The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-06-28

body, through which bamboo stick is passed. and
then borne along by coolies. Another men with
lars oil enormous length, and very grotesoue look.
ing oojects Still another, with six arms and one
| 'es. Ihese are the deluded creatures who made
'he attempt upon foreigners, and were so siapallv
oefeated The Cinnamon residing near the five
iorts' on the contrary, have a great respec. for
foreigners, aud have had, ever since the Eng,isb
war.
though the interior people are so ignorant, il is
impossible for the Mandarins to contain ,bs ,,.ra
lore when complaints were made to the Cbinese an.
'nores about the lawiess conduct of their men, the
'ep'y "as-'We are unable to defend you we can
u'' control our soldiers" letter from Shau-bae
dated April 5, says:
e ne nattie set them in flight and TODAY we learn
Ii; IL euinese, that thousands of them are fortv
M. u ON mere destroying villages and con,p,in
all Kinds of depredations This is The t;S s
~ 70 nIehse the masses in this province aqains
III -, niahca!o Emperor and all his officers: and
go nc. 70 zone its entire conquest is certain and
easy Thus stands the mperialists yxb;le ,be ahI
are pouring out upon them from The c;, .. aeoei'
ing, according to Chinese custom their extar,;
non will Just mention one example. Which ,,;
suffice for all WHICH VIII
This morning the rebels three tborss
advanced to attack similar number ofimperia,;sts
ana when within six hundred yards they all fred
ana kept it up, advancing in the meantime mil
spent oaiis reached some, and then all turned and
run back to their respective quarters This ia Chi
nese lighting. But as they were running back thro,
tear they came within the picket of the Americans
stationed for the protection of this settlement Their
own otlcer could not stop them, and he called upon
tne 3 ofdcer to do So He did so, by firing when
they all turned and ran in another direction
Ihus. it can be seen what a ridiculous set thew
are, and what Godsend TO the masses if thew were
overrun by foreigners. They are capable OF great
n ont hoe boo
Way-by trade and commerce. The labors of the
missionaries have been of little avail am sorry TO
say tor the boys and girls they instruct as soon as
they can speak the English language are employed
as billiard markers, horse boys or body servants
and the girls become mistresses OF this result
do not mean to charge the missionaries Not at all;
they are not to blame hut the facts exist touch an
extent that the result of which speak Is the rule
and not the exception. Commercial pursuits how.
ever appear to reach them more etfectually. They
learn superior business habits and rules and in 90
doing they learn other customs thus step by step
advancing, until they become (as can often be seen
at this portJ quite respectable, refined and polite.
REPORTED FLIGHT OF THE EMPEROR
APRIL u, 1S54.-We have learned from a port in
Japan with which the Chinese trade, that the EN-.
peror OF China has fled into Tartary 1t is proba-
bly, true, tor we know well that the rebels are near
Pekln and must eventually take the whole empire
our minister has not yet arrived; his services are
much needed just now the United States officers
who are here are pretty well worked down.
Affairs are quiet even the revels have ceased fir.
ing at night, which has not occurred before for
months.
Up to the latest dates, l4th of April, the rebel
force remained in possession of Shanghae, and the
imperiaists had still forting outside the town.
mercantile letter, published in the London
Times, dated Shanghae, April 10, thus alludes to
the affair of the 4th:
All parties here are unanimous in their approval
OF the firm course adopted by her Britannia Males
tvs and the American Cossus In the very difficult
position In which they were placed; by which, and
the admirable conduct of the American and British
naval commanders and their men, this community
and the valuable property here have been rescued
from imminent peril; and there is no doubt both
are now in much greater safety than has been the
case for many months past