New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-02
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yYfsng Eotla u tha 10Th October from winch We
sstraes iii Following
lssses, l.a ;ntarestfpe To American ship ana en-.
sis ders I'd know that the
lgpn steamer, some TWO huhufeu I'M a4ss,
bs, III Glasgow for the express y aha,9l
@s id American but Gamer " i nv
s sss sss6e dimensions, hula by CaysT, ot seW
SssN INA iatr engines ut the Novelty Ne y
3 s9s s Il owned by the house Of Deas y
Cos aaG runs tbs pert a,le s.aa,s 49,
,ssaSslsfs arsd the principally ana almost
Z entirely g0r The iatter- sS n, s.
NM yang.fsze ID the fastest and has been The
most Don't that has ever hssn II ,s aht
l,,aist and stesed in New and caffies
sae American Tag Captain Dearborn. who eo,tss
snas;Iis her ii an American. and receives ri WIG
or fre1gat a Ut s ,hs
hc aes er fails ID dos from twelve 70 twentsleat
/ ] Bg lids means Of getting thc news brought to
ssha;sslae hg Tie Oriental steamships from India
ana Mi she Eastern woFId, the Messrs Dent y Co.
I'll enabled - make hundreds q thousanes y aoi
Hi esc sy mail. Which y twice a month.
TI,e house of Dent Co is one, il not tiae largest
ssh;na house III Hong Kong. Their trade Is opium,
Il nJ{InnTh exchanges insurance and sak are ostsn-
The Yang tsze does Ill the business Of carrying
news etc. and Will continue 70 dc SO, one steamer
BENZ sufficient fol the purposes bat aardine Y Co.,
4 rival horse 10 Dent, and pretty much the same
ara bnildaa d steamer to bea& ihe Yang tsze, to
BIZ employ cd for the same pus'aassse
40 beat Jaraine's steaners tbs Size Neon mas
been tailt with a view Of The hlghest speed
II eyer vet obtained from 8 seGgeing vessel.
Ths Si-eesMoon has not yet commenced running
between here ard Shang but will in the course
of " few Hays The aang7fsze hsas been running
some tRo years sometimes right into the teeth Of
zaonsopns and typhoons, but always coming out
q safe and soa4d, and never having failed in one
single instance to anticipate the mail. She has
never broken down, Or had one dollars worth OF
repairs since sfe has been running. Dent Is Co.
say that when done with her they intend placing
y her i'll " glass case to look ait.
Now, d few words about the Canton rlVeE steam
ers IKE 81 iiiiuatte aud Flying Cloud are regular
steamboats,, built and owned ID N eR York, running
daily between here and Canton, calling at the IN
teflned iate ports on the way VI, and down. Iltey
have driven OIL the English boats that were form
sssfaV Running. and now the Americans have the
wh0ie business no themselves. There Is a laTige3
steamer, some $50 feet long, building in New Eork
foisthe Canton river, which Is expected out soena
MI. Ward 81 stopping at The residence qf hr.
wv Il ai1.s BIZ u sssseney thinks il
strange that any Amersan at home could haze bes
iisvsd ay tbe ridiculous story aboat his
ExcetlanGy having been carried into Pekn in d
/ bDS. The fact il !. MI Ward and suite were taken
sls to ein uDdeT an escort Dc honor, sent for hs
Nv TIE Erfsll STYLE OF unWonfed nlasr1ifi
cencs YVES sent back under the SANG eseeTfg
sa ahay8 esefya lAing was done for that o,1,td
to ,ia pelsoaal comic Md convenience.
llNpclenes 5sas called pom by the highest
Sane aiff fe esenrt g MI;
sRssFa rss takea up VI TN WI
Asg ssas detna 81 asked ID see the En3pe-
zostssas S9s wv that thing which hui
seen Of the ralaee. Ais
told 1ty tho mandarin who answers
III Importance to tle English Premier ae
i Secrasar of State, his treaty should
sBe rat ied Fecfsely IS il stood, and Whfch was
aoiie fo the entire satisfaction Of Mr
His lsxeslIsIcy was told that by bending one
knees, Me could SEQ tte Emperor. In answer to
II. Ward said that he had never yet
bent his knee to- mortal man. and he never should.
+ MI sSssard having accomplished his mission, he
thought It quite unnecessary To ret into quarrel
about tifting point Of diplomatic etiquette.
The storT, 81 course, about the box, orgina
ted with the Allies, who were very much annoyed
as Che attention which WIS shown Mr.. Ward. 1t
MI s first ubshed IN French paper. @
il rom The China Mail, Oct al
aie asligenee from the seat Of war i Of the
highest mpoTtance. Two of the gates of Pekin
are III our hands. Mr.. Harry Parkes and Mr.. Loeb
haFe been safely returned to us by the Chinese.
The ARMY OF Eank in-sn is still in the field. The
Emperor has sled to Taftary. Pekin has submitted
to Us. The winteting of the whole force either |
5here or at EieI1-tsn ID now resolved on.
In eur last overland we mentioned that the allied
army vas in hostile attitude, seven or eight miles
from Fekn, waiting for the siege guns and demand /
There does netseem to have been any change in /
the position fnatters from the I'D Of September
till the aa7of October, when an advance was made I
IN search Of the Tartar arnly which only resulted |
In few peKets BIZ tile enemy being seen and driven
back. IN the 9Th further dyance resulted id an
eaEfhWoFk near Pekin, where no defence was made,
being tazen BY our troops, and the Muen mini uen
AslnliaEf Elalaces0f Emperor, taken and
completely loofed, affording immense spoil. The
chief share of the plumber appears to have fallen
to the French, who had the first rangackng Of the
rich ornaments jewels and clocks and watches,
the rich robes and embroidered silks OF the Son OF
Heaven: but b quantity of the treasure which was
taken ii To BE divided between both French and
English. Some priyates are said to have sold their
shares for about 30 QUO francs he entire British
shafe3 including both treasure and private loot is
astlaated at about 80 ,000 Next day, in reply to
q demand for the release Of tie prisoners, Measrs
Parkes and Loeb were given up, together with q
French oficer and seven Or eight prisoners.
On the 18Th everything was prepared for the
first great event OF the Wharf.-The assault the oc
cupaton of pekin, the unvolated capital of China.
The siege guns and other artillery were 10 a posi-
ton to lombard the tayn, unless it should be sur
rendered Ply noon of lile ~ and the following
general order vas issued BY Sir Hope Grant, for
the disposition and control Of the forces under his
command } s Mn
render would expire, Hangchun came out and said
that Our demands were aaeeded to, no resistance
would be made, and the gate was at our disposal.
Thereon the outer and inner gates were immeli-
skA5aS tzHGH pDssfsslullO anu u pOFtl9ns OF
Allied force qnartered on the walls of Pekin.
y The Earl of Elgfn aud Baron Gros are at the
military Headquarters; hut as Mr. Bruce has been
sent se, possible that his lordship does not
propose to spend the winter at the North. Mr..
Bruce, however was sent for before after the oc.
eapation Of Tiensfsin. Count Ignatef, the Russian
Minister, followed the Allies to Ten-tsin, where
We believe he is STILL Mr.. Ward, the American
Minister, came down here the other day, on his
way home.
rom Tie North China Hesald Ocioter 2o.}
IHE CApFuRE or lsAPERoR Il MACH Gsd1ap OF
he British Army, one mile from AZ. D. Gale ot
Tekin, OF. -, 1860 We 9encamped here on the +
SUI On tlIe same evening the Emperor's place,
htuen- min Yuen, was taken possession Of, and yes
terday Messrs, H S. Parkes and Henry Loch were
liberated and returned to she Embassy.
! sent letter to you FROM the camp, six miles Il
from Tung. chow, on the Nth, which viii probably +
reach yon with this. On the following day tile
Allied forces were On the march iii search az The
Yarfars, y no were supposed To be in great mum.
bers about f0ur0f five miles Off. The front OF the
two armies atretched over large extent of conn.
try but the enemy not seen, nor any sight Of
az abandoned camp visible. We halted at one
o'clock r. N. Accommodating parties were sent
ont at night, ana they fell ii with the Tartar
pickets, Bio fired three shots 1T them. On the
morning Of the 9Th we were again On the move at
an early hour but on reaching the ground where
the plckets had been seem AL was still.
Here aTe6onae very high brick biins, from which
several tes aad other structures within the walls
OF Pekn distinctly seen about five miles dis