New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-09


French sharing with them the burden oil Iie war
Az they certainly will claim "a stare the beuents re-
sulting from H. There il really some acerplty VI
feeling upon this point tie less strong ID Inc
higher circles because pUlIteness restraint tf' ~
precision Of il. IL is not forgotten that "hlp LII
sand vas during the ast war, shaking the tree 20"
United States were pOckeuDg the aPpF1' ~hu "
was 10 prevent like division Of Abor that 'n'
blockade of the riyer was 80 promptly annoluced
aud 80 stnctly enforced. Mr.. heed VIII nave 'e'p'
for all his good nature and all liz c0mmo,r-'i't'
too if be manages TO keep among tie beAger@i''
and yet be lot OF them.
But what Of Canton Itself You viii ask. no"
looks the doomed city
Your correspondent has Just conversei win h
intelligent Chlnaman Ga term usually synOhoin"u'
with great rOgue), who lett Canton only t"n dh!s
since. He says that great confusion and di-cofI
reign within tie city, and that the recent acts oi
Gov. Yek have rendered him exceedingly unpopu-
lar To replice the great number Of boats
destrOyed BY the English forces III the engagement
at Fatshan. he vas obliged to tgke the iast boats
belonging to private indy iduals; aud in the pres
sure of other affairs his EXcellency forgot 10 pay
for them or even 10 take Ut and give 10 the owners
the carQOes contained IN the bOats. OF course, the
proceeding is distateful 10 the lOpers and they are
camorous for redress. NJ Chiraman estimates
the force Of Canton braves as they are termed,
ut not more than 1000, the greater portion 0i tne
being withdrawn 10 hold in check powerful res'!
amy, now within fifty niles Of Canton. From al
apuoorunces the mans estimated il not tar from cor
rect. In addition 10 these however, there are
within the city the MantchOus and Bannerneu VINO
never leave the city for any purpose, but who an:
,worn to live and die with il. y missionary friend
Of many years residence in China, and perfectly
good authsrity says that should the city be taken
these warriors viii cut their own throats before
they will either desert the city Or yield Ia the III
vaders. Their number is yariOusly estimated az
from four to eight thousand men, and they are
doubtless the flower of the Chinese army. The
rebel force il gradually hemmlng III the
city and province from the interior, eager
to avenge the cruel slaughter Perpetrated
upon them BY the Chinese three years
ago. The blood of more than $4,000 rebels, exc
cuted BY order Of this same Canton Governor fek,
calls loudly for revenge; and, 30 sure as the Canton
csc are driven from their strOngholds, back upon
the rebels the latter will take fearful revenge tor
the fortunes and death inflicted upon their hess Tor
tunste predecessors. Should the city yield without
o struggle, and throw itself upon the protection of
the English there will be quite complicated at
feir-for. doubtless. the English force must then
bold the rebels in check, and thus come into coils
ion with what will doubtless ere long BE- the ruling
power in China.
From the advance sGuadrOn-a part of which Is
less than mile from the city-we learn that every
thing seems qsiet within it, and that there seem 10
be no preparations for defense. The square fort
which oyerlooks the city from the north (and which
the English captured during the last war; is evil
IDENTITY well manned, and, 30 far ~ Chinese means
20. well armed There il also another fort com
lnanding the water front Of the city, which will
probably be taken before the gIIn-boats take mp
their position. II is currently reported among the
Chinese that the inner city is completely mined and
that the English troops will BE- sent up like sky
rockets. Ii the city is really mined, there l. little
doubt but that the bonlbardmcnt and consequent
con1agratiun will explode everything explOdsbIe
lorg before the landing force enters the city. The
doom of Canton il seaed-its prestige soon To he
lost and the province which for more than thou
card years has held the palm for bravery and des-
perate fighting although the last to yield to foreign
encroachment, must admit the hated barbarlans
within its limits.
1t is no use to say that "the people are willing
THAT foreigners should enter the city, but the
"rulers prevent" The people are willing to trade
with foreigners 30 long AS they keep out OF the city
and the villagers round about, rather the respect
able class of them do not object 10 the occasional
visits OF foreigners. But the city wall incoses
what the whole province regard az their chef
bOast-an unpoluted stronghold. Even religious
fanatcism comes in play here, and helps 10 infuriate
the Chinese mind.
can only be surmised. This is the only province
which, unaided, rolled back the rebel tide III 1sjI
and 1855, and, by the horrible slaughter of thou
sands, gave decisive check for the time being 10
the whole rebellion. Now the forts are demolished.
The fleet which was the chief of ofiense before,
il almost annihilated the treasury empticd, the
army dsorganized Really il seems that the whole
province must shortly be at the mercy of the Tae
Ping Wang insurgents, and their strongest barrier
removed That the Chinese Imperial forces are
hard pressed may BE- Inferred from the following
letter Of Governor Yek ia his imperial master,
which letter has transpired Via Shanghae and the
translation given as follows from The P,km Ga
.tu6:
"Ou September 80, Yek-mng-c'hn, Governor-Gcu-
eyal of the two kwaDg provinces, reports that the
Imperial commands bad been received By him TO eN-
anime into the distribution Of the troops in Canton
province. He found inqRiry that good part of
the Canton military had been drafted into other prov
inces for servise where most needed. At present,
rebels in Fubken province from the cities Shaou.Noo-
chow and Ting-chow in close proximity TO Hwei-
chow in Canton province. SO also were the rebels OF
Iupg.nan and Ting-nan in keangsi Another party
of rebels in kwaDgs were disturbing Hung-chow in
the south Of that province, and were near the jurs
dicton of kaou-chow and Leen-chow i'll Canton.
They have already reached IHg-sha within the last
meuiioned province. Another party Of rebels wcr.
expected according to letters lately received at Woo
chow on the borders of hwangsl and Canton. Al the
City of Canton since the Autumn of last year, the
English barbarians had been creating Disturbance
thus increasing the duties of the naval force. At
present although matters little queter, yet the
TASK of resisting and Ike. ping our own require. the
presence of the forces, and the Emperor prayed not
10 make bis commands, in reference to their being
drafted of TO other quarters, too urgent
4 glance at the map Of the Canton province in.
cln,s one 10 the opinion that these rebel detsch-
nents approaching in different directions are all
under one Leadership, and are Systematically encr-
cling the hated province that their revenge may
be sure aud complete. The cavalier method OF
mentioning the disturbances Of the English barba-
rians is ludcross in the extreme. but is Of part
with the general tone of Chinese proclamations.
With regard to the general progress of the re-
1 n ilficieuf SAY that liz snr..nN ~