Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-02-18

Inc conclCu ness t1at an 0vervneLninS W0
jority Of the people Of California have been
with him in every crisis Of the fiery ordeai
through which he has passed, has, dououess'
nerved him in the contest; and the pride winch
Wa take II. he feels in resuming his seat in the
Senate, results mainly from the conviction that
his reelection is their triumph over the maliku
;,a,.,ces that were brought to bear to defeat
their will.
The Naval Battles in Ghina.-The Navy
Department have dispatches from the United
States East India squadron, embracing full
particulars Of the late engagements of our
forces in the China seas. We have only space
to day in which to say that the dispatches are
said to be highly satisfactory, and to publish
(herewith) Commodore Armstrong; general
order sitter the last engagement, and the list
of the American killed and wounded:
GENERAL ORDER.
10 tie ComtnaM0srs, Officers, Seaman, and
Marines of the u. ) Ships Pc tSm0Mth,
San Jacfnto, and LeUant
In the midst of peace you have been called
upon to redress an assault upon the flag Of
your country. The necessity Of such a step is
much to be regretted by Us all, though the
manner in which your stern duty b As been
performed is 30 honorable to yourselves.
L should omit an act OF Justice to you, to
those who have bravely fallen in the perform
ance Of their duty, and to the service to which
You belong, If hesi,sted to make this official
acknOw led gment of the faithful aud hol fable
manner in which all have done their part.
The embarrassment has been to check the
earnest zeal with which both officers and men
have sought to place themselves in the most
daring and hazardous positions, and to keep
them at any duty, however necessary, which
did not bring them in contact with the enemy.
Among the satisfactory results Of the con-
hict in which you have been engaged, is the
proof it presents of the intelligent subOrdina-
tion SO generally exhibited in b S emergency,
and also of the ma9nanimity which has ena
bled you, under aggravating acts, to respect
the rights of the people whose authorities had
forced you into hostility; and this is the high
est honor to the flag you represent.
Your best reward is the consciousness of
having we'll done your duty but should fail
in Rhine unless, in this public manner, l con
veyed to you my earnest thanks, with the hope
that you will receive, as you have merited,
the high honor Of your c0uEtry's appreciation.
Given under my hand, on board Of the L. 5.
Flag Ship San Jacinto at Whampoa, China,
on this III day Of December, 1856
Commander in-chief Of U. s. Naval
forces in the East Indies and Chinese Seas
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED
The following is the list of the killed and
wounded of the crews of the U. S. steam fri
gate San Jacinto, and The L. s. sloops Ports
mouth and Levant, during the capture and
destruction of the Barrier Forts, on Canton
River, China:
San JaeintO.- Killed Edward Mullen,
c0xsEain; James Hosglsnd, carpenters mate;
William Msckin, seaman; Alfred Turner cox
swain; Joseph Gibbons, boatswain's mate
Wounded-Smith Benjamin, ordinary seaman;
ames McGTeevy, seaman; John Brow, sea-
man; William johnson, coxswain; Thomas
Robinson, ordinary seaman; F. B Petro, lands
man; John Mitchell, ordinary seaman; John
Stanton, ordinary seaman; William Vanhou-
ten, apprentice boy; Thomas Psntopy, coal
HEAVIER; Nicholas Dillon, coal HEAVIER; A,
Mcintosh, captain forecastle
P0TtsmOHth KILLED Lewis Hetzel, ap.
prentice boy; Thomas Grouse, apprentice boy
Charles Beam, seaman; Edward Hughes sea-
man. Wounded-Patlick Melvin, private ma
rine John Thompson, private marine Thos.
GaynCr, ordinary seaman John Lake, boat.
swaio's mate; Jas. Lines, corporal marines
Rich'i Grossly. ordinary seaman James Cor
lace, ordinary seaman
Lsrant -kiiled-EIward Riley, ordinary
seaman. WOunded-Earl English, Lieutenant,
severe confusion; Jonathan Murray, boats
wain's mate, severely John Russell, ordinary
seaman, do VIM Boyce, marine, do; Pat'k
NOLAN, do do; Joseph ONeiil, do, slightly
Mr.. Campbeu's Very Last 1t seems that
Mr.. Campbell, of Ohio, is determined that no
nm hut hinself sh II ho nar,n;fta1 70 ho,o
opportunity to criticize the real tariff PROPOSE
ton of the majority of the Ways and Means
precaution evidently very neces-
sary, indeed, to its success for it proves to
be neither more nor less than kill to increase
the protection given by the law of 1916 to
capital invested in manufacturing stocks The
history Of the maneuvering OF the majority of
the Ways and Means Committee on the sub.
ject Of the tariff, at this session, is not only
amusing. hut really instructive, in the matter
OF showing the influence of combined capital
Mr.. Campbell, it will be Tecollected, flibus.
tered extensively ON the subject ere introdu-
cling his bill No. l to amend the tariff law.
Not long after it was seen and thoroughly
Congressional opinion com.
PEELED him to revoke'-to withdraw it.
Next be presented to the public, bill No 2,
and up to Saturday all the discussion upon the
subject, so far had, was upon thai. On Satur.
lay, after the House-not dreaming that it
was tn purpose Of the manufacturing. stock
interest," which thus seems to be using the
majority Of the Committee of Ways and Means
as 60 many fingers of its own, to make a bold
push for the enactment of scheme simply and
openly designed to increase "protection, -
agreed to terminate all debate on the subject
at given hour to-day, Mr.. Campbell coolly
announced his purpose to withdraw the bill
that had been under full and fair discussion,
and substitute in lieu thereof one merely doing
away with duties On certain articles from
abroad, used in American manufactures-in-
'reasing the free list to that end, &c He also
refused to permit his last project to be dis.
'ussed by any one but himse!f-it not being in
'rint-and he himself declining to speak upon