Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-05
Aailg Jirsiniau.
INTERESTING FROM CHINA.

American chartered steamer IOey-N an.
A junk which had mandarns on board brought
letter from the Governor Of the province OF Chi
hi, appointing The Sth for an interview with Mr..
Ward. Accordingly, on tho morning Of the 9Th
tAug.) we went in to the river which we had seen
ON our former visit. 1t il about six miles TO tho
northward Of tho peiho. and is named the Peh-
tang after the village at the entrance. There isa
bar at the mouth with from nineteen to twenty
feet of water On it at high water. hut the river
deepens to four aud five iathoms inside; there is
tort on each side, and few troops stationed
here. Several mandarins came on board when
got inside tho bar and desired us to anchor.
which we did about two miles below the town; aud
Mr.. Ward, the commodore, and members of the
Legation went up injunks fitted up for tho occa-
sion.
During tho interview the Governor several times
alluded to the hattie at tho Peiho. and appeared
10 be desirous of saying something in cxtenuation
OF tho course pursued by them, but said nothing
about our being there, ho also asked why the
English and French Ministers had left the Cult,
and what they intended doing. &c. MIR. Ward
told him that he came here to attend to his own
business anl know nothing about the English and
French
The answer arrived from Pekin on tho 18th,
giving our Minister permission to 20 there
arrangements Were made for travelling by the
Chinese, 10 Mc satisfaction Of NJ. Ward and he
started on tho Goth with tho members ot the egn-
ton.
From the Overland China Mail, Aug, ~.
From tho north OF China we have the important
intelligence that Mr.. Ward the American Minister
had been courteously received by the Chinose au-
thorites y has entered Pckin, where no was to ex-
change the ratified treatios. An ofic,rwho accom-
panied I"n II portion al the way says that
the Chinese authorities were polite and condo
sending. aud anxious 10 receive adj tho Ministers
in penccn and courteous manner.
Trnm tle Overland China Mail. -,
The American Minister. Mr.. Ward, has sue.
cceded u reaching fckin. and will, it is expected
he able to sond home his fnnllv ratified treaty by
the next mail. As one clause in tbis treaty gives
the U. s. liberty to tender their good Offices In any
difficulty between tho Chinese government and tho
Western Powers We may be sure that Mf. Ward
will not bo long in putting that liberty into prac-
tice.
RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY on THE PEino Ann ~ PEsiN.
From the Overland Friend Of China Aug, 81
1t is rumorea,lut on no good authority. that tho
Russians exchanged ratification with the Chi
nese more than two months ngo.
General Mournvicn. the Governor General
Of Eastern Siberia has paid visit to the mouth OF
the rciho aud was nbout to he followed there by no
loss than four Russians gunboats. twas not
known what was The object of assembling
large force Mt the mouth Of the Pchin as he ap-
pearrd to be ON good terms with the Chinese au
tho,itles.
From the Overland China Mail, August "a.
4 correspondent al our northern contemporary
wiring from Oh board the American chartered
steamboat Toey -wnn at narhor ii tho Pch-
ta"y river sttcam--tD which the Chinese wished
Amral Hope to proceed before the ITnku affair
- lrils of the arrival there from Pokin, the
LIST instant, OF Russian COURIER with dispatches
for General Muurav;eif. Gpy"rnorn Of Siberia these
DE- ,patchos being from the Russian Minister ut le-
kin.
{ unt Maura,icif himself reached peh.tanS river
on the l4th n!t in tho Russian steamer America
or rather lac reach, tho ,iul on the lith aud was
aftcrward, conveyed into tho pch-tang by the
American Steamer Tcoywan. kindly placed Mt his
disposal by the United States Comm 'dnr' for
the purpose Of communicating with the CnlneSc.'
From the London News, Oct. lS
The alyiees from Shanghne which we published
Yesterday confirm tie statement that Mr.. Ward
the American Minister, ,.nd set out for Pckin by
the peh-tang river, and add (although tho eyi-
denre is rather inferental Than drest) that no
had arrived at the imperial capital The Pch-
tang it will be remembered. is the stream by
whic the Governor Of Pechele invited Mr. Bruce
to go to Pckn. epntrary to the arrangements he
bad made with the Imperial Commissioners, and
not until after the Admiral hnl begun To remove
the ubstructions from the mouth Of the PeIho. Mr.
Ward the members Of his legation, and half
dozen officers of the United States Navy, after
waiting six days nj the village Of Pch-'ang l1 learn
the Imperial pleasure, left their own vessel at the
mouth Of the river, an emba kcd in iunks. which
the Chinese government had fitted upfor the oc-
cnson. and are said to have been treated with
much condcscension The next mail will probably
bring positive intelligence of the arrival ofthc
Minister Of tie L. s. nj Pckn.
From the language held hy the Governor of Chi
Ii to Mr.. Ward and from the reported character
Of the imperial edicts explaining the Fakop affair
which are sfid to have reached Canton, it may
fntly be assumed that had Mr.. Bruce been will
i,o al, &
aud to place hmselfand he honor If bis c,.untry
1t the mercy Of Chinese officials, he might have
bcon on his way home from Pokin by this time
with II ratified treaty. Each Minister acte! lat
Jane according to the antccedent policy and ex-
perlence Of his nation. Thr American Minister
without war t" terPinate and crown, with only
commercial interests to consider, without II treaty
rich, to 60 to the Chinese capital must get t"
pckin ns best he might Like us, he chose to 60
by way Of Tien tSin he presented himself 1T the
bnoms of the I'eiho and demanded passage; and
had Admiral Hope opened way through tho bar-
racks, his determination to up. The
militia Mt Iakco refused to give entrance 10 his
modest escort and our force was unable to clear
the way; it under these circumstances that
Mr.. Ward, without waiting foran invitnti n, ap-
piled to the GnvGrnur Of tho province OF Chilll 10
rive him access tp pekin. Tie Ane,can MINIS
Ter took practical Gnsjnessh hhe riew eta position
mhich ods one Of gyeat Jjeedom. The situation oI
our Minister very different. His treaty CON
icrred rights aud privileges far surprising those
inscribed IN the document of which MIR. Ward
the bearer, and many of which were ~ dis
tasteful to the Chinese government "a they weic
favorable to the interests of the Chinese re pie
1t is argued by some who can write sen>bly en-
ough On other subjects. that IN this account they
ought not to have been pressed: the fact that they
barc be,n obtained by coercion is paraded as n
discovery, and produced fragrant proof that
ar v m that