The Empire County argus., 1854-07-22
Late fron C.iinS.

The clipper bark George L. Webster, arrived at
San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon 18th, from
Hongkong, bringing news one month later.
PRooREss OF TIE REYOLuTIoN. From Peking
the accounts aIe not received with full credit. it
was reported that the northern section Of the nsur-
gent army had sustained irretrevabe reverses, and
that two thousand rebels had been slaugh altered in
one battle, and three or four hundred in another.
The Friend ct China says that the msurgent army
consists Of three main divisions, besides the central
BODY III occupation Of Marking and Chinkeang-foo,
and concludes that the lnsurgent army never We're
on the whole more victorious and powerful Sew
eral principal cites in the lIoo-nan and lloo-pih
provinces have been taken. Important cities III the
province Of G'nan-hWai have been taken, and in
one Of them the Governor Of province was slain
The Gnan-hwai section Of the lnsurgent army APP
pears to be advancing through the Green Tea dis
trics, towards the seabOard and the local rebels AT
Shanglae expect succor from this body The whole
aspect of the revolution is indicative of its speedy
completion
RESCUED PASSENGERS OF THE SARAH MooRE.--
The British ship Sea King arrived at Hong korg
on the 5h May, bringing from the Raven Islands.
in the North Pacific, eighteen passengers and the
carpenter Of the wrecked American bark Sarah
Moore, of San Francisco. The Sarah Moore sailed
from Sydney for San Francisco on the 4th Septem-
Der last, having board, besides the crew, eight
cabin and twenty-five steerago passengers in The
cabin were MIR and Mrs Ross and four children.
The vessel saod for two or three weeks in the di-
recton Of the Friendly Islands, where the captain
proposed trading Ross and his wife having E~l Il
difficulty, the husband was tied hand ana foot, and
landed on an Island called Rotamar. The rest Of
the passengers tried to prevent the captain, who,
backed by his mates, threatened to shoot any
who interiercd. On the 4th December the vessel
hove to, off Nottick, one Of the Ravon Islands
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master gave charge of the deck to q European
from the Island, VITO protessed to be pilot Sus-
picions were aroused ny the conduct Of this man
who permitted the yessc! to drift on the reef at
high water The value of the cargo was $4,000
There was but five six natives on the lai>nd who
treated the passengers well. On the 18th of March
the American whalers Delta and Thomas hove III
sight. and sent boats shore taking off the cap
tain cabin ladies, and crew, the Of the wha-
lers promising to return next morning for the rest
and take them to Guam. They did not do SO, and
the next day the whaers were out Of sight. Before
this two of the crew, three passengers, and a
tive started in whale-boat for the island of AS
cen8ion, but were never heard Of and are supposed
to have persisted. Among those left NQttick
were MIR. and Mrs. Power and two children, who
endured great priyaton until the 20th April, when
they with the others remaining, were rescued by
the Sea King. One of the passengers and two of
the crew preferred remaining the Island.
CHINESE IMMIGRArIoN.-The great rush for Cali
fornia is increasing and vessels cannot be procured
to furnish transportation for all who wish to leave
Fifteen vessels bound for San Francisco have already
engaged their full compliment fpassengers,amount
ing to nearly ten thousand Old ships that sold
here some time since for four and FIVE thousand dol
lars, were sold at Hongkong for $4,000, and load
ing with passengers.
The China NAL of May 22d, states that Mr..
George Perkins of Canton, who arrived from San
Francisco in the American ship Concordia May
18th, had been drowned He took China boat
and with his baggage proceeded to Macao which
place he had not reached. A body had been found
which was supposed to be his
Mr.. James Keenan,, the American Consul at
Hongkong has notified all shipmasters bound to any
port in the United States to observe the laws reg
ulating the carrying of passengers as the act will
be strictly enforced by him in all when it is
violated.
The u. S ship Susquehanna was at anchor at
Woosung, May 2lst with the American Minister
and suit waiting for the Confucius return from
Shanghai to go to Marking The Confucius return
cd from Nngpo and Foo.chou on the 29th, where
tho Minister had been for ten days; she was under
charter to proceed TO Marking. The Susquehanna
was expected 70 return 70 IIougkong about te mid
die of June