Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-10-22

day Colonel Ward received polite invilsiia5S
to dinner on board her Msiesty,a eteame, NJ.
gent, Captain Hire. Pa,tipg perfect f.itb 10
the invitation, and unsuspicious of ind erhanded
meat ures, the Colorel went aboard at the tIme
appointed, was seized by order Of the CeptaIn
ana put In irons. News of the Occurrence
epread rapidly through the set,lement. Amer.
leans, whether they sympAthised With Ward 10
nls acts or not, were indignant at the mean and
daetardiy manner Of his arrest. They protest-
ed against IL, and even threatened 60 nae force
IN his Liberation. Matters became 90 hot thst
captain Hire was compelled 70 foreeo the
lunher gtatiheation Of hls spite against a meri.
cans In the person Of Ward, and UPON ,ha Iat.
yer swearing TO the fact Of his being 3 ChIpess
eool'e, ne vac discharged. By and By down
eame sue reoels again, making furious demon-
sranons against ShaDghae. The paper an
uouneeu IN lIs weakly Issue, In the IarEest type.
19a' 20 ypnoon OF blood was at hasd" Even
Eugnsn cookneys enrolled themselves into 4
volunteer iorce aud underwent the penance of
upon their shoulders. Toe rebels were AT the
time coming, and all the time thev didpvt
come. Big Eoglish hopgs wrote down 10
Hong Kong for naval assistance, and M came
the Admiral to see Wha. the row was. He
went up to Soonkong In the CoromapdeI. ana
was much astonisbed. He found an afmy
OF Cinnamon there, dressed In foreign CO,
tume' car fJing foreign arms, and well drllI.
ca Ia the evolutions OF foreign tautios.-
he found foreign officers 10 each compans.
ana ne founo the great mover of ie ell, Colonel
Ward. Now Auiral Hope 10 as much Rsfent
from most Englisbmen as It 10 possible Ior a.
EGglishmsn to be different from an Eoellsh-
man. He liked Ward az soon as he becama
acquainted with himi he liked him for bic plooIr.
be liked him for his oons'stenc and 90 he eu.
eouraged him. DO the French Admiral and ,ho
EDg!ish Admiral and the Colonel put their
neads together and planned out c.mpaiRp
against the rebels. Words Cbinsmen we're
placed siongside the English and Fren:h forces,
and they dldn't disgrace themselves. They
iougnt as Weil as any troops can fight. showing
that good soldiers can be made even Of China
men when Admiral Hope commenced 20 anp-
port Colonel Ward the Engish residents gen.
einhy went with him. Important nobodies, who
NAG seen hard service at Lucknow and Delhi,
anu knew IL all and couldn's be told anything,
suffered their noses to drop, and were even
highly honored when Colonel Ward was 40
gracious as to shake hands with them. We'll
the allied forces cleaned the rebels ont prstty
ftsctually, news OF which reached Pekin, and
shortly came the gazettes announcing that Ward
was promoted to the rank of General and had bis
baton raised another grade. Ward landed 10
Shanghae with suit Of clothes and six Maxi.
con dollars. He is now, at a moderate compu-
tation worth as many hundred thousand. Still
ne exposes himself In action as much az ever,
and seems to have the most utter contempt
OF lie. de does not ask even Q Chinaman %
go into any danger he would not willingly face
nimseH lie has the most sanguine ideas about
crushing the rebellion In China, albeit his pro-
gress thus far has not been much to boast Of,
de has offered Prince Kung to do it for ten
millions OF dollars, and the Prince asserts that
such reward would be einsignifcanti In compss-
lson with the extent OF the labor. He Ia now
quietly drilling his new recruits and swelling
bis army daily, preparing for the next coming
down OF the rebels, which will ensue upon the
approach OF winter. Dozens are applying eyerr
day to join him-members OF the police force.
marines and sailors from the men-of. war and
the shipping; but he Is very judicious In taking
them into his employ. He has nov some thirty
or forty European officers under him, and has
bis headquarters at Soonkong, where the strict.
est discipline is enforced So far 90 personal
appearance goes, Ward is the very IDEAL of q
hero His face now, from much exposure, 10
pretty we'll bronzsd, but is naturally very pale,
and fuli and round. His hair Is Of the deepest
black, aud he wears IL falling In curls to his
shoulders; and slight imperial and mustache
serve to make the pallor Of his face more mo-
ticeaole. His person Ia slight, but ell musole,
Although not above five feet in hight. and with
build exceedingly diminutive, he has been
known to whip half dozen six footers with an
ease and rapidity truly astonishing. He wears
q blue coat, similar to that in the United States
service, and buttoned close to his chin; high
riding boots, white pants and q whip In his hand,
which he e always striking his boots with, an-
lsh the picture Of one OF the most successful
men of the day. =