The Washington union., 1858-03-16

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General Straubenzee was hardly upon the l, b,ore he
was obliged to leave st. Ar aiy OF Chinese Just about
time cs the assault had issued om ~ ue north Of The
cry, and came forth into the open countrybaIe undu
lating mocrs Waving their banners and beating their
toms stons and bandishing their shieIie and drilled to
advance or halt wheel according signals made by
flags, they advanced threatening the flank and Of
the assaiants Hut Colonel Noiioway with his brigade
OF marines had been stationed TO the northwest OF Ins
Fort expressly to meet this very probable emergency
Covered by the inequalities of the ground. and by the
graves, the Iartars In excellent diminishing
der and very many Of them exhibited great individual
bravery The fire hot that Colonel Hooway's
adutant shot by his side and few minutes after the
colonel himself shot in the knee The wound did
not, however, drive him from the field His presence
and energy required to prevent his men from rush
ing In upon the sattefed foe, who were firing from under
The 1afars hail already been driven out Of lit
tie village, and small wood which they had occupied in
force and the marines pressing forward to convert
their retreat into flight when successive messages
from the general to recall his This command has
been much criticised and the almost frantic at
being withdrawn.
The loss in killed and wounded during the short siege
was 90 English and "a French, The imperturtabie
Cinnamon go il nothing had happened, ahd only
the lowest classes take the trouble to stare at the military
paIades of the victols. The mandarin soldiers driven
have been succeeded by robbers Captain Hall had
to cut one of these ruiians down. an He Was aiming
blow at Lieutenant Hall The Chinese forts were blown
up by the English January in the presence of Lord Ell
gin and Baron Gros, who witnessed the operation from
Magazine hill.
January 5h the troops quietly entered the c.t and
by ten in the forenoon thss haa taken the great Yeh
the lieutenant 6osehor the Tartar general the treasury
S2 boxes Of dollars, and SO rsGaages of sycee
The Instructions to bring away any bullion but
TO touch nothing else These orders were obeyed with
strange and self-denying fidelity The soldiers and Off
GERS in strict discipline turned their watering eyes away
from the rich dresses. But how to the bullion
was the question Crowds had asse,nbsd n 'front.' and
happy thought Occurred to one of the officers "a dol
lars worth Of cash to every cody who will help carry
\ al. ~ -
crowd dispersed p search of their bamboo poles and in
another moment there We,e thousand volunteer Can
onese contsndg for the privilege of CARRYING for an
enemy their city treasure With their stipulated strings
OF cash around their necks away they rudged with the
English soldiers and the sycee silver. When the last
British soldier left the treasury the mob poured lii like
countless pack of sa,nished wolves The retiring and
sedenyh English could hear their yels and shouts as
they fought the fur dresses and other that had
been left untouched.
Kwei, the lieutenant governor was at his break
fast when the searchcrs stopped in front of his house He
came to the front door, but little disguised in his dress
When Colonel Graham asked him for his seals of office
and his papers, he said he had unfortunately mislad
them The Colonel told him he had master key and
at sign pioneer made his appearance with The
governor then took up napkin and the keys were seen
underneath.
The Tartar general was taken by the Frehch in his
own palace, in the few hababe apartments of which he
had been sIulkng for SIX days From of these rooms
he was chased into closet, where he was taken
Tic search for the Commissioner Yeh somewhat
more proracted 1t expected to find him at the i'm
peral library but upon arriving that eifcc they found
only great empty house. Having rausacked every cor
ner they were coming away disGused when Mr. Parkes
put his foot against closed door It gave way and
Chinaman was seen inside the closet diligently studying
one OF the sacred books Where was Yebi How should
the Chinaman know Ho knew nothing of Yell-he was
only poor student Drawn from his hiding place and
submitted to sharp intetrogatoty he confessed bit by
bit that Yeh had been there, but had left DAYS be-
fore At last he thought he knew where he was
nearly three miles off somewhere at the southwest corner
of the city, in small yamun of of the lieutenant
governors Taking this student along with them the
psrty proceeded to the governors yalnun The
governor by this time in custody of Col Holloway
and the admiral and the general had arrived there An
examination took place, and the governor after some
admonton admitted that he also knew Yeh' retreat
and named the place which the student had named
He was made to send second guide and the two
Cinnamon placed in front of the blue jackets These
unwilling guides they urged along at a gal
op through the narrow streets of the Tartar city shout
ed to the crowds to go about their affairs At
the guides called halt at the door of thild rate va
num- The doors were forced, and person then for
ward and gave himself up Yeh but he not fat
enough TO the description of that parsonage the
search continued until Yeh discovered in the
yard making preparations for escaping the wall |
Capt Key seized him round the waist and cox,wain
twisted his tail around his fist He tIembled violently
when taken He is thus described by correspondent of
the London Times
" No can look upon that face without feeling that
he is in the presence of extraordinary man There
is erocty about that restless rowing eye which almost
makes you shrink from it, 1t is the expression of a
fierce and angry, but not courageous animal While the
long nails of his dirty fingers trembling against the
table and his ranging into part Of the
room in search of face, his pose dignity
palpaby simulated to inspire respect YOU could
forget his deeds But one look upon him with |
contempt
The two admiIals and the general now arrive and |
after salutaons, which naturally more en-
barrassing to the capors than the captive the English
admal inquired whether Mr., Cooper, sr still lv
ing You will recoect the circumstances under which
this gentleman was kidnapped Yeh burst forth into |
loud laugh which sounded to every present though
he recoectng and enjoying the recollection of this
poor mans sufferngs. When he had finished his cachi-
nations he replied "I can't recolIec about this man.
but will make inquiries tomorrow, and il he can be
found you shall have him
The disgust ut that moment SO creator many IN
the room had known and esteemed poor Cooper-that if
the audience could have decided the matter Yeh would
have been taken out and hanged
He told that his not courteous and he
replied that it was any rate the only answer ne should
give.
The admiral asked whether he had nnv other pris-
oners alive in his custody He appeared to have msun-
derstood the question: for he replied Those eighteen
men were my prisoners of took great deal of
trouble about those persons to have them properly
fied, can show you their graves at this day.
'What eighteen they ~ asked the admiral
'and when they taken r.
chow can i tell you who they were and how can
remember when they taken You fighting
from October till January when you beaten off and
expelled, and your ships away 1t during this
time
IL evidently consistent with the dignity of the