Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-07-01
Tne Americana h. c.hina

The Americans in China.
Details al,s e I. EngIish
j ~ Troops.
SllaNcaAI, Tuesday. April a, 1854.
q me past two week the army of tie Impefi-
| ~ =. taoptas being encamped on the limits of the
tacercoutse, which belongs totbe foreigners, have
| been committing aTions depfedattons, now and
Then shooting at the foreigners as they pass along
THESE various outrages had been mentione,l TO the
iaentas by both the British and American Con-
suls; the necessity of their prevention had been
Furged pom him, on the ground fany foreign
er, should be injured by bis awless soldiers they
the Consuls couldsnothe then held responsible ior
the protection which foreigners might ford theme
Thus things passed. on, till stevening, about
% clock, an English lady, escorted by gentleman
| was attacked by a band of Taoulae's men; The
sc tleman was WON ell severely by several sword
cuts, having nothing but a cane totssfena himself,
While the lady escaped with fright on.y, although
Inc chalr IN whici She wus riding wts cut budym
several places Other Engiis hnen were attacked
| al different points ON The course, but none were
killed. q uponihe news reachingdhe city, great
excitement prevailed.
The consuls OF the United STATES and England
IN consultation with Capi. Kelly, of The United
States soop-of-sar Plytnou Iii, and GaptsO Gala
CHAN, of n. 3. NJ. steamer Encohmer,gand Cant.
Kane, oil H. b. Nj. brig Grecian, concluded olandl
their forces and by she'll 10 destroy the fort rom
| winch the Imperial soldiers had come who had
committed The outfages just alluded 10, This
was done; andileaving strong patroison shore,
and we passed the rest of the night without auy
| further, disturbance,
on this ilnorning alpole was addressed by the
Engiish Consul TO the General OF the Imperial ar
my ofdeting him to evacustes tile forts which he
had erseted within The limits of the ground occu-
pien ana Nned by foreigners. Ihs was urged
tom the faet that his soliierS beIng new eleyles
were nndiscipl'ned and ungoyernabe, showing s
decided dsnosilionto attack and injlre foreigners;
that If the evacuation these forts did not com
msnce ats O'Clock to-day, and wa s not COMPLETED
nj 4, the forces would bombard them ont with ohsII
andc1niSter. SIT siSat s1ip7i
Alter this conlmun eationi had been sent, Joint
consultation was. lad with The United States Con-
sui and Capt, John Kelly, U. S. soop- of-war Ply-
mouth t anu they being oil opinion that the active
" as IN Imminent danger iron the hortLs
OF unulsclpl!ned soldlery composing the liEbgrtal
camp, unless their quarters Were removed 10 dis.
lance, agreed o lend their aid aud assistAnc. in
compelling them SO 10 d
Accordingly, nj . o. clock, p, NJ on the Ii6ins,
Tue iorctsiwere landed from the British steamer
encounter aud brig Grecion, in number one hun
ared ana fly insn, and one howitzer, and they
were sJpiRea py Tie Shanghai volunteers, with so
men under command of MIR. Wade, FL. b. MS vlc.
CONSUL. Captain Kelly landed seventy United
States seamen and marines, with one field thowit
Ger, and he was joined by 80 American volunteers
WIN " yneiu howltzers The forces stood 900
t-i'gtsnmen, under command OF Capt. o. CnIiipan
oil h. b. MS steamer Encounter and FOO Amer
cans. under Capt, Kelly, US. sloop-ofswar| Ply
month.
For greater security, the United States Consul
nau called upon rle different merchant captuius
IN porto send onshore all tile men they could
spare rom their respective ships armed and comm
ped' anu placed them under the order OF MIdsfp.
n.ai, oil Tue flymouth while large force pro-
eeedcd TO the lmpenalf forts. Tins force was al nj
so men. or " 'f'frs W
II! was now 3 O'clock, and no answer lad been
e rom laouae rs 70 whether he would re-
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settlement. Tie race course is distant but hal a
ile from Inc river The troops Iesclled il in al
they halted. - e's'Ss
line commanding officers reconuoiteret and saw
no movement ON their part indicating their inien-
lion TO removes ithe contrary, they were fottify
ing IN some places.
AZ Q minutes 10 4, Che hour fixed as the limit,
= pts was received saying, that The forts could moi
he evacuated. The method OF attack Mas then
determined upon. Capt. OsCollarb3n, with Lis
English force, 200 mei, was TO follow The rac.
sousss 10 lte right, aud Captain Kelly, with 100
separate forts. itzsl ~ :
marched Oh TO ouIrespectiye national airs.
ahu attet coming up WITHIN three hundred art,s of
tne we uniimoered our three howitzers Load
81 WIN shell, and at precisely Jour o. cluck con-,
'nenced firing. For 80 minutes this firing ooniin
neu' 1oing immense destruction TO the Inperiaists
n"t they could not return it, rs the afye ljeIJ-
piece. whicn was masked and loaded 10 the mug
u
ms lime we had NEARLY consumed our shell. and
as5thsre were Two mere forts la ke the order was
siHen TO :cliarse.'' 1t was done, and as we were
within thirty PAGES of the breast,york s,,ny n
ouiietss itom jung gals tsome@hat like n musket
Only Sney are nlne It. long aud carry a untbalI
Alieel snaIine from the iymouth, wounded Cam
laltl l'tots tie American sliIi Rosa Sttdsb
IN boil legs. - ~ 49,
eCe pt. PearSon's wound is slight but Mr. (irov
,aa - atief npuiationof his left leg and is now
9oins we'll! For fifteen minutes the balls rnintd
1s. We comfy 80 PAGES from the lori,
WIN IRON points 10 sick the feet of Thin. Sc with
uut winch proved to be entiIely una aing nsainsts
The soies OF kinii'atl & Beeseley'S besi Thewall
oil The iort too, was covered with sharp bau,hons
points, which weIssvery dangerous W., W.. ,,,f.,e
gu our howilzers again, aud with canister poured
ieeoen nail among lhem. This lasted Tor len MN
ules, y hen lhe order WINS given 10 scale theft
our men passed over and in like. an avalanche and
the Chinese fled every gnIe Tl. fort yvnsF In,
ken and set on fire. -'-R fail's .,t
While this ives being done by the Americans,
.SapL ", CoiiagLe ems with ltis EngIshmen, was
scaiug another one, and it ms iliinetl.a1ely also,
III Dlaze. The rebels, too. had come ont fron,
the Guy III large body TO witness how foreigners
hght. Alter theyFllad seenI0o take fori and fire
y, containing over 1000 CInanien, and 200 Erg-
lsnmtn co the'same thing in the space ofu,fofty
minutes, they made an attack upon another fort
whicn IS near The wall, and being lepulSe,l they
sent 70 Gsnefal Leu, asking for an additional
Leu fsphed. That The fareieners. with one
thlfd his Runt'ef, had Just taken Two forts, and
lint ne and his men should have nothing l., eat
\ vi they had taken that one. This iadtllr desi
red etiect--the fort was taken. l4 !,
he americans aud Englishliien met, each l,av-
Lag matched Though tieiiotls of.the Imperialistx
andJointiy attackedthe third and last fort 81 Ilich
confirmed soloiers whu had made attempts 10
come down on the settlement 1t required only a
Lew shells topnt it in blaze, and tile soldiers TO
titsAt N every direction. Theswbole aclion of The
co4olned forces lasted one hour a he
An lostl allied wounded, and the Eng
llsh the same; the wounded are all doing wel.-
The Americans were the smallest force, but they
nal three ho~ltzerss while the English ouly had