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


or Eve miles Of Cation and even h ~. > Blen
helm bad been able, IN slise VI her great dransh
of water, to proceed thas far. gr~st msay Chi
nes- Chop bcers w~rs sem-d .. whsmpsa BY tn,
British, and they Afforded sscsisns coavsysness 70
he troops
rnand Of Lieut.. Coion-i IL santsis. took possession
again Of the forslgn factories. and just In tm
70 saw the greater part Of Them from Destruction
driving fr.m thence NIB of soldier. and th~se
that had srSon carrying away whatever they could
ihry were too late, ho~~vee. 10 save the Greek
Dutch, and British Dsass--thes- h.ve b~~a con-
ple,riy sscked, every thing. even a. the windos
frames. has been carried away. sad ase a asntit,
Vt valuable merchandise. chiefly wovlens which
were sso' ed in the Compau,s 0Ydowns, have b.
come prev 10 the m n.
On the 2sth the Ca,n@ronians we've s,ill In NJ.
session u the Factories. and tie Other ,t,.op. coz
.i.tins a the ish Royal ftish. " N. ~ h. ~.
Madras. 9Th l.. stns~ther 1900 men and 500
maiines had at-t ssme hard hsh,,ns taken %.
session OF the h-ishts to the north of Csntya and
driven all the iaua, troops ihts the cuy, which
was e-iss bomssrd~d feo.a the ships Win round
shN. she'll. and rockeis.
Y the s5ih general attack. its said. was cor.
iemPist~d, AMI paftirs arrived yesieiday lrom
Wharpos, which they left iste IN that day. rrpot,
having heard a heasy e.noaad- du,i#s the xrsst-s
par, ut chs day. I, IL. therefore, vs,y p,.babl,
thai whilst we are writing Canton Is In Possessi,,
OF the English
We t~ar that the 25,h early in the morning
II ,~qua ard the kwanschn~f a hsd an Interview
with one of t1- naval 60 n 'nsuiers .aerinx To ne
g"c,atr for The saving ofthe cit,; that they bad OF
frred ave million. of doa. to be paid within thre,
months. and all iamsse done to or sui red BY The
British during the attack the city 10 he mad
good 'hst they fu t.er offer To wthisw all troop.
flfyv. nj ,..L E.rf a n Z.
These "Hrr., II made. have. il appears, b-.ent
fused il would indeed he the heis hit of folly nov
again to enter into n-gotia i'm. with the Chinese
after ahe ample experience we have had af th~i,
total want Of good faith. They probably by the .
offers wish To esin time, in order AT future mo
n'nt again trearhrrausy To bresk their promise
whenever the, may hope 10 b. able unaware, TO
attack the Engi.h with sarae advantage.
The number ID the RATS prepared by the Chinese
must hav" been enormous they have BEEN seen on
all pats II the river between Canton and the
Bngue; some were sent down upoa the Weiesl,
(anchored ID the Bogue) from Chuenpee-other
at Second B .r, upoa the Futiay S.iam, (sshore
there and the S'aleby Cs,ile--and the Naval S..
niar Commander has. ve hear. issued a nicc 10
he Oh ne,e that any village from which 6re.craf,
shall he seen TO com- the village nearest To the
spot whence the hre.crah shall have been sent, 10
TO b. destroyed not TO leave one atone upon
ano,her.
In pros euton of this threat the Sulphur and
Alligator have camp.eteiy denroycd a village near
Half Way Psgods. whence 6re-rsfia had been sen,
among The British shipping. and it i. to be hoped
that ,hi. severe example will have the drsir~d ef.
feet. II. M Pl-nroten,iary has also issued e
Proclamation TO the p.ople OF G ,nion, saying thai
having on several occasions been trpacherou,l,
dealt with by the Emperor. Commissioner, h.
now intends 10 drive them and their troops uut OF
Can,on-and warns the peaceful nhsbitant, TO
leave tho town without delay. in Order no, to BE-
made 10 suffer for the faults Of the mandarin..
AMERICANS MADE PRISONERS AND RE
LEASED.
Tn. American Vicr Consul vent to Canton to
demand the release Of hi, coun,iymrn, and We sup
pose thar il was in qlence of hi. r~nonstranc.
that they we're set at hb-tty in front of the fnc.
res. exposed l" in-uls from the mob, although
they had Iereaiedly but Intellectually deman dcd tn
he delivered 10 their counirymrn a, Whsmpus. o,
board English ship .f ~ar. Without tie
means of xrtting Hwsy fun Carton. the poor fpl
lows had no other means of sairt, but To SEX e..
shelter in the Consoo House. where, having reach
ed, they were .hut up and remained for several
d'ys. wuhor food. apparently forgotten. until TN
2ith, Capt + hot. wh". we suppose mus, have been
i'tnrm-i of their position. wen, there ~nh strrg
.iefschn.ut of tro,rs and r.lrss. Il them from III, il
impris nmrnt srnding ,hsm tn Whsmpoa.
We sie sorrv To -ny thu, NJ. Nilisr has bern 81"
very badly ~ounIed that his Iif,. is de-pssed of;
o,- of the crew is liks~isr missing. probably kill.
si aud all others more ar less wounded. and .uf.
rrine from the prIva,ions they have since "ndur
I'D M. Coolidge has been liberated in the samr
nsne-r rs the OTHERS.
On Friday. thu 2l.i inst all Foreigners l. T. Can
ton. pur.nsni I" the shove nu,i~r e Capt. Eiio',
and wen, To Whampos retired IN b,rad The boht.
IN VI" 'iv"r. with The 'xeepiion Of Mr. Cooidge
AID NJ. NJ rae, iva American merchants. In
media,els on the Facto,i-s b-,ns thus abandoned
N" moi broke in and ~rr, with great diffirult,
iven h'rkb v the sodery, who wanted no ,ha g,
IN the plunde,.
The sb've M ned sestlem-n were in great dan.
ger of violence ftum the mob and soldier. bu, Mr.
NJ r.e succeeded, hy the a..istsnre &C a mandarin
I" escap" To ia. r'ver AMI into hos, IN Which be
reached Whsmrn, in Salty. while III C,odge
VA. probably with view ~ his prot.ruon. rsf-
lied into IT,. ely A bon, E ON the Aneiic.n .l,,
Morri,on, winch ~uh cr~w ~ four, aud hrer
s.."ns.'s. Me-.r. Tnyior Nj her aud G,rivn.r,
i-ft Cinion Tor Whampoa an Frid.,, ~ss nea
the French folly h',d upon by N. Cnipese. AID
trying ~ escape by sesking shelter on bos "a tea
b,a'd on The southern side e The river, IN. Pa
,~pger. and r,eN were followed hy the soldier,
y h" very severely matt rated th.m. woundlng
most of,hem, then carried them prisoners To tn.
aah ofiiirs al Canon.
We omitted tn s,sie in the foregoing acroun, 9th.
IN ril'iss 1T Cantor, ths, n h. VI. Algerine. sf
yer tn forces hid arrived a. C.n'nn was placed
npp"-ii" the Dutch folly, which The Clinsse had
sv"ngi' fortified. ard from whence hr.
opened upon the vessel. which wa. returned yin
itetesi; the Clioe,., however. DEFENDED the place
with great determination. bat il was ut last ca,
lied. We regret. hnwrver, u" i-,rn thar The los
in killed and wounded Of the Aieerin~ ha. hern