Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-09-30
ARRIvAL or TnE NOIsTH ANrERICAN


. Farther Point, Sept. 25.
The steamship North American from Liverpool with
dates Wednesday l4th has passed here on her way TO
Quohec Fr.. .erH rr.rrr r.--
THE overland mail brings important news from China
the with the English and French forces having been
renewed, The allied squadron had attempted to enter
rco with the English and French Ambassadors. The
Chinese assembled in great strength and defeated the at
tempt. Nearly 800 British reported killed and wound
ed five Of their gmhoafs being lost. Tho Aies were fin
aly forced To retreat II Is reported that the American
hipister has reached pekin upmoested
An accident has occurred on board the steamer Great
Easerni which will prevent her from startling ON her trip
to Portland for about three weeks. The feed ppo casing
in one other tunnels exploded during tho trial trip with
terrific force Five OF the remcn were injured so as to
dc h and there others wounded, The damages
to theugs serioH but the ship and machinery re-
rmEGREArEAsrERN Tile explosion on board the Great
Eastern occurred on the 9h when of Hastings. Ihefun-
mel was blown into the air. tearing in pieces the grand
saloon and doing great damage TO the internal tngs OF
the vessel The guests board had Just quilted the
loon aud all fortunately escaped injury Tho explosion
terrific but he ship resisted the shock the frame
tanning injury. The accident made so little dieroncC
in the movements of the ship that hcr engines moi
sopped till she reached Portland. The C0roners inquest
the Gremen killed. showed that the supply of water tc
the boilers through tho water Jacket stopped because
that top in the stand pipe Which acts safety valve
turned apparently Intentionally that the pipe
useless Tho injury 10 the fittings viii be repaired at
expense Of about $4,000 During the trip the Great East
cru almost without motion when other vessels met
with were tossing on stormy
! CnINA-AdmirR Hope arrived on peiho river on The
18th of June found the entrance barred An attemp
made the25t to force passage when suddenly la
tories supnortcd by force of 20 900 men were
and opened destructive irc. After action thi
squadron compelled 10 withdraw with loss Of the CUR
boats Cormorant Lee and Ployer 464 men killed anC
wounded. The French had IA killed of CO. The Plenipo
tentiary had returned to Shanghai. Seven officers wer
kiiled and II wounded. Among the wOunned WAS the
Admiral The details say that the mouth Of the river
rakcd by the refrom the newly constructed
ing to 90 100 guns At13o p NJ the signal for actor
up. Thegun boats Oppossum and Plover pushed
in close TO tho first barrier The guns the forts then
cd fire and the action became general The lire OF the Chi
ncse in weight and precision snch ashad before
been erpereneed. Every shot told while those Of tn,
British did comparatively little damage. The troopswer,
ordered to land the first boat touched the shore The
forts poured out perfect hurricane Of shells, balls ant
rocl1ots which moved down the men as they landod.-
The shpssupported them as well as possible of loCl
men who landed barely 100 reached the first OF the wide
reached the third ditch They would have made an Mt
tempt to scale the walls but the ladders either broker
by the shot orstuck in the mud With Of the ladder
that remained ten Of the mon sprang forward three
whom killed, and FIVE severely injured Orders
AT last given TO retire and while in retreat the
shot d6Wn like birds Many ofthe boats were swampet
BY the balls and not enough renaned to carry of tn,
survivors Several full Of wounded struck
swamped Russian features wore distinctly visible amou
the mon manning the Chinese batteries. The American
towed several boats to the Of action and afterward
took number OF men to their respective ships.
ma, returned home In the mail steamer. Tho news o
course created much sensation and the violation Of th
treaty in such teaeherousman called forth loud de
mands for terrible vengeance Tho 1faiss says hence
forth negotiations must be carried At Pokin, where
one doubt Europeans viii soon be as much at HON
as at Paris II concludes the article with tho folloin
uncomplimentary reflections ou the American Ambassa
dor "The American Ambassador without force OF arm
Is said TO have been amitlsd to Pen 0fcourse he ba
peculiar claim to this privilege on account OF the assis
tanee given TO the Chinese mandarAns TO deprive us
the first fruits OF the late successful war; whether this
some claim OF the same character rendered him
admirable than those who had opened the way to biz
does not yet appear If the Americans can opOn China
by peaceful methods let them do ~ bat thus far the
seem better able to help themselves than do anything 70