New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-11-08

az we nave sag, y mas not yet undergone and can
ocean voyage the Crest Eastern d not vet ready
Apparently there has been some miscaIculation
az to the size OF her boilers to generate the steam
their duty admirably, it Is believed that at mi;
steaming the screw and paddle engines can find
employment for more steam than the boilers are
equal to supply. This may be, in great ne essure
due to the fact that for her size the Great Esater
| is underpowered,r as It is called, Few steam
ships are baiis at lower proportion than that Of
one horse power to four tuns. In the Great East
! ern the horsepower is only one to nearly nine
tuns, and the speed which is gained with this dis
proportion il de entirely to the length Of the ship
| and her unequaf form. sssss.
pomt OF vieW-that is to realize money by exhibit
ing the ship at Portland New Yofk-it s certain
may I9r TINS year the time is past To arrive In the
United states in the middle Of winter, when even
Win me Americans the season Of travel Is over
would pe TO make @failnre of the whole affair. II
abeuid that on leaving HoIyhead she
Dc .horonehy fitted for sea IN the best styIe Of
.a oeeah,sohs steamers, taking in her supplies Of
xst spare hpars and extra boats none Or which
are yet on board) and, in fact, Completing her
with every requisite, and reducing q, sSsteTn her
extensive internal administrator = = '''-'. 100
h Saen q course would be merely doing justice to
snip When is supposed to- be built as 5 model and
example OF what ocean navigation ought to 81 !. 3
and which, unfortunately may afford IN ilisstyation
ne very reverse Of al this + she goes u the West
this winter. Advantage might also be taken n
such pause to fit the machinery with wks4ever i
really wanted, and perhaps also to beach fhe res
sci at rd.haven or Southampton, and cean tie
bottom, which is very foul with weeds
In the meantime, she will remain q show shin II
Hoiyhead, visited daily by thousands and fkou-
sands. Almost every hour brings in heavily laden
passenger trains. London Times ~ Y 75s
+ China
/ Mr.. WARD IN PEKIN.--From the north Of China
we have the important intelligence that Mr.. Ward
the American Minister, has been curteetsly re-
ceived by the Chinese authorities. and has entered
| Pekin, where he was to exchange the ratified
treaties. An officer who accompanies him a por-
ton of the way says that the Chinese authorities
were very polite and condeseendingy" and that
shey asserted IT their was prepared and
and courteous manner. [Ogerland China Mall
The American Minister, Mr.. Ward, has succeeded
IN reaching Pekn and will, it is expected, be able
to send home his finally ratified treaty BY the next
mail. As one clause in this treaty gives the United
states liberty to tender their good Offices in any
dltical.y between the Chinese Government and the
western Powers. we may be sure that Mr. ward
VIII not be long in putting that liberty into prac
1 tice. 4s 9
"A, 4 correspondent Of our Northern contemporary,
writing from on board the American chartered
steamboat Toey-wan, at anchor in tile Peh-tang
river stream to which the Chinese WISHED Admiral
Hope to proceed before the Talm afiair--tells 81
the arrival there from Pekinr the 1st inst. of
Russian courtier with dispatches for Gen Mora
yieh, Governor of Siberia these dispatches being
! from the Russian Minister at Pekn n
Count Moravieff himself reached the Peh-tanr
river on the 4th ut., in the Russian steamer Amer
ica rather he reached the Gulf on the I4th, and
was afterwards conveyed into the Peh-tang bY the
disposal by the United States Commodore for tile
: purpose Of communicating with the Chinese" OF
r American movements he says:
n The junk had mandarins on board who brought 4
+ letter from the Governor of the Province Of C6ili
: appointing the sth for aninterview with Mr. Ward
. Accordingly on the morning of the Sth we went in
to the river which had seen on our former visit.
it is about six miles to the northward Of the Peho
and Is named the Pehtang. after the village at the
4 entrance. There is a bar at the mouth with from
ten to twelve feet of water On it at high water but
the river deepens to four and FIVE fath0ms inside
there is fort on each side, and few troops sta
5 toned here. Several mandarins came on board
when we got inside the bar, and desired us to an
n chor which we did about two miles below the
h town; and Mr.. Ward, the Commodore, and mem-
bers OF the legation went up in junks fitted up for
n the occasion. During the interview the Governor
several times alluded to the battle Of the Peho and
appeared to be desirous Of saying something in ex-
n tenuaton of the course pursued by them but said
n nothing about our being there be also asked why
(. the English and French Ministers had left the Gulf
h and what they intended doing, etc. Mr.. Ward told
him that he came here to attend to his own busi-
e ness and - knew nothing about the English and
J, French. The answer arrived from Pekin on the
g l4th, giving our Minister permission to 20 there
It Arrangements were made for travelling, by the
f. Chinese to the satisfaction of Mr. Ward, and he
/. ton, and the following officers of the Powhattan
Lieutenants Trenchard and Habersham, Surgeons
e Fox and Sanford, Captain lM C1 Taylor, Purser
JdlliueT, Engineer SHOCK Cnapaln w God SeC-
" retary Allmand. [Overland China Mail
@ BY Shanghai advices we learn that a Russian
v gun-boat had brought news of the American Min
Is ister's arrival at Pekin No letters had been D.
e ceiyed, and consequently nothing further had
IS transpred 1t was also reported that he was ex-
Is pected at Shanghai about the 24th inst. Hong
v Kong Correspondent Of the London Times
e The adviees from Shanghai, which we published
t. yesterday. confirm the statement that Mr.. Ward,
n the American Minister, had set out for Picking bv
the Pehtang river and add lalthough the evidence
10 iyfap sn1 fg,ny,J
t rived in the Imperial capital. The Peh-tang, it
r. will be remembered, is the stream by which the
e Governor of Peehelle invited Mr.. Bruce to go to
v Pekin, contrary to the arrangement that he had
It made with the Imperial Commissioners, and MOI
e. until after the Admiral had begun to remove the
obstructions from the mouth Of the Peiho. Mr.
ID Ward, the members Of his legation, and half .
N waiting six days at the village of Peh-tang to
st learn the Imperial pleasure, left their own vessel
ne at the mouth of the river, and embarked in junks
d. which the Chinese Government had fitted up for
as the occasion, and are said to have been treated
n with much condescension. The next mail will
is probably bring positive intelligence of the arrival
nd of the Minister of the United States at Peking
is From the language held by the Governor Oi
be Chhi to Mr. Ward, and from the reported charac-
he ter Of the Imperial edics, explaining the Takoo
X affair, which said to have reached Canton il
e. may fairly be assumed that had Mr. Bruce been
is willing to be the object of much condescension
ill and to place himself and the honor of the country
in at the mercy of Chinese officials, he might have
nd been his way home from Pekin by this time
IFS with ratified treaty. Each Minister acted las1
of June according to the aantecedent policy and ex
mt perience of his nation. The American Minister
lie without war to terminate and crown, with only
\, commercial interests to consider without treaty
of right to go to the Chinese captal-must get L
Or Pekn as pest he might. Like us, he chose to &C
DC by way of Tientsin; he presented himself at the
to booms of the Peiho and demanded passage and
re had Admiral Hope opened way through the bar
rlers his determination was to rush up. The militia
III at Taku refused to give entrance to hs modest es
s. cort, and force was unable to clear the way