New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-10
NpwvopU nAuy TRIBUNE TUESDAY, JANUARY 10. 1854

ing hah mile in the rear Of the foreign residences w
u srched across to attack the city
The insurgents within the place we're eonpssteiy sur
priced and had the walls been assaulted at the city
might have been roiaken but time consumed IL
Paey and .hea Ne attack va nn@ly male tnsy go
rTpulsed win loss Since that date al attack has been
made almost daily upon the walls which invariably ns
resulted IN the repalss ofthe Imperass and they are oc
eupied IN constructing Inc Of mud fort wan tI ap1'
emf intent to reduce the city by cutting Of al supplies
This they do 20 long a. the beseged hold OUT
hit the latter do before long receive suceor from
the insurgents at Marking ttey vii probably oe over
poveTed For few da after The commencement on the
siege our market completely paTalysed bat during
the past ten days, TRANSACTIONS on smaller scale nave
heel going on Teas hava arrived freely than hid
been antjcipated We have no reliable nf0rmiOn OF the
progress the insurgents upon Peking and 30 long ~
the success Of the rebellion undecided must look for
con;in Of the present dis0rderd OF affairs
privete letter Of the 9Th November has the following
The Imperislists furiousy boabarding the town
this morning TLey are quite near u but hope noe near
enoueb 10 endanger AZ all There is quite smell Of
gruus vder The other day Of their jInks blew
IN. but ne DO rot know that itklled many
Mr. Commissioner Marshall bad openly declared hrs re
solve 10 remain neutral during The pending troubles He
had been suspected # leaning 20 the insurgents.
1he following cold blOoded murder IS reported a. sue
eesfu sratagem the part Of the Christian Insurgents
Of Shanghai:
Ons dsy last week We Learn from very creditsbe al
horitv part Of the Imperiats decoyed into the
CITY OF Shanghai by the East Gate having been purp)sey
s open and musician placed in an attractive position
over the gate, PLAYING a kind Of fiddle or guitar.
On seeing the enemy enter, the man fcgned surprise,
but instantly recovering himself he said 70 them, On
"eome along the soldiers have all he'd me enemy
hearing this rushed forward the street. when the nsur
gents Immediately closed the gates and placed canaan in
'front.' and rsked the street eectualy ha' the imperial
its were obliged to fly into the open houses and bye
srsets where they Instantly attacked by well armed
men who Put 70 death took prisoners the whole de-
tachmert Il supposed that the p Who were de-
cavitaed on Sunday last portion Of the force thus
cleverly entrapped within the city.
And the following successful stra.agem' on the
other tide upon smaller scale
The insurgents, however, are sometimes equally wen
caught An old woman who kept opium shop enticed
eighteen into upper room outside the city wall
end when her victims stupefed With the noNous
fumes some armed men entered and killed the poor
VT, tctes thus eXposed TO their attack
The leader Of the insurgents claims TO be acting under
orders the insurgen leader at Marking bat there -
no evidence that he does so Former accounts minated
that the proered alliance had been declined by the com
mander at Marking.