Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-02-14
Horrors Of the chinese war.

The highest form nl civilization could hard
ly oui,do The atrocities here described
.l The ex Faouise has been exeriing himself
TO re.lake The city, but Jailed after a most
desperate attempt BY sea and land. Early
on the morning ofihe 9!hNovember, the ex-
Tauulse dispatched spies throughout the
city 10 report that he proposed 10 quit ior
Chin. Keang- Foo, and when his fleet got
under weigh The report was deemed well
founded The willy Mandarin after liule
maneuvering suddenly sailed rgh. for the
city, and opened brisk fire upon the in.
surgeons batteries. which could not be re.
turned from the ailer without firing into the
neural feet. Shortly alter the insurgents
commenced cannonading, doing much
damage 10 The Taoulse feel. The second
division auacked The squarc.r;gged vessels
GlenlyorNand Spipe, taionging TO ,he insur.
gents ane obtained possession Of ihom, MOI
oy boarding, bu. by throwing on board a
shower Of slnkpols; the smoke and flames
were such thar The crew were compelled 10
jump overheard, and endeavored by swim.
ming 10 reach The shore; the boats Of the
'Faoulse attacked The poor wrelches in The
wafer, and spearedevery one that appeared
above the surface. The lmperialisls, as
sisted by several foreigners in The Taoulse's
fleet. made repealed attempts 10 capture the
forls, bul were braveIy repubed.
After this, the lmperialsts' boats proceed
ed along shore and set fire TO one Of the
suburbs which destroyed about fifteen hun
dred houses, and an immense amount oi
properly belonging TO the rich merchants and
shopkeepers in the neghborhood. The par
lies employed in this work Of wanton de.
swucIion, consisted Of The west coast pirates.
who pilaged The district before they Sc. fire
10 the dwellings, and carried off large
amount Of treasure. opium. provisions, etc.
simultaneously with the naval attack, an
alIempI was made 10 carry The city on the
land side, where three thousand Imperial
lists advanced lor The purpose of taking The
city by surprise. The senlinels kept quiIe
concealed, until the advanced post, finding
all quiel boldly scaled The walls. As soon
ns the first three assembled The ramparls, Their
heads were instantly cut off, and immediate.
ly a brisk fire was opened along the whole
line, which forced a quick retreat. The
lmperiaSIs returned 10 their camp in conlu
sion. with many of their numbers killed
and wounded. In the naval and land en-
gagenlenls, ii is estimated that three hun
dred Of The Imperiaiss LOST their lives.
From Annoy the most melancholy accounts
have been received, involving an amount
Of bloodshed that is calculated TO strike ter
ror into The hardest heart, and with any 9th.
er people than the Chinese would induce 0
reaction and cry of vengeance OH The uu.
thors Of such fearful oulrages as those no"
enacling al annoy and in lis neighborhood
The lmperalisls hate re,taken the place, anC
have marked their success by Staying ir
cold blood nearly 1000 persons, most o
whom took no parl in me late movemen
excep, on compulsion The streets anc
wharves Of Annoy have literally slreamed
with human blood, moi shed in warike oper
atoms, but done in savage revenge, ant
to blind the authorities Of Pekin as TO the
bravery oI the enacIors. A letter from Annoy
dated Nov. 12, received bu. few hours ago
states that up TO that period all was quiet
and matters wore much the same appear
anco, as far as foreigners were concerned
as under the insurgenl rulers.
Executions wese OF a daily occurrence -
The Mandarins, to'mark their success; were
reveing in human gore, putting TO death oil
who fol- inlo their hands, indiscriminaltly
The original mover Of the rebellion hac
been given up 10 the Mandarns; the unfor
lunaie wretch was executed on The l7'h o
November, together with his son, both bod
les being quarIered and their heads placed
on The principaI city gates. The village!
around Annoy were made 10 contribute 10 lhC
monster executions. Whole villages wert
threatened with death unless they gave u
all who took pau in, or sympalhzed will
the rebels; and as consequence o
this brutal demand, The poor, weak, offensv
and defenceless villagers were surrendere
up as victims 10 saliaIe the Mandarins' lhirs
, for blood.
"From these hearI,rendng and revolIin
scenes one gladly turns to notice the pro
gress which the greut movement IS maxim
in lhe interior. We have very liule cerla
5 information of The doings of The Ndrkn
insurgents; but one thing il clear, namely
= that their cause is making headwaY, nolwjlf
n standing all the resources of the Emperu
q are-drecled TO queli The wide spread disa
e. lection. 1t is generally believed that tn
y Emperor is beseged in Pekln, and variou
rumors are current that The Forlar ruler hu
actually fed his capital, bul Of this no Gel
tain information has been received.
= "On the subject Of The present posiIio
: and prospects ol the great movement, III
:. Friend oil China is Of opinion that 'lhe TAI
:, Tar dynasty is now at its last gasp; and 'h'
" The next Chinese year will not unwarranl,
;. bly, be called as Of the reign of Hungsel
!" lsieuen, the Prince Of Peace
n CouNTERFElTs FOR THE MoNTH.--The 70
e lowing are some Of tbe principle counterfeit
d issued during the month Of January, as n
IS ported in Thompsons reporter:
is 3s on the Bank of Salina, N. Y; Vignell
is blacksmith, &C., female on each EN-
d figure eacn side Of The vigneue--no. Ill
T. the genuine.
Al IS on The Erie & Kalmooz R. R. Ban
y Mich, altered; Vgneue, steamboat; ships
in the distance; ON anchor on the lower lt
n, corner; Taylor on the right.
=, " S. on The Iron Bank Of lronton, Obi
" Vigneue two females, one holding libsr
70 pole, seated by shield surmounIed by