New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-15
CHINA.
PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION.


ppocprss OF THE REVOLUTION.
son o'' W. SHANGHAI, Friday, 1areh 3, 1854
.,o,nsr month has passed by witheut bringing any
ST 20 the three hundred thousfhd sufferers Of
sss,ns; and its environs. Instead of relief, re-
Of three thousand Imperial troops has re-
80 made its appearance before the unfortunate
~.
4 is generally supposed that the rebels Will not DC
-. !. keep possession Of the city for many more
~. without assistance from some quarter. We
~ht tbus two months ago. The Chinese console
<-,s.lsss with the reflection that rope hundred
md feet long must have a knot lend.)'
[Szsrr have been two important engagements during
4, rsst month. The Imperialsts having completed
~ from their battery nearest to the city, and de-
Is~a In its place more than thousand pounds
-. preached the city wall at day on the morning
- 6.h inst This is the only clever piece of work
~ have effected during the whole siege. The wall
mpplstdy demolished for more than thirty feet.
= two thousand troops rushed forward to enter
beexeh but to their utter astonishment and die
q the wall Of brick and earths which had just been
If.jsced had only given place to a more formidable
~ of IRE. The rebel guard on the wall, by means
{i.yge bags of powder mixed with turpentine sui
~ and oil, with lighted matches kept the breach in
continuous blaze of fire, while others hurled upon
0ec0GeltB$ NlfbS DtOW icfOWucu Cttciy toSrtncf
Srfveer the wall and the city moa) stones bricks,
sighmg from ten to twenty pounds) powder-bags,
hi stinkpcts charged as per above, and many other
ueless missiles the main object of which was to in
R6r wounds by burning This blast set fire to the Inn
rysf aymu: for the garments (made Of cotton cloth
nany were in blaze, while the powder-bags, &C..
Ia others went off on their persons The rebels OBJ
asrvinr the confusion of their enemy, charged (in
Iody Of some two hundred) through the breach when
The whole body of the Imperalss fed in the greatest
3eOnusion. Finding they were pursued, they fed past
lne first battery of twelve guns, which, with many
1jpgs and other munitions of war, fell into the hands
|of the rebels. BY this time reinforcement OF seme
thousand or more meD, from different points in the
city, came to the aid of this Spartan band This force
vas quite sufficient to hold the Imperiasts in check
6 the trophies could be removed to within the walls
breach temporarily repaired, and the battery and
lot Of buildings in which it had been constructed
,molished The rebels, II il said, consumed 3,6U
}unds of powder during the engagement OF this day
aey lost twelve men killed and as many wounded in
aiding the second in command. In addition to the
loss Of the battery, the loss in killed on the part Of
Che Imperasts was said to be very severe though it
Is impossible to know the truth.
The rebels flushed with their recent victory, at
tempted at day the 18th inst to surprise and des
troy the camp and batteries of the lmperiasts. They
were discovered before they reached the camp, when
stout engagement ensued The rebels were repulsed
with the loss it is ssd of twenty men, The I'M
peralists are said to have sustained about an equal
loss. Since the above engagement, both parties have
remained quiescent This long calm is doubtless the
precursor Of more saDguinary struggle And as the
1mperalists have been strongly reenorced they may
scf eed in entering the city, should they do an IN
discriminate slaughter OF the 10000 inhabitants yet
within the walls TO say nothing OF the four or nse
thousand rebels, will most likely ensue
Every avenue to this city having been effecfuag
closed ior the last FIVE months, know definitely ont
yery little of what is transprng in the interior OF this
ronyulstd Empire The Pekag Gazette, journal that
Is generally reliable in what lt comedies TO the nsur
gents but wofully distorted in what 1t has to say
Qaiust them, is only reliable source OF inorma-
f;on The Gazette of the 14th January brings Omnous
intelligence from the Tartar capital. Young Pau In
speccr Of the central part OF Peklng, memoriauzng
the Hnperor in regard to the deenseless state Of ne
capital indulges in language like the following: The
soldiers of the capital, whether belonging to the Chi
nese or Tartar regiments, exist very much IN name
only; and since the approach ofthe insurgents 70 tne
neiciborhOod (within two days march) OF the
msc the best Of y snsse Gops nSys W"ch Deea
are merely such as have been considered unservice
!. able together with those which have been Temporal
rily engaged TO supply vacancies we learn more
byer from the memoriaist, that nine families out OF
ten have left the city, those only remaining VINO are
not able to move and that in the midst OF the cold and
kntSring both among soldiers and people, there is no
Of afording relief there being no money IN 'he
Nothing appears more certain than that as
koon as spring opens Peking will ia into the handS Oh
&he insurgents. .
The insurgents hold quiet possession OF Nankng ana
ns,no K;apS. The Gazette reports rebellious move
merfts in different provinces. From it we learn thit
vi the rebels of Shanghai have been extermmated;
is is an example of how the young Eppe1QE " quPea
his officials
The Apericaa English and French Consuls have
reversal their policy toward the Tauai and the Impe-
rial Governments. A month ago this was declared a
free port. Twowakrago the authorities mentioned
above nitedy agreed to pay the customs as formerly
and the Tauta has opened his custom-house, little
removed from the foreign residence. Parties who had
purchased largely at high prices expecting to ship free
Of duty, will suffer by this movement, supposed to be
the result of instruction from the home governments
Freight from this to the United States is > per oot
but few vessels in port The Mandarin, from Caltor-
MIA arrived two weeks ago, having on board MIR. Muir
ply and lady, the new u. 5. Consul for this port.
Perrys squadron is in the Japanese waters
before this. The supply with coal, sailed from this
port for Japan this afternoon. 1t is said that the Rus
sian hotla has returned to HongkoDg.
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