, 1862-12-16

SOME months ago We published an accounf
O tue romantic career aud adventures Of ar
E. = oEes1cr, a young man from one of thr
northern counties Of this State, who. faw
years since, went to China US 4 s,ilor, aud en- J.
it iel1ng .ne C91nese service, rose to high mil
nafs ranke tic became a Chinese ulanlarjn.
the next but one in rank to General Ward''
ana Is now his successor, TINS kccu5npr m
American at the head Of the Chinese ar1,5y.
letter just received by his relatives in
fhis city, fron1 Mandarin Forester, and dated
at Ningro, September Is, gives 4 romantic m
account Of the perjls and dangers he hnd
passed. Having, with the allies, attacked tie
ca1y of Chlng-poo, which was captured viii,
pnt little loss to the attackers, Forester vas
placed III Charge Of the captured city, with a
garrison of 1,Uoo Chinese, while The English
:nd French held the city Of C,-dincr Wifi,
about the .sanie number of troops. Koth nf
Tie piaees we're held for some time. until fhc
cneniy-tbat is the rebel army-:,ppro,cbef
to tue number Of 16o,0o men. Ca-dinr VAS
eEacuated by 1hc English and French, aid oc-
cnpied by the rebcls, $1,000 Of whom then
advanced IL m:1t;el aqd surrounded chingpoo.' IN the
meantime, Forester had received small rein
lorccmcnt, aud although the bcsiegcrs Offered
liberal terms Of capitulation, he held ont for
tEent5-ouc days, until ordered ny Admiral
aoPe TO e;acliate, and proceed to Junskone
1c was to leave the city with an escort Of CO
men and three gunboats. Two hours only
we're allowed TOR the evacuation. while the
orders were to burn the city while leaving It
The evacuation was not successful an,j The
oelcagued city was too closely surrounded to
;li!o" its brave defenders to escape. M;th
others Forester Was made prisoner by tne
enemy ~ ~Ne
II viii not,'' he writes in tue letter hcfnre
Us, undertake to recount to you the suffer
will leave you to imagine them. when I'll,
you that am the osly ono the rebels zreye err
En6aea to E7afc. I Was five DAYS withDnt E,od
of a!lnk- and II the Lot Sun, and stark naked
Ill the lime; My captors marched NE abouf
slN N hnnorcd miles through many large cities,
Mnere-al"ays III stite Of inter nualtrI
was shown to the people. All this time. too
= = chain vas fastened around my meek, aid nv
LANDS Werc tied helind my back. 1fyou 1rant
y tind fu1l particulars Of nil this rea5 t3,a
CEinesc papers. At last, by ny good lucE
and the blindness Of Admiral Hope, WHO sort
: nan-o1 war after ne, with ransom Of mus
!sess and powder valued ut ten thousMui] i1n1-
lars vas released. This is a Iip,3noss ".
inc part Of the English government Which !
ran never forget
During the ul1lucly evacuation, Nr, Far
'e,ter LOST his yallsc Will $4,000, and ali Lis
81 Ter property.
He says that the city Of Ching-poo was suh-
retaken ty tie Imperisustg. witn .
5re;.s @ ioss TO the enemy, who had a force Of !
.n1 J ,t0o men and seEen pieces Of artillery
In tl'is engagement, which Was commanded t
y Forester, he received severe wound fn
ne shoulder. * It is the fourth wound in "a
3nany nosntl1z,'' he writes, land I'm not I
The letter from which We are norn,;s+oa !,
mote vas written before the death Of Cen
Naro, Of whom his friend Forester writes:
Ven. Wards brother is in New York trr-
ns TO procure small navy. BE viii he rl;d
Q see Sou for his brothers sake, who {{Vara1
good and bra7c man, ami las onfy thir1
ssn esns wounds, Iseslved during the last two
Colonel Forester was expecting oificia1 Dis
'aaehes sa: from Pekin with bis papers Of pro
notion: lie was preparing to lead a storm
y N party on the attack Of Nankin, the capital
i the rebels-the Richmond Of China. Tie
n%osn ',' 0;ns death Of Gen Ward, and the severe
: nss neee1Sed By Col, Burgerine, the next
the lnpefislist armies Of China to de,
oivs o On Young Forester, the New York
ountrJ boy: His friends here, and the
merican public generally, Nil follow bis
'rcer with hsely interest.