St. Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1861-01-11
The Allied Armies i'm tekiu--S,ckiIsg
Of lie issfperOr'S Palace.

[O,rrespon,l of the sorth China Herald Sov. 30 J
The sumInvr paiacc s about lives ni.ies
uY q circuituus road n0rrhxest of this camp.
! outside the ear;hwora. \ description oft
ia given IN Siauuton's 5 account Of Lord na
cArtaey's Embassy, and other works Oh
China, but 10 pen can describe correctly
he scene that has taken pace there within
The last two days. lndiscrninate loot
has been allowed. The public reception
hall, the stale aud pr!vat" bedrooms, ante
roouls, buudoirS and every other apartment
las ne,r, ransacked; articles OF virtu, OF
naive and foreign worhm anship taken, or
broken il TOO large 90 DC carried away or
nGnental lattice work, screens, laie stone
ori1aulenJs, jars, ci"ck-. watches and "tner
pieces Of mechanism, clrlains and Eurnilure
--none have escaped from destruction.
There were eXtenS We wardruhes of every
article of dress; coats richly embroidered
in siik and gold tbread, in the Imperial
Dragon pattern boots, head dresses, fans
&c.--!n fact, yooms al but filled with them;
store re-ruonS OF uIansfactund silk III rolls,
such as may be o ught in Canton at TWEEN
ty 10 ,hitty dollars per piece. BY caicu-
ia,ion made il the rooais there must have
been 1000 OF 80, 700 pieces. Hundreds
were thrown down and trsmpled on, and
the fo"l cover,G tulrsly with them men
were throwing them =, each otrer, and All
liking ~ many a. they could carry. They
were used instead of ropes to secure the
toaling 81 carts filled with them. through
0ut the treacn camp :, ere hundreds of
pieces, some hrsped up, Others used to
make tents or beds and coverlets.
In the afternoon yesterday party Of
French went through the apartments with
sticks, breaking ry.hng that remained
--mirroGS screens, panels, &c. 1t is said
that they did SO IL revenge for the 6arbar
0us lrealmen. the released prisoners, their
cOnntrymen, had received.
4 treasury containing large quantity
If gold ingots and sycee silver is under
charge Of guard, and is to be divided be- |
tween Tho English and French.
The total value of property destroyed |;
would amount to large instslment Of the |
indemnity claimed.
la one Of the ante-rooms Of the state |
bedroom at The Summer Palace the treaty |
Of Tientsin, in English and Chinese, signed |
by Lord Elgn, was found. 1t lad been
thrown on the ground by some one, and .
lay in heap If broken articles Til the ,
English paper evidently attracted the eve .
Of the person who discovered it. |
general order from the British CON
'nanicr in-thicf desired that ali articles !
taken by officers aud men were to oe sent
n .or sale by public auction, for tie bene
Fl Of the arny, which was done. Al were
permitted 20 have the articles they mad
brought away for themselves valued, and
have the option Of taking or rejecting them.
Many beautiful curi0s;ties and so4reRsrs
were thIs obtained at nominal price
The sale realized So, 900, which, with the
aue oi the treasure, estimated al s6i,
300, Is - DC divided no prize money en- the
spot.
The Commsnicr in Chief and general
)iIcers have waived their rights to share
4 gold jng Of great vaine was presented TO
HE Commander, in. hiei by the army
Nearly ali he G:ucie, we're sold ri very
NH Huces, large tr,mcrd and iHiaid
,aseS ard ornament, ailZing full SAang-
la prices Ir ~nr:, articles, .''y tact u
her having o.. tae property Of Il ca-
dOg All led ~. ina ,inST, yA!ne ~ every
0.ng. ! he Scene where tie sale was he,a
- the itnp'o iama>lr., occaped 5, head
quarters, vas worthy %. the pencil OF an
.rtlst la! lis impeg.al Majesty handed
,v'r the whole r th& contents Of that
Jg'ace uniyuc2I, il aou.d have sod tor Oh
amount, mo!e than three iourths
'avins been destroyed Or taken by the
french
Al iJnnj the sic!i.i.y N the palace are
arg enclosures, parks Or cemeteries, with
reeS uf some magnitude, and stone
ridges over nullslis, The countrr being
cry dry at present. Branching eff from
ne pa.ace are several pave. roads, and,
,!st outside Of Il is the French camp, bv
ne slle Of tro ,arge lotus ponds.