The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-19
INTERESTING FROM CHINA.

INTERESTING FROM CHINA.
Progress OF the Neutrality-suspicious. Of tho
United States Expedition 70 Pcih0s &c., 90.
SuANaHAn, June l. 1855.
The Reb1lion-TAs Grand Resxt--Prosptefs o.
SAanghae-Depastureo Of DR.. Pdrker-I1e f""'
nrs Of the United Suites Expedition TO Fe"o-
The Way n schicA American Isssseses are re-
presented Scggestions for the Secretary o. me
Napv IN Rebellion 10 our Macy Officers IN CANA.
Some important places on the great riyer Yang
Sszekiaug which is tho great commercial artery OF
khs Empire have been recently taken by the rebels.
Marking is stiB held ny them, and Chin-kiang, the
REV If the Grand canal Il also in their possession
Some portions Of the tea and silk districts near
Ioochow, the Paris Of China, have been occupied
by them. and Loochow itself has been threatened
Notwithstanding the defeats the pirates have met
with in and about Canton, still it is now quite Ger
Rain that the heart and soul OF this rebellion has not
been felt beyond the Yangstsze and its tributaries
Their policy appears TO oe to conquer the northern
pant Of China anu then perhaps turn their attention
10 the south. That their efforts will be arrested in
mohth-in year--no one here can admit. Its ram
caions are beyond belal its leaders are brave aud
shrewd, while their enemies are fathless and COW
ardIy.
The state Of affairs NV ut this moment existing
Throughout this vast empire, seems to warrant the
assertion that without the Intervention OF some
foreign element disturbances viii exist for years
40 come, and finally the empire will crunblc into at
least two parts, and perhaps many petty States
Anarchy and confusion viii then reign; and il we
would preserve our interests amid this threatened
crash, the sooner we lcoz to it the better.
Among the many Disadvantages we have labored
nnder in China, perhaps the most serious one has
been the want Of interpreters. We never had any
Drc but poor old Dr.. Parker, who has held the Of.
ce OF Secretary ana interpreter to the United States
Legation in China ever since the treaty was made.
For this service he hae received from the govern
ment five hundred collars more than the Secretary
Of any other Legation, while he carries about with
him China couip,adore. to interpret, to whom he
pays six hundred per annum II is difficult for
those at home TO folly appreciate the great draw
back this entails on oil the movements Of our
authorities In this country. A Chinaman will
never communicate your ideas to his own
officers, except in tho humiliating manner
and style with which le would speak for himself.
And his reason is in Obedience to the first law of
nature-self preservation DR.. Parker can speak the
Canton dialect but the court language he is totally
anacQuainted with. Whea he was here last sum
mcr with Mr.. MclGnc. DR.. Keith asked that the
English interpreter BE- sen. for, who did come and
Interpreted in the presence OF the American inter
prefer: This was Notifying, but it could not be
helped. When Nv. McLare went to the Peiho last
summer Dr. Parker was unable to speak the court
dialect. and therefore NJ. Medhurst, the English
Interpreter was called upon to state what the Unit
I'd States had to say. Il has lately leaked out
Through the Chincsc, that this was in great mel
sure the Of the total failure of the expedition
aud the uncourteoua reception they got on sand
beach. The Russis rs are on good terms with
Chinese n PpHtIO
tvsted the bad feeling the Chinese have for
the English and French; AID, the United States
Icing in such bad company, OF course must suffer
Too Altogether from the accounts the Chinese
give Of the expedition II must have been quite dis
graceful to ali concerned. Mr.. EcLane Immediately
lest for Paris, and lef, DR. Parker in charge. In
sinecure but now in these troubles he was called
upon to try and interpret much that it made
laughing stock of The old man, which almost drove
him crazv-so nearly so, that when Gen. keenan,,
the United States Consul at Hong Kong. saw him,
he advised him to " varoose the ranch" which the
Doctor did by the lat rcail. believe it is univer
sally admitted thar ne was totally unit Tor the OF.
fees he has held for go long a time in the United
States Legation in China. Our interests have 0nly
eiy been called into question, and only lately have
we ever had any personal intercourse with the oil
cials of China; and Therefore we have never known
tefore how unfit and incapable the Doctor was.
But he is Low gone, and we sincerely hope he will
never return 70 Chirn in an official position under
fhe United States government Mr.. Mcl.ane is the
United States Minister to China, according to our
latest dates, but he has not been in China since No
Vember last The example is bad but yet we believe
oct here that we get along better without him than
We could with him. He will never accomplish any
thing in China
The United States Jag ship Macedonian bearing
the broad pennans of Commodore Joel Abbott, is
how in the harbor. The officers aud men are all
we'll The ship has bee, visited by the Chine V OH
cials. Their wonder and arnazement at her proper
lions and her battery were q4ite amusing The Com
1,odorc is fine ~ ecimen OF naval officer. He is
active. intelligent, and abOTe all, progressive and
honest. 1t ID to be regretted we have not many
Of the "sa,re sort In the United States navy
lie has passed through some trying scenes with us
since his return from Japan, and his course through
0ut does certainly deaerve the highest c0mmenda-
iiou- II has been the practice OF our naval COM
Ianaers when here, 10 place their ships in front of
abe commercial house that offered them a room and
Ewing that their ship britt for any thing else but
In carry them about This practice Of American off,
GERS both civil and al OF stopping at merchants
houses, has been productive Of the greatest injury to
the interests ofthe United States. The Chinese think
cir officers have 6iSnty 10 associate with mer-
chant. IL is productive Of great evil too, in pre-
venting the officers from acting Independently. II
has been but a short time ago that officer
pres, ted with some silver by the merchants What
hr ever did to deserve tlis tell but it Ia
Believed his chief merit was negative. Commodore
Abbott is not man o. shis kind and easily saw the
evil Of an officer placing himself In such position
The Secretary Of the United States Navy, We under
sfand. il clever official, and he should look into
these abuses. In fact. they have become so great
ihot positive order should be issued that the COM
lnsnders Of our shipe OF war should remain their
ships, and when they not able to do 40, board
% survey should be held on them, and they should
te senf home. ORIENTAL.
Our Rhode xslcn,l Correspondence.
PROVIDENCE, August l. 1861.
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