The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-03-19
JAMES Bl-CIiAN An.
The tmsiicao Attach g.. ia, shius.s ~
Caution.

Caution.
\ correspondent 81 the New Nuri, isHr,
on board the Portsaioih. rs'eutly engue,Sl IN
hostilii,es at Canton. iufaisiie, us with an 10,
,ers,inr accnm; 81 the part the Americans
have taken IN the DEMONSTRATION against the
Chimes The lit oi casualties oli our .hir
in the attack upnn The i,arrir forts.
amounted To ~vcn Killed nud tNcn,l two
wounded. bcsl,les an additional loss at three
kll,Si and nine woand',l. through thc cNplo-
sion of mine prepared TOR the destruction ii
one of the captive forts \o olliccrs ar ~
ported among the killed. In his general
order. issued after the engagement. CommO.
dorc ARMSTRONG pays the highest compi-
ment 10 the drawer, AMI discipline of ciliccrs
aud men engaged in the conflict The Tmss'
correspondent make no mention 81 the n
ported apologies from the aforementioned
81 Canton for the insult offered Ia thr Amer
can flag; on the contrary. he states that the
conduc, Of the Chincsc fGnctonary was still
very unsatisfactory, The American squad
ron had dispersed the Commodore, in his
flagship. San Jacintn would r1nain a
Whampoa the ieyant wa. al canton and
the Portsmouth according 10 latest adyiccs.
was about IA leave ior %hanrhao.
We copy the following account from bis
letter. dated December G.
| was surprised to ~c the ,crrihlc eicr, Of
the sho, and she'll from The two >hips. which
a visit to the fort exhibited, The massive
granite walls Of the frs, forl. which was
within range Of $50 yard Of the Forte
mouth on the 10th ut,mo. were shattered
overthrow, aud IN some ,nrinnccs. pulyer
izsi 10 powder rs fine as -four. The ae-
curacy Of the firing, too, was most admirable
The cnbrnsurcs of the Eats are provided
with doors lim,l with ,uan, which arr closri
whiIo the guns are run IN and R'ng loaded
one of these door ! noticed penetrated by
sho, in thr~ placs l7hr sheil hatsi very
perfectly and into very small pieces a.
the forts were crowded with thiDs~r. they
must have suffered tarini loss Al the
buildings inside oi the walk wef" anrool,rl
and torn 70 pieces by the explosions. The
cumy could stand with comparative ease,
the s"ld shu, oF the Ifysni. but the "rot-
ten shot" 0f the black devil "a they styled
The Port, month and nls"tbc sh'il aud -hfap
ncl FROM The efficient lnait5ct. e,rr alto
gitLcr in,nlcrlblc Had the Portsmouth
bcn equipped with . lcsa rf'ici"fii battery
,han the one which she now csrrifs, slr
harily coud haze .usiaiDsi the rapid afpl
accurate fire oi the Iu1r fort. "a she dA IN
sunday, ihc 10Th -hc fred on that dsy
alone. 70, lf-ss than two hFuir,yl aBi thirty
rllrlls, agi the total weight 50: the iron srd
powder which 30 thr-r during ihc SEVERAL
va. about r.ghjren t4f
\ fact ha- CONG - liah' sto. pf la-l
lct,cr vas r~niifd. ainch acs,aa's f'r The
uuufi, sSitHfsS''i ~ ii alpt hj7nrary Yiir aiiirb
The gun " the Chimes yrrr hsu4.J fhe
rrrnch friga,o -yhils shea De- arrv we'd go
this station ihrca s,nrs aye bHd bet . iar..r
numier ~ hr rrp& hy seii,e ,erg fatal epf
,irn.c anil ,n or'lrr b. .Hlpis i's7r f'.a"e shr
-hipy~ti a iqpi7vl aud iarn'f th.'s7a' who
rrms is4i With isf ',., ai,og- lv,mpuf.- g.o
Nifu he xa. orG rat l.,.n,' snl Thy vtrc
discharged TIE meu. - ~ al. a." advmn.
iagt~ ct a sif.c' anj Itrfrarifs! French d.sci-
pin. AMI training wefr 10 The tor;s ,mploy-
Ing ,ip:r .ul.r.r Nil sn' enGrsy~ To- s1fk
ipg ;isIr r,Acfi1. CUB. aHl tir ,ari ~ fh'ir
pr.7sl,sr iun.f ha,s @n,i-sAirrod ;tn.r oopn
iFymrn I" a r'~aiaa'7 noir ~ r.1''' aIri
efFrtiyc uan thcs ~ould o'f.rs ~ lsto
dnfri 10 CIR