The Portland daily press., 1867-03-21
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,
Thursday Morning, March 81,
FROM THE PACIFIC.
Murder of the C,'esc of the General
Sherman.
-Mocentelets of u. S. Steamers.
Minister BurIingame and the Chi
nese Government.
Arrjc0J Of the japanese Commits
si0ReTS.
Terrible Explosion at Hong Kong.
TWENTY-FIVE PER-
SONS KILLED.
EXPEDITION 40 BE SENT TO
C0REA
Terrible Explosion at Hong Kong.
TWENTY-FIVE PER-
SONS KILLED.
EXPEDITION 40 BE SENT TO
C0REA

New YORK, March 20.
The following is special dispatch to the
New York Herald:
StdngbGe, Feb. II, uia San Francisco, March
Zo.-Per steamship Colorado. -The United
States steamer Wachusetts arrived here from
Corea on the 9Th inst. Capt. Schufeldt states
tnat the crew of the General Sherman were
All murdered. Capt. Schuieldt's dispatch to
the Governor of Corea had been received by
the latter, but no answer had been returned.
The United States steamers Hartford, Shen-
Sndoah and Ashuelot are at Hong Kong. The
germantown goes to okohama to relieve the
port
Minister Burlingame is in high favor at Pc
KIN. His conciliatory course is highly approx
Russell & Company, the agents of the
Shanghae Steamship Navigation Company
nave purchased the steamers Fuscyama Hi
RADIO Kiang, Loang and Tahwah. They have
also arranged with the Hong Kong 81 Canton
Steamship Navigation Company to withdraw
from competition, thus leaving no other oppo-
sition steamers, except American, floating on
the Canton river.
SECOND DISPATCH.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 90
The Colorado experienced pleasant weather
during the entire voyage from Yokohama. ex-
cept three days westerly winds in the middle
passage. The run to Yokohama was made
without once stopping the engines. in twenty
one days and twenty-three hours, and from
Yokohama to Hong Kong in five days and
thirteen hours, the quickest on record She
left Hong Kong Feb 18th, on her return. The
passage up against the northeast monsoon
was exceedingly rough. She left Yokohama
on the 9th of February, with the New York
and European mails. During the first part of
the passage she had heavy weather On the
18th of March she encountered hurricane
which continued twenty-iour houfs. The re-
mainder of the voyage has been pleasant
She brings ninety-three cabin and seventy
eight steerage passengers.
The Japanese Commissioners to Washing
ton are OnonotomogarO, LIST Commissioner;
Gudare, I'd Commissioner; Fukushawna
Ukitchi, Secretary; Tyuda Senya, LIST Inter-
prefer; Sekey Shinpatchi, I'd Interpreter; Ge-
uno Shunoso, Paymaster; Ogassawara Owa-
ter Daughter, Naval Officer, and native ser
wants.
Hong Kong, Feb 1.-THE steamship Color
ado takes out 272 chests tea, the net value of
which is 700,5SO taels.
The French feet will resume operations in
Corea in the spring.
The American firm of Dent & Co have re-
covered from their embarrasslnents an resum-
ed their former position in the commercial
world
The Chinese Government resists all attempts
to build railroad through Mongolia.
The French are about to construct q short
railroad from Shanghae to Leichow.
The English are jealous of the growth of
French interests in the East
The Russian fleet will soon leave the Chi
nese waters, it is said, bound for the Mediter-
ranean.
Consul General Seward returns to the Uni
ted States on the Colorado. Much regret is
expressed here at his departure.
Gen. Hea, our late Minister to Japan had
gone to Altroze, to see about the non-fulfill-
ment OF the steamer contract. One steamer
had been delivered and the money paid for it.
but the Japanese were not satisfied with their
bargain.
A grand demonstration is to take place at
Osaka. The new Tycoon has invited all the
men of war to visit him at Openhirigo His
disposition is highly favorable to foreigners.
a terrible explosion occurred in the harbor
OF Hong Kong on the 18th of J9nuary. An
Old hulk called the Surprise, used for the stor-
age OF powder, blew up, and, together with the
Bremen schooner Themis, was totally de-
stroyed. Thirty or forty lives were lost Many
persons who We're in the boats in the neighbor-
hood were killed. Powder to the amount of
100000 pounds was on board the hulk. The
town OF Hong Kong was shaken as if by an
earthquake. -Four English gunboats noored
in the vicinity barely escaped destruction. In
the village OF Yahinatee thirteen houses were
unrooted, and most Of them shaken to pieces.
The u. s. steamer Wachusetts left for Corea
on the 2lst of January to inquire into the Cir
cumstances attending the wreck of the Ameri-
can schooner Gen. Sherman.
The English, French and American Minis
tiers have agreed to go to Corea in the spring.
accompanied by their respective fleets, and in
sist upon the execution of the treaties
The naval force at Hangkow had been in
creased by the arrival of several French and
English gunboats
All fears that the rebels would capture the
town had subsidized. AT last accounts they
We're engaged in sackihg the town of fireman,
and had burned KinkpoW, two miles from
Hangkow.
An extensive fire in the river suburbs of Foo
chow had destroyed all the houses half mile
inland. Il was reported that mandarin and
a number of Chinese had lost their lives by the
disaster.
A proposition to coin silver in a shape SINH
lar to the cash used by the Chinese was fayora-
bly, entertained.
Yokohama, Feb. 26.-The following are among
the vessels now in this port:-U. S. steamer
Wyoming, French steamers La Guerrero, La
Peace and KEN Chan; English steamers Scyl-
la, Basilisk, Argus and Foam; Dutch man-of-
war Watergins, and the merchant ship Lord
Collingswood, for London.
Business is very dull, and among the causes
death of the Mikado.
on the 10th of February, by the French steam
er, OF the Tycoons brather for Europe. The
Tycoon selected him TO represent Japan at the
Paris Exposition. .l
Sir Harry Parker has sent attaches of the
British Legation to Osaka to inform the Ty-
coon that unless he really means business he
can expect no visit from the British Minister.