Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-06-29
THE DAILY RECORD-U UNION.
THE ORIENT,

THE ORIENT.
News from China Japan, Siam and the
Philippine Islands.
The Occidental and Oriental Steamship
Company S steamer Gaelic. which arrived at
San Francisco Monday from Hongkong and
Yokohama, brought the following advices ::
JAPAN.
The value of the exhibits remaining I'M
sold at the Uyeno Exhibition is about
$50. coo, and it is said that project is on
foot for disposing Of them by rattle, the
number of tickets to be 10000
The post of President of the Agricultural
Society of Japan has been accepted by
Prince Kitashirakawa.
An exhibition is announced to take place
in Toxic from the LIST to the 30sh of March,
1852. The exhibits are to consist of rice,
wheat. tobacco, beans and other cereals,
shrubs, ETC., In one section, and of aquatic
products in another.
a party of Coreans now at Yokohama
are viewing various objects OF interest.
Another party are at Osaka learning GER
tain trades, such as tanning, etc. The
news from Corea in the native papers Is
very contradictory, althou gh it is evident
that the party which is favorable to the
opening of the country is gathering
strength.
In connection with the new Department
of Commerce and Agriculture, smaller CON-
mittees have been established in the differ
ent districts.
Silk has been in fair inquiry, but the
stock on hand is small and of poor quality.
The prospects of the new crop are said to
be good. A large business has been done
in tea and while prices have risen, the
quality has deteriorated.
A successful regatta was held at Yoko-
hama by the Amateur Rowing Club on the
ID of June The principal meeting OF the
Societe Suisse de Tir has also taken place.
Admiral Lessoffsky, the Commander.in-
Chief of the Russian AsIatlc fleet, IS the
guest of the Government in Toxic.
The National Industrial Exhibition in
Toxic has been visited by large numbers of
people, 1t closed June 10th.
The construction of the contemplated
branch line of railway between Tsuruga
and Kashu, Kanagawa, is to be lmmedi.
ately commenced.
Christianity is rapidly spreading, espe-
cially in the eastern district. In Gunma
the converts are most numerous among the
women, who abstain from work on Sun
days.
On the 9th ultimo steamer of 40
tous, built to an order from the Koyekishi
Tea Shipping Company at Yenshin), was
launched from the Hirano ship building
yard at Ishikawajima.
During May the total export and import
.rade in all the open ports of Japan was
as follows:
export. .l,49i,545
Excess of import. ,oe4, ia
Export of bullion and coin .......... S6I,5A
Import of bullion and c1n............-..- 270 Ala
Excess of export ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 594, ITO
The duties and customs from miscellane-
GUS sources, 10, 744 yen. The yen is SIS
cents in silver.
A touching incident took place recently
in Toxic Yoshimura Saichiro, % years
of age, employed as a clerk in branch
postoffice, formed an attachment for a
singing girl named Chigo. His creditors
became so clamorous that he resolved to
commit suicide with the girl They ac-
COIulUPlH pIOCCCuCu W d iSobduidlO CdllCu
U'ojiu, from whence they proceeded to the
themselves into the water. The bodies
were found few days afterwards.
CHINA.
There has been considerable disturb.
ance in the shape of an anti. foreign demon
stration at Picking, in which some 1000
persons took part. Quiet now reiens at
the capital Rumors of hostile feeling to-
wards foreigners are being put down by
official proclamations.
The Hankow and Kiukiang tea markets
have opened earlier than was expected.
Purchases were commenced at kiukiang
the mart for select Ningchows, on the l4th
of Nav, and the Hankow market was
opened on the 10Th.
The seventh annual Flower Show at
Shanghai has been great success.
Coal mines are about to be opened in the
northeast of Kwangsi, in the districts of
Fu-chuan-hsien and Ho-hsien, situated on
the river known at its source as the
Hoshui.
A flood equal in extent to that OF 1877 is
anticipated at Fooehow. Preparations are
being made by the inhabitants on the
Island of Chung Chow to vacate their ter
ritory.
A large junk which left Pakhoi recently
with some seventy passengers was pirated
by about score Of desperadCes who took
passage In her.
With regard to the recent piratical at
tack on the German bark 0ccident, the po-
lice are unable to do anything until the ves-
sci arrives at Hongkong. The German
man-of-war Iltis and the Chinese gunboat
Chen-to have gone out on cruise with a
view to getting hold of the pirates, il pos
sible, but much is not expected of their at
tempt to secure them.
The Hongkong Mail of May ID says !:
We learn from Pekin that the Emperor has
not improved. He has been suffering from
smallpox for twenty days, and it is feared
that the disease will terminate fatally.
The Western Empress was worse, and had
over 100 persons to feed her with human
milk. The physician has despaired of her
recovery, but according to last accounts
she was getting rapidly convalescent. In
consequence OF the death OF the Eastern
Empress, diamond-shaped pieces of paper
of a sea green color, about four inches in
length and breadth, having the characters
"K'uo Fuh," meaning the Nations
Mourning" are pasted over all the native
shop-signs, lanterns, etc.
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