Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-04-26

and a very small allowance Of food, frou
which priyalions many died after gfea
suffering. or the whole 24O who leg sns
ship on rhe rafis. only 2 men have beer
sent over to Annoy.
| On board the brig Sam" which vas
wrecked on her passage from Chnsan 70
Macao in the month Of March. ihrte wefe
altogether 81 souls. Oflhese, Ii were
natives of Europe or America, 8 China-
men, 4 Portuguese or Malays, and "a "a
tiyes Of India. The brig was driven by
The violence Of The wind and sea high On
shore that when The tide ebhcd she was
left dry, and. the fifty seven men Quilted
her and got on hoard Chinese junk, viii,
the hope of being enabled tu.put to seain
her; but this could no, be effected. and
they surrendered without even having
6red one nusker, or made the smnllestre-
sis,ance. TO the Chinese troops that had
cnme down to the spnI.
Like the unfortunate men 10 the "Ner-
budda,- those 10 the "Aun" were stripped
STARK naked. and dragged 10 the capitol OF
Fornosa. when they were separated and
confined in small parties, which had lit,lo
communication with each other, but were
all treated With extreme barbariiy and ai-
most starved.
OCT Of the fifty.seven souls who wcre
cas-, away in the Ann, S have just. arrived
al Amoy. Ofihese. 6 are naiiyes of En-.
rope or America, one a native Of .india
and one Chinaman. A second Chinafnas
is aEve and is said TO have siaid nj For
mosa Of his own choice. ,i ~.
III thus appears from the preceding de-
tails. that t4o hundred and thirty seyen
persons belonging TO the Nerbudda, and
forty six belonging 10 the, Aun. have either
been pot to death by the officers OF the
Chinese gnvern,nea, al Formosa, or have
persisted through i'll treatmenl and starva.
Iipn.. - .
"These a,recisus and appsIlius facts
are not 10 bercfl,cd or questioned, aud
that all may judge Of them; aud contrast
the conduct of the officers Of the British,
government fwho set. all their prisoners
frec) iis proclamation is made ip Chinese.
Her Briuonic majesty's pienipotoniiary
trusts, however. that the einpemr will yet
make The only utonemeut that remaius,aud
thereby aver, fur,herepils."s, - 81
Trade was Ianguil3in Canton. although
good maay chops of,ca had been bought
a, rather high prices. -
The U. s. frigaic Constellation. Com
Kearney, was al Macao on the l7th Of
December.
There was no less than eighteen Ameri-
can merchant ships in the Chinese waters
on the 20lh Of December, when tho Delhi
sailed. ...I ~. ~
Corrcspoadeneeof the Ezprtss.
Extract Of a letter dated,
CAyros, Dec. l2. l5a2.
Business is 10 very, aaseulcd sIate..
caused by tho late Disturbances among the
Chinese. which commenced With quar-
rel between some. Lascars aud Chinese
fruit sellers on the afternoon Of tho 7ih..
Several OF. the Lascars were killed ia the
quarrel and The rest fed 10 their boats: in
a shor: time mob was collected iu frons
Of The fac,orious amounting to many hun-,
drcds t-ome say lhousands.) they set Gro
10 the English tag staff, aud then prncee-
.ded TO the Compsuy's factory, which they
burned and pluud'red; (; they ,heu fired A.
Heard s. Co.'s factory, situated uext be-.
low which wa also consumed. Mr.. Heard
very sallan,ly defended his property for
four or five hours, firing and killing seser-
al Of the mob; he kept up his deieucc un-
III, he was fairly smoked out, when he re-
was from 250,003 or 30n.0O0 dollars .ia
their vaulik. .belousineiI il issait TO Messrs..
Jardine. Matlhcsnn g. CO., The most Of
which The nab nbIained possession OF. AT
day break forth or fi'ly. men well armed
arrived from the American. shipping .at
Whampoa They succeeded ia clearing
passage 10 the laetpries.i enabling the:
merchants 10 remove their treasure and
most valuable papers TO the boats. BY.
this time tho Mandarins began 10 move
towards queliipg the riot. and Chinese
soldiers 10 the anonnt Of 200 or 500 cams
down and fred Iheir mntcblocks over The
heads OF the psopse. This demonstration.
together With the appearance Of the A
msricau sailors. ksp,f;he. mob in subjos-
lion, aud they s,,on aflcnbeganiod disperse.
Nearly oil the AmerieSa, aud oil the EB
slish merchants wen, TO Whampoa snd
remained that night. -
On the morning Of the 9th. an Euglish
steamer with Sir Hugh Cough on board.
arrived a, Canton aud anchored in front
of the factories. Her arrival was entirely,
accidental, tho officers having come up on
a parry of. pleasure, she obtained rrin-,
lorcement from the English shipping, and
RENAME keeping guard. advices have
been seu, TO Sir II. Po,tingcr at Hong
Hong, and his arrival is mei.leuiarily loois-
cd for. What will be .ythe iesul, ofihis,
and the difficulties at Eormosa, lis bard
10 tell. aud il may lead TO a renewal Of
hes,i.ities. The only safety foreigners can
have. will be in keeping q British or A
merican force pern,auentiy stationed here