, 1881-12-18

cultivation. Tho west hnif IS mostly barren
desert, OF, account OF drouth and luck Of water.
This is tho Ereut drawback on an urea fully as
large Us Illinois and Iowa together.
A CRUEL CAREER.
The San.,.inary Record of u Chinese
Pirates Murders and Thcftx. ~
Stanohnt Courier.
The sea-robber's reign is not yet at an end
III the Taichow Islands, if we arc to judge
from recent reports. From the district
which las just 6eqn mentioned comes
most interesting story of pirate
chief who is now occupying a large
place in the consideration Of the topics
of tile day with Chinese OF the district.
The sea-robber possesses more than ordinary
courage aud ,.ulacity; lie seems to be one
of those bold, b:td men whose talents invest
his crimes with a good deal Of rolt1a1rce. His
exploits are Of most daring character and
he forms exactly one Of those personagcs
that 4 novelist of the Mayne Reid sta.np
would delight to linn and present to the pub
lie as d hero OF original romance. The his
tory Of the pirate chief is a remarkable one.
To commence in true dramatic style VIC shall
state that in the Village of Wang Ye,
in the District OF Ming Ii, which is
near Nlngpo, and the Chnsan Isles, so
lellowileu tol pll*lle'l eAplots' ~ staI'es
king-nlan. lie is head Of a strong nest of
nlrates and lie STYLES himself King Of King
,';n,, s;.r,,;,,as +h., E-,,. - cnld T.,
'''s1''' "1'e'' elo MUGS 1"e n'nS " oo,"" - t'1
many rcspects HIS biography 1esenoles tte
life and doings Of the celebrated Maliratta
Chief. who was the terror Of India in the
t;.',. ~ t,,a T.r,.t trr,,,,yohaa bw,na.
E;ng.n'a, t.nc ~ 's is Eatiyp Of Ninsno of tfc
Ninrhi nistT;ct lie j. a., ,,n1,s,,;,ifv 1n,wcre
~ ha anu cnn @ ny t, WIN ia easo i5rS Mfi' o ,nore
IT, is nrnticit.nt in tht ust. ail var
t;Ea vapnn,'s and can ,,sss thu rifie
ne well tI'' AZ the how and arrow
WITH aona1 and ren,arkaniee effect- His nhvs.
;cni sf1r1,rth and cnt,ruve ,yt.re strong it,
incemsnts @ for him to FOLLOW IN ayocation
svh;ch shnu,d rcn,,ir.. tle eycrcise Of thes,.
",,nlities. Accortiing1y he tntook himself to
the .,rr1,nafion nf n brave" and he acted
orginally in tiat capacitv us the leader Of All
~ ~ with war;. 1,'fstr1 viii, nirates
.,'d rehhars mi" ~ III tiesrr;nt;ons Whije IL
,,nrsr;t ~ ri;s av"catinn l,n rmuIr a consider
:1hie :mo,1nt nf money. and had also gained
gteae eApGiecs m e ta .' ,ai" ..!' ,otI " te 10
hiest. stusc H'a tnne J, ,'8 "'1"'' N44o '''''0'"
oii.eh T. f,a1,,so,oa ,vr;,a Ev,np.Iinuuon was
,ct;,1 ~ . hrox..,' thnt lis father was aT
"estai5 ~. tho f.nrarrmant fnr snmn ntranse
and shortly afterwards belleaded kwall,-
kins-1llan, who declared lis father Innocent
Of the crime imputed to him: was SO cnraSca
at his execution that he swore t. devote his
life to ;trenEe his death, and take revenge Oh
the 1mperialists. lie shortly put the design
INTO execution. lleestablis'ied Il rendezvous
and stronghold, and gathered around him
large number of followers, who all, or
nearly all, came from the Ningpo district.
Many Of his retainers were men who
had falclcd themselves agsricyed by
society, and several were actual out
laws, who had lifted their, hands
against society purely from criminal! lii-
stincts, and not because they had any inju-
ries to ayenge or wrungs to right. Tie first
act Of Kwalg king was to capture Tung-
cll,,-shan, between Ningpu and the prefecture
of Taict,ow. This place he made his arscil-
al, and his operations were ut first confined
to acting on the defensive when attacked,
collecting arms, and making gnnpowtler. lie
then commenced theSlife OF Il pirate on 4
stuall scale, and his petty enterprises were
conducted with caution and all extraordinary
skill. But, e1uboldened by success. he ell
larsed his plan of operations, and this
yenr commenced piratical transactions
on n more :. ambitious scale. On the
Sd day of the sixth moon Of this year,
he suddenly entered the City Of Niugp0 with