The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-14

40 ANYTHING 70 make amends for his fault. Let
Ehine Instantly despatch an oacer to take him
under arrest 70 the place Of his destination: and let
him not remain in the army Jest ne sncud atter the
successful termination Of the war, pe .Pecuiaang
The came Gaxstte appoints TsunR. gnan to be
Lieutenant Governor in the stead Of Chang leang-
The Gasstte of the l4th Of April contains report
from ShBg paou, detailing victory over the rebels
He saws that the rebeious thieves having disturbed
the region Of Lintsing, crested some stockades
on the east and west sides Of that city, with the
view of taking it,. but that he, Shingpaou, on
the 9th Of April, headed large force to attack
the rebel encampment on the north east Of
the city, at . place called Lin kea.yuen. All the
soldiers under his command advanced With syior to
the attack and forced open the pallis ades The re-
like energy; but seeing the valor of the imperial
troops to be Irresistible, they fed in confusion out
Of the stockade. body Of 1000 or 5000 rebels
then advanced from the eastward to Join In tho fight
when the imperial troops formed into line, and
hundred were killed, and the force of their attack
was In some measure restrained. The imperial
troops still pressed on, and in obedience to the
command Of Shing-Paou the various regiments At
tackled the enemy in flank; by means Of the fire
which was. then simultaneously: opened, 200 or 800
more Of the rebels were slain. Whereup0n the
main body Of the enemy returned TO their entrench-
ments. Early In the morning Of the 18th Of
enemy near the Meto temple, on the north
east side Of the city; he himself headed the
cavalry, and the main body Of the army following.
just as they approached the rebel encampment,
drum the army advanced, throwing hand grenades
and fire balls with the view Of setting the palisades
on fire. The rebels then came out in body, but the
imperial soldiers kept their ranks and opening fire
preferrng death to flight, the imperial troops joined
battle with them and as every one Of the army
was equal to hundred Of the enemy, the rebel host
was speedily thrown into confusion. The b0astfQl
writer admits that the rebels would rather die than
fly, and yet Gays that every single imperalist was
equal to q hundred of such rebels. This does no
accord with our experience Of them.) Shing- paou
er with . cannon Of 1900 pounds weight, to be
fred upon the enemy; when the rebel flags were i'm.
mediafely seen falling to the earth, and the sur
viviDg rebels running of with the dead bodies OF
their companions. lSuch an effect Of Chinese can.
ponadng has never been witnessed in the south. II
1t be anything more than an empty boast, other
hands than either Chinese or Tartars must have
been at work On this occasion) The officers and
men, taking advantage Of this success fastened in
pursuit, and killed great number Of the enemy.
The rest Of the rebels escaped into their entrench
men.s. The imperial troops Immediately pursued
them thither, and before the rebels could find time
to open fire. the main body Of the army forced their
way across the meat and embankments, throwing
in fire arrows as they went along; by which means
their powder magazine exploded, and the enemy
were thrown into confusion. The imperial troops
then redoubled their energy hundred fold, and
in the attack which ensued several hundred
rebels bit the dust. The remainder Of them
concealed themselves in the moat, and employed
hundred inventions to repel the attack
but the imperialists threw fire In among them, and
killed all those who had retreated to the moat until
the dead bodies were even with the edge Of the
mOat About this time about q thousand rebels from
the western pass came up to the rescue, when they
were intercepted by the cavalry, who killed 100 Of
in the above engagements 1900 Of the enemy were
killed 200 beheaded, so taken alive two large iron
cannons Of foreign manufacture were captured, be.
sides jngalls, lmatchocks, swords and spears pow
der and shot, without number. The enemy on the
northeast were attacked by Shenluh, and prevented
the enemy advanced the imperiasts opened fire up
on them and killed large numbers, whilst they be At
back the parties that coming to their assistance
50 that the northeastern portion of the rebel force
could render them no aid. (This probably refers
to the rebel force already in fih ohih le who were
prevented from forming junction with their friends
from the South. They were however, not above 20
miles from each other.) The emperor remarks on
the above report 1.-THE attack made on the rebel po
sit:on on this occasion and the successes obtained
show that both skill and courage have been dis
played. Let 6hiDg.paou avail himself Of the flush
Of victory, and urge his troops, 30 as to SWEEP
away this band Of robbers from the face of the earth
Let Tsung- gnan also be charged to guard the city
Of Lin tsing with especial care. The enemy being
thus attacked on all sides will be speedily exterm
mated. But let them be 90 pressed as to prevent
escape in other directions and breed disturbances
elsewhere. Respect this"
According TO the gazettes now received, Lnkwei,
the former In endsnt Of Shang.hae, il dead, and
Hen nae chaou IL confirmed in his appointment OF
Acknowledgements Of Keang-soo.