The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-10

I CHNA.-We make the following extracts from III
correspondence of the Boston Advertiser, as it COZ
ains particulars of the proceedings of our off
GERS at Canton than have yet been published
The impression produced by them appears quite ia
| voiable
| u. s. SHIP BosTos, May 9th, 1912.
We are now at anchor off Whampoa, few mile
below Canton. We arrived here on the It'll inst
| from Macao and Manila, which places may, per
! haps, notice a future occasion.
The English press, and many private individuals
and others, both here and elsewhere, manifest yer,
uneasy Jealousy of our operations. one of the frs
acts of Commodore Kearny, after his arrival, WIS e
declare, in the public possible, that tn,
illegal, contraband traffic in opium, should have nc
protection or countenance from him, the forces un
der his command. Hitherto flag has been pros
tituted, not unfrequenty, by foreigners, as well as
our own citizens TO cover nefarious and demora-
lizing traffic, forbidden by the principles of philan
| thropy and the laws of a country whose domestic
institutions, policy neutral nation binds US &c
regard The avowal of these principles, or of his
intention TO do violence TO the Institution and laws
OF China within their appropriate sphere, and upon
her own territories, on the part of the Commodore
was regarded practical condemnation of policy
which Great Britain has pursued, and is still pursu
ing wherever her power extends, and which she
would long since have entailed upon had she been
able
refused any intercourse through the Hong merchants
was received by officer OF the rank OF Captain on
equal terms circumstance nearly unprecedented
On the third inst accident occurred, which
seemed at first nauspicous but as it has resulted,
there is little reason 10 regret it.
The superior authorities at Canton manifested an
early desire to adjust the matter amicably, and ten
dered an apology, even before they were called upon
to do This is, believe, the first instance in which
authorities have voluntarily held direct intercourse
with foreign Consular Agent. The Chinese have
not been the first to fire upon foreign flag, even
our own for this Very few of the more civil
lied nations would allow foreign vessels of war to
make surveys of their harbors rivers.
To-day We received visit from OF the high
admralss of the Chinese Empire, of which there are
two, and suite They received with all the TO-
kens of respect that would be paid to corresponding
officer of any of the great nations of the world, and
appeared to be highly grafed. They visited both
ships IN succession.
AT first they disconnected, and perhaps little
alarmed at finding themselves completely in the hands
OF those whose Lower, obvious y, very far exceeded
their expectations but after recovering their self
possession, appeared TO notice every thing with at
ention 1t is not improbable that they have acquired
some useful hints They were permitted to examine
whatever they chose, and no pains were spared to
inspire the with such an idea of our force, with
kind and just treatment will probably at this par
ticular uncture, do more for amicable relations
with this numerous and singular people, than to
have RACED Canton and several cities like it, to the
ground. When have to do with nation OF
two or three hundred millions, pacific policy il
not more cogent is at least more palatabe than a
forcble
The Chinese are strong men. When called upon
to meet DEATH where it is inevitable, they do not APP
pear to be m re tenacious of life than others. They
daily learning from their enemies, and will proba-
bly, continue to do The successes of the British
forces cost them more latterly than formerly.
The hope of England appears to be to excite and
sustain rival party Such faction undoubtedly
exists, but whether England will derive any advan-
tage from it, we cannot tell.
"Ths parsonage, called by the Chinese ka Tuck,
is the third parsonage in the Empire. He was ac-
| companled by an Engineer, said to be in the conf
dence of the Emperor.