or san Francisco attracts much atten- v
ion in Hong Kong. Measures are IN n
er consideration for preventing further g
epartures from that polt. Several n
ases OF girls seeking release were recent q,
y before the courts. u
Several Chinese contractors, convicted ei
II nv fox -
airing the imperial summer place, have 81
zen sentenced to decapitatioD.
Prof. Watson, the head of the Amer
can party in Picking for the observation
4 the transit Of Venus. discovered, on n
october oth, new asteTOid Of the elev- Z"
nth magnitude. A party Of English u
stronOmeTs arrived at Shanghai, Octo- Y
'er 10Th, and proceeded 20 Cbefos. (
A Mohsmmedsn Chinese general, 2
rom the distant province Of Yannon, q
where he served in the imperial army a
uring the rebellion, is now one Of the c
ions Of Picking. He fought on the side .
( the Buddhists and Confucuists, against 4
is co-religiOnists. II
The British residents Of Cbefos have q
the consul TO secure the v
Of q ship-oi-War at that port Is
uring the winter. They fear al up y
Sing Of natives against foreigners IN "a
sse Of war.
Efforts to draw the Alaska from the
each have thus FAR failed, but hopes are i il
ill entertained that she will be dis a
1dged. ci
A heavy typhoon occurred at Yezoo Of
october 18th. Many seacoast villages "a
7ere greatly injured and one entirely "
estroyed. Thirty-three iunks were CT
'recked and two hundred lives lost. IL
acknowledgements COsseI has re- d,
armed to YOkohOma with bis health "
luch impaired by bis sojourn in Ar Sc
lOsa. to
Orders have been issued by the navy hi
apartment Offering rewards for the dis di
overy by japanese ships Of unknown
Ocks and shoals in eastern waters.
The condition Of the troops IN south
m FormOsa is now healthiul, the dan C
eTous season having passed. Nearly u
ne thousand sick were brought back to ga
'agasaki early IN October, their places n
eng supplied frOm the barracks at tbat
ort. The whole Japanese force in For
losa is about four thousand, the main n
Odies holding the reserve at or near n.
Iag2sski, to which additions are con- n
nually sent. At present, however. =,
ieTe II no more evidence than hereto ID
re % imminent h0siililes, blf pfrI.s. IN
atoms are unabRted, and will 50 CON al