Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-01
FROM TIE ORIENT.

The steamer Oceanic, which arrived at
San Francisco Tuesday, brought adviees
from Hongkong to April IS ii and from
Yokohama to May oh.
CHINA.
a most alarming fire lroko out at Shang-
hal Aoril ia. AID 81 that time vas raging
with great fury.
The steamship HolyrJod, small coast
iur steamer. Captain G.bb,, has been, 1t IL
feared. lost whIlo OF, a voyage from Saigon
t. Singapore, ami T. is supposed that ali on
board have persisted.
The French expedition against Hanoi,
the capitsl OF Tonquin, rescued its point of
attack sbcu. April % u, and captured the
citadel Atri 1lsh. Few authentic par
ticu,ars ar rec.t.ei. French correspond.
ents report Htls; defended by : 900 Ana
mese ani Chinese troops, with strong
Qualifications. abundant artillery, mitrail-
leuses, otc. The French arc said to num-
Der only a few buadTea. but carried the
place after three hours bombardment,
meeting with Z desperate hand hand
resistance in the final assault. Notwith-
standing this, the French losses are de
clared TO be only a few men wounded,
while frightful carnage occurred among the
natives.
A collision took place on the 18th Of
April. The United States steamer Alert,
bound to Yokohama from Kobe, when of
Hinomisaki was run into by the Imperial
Japanese yacht Jingei- kan, struck abreast
the forerigging on the starboard side, and
cut down to the waters edge, but the
Alert managed to return to Kobe. The
Jingei-kan was only slightly injured.
The publisher OF the OkayaDl Nichi
| Nichi ShiAJuH has been sentenced to two
! years Imprisonment, with hard labor, and
a fine of 5000, for publishing contemptu-
Gus note about the Mikado.
/ 1t is reported that there are two large
cedar trees of unknown age at a temple In
/ Yechigo, having a circumference OF over
/ twenty feet The trunks are hollow, and
there is story that large serpents live in
/ the cavities One of these trees was blown
( down by gale on the 18th of April, and a
serpent thirteen feet in length and one foot
! in circumference was found in the cavity.
! Another native journal reports that child
! ii years old was killed and swallowed by a
! large serpent recently.
! A native paper says that, vexed by the
| expressions of their landlords, more than
| 1000 cottiers in Tokumaru and the vicin-
! ity, in Inaba province, assembled in a tenn
| pie on the 18th ultimo, intending to march
upon and destroy the farmers houses but
that police force promptly dispatched to
the spot prevented the outbreak of dis.
| turbance.
CoREA.
Admiral Shufeldt was to leave Kobe for
| Corea toward the end Of May, by the
| American man-of-war Swatara. His ar
rival is awaited with intense feeling. 1t is
generally understood now that Ii Hung
Chang's recent letter to the Corean leaders
counseied submission to all moderate de-
mands of America. The movements OF the
Corean authorities betray divided opinions,
some favoring foreign alliances, others
strongly opposing this. The ex-Regent's
letter to Ii Hung Chang is circulated as
an anti.foreign manifesto. The ex. Regents
party Yields great power, but the King
thus far stands firm in his determination
not to invite destruction by opposing every
thing foreign.