The weekly Placer herald., 1853-12-17
NUMBER ID.
LATER. from China.

the 10th inst, of the ship Tartar. I'VE
have dates from China up to the 22nd Of
| October.
The following summary we take from
the s. +. Neus:
The rebels attacked the City of Shang-
hal on the 18th October, and on that day
carried every thing before them; and at
| the close of the first days victory the
| Commander in Chief issued proclama@
ton, in which he represented to the Inn
| perialists the certainty Of their destruc-
ton, and at the same time stimulated his
| troops to renewed vigor ard determine
ton to go on with the contest so glorious
ly commenced, and on the 19th he COM
menced an attack on their outer fortifica-
tons, when the Imperalists were driven
to their last strong hold, within the walls
of the City.
At the close of the second victory, the
Rebel Chief issued another Proclamation
cal ing on the Imperial authorities to sur
render, which they would not do, feeling
themselves secure within the walls, and
the city well garrisoned.
The insurgents made their final attack
on the 18th ut., when they stormed the
city and carried everything before them.
The Imperial authorities had retired
from the city, and have since made every
effort, both by land and sea, to get posses
sion of the town; but the insurgents still
hold it firmly.
OF course all foreign relations were
suspended for the time being, notwith-
standing the Imperial Government had
addressed letter to III. B. NJ. Consul,
Alc0ck, calling on him to still recognize
the Imperial upthority, and protested
against any negotiations on his part with
the rebels. BY the tenor of his reply to
the Imperial authorities, the great ques-
ton now is, whether the Imperial Gov
ernment has legitimate right to claim
duties where its authority has ceased to
exist. AS the Emperor is bound by their
treaties to afford protection to British
subjects and Il cir property, and which
has heen Withdrawn.
The Imperialsts made one Intellectual
attempt by water to take that portion Of
, the city, where stands the Custom house,
and were finally ordered away by the
British frigate Spartan, as great damage
was being done to fore gn residents and
their property, without n show of success,
on the part of the Emperor's forces.
LUDrcRoUs SroRy.-An English lady,
to have large dinner party, was ambiti-
Gus of making as great q display as her
husbands establishment, tolerably large
one, could furnish. SO that there might
seem to he no lack of servants, great lad,
who had been employed only in farm
work, was trimmed and dressed for tho
occasion, and ordered to his stand behind
his mistress chair, with strict injunctiOns
as,. Sec. -, Il
thing unless she directed him; the lady
well knowing that although no footman
could make n better appearance as piece
of still life, some awkwardness would hs
inevitable if he were put in motion. Ac"
cordingly, Thomas having thus been duly
drilled and repeatedly enjoined, took his
post at the head of the table behind his
mistress, and for while he found sufficl-
ent amusement in looking at the grand
set-out, and staring at the guests. When
he was weary of this, and of an inaction
to which he was so little used, his eyes
began to ply upon nearer objects. 1t was
at time when ladies followed the French
fashions of having the back and shout
ders, under the name of the neck, un-
covered much lower than accords either
with the climate, or with old fashioned
HIS lHuy WAS III tHC ucISu'j
Iowness of the fashion: and between her
shoulder blades, in the hollow Of the back,
not far from the confines where nakedness
and clothing meet, Thomas espied somes
thing. The guests were too much EN-
gagged with the business and the cortesies
of the table to see what must have been
worth seeing, the transfguration produce
ed in Thomas's countenance by delight,
when he saw so fine an opportunity of
showing himself attentive, and making
himself useful. The lady was too much
occupied with her company to feel the
| flea; but to her horror she felt the great
finger and thumb of Thomas upon her
back, and to her greater horror heard him
! exclaim in exultation, to the still greater
amusement Of the party
ga vlea! q vlea! my lady. Ecod, Pvs
caught him"
How KENTUCKY GOT ITS NAME.-Ihs
origin and meaning of the name of Ken
lucky, has been accounted for in different
ways, both ingenious and plausible. The
latest analysis of the word Kentucky, that
we have heard we had few days ago
from the lips of an old hunter, now in the
ninety-ninth year of his age. When
Boone first came to that country il was
inhabited exclusively by no tribes Of In
dians, bur was the common hunting
ground for all the tribes Of the adjacent