It is reported, but not fully credited in town, that Chinese High Commissioner Linn, has lost his head. The Emperor ode red him down to Canton to destroy all the opium, not to cut off the ears and noses ofEnglishmen(?) or Chinese(?) so he (the Emperor) very politely sent a second time ordering him to send up his own head, which he did after the Chinese fashion.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Commissioner Linn (1840)
Source: The Polynesian. Honolulu: Saturday, July 11, 1840. Page 18, Col. 1.
It is reported, but not fully credited in town, that Chinese High Commissioner Linn, has lost his head. The Emperor ode red him down to Canton to destroy all the opium, not to cut off the ears and noses ofEnglishmen(?) or Chinese(?) so he (the Emperor) very politely sent a second time ordering him to send up his own head, which he did after the Chinese fashion.
It is reported, but not fully credited in town, that Chinese High Commissioner Linn, has lost his head. The Emperor ode red him down to Canton to destroy all the opium, not to cut off the ears and noses ofEnglishmen(?) or Chinese(?) so he (the Emperor) very politely sent a second time ordering him to send up his own head, which he did after the Chinese fashion.
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