Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-08-12
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i"E ChiNk'x CELxRRArrso rae For,-. -
Francisco papers give an aeeoup, Of h. ,.,.s..
e roorth OF July in that city Amo,, ,,h
1'e' was procession, in which IN. S,h,...
thus uesef'oes tne
T.. 'ne head Of Tong All Chick, Ah.Iiog ,,d.I
were d,..d q, oa'eu on very sober looking seed, ,na
Ecu 10 ,ooes OF coored silk With bc,p,.,s h.,,, -
sIong tese mblanee to the basin which Dor e.I'n8
e ou asys when chivarc knights Wand. rsJ .,s -
much ,sca suy,eot'ng The oppressed wore win 40
ue s'hee. faese diguifed Mandariu. were io,,os -
a wagon with canvas covering, benea,b wh,. oy
his Ceesiials rasped away At thcir 49,
hss, si1,I ., 'olios. while another eudeavorcd 10
y seAiy ufuin INTO pieces. C.les,iaIs two hs,-
dressed In blue silk go~ns With well so.n,a ~ t.o:
sns ~ tneir hands, oiowed; and nso d.,,ch,a.,a -
wish x,sso looking as sternly the Old quad
r. Hei sn'e'as and very loug aud h.r,nle.s mixes .
III .ne" centre was carried the gorgeous Chi,ss. a.,
o"Possu o' red satin with figures OF gold which hsss
NJ h,o, oee oeeh Gect'otd aud another detachment
-, u'd!ers brought up the rear. It ia almost
supein.oGs to say that the C.iest,i- loporoI "a 80,
=" &c sHaie VI pupic attntion on the o:ca.ion"
RUSSIAN ESTIMATE OF ENGLISH corrR,cr
e 'o"o",ng "rueu from seoa.Iopoi by on. or The
ny 9oIsn f'ince Gsi,zins, appears in the Norb.r,
3" We have convinced Ourselves tha. tho ,,o,., .,,
=. .ae eooied heet has increased bu, on the s
f. s"eu III proportion to its desructivc rovsr.
rof instance, the English steam frs,te IT, M
morse power AT l6 guns, stranded .boS. y. 1oo
.o'n o1esSi on the shore where this took H.. 80
ri, , - Hs.p guns, company OF infantry and one
""h squadron of Laneers-and that ioow.s, W. u one
event unknown in the annals uf the mos, ,.', 10y, an
nost Insignificant fleets 'u' ahu
hs s'eam-frgate, which borrox ed il. nam. fo,, ~,
most savage o' all beasts took no measure, n, 5c u
hotor OF Its hig Although had opiv 6,e We
vac ere" consisted Ct ;wen ytwo officers and morc h
$3.50 sahors anu marines OF the guard /. spr
rendered it.eii prisoner u mere hapdn,I nj LII -
and as We hai no boats the Engi.sh gave ,horr,p Up
uouole 70 row themselves ashore their own pos,s Th;
dscis,at ,t n4n.y condnct- At the time hey
thems' Ives by sor. OF poite civilitv ,biS
was ho' met "Ith among the Turks aid Egvn,;sns -
'Se admiral horneo~ conquered the sb,pr e-
no" comes the moral: These are the sorr,xf,, -,
suits with which premature vauntires are crons ,e
which so seldom are realized by fsctsr AHu
THE ALASp IsLEA-A letter written ar A. ,o.,
'e U" oCaru one OF The thips OF the combined s,n.J
seut to rtconnoitre in the Cuff OF Botbn, cn,S'
curious particulars re.tiveeto the islands OF AI,nd Th
sIhos 'oi an archipelago situated at I, e.tremtv arh
nc' al Tie entrance OF the Gulf O, Ro,hri. - -, ~
TO the Gull Finland As a military poi,t NJ s. e'oee
the'T pos 'ion IL Excellent. The group ia comno.a 20
seven islands, occupying of 30 square kiioms,
WIN population oi 1900 inhabitants The ;sI.ns
Aland, properly speaking which has c;v. e. ~ aues ei
.he Archipelago, is nine leagues ia length hnd va
oreautn, snd ha' population OF To- 600 nbab,.n,s Th
husS'shs nave built on the island the lp,,.s. -, n ~
ucn y protected on tie sea side by e.tepsive fo,
unSaoons IL possesses good roadstead we'll shI,ssd
win uepth CT 70, 80 aud 80 sathoms In ,imo os
n,;o Th VISITED by the Russian feet Of evo-
uto; me Interior OF the island inerse,te nv .I
teou' ellis, and watered by great number of no,s
|con, Sn, ~n'cn derives ITS scaudAvian name of Aspd
SsTra ~ Its coast is deeply indented and
s eAceeh. anchorage The soil is fertile ard here
ana mere are to be seen gooi pasture grounds and rs
oGn aud Ras LIS Inhabitants mostly farmers and
- sn,s % me Climate is wholesome, although rroous
10 winter. The snow mes carly and the bo,ho,s ss
over late IN The season. account of the r,nid .rsn
produced by the meeting of the waters of The G"s o
ana Finland Independently of Bomarsupd tho
afchIpeiago coutans several other tor,,G.d $500 .o
principal Of which the Islands OF Sppssl, .nS nS
ri%s'". The Islands of Alaud are yery imno,,.n,
N @ political and military point of view. Tbsv
were "fested oy Russia from Sweeden In 1870 hv ~
treaty o Frederic 'hnmn, which secured to that h
rrnsnder OF Finland and Eastern BotLp,a R".i. taS
array acquired the other of Finland by the re.tv
dreadful check to the Swedish roser. was