Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-03

bic and moderate tnoso demands may he.
Tho day before yesterday twonew Imperial Com
mis ,iouers arrived with great ceremony from Pc
KIN. They accompanied by = large mount
| he'd retinue, AMI followed by train Of mule carts
| carrying their baggage. These functiDnarics, by
mime Kwcilsng and iwashaila, are mandnrins VI
the highest rank IA the empire. They have
! nounced themselves specially empowered to
treat upon all the points specified by n sub r.,s
of negotiation. by virtue Vi an Imperial decree,
similar " that which conferred upon kc,ing
on the occasion of the last treaty, further
/ pIoof Of which they -tylc themselves bv our man
uIoc,ured word" Plehiputentaiy, "a term nnknoxn
| IN their own oibca! cabulary. 4 preliminary
! interview has been arranged with the Brisish Am
lassidur for to-day IN Lu!liing srt part for the
/ purpose. Lord Eigin will he accompanied lay a
! guard at 80 marines and the band II The tarut-
! Ia. .icautimc il has been arranged that the Fury
shall pr..cd to Hong kong fIr the pun
p,-e Of kcL ding up by the troopships Adv hntuie
aud Assistance the 59th Regimcnt u battalion Of
marines. AMI artillery which the arrival Of
the native regiments from India aud the expected
II went If tho 18th from Australia enable General
Striiiblu1 &c to spare from the garrison If Canton.
The French Admiral is daily expecting force Of
600 marines who have ust come out from France,
~ that within rix weeks we may cAlrulntc upon
having col ected here military force ID 3, 900 men,
tcsilrs very strong naval brI.n.Ie. In thee
of the ne 70 tin,i9ns now about 10 b. q mmcnced
]
Guilty whate yer, with this strong body Of men, in
marching to pekin along the escelicnt road which
leads to that city; and however ut.innic aud in-
practicable cur previous experience may lead Us
Ia ielIc,e til Chinese government Ne can hardly
suppose it to be infatuated to brave the seri-
consequc nces which must accrue il it cuntiI-
uc "a resist o, II demands, with army encampel
hrneath the ais OF their capital prepared to
force them.
From these facts it would appear that the
suit Of the policy pursued by the allied govern
inents has been place them in an attitude which
giScs them npicte military command over the
imperial COVER ment without n,erruptng the
trade ut any Of the ports.
Count Putnti &c and Mr.. Reed the Russian and
American Minis cr~. are living in a yamun winch
they have rented upon the banks of ,he river.
From another correspondent Of the Times
PEcHFtu GrLr, June 3.
From the polit cs oi' this question, which mere
" touch upon 10 put YIN III possession OF the true
state Vi affairs ie. turn to more grateful sub
icct--the river P..'ho and Tien-sn city,
We find that Il t. liar of hard mud at the en-
trance ~ the only appointment to navigation that
exist in the rcn., and it, fancy could easily he
deepened by ,lra Il Il dredging machine. At
present only Vessel, II eleven feet draught may
cross the Inr * Il boy- ,2Oo Yards long, and then
eighteen or twenty fe, ~ found at low water to II
point i've miles "A or,. Iaku; thence to Tien-sin
twelve feet may iwal be courted upon, for, al
though here and there there is less ut low water
there is cunsidcra bly, ut high water. The
RIVER between tho sea and TIen-sin preserves
almost uniform hr mdi Ii, equal to the Thames at
Putu,y; the current Is at this season more
than | knots FER lo,ir. but it holds great deal
al hnc mud III solL sion. The river is remarkably
winding and the .urni NJ points very acute, but
that it is easy Of IL cent The best proof give
IL that the corona niel, "a odd feet long is
at llcn-sin The Danh 1t the stream rclnar-
kuIlV well kent. n uU ttfr maths which
continuous on cith.'r ~ de, in excellent condition.
a. thev well need lie IL DO the work Of the thou
sands Of SHAH hal MD Shantung hunks we found
iaa'Iing aud unloat my thruughont the whole dis
lance from Iaku 20 llen-sin. The river in no
case up to the gre 1t anal requires artificial en-
lnhknents ndeet Il e vel Of the river was con-
s,iorably below that 81 the adjA>cnt plains and
when at It's highcs'. only ovcrows the marshes
and salines below laSu. lts led is generally
eui, tenacious cla", a',a neither rock nor stone
has been seen sine entered the Peiho. Tien-
sin j. great dlsapt iitmcnt. The city itself
situated on the angle J rtween the canal and the
river, is only >qt,arc ct about one mile ON each
tace--a collection "t mean onc-storiei houses, in
,erscrted at right angles by two good streets: the
rrst miserable cole 'tion Of lanes and novels:
walls IN perfect ruins. Along the space marked
with houses III Mip art ,cy's chart, houses and salt
stores still exist: bu0 $ Icl miserable collection
OF mud novels only ee,ed here and there bv
some wealthy ynmun. There is. Notwithstanding
this squaor and power ", undoubed proofs of an
immense business bc,r K done here in grain and
merchandise for tie int crior. and fancy Tien-sin
is like many pla c' IN iussla-a town where once
year merchants u. Get t" buy. sell and exchange
and then depart, 'esvir it but little the richer
for the convenience it rs afforded. Ny own i'm
preston is that, rs II p. ace of import it cannot De
too highly estimated. The 200 900 tons of rice
drawn from tie s outh we can import far
cheaper and hettet from Akvab or Siam Ii j.
net from choice that tens Of thousands of
emacateI coolies sitting the hanks If the Pei
ho ready to drag otIr h ats anywhere for II hand
inl of Shnnnng beans ut only for cattle, or black
ricc which has iern.ent' in the bilge water Of
Shanghai iunk's Ii la; n.nd il chill has moth ing
lat sycec silver nn'i coy per com to give in return
for our grain and use, much the better that
we. who pour i'll / ouey Ia the southwArd for teas
should he able to >;ract it here for something elsc
than opium.
In the Straits Of Nation orr large vessels can
unload into lorchas. better still. fancy tn at IA
sc ;urc anchorage may Yet be found in the s;ha-
llntien Shoals, clos" to the Peiho, where unloading
may 20 on incessan tly. The navigation from the
latitude of the Van IT'S, kiaug to here is The sim
plosi ship-lnaster will find East of the Straits
of Sundn any tn, with lead line and an ancnor
may come III sact, TO the entrance OF the Peillu.
and doubtless III - cd tinic when the photographer
u the Navy shall dc en- ii worth while sacrificing the
survey Of home ports to these which less are known
we shal find soma secure harbors not only here
but elsewhere. WI encc come the swarms ri iuuhs
which cover daily ;he seas between the SLantuny
promuntory, the orca, and the head of the Cult OF
Lc,tong?
The imports her Mt first will mainly consist *
rice wheat. oil cal and flour: cottous OF course
descrilii and ch cap, like American drills; wo.I-
len cloth and ilan lcl camicts hardware and glass
besides articles .t luxury, whether for eating.