New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-09-04

we learn that at the taking of Soo-citew by the
rebels there was immense loss of life and
property. The Governor and several other sf--
fcials were killed. The Imperial troops appear to-
have joined the rebels in the acts Of pilage. Both
the English and Americans had been requested
by the Imperial authorities to interfere, but de-
| clined. From Frazer & Co.'s Shanghai Circular
Of June 14th we quote the following:
At the request of the Touta English and Frenc h
troops have been landed and posted at each 60 70
of the city, for protection against the expect cd
attacks of the rebels. The Fraach offered IN
send troops into Sooehow to retake the c;tu
from the rebels, but the English ohieetng, theyy
have desisted. 80
A British officer writing from Shanghae, Jnne
Is, says at the capture OF ths city of Hang .chnv
by the rebels, no less than rs 600 were mt n
death. Executions of almost daily pcc,r
renee, either of rebels or of desertess II on, tbe
lnlpeIl p @ army. Ailer ehe eAsoueehs heads
public places as warning to others.
Ihe oIoM4g pn' extract Is Is fram me s nghae cir
"The city. of Soo-chow has been taLer ana
y ;;a ~ Z ~ ~ @ +; H. soldiers, and
The greatest terror and alarm Rnay a;Is nyar sba
whole country, and the natives anaf WING in all Al;
rections. The commander in -eifE of tho Irona,;at
army, Ho-ehun, and Su Covering = of So pph ,aA
have committed suicide Chang ls1vob I;anG NV >
killed blythe rebels at Tantoo. % "a a.:S S T US
perialiss, General Chang yuhrliag 9 i saia ~ bane a,
gone to- Hang-Ghow, and is saT nasaa ~ ~ ~ sar,a u
have gone over to the rebels.lh f ~ oA =
! Dispatches have been reaaf sad At WASHINGTON
/ from dag g-oieer Stribliug, of Z seu Fast Ind;a
ueoIon; uatea o4ahgIae "a IL, 1860 Since
ms EfrNa theie III inc iAs,o I'd, several important
ottas near naa aeen oaPtulS by the rebels, caus
ing great alarm among U.s. )hinese, and entire
SUSPENSION ot business @lW the interior. Several
| nhAdred men aad beefaisa dsd at Shanghae by the
English and French iDlr es for the nToteetion ~
both Chinese and fcfeiR ners against anv Sudden
attack. Tie city of shs nghae and foreign settle
ments fully pa0t@ ted by the allied fnrces
Whlch, AT tae salez .i9 e, were preparing to make
war against the Itahef al government.
FROM bABBapefs'- -Advices from Barbados to
the lltA, INST. hasf been received. Business was
good ana the isiAhV healthy. The showery weather
which haa pfe4ata d for some time had very much
improved the sls wing crops, which we're exneet.
cd 10 De aoaaioas 1t next season. In consequence
oil tne aisconuR uance of the mail service between
bafpadoes, aaf other Windward Islands and Ha-
Eana ana, Mas sau, during the summer months, let
ters frofa ths United States should be sent by sail
ing vessels instead of the Havana steamers. as
oinef3se they are likely to get lost
1hs v Commissioner of Patents has given his
heaF'y occurrence in proposition for the erec.
tioA OIL statues to the memory of great American
hlseh' ors; the expense to be betrayed by private
ssos crption. Niches will probably be prepared
! IN The patent office building.
y The CRoPs IN IowA~A letter states that the
Z wheat in Iowa is much damaged by seab ana rust
"a, oats are very heavy, and that corn and potatoes
e promise well, Rain had fallen ahuudantly every
Of night for some time past. Thu farmers are busy
with the harvest