Litchfield enquirer., 1857-02-12

buffalo -it eding on the hill sides, our cwI
 beautiful |" Ptrtsm1 nth" right below us all this made -up sa scene O. rare beauty. en- joyed it exceedingly another time I went ashore and took a walk throag i Bam5oo torn, ltle v.lfageOn the river, colta.nin5 shot,s ui all k;mds, wlere they sell or make almost everything that is sold or made; anon. them ire included 8 plentiful supply of groy shops where they sell sam shoos Aiid make sailors drunk. Sam shoo is probably the most v.l- famous liquor made anywhefe 1t is distilled | from rice, and infuriates and nladdcns extreme lily those who drink it. We walked through 1 the village and out Of it into the couatry be yond went into one or two joss hOuses where the great, lat, jolly looking idols sat in the most perpetual aud uml ltable disregard o. surrounding circumst tanees Incense was burn 1 .ns beore them, thc outside of the Temples was decorated w.th emblematic psi .tings or gns, in ope of which som, olIptuous looking old s,n:er of :. Joss" was le.rny in the Ill 3s, ridiculous fnauner as a kneeling supplant. 1 walked farthcr into little orchard ois Lyciee, trees which produce sml!l fruit coata. ling d kernel which is Ike ra.sin, and very paatable.
 Here We held br.ef conversation w.th som. of the natives, bat as they talked Ca.nese a,d l we English, and neither ol us u.lierstopI w.llt the other said, We concluded not to proloas it. When our expedition started for Caltoa
 1 was quite ill on my back With fever, a.lu ater nad begun to recover exposed mysyl. vo loug pulli. the hot sun, in order to S.. tine Biraconta capture a fort on the other ,.de oi Danes Island. We got there just as che Baraconta was steam.ng off, after hav.lg
 landed :.d spiked the guns, and the Chinese soldiers, who had promptly rua away without
 firing a shot into the Bl.aconta, We're com l.g pack III great uumbers as soeu as the Doct, r would let mc ca.ne to Ca.toa, arr.v.ns here about II o'clock, oh the n gut or Mo lday, the 21tu ut The boln )ardi1sIt had tnas ,.a; conlmenced, a.ld las coAti.fued da.ly to tne present time, and no ole can predict now long
 U Will last be.ore it comes tv aa e.,d. Oar officers h. re are enjoy the magnificent hos pitality for winch these fore gl residents iu China are renowned, althougi their hosp.tai.- ty IS embarrassed by the isct that tIe.r ser wants, with very few exceptions, have rud away, and that 1t is extremely dificult to ob- tain supplies. Indeed, tiie supplies come, to d great extent, ion our ships at WnAlnpoa, ad even there, our ccmpradores had rece.vcu orders from the Malluufllis not to iurn.sh Us w.th prov.s.ons we protested, however, ali yesterday received news that the order w.ls revoked. Su we shalt not be starved ous at present l am qaartsfed on NJ. Pardon, (oi i'n ladetp!iia,) polite and agreeable cnf.sliln gentleman as h.s cook, however, m lrcl.u of, more tnal week ago, with ms gr.diroa ol ii,s back, and as h.s oyner cOolies, With the exception .Oi faithful servant, have also de serted We all ia xe our meals at Russell < Co.'S .n the tloms. Hong Holg is a lasns s vtn to tne passags-way which ru.ls through so.ne five or s.X houses bn.lt Ill connect Ol with, and Ill the Fear or, each other. The house oi R lsscll X Co IS decidedly the fist An.r.can house .n Canton
 NoremIer 6th-Desore was fairly awake th.s III mIrItns, Was aroused by rap.d br.ns, jumped up a.d dressed mys H., aLL wcnt ol the nodse-.op coull sec that there was d very hot actioa gong oh. l suppose that w.tl,n u hili hoLr there were a.i nulired gu.S f.el, and before we welt to breakfast there m1st nave bee.I Hofe thAl two hlilred. 1t was d fsat between the Blracolta ant CoroniiiJel oa tie one sldc, ali son: fifty ja.lks With guns of fore ga n tu acture oa tie other. l m.gnt have been the navy half d ceAtury and not sec anything Ike the state of afars uow existing ill Cantol.
 N. m'er l'.Fortwoor CT three daysp .st sffsirsh we heen n statu ,lu" Siruil n,t be surl Scd ti". at any ,nent. hear tile wlizzi;is u tc .iu $ ,
 II ing th.t the lr.li. bulls re-pene 4 l. mrL Seyan will certainly II t luck out. .nl tn.
 'G 'vtriI,r General f the tw" kwiliss, &c fur m tnife.ts every sp siti.m tu I.1 nj, groln l. Iuc hottest part of the affair is d, .utless yet to c. uc
 sn it will mt h. sur, ,,risns if thu Chm. tf teen years ago hts to bc fought over "g Before tt,e etli of this week, the whole city ut canton y t..S l.,I ss :. Ia, nuw t., pull d Iy tine 70 U,sc., roily. nplo itc tn tt part of the ci rc the cif,ct If the
 Il lin. lpl ot the iestI tIuctive hr>s k i: by it. is
 hI,plrent. The '>s of Tiff: un p trt th: Chinese must tlrs.ly hv. b~eH fe..rfaily great O. c.'ur>c, c.nl ju .ge V ry well tt sort of place Clnton iS unler or liluy circ,i.n tlnccs
 be trci:,l es ,,:him are all t.'ystci, ,rol.Iis on urge and very pleasant garden, in the of which stants-inuc to he disgust of li. Chi. ncse-s.n English Church. This z len is nic.y :pt, is planted with trees of rich h b;.m u rictes an is oh .rming place to W .lk It is wc.l
 hNit i> for the wIiks of foreigners ,stiy rcsricel to this plot If tw ur three acres Thi, fonts "n the liver. an is g.neraily thrngcl with bJLts-thcre arc cau .trss muiti,tfltz ej ttryse tse Cahts'n river At present. however the A hui r,l h.s SeI,t aw att n,ts from it. in order th tue
 rcigi resi- le,f es and sh ing ,y bc secured from dIhscr.
 Tue business with the ci lcxc an foreigners k III stly done in Ull and New Chin. streets, wilici, are cl.se " the Factories Generally, thc.e must pre- e.ent d seen. of busy ac.ivi J. an must be thrh,se arL crowded, (f,r they very ,rrow with pc !es;r Chinese. Pals :es. L,.c4rs Hun "~ 'n E!ro".ns Nw however tn, y de srttsi. The pr"Inietors in me ill>,a a,crs i've stayed t' m ,ve their nsis hut il others their fears hur jed them of without st p,n- .or their proler.y Tn y are b.rricudcd anI ga,r led cl.e. fully y+-oll China Street by the E.,y,isl, an New Chint Street by our forces tae difference between tic tw' k very striking. r to surprising. Ike English have ransackcl every store from tp to l'tton Whereas thestpres m Ter protection been carefully guarded an except one or tw, in s 'nces w.rre it WIS necessary. been uninjnr- ani m :i detected in m l ling the property If un- ofe.' ling pcple have ben properly puns ci l; is true the English are at war with the Chinese an we are not, but the Admiral has alw ,ys ailnel to protect the lives and pro erty of the un f.,, ing ne ,ple aa t, csme at the G,wernor all off is