Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-11-28

they always avoid this subject by promising 20 show NJ
all that IL To be 'dftsr TIE grea Insiss a. all t
hsd' To return to the interview.
Finding il impossible TO agree the ceremony o
presentation, or, In other words finding that Mr. Ward
adhered strictly to hir original Offer Kweang finally er
de the interview by consentng the exchange of trea
ties ,-ithom our hdring frst the Emperor On the
9TH, he said Mr. Ward should be informed of In. Jay
and in the meantime he wished him all manner of happ-
ness and success As they leaving Seth also be-
came amiabe and took Mr. Martin the Interpreter aside
10 tell him that they must not feel offended at the hau
teur OF their manner at their first meeting there ere
highr parsons than htSseircs yreseHk for whose 4
press benefit il had been INDUCED in This confession
but served TO served TO strengthen previous
a. to the fact Of the EMPEROR having been witnes, TO
the interview. IL would have done to let Li, a.
bis Ministers treating foreigners with consderae polite
ness.
And thus stands the "foregn Affairs of Pskin at this
moment As to the foreigners who give rise to these
Affairs you never more disgusted party of sight
secrs We came 10 Pe-kin and are confined within
oek wall ten ieet high surrounding piece Of ground
two hundred and feet square upon the entire of
winch built one-story brick estaJiishmsb divided
into eight or ten houses by tagged court-yards
We are not absolutely debarred from "coinr and cop
ing. but have been denied horses and guides and in
formed that the Minister as he chooses as re-
CARDS our walking about the city but that we had f
wait until everything Is settled The warsess of ali This IA
sul-ed, all that the Commissioners would have TO saw
would be, I've ddrised yoN not 10 90 ont yet r,rLil
Consequently, we remain in Yamoon At first our
Chinese walters cooks and mess boys were in the habit
o passing III and out at pleasure but this was
" stopped unless they had hs Ministers Jersission
When this was reported TO Mr. Ward he very proner-
ly observed: "I am n prisoner myself and .anno,
therefore, give liberty to others; they must share tbe
treatment OF their employers. The reader must not
however infer from this that Mr. Ward can send his hos
through the soldiers who surround the walls if he desires
to-far from it, That would be taking a Chnauap at
his word which is always dangerous proceeding and
indeed he has once through the Interpreter expressed
his desire that certain boy should be permitted TO mass
the reply to which that Me chief prescuf ,,ii
refer a TO e ehief officer absent which is the last we
have heard of it.
Upon the whole, however it is not an unpleasant life
that we Gagged ones are having here Our apartments
are large, clean, and airy Our bathing tubs are large
anu the welwater temperature of 80 degrees Fab.
renhcii The numerous courts afford us ample room for
exercise while book pen and ink and whist fill the idle
hours pleasantly enough Average temperature of days
81 degrees, nights 40, and generally cool breeze
Though in the midst of n dcnsey populated city. We
are as completely removed from all noise as we would be
in deserted village, and daily supply of provisions
keeps the long table groanng under the best of food They
furnish US liberaly with beef, mutton ducks geese
fowls, eggs, spring chickens milk ice vegetables water
melons apples pears, peaches, pums &c, &c. for all of
which they refuse payment
We, however keep list of e-erythng determined to
pay after the exchange Of the treaties as is therein
provided that our Ministers ha visit Pekin at their own
expense IL IL probable, however that they will reply
AL these expenses encountered Jfre the eyeHdnoe
hence they not affected by the treaty. Ii is difficult
to reconcile their beraty in this respect their great
churlishness in Others. For instance
few days since, of our Chinese writers who for
mery resided here in the service of the Russians told US
that It would be to obtain the presence of ugglers
ropedancers, &C., in the courts and he was at once au
thorizedt contract for daily performances The officials
however would take steps in the matter asserting
that Pekn had been greatly overrated in which believe
they have stumbled upon the ru-and that the day for
such performances has passed The latter We Enoo TO
be untrue.
Speaking of the Russians reminds of an occurrence
IN connection with them which should not be allow ed to
pass unnotocd by Government Arriving here on
the 27th ultimo,and expecting hourly granted he
freedom of the city, Mr.. Ward retained communication
from the Governor General of Siberia the Russian
Minister, intending to deliver it in person.
Seeing no signs of obtaining this freedom he after
the lapse of twentyfour hours forwarded him the doc
ument by hired messenger. Yesterday came the an
sWer, through the officials, the 2Sth ut and telling
among other things that surrounded by A cor
don OF soldiers that he had been requested not 10 COM
municate with until after the exchange of the treaties
and that his courier to Russia would be detained four
days in case Mr.. Ward wished to write
Now the Chinese must have opened that letter (thcy
have at Court those who read English learned about
the courier and kept until he had been gone two days
But simply keeping it back of great interna-
tonal dscourtesy the least of it. and as that cour
Ter viii carry the news of confinement il will trouble
our friends at home greatly before can reach them bv
the next mail. | wish every Chinaman in the Empire
was strung up by his tail. AW III