The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-07-06
From the San Francisco Herald.

ALL HOA LNtAL AAOAh SAALAui IL u AuO--
Great Battles at the Gates of
Nanking-20, 900 Rebels repor-
ted killed--0ne Mile Of Houses
Blown up at Nank ng--Procla-
nations Of the rebel King and
the Emperor, &c.
The Hong Kong Gazette publishes let
tGr from Soochow, said to have been COM
municated by a high Imperial officer named
Tsow- minghow, and dated on the 4th daY
OF the Cd moon, March 18th, which con-
tains the following highly important state-
ments. The Gazette, however, does not
vouch for the truth of them,
"The salt smugg!ers and local Banditti at
Marking having created a disturbance some
rascals inside the city avaiIed themselves of
the opportunity TO set fro to the powder
magazine, which result ted in the destruction
OF a street ot houses about mile in length,
The alarm consequent thereon was so great
that the whole city had nearly been taken,
when luckily the Tartar General, Fuh-ch
long a, and the Treasurer of the province
Le-suh-tsau, brought up some troops to tho
rescue, and succeeded in putting out the fire.
They had afterwards fight with the ban
dltti in which they killed seven or eigh.
hundred and dispersed the remainder, by
which means the riot was quelled. Having
shut the gates, Il strict inquiry was made al
ter the rioters, when sixty or seventy were
apprehended and put to death, The shutting
OF the city gates was merely with view To-
discover the oonspiraters, and not because
Of the anticipated attack Of the rebels
"On the 2lst and 22I ct the first moon.
(Febnary 28th and March lst, the Gcner-
ais Chow-t heentscoh and Heang-yung had
battle with the rebels at T"hae- ping.
(Situated on the hanks of the Yung. tsze- ke-
ag, about 4J miles S. S. w. of Nankiny.l
The lighting lasted from 6 O'Clock in the,
morning ofthe 2lst to 10 o'clock in the NOR
min of the gel, when the lmperiasts sus-
tanned a considerable defeat, losing three or,
four thousand men and 81 officers from the
rank of General downwards. Just in the
nick OF time, however, famous Pekin a
General, named Chin kin-show, who had
formerly been under the command of Yung-
yu-GhNl, and was recently appointed Impe-
rial Commissioner, at the head of4 600 Tar
tar troops fresh for the conflict, came into the,
field, and turned the defeat into victory
killing upwards Of 1000 of the rebels, aud
wounding two commanders OF their advance
guard, one named Chin and the other
lie.
"On the 25th and 96th Of tAe lst moon
{ March the 4th and 5th, Seu kwang.tam.
at the head of 5000 Canton volunteers and
1000 Iloo-kwang soldiers in conjunction.
with the Imperial Commissioners from
Hunan, Ke-shen, at the head of 800 Tar.
tar troops, had another engagement with
the enemy and killed upward OF 10000 of
them. 1t is said also that Hung-sew .tsnen,
the rebe chief, was wounded and fed, bu
was afterwards taken and bcheadcd."
Aunther letter contains the following:
"On the llth day Of the I'd moon.,
(Maroh co. the Provincial Treasurer re-
oeived report from Marking, that Keshen,
Heang-yung, and Seukwang tsin had made
united attack on the rebels at Guan-k-
hing, when they obtained victory; the.
rebels retreated in a northwesterly direction
leaving their boats and baggage nthe hands
of the Imperialists. Thus Marking is for
the present preserved" !"
From tie China Nail, ApG7.
A decree dated Peking, the 9Th of March,
was received at Shanghai by the by taoute.
in which the, Emperor says, that according
to the latest accounts received by him FROM
the, south the rebel feet and forces had arriv-
edat Marking and Chn-keand Flu. Hehad
therefore put in motion the grand army for.
their extermnatiou;, and seeing that the
whole baggage Of the rebel force was on
board, he commands the officials through
out the country to issue proclamations, in
forming that whosoever can seize the rebel
fleet shall have the whole Of what they take
with exception of powder, and military
stores, which must be handed oyer to Gov
ernment. Farther, if any person burn any
Of the rebel feet, and capture and kill any
Of the long haired chiefs, on reporting
the same, thep shall be handsomely rewar-
ded.
RoscoE, o., June 80.
One of the extensive FIGURING Mills Of A.
MedhuIy, Roscoe, was burned to-day tothe
ground. Loss supposed to be S25,ooo----
Zans. Ceur.
! EXS-A AT a camp meeting held lnCOnnecu-.
ticut preacher deliv cred himself of the fol-
lowing:
al would that the Gospel we're a wedge
and bette I'd whack it into every sim
ner's heart among YOU
EE-"Mrs. Polly you are a first rate swee-
per--why, my Sally will sweep the house
from top to bottom, and then not begin to
get together as big pile of dirt as you
have swept up in ten minutes" Uncle 10
left, with broomstick after him but not
more rapidly, than wheu, entering the house
Of an ancient maiden LAZY, staid, tidy and
Discreet" without wipihg his feet, the Of
Tended spinster exclaimed, ,--"Did you not
observe the scraper at the door?"
"Yes'm, 2 said Uncle Eb, aid intend to
use it when go out"
THE CRYsTAI PALACE. 80 The directors Of
the Crystal Palace are still determined to
to open the exhibition on the 18th Of july
and as the work upon the building rapidly
progresses and approaches completion, bet
ter confidence is felt that it will be in readla
ness by theday appointed