New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-24

cold, having passed the whole night on the rser AZ
ter running about twenty miles, he stood in toward
HaIFeys Point at the northern extremity OF Isune'
Ming. where the feet WIS to have waited; but on IN
curing or some fishermen learned that II had gone
further up the river Abou. ten miles further, he
'cund tbc uuAs Il anchor in ere g. cn the southern
balk Bl tie tine they were c0llected getner' II
W,s 10 o'clock SO night Capt Potter AMI A.hons
vert on boar the boats Nhich were ordered 70 follow
the cutter, sIJ return to lie Susquehanna Ihe! al
cot under way the same time but in the darkness OF
the Light the cutter soon lost sight Of them. She
crouIded repeatedly the sho2., and finally got en-
tangled among tie bamboo fishing The sea
continuing So and the O. i 70 blow more ylelerty
she Was obliged 20 come 20 anchor until morning when
she Tut OF acHin and beat down 70 Us. Ctpt Bl-
clsnEn and tie CCmmissioner decided on hearing Mr.
Beunets report, that IL was e1Pedtnt to return to
NoosUlg Tie necc ssity Of putting back was keeniy
regretted By all board. but the extreme peru 10
which the vessel was exposed in the voyage was
continued. let other Tentative. We we're obliged
10 wait for the first Of the foodtide. 20 run down 10
WcOsung, which detained us until O'Clock In the
UeaIti tine, Capt. Potter arl tac comp-ador arrived
with the G. Ler boats TIE former reported that no
dependence could be placed either upon the chart or
the Chinese pilots and that the Only way in which the
susquehsuna could 90 up TIE river, would be 10 re-
surrey and buoy OUT the channel-a work which could
not he accomplished in less than twO weeks. The lil-
ure Of our undertaking, the results OF which promised
to be Of great interest and importance at the present
crisis another proof Of the ulfness of large stesw
!Tcates FOR tie service required in Chinese waters.
Two small. sctve steamers, such as the English pos
in the Hermes and Saamander would DO more
work than a score OF unwiedy leyiathsns.
Tie comprador. Along. had spoken with msnda-
rim on shore end hailed vessels coming down the
Nare tee Kane from which sources he learned that
tie American ship Science was in the vicinity OF Chln
Fiarg foo He was also stocked with quantity OF
rumor, conceIng the rebels-whch. as they pos
sssed no more pausbty than those already in clrcu-
lsiion. | shall not repeat.
We returned down the river the way we came, but
Id approaching WOosung werengan exposed TO DAN
Per frourh tie ignorance of the pilots. The water
sldd uy shoaed in spite OF their assertion that we
we're the deep channel and our hull touched JUST rs
the engines began back water We got of barely IN
tine The command having been given TO let go the
stsrtcaTd anchor who was standing npon the
port anchor nistakng the order, and thinking It was
about to drop with lin, sprang into the river lie
was picked up, however, with no other injury than
good drencLinC.
Yesterday morning we were delayed for some time
in crossing the bar, by large feet OF grainJunks
bound outward on their way 10 Pekn Portuguese
ucha bearing the flag of the Tau tai, passed us on he's
way Up the Yang-tse- K1ng The Susquehannas hull
touched On the bar in two and threeQuarter athoms
but the engines dragged US safely Within the
bar lay still larger fleet Of junk readyto TO proceed to
Peking Each of them had the words KiOagnan' on
the stern-literally South of the River, .. C. the
Yang tse Kiang A handsome Outwardbound junk
bore the poetica name OF the Ocean-Star. At noon
We were again at Shanghai and dropped anchor IN the
old position in front Of the American Consulate.
So endetb the EXpeditiOn to NankiDg. b. r