The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-28

THE FIRST TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE FROM EU-
ROPE.--THE CELESTIAL EMPIRE OPENED TO
THE WORLD.
The first public communication made through the
oceanic telegraph proclaimed that peace had been
re-estabshed between France and England and the
Emperor Of China and that the British forces in In
dia had achieved signal and conclusive success over
the mutineers
This fact is not to be received at all peculiar in
itself but the remarkable events referred to were
seized upon by the telegraph managers in England
the most suitable message to be forwarded to Amer-
ca. So it was. The news is of vast importance in
commercial sense
The whole trade with China is at once put upon a
new basis Peace with that country, of course does
not mean merely that the Celestial Empire has deter
mined to apologize to the assaants and pay the ex
penses of the 1t means that China is to be
opened to the travel and commerce of the world 1t
is said that Yeh the Canton vice regal governor with
held from the Pekn government all the facts connect
ed with the controversy with the :. barbarians /"
This fact is enough to instruct us at least that the
assalants will require hereafter the freest diplomatic
intercourse with the Emperor at Pekin They will
not consent to again trust the intercourse between
themselves and China to any other than the central
authority Of the empire.
What then, is to be the effect of throwing open
the great Celestial Empire to the trade and civiliza
ton of "the outside barbarians p We are certainly
upon most important events in the history Of the hui
man family England restoring her threatened power
IN India and China forever heretofore enclosed and
shut out from the enterprise and social intercourse
OF enlightened States, now thrown open to all, now
Tor the first time entering upon the great work of
regeneration, who is bold enough to hazard pre-
dlcton OF what the next century will produce
Who is sufficiently informed to tell us what twenty
years win do for China on the basis Of general
personal and trade ntercourseg Tho recent war
may have caused great damage to the Chinese peo-
pie and immense suffering but the future is evil
IDENTIFY to put them to still severer teets--to tax
their power to subsst in immediate connexion with
superior races of the west of Europe and America.
II Is, then, most appropriate that the news of
peace in China should be the first to occupy the tel
egraph cable in its transmission to America In
connexion with the rapid growth of our Pacific
States and the increasing facilities of communca-
ton between us and the former, we cannot fail TO
look with deep soicitude upon the events forcshad
owed by the transatlantic message published in our
columns yesterday.
Since writing the above another teegraphc despatch
has been received from England announcing in brief
the terms Of the treaty with China by which the
empire is opened to the trade Of all nations, the
Christian rel gion allowed, and diplomatic agents to
be received and accredited. This result is Of the
greatest Importance and significance, and will do
much to cement the bonds of friendship between the
governments of England and France.