New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-12-01

asa " NUMBER 232.
From the New York Observer
Affairs in China Executions The Americans and
the Rebels. A
GarTos Tuesday July 10, 1854
Last evening Rev Mr.. Bonney and passed By the
eution ground lane, hundred feet long oc
Saas Sa e Gs L sas ss y ts e t sss F y
aside few yards from way it. had passed
over 1t yesterday when It cleared Of dead bodies and
was only revolving by the sight Of hin Of decayed h
heads which would measure a. much a. a cord Of
sood. and the black, blooasoaksd ground emitting
aickening effuyium.
But this afternoon happened to pass by there not
long after 5ocock the execution hour before the head
ess bodies we're removed from the ground the head
thrown into the heap Thsre lay fifty sixty victims
ch ia not greatly above the Of daily executions
for week past the head the body from which
It just severed the hands tied behind the hack the
legs sprawled the victim fallen forward the belly The
poor creatures placed in line before the other
in kneeing posture the head bent forward Of the
two ezecutioners holds him. while the other strikes Of the
head at single stroke, usually with the sword
Mr.. Bonney could understand the talk Of the by
sanders and revealed indignant feelings at this saug
teri for the victims often poor and innocent sezed
while st their lawful ayocation, groundess suspi-
eions, and executed without trial" speak advssdly
eang Afa used these words One taken while being
shaved in barbsrs shop When one Of the bystandert
expressed himself freely to r Bonney against the Gov
ernment his comrade hused him. lest bis words should
be overheard and reported to the mandarin si5
Yesterday the American C6nsui, Mr. Spooner, wishing
TO ascertain the state Of matters at FusaH
the river fifteen miles southwest from here of 6o00
inhabitants possession Of which disputed with the
rebels by the mperasts causing serious interruption
of trade went with Capt Rodgers of the United States
ateamerJohn Hancock two or three other American off,
GERS. Mr. Bonney interpreter, crew of more than
twentyserenn all thirty souls in two boats They left
at O'Clock a. NJ. and returned at 8 p. ~
Mr. Bonney tells the boats proceeded unolested,
and passed at 10 O'Clock by the Inperalist transport
boats, and little above through che feet Of twenty
seven Imperiast iunk containing the heavy guns and
the soldiers returned from morning fight with rebels
at Fushau The Americans communicated in friendly
way with the junks and passed on When within half
mile Of burning buildings the opposite side Of the river
from the town thsy challenged by struggling rebels
| about sixty in number who brandished their swords.
looking fend like and defyng them. Mr.. Bonney called
loudly and made very distinctly the Chinese signs Of
their friendly intentions, but in vain. NY
One Of the rebels several rods in advance Of the rest
stopped and resting his Matchbox an erabankment
within fifty feet of the boat aimed deliberately tho
stern of the gig whore sat Mr. Bonney Mr. spooner and
Captain Rodgers The boats bad been previously put
about and going down the river Captain Rodgers
noticed the rebels and remarked It aloud
that Mr. Bonney had time to so6p his head below the
gunwale when the matchbox fired and buckshot
grazed Mr. Spooners cheek and whsker Instantly two
guns leveled and fred by the two marines in the
other boat-the launch-and also Capt. Rodgers fired
both charges Of his double barreiei gun and the asaa
ant fell, doubtless dead 8S sss5 5s
| 1t is time of constant excitement and alarm here
among the Chinese, hundreds and thousands of whom
moving with their families and Effects to Macao, Hong
Kong, etc, paying roundly for steamer conveyance
Nothing is done here promptly as with u.s. and disturb
may continue for weeks months before decisive
result is obtained but increasingly probable
that ultimately the rebels will succeed aud the Chinese
imperial dynasty be changed.sfsfr- &S3
ESCAPE FROM THE sc 60, SIsTERHooD - AT EsMITs-
BURG, MD.--Ws find the following statement il
the Frederick Examiner y rFa3*' 9at'tt =
Miss Josephine Bunkley novice who had not compile
ted her probation escaped from the sisterhood Emuts
burg about o'clock the morning the 10th instant
She is the daughter Of Joseph Bunkiey ED OF Norfolk
Va Protestant, who took her under his protection
through this city Wednesday on their way home
The circumstances of Miss Bunksys unlawful detention
and escape thererom detailed of citizens
by her father were follows: Since becoming novice
she hal been doing duty at St Joseph's Seminary
teacher of musac etc. for the lac. ten months Some
months SINCE however repantsd of her connection
with the Ssterhood expressed desire her
home and wrote to her father to that effect That letter
was torn up before her eyes and she compelled to
write ina different strain, declaring her satisfaction
contentmept with her situation. Soi.as 5i- 4s
This last mentioned letter deceived her father while
the deception confirmed by having all his letters
his daughter returned unopened Aware at length that
she prisoner Miss Bunkiey determined I'd escape
and on the morning above named succeeded in ectng
her liberty by climbing through sash door and
thence into the yard Her movements overheard by
the watehman whose vigilance she eluded by cocesne
herself behind tree. As the watehman turned
away she ed alone stranger in the night and dressed
in her novices habit and black cap this poor terrified g
escaped the rough country ten weary miles the
village of CreagerstowH where inauring the
house, she directed to steyenss Hotel She mmedi
atey made known the circumstances Of her to Mr.
Charles Stevens the landlord and deanded his protec
ton which was promptly accorded and in Miss Crimes
relative Of MIR Stevens she found faithful and gentle
conhdant and friend. Her step write
father who upon receipt of her letter came without ,
moments delay to her rescue Miss is about is year
age very accomplished and beautiful young lady
speaking several lang gueges and superior musician.
| A MOE QUESTION no BE SETTLED A LondoI
| letter writer furnishes the NewYork Times tn,
following report of q conversation between
Messrs Sonle and Kossuth ..Gszfi an,
This day last week spent very agreeable evening
at our late Consuls house, Mr.. Souls and M. Kossuth
with few other gentlemen forming small but very in
tefesting though unpremeditated evening party Th,
conversation after touching various subjects,
upon the manifest destiny of racesbut only in alb
stract way-and most characteristic dialogue ensned
Mr. soule-comparatiyely silent during part the even
ngbecame eloquently animated in asserting the snper
orty Of the American all Others superiority
which s he said papabe by the aseendaney 1t acquire,
others wherever ii may sstle though IN numbers
feror to those of another orga that may surround it,
Give me- sir said he nine Of whatever nationality
and il an American should happen TO make up the num-
ber to ten, this person will in short time exercise
perhaps reluctantly admitted but not the less rea in
of the circle and become the Of business
the company His associates may talk against him AMI
be indignant at his pretensona and
but he win lead them notwithstanding in ali occasions
lof public concern And Mr.. Souls illustrated his thesi
with ample examples from Eew0rleans and California
Kossuth emphaticaly denied the asserted destination
OF any race supremacy the rest which would .
be taken ss predessined to subjection He did not
course dispute the actual exstencs of such suprsnry
but them this Ii to be explained he said by the unnat
raj state Of political and social bondage which the seem
ingly inferior for the moment and until the,
should become their own masters, groaning under al
sa also neither the Indian tribes nor the Spanard
of the New World could have bean Amereanized though
they in fair way to be extngushed Let only, sal
the Magyar your nsghbors be free like you and sha
the fate of that supremacy you assert People witt
their hands and feet bound cannot of course disput
with you in the race of progress
Well replied the citizen of tho United Sates-the fac
that free and have the of hands and
4 proves our supremacy.
i Gently, Sir, gently, answered Kossuth, you must nc
forget that your history is fifty ed and ths
you nations that have braved the Of thou
sand years We shall in two three centuries wha
state you will be in. 4
This prospect with its personal clause provoked ger
eral merrment and the company parted, soon after
very good humor
4 BIRDS EGGTNG IN THE PACIFIC. "A friend i
San Francisco who Ii somewhat given to the study of
anthology writes very interesting and surprisn
facts in regard to important trade carried in RI
markets Of that city in the eggs Of birds He stat
that the Faralones de los Frayles group Of rocky set
lying little more than twenty miles west of the Ell
to the Bay of San Francisco the resort of il
Vulnerable sea-fow known by the fishermen INJURIES
These islands are almost inaccessible and with sing
exception, uninhabited. They, therefore, very
turay afford for great mutitudes Of birds Som
time since company was organized In San Francisco
the purpose Of bringing the eggs of the
ket An imperfect idea of the numbers of these bir
may be formed from the fact that this company sold
that city the last season "a period of less than ty
months July and parts Of June and August tha
five hundred thousand eggs. All these gathered
single Of these Islands, and In the opinion Of ii
eggerB not more than egg in six of those deposited