Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-09-25
THE APPEAL.
The Rev Chinese Trsatss-What America
n Russia Cain.

LIE AH1EAL.
The Rev Chinese Trsanes-Whst America
ana Russia Cain.
Frsm Ia Isnasu Tness August so-l
t IL rexatious to know that an event 30 i'm
portant 70 our interests as a treaty With China
has happened, and to be without any certain
tidings Of its details. The treaty has been
signed upon that there seems 70 be ssuhelent
concurrence Of evidence; but treaties win
France, Russia. and the United States have
also been signed, and how England Is placed
in the competitive rush Of treaty mongeTs Is a.
present quite uncertain. Had We nos great
confidence IN the frmness and capacity OF Lore
Eigin. we should feel some discomfort at the
VARYING versions Of that Russian diEpatchs
which ar, suffered to reach Europe. We are
told that we should salute no man as me
50 prosoerous while he is vet alive, and we
certainly shall not hail Lord Eigin as success
ful until we have seen his treaty. ine au-
thorizsd Tersion OF TIA dispatch. Just puonshee
BY the Russian government ~ 81 Fetelsoefg,
BY the French government, and makes Us more
than ever anxious for our Own news. Would
that a thread Of covered wire were sspentined
over the hills and valleys which lie beneath
those Eastern seas, that the anxious thoughts
which row fly there might come back an
sWsrsdi
zoe Russ and de American. whose position
was 50 little dignifed ia the warlike transac-
tons, have received some reward for their
omcious zeal IN doing the part Of 60 etwee
The Russ, ignominously expelled from the
mouth Of the river Psiho, when be went there
So q single steamer and the American 50
cruelty suubbed b. Yeh when be made a tender
Of bis sympathy, 20 up fnthe wake OF a Eng-
ush and French feet, and are admitted TO curry
favor BY conveying Mandsrins and messages.
Owing the federation OF their presence entirely
20 our force, they receive q treaty as the guer-
don Of their rather mental ohces. What the
amount Of these ready concessions are We are
not told. Il does not much matter, for Eng
land and France united are too strong to
allow any mediators to cross their path. But
the Russ, though so~ eompiseent in bis power
lees little steamer IN the Peiho, has himself
been a roaring tiger IN the North Il seems
lhat, upon some day IN the month Of May,
which Is singulzrly left blank IN the s.. PsteFs-
burg Gszstte paragraph, General Mouraviehi
wIthous being oppressed with any OF The IN
trusive cooperation with which Count PutiatlI
row eucunbers Lord Elgin, settled a somewhat
important negOtistion with the court OF Pekin.
Previously 70 this treaty the frontier line be-
tween Chinese Mongolia and Siberia bad beer
chain Of high mountains, marked on the mapi
as the Jablonnoi mountains, nearly i've hun
6rc6 miles 20 the north Of the most southern
LEEa OF TIE AAltlL NAhEL- nN A4Enlc NA 1-IA'
military operations which have net Cbtalhef
much publicity IN Europe, and are known onil
hV passages In Pekin GsLettes which speak o.
the fabrication Of arms and gunpowdert 70 resls
the incursions OF barbarisus into Mongolia, tbs
Russians have occupied all that Intervening
territory. Il is in extent about double the sfz'
rf the British Islands, and as it is wsteTed b
several streams which cone down from thos
once froHtier hills and fall as tributaries mt
the Am0oT, il is probably capable Of cuiuva
ticn. It IL, as we know, not destitute ofcities
but we must confess that our Information as 9
is eKsct importance for habltation AID as
basis fer further encrOachment ts not sstisiac
tory ; perhaps the Geographical Society ca
afford US some reliable facts upon this Tathe
interesting poiut. But, whatever mag be ID
value q this huge slice Of Chinese Mongolia
Il das been conquered by force ard ceded b.
t-es-y. Russis, Therefore, is now s~ecursl
placed upon 9 navigsble river at about 70
sane distance from Pekin that Pekia is fTOI
Canton r. n addition O. this, she has NOR %
f1incd ihs P-iUIege Of free trGnstf for her SUD
I11Ls 0Hd ggeHts throughout ChiaG, IRE mGg zee
unders.aud uhat Poser has 05tGiHed tia mos
dTHEcT3us H6unatGgos and We can sufficient
comprehend that II is By no mesus 20 her ~
tarest TO see European embassies at Pekln5 o
90 bring that court into close relations VII
European Powers. Whether Il would be az
nroE- 10 Us TO treat this oecTeplt Chinese Ell
LAa ~ 49, -01N-
Hs dissolution, Is q question We do not discuss
bat 81 c8n-ot be entirely Unimp0rtaut 70 Hot
the cccrsc q Russian eDcroachneut and Rus
Eau diplomacy IN those distant regions. II
evident hat if Russia should happen 10 hav
any ~ui-uri0r designs upon CHINA proper, Sd
lss. tr her treaties Of May and June, mad
vast strides towards rendering their TeaiizatIO
possible.
Il Hs rot, perhaps, without its signihcaBC
that The version OF the dispatch published
the s.. Petersburg GGzefft make no msntio
n any stipulation for the reception Of diplC
matte agents al Pekin. We are not hastily {
believe nat because this fact is not uentiOne
o. does lot exist; but its suppression 10 ID
rgthcsu0n Of the s.. Petersburg GGzsife ma
SHOW us that By the Russian Government it
elber not considered Of much Importance, c
10. I3oked upon with much faV0r. As ID
fcrmeI can hardly Be The case, we must tax
the latter as The explanation II We are {
have Russia pressing ciose upon The frontleT
China proper. and IN a position 10 Whispe
r1nrsluLs into the ear Of the court Of PeEil
the necessity Of some diplomatic agency
pskin. assumes a new importance Leeds
f-tersEted In this, for Russia has shown til
sic is ready to pay high for a monopoly OF u
ClIuess market for her WO0lens and We ar
an Interested ia a more general degree, for
Russia should obtain any oyerbearing int
sncs fH China, that infgeHce would be certa
10 be- brought 70 bear upon cur teas Ia add
ti1r to TIE paragraph IN the St PeteTsbul
Gz-cte, the continental paper contains stat
meH.s, unvouched BY official authority, as
the amount Of indemnity conceded BY Il
Chinese for the obstruction Of the factories al
the exrsHsss Of the var: and our own int
EEeucs from Hong Kong is to the effect ID
tie new Chinese Commissioner IN the S0ul
fs acting in practical opposition 20 BIS super
c-s a. Pekin. and is attempting TO raise Z
B~5raisce against Us in the province Of Qua.
f--s. We have learnt to receive with gre
canton the surmises made at Canton &c to 4
f5iHss Of The Chinese outside that city, but 3
know suhcieat Of the course OF cmcldi Dus
1ess il China to be certain that il is quite IL
possible for any STATE official TO act witbo
full authority from Pekin.
We are now arrived at the point
which the Emperor must be held Tespo
slb,s for the acts Of bis Ministers, an
his Information should turn out 10
correct, the pressure upon Pskin cannot
ssfely removed uutil the Governor OF ca
To- las been recalled and punished AZ
the amount OF indemnity, the report may pos
bv CONE from Russian sources, but II Is u
therefore quite reliable We Bow know %
the information was conveyed, not BY Tel
usrl dispatch from Moscow, as We had We
furs1 to surmise, but BY an aide-de-eamp bes
I1g 6isDatches. We have the additional d
rIlfort. therefore, Of knowing that the Coz
uhieh outs forth these ueagTe and moons
cert accounts has been Tor many days In p'
session OF the actual copies Of tbe treaties ca
cludsd. TIE European public Is net much
de5tsd 10 Russian courtesy In this matter
We can DO is to wait as patiently as We n
t-c arrival Of cur own intelligence, and 20
cove with proper caution the i1cougruc
r-rsns Of news which are Touchsafed to
from s.. Petersburg.
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