The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-06-15
Yeh q Changed man.

The correspondent of the London Times,
who gave SO amusing sketch of Yeh as he
appeared during the voyage to Calcutta, re-
ports that he has become quito another man
since his arrival at Calcutta:
The change has been brought about by
the Calcutta journals and the British House
of Commons. With the desperate hope Of
amusing him. Mr. Alabaster translated to
him few phrases from the debate upon the
India BILL From that moment Ell has been
a transformed man He gets up early, and
is restless until the Calcutta EnyHshm0n is
brought; he is miserable if it does not con-
tain it's usual modicum of Parliamentary ell
oquence. His particular delight is in the
speeches which are most vehement against
the Company. He thought MIR. Ayrton a
great orator. When the interpreter come to
that paragraph Of Lord Palmerston's speech
wherein he saws that nations have suffered
much BY i'll considered changes, he was
much excited, and said, Good, good, good
but when the translator completed the sen
tence, but they have suffered much more
by obstinate resistance to necessary reforms,
he threw himself back and grunted. He
was delighted to hear that Lord Palmerston
had been turned out, and chuckled all
through his great body when he heard Lord
Derbys declaration that he hoped for a
speedy peace with China.
The readings are intcrspersed with many
explanations and inquiries, and Yeh is real
" beginning to acquire some glimmering no.
ton Of the British Constitution.
Il am afraid weary your Excelleney,'
says the interpreter, himself weary with
two hours arduous translation.
mo, 90 on. understand it all now 1t
is much better than used to get from
Hong Kong / never could understand
them"
Then you did get translations at Can
tonY'
"Of course did, from your teachers. -
Had he forgotten what he had said to Mr.
Layard upon this, or was he simply indiffsr-
emit to the admission Of having stated an IN
TRUTH
Yeh was never 90 palpably moved as by
the information that the letter which Mr..
Oliphant delivered at Soochow contained in
closures from the ambassadors Of England,
of America. and also OF Russia. He started
and rose from his seat 1t was quite evident
that he had some secret for great surprise,
if not for great indignation. You will recol-
lcct what the Chinese believed and told me
AZ to an understanding between Russia and
China. cannot help recurring to my early
belief that Count Putratin has cards in his
hands which he does not show Lord Elgin
Yeh gave 10 his version Of the murder of
the French missionary He says the man
was dressed 10 Chinaman aud spoke Chi
nese and no one suspected him OF -being q
Frenchman; that the people accused him Of
having stolen women, and also OF being a
rebel, so his head was cut of. If" said
Yeh, ..any one had notion that he was
Frenchman, he would have been sent to the
French Consul
There is probably not one word Of truth
in this. The two common stock accusations
Of the Chinese against the missionaries of
oil denominations il that they steal women.
and that they pick out sick mems eyes.
What they mean by this latter imputation
could not discover, but believe it is intend
ed literally and not 6guratively.
Yeh received the edict which degraded
him with great sqasnimity' Sir John Bow,
ring had forwarded copy in the original
Chinese Il expected this, he said, land
may keep it sometime to consider it p
'As long a. your Excellency pleases,"
''fhen will keep it week
The decree requires some consideration.
1t is much milder than was anticipated
much milder than the translation which
went to Europe would lead US to think, for
the translator has interpolated some words
Of censure NOT in the Chinese. 1t does not
appear that, although Yeh 10 removed from
his governments, he is degraded from his
rank, or from his post a. Grand Councillor.
He read it SO; for he remarked. ''Hcnceior-
ward, then, have nothing to do with for
sign Affairs.
Your Excellency must be glad to have
escaped from 90 troublesome post2
IL am neither glad nor sorry, 1t 10 was
at the Emperors command took them up,
and at his own command lay them down"
Yeh has deem tenderly dealt with. He
has evidently some great protecting interest
in Pekin, and viii probably become again .
great power in China