New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-30
Letter from China.
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ward to come ipto their views. All has failed,
however, and the last interview came off to-day,
wn a me fIesidents letter was delivered and the
p pn appointed for exchanging the treaty. They
nov Fay that ~ our treaty does not specify nleye
y IS 10 be exchanged, and as Mr. Ward viii not I
nonor them BY performing the ko-tow to the En-
IL * 'aey n snIn riIi not honor US By conserving
y. W .he e2cnange IN Pekng hence we must re-
turn 70 Pei.tang, and end the business with our
OLD friend Hang and the Treasurer Of the Prov
NEE l,e mr.. ward was anxious TO take US all to see
the letter presented but Kweiang being opposed /
to it, he did not insist and 80 we continued NAV.
ing whist or walking up and down the courta "a I
suited our individual tastes. And here viii stop I
to say something in favor Of the Chinese lei
dtsgrdced If caught playing cards IN public, and /
hence could not but stare at who resorted to !
purely innocent whist as tme-kiler, even under
the MONDAY sun, and with doors and windows
wide open.
Mr. Ward expressed himself highly pleased with
the respectful manner in which Mr.. Buchanan's
letter was received by Kweiliang upon the part Of
carved sandal-wood box) was handed by the Sec
rotary of Legation to the Minister who, raising it
as high as his eyes with both hands, passed it to
Kwei-liang, who reverently elevated it dbore his
head, held it there for moment, and then trans
ferred it to the keeping of blue ball Mandarin,
who thereafter kept guard over it. Nothing could
have been more. respectful, Mr. Ward said, than
their entire bearing during this whole interview.
There was one thing, however, which he cannot
get over, and which indicates very plainly in what
light the Emperor views treaties" According
10 agreement, ours SnOuld nave been exchanged
two months since, and yet we to-day learned that
the Emperor had not yet signed 1t. After the Pre-
sident's letter had been received, Kwei-liang re-
marked: :. Ny master has ordered me to afix his
grand seal to your treaty, and to send it to Pei
tang 1t will be there before you arrive
Ihave nothing more to tell you about s'Pe-king.''
look upon " Pe-king as humbug. saw moth
ing q Picking" as we entered and ] shall see
been sell, from beginning to end, and if l once
get away, shall never willingly come back to see
what harnt seen. Were asked what :" Pe.king''
".Pe -king-well, it's not worth going to! trent
there, but nothing soti.iag at ali sir ekng
has g. been greatly t. overra tied sir Ahem!
inst, reached Petang, by the sea, on the 10TH and
exchanged the treaties. At this interview, the
Chinese brought forward one John Powell, whom
they said had fallen into their hands the night
to be an American. They offered to give him up
to Mr.. Ward if he would claim him as an American.
9s eR FL that gentlemen with hi usual
not demand him, because he was taken while fight.
ing under the English flag buff you will turn him
over to me as personal favor, will feel deeply
indebted.
"You CANT demand him?r exclaimed the
| Chinese. why not? He says he was one of two
hundred men that you landed to help the Eng
| lish."
g But tell you,r replied Mr.. Ward, athat this
poor fellow is mistaken. We have never landed
man. Won't you believe me?'
The man himself was now questioned by the
Chinese Interpreter, and knowing that every word
he said would be understood by us, he came down
to the truth. He acknowledged that the fear of
death had induced him to tell lie, that he was
born in Canada, and that he had landed an Eng
lishman. Then he looked at Mr.. Ward as much as
to say " do not desert me.' and after saying that
no american had landed, dropped his eyes as if
there was nothing more to be told.
Now are you satisfied that we landed no men ~
asked Mr.. Ward of the Governor General.
"W We must believe what you say! J" was the re-
4 ply, but you must, at the same time, permit me
to present you this american as personal tauor.'
And SO ended the interview.
They all believe as firmly as possible, that we
landed men at the attack, - observed Mr.. Ward, as
we broke up; and all that we can say to the con-
trary will never change their opinion Indeed, I
think they had cause to suspect us. cant blame
them so much after all for keeping such sharp
eye upon us in Pe-king."
20! can, though, SIR replied one Of his suite.
a. shall always blame them for taking us away
from our ship without letting US know that they
aware of our action in the battle. For throw
ing this up to us as threat, when we were in their
power. For lying to us constantly, and for telling
. us that ace lied upon one occasion, when we were,
of course, telling the TRUTH
We left the anchorage off Pei-tang on the 10th
and arrived here after run Of eighty hours-quicb
work, even for the Powhatan. We were met by
four mails from home, which had been awaiting
our arrival, and by local news of the most alarm
ing nature. All China, along from the Santang
promontory to Canton, seemed to be in feverish
outbreak. Already are the bad results Of the de-
feat of the English before the Peiho forts beginning
to show themselves. 1t will be long before the
worlds trade with China RECEIVERS entirely from
that fatal mishap. When was here three months
since, Chinese boats on the river made way for
Europeans as matter OF course. Now they boldly
stand up and call to you to ego about" Then one
thought nothing Of cutting across the country from
Woosang to Shanghae in sedan chair, whereas
now it would be looked upon as madness, or at
least very wanton risk of ones life. Then we
confidence; now we do at the risk of antique
eggs, stones and knives. Europeans residing at
Shanghae have, within the last month, been in
suited, beaten, stabbed and murdered all because
the rabbe have an idea that the English are hum
bled, and that they can thus act with impunity.
How long will merchants expose their lives and
property and the lives of their families if such
state of things is allowed to last? Will they not
leave shanghae, China if it is not arrested? What,
then, will we do for tea and silks? OF course,
to avoid all this, they must be whipped worse than
ever; and as they are to be whipped, why should
not the United States help England to do it We
are to share equally in the benefits.
The other day the rabble of Shanghai attacked
and pillaged a church. The other night they
stabbed two Of the most respectable residents, and
at Nngpo cards are stuck at the street corners,
showing how foreigners look when having their
heads cut off by Chinese. Now this state of things
is unsafe, and should be corrected at any and
query sacrifice 1t is not generous for our Govern
ment to expect Americans to live ont here sur
rounded by such beasts. 1t is all nonsense to say,
"We have just exchanged our treaty; they will
respect that" 1t is nonsense, because no one who
! helps to form Chinese rabble will ever hear of
j, our having negotiated even for treaty. No such
information ever goes down to the people" here,
and after murder has been committed the Man
DARN, who knows that a treaty has thereby been
violated, cuts off the murderers head in return.
That, however, is very poor satisfaction to the man
murdered What they want to is ship with
guns anchored off their houses, and then they
want to be told, now kill foreigner, my friends,
and down goes your city," That is the way to
talk to John Chinaman; and then, were we to fol-
low it up by behduing ourselves, there never would
be word along the whole coast.
From Japan also we have had news, resulting
partly, I feel convinced, from the conduct of the
lately arrived foreigners themselves. We are told
that the captain Of an American merchant ship
went on shore at Nagasakie to fill his water casks,
that he was informed by the officials that that was
not proper, and that he must return on board
where he would find water in Japanese boats. That
the captain refused, resisted and was overpowered
That he subsequently returned armed, when fight
ensued, which resulted in the wounding of several
Japanese. That several days later, an American
was walking through the streets, insulted, ant
shot down the Japanese with his revolver. Tha
trade was almost dead; that they even refused sup
plies to shipping, etc. etc. The above is generally
supposed to be greatly eXaggerated-it came in d
private letter.
There is some other news, however, brought us
by the Mississippi direct from Mr.. Townsend Harris
and Yedo, that looks quite as unpromising. 1t is
now very doubtful if the Japanese will visit the