Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-10-28

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LATE AND HIGHLY inPoRrANr TRoA
CHINA.
Ansck 81 ts css Of Carte. ~ ~ cs~si.eS
Srtfssk Forces.
We despatched the steamboat Wave.
at an early hour this morning.. in search
OF the Narragans II, and have the pleasure
of laying before the readers of the Amer.
can, eleven days later news from Canton.
Macao. My 30. 1891.
nrAa Sra .--you will see by the 10.
closed. that hos,Ii,ti~s have again COM
menceJ--th- trade entirely stopped. All
the foreigners have left Canton except
the English forces.
Several of the factories have been part.
ly d .mollshed. and nearly all entirely
pluudered by the rstbie aud Chinese sol.
diers.
We have news from Canton up to the
morning OF the 2Bth, at which time the
English were still storning the city. The
land forces had possession of the heights
in the rear Of the city, while tho men Of
war had possession Of the river in front
and to the westward. The loss Of life on
the par, Of the Chinese has been ,remen.
dous. Tnere are between forty and fity
thousand Tartar and Chimes. troops inside
the city, into which tn. men.of war are
pouring incessunt vullies Of shells and
rockets, in order to drive ihrm out 10 u
close engagement with the English soldiers
on the heights.
The English have sustained consi Terra
bile loss. A portion Of our establishment,
is here, some on board ship at " hampos,
and Mr.. Drlano rl,se to the city, intend.
ing to land tn" irsl opportunity, IN order
to look after the factory aud property left
here.
We have been fortunate enough to get
on board ship, and at this place in safety,
every hook, pap"r, and account that WE
possess, though we evacuated the Facto-
~ in great haste, and but few hours be.
fore the Chinese commenced their atiark.
FURTHER AND THE LATEST PAaTlCU.
LARS.
On Ito 2is. Csp,a'n Eilio, issusl ct C.nton,
,lie following
CIRCULAR.
In the rrescnt ,itus,ion Of circumstances Her
~, TO recommend ,ha, The British and other fn.
~,gners remaining in the fsctorier, should re-
the from Canton before sun act"
"CH,RLcs ELLIOT,
II NJ Ptcnipo,en,isry.
British Factory. 2l.t Mny, 1871"
Even without this notice. the warlike prepars.
tons made BY the Cbin-r- in every directions were
40 apparent, thnt il bccoms too pa lpable that the
Chinese contemplated commencing ho.tilities pro
l. l.. +
aud sve their roof. guns had been PLANTED eve
" street leading to the rivers edge had become
masked battery. and P~nnens and asss we're 4, ling
~ every one OF Them, soldier. seen every
wh~rc. aud even in The Hong merchants warrhous.
while teas were being ~eighe n party reiuri.
'ne Frid y from one e these IL ,ng., Jaw, whilst
passing tn III. foreign factories in boat, many ~
the batteries. he sold ers in which, tor amusement
s,k., poinlei the guns them, without, however.
tnoi-siing them.
The whnlc river from, the French fly to tn.
mat northern en- of Canton presented one
nue3 line Of fortiicaii"n. and litxe numh.r 81
guns were planted on Ouch and French f,irs.-
\ new fot had been buiit Vt Shaunrg. and IL W.
<n"sn that a n immense number of hr..rais had
been pterared in many creeks in dif rent ra'ts 4
The In fact the magnitude Of ,he c ,ioesr
presentations prove that they were now ben, On
most i-r-i ned resistance. and drive The e.
"f t'm-' and that to ct THIS simultaneous at
tack on The different positions OF tie English wa,
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