Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-09-28
ms 20 Us.
sO,,N,n.G OF CHINA

The O,sNNG OF CHINA.
At n 9 closs .,it lat century u795) Lord macqrt.
nov ret lued ION sa e,l,sssy 10 China on behalf Of
,he Brid,h G., yer mel T. and his Secretary, Sir Geo.
SiauutuI, pu .b.d az tccount OF The proceedings.
The OF otis.,. ps ware 0 oxen ID bnaiy oy Inc de-
rsnG If the hin 'se oil ais's that Lord Mccartney,
rs . =; e,min y y, tb)uIt ualute the representative Oh
tbs Emf error y kr ockin! his heed nine times upon
IA. srolpd D fo;, hin. The Ambassador replied
that rroh Pa a.aions we're MOI customary 10 'R
country. but that . wouli do II proVioea tne Ch''rse
pl.ri., sr;isr ~.uld knock his head nine timer De-
tore 6 picture II te KIM, of England. This pr"po'
sal knocked the .sgot' atoms all OH the head, ar, no
doubt, was in.t pdt d. Some progress has been msue'
then, within ths Is st fifty years, and the Epgilsh Gov
ernmeut seems 10 have discovered, soou. n,een
with the Chinese was by knocking a few OF their
official. on the head with cannon balls. There 's u"
doubt that Il il this different method OF proceeding
that has produced ell the difference Of the recent 49,
sni;.' Ye, Lri Mccartney actually penetrated 10
P-kin, and oily tsiled where Indeed the modern ne
~sciatOrs have b., \ equally unsuccessful. IN establish
iDg the ri.;t: 81 n.s!a. 4 .'ermanei 1iinister res't'ng
at the Capital. r.
Fifty years sgn t would have besn impossible for
the who'll, outer world TO have Produced the impress
sion upon Chins which this last expedition has done.
Steamships and Pa'xhar guns were not then IN zach
lou, and the pow of modern civlli1ea NATIONS Is
nowhere exhibited ii 90 progressive and striking a
light Is when brought into contact With a natioh 80
stationary az the Chinese.
The opening of China by these treaties is probably
ths,mos; impo rtart political event OF the century
NOT che Opening OF India by Lord Give; not the ~
bsllion nor suojuyUtion of that mighty empire, VII
probably affect &C mmerce end the civilization OF HE
world TO the degree that the opening. up OF aInicaoie
relations with the Chiness will do IN the next hundred
yesrs.
There is every -esso, to expect that our own coun'
try win long Def re then have the most important
commercial relati rus with that Empire OF any nation,
and il should be "a , ct Idy and the care OF our govern.
70 eacura g. r v noasibln facility and advantage
in this direction. By avoiding ell eutepgupg ALI
auces with the Enalis, and French 10 the war now
concluded, We h6ye giined all the advantages th"y
have secured and en- q mount Of their good Will, whth
may be turned TO the reatest advantage. Pekin lies
precisely on the I anne degree Of latitude as Philao.l-
ph;a, and only alb nt I 70 degrees north oil San fran
cisco, Gu .ae opp site side OF the Pacihc. emma Is
imHsuse,y ~tali ~, aud although 1t may not des'rs
our manuiac uret soc II, yet our arts and scienc. B.
and all their apl l,cst ons to civilized lie, must III
ttsntIy come into dem md in some form. Our ships
and steamers hs, . bee bought and will be tor naval
d-fsuce. P;ratse will buy them to attack the gov
ernment, if the government Ia too sell satieneo 70
purchase them t. exte rminste the pirates. Our rail-
roads, and our 81 NJ o wer. and our mechanical coii-
trivanoes for eup-rcec;ng human labor III peace, must.
nv degrees, come NOR and more into re quisition. A
mere treaty would be ! seiess; it ia the want of what We
have ant they have no which must produce profitable
intercourse. Our maoe aud charts will be needtd-
our med. cal books Dust be translated, TOR they
have no medical sciei CO in China. They have, how
ever, VALUABLE r~suitb W SRSS i expeTicuCo iu i've
use Of certain tsrbs In ths course OF a very little
while it is c!ear hat q demand must spring up for Il
thousand ar. iclet ont Of the way of. above and be-
yond, ordin Wy 'cmnerce. but which will go far 10
Ifsy for our tea, and procure US, at a much cheaper
rate than SO could LtnIfac.urs them, thousands Of
valuIbis ploduo ions, requiring immense labor aud
ingenuity.
So ir, the Je. ats ave done more to Introduce
valuable knnwl ase j. 20 China than any other claas
Of foreigners. '1ty avg taught them astronomy.
Al - 49, -. e-l nAtl,atnl an hnnooD ~ funfa
and scie tiff OF Vat : t ons, useful not only to Euro
means, but ~ I'd Ca II se themselves. Our mission
aries, of all clss ,es. sil do much more in the ssnie
way; but our usdi> del! might 90 there instead ut
starving at hon q; M Commercial sgenia, our scieI
ii6c men, tngin Err md p,tent Office men, as we'll ~
manufacturers q D. isrt psdiclnes, and in a very few
years turn 'he so - upoa China, and cause her tn
send eiivei bach Q: s,heI silver's worth, not only IN
the form of tea sot d Q CT ackers, but OF every thing
that cheap 'sbo . e a: r1'chauical skill, great wealth
and II really 10 y .iiIZr:.on, which is only a little
o~ld-fashica I'D, n ptocrce. 1t might be we'll for
eve y rsrson Is sc .pss sed in ommerc 10 con-
aider how 10 &C i W o entering w6dxe info pro
htGtla rs, ,'ionr nj, : Crins = Philadelphia Ledger.
TERRIBLE q Epv-A MOTHER MUIR.
DtaS Z FL X CHILDREN n COM
MiTS UlC z
A .errl ns tt ID , :ooS place near Grove City, a
vil.oge Ere m ~! N =. lumbus, Ohio, on Wednfs-
day, the rartic. " fWa.ch We take from the 20.
lumbus SiatesmAn:
a woman Icy u I NJ Ne OF Cnrletlan6 SCDlllinE,
rosdjag p ith her h bal d about 4 half a mile from
Cove City, yesiert \ 10 u ding about one o'clock, dur
ing tbs I Dsenc. Ift bu-t and. murdered her four chil
dren-t' rae 81 , q bty-by throwing them into
Il ~Sltt,ity f sh- DE I, anc afterwards Jumping
In he:se {. 1t ) pc. I ct Frederick Scbitling, The
hU=bap, was E Il Gg ! wedding party near Grove
Ciy vi ), the ;-. WIS committed, and that the
wie. T. rstiar SC lin conveyed the children from
their be i 10 Z .S,. stntance Of one hundred yards,
while u ~ We se p, I'D then pitched them into
n. and II 81 WI - fl 0R llre6lf IN. NelYhbOrs DQsEiUp
the house, wtirlh In 8 rable log cabin, standing
about { quartz Ct nj = from the main road. say
that ,hty hearh tb' aot 'er and her children singing
abymn shout trp {. loo II night.
1ne llsba. u q a ia / .r. ii seems, did not return
from tic We, { .os part until daylight, aud before
tha;-:ime d lie -! y II ,ht y having occasion to draw
water i:tm I" " u, bad discovered the bodies of
M.s. Set!liip, iac he our children floating on ths
~surfac-. She pT ls:' ~ gave the alarm. and seve
raj geol"mer j., sm OF. spot and raised the mother
ana he our al :icI y r. q. the well. The family cou
sists OF & boy Itmec Va s,.,:ne, 10 years OF aye; Chria.
tiaIa, II ,::rl IL gen :; T., r,line, , yeare, and Augusta,
$ yeerc III aga Mrs.. 5 4 .!liDg was about thirty sr
ye1fS a. rye, and '.as, > all appearances, an inttlli-
gent, Re ,.tby, I'd asnd enc woman.
Nhcp our r. .io!i II VII Il sd Tho house, the dead bo.
dies o.. he Eve VI 'ortu .te beings were laid upou
Iwo bees in IL 90 y sle ring apartment in the cabin,
snd d more he ait ooly spectacle it hSs never been
uur mi.tortlre 10 | sholG. The children all looked
healthy, rotus, a. bea itful, aud with the exception
OF a sight sca. ou the fJreheai Of the boy, NO marks
~ ia ~ FAoi0 NAO"e W PColio va o'tu
s-1es Was . Il Q r .om, Ill awe stricken by the horn.
bio catastrophe.
No .vid .lce s.; ed : the il. of inquest goes to
.how that any ",d'r pei 81 titan a" ,no:her could
have commit;eltt, oeei IL r-u.ieiiy believed
that s1 Has lnbo :ng Guder "a Il. % insanity, as it
was stated thai cd lai arout u y;ar ago attempted
10 com,nit su,c dc during q I'll Of phrenzy, to which
che ysSeLbjet.
hGl GLNi.:AL WJNGEIELD SCOTT.
GsDsrsl BOZ II B ID a "try severe .sil on the stair.
al Cessers' hote Wet Point, last week. He was
Notwithstanding u tion' r party, given to him at Col.
Deiehcde, Wien te 'cc'tent happened. Having
Had u bullet 10 oui d % shoulder, and n sword thrutt
through The OTHER um curing hs camps,cns. h, VIA.
unable 10 break ID. for c OF tho fall by his arms, and
hs back WIS sey erelJ injured. lie cannot NOV.
without great pain n. las been cupped aud ls@chsc
and is so,ne~hat bs.ter. but suffers Intensely. Al his
rye, and With 50 p9pde Gus a frane, it is a serious al
iair to have euch ii fail, ana he IL fortunate to seca,e
With lite.
TUE CABLE Still. UNCHANGED AND
SPEECHL ISIS!
NHw ioSK. Sept. Is. 1t now seems that the tel-
graphic dispatch arnoL ncirg the working order at
the Atisniio Cattle ~ss premature and Was eeDt l..