New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-27

strusd into sympathy with the ImPeriahsts
TIE insurgents are evidently expecting an a'taeA
from sore quarter. For days they have been COZ
sfsrtly on he qa rirs They have taken the precan
t;rn ~ take within the walls Of the city large supply
Of rice end fuel snd munitions OF war ani to-day tney
are barrcadiug most Of the city gates Nhen tue
struggle does come may expect hard hgniny oeoFs
the CITY is reaken as the insurgents we'll furnished
with eCod foreign cannon and nuskets taken from 'nc
Tsutai when they captured the city.
Sersenber 2e-The long expected attack was maze
this morning At an early hour, feet OF talrty or
more armed iUuks from Soans keang bore down upon
tie city They eommoueed hring long before taey
were within range, aud floating down by the ude 20
convenient distance thCv came 10 anchor IN bAtue
srrav Prem this point they kept up brisk but m
cfecfual csnnorade with shot, grape, and oAlA
cartridge during most of the day The evident design
Of the whole farce was 70 trghten the insurgents %
the city, it quite apparent thaf TIE! c'Gd 40
them (the insuTgentS) not the slightest INJURY penn
rrotected as they were b. dense suburb that lies Dc
tween the river ard tie city wall OF more thah fu1'
ter OF 4 nile in extent have heard OF no greater
casualty from the b0rbardment than some snsuv
irury 10 the roofs Of houses within the clV. Inc
American steam-tug COnluciuS, arrived here to-day
SeyienItr 30-Tlis moHaing, at o'eock very
UNEXPECTEDLY TO the insurgents an lGperlal army
Of foue two thousand men, from before NanAIhg
and ClUc ktanC attsckea the nSufg ns a. lhe ho''u
ctte ard along the wall west OF the gate unler cover
Of Tie Baptist Mission premises, occupied n present
BY lie Iev Nessrs Yates and Cabanias 1Ee party
flat attacked at tie gate received few ronnis ot
crane which sent them fleeing through the Heids III
great confusion. The main body, under cover OF the
Mission dwellings was evidently wanting n bravery.
Tie regular Imperial troops rarely dared . do more
than pecp Ground the corners of houses and occa-
siCusy touch eff their mach-locks, jim gals aud ure
arrows Some, still more tinid, would IRE oI their
Guns in the rear Of houses at an elevation oil 40 de
grees: Vile banner men, and others with pears AMI
short swords, mostly volunteers from The Central
and Southern Provinces. CvIced more ioariessI'Ss
bv rushing past the buildings, and even mp To he 1907
Of tie city wall. Alter a hurried conversation De-
tween the foremost standard bearers, ana the nSur-
cents upon the wall both parties gave orders to cease
fixing Il took no ordinary yelling to make tins order
generally understood Finally they ceased firing, and
then came o palley On inquiry ot ore oil the IW-
pe1iats as 10 the object oi this parey be gTNey re-
pied. These fellows under tie wall wish 10 desert us
and 60 over To- the rebels TAs desertpn Of one or
two Hundred men. together with heavy shower OF
rain dan ped the ardor OF the Impegiasts % such
degree that they wisely concluded Mt 90 renew the
attach Thus ended tic first attack By Land, with a
few wounded On the palt oi the lmperalstS; while
tie insurgents received quite reinforcement Dy d.
strtCntrom lie Imperial army.
II the ultimate success Of Hien-Foones troops, be-
fore 81 arga is to be- inferred from odays struggle,
il VIII not he difficult 20 predict the result Ihey
have hut few hundred match-locks, jn-gallS IRE
arrows stiLkats, called by the Chinese Melon guns
and more than thousand long spears aud short
swords; while the city is defended by iUV3J lnsur-
iCuts, $500 of whom are among the bravest men IN
China, having all the weapons and missiles mentioned
above in ADDITION to good supply ct British muskets
ard foreign cannon, 6, ~, Il and 2pounders
enough 20 defend tie six gates and all the basons to
the entire city wall, vhchs3l niles in circ inference
and has wihal the advantage Of being detcnieI by
wall - feet high and IL feet thick
October The lmperiali'ts having been REINFORCED
DUNG tie night, made more sangunary attack this
morning. Tie onset was made nj the same point as
Yesterday under cover of tie Mission dwellings, stu
ated within goo feet OF the city wall The two bel
lceront parties kept mp spirited firing tor more than
two hours. The lmperialists succeeded in planting
their scalng ladders against the city wall bat the blast
of single sufocator, together with constant shower
Of Craze from the bastons cher side caused the
assaants TO dspere, with the loss of several killed,
ind about sixty wounded, some mortally. L have
Heard oi cafualty TIE part OF the Insurgents,
while they have received quite reinforcement by de-
sertiou.
The missile mentioned above which, for the want
Of better name, called a sufOcatOr, is bag, about
two feet long. made OF common cloth, containing five
or ten pounds of powder and other offensive, but
highly combustible substances small porcelain jar
containing slow match is placed beneath the powder,
when tie instrument is ready for use II Is hurled by
the hand and the conclusion with the ground breaks
tie lar, and brings the match ia contact with the pow
der when IN immense volume of fire is spread out in
every direction. Tie smoke to say nothing OF the
fire, is perfectly uncudurable The best disciplined
troops would quail before this sufocang blast.
Tie fTe.arTOw Of China, manufactured, it is said
only at Picking consists Of bamboo SIX or seven feet
lorg, with feather inserted near the smaller end
while tie larger end contains dart or long spike To
tbs rocket is lashod about foot from the end con
containing tie dart Tie slow match attached to the
rocket, enables the operator who holds the arrow in
his hands to take aim az bis enemy It's velocity is
about equal to that ofa musbet This arrow, used for
piercing an enemy is Of different construction from The
one used for setting FIRE 10 dwellings. &c.
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM PEKiNG.
An EBelshman Just from Chngkeang-iOO, brings
the lOrg expected intelligence of the fall of Picking
1hif, lie states, was the common rumor at Ching
kcapg among tie insurgents. This report is not be-
leyed here. IL the absence Of wellauthenticaed
counts, common rumors. in matter Of 30 much i'm
poTonce, and in a country Ike this, where there
nOneWspopeTs to chronicle events s not 10 he despised
Hope to give you something more definite on that
point before The departure of the mail
Tie Inperialifs lad about given up all hope Ofeyer
being bile 10 Ietake Marking and Ching keang The
Imperial camp, Chingkeang, had been burned by
tie Insurgents who took possession If the large guns
and other munitions Of war Woo, the exTautai, who
sa!tkecping had arrived at the Imperial feet below
Chngktang Mr.. Marshall, tie American Minister,
is blamed tor allowing tie TaUtai to escape Lew,
tie CoHmsnder-n-Chief of the insurgents at this
place, evidently regarded him Mr MauEhal) under
pledge in the Tautai was allowed to come out
Of the city and under the protection Of the Amer
lean authorities, not 20 allow him 10 take any part,
either directly indirectly, against the Insurgents
But understand that Mr. Marska regarded bis OBJ
benten 10 eXeTclse eny control the Tautai's
aotCns cancelled by tie failure of the Commander Of
SHANGHAI 70 fulfil his part Of tie cOntract-which was
to deliver the Tauta 10 the American authorities that
they might protect Lin from that portion of the insur-
gentf Who instead Of giving their consent for him to
so out ? then hands, wished to take his life. Lew
tie Conn lndant being full aware Of the imDractca-