Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-09-04

I III successor con DaNe no hlRncr ahOlOOn
than 10 leave as uoblemished record
From the New York rSibupo
The correspondence Of TIE London Tines
furnishes The details Of the operations of
the Anglo-French Chinese expedition down
10 the 4th Of June. The advonca up the
Peho River from its mouth to the Cts of
Tien-isiu occupied six days, not, however,
BY reason Of any opposition on the part Of
the Chinese, or any difficulties presented
by the navigation Of tile river. Between
the sea and Tien-tsin, distant thirty niles
as The crow flies, but twice as far by the
windings Of the river, the Peiho was found
to preserve n uniform breadth of about
two hundred yards, with a depth at half
tide Of from ten to forty feet II was very
crooked aud the turns very AGATE, passing
through q fat alluyal country well culti-
waited, aud the banks occasionally wooded
Q'he banks were extremely we'll kept. and
a towing path extends on both sides the
whole distance. The river is freqnented
by an immense number Of iunks from Can
ton and Shanghae, which we're found load
ing and unloading tile whole distance
The villages were not numerous. aud con
sisted mostly Of wretehed huts made of
sun-dricd brick, or else Of worthless wat
ties Of reed or millet stalks plastered over
with mud. These are the only building
materials within the reach of the inhabit-
ants, as no stone is to be seen. and timber
exists in very small quantities.
Even the City of Ten-tsin itself. which
greatly disappointed the expectation Of the
visitors, is principally composed Of build
ings of this character The city walls,
which were M ruinous condition, iacIosed
only square Of about mile on each face,
situate in the angle between the cau8l and
the river, and containing collection of
mean ono story houses, interSccted al right
angles by two good streets. The suburbs
cover a great extent of ground, but the
houses are generally mere mud huis, sur
rounded by mud walls, between which wind
narrow, dirty lanes. Beyond the suburbs.
are ktchen-gardeus and fruit trees, and
then a wide plain, watered by four mean
dering rivers, fringed by groves of trees :;
the whole district, as far as the eye can
reach, being vast field of wheat, undiyd-
cd by fence or hedge-row.
The mercantile importance, Of Tien tsin
is said to have greatly diminished Of late,
in consequence of the destruction Of large
part Of the imperial canal by one of those
changes Of its course to which the Yellow
River is liable II would appear that al
present Pekin is largely supplied with food
by coasting jnuks from the southern proyin-
ces, which cutter and ascend the Peho.--
That river above Tien.tsin was found to
shoal rapidly, nor were the lightest gum
boats able to ascend more than about eight
miles
A temple opposite the city, commanding
view of the river at its junction with the
Grand Canal and surrounded by spacious
garden, was appropriated for the accom-
mediation of the French and English En-
bassadors, who reached the city on the
3Oth of May. Chinese servants we're in
attendance, and at the arrival of the En-
bassadors the work Of preparing and fur
bshing up was still going on Baron
Gros and Lord Elgin were quartered in
two airy payillons on the summit of a
mound, aseended by pathway of orna
mental rockwork The respective stats
were scattered in the other buildings of
the temple, which, beside the god and god
QeSStSy uhNly nONNFtlg Dht iibhlc lhtIlNutC w
boast Of A guard of French and English
soldiers occupied the out buildings, and
line of gun-boats was moored in the river
! close by.
Two or three days after tbcnew Imperial
Commissioners arrived from Pekin. They
were accompanied by large mounted ret
inue, were followed by train of mule carts
carrying their baggage and made their en-.
trance with much ceremony They were
said to be mandarius of the highest rank,
and announced themselves as fully author
lied to treat BY virtue of an Imperial decree
similar to that by which Keying was an
thorized to conclude the treaty of Nankin.
4 preliminary meeting took place on the
4th of June, and it was doubtless with
these Commissioners that the treaty was
concluded of which we have received infor-
nation via st. Petersburg and the Atlantic
Telegraph.