Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-27
TIE ORIENT.
New, Brought by Steamer from Eastern
Lands.

News Brought by Steamer from Eastern
Lands.
The San Pablo brings Japan dates to
February Sth, and HongkoDg to January
Goth.
Vaccination is being vigorously carried
on in the Town Hall of Yokohama, daily
average of 100 persons being vaccinated
Several capitalists i'll Osaka are consider
ing the advisability of getting up com.
pany to illuminate the city with the electric
light.
The allowance of GOO yen per annum as
table money to the Governors and Projects
of the five open ports, which has hitherto
been paid monthly, will in future be handed
TO the officials twice year. and it is now
intended to give grants of similar nature
to their chief subordinate officers.
A project is on foot to establish an asso-
citation for the preservation of old temples
at Kamakura and several prominent resi-
dents of Yokohama are said to have ap-
proved of the scheme. The temples were
erected upward of 200 years ago, and pos
sess features of artistic and antiquarian in
terest. A considerable number of rare
pictures and art objects are preserved in
them.
The FIVE universities, which it has already
been reported that the Government pro-
poses to establish, will be situated, 1t is
said, at Toxic, Osaka, Kagoshima, Kama
gawa and Hiroshima.
Mr.. Yamanouchi, Secretary of the De-
partment of Communications, has been or
dered to proceed to Corea on business con-
nected with the laying of telegraph lines
M that country
Superannuated officials of the Treasury
l. r
than five years are to receive gratuities
equal to three months salary
Work has been commenced at the Osaka
arsenal upon seventy guns of heavy caliber
ordered by the Headquarters Staff Office at
Toxic for coast defense.
The Japanese Geological Society has been
established at Hirakawacho Gochome
Toxic, by Mr.. Matsumura and several
other gentlemen.
CHINA.
Ii is disbanding his old veterans. Sew
eral camps have been already paid off and
sent to their homes being replaced by the
troops lately under Tso Tsung- tang Tso
having died, her Majesty has been pleased
to honor Ii by giving him charge of them
The Union Line steamship Corinth and
IL. III. s. Firebrand Lieutenant Command
er d. l.. Dickson, came in collision between
Annoy and Formosa, ard the Corinth was
sunk. No lives were lost and the crew of
the Corinth, who were taken to Amoy by
the Firebrand, were expected at Hongkong
by the steamship Douglas
HoNGKoNa.
AT a meeting of the Legislative Council.
held on the 10Th of January, the Attorney
General moved that the Council go into
committee on a bill introduced to regulate
the printing OF newspapers and books, and
the keeping OF printing presses in the col
ony. Some opposition had arisen to the
terms of the bill, as it is believed by MANY
to place needless restrictions and provis-
ions upon printers and publishers, and the
motion was allowed to stand over
The American bark Annie w. Weston,
which arrived at Hongkong on January
10th, from Newcastle, New South Wales,
brought part of the crew of the British
bark Boutwell, Castle, which was wrecked
on the island of Ngarik, latitude north,
longitude 80 east, ON the 2lst of Deem
Der. 1884. The shipwrecked men had been
on the island ever since. Part of the crew
had made their way to the Pelew Islands.
Attacks by parties of armed men upon
Chinese shops, and street and highway
robberies have been very rife in the colony
for some time past.
A serious breach of international law was
SOuiiiitteu Oil the "a instant DY q party OF
seamen from q Chinese gunboaf in the har-
Dor, who. under the direction of Chinese
officer, landed and proceeded to a shop in
the city, seized a man who had been a resi-
dent in the colony for two months, hand
cuffcd him and put his feet in chains, and
would probably have taken him of to their
ship but for the fact that the master of the
shop sent for the police. The case against
the man-of-war's men for assaulting and
attempting to carry off the man was re-
manded until next week, and, the Govern
ment having been informed of the matter,
is in correspondence with the British Min
lister at Picking and with the Home Coy
eminent.
The foreigners at Chamulpo had a
good time during the late HOLIDAYS
There were no fewer than four men.
of-waI in the inner barbor, viz: the
British sIoop Albatross, Captain Hicks
r. N; the American gunboat Palos
Captain Nelson, u. s. n, and two
Chinese gunboats, besides number of Jap.
anese schooners and Chinese and japanese
and Corean junks. In the outer anchorage
there were the japanese corvette Kongt
Kan, two Celestial Armstrong cruisers ant
the steamers Tekio. Maru and Mino Maru
Everybody was merry and jolly. and th1