No. 2., January 20, 1868.

No. 2.

The undersigned has been instructed by the governors of Kanagawa to publish the following information, which they have received this morning, at 6 o’clock, from the department of foreign affairs in Yedo:

Since a few months past a band of robbers had assembled on a mountain called Ilsuru-Yama, in the province of Simo-Truke, north of Yedo, and robbed the neighboring people under threats of violence. The same robbers recently burnt the Diamio’s camp near Kaghino, in the province of Sagami, south of Yedo, after having taken away the goods stored therein. They further threatened the people during the night, at Yedo, with firearms, swords, and pikes, and sacked several shops of wealthy merchants.

The authors of these crimes have all been traced to Satsuma’s yaski again, the shots which were fired on the camp Mita belonging to Sakai Saemonnodio; and on a boat at Shinagawa, occupied by gentlemen of her Britannic Majesty’s legation, came from Satsuma’s yaski.

It having then become manifest that these ruffians had established their headquarters in the said yaski, a messenger was sent yesterday, the 19th instant, accompanied by a detachment of troops, with a summons to the yaski to deliver no the robbers, but instead of complying with this summons they cut off the head of the messenger, set fire to the building, and fired upon the government troops. Consequently the yaski was surrounded by government and Daimio troops, and then a general fight began between the inmates and the troops outside, which was still going on when the messenger left Yedo.

The government had contemplated no measure of hostility against Prince Satsuma; they had no other object in view than to arrest the robbers, who were hidden in his yaski.