Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-11-07
Live Yankee In China.

A Live YANKEE Ill CAiuo.
Some months ago a brief notice was
given of an American named Frederick
Ward, who by his daring, added to q
stroke of good luck, had ranked himself
high in the list of Chinese Mandarins.
A Shanghae letter in the New York Her.
ald gives a full and interesting account
of his character, and of the means through
which he attained his iortune-estima-
ted to be Immensely largely from which
we take few extracts:
Two or three years ago the mate Of
colsting vessel came to Shanghae. He
WIS neither better nor worse than mates
usually are. He was green. boyish-
looking fellow, with fair skin and long
black hair, which fell in glossy waves to
his shoulders. There was no very great
popularity about him, except that his eye
showed vigorous constitution and most
indomitable pluck He was pretty hard
up and was unknown. He appeared har-
dly old enough to have been much Of an
adycnturer yet his life had been a ro-
nance from the first. He had been with
Walker in his earlier expeditions, and
had had taste of civil warfare in tue
South American States, But it was not
in the petty struggles of such marauders
alone that he had been schooled. He had
been in the Crmca during the terrible
war which was enacted there. He had
seen the world in fact. He had occupied
almost every position in the social scale.
and at last came to Shanghae the mate
of a coasting vessel sound in health, and
the owner of good deal more brains
than people generally gave him credit
for. His name on the ships articles was
then plain Frederick Ward.
Soon after his arrival, the city of Shang-
haze being threatened and pinched by the
rebels, neither the impcrialists nor their
allies, the English, could defend it. In
this strait, Admiral Hope, II. N. proposed
and perfected with him a plan by which
Mr. Ward might strike blow at the rebel
headquarters in Soonkong, a well fortified
city on the Woosung river. Ward organ
ized a band of eighty Manila men, ran up
the river and took the place by storm, for
which service he was paid the sum of for
ty thousand silver tacs. His blood was
up, and he wanted to take another city
some thirty miles above Soonkong, where
the rebels had retired and intrenched
themselves more strongly than before
The Toutiohin chimed him exceedingly.
and told him to 90 in. He did 60 in, or,
at least, as far as the walls, and fell,
shot in three places. He did not die,
however-his constitution was too strong
for that-but fell back upon Shanghae,
to recover from his wounds and plan a.
mother campaign. He was out again in
few weeks, bat with hole in the roof
of his mouth of the size Of a cherrystonc,
which gave sort Of nasal twang to his
speech. Meanwhile tho gazcttcs came
down from Pekin, announcing his promo
ton to the rank Of Colonel. He became
Il Chinese subject, married u Chinese wo-
man. OF the small footed kind and was
created mandarinof the blue button.
When the rebels threatened Shanghae,
the French and English Adnirals and
Ward, put their heads together, and plan
ned a campaign against the invaders
Wards Cinnamon We're placed alongside
the Eng sn ami French forces, and they
didn't diseracc themselves. They fought
as we'll as any troops can fight, showing
that good soldiers can be made of even
Cinnamon. The allied forces cleared the
rebels out pretty ctieytualIy y, news OF which
reached Pekin and shortly came the ga
zettes, announcing that Ward was promo
ted to the rank Of general, and had his
button rais d another grade.
Ward has offered Prince kung to put
down the rebellion for ten millions of
dollars, and the Prince asserts that such
4 reward would be insignificant in COM
parison with extent OF the work. Ward
is now quietly drilling his new recruits,
an swelling his army daily, preparing
Tor the n-xt coming down OF the rebels,
which will cnsuc upon the approach of
winter. Dozens are applying every day
to join him, Members of the police force,
marines and sailors from the the men of
war, and the shipping; but heis very judi
cious in taking them into his employ
lie has now some thirty or forty Euro
pean officers under him, and has his head
quarters at Soonkong, where the stric;est
military discipline is enforced.