Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-24
cEITA AND JAPAN.
Terrible Mortality from Cholera IN Ichang
-Tha Corsaus

J By the 0. and o. S. S. Coptic, which ar
rived in San Francisco Saturday. from China
and japan, we have Hongkong dates to Sep.
tember lst, and Yokohama dates to Septem-
Der S.h. The following are the more im-
portant items of news:
| CHINA.
| Cholera is prevalent in Ichang and Peking.
| 4 gang of about $50 beggars ore day re-
Gently took possession of q small hotel in
| Shanghai. They were elected without rlUch
trouble, however, ard fifty Of them were sf-
forwards arrested.
| No disturbances have fortunately arisen cut
of the shooting of some Chinese by foreign
ers at Canton. A few inhamu1atory placards
still remain posted, however, in various parts
of the city.
A boat containing six men, belonging to
| tha American bark Spartan, while plotting
the ship through the channel which divides
the Islands of Agincourt and Formoss. on the
| 31st of July, disappeared. and has not since
| been heard Of Diligent search for the men
has been made, but without success.
Advicss from Peking, August 14th, say :
| For the last four weeks we have had tor
rent of rain, lasting necessarily every day, snd
| for some time Peking has been transformed
into one great lake, with few strands OF
islsnds appearing here and there. Houses
contiuue to fall in all directions. In every
| laDe five or eix have been thus destroyed, and
many persons have lost their lives in con5e'
| qusnce.
| A letter from the Ichang district. August
| 14sh, gives frightful account of the epidemic
thss has prevailed there for some time. At
| Shszss the mortality was so great that car
penters could not meet the increased demand
| for coffius. Trade was az standstill and
peopls were starving in the streets. In Chin.
| Uhow-Pow, about eighty miles below Ichang,
the number of deaths occurring daily in the
Tartar portion Of the cisy was fifty. and 10
| the Chinese portion thirty
JAPAN.
| At Kalomotomura, in the province Of Sa-
nuki, theater vas burned recently, and
sixty children and fifteen adults perished
| in the flames. Over 100 others were injured.
The second lap6titive tea exhibition has
been opened at Kobe by the Vice Minister
of Agriculture and Commsrcs with appro-
pirate ceremonies. The object is the i'm
| provement of tea cultivation and prepara-
| ton
The launch Of fne corvette named the
| Tenrio kan, built at the Yokosuka arsenal Of
the Governmsnt of Japan, was successfully
| effected on the 18Th ult.
A fire in town near FukUshimo, August
70 b, destroyed ninety five houses.
AZ Yokohama, August 29sh while the
| topgsltant masts Of the United States dag
ship Richmond were being sent down from
aloft, the fore-topgallant mast fell to the
deck. striking Lieutenant Noyes on the heed,
fracturing his skull and causing his death
shortly afterwards.
Il ia said that Goto Shojiro's previously
formed intention Of establishing factory
for making all kinds of European wines and
liquors has been confirmed by his experiences
during bis recent travels in Europe, and that
he is now taking measures to carry it out.
A correspondent of tbs MAJ Nicii Shinbun,
wiring from Fusan Corea, mentions that be
hes been informed that the people belonging
to the districts of Chusei.do, Zsnrs-do ssd
Keishs-do are much dispiessed at the num-
ber of foreigners who have lately visited
thsir country, and, as they attribute their
coming to the japanese, they are very angry
with the latter nation. The writer further
ststes that meeting has been held in the
above.named districts for the purpose of de-
visiug a scheme to drive out al foreigners
from the country, but owing to tie prevail
lag drought and consequent fesrs OF a famine
Is was considerable advisable TO postpone the
proceedings until more propiticus occasion.