The New York herald., 1867-02-21

maa 60 sgound near The shore, and tAs cap
tain = mo Sos . sslng ss abe = sss her o. resolved
them well for their ouba me psrson chosen to bcsr
the message was English missionary BY the name a
Thomas, who understood Chinese Japanese and iiltls
assistance but condition thai al the sxms on board
should DO piled together and locked up IN e cabin II
their and G nss ssna ns cusw and p should
the natives had got the ship o6 The reef and taken the
money which 70 be placed IN readiness for them,
number on board the General Sherman 70 unbind the
Europeans his comrades were out OF gunshot
Tho assigned for this proceeding vas that they
Fanqui oregn barbarans) would have them shot from
their big gunR Notwithstanding the danger and hum
Dsa o srS u probably seeing no 70
trust themselves voluntarily into the hands Of the Co
reans 70 have their ship broken up In the rst gale
whom they would anyhow be - inc mercy OF tne
Mr. Thomas returned 70 tho vessel with to or three
natives who removed all the arms and then gave sig
nal 70 their counrymen in the boats that everything
ready, whereupon they boarded the General Sher.
man. both passengers and crew ana
the ship which they have scuttled Immediately
after the intelligence Of this bloody catastrophe has
caused great sensation and the public are anxious 10
know what .hs American government a w 40
in Pekn refused to give the General Sherman certin
cate Of American citizenship on the ground that se was
smuggler entitled 10 tho protection ot MS gov
ernment but Is certain thai the captain and portion
of the Americans whom, whether smuggiers
not your people will hardly allow TO be slaughlorco
with impuniiy. 49,,
OF Irkootsk itself there is. fear but little to
tell you that would interest readers We i've very
quietly, but not uncomfortabiy suffering less from
tue cold than yoa do In New york; one day .
the exact counterpart OF the oher and 1t II but seldom
that stereotype condit OF monoouOus tranquility
is interrupted by such event the revolt OF the
Polish exies last fall which occasioucd tremendous ex-
cemcnt and produced perfect pane among our rich
merchants For you must know that our city " q very
considerable commercial emporium. The whole trade
between Russa and China passes through here. as well
as the fur trade from Northeastern sIberia and the
AInoor, and there is, perhaps, not another ely oil
twenty Eve thousand souls the world that numbers
80 many miicnaires among its inhabitants as ours
Nor are we without prcsensions to literature. we
have theatre, a geographical and medical society
fivo political and scientific journals and there Is
prospect OF our soon having a university, which MI
Sidero the great Siberian CfGsns, VINO began life with
ten copecks, and is worth as many million rouoles
has offered endow with inc handsome sum OF mi'
lion silver The telegraph between here and q
Petersburg has been completed for moro than
year, and il tho wires are KEPT clear all the way
] might at this moment doenaich telegram TO yor
before il lei Irgootsk, difference ia longitude being
exactly $50 degrees half tho earth circumference
But tho operation would be ratter expensive and 50
may be well TO wait I'LL the limo Is opened thai viii
connect with the United State more directly VII
Kainischatka. Russian America and British Columbia
According 10 the contract with the Russian Ministry o
and Tecgraphs Il Is TO be finished by tue yea
1862 and from the vgor and ability hitherto displayed
by the American company have every reason x
anticipate the complete success or this magnificent IN
dertakng.