Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-28
Minister 10 China.

Minister 70 China.
The Washington Union officially announce,
that the Hon. r. ]. Walker has accepted tho
appointment of Minister TO China. Referring
20 The present revolutionary movement IN Chi
ma, the Union says:
Should this revolution be accomplished 1t will
DO the most important event of this century,
and may be fraught with incalculable benefits
ffeour Country and to The world. Ii is gener
ally believed that the new dynasty will be
more favorable than Its predecessor TO foreign
trade and intercourse; and our increased com.
nerce from the Atlantic, as well as from Ore
sgon and California on the Pacific, place this
country in a position for the development of
nm immense trade with China and The nigh.
boring States. The United States and China
are both great powers fronting upon The Pa
eiic. and their products AMI manufactures are
admirably calculated for an immense and large.
ly beneficial trade and intercourse. We are
the only great nation that consumes tea. the
staple producer Of China, free Of duty; and our
cotton and cotton manufactures, and various
other articles,oughtt to be freely received 10 ex-
change.
The present crisis has induced the President
to tender this mission TO the Hon. Robert J.
Treasury Of The United States, accompanied
by oil the necessary powers and authority TO
accomplish the great object OF this most impor
tant trust; and Mr. Walker. we understand has
accepted the mission. 1t is well known that
the last Congress placed the mission to China
upon the highest grade known to our dipoma
cy. Since this action Of Congress.new events
have given 10 the mission still more command.
ing character. There 10 at present no diplo
matte station upon which the public eye, not.
only of our country but of all civilized nations
will be more intently fixed. To this signal
interest and importance of the mission alone,
We presume. il is owing that Mr. Walker,
whose political nntecedents 90 emlnently III
him for the work before him, has abandoned
his well known preference for private life. and
undertaken this high and difficult diplomatic
service.
The appointment of Mr.. Walker TO this i'm
portant mission We incline TO think judicious
ACT on the part of the administration. He has
experience. ability, prudence and we do not
doubt, is faithfully devoted TO the welfare Of
the country.
The New York Express does not credit the
account, that the insurgents had been repus
cd from Nankin with immense slaughter, The |
jamestown, which brought The Intelligence,
the Express says, sailed from Hong Kong on
the 18th. We had accounts from there, by the
Overland Mail up to the 2lsl April, that's to
say four days later. Our advices from Shan.
ghae, also, came down to tho gath, three days
later than those by the jamestown.
Tho rumored sally from Hank;n aud the
defeat of the rebels, which was its result, we
think will turn ont 10 be new version Of the
old rumor that had come TO US by way of ENG
land.-namcly, that Keshen the former Vice
roy of Canton had made very successful at
tack on the rebel force with the imperial
troops, about $50 mtics from Nankin, in which
many thousands of the rebels Were said to hare
suffered. Nearer Nankin, a, Tapping the
Imperial force ia also SAID to hare defeated the
rebels with great loss of life.
We are inclined, therefore, to come to the
conclusion, that the latest news from Maxim
by the Overland Mail will prove correct, not
withstanding the advices by way of California
and that the general impression that Nankin
has fallen into the hands of the Rrvou,ionists
Will be substantiated by the next news coming
TO hand.