Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-02-18
FROM CHINA.
TEE JAPAN EXPEDITION.
Correspondence n ms ". T. Dnf'yTi"'s.

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Hone KeNe, Nov II, 1858.
Abou, ten days since we received I'D.
vices from Annoy announcing the recap
,ure of that city by the impe'ialisis.
Shanghai stRl remains in the hands ct
the Insurgents, and there appears to no
no PRECIPITATION for en- insurrecti"nsst
movement a, Canton. There have been
n number Of local disturbances III the
Vicinity of the last named place, bn, ev'
cry thing appears to he quiet again
1.-THE forts on Canton River saluted on
the receipt of the news from Annoy
The speedy recover of Annoy was
predicted soon after its capture BY the
Jebels, or rather the mob, and Oh the
9Th instant its evacuation was commcn'
.ced. Skirmishing had been going on as
usual, until the leading insurgents be.
gan L, remove their families on beard
their iunks. During the 9th and part
Of the next day the gates Of the citadel
were kept shut in expectation Of an at.
tack. on the night of the 10Th the lead
or Of the Insurgents himself embarked.
md there was general scampering aud
breaking up. Before daybreak OH the
al,h the lmperialis, forces advanced g.
Rainst the citadel with scaling ladders,
and the rebels reireated through the
southern gates, a,i& pushed towards tho
wharyes in hnpes If finding refuge on
.boarluheir Acct; but in this numbers
Of them were disappointed in eonse'
ouence Of the bnats which usually ply
there for hire huying all kept out of the
way. Many attempted 10 reach the
iunks Ivy swimming Or upon planks
but all these were unsuccessful, and
most of them were drowned.
Dreadful cruel,ies were perpetrated
a,y the captors upon those unf"rtunates
WIN fell into their hands; and it is esti
mated that about one thousand were
killed. large proportion of whom were
mustered in cnld blood. As an act oil
humanity the English Consul used his
influence to stop this bntchery, and the
commanders of the Hermes (steamer,
and Biuern (sloop) considered them
selves called upon to interfere, aud cou'
scoucntly funded with body of mon
drive otr the lmpcrialisis from the
wharves. and rescued about four hun
.ired Of their prisoners, two hundred I"
whom were wounded, some OF them
rnortally, aud all these were placed un'
der medical treatment.
Two vessels belonging to the Japan
expedition, the Vandalia and the South
ampton, have departed for Loo Choo
aud it is thought the rest of the squa
.lrnn will soon follow them. The Ply
mouth was left at Loo Cloo on the 70
turn Of the vessels last August, and shs
is daily expected here to take on boar'
provisions aud other stores. The Mis-
,sissippi is again the flag ship, and is ly
ing off Macao. The snsquchannn an'
Macedonian are atthis place, the Pow
hutan is of Whampoa, aud the Suppl!
Is off Canton. The Saratoga is still t.
Shanghai, aud is to meet the other ship
nj Loo Chuo. The Queen. SINAI
steamer Of Dne hundred aud thirty.sev
en- tons, has heen chartered by Commo
.dore Perry as dispatch vessel. and t.
lie off the factories at Canton wheneye
j, may be deemed necessary during thu
absence of the squadron. The Lexing
ton (storeship) is daily expected iron
o,he Uui,ed States. None Of lha Ring
gold squadron have yet reached here.
P.S. By an arrival from shanghu
we have received intelligence Of Me cap
tpre of The whole Lasargent feet BY ii
lmper,ol naral toree'.