New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-18
The Tansas Gazette ef saturdaY last saYs:
The Latest Vows rom ching.

The mails from China reached Marseilles on the
28th ult., and were due in England on the morning
of the Kedar's departure. The following tele-
graphic dispatches are published:
HEApagAarERs, EreaT NILES EssH e P5Krs
Mr.. Bowlby, the London Times correspondent;
Mr. Loch, Secretary to Lord Elgin; Mr. Parker,
Messrs. De Norman and Anderson, of Faness horse,
and Captain Brabazon, have been made prisoners,
whilst engaged in choosing camping grounds.
They have been taken to Pekin, where they are
we'll treated. ss.
Engagements were fought on the 18th and 21st
September at Chang kia-wan and Jang-chan. On
both occasions 10000 Tartar cavalry advanced,
and were completely routed by the Allies. Two
thousand Tartars were killed and fifty guns taken.
The Allies had only eighteen wounded.
The Chinese have sent in flag of truce, with
the provisions for treaty.
Lord Elgn demands the release of the prisoners
before negotiating.
The Emperor's brother has been appointed chief
commissioner to make peace.
Tea to the value of 900 sterling was taken
at Chang-kia-
All is quiet. The rebels are threatening Hang
chan.
The Dutch troops at Bauiermassing have been
thrice repelled by the rebels o.,
Sir Charles Mccarthy assumed the government
of Ceylon on the I'D October.
The latest government dispatch announces that
on the 23d of September the Allies were within six
miles of Pekin.
from the London Globe Noy &c
There is novelty in the news from CHINA to
which we have been unaccustomed-the Chinese
have captured the right hands of Lord Elgin and
the Times that is the hands that hold the pen. Mr.
| Harry Parkes, who has proved SO active and
| useful a diplomatic assistant, and Mr. Bowlby,
1 whose letters we have all read with pleasure and
profit have had the honor OF an unwilling sojourn
In the Chinese capital, which they sure to have
made the most Of Anderson, Of Fane's horse, and
| Captain Brabazon, Of Brigadier Crofton's staff
both very valuable officers, were neluded in the
capture. They had gone out to select ground for
the encampment of the army, and, we must pre-
sumo, without sufficient escort, for the Tartar
| cavalry sWooped down upon them and carried them
away captive. More valuable prizes could hardly
| have been made, unless they had captured Lord
Elgin, Baron Gros, General de Montauban and Sir
/ Hope Grant. We are afraid that easy victories by
! tine aid of Armstrong guns and dashing Silhs had
| begotten an undue confidence in our officers; and
| we question whether any men would have gone out
| to select eneamping ground, In the presence
/ Of a European enemy, without an aaeqnate
/ escort. There is little too much of this sort o
dash and yenturesome spirit in both our civil and
| military services when we are dealing with half
barbarous soldery. Irregular fighting men. es
| pecially horsemen, are certain to hover about af
1 army, even after defeat and the seizures made BY
the rartars in the rear of force, after its ad
vance from Peh-tang, ought to have been lessor
| to the adventurous spirits OF the army. Ihe adj
vance of the Tartar cavalry upon Stirling guns, il
also to have acted as clincher to the capture o
men on the line of communication. But easy vic
tories inspire excess Of confidence; yet in war, nj
matter with what nation, it is very nnWise to dis
| regard reasonable pFecautlon.
The telegraph reports that two actions had beel
fought with immense masses or Tartar horse. Ii
both actions we won an easy victory. AS the &C
tions took place on the 18th and 2lst of September
and as on the 23d the headquarters were With
eight miles of Pekin, we infer that the first oc
CURED near the place marked in the maps as San
sien-way spelled Chang. .ki-wan in the telegraph
dispatch, and the second near Tung-chow, spelle
Jang-ehan in the telegraphic dispatch. Whereve
these actions took place we may infer that the
happened before the officers were captured. It
natural to suppose that the Tartars wonld attemr
to defend the two important places we have named
and. being beaten, of course they would retire upo
| Pekin. The Allies would follow, and 1t IS probabl
that the officers were captured when selecting tn
ground where the headquarters stood on the 25d
This is conjecture, and it may be erroneous, but
appears to US the most reasonable mode of intel
preting the telegraphic dispatch. We know tha
the electric needles are not particular IN spellln
| proper names; even Mr.. Bowlby's name is spelle
two different ways. The seizure of tea worth
quarter of million sterling at the place caLe
Chang ki-wan, is an additional argument in favor
the reading sanseinway, because the Pekin depot
were at that place and at Tung.chow.
| 1t appears that after the combats OF the lStn an
2lst, and the advance of the army, the Chimes
7 sent in flag of truce to negotiate peace, al
! pointing the brother of the prematurely decrepi
d | Emperor Chlef Commissioner. Lord Elgln feiuse
! to negotiate before the prisoners We're returned
h and defeated in the field and threatened by a
= advance upon the capital, it is probable that til
= condition was complied with. Pekinis not stron
place, considered in relation to our means of Q
: fence. When Lord Mccartney was there the wal
were from twenty-five to thirty feet in heigh
There were square bastions about every twenl
Il YARDS These walls were twenty-five feet thick
' the base and twelve feet thick at the top. The
d consisted of brick and stone enclosing rampa
= of earth. If the defences have not been improve
they cannot be regarded obstacles likely to ste
the Allies. Onr greatest enemy was time. In I
winter the temperature is rarely above eight d
!, grees below freezing point. The canals andriye
le are covered with ice and the Gulf Of Pechili
very stormy and troubled. The Chinese kno
that we are or were fighting against time; hen
their exertion to delay negotiation But if the Al
ed plenpotentaries were resnlute there would
plenty OF time to settle the matter before Novel
ber, and embark the army. All depends upon d
o. determination of Lord Elgin and Baron Gros.a
At in this repect they have not hitherto failed W.
the prospect Of an enemy in their capital 6eto
them, even Chinese, we may suppose, Wonld u
lp hesitate to accept our conditions.
ISsuRRECTIoN AMONGST THE N NEdRoEs.-We hea
from a reliable source at late hour yesterd