The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-10
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by the present time probably Canton has been at
'ackel and captured 1t has been ned t. make
he dispute entirely local Sho'ld the Emperor answer
he capture Of Canton by the expulsion # the English
traders frnn Shanghai, then indeed matters will grow
serious but should be determine that the Canto" Gov
"rnor and the mob have been justly punished, it is pos
>ible that hostllities may he c"n6ned to the operations
hich we're to be c"mmcnced in the South. We learn
that the French have also determined t" resort - hos
tilities against the Chinese. 1t Should be understand
that such y union is by no means analogous to c"n'biued
operations in the Crimes.
Thus We shall have the singular spectacle of tw" ma
tions simultaneously prosecuting hosti'itie> agsin,t the
same people on different grounds. aud without formal
convention or alliance. In fact, the tw"<expcditi'n ms
may be looked upon as entirely separate. 1t Is vel! "n'
ierstood that the 4 mericun~ are to retain thor psitIrn
If looking on.
The Paris CIa.itxG.nnl boldly c%ommends 'hc sys.
lem which The French Government has adopted 1t
purchasing negroes o." the coast If Africa and carrying
ihem to compulsory service in the French Anti'le and
argues that in NO other manner Can prosperity tic re-
stored IN them, aud ridicules the opposition ct English
philauthropists. However, u dispatch from Paris says
there is q" doubt that the Emperor will Mt renew the
contract for supplying the French c"l"nies with negroes.
The official report Of the recent earthquake says that
it vas confined to the interi' : If the pr'"cipaiity and
province of Basiicata All the buildings i" P"tc"sa
are in ruins. Twelve villages had nearly disappeared.
There we're four hundred dead Ut Castillo and thirty ut
Polla. Sicily had altogether escaped. A fresh sh"ck
va. felt At Naples on the 18th aud 20tl. but nothing
occurred.
The Circas>ian chiefs have sent a petition to the Great
Europe.n Powers, praying that the Treaty Of Paris,
which forbids hostilhies 10 the Black Sea, and opens the
commerce of the Circassisn pc tt, may be enforced
against Russia.
The steamship Can,da arrived At Halifax, on the 2Sth
ult., ssd brings the fIlowing Intelligence:
The Emperor If France was Cred ut on the l4th ult.
while entering the Italian Opera House in Rue Lepel-
lier. Some D. rsons in the street were w"uuded. 1hs
Emperor showed himself to the people at The door Of
the Opera House, and was received with enthusiastic
cheering He remained till the end 1t the opera. On
his return. at midnight, he was hailed With enthusiastic
cheers BY the multitude, who were waiting in the streets
to greet him. The M"s;tr~r Of the 18th says: On
their Maiesties' arrival ut the Opera. three * llosions,
coming from hollow prcjec'iies, we're heard. A con.
siderable number If persons VII" we're stationed bef"te
the theatre, including some soldiers Of the e. cort. were
~mort.lly. The hat Of the Empernr was
pierced by q ~prcjectile, and General Ragauest, aid-de-
Of th. Emperor. Was slightly wounded in the neck.
Two foctmeu were also wounded. One If the horses
attached to the E,nperor's carriage was killed, aud the
carriage itself was broken BY the prcjectiles.'
The latest dispatches say that sixty persons we're
wounded and three killed by the pr~cjectiles thrown at
the carriage. The conspirators are Italians. and many
arrests have been made. The Emperor AMI Empress
suffered morning from the even, and ~" the fol owing
iav they sttended SOLEMN mass, accompanied by the
i-tcr of Stae.
A letter from Marspilles reports that the American
ship Adriatic, which was cou6sca'td by til; French
Court Of Appeals, on account If her collision" with the
steamer Ly"nnais. had made her escape from de't"t'"s,
vt that port, aud put T.. rea "n the night Of thu 9Th ct
January. A French wsr-stramer w,u' 10 pursuit with
ont eject. 1t was feared that serious diplomatic co'n-
plira,ion may s,;se on this case.
The Levisthan has been pushed to within bali y fozen
f-ct Of the .x,1. NIFTY Of tie launehingw ways. Spring