The New York herald., 1874-08-17

ignorant. IL was therefore determlhea
Developments. partial supply OF food had been
brought up and, what was simply more astonlsn-
ing considering the character ol the roads, lew
tents and a small cohoorn mortar. This last was
put to for making signals to the absent column
Several shells were burst IN the air, but no re-
sponse gwen unIll nlghtIall, when half dozen
soldiers came in, brneing report that the long
road from Ninai TO Boutan was SO nearly imprac-
ticable that several days might be required TO
force a way through. General Tani had not peep
able TO reach Ninai until the evening OF the I'd:
HIS men, also, had been attacked but without
serious results. They lOund only woman and
child In the village, whom they detained with the
but the woman escaped and The child was too
young TO be OF service The General decided TO
.'Stone Gate" there to await urther orders, and
70 set small BODY to the work oil clearing the
direct path 10 the centre OF the savage region.
COUNCIL FOR GENERAL RAZzIA.
The night OF the Sd passed quietly, and early on
the morning OF the 4th General TAM arrived.
Upon consultation 1t was now determined that,
all the savage villages Of the interior having been
seized and DESTROYED and the inhabitants driven
into the mountains, sufficient detachments should
be left TO guard the abandoned stations and TO
control the principal points OF the roadways,
prepare for lurther operations on the eastern
coast where the Boutans believed to be upon
terms OF alliance with one or two settlements es-
pecially with Peigu. This decision, when COM
manicated, was received with customary aequles
cence by all, excepting the satsuma men, who
war OF extermination on their own plan which
was to scour the wilderness in parties OF two or
be found and put an END to-. This proposal, not
appearing TO be dictated by the prOioundest Wis
%aa:n Sesan e eae osos the Mos
the heavy barricades had been cleared
Away away by g gang Of asorers, acting under under
parative!y Tree, although sun full Of diiiicuties
enough TO send the majority OF us into camp
almost broken down with fatigue and exhaustion.
The last two or three miles were as bitter as any
ever passed over, but was happily stimulated, at
| the most deDreSSiDQ point by charming nttlc
trait Of Kindness and good feeling. Several
of at @ s
One however, was sitting upright his injuries
being such to make that position the least pain
! ful TO him. His arm was shattered and the nesh
! OF his breast was torn away. Seeing that was
! Jumping along with an extremely awkward gait
matter told him that my feet had been bruised
and cut, whereupon he insisted that should
away % he
no use Tor them now" This was from man who
while suffering from two dreadful wounds, spoke
! in the brightest tone and smiled as cneeriuy
when he spoke as if he had lain on bed OF
roses. For a few moments, certainly as long
as ana ne iorrUa was that had ever felt
smart. Tnis amisble soncitude for the comfort OF
those whom they think are less capable Of endur-
ing hardships tnan themselves is constantly ex-
hibited by everybody here. | nave mentonea
how General Salgo conducted little operatlon
for my benefit on the outward march. Coming IN
he placed me under new obligation by onefmg
to have palanquin put together lot me- IN truth,
i was hardly able TO stand; but could not &C
knowledge myself beaten, aud so declined. on
the night which We passed IN the middle OF
barricade Colonel Saku1na, who never gave o
! thought to his own munger. took 1t into hlS gen.
erOus mind that the Americans could not be eX-
! pected stand that sort OF thing and sent back
| to village couple OF miles distant Tor q bundle
OF biscuit aud some claret which he laid before us
Just as we were trying in vain TO get 70 sleep;
| And can candldly declare that not day passed
without evidences OF dehcate courtesy and
| thoughtfulness on all sizes such as | think are
not often found In close alliance with the rgOrs OF
rough campaigning. At the same time this all
80 natural with the Japanese that dare say not
one OF them would exactly understand the impulse
which irreslstloly compeis me TO record II.
The Japanese Soldiers Expected Home
from the Island-The March to the In
terror.
YOKOHAMA, July Is, 1874.
The Formosan expedition has not yet returned
from that island. The Japanese have had some
more skrmlshes with the savages, in all OF which
1t would appear that they have been successful.
From private letter received from an American
| connected with the expedition ! extract the ioi
| lowing
The expedition started for the interior the ls and
"a inst gune by difsren. roads concentrating on the
known belong 10 the Boutans their allies, tbs
IN spite IN rSe
ages generally deserted their stIonghoas as the Japan
is pscss Sina and kusaEas the jspansss fred upcf
wounded INCLUDING TIE native guide Two men wer,
Sen ON Of une in
hostile aboriginal settlements, but the mountain wilder
accessible. The behavior Of the japanese troops wa
admirable.
Later information, but not 80 direct, seems t,
imply that negotiations are now pending with tn,
chief OF the Boutans himself which, If happily ef
ected will obviate the necessity of further hostile
| demonstrations.
THE IMPERIAL RELATIONS TO CHINA STILL UNsATIs
FACTORY.
The position OF the Japanese toward China il
still highly unsatisfactory. 1t appears that th
willy and crafty Prince KunR and his coadjutor
were altogether too much for the Japanese Minis
ter Soyeshima and his once supposed to be astut
adviser, LIE Gendre Undoubtedly, the whole thing
was talked over at a conference, and 1t Is more
than probable that the Japanese Minister'S version
OF the affair is very close to the truth. But tn
Chinese are fully aware that the Japanese hav
not got stroke Of the pen to prove their asser
tion they deny the whole Of it.
Chinese minister win not hesitate for
moment in telling good, square lie, II
thereby, the slightest advantage could be obtained
and 1t Is remarkable that the Japanese should hav
ialien SUCH easy victims 70 the craft Of the China
martyrs tor TRUTHS sake. request has been sen
from the Foreign Otice at Pekin, requesting tn
Japanese government to withdraw their troop
Immediately from the 'Chinese territory Tn
japanese feel now that they have committed
pluHuer, anu are IoOkluR aDouJ LOT u way Dy Wnlc
they can retreat with the least possible dishonOr
1t has been urged that having accomplished wha
they set out to do, II China will reimburse theu
for the expenses Of the expedition they Will I'm
mediately retire. l can scarcely believe that tn
Japanese themselves seriously entertain this pre-
position, for, beyond a doubt, china would neve
listen to IL. Some OF the native papers asserted
few days ago that China had declared war agans
Japan. This, TO say the least is premature
although China has been concentrating larg
armaments, both military and naval, in tn
vicinity OF Foochow.
g II I'd DININ Id III q