New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-15

5;.c,rlne "a perfect her tim spsrs stately dinel
sions and elegance Of model would MAKE ner an "O-
ect Of admiration IN any haroor IN the For.d mere
vas ..en this noble ship steemlDg boldly into The
h, AT of & vast Empire, up riyN which Is scarcely
.uruassed by the Mississippi or the Amazon tue
uyriads o. human teIngs who crowded the banks
locke at her a. shs paced on with kind Of adm
ration, not unmi1ed with awe wondering in their oFn
innocence and ignorance, whence she came or
whittier she was going-htte did they imagine that
she bad come from distant land, thousands Of miles
away and that her Oh ect in these strange waters
watch over, with careful sohctude, and pun
sh with summary Promgtitude, the silghtss. ViSs-
ton of the rights and privileges Of these whose rag
she bOre-truly il was scene not soon 10 De Tor
gotten.
The varied scenery on either bank Of the river,
above Marking, is not equaled IN ;he word IL De,
comes very broad-in some places several mhes-1iid
is interpreted with innumerable siands, some OF
which are extremely beautiful The valleys, and
even the highest hills to their very submits seemed
teeming with vegetation whose opuience iortuns'ey
Yields suficleDcy Of food 10 supp! ne HAious WIZ
inb abii this region. .
The susouehanna proceeded on a. far a. Wu-hu IN
the province Of Granhwuy, one OF the largest ma Ae
towns on the river about One-hundred ndes aoyNe
Marking, a. stated in Daviss works; u soa.ooI!
however 20 fer The distance by ship reckoning Is
about 65 miles Here the ship and her engines we're
gszed at with even grester astonishmen' man oeioT
she had scarcely dropped anchor before IMMUNE, apIe
boats filed with Thousands, lfot .e g
FOO GREAT for utterence At one time the number was
40 great az almost to jeopardze Their hves IN getting
mn and down the gangways; however, nothing could
ercsed their GOOD humor correct behavior. The
CITY Of Wu.bu and vicinity was visited by most OF
the officers and the greatest kindness was showed
tbsn hv the peope and the authorities guides accom-
named them through the streets they were here as
sIsewbere always called brothers. The same scene
Of DISSOLUTION also observed here a. at Chin kang-
IN and Marking. The city is inclosed by wall and
Is said TO contain population Of half million: It's
trade however is at present entirely interrupted oy
the revolution There are few objects particularly
worthy of note except the superb bay that stretches
ont for distance Of several miles just in front of the
town. The great bend Of the river at this point
makes the view siDgularly grand. The city has been
in the possession Of the rebels for several months,
III was taken by the rebels on the 4th OF March l-1j
-Peking Ga=ete,l although no portion of their army
il left there the force consisting entirely OF armed
links many Of which are employed in carrying pro-
visions I'd and down the river. From the best in
formation obtained the rebels had entire possession
OF the river for a great distance.
On the morning Of the Cd June, the Susquehanna
got under way at 81 O'Clock A. NJ, On her return.
She was only four and half hours in reaching Nan
King and came 10 anchor of Silver Island, at 10
O'Clock having made the run Of one hundred and
twenty miles in nine hours A. she passed the bat
tsries along the river all hands at the guns in
readiness TO repe any hostile indications nothing of
the kind was observed however; crowds of men wae
seen on the works she passed looking at her won
derful speed with much concern she was making
about fourteen knots most of the way 10 the Island
His ExceleDcy again had an interview with the In
peria Admiral who came on board and renamed sew
era hours; salutes were fired from his squadron a.
the Susquehanna passed by