The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-01
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enc NAL C0mpAnye chartered steamer
Allen arrived this evening from Hong
Kong via fokOhbna, She left Hong
Kong December s. December 80, 81,
January ], terrific northwest gale; ship
have 10; thence 10 YOkohomA arrived At
YokOhomA January 9; sailed January 8;
January 10 and II cyclones, west 10 norths
west and west; lost two boats; shipped
heavy seas; smashed deck fittings, &c.;
bad weather to Meridian; thence 10 port,
Passengers from Hong Kong: S. Meyer
Hurlbur5 YOkohoma; A, Hall, X s. Ed!
wards, China, 80. - o5 's''
The Peking Gasotit, the official govern
ment paper continues silent as 70 theset-
lement Of FOrmos9n affairs. II il again
asserted that all knowledge Of the trans
action from the beginning to the end has
been withheld from the Emperor by the
Prince, King and others. iul 4;
II Is estimated In Chinese unofficial
papers that the Chinese expenditures for
war purposes reached nearly. 8,OOO,0OO
tOlals, Tor which there il now nothing
whatever To- show J. ~ hi hW
The Viceroy Of Fukien has returned to
FukasrhaFiRe etFaRquili1ed the Southern
PrpyipCe,the rebellious demontratiO Of
Kuelchas In addition 70 those previously
reported, Work on tho telegraph from
FlChaS TO AmoyReon continues In spite oil
the prohibition from the local .authorl-
ties, who seem unwilling to interfere for
chilly with the operations Of tho foreign
agents, Thirty.hyc miles arc now COM
4 riot, In which several thousand peas,
antry engaged, broke out at Tachao In
the Tinlai district IN consequence Of the
increased tax on rice. A serious, conflict,
with loss of lie, took place helwesn the
rioters and soldiers. ~ ~
Phe lOan TO the Chinese government
negotiated by tho Hong Kong and Shahg.
hal Bank Corporation, amounts to I,720;-
900 tael, or - yS9S, ,SSAy payable In len
years by hall-yeArly iilstalments, the
principal secured By the customs revenues
1t Canton, Shanghai, King Kiang, Ming.
po, Chinkiang, NienhoIg, Cliier, and
FuchaA; the Interest y eight percent,
payable by the ports Of the province Of
YOKOHAMA, January. .19.=zRsv. David
Thompson Of Ohio h9s been appointed In.
terpietef 6ftIIe Uhited states legation.
YEDDo, January l9.-The diplomatic
corps wasreCeiyed on New Wears day by
the MikadO, and addresses Of congratula-
tiOn were exchanged, '.'
Tho United States trade dollar has
already entered IA rgely into circulation
ut Yokohama In competition with the
Mexican, hitherto the only coin current
among foreigners In the East, i'7
:, Smallpox Ia unusually prevalent In
Yeddo and Yokohama, and few foreign
ers have died from II, Vaccination Ia
compulsory with the Japanese and
Chinese, and u offered gratuitously 10 all
others. Va Hi
Financial difficulties continue. Two
large native banking houses have fol.
lowed the example Of the foreign one,
and suspended payment The govern
ment has supplied assistance II both
caae%i NJ H1uU9 Z u iIh
Yopngewara, late japanese Minister
70 Pekin, returned home December 14th.
Sage, commander. r.in-chief In FoEhlosa,
arrived at Yeddo December 9Th, and
was received with great honor by the
,MlkadO and public officers.
The Imperial palace at YeddO, de.
'stroyed by fire in 1873, Is about Is be re.
built In foreign style Of architecture.
Minyanwhita, q celebrated summer re.
sort near Yokohama, waR totally de.
stroyed by fire recently. ~ "
American mails now pass through Jap.
nnese poslQfficeNy The, inauguration u
:thS tiew afFange geheht'WaA eelebfated by . |
dinner In Yokohama, at Whieh On address
was made by the Minister Of Public
Works, .e.. l.sn.ai aI.l.
Mr.. Bingham and Sir Harry Parks difEi-
Guilty respecting the transmission Of mails |
from Yokohama to Hong Kong has been |
arranged for the present by the U. 8, Con.
sulate continuing the work.
The ahpualI Ihd1sltial Exposition will
commence at KeOtOIAtarCh lst.
The U. s. Consul General has occasion.
ed some surprise In Japanese official cir.
cles by addressing letters 10 one Of the
departments In reference 10 and In behalf
Of an'Amefican recently dismissed from
employment pHeJ JhnV bpen informed that
COMMUNICATIONS Upon such 4 subject can.
not be received from him. .,1
Drs. Peters and Hardness, OF tllS Amer.
lean expedition, were the only successful
observers Of the transit Of Venus In New
Zealand. The observations at IIabOt.
town anl Campbelltown were obstructed
by clouds. The German patty at Auck.
land Island had q. successful observation.