Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-02-06
5orriell Nrws.
ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA
FRANCE.

FRAME
r.,..,...s sl.at the admiral who is to command
he rrpncb souaeron in the Chinese seas, has re-
.s;w.s orders from the government to be readyto
embark ii Brest on the 25th inst
The consul general, who is on leave in Paris,
has also been ordered to prepare to return to bis
pest inmsdiasely.
General Blaser, the only ex-minister of 1854
who had remained in exile, was about 10 return
70 Madrid. Ii addition TO Valencia, a state of
siege exists ia Granada, Catalonia, and part Of
Arzgon.
The dates from China are to the 2oth OF Nor
vember from Shanghai, and the 25th Of Novem-
Der from CantoR-
Private letters erom Canton, dated Nov. 18th,
intimate that some causes Of quarrel had arisen
between the Americans and the Chinese, and that
it was probable they would unite with the Eng
lish feet m the attaek upon Canton. The i'm
preston in the feet was that Canton would be
taken within a short period after the writing OF
the letters. Although the Chinese do not at
tempt anything Ike systematic resistance, they
seek TO annoy and injure the English ships Of
war in a variety Of ways The practice Of ex-
ploding boats or sand pans laden with sewage and
fifth as close to the ships as they can get allho'
not very dangerous, is very annoying, and tends
much to exasperate both the officers and crews
Of the English ships 1t is worthy Of note, with
respect to any proceeding upon Canton, that the
English feet al present there is much greater
than was engaged IN the last Chinese wal.
We find nothing more with regard 10 the Amer
lean squadron having taken part in the Chinese
quarrel. The paragraph TO that effect contained
IN the teIegraphic summary Of the foreign news,
appears to have been telegraphed from London to
liverpool. The letters upon which the report is
based, have not come to hand.
The Mouitear Dc u Flotts has some news ofthe
progress Of the rebels in China, which had not
come to us with the usual mail. On the 6Ih OF
November the insunectonary army fought an
other battle with the troops Of the government,
and the Inperiallsis were obliged to evacuate the
city Of Shanghai comple;ey, and take refuge OF
board the junks and other vessels Of their feet
The prince Of The rebels, Tien-Ti, has given him
self out as the last direct descendant OF the dy-
nasty Of Ming, which was overturned by the
MantchOu Tar,ars, in 1914.
A book. protesting to be the biography Of the
preeender Tief-Ti, has been circulated, in which
IL is stated that bis ancestor the last ofthe Ming
the virtuous Tchangti. who was delhroned il
1874, and pursued by the infamous Chountchi
the chief Of the sIantchous, took refuge with his
family in the mountains of Konang-si, where he
dwelt obscure aud poor. His descendants lived
on quietly, till the time when the present head
ofihe family, having had 8 divine revelation in
forming him Of his divine birth, yielded to the
solicitations Of the people about him, and cams
forward as their companion against the oPpres-
sion Of the Manichous.
The generalissirno Of the insurgent army a
Shanghai has issued curious proclamation, tht
most noticeable feature Of which is that he in
~ises trade with Foreigners. He says;
" AT the present time Shanghai is but decay
ing city, and produces not enough for itself
Our duty then IS 70 provide not only for TIT
wants Of our soldiers, but 10 see that the people
have wfar Is necessary for them. When a SHY
came into port formerly she brought much rice
Why is it not so Eow?
q i who am now superior magistrate of Shan
ghai, feeling afraid lest rice should become a
scarce as pearls, and irewoods as scarce as Gin
nsmon, and DO more provisions be left, do, there
fore, issue this Proclamation, copies Of whic
shall be diffused as numerousiy as the leaves O
the trees, to induce the mobiles and the people I
bring as much food as they possibly can TO Shan
ghai, and to invite the merchants to come an
traffic here from all quarters; which, on the on
hand, viii be good for the government Of tn
Ming, and. on the other hand, viii REASONABLE
r.
cers.and me, then2 Make no opposition to m
commands
PRUSSIA AND SE1TZERLAND.-Letters from
Berlin state ihet King Frederick William Ia
already given orders countermanding all tn
military preparations against Switzerland.
DEsTKCcTIvE TYPHOON ~ THE CHINESE Ar
cHirELAe0.-A letter from Mantle, of Nov
in the Paris MonifeEr, says that on the 9th
October one Of those violent hurricanes whic
are known BY the name typhoon made almost
complete devastation in the PHILIPPINE Islands
All the suburbs Of Manila and neghborin
villages were reduced 10 heaps ofruin. The nun
Der ofhOuses destroyed at that place was abo,
a,5oo, and OFF ciaI returns show that more tina
10000 houses were destroyed within a circuit
shout eight leagues around Manila.
The disastrous effects Of the hurricane we,
felt throughout the other districts Of the island
where the crops and the orchards were torn o.
Of the ground. Six foreign vessels in the roa
ofManila were cast ashore, and many small boa
were also lost.
Twas the mostterriable typhoon ever re1ner
bered. Commencing about noon, it continue
until o'clock in the evening; the people r
death; they covered in whatever shelter th'
coald obtain, for no one could stand upright
fore the wind.
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