Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-04
LATED ppo,, o.. n,

LATER FROM CHTNA.-The clipper ship
moonlight arrived at San Francisco Tuesday
evening, with dates from Uongkong to June
18th.
All the oXpeditionary forces had left far
the North. The Register saws England is
properly at war only with Pckiu. Al ,Le
commercial ports the Chinese mandarins onJ
British officers are "hand and Glove" A.
Sh9nghae, the British forces are actually. aI-
nGd with the Chinese in putting down the
=. a gang Of robbers had murdered two no.
lcemcn at llongkong. The policemen vera
Fortuguese, ana their fellow>countrvmen
Mere determined to have revenge. Serious
disturbances were anticipated.
The Canton Cotton Guild have Offered 70
bet $50 Oo0 that the allied forces wonld bs
rePulsed In their assault on the Taku Forts
a second time. - ''''
In Canton, the Imperial forces were re-
ported ported to be gaining the ascendency over the
On the 28th May a serious confederation
occurred at Annoy. Fifty houses were de-
AT Sharghae the native community had
oeeh thrown into dreadful state of excite
u'g"I owing to the inroads committed Ly the
reOels' The British and French had sent A
oouy OF troops to protect the people
British and French gunboats had under
taken an expedition against horde of Cbu-
san pirates. They had captured twenty six
Junks and burned Six.
The ship Hastings, loaded with guano.
mad been abandoned at sea off Fish river.
On the % June the ship "Sir Charles Ma.
pier founderei at sea off the island of Su-
matra. The crew were rescued
At Hongkong on the 9th Nav the iron
chest of the Registrar General was opened.
and the sum Of 50, 600 abstracted
The cost of the British and French Exne-
dition against China, thus far, was estimated
at 81 100000.
The Emperor is arrogant. lie says that
he fears the rebels far more than the English
and French.
a French officer had returned from Tuka
Forts, and reports that they were very srong-
y fortified.
1t is reported that the Dutch and English
Government have entered into an agreement
to carry line Of Telegraph from Java to
Sydney
The ship "Challenge" was sold at auction
at Hongkong to Russell d Co., for $4,000.
From THE SANDWICH ISLANDS By the bark
Francis Palmer, we have dates from Honolulu
to the 18th July
The Advertiser says that the schr Wamp,
winch inquired In the papers some months
since, was little else than piratical craft
The captain landed at Christmas Island and
destroyed structure erected there by the
! nlted States Guano Company, and took the
Lumber away and sold it. Soon after, the
mate left the vessel, fearful of being appre-
hended for piracy. The Wamp then manae-
ed to kidnap cargo of natives from Hum
phrys Island, which were landed at Kauai
The natives of that island had been mourn
lnS the loss of their relatyesand friends, ana
anXIously asked if there was no way tv
which they could be returned to them Our
surmises in regard to the conduct of Captain
Sinclair, of the Wamp, expressed at the time
these natives were brought here, it now turns
out, were well grounded, and the poor crea-
lures were stolen or abducted from the is
land.
The small pox had broken out on the island
VI O"H", soHle ~ ihileS from honolulu.
Report says that the Kanaians are procur-
ing an excellent oil from the fat of horses
Some horses when tried out, will produce a
barrel of oil, but the average is about half
barrel. Horse oil is reported to be equal to
sperm for burning. VIII not some manufac-
larer inform the public upon this subject &?
We have heard ofwhaie oil, sperm oil, rape
seed oil, coal oil, and many other kinds, but
horse oil is something new
The Hudson Bay Cos establishment, the
oldest house in existence at Honolulu, is to
be broken up