The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-12

AZ THE FUNERAL or rouRGuENISFF.
A London special 10 the Baltimore 1De-
rscdn says: Lin Yong Flu, commander OF
che Black Flags, has issued the following
challenge: You French frcebootegs look
hike tigers on the world, seeking how TO
give vent to crafty schemes and cruel
deeds. There Is no land for which your
mouth does not water; no riches you do
not desire TO devo,m. Religious teaching
YOU employ TO undermine and inlurc peo-
pie. International commerce Is TO you
pretext for swallowing countries. Your
cruelty l. infinite. Your ~lckedness Is
extreme. On your strength you rely 10
siebauch cur women, which excites thc
indignation OF gods aud men, and Is
unendurablc in heaven and earth.
Now YOU want 10 avail yourselves OF an
excuse TO cndeavor 20 acquire AMMAN, and
under the prctext Of international COM
merce to depart from the treaty, trying to
befool the world In order to give vent TO
your martial designs, and seize cities.
storm towns, Strengthening officials, rob
bing the revenue, killingtbe innocent, and
encouraging secret bands. Your outiages
and cruelties have reached far and wide.
Your crimes are almost too numerous for
words. Your shame could not be washed
out though you were to exhaust the water
Of the West river. The issuer OF this pro-
cIamation having received commands TO
ayenge the wrongs inflicted by you, and
having sworn with his xrmy with
Justice on bis side to lead the troops
TO the slaughter OF your vile lot, his first
desire was 10 proceed with lightning speed
10 beat down your rahbit-holes and
exterminate your pack Cf foxes without
pity. This would be q matter OF great re-
joicing TO the heart OF man-would mani
fest Heavens vengeance; but rejecting
that Hanoi is also q territory belonging TO
the Government, and that the traders there
are all respectable, loyal people, could not
endure that that city be reduced to ruins
and young and old killed at the edge OF the
sword. i, therefore, issue this proclama-
ton thst you may know that on the day the
proclamation arrives you French robbers,
who have already acted unlawfully, may
lead forth your crowd OF dogs and sheep
TO meet our army OF heroes"
Although the American Consul in Can
ton has not been assassinated, foreigners
in that city are still in danger. The new
viceroy, Chang Hal Hing, is merely con-
verted cut-throat. In his youth he
fiourished rs the leader OF band OF high
waymen In northern province OF China.
The Government, finding il impossible to
capture him, made him q mandarin and
gave him viceroyship-a post for which
his early training eminently fitted him.
Chang has since abiured socialism, but
hates the outer barharians and their Dno-
yations. During the recent disturbances
the body OF Chinese boy, killed by Eu-
ropeaD, was left lying for days In the street
20 he al. IL.
Crowds of Cinnamon clustered round the
itinerant ballad-mongers singing oil
Hung Chang Is great man." He means
70 defend AMMAN, and denouncing "for-
ign devils" the agitation continues.
THE FUNERAL OF TouRGUENIEFF.
The funeral OF Tourguenieff at st. Peters
burg yesterday was one OF the most impos-
ing ceremonies ever seen in the Russian
capital. Infantry were placed all along the
route from the railway station at which the
body arrived to the Volk0n' cemetery.
where the great novelist was Inferred be-
side the grave OF Behnsky. Bodies OF gem
darmes and Cossacks were placed at all the
street corners. Windows, balconies. and
rooi-tops were occupied for mile away.
The bier was received by the archi-
mandrite Of the Alexander Nevsky Mo
mastery and the clergy, arrayed in
vestments of black and silver. After the
deep organ had toned and the chant of
the choir had died away, on a platform OF
heavy metal the oaken coffin was silently !
borne by the car, which was drawn by six |
horses, and was placed under a gorgeous |
baldachin Of gold, surmounted by plumes |
OF white ostrich feathers. The cor3ge |
started for the cemetery, which was sur
rounded by 5000 troops. Only persons |
provided with tickets were allowed to en- |
ter. They were composed OF every class
of Russian society. There were 176 depu- |
tations. Every portion Of the empire was |
represented in the funeral procession. At
the head walked the peasant serfs OF the |
dead novelist, many Of them weeping. Be
hind came a group Of students, who had |
brought two banners, with an anchor OF
hope and broken chains, emblematic OF free. |
com, on them. These were at once seized |
by the police. The art societies, members of
the press and learned associations, and the
chief lyrical and dramatic companies of
Russia, mustered strongly at the grave.
The speeches were OF quite an abstract
character, referring much TO The private
and literary virtues Of Tourguenieff, and
avoiding all mention Of politics. There
was much comment OF the fact that neither
the Moscow Gazette nor the RuSShi, the
organs respectively OF NJ. katkoff and VI.
Aksakoif. was represented. At the close OF
the ceremony touching verses were read
by the poet Pletschaietl, who was once an
exile in Siberia. The gathering dispersed
quietly, leaving the grave literally covered
with wreaths and trophies, twenty-five of
which were borne 10 the cemetery by wo-
men.