Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-04-26


the other, in connection with this mat
ter Of Sue Aman. 1t is curious, at the
same time pertinent to the design of
this article, to follow GU, this matter of
diplomacy TO its conclusion. 1t is
very pretty little specimen Of ministe-
rial dictatorship. ~
On the esth, Tsiyeng answers Mr..
Gushing at length, and with wonder
ful tact. He cannot conceive, and he
contends that it is not possible that the
United States and China can be at
peace with each other, and yet their
people be enemies. If this were so, it
were idle for the two commissioners to
deliberate day alter day upon friend
ship; ii is all nothing but words.-He
then goes on TO describe the people Of
Canton TO DC very overbearing and vi
olent in their temperatures are
good many 5anditti among them, and
good many idle vagabonds, and since
the English soldiers had come among
them, the commissioner says that they
are more formidable than ever. And
he instances the burning Of the English
Hong, and the American flag staff, as
owing to this disposition. As to this
a flair Of Sue .7man, he cannot but be-
lieve from what he had learned, that the
American merchants. carelessly and
rashly took life away. Al all events,
this matter ought to be justly settled;
and Tsiyeng says: if there be one par
ticle of heavenly goodness, let this bu-
siness by all means be judged on eqni-
table terms, SO there may be no Rooms
for cavilng remarks.
In The interim, Mr. Cushing betho't
himself Of another good card in his
hand, and on the 25th of June, hastens
TO play it. He calls to the recollection
of Tsiyeng, that in the month of May,
lS4i, more than three years before, a
man by the name Of Sherry, citizen
Of the United States, one of boats
crew, while proceeding from Canton
to their ship, the "Morrisou," lying at
Whampoa, was killed by the Chinese
firing upon the boat without cause or
provocation and expresses the hope
that this matter too would be looked
into and investigated, and the murder
ers of Sherry be discovered and pun
ished. The answer of Tsiyong TO this
was brief, and conclusive,--a trump
we may say to the American Minister'S
high card. The Chira-man admits the
occurrence, but il was before he camo
to kwang Tung, (Canion;) he had not
the record with him, and could not go
into the matter. But il appears that
at The time mentioned, England and
China were at war, and that there
were soldiers on duty, and that the a.
mericans alluded to were mistaken for
English, and that this being thus an
accident of war, il could not be inqui-
red into satisfactorily. Bnt on his re-
turn TO Canton, he would examine the
records, and have the matter adludica-
ted in all equitable manner.
Mr.. Cushing then took up the case
of the Imprisonment Of Consul Snow,
in 1889 by comm ssioncr Linn; and
Tsiyeng pleaded commissioner Inns
Punishment for his misdeeds, as an off
set TO that. .3bout the same time Mr..
Gushing renews his importantly TO go
TO Pckin, but with no better success
than before, and at length the point
was per force given up. Meantime
the treaty went on, in all its import
ant particulars, without difficulty, and
in the most amicable and satisfactory
manner.
AS to the affair Of Sue Aman, there
was commission on the part Of the
United states Legation, appointed to
investigate the Transaction, who
looked at the circumstances, and heard
testimony, and after a great deal Of
trouble, reported that the killing Of
Aman, was justifab'e act Of self de-
fence. Tsiyeng, during the progress
Of this investigation, issued his COM
mands for the people TO keep quiet, and
he TOO, made diligent inquiries as to the
matter; for his own and his govern
menps satisfaction. The npshot of
The whole difficulty was creditable to
the sagacity and iorethought, the inge-
nuity Of our minister, as well os TO the
good sense Of Tsiyeng.
The former renewed bis old position
that the mob were truly 10 blame for
the death Of Aman, as they first insti-
gated The quarrel; and the police were
/ also in blame for not suppressing IL; IL