New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-30
Later from China.
from tiis Ala califernis, s,h.

+ The WAR TO PR0cEED.-By the arFfTal Of tbe
Ida ID. Rogers, we have papers from SlYSnghae to
the 18th Of April. The main items Of news is that
the war is to 90 on. The Chinese have refused to
accede to the demands of the allies Several
articles purp0rting to be traslatons of replies Of
the Chinese Government, have been published in
the English papers, but there is some doubt whether
they are genuine. The ShaDghae Herald gives the
following as one:
Last year, when proceeding to Pekin on prs-
fessediy pacific mission, for the exchange Of the
ratified copies of the Tien-tsin Treaty, the British
Plen;potentiary was accompanied by formidable
military force He had determined to proceed to
the capital by the Tien-tann route, and when re-
quested to go via Peh-tang, where arrangements
had been made to receive them, he refused. This
conduct was the sole cause Of the quarrel that i'm
mediately ensued. AS regards the quarrel, there
fore, its cause is to be attributed to the
abeness of tie British Envoy, not to any unfriendly
feelings on the part of the Chinese Government,
for it belonged to the native, not to the foreign
authority to decide by which route the British
PlenipotentaFy should travel up to the capital
Very many foreign nations here at present are en-
gagged in commerce with China: let those of them
who remain unprecedented regarding this contre-
versy, determine who is right and who wrong.
But farther, an indemnity is required of China.
How such q demand rebounds to the honor of the
English nation IL by no means paipable. On every
occasion Of making treaty Of peace with China,
the English representative has been instructed to
press a demand for money; the principle upon
which this policy proceeds seems incomprehen-
sible.
Finally, should the English Envoy determine TO
visit the capital to exchange rati6cations, the
Chinese Government will at once make all proper
arrangements for his journey to Pekn. The policy
of his Majesty the Emperor has ever displayed an
induigent kindness to the men from afar,', but
on every occasion of q visit to the capital by the
envoy of foreign power military forGe has been
dispensed with #, therefore, the foreign envoy
viii content himself with moderate rctinue and
will agree to travel by the route which shall be in
dicated by him, the amity Of former times NAV
still be preserved intact; but if, on the contrary,
he be unwilling to comply with these reasonable
conditions, it remains for him to decide upon his
own course. s4, ).
The following is another version Of China reply
in points:
j. The demand of an apology for the Taku affair;
receipt of the letter is acknowledged, its contents
declared to be insolent, and an intimation given
that any future letter written in the same tone,
will be returned without reply.
2. The residence of the British Minister at Pekin
cannot begranted; Lord Bgin waived this demand
and the Americans have not asked it.
3. Payments for the gunboats destroyed at Taku.
In reply to this the Emperor says he knows moth
ing about them; if they were lost he did not get
them. He would like to know who will pay for
the damage done to the forts
4. In answer to ihe demand for payment Of the
expenses of the present war he says he did not
and does not wish to 20 to war; that by not seeing
Kweliang, Mr.. Bruce brought on the war, and he
cannot pay for it.
3. The Indemnity money for Canton will be
paid as soon as that city is given back to the
Chinese Government. The reply to the other de-
mands is, that Mr.. Bruce may go to Peh-tang, as
the Americans did, and that the Emperor never
made any objections to the treaty being carried
out.
The shanghae Herald makes the following re-
marks about the present state of the case:
!" II matters but little in what terms the refusal
is couehed. That it is positive and dogmatical
there is no doubt, and If the instructions to Mr..
Bruce, given in the published correspondence re-
ceived by the last mail, have not been superseded
by others, the matter should now be in the hands
of the naval and military commanders chief.
But with the bungling that always attends similar
arrangements in England, the forces are not al
hand, nor likely to be before the end Of next
month. IN the meantime the Allied feet and trans
ports assembling at Kintang, with the intention
Of proceeding to Chusan, to occupy such part as
may be Convenient for the exercise of the troops
as they arrive there previous to proceeding Chez
foo, where they will be organized. A small squad
ron will blockade the Gulf Of Pecheli, and probably
any inlets that may be found in the southern par
of Shantung. Cheefoo will be the rendezvous, ani
a military depot established there