The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25
The Second Fight Between the Ameri-
cans and the COreans.

The following account of the second
fight between the Americans and Cor
cans has just been received.
in the second battle of the American
squadron with the Coreans, the latter
had 5000 men miserably armed with
&" iingalls." Their bullets all fell short,
while the deadly practice Of the Amerl-
can rifles told fearfully on the enemy.
Under cover of the rank vegetation and
the shoulder of hill, the Americans
advanced within l20 yards Of the forts
before they came in range of the Co
rean musketry. The Coreans resisted
desperately to the last, and Lieut.. Nc
Kee was killed as he entered the en-
trenchments. When the Americans
were in the entertainments, the Coreans
succumbed. A number of prisoners
were taken, including the officer second
in command, who was badly wounded.
The COMMUNICATIVE was killed
on June 10. The American force BIZ
vouacked in the forts and the next day
demolished the citadel and spiked all
the guns. The fleet then returned to
the Boise anchorage.
Two days later the Core ans sent on
board letter filled with the most in
sulting and abusive language, to which
no reply was sent. Admiral Rodgers,
however, sent to know what he should
do with the prisoners. The Coreans
answered that he could do "what he
liked" Two days later he set them at
liberty, and sent two messengers ashore,
but the local authority refused them,
saying that it was as much as his head
tUac trnpth 10 cn,1 thnnn an1 II
use TO attempt to communicate further
with the court. Mr.. Low, the American
Minister, then sent a formal protest
that his mission was peaceful, and that
the American attack on the forts was
not for reprisal to negotiate. but
because the Coreans treacherously fired
on the boats. The steamer Millet was
then dispatched to Shanghai with dis
patches for Washington. The ships
Monocacy and Pelos will return to
Shanghai and be locked. The rest CT
the squadron will return to Oheio and
await instructions. hundred thou
sand rations have been sent to Ohefo,
The Coreans fought like men, but
their weapons were wretched old fire
locks and cutlasses made of soft iron,
which bent like old hoops. They were
dressed in armor of nine thicknesses of
cotton, padded so that only rifle ball
could penetrate it, swords producing no
effect.
Documents captured showed that the
Corean Government had planned the
surprise of the American fleet, and that
they were astonished at the failure of
the forts toannihilate the foreign vessels
at the first fire.
The expedition has not accomplished
any change in the relations Of the two
countries, and Minister Low and Adj
miral Rodgers will await instructions
from Washington before proceeding to
to further hostilities.
Twelve native Christians came along
side the Admral's flagship in a junk
and begged to be taken to Shanghai,
and that their junk be burned, to pre-
vent it falling into the hands of the
native authorities, who would thereby
discover from what village they came,
and punish their relatives. The request
was granted.
The English colonial press denounce
the return of the American fleet to
Ohefo as having the moral effect Of
defeat