Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-03-05

loacoap WIN hAo tNuuey OuAut1o WhlLofB,
and their long and ugly sabres dang
ling at their waists, Within Ave min
utes after we Welcomed this party.
Connolly, Murray and Baker, with ali
the Escort men that could be spared.
came riding fercely from the Pekin
side, along with the Cossacks from the
Russian Legation, kindly sent by Mr..
lVlangally. These men in their grew
suits, the "fez" cap and pleatedIpelisses
looked picturesque in the extIeme,
and added to the many nationalities
represented at Hoo.se-woo. As the
"Escort Men" volunteered in this mat.
ter, it is we'll TO mention them and
their English record. Sergeant Frank
lin and Whealan fought In the Ori.
mea; Stent and Wyse we're in the In
dian Mutiny; Robinson was selected in
London from the police force there.
They are all brave men and true. We
tenuer them our warmest thanks and
deepest gratitude. It is impossible to
speak too strongly of Whealan, and il
is to be hoped that measures will be
taken to give him the Victoria Gross.
As for Dunlop, Of the Dove, the Jolly
sailor and the finished gentleman, his
act is one Of the many that have made
the name of the British navy famous,
men with kid gloves but iron hearts,
Il is TO be hoped that ere long Lieut.
Dunlop will be Commodore Dunlop.
O. B. He told u.s. using the famous
words OF Commodore 1atnall, of the
old United States Lavy-eBlood is
thicker than water" and it will be the
fault of the United States if this
splendid act of bravery is not rewarded
as it deserves.
After welcome rest our picturesque
cavalcade started the next morning.
and reached Tientsin Nov. 20, at mid.
night, nearly Eve days, travelling eighty
miles. Seventy-ivo horses, mules and
donkeYs, twenty carts and FIVE muig
litters, with their Chinese chimes OF
bells, stirred up the drowsy Tientsinese
as We wound through the narrow
streets Of the great port OF the Chill
Province.
All along the road we had found
traces of the banditti, and the villagers
were everywhere in arms. A number
OF wealthy Chinese were killed by the
Che. Mah-Tsae quite near to Hoo-se-
WOO. At Yang.tsun, where we stopped
to dine, song, composed for the occa-
sion by Mr.. Bradford, of ShaDghae, to
the air Of Marching Through Geor-
gia, famous American war lyric, was
sung with tremendous applause, and
Mr.. Burlingame's health as the "Bard
OF HOo-se.woo" was proposed with
Highland honors." AS some future
historian Of the first Chinese Embassy
to the Treaty Powers may like to know
who composed the little party, kept in
sore travail in o miserable Chinese inn
in the Chill Province for forty.eight
hours, their names are given in full.
d. g. Anson Burlingame. Ambassador
to all the Treaty Powers, Mrs. Bur-
lingame, Walter A. Burlingame, Ger
trude Burlingame and her governess;
DR.. g. FL. Cotton Salter, United States
Consul at Hsnkow and Kewkiang; o.
B. Bradford, Esq, of the United States
consular service, and William Whealan,
the hero OF Innermann. Rev. Mr..
williamson and Mr.. Hockey joined
the party at Ooo.se-woo, as previously
mentioned. Lieut.. Dunlop kindly
rendered the Dove to MIR. Burlingame
and suite from Tientsin to Taku, and
at the latter place we found the United
Statesl navy steamer AshueIot, Com.
mander Febiger. The Ashuelot had
been sent north by Admiral Bell to
convey Mr.. Burlingame to the Treaty
Ports. Capt. Febiger wass so delighted
with the gallantry Of the commander
of the Dove that he ordered the rigging
manned, and when the English gunboat
passed us ON her return TO TIentsin,
rousing cheers from lusty throats fol-
lowed her far up the Peiho.
It is not amiss to allude here to the
significant fact that lawless robbers
roam and plunder at will under the
very shadow Of the Imperial capital
The Ambassador OF China was almost
captured by those swift flying scoun-
drels, and had to waitforty.eig light hours
ere he was relieved, and yet he was
only forty-five miles from Pekin and
about the same distance from Tentsin.
II China was centralized instead OF
decentralized, railroad and telegraph
connecting Pekin with the sea, aid
could have reached Mr.. BHrlingame in
one hour instead OF two days. Let
the powers that be at the Imperial
capital ponder over this.
In the appointment of au Ambassa-
dor it would seem that they realize the
stern truth that they must now go for
ward. It is question of national life
or OF extinction as q nation.
Mr.. Burlingame has assumed a re-
sponsibility that might well appall an
ordinary man. The eyes OF the whole
world will be upon him and will care
fully criticise his actions; his career in
the United States, as one of the found
ers of the republican party, which
finally grappled with slavery and killed
it, gives the hope that he will grow
with the occasion, and this splendid
opportunity for true fame, and will
lead this vast nation of 100000, 600 Of
souls toward their true destiny. May
he feel in the words of the immortal
Lincoln with charity toward all, with
malice toward none" and may heaven
sustain him in his appointed work OF
opening China to commerce, civilizs-
tion and christianity.
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