Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-12-31
The War in China.
A NEW YORKER COMMANDING THE nIPERI
AL ARMIES.
1ErrEa Taon COLONEL FonEsFBR, 7lgs SUCCESSOR OF
GENERAL WAHD-BEFRAOADnJAET TALR OF TE1ALs
AND T1uBzFHB- ..H.
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lures of Mr.. E. Forester, a young man
from one Of the northern counties of this
State, who, few years since, went to
China as q sailor, aad entering the Chi
nese service, ress to 3 high military rank.
He became Chinese mandarin, the next
but one in rank to General Ward, and is
now his successor, thus keeping an Am
ericsn at the head of the Chinese army.
A letter just received by his relatives
in this city from Mandarin Forester, and
dated at Hiagpo, September IS, gives a
romantic account Of the perils and dan
gers he had passed. Having, with the
allies, attacked the city Of Ching poo,
which was captured with but little loss
to the attackers, Forester was placed in
charge of the captured city, with a garri-
son of one Thousand Chinese, while the
English and French held the city of Ca
ding with about the same number Of
troops Both of the places we're held for
some time, uatil the eaemy-that is the
rebel arEa5-sppreached to the number
Of 1906 men. Ca-diHg vas evacuated
by the Eaglish and French, and Occupi-
ed by the rebels, eighty thousand Of
whom then a9yaaced and surrounded
Ching poo. in the meantime, Forester
had received email reinforcement and
altho1gh the besiegeTs offered liberal
terms Of capitalization, he held out for
twenty-ohe days, until ordered by Adm
raj Hope to eyacuate, and proceed to
Jungkong. He was to leave the city
with an escort Of six hundred men snd
three gunbosts. Two hours oaIy were
allowed for the eyacuatien, while the
orders were to barn tie city while leay-
ing it.
The evacuation vas not successful, AND
the beleagucFed c;ty was toe closely sar-
rounded to allow It's brave defenders to
escape. With others Forester vss nsde
prisoner by The eae1sy.
"I will rot he writes ia the Ietter
before Us, undertake to reeosat to you
my suEerings during the thirty -oae days
following, but viii leave you 70 imagine
then, when I tell yeu that I an tie only
one the reJcLs a1eTe ever Eaosca to spare.
was FIVE days without food or drink, and
in the hot ssH, and stark naked all the
time. Ny caPtcrs ssssohed me about SIX
hundred miles throagh many large cities,
where-slways in a state of utter nudity
Il was shown to the people. All this
time, too, chain was fastened around
my neck, and my hands we're tied behind
my back If you want to fnd full par
ticulars of all this read the Chinese pa
pers. At last, by nay good lack and the
Kindness of Admiral Hope; who sent
man-of war after me, with a ransom of
muskets and powder valued at ten thou
sand dollars, I was released. This is a
kindness on the part of the English gov
ernment which can never forget"
During the unlucky evacuation Mr..
Forester lost his valise with 100000,
and all his other property.
He says that the city of Ching-poo was
subsequently retsken by the Tmperialists,
with a great loss to the enemy, who had
force of but one thousand mcn and
seven pieces Of artillery. In this engage
ment, which was commanded by Forester,
he received a severe wound in the shoul-
der. at is the fourth wound in as many
months, he writes, "and am not dead
yet"
The letter from which We are permit
ted to quote was written before the death
of General Ward, of whom his friend
Forester writes:
General Wards brother is in New
York, trying to procure small navy.
He will be glad to see you for his broth
er's sake, who (Ward) is a good and
brave man, and has only thirteen wounds,
received during the last two years. Three
balls are in his body now"
Colonel Forester was expecting official
dispatches from Pekin with his papers of
promotion. He was preparing to lead a
storming party on the attack of Nankin,
the copital of the rebels-the Richmond
of China. The sudden death of General
Ward, and the severe injuries received
by Colonel Burgerine, the next in COM
mand, causes the chief command of the
Imperialist armies Of China to devolve
on young Forester, the New York cOun-
try boy. His friends here, and the Am
erican public generally, will follow his
career with lively interest.
WHAT three words did Adam use when
he introduced himself to Eve, and which
read the same backward and forward? |