The New York herald., 1871-09-10
T He COR E A.
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The Damages Sustained by the
PalOs and Mcn0cacy.
THE C0REANS AND THE TT .EATY.
Folly ofFuIher Operations Against Them
with Our Prese' Il Force.
Sreo. China. July Is. 1871.

A"o S"'' kaval cXPedln0n 10 Corca ~
Alas ~ AMI tns pen,c,a ore ncre await
ng supply Vi provisions which was ordered mp
rom hons ~ ag early IN June ana Is now daily eX-
pec'ed. In ,Monocacy and Paios went 10 Shanghae
70 repair &c damages caused by running ON rocks
near NJ .nghoa Island. As proof OF the very dan
gerous nature OF navigation near the narrow strait
Close to the captured forts on this island thcy poh
rec eived such INJURIES by being swept on rocks by
nc rapiu currents that they wouid have been rem
klered utterly unseaworthy had they not hrst re-
CeIved such temporary repairs at Bosee Island as
would so far fit them for as to enable them 10
reach Shangnae for Iu am thorough repairs III
dock. The Ashueot was already there beng tho
roughly repaired. This eavcs OF the feet available,
only three larger steamers OF so great draft
NJ to he comparatively useless Ia Corcan waters.
What the feet will do next is one OF The problems OF
the undcvelOped future. The most sanguine do not
claim that any progress has been made towards the
real object OF the expedtionviZ, securing treaty
for the protection Of snlpwrccked mariners. The
COreans claim that they have always treated ship
wrecked sailors wel-have protected them, fed
them and sent them to China on their way home
ward This assertion appears TO he sustained by
facts far they can be asccrtained. In the case
the SURPRISE which went 10 Corea In 1866 for the
purpose of trading with the Coreans, their kind
treatment is attested by McCasland. commander.
He that having cast anchor Que night on his
arrival in COrean waters he found the Surprise lett
nigh and dry on the rocks next morning by the fall
of the tide. The natives Oh shore kindly took HIM
self aud OF, fed them, treated them kindly ana
sent an escort with them 10 the boundary
line OF Corea, from which they eventually made
their way TO Pekin. This is far better treatment
Than they would have received If they had been
wrecked on the coast OF China, and much better
than they actually received subsequently, from
Cinnamon on their way TO Pekin. The case OF the
General Sherman. the Coreans say, was entirely
different. she was not wrecked on their coast.
She came there to open trade with them. They told
her cOmmanuer that they tlld wish trade with
him. They had nothing 10 sell, and did not want To
buy anything, and warned HIM not to go further up
the river. But he, with Plymouth Rock frmness
aud with indumitable Yankee go-ahc0ditlveness and
eagerness for trade, replied that he would go up
their river much as he pleased, ana he would
trade with them and sell them Yankee notions
whether they were willing or not. With the eX-
ample OF Old John Brown IN the matter Of hostages
fresh IN his MIND lie seizcd u COrean Mandarin
10 hoid rs hostage. This brought on
on fight, IN which the Coreans say the sherman
and all her officers and crew were destroyed.
Whether rhs statement is true not one thing Is
CertaIn-that no one from the Sherman has ever ap-
peared to contradict it.
Another story Is told by some COrcan Christians,
cOnv Of the French Jesuit priests who were all
killed OF expelled IRON COrea in 1865. A junk full OF
these ten oil, came to the Colorado on the night
Of June TO- while ,ne armed expedition was up lhe
river TO capture the ioris Ga naking The object Of
their visit known 10 the interpreter VINO was sent
on board their Junk they were received on the Colo
Chrstlans, ana came hoping 10 find u priest on
board. On being questioned concerning the General
sherman They stated mat her people had been kindly
finally 0ecoyed on shore ana treacherousy mur.
dered. In the light OF all we know about the two
peOples--thc pusning, trading Yankee and the
exclusive. Isolated Corean-the probabilities
sIos Besues tness crea"ous ss as
not profess 10 have been cye.witnesses The
jac,s whereof they affirmed but gave them mostly
IrOu hearsay, whereas the first account Is the ON
ciai statement Ol the Corean government They
also told some other rather marvellous stories, to
Inc effect that the King or Corea had an army OF
l,OOO,U0O men; that $4,000 Christians were KILLED
annually in Corea, &c. Whether these statements Of
theirs were correct OK not they Considered IL unsafe
Tor them To stay longer III Corea, and they all went
the FIRST steamer 10 ShanHnac, leaving request
lett by which iher friends left benlnd them might
be discovered and punished. The Junk was tOwed
ashore and burned next day, at low water, Dy tne
Admial's order. one peculiarly Ol lnese Oofean
1unks ~, they are ALI O woOd no iron or metal Is
used them. They are put together with wooden
bolts or nails ana even the very anchor Is made
OF u heavy kinL Of wood Tne wnOie affair Is "a very
clumsy. awkward, rough concern-such as was pro.
badly In use some lOur thousand years ago or more
Tor the 1rst attempt In navigation alter the exit
from the ark.
while ine United states naval expedition was
anchored near Isle BOlsee, or Woody Island, SAT-
river Corea, small German sleamer-tne Chu-
san-was wrecked near the mouth OF the river.
Tne Captain aud crew left her and starred Tor Chlna
In two Joats. The one containing the captain and
= part OF Inc crew was picked up by the PaIos on
her return fom Chcfoo, the Sth OF June. Thc
other reached Chei0O In safety. ne wreck OF the
Chusan was then sold at auction and bought oy
some Englishnen VINO Immediately went over 10
COrea 10 what they could Of the wreck. On
their arrival they found that the Cofeans had taken
fftrtr
into the country. TEcy also seized Tue Eng
lisbmen aud made them prisoners. The Chinese
escaped AMI returned 10 CheOo. and there reported
that their English frcnds had been tied nand aud
foot by the COrcans and thus suspended on BAMBOO
sse Ssn Of pSs he nasa
uaQship-the OccAl-was lying Isl ChefOO and Adj
miral kelIett immediately ordered The Ringdove TO
60 Ia all haste to Cheioo to look after
bic. For wn!le i. was the general
nrst class grievance against Corea, and that
there was chance now that England, France, the
Unied states una perhaps Prussia-an having just
cause OF complaint against Oorea-wOud unite III
JOINT EXPEDITION against her that would result
dne prospect was spoiled though by the return Of
the RingdOve Ia due time bringing iDc Engilshmen
alive and well. aud satisfied with Lne treatment
they had received from tie Coreans, pronOuncing
a. false and uniOunded the ridiculous stories Of the
frightened Chnese about their having oeen treated
like hogs ny the C0reans. so the wnOie matter rests
nearly stufu QuO. rhe English may certainly be
counted out Tne French, though having great
cause Of complaint Tor The treatment OF tneir priests
IN 1865, and no to be proud OF the result OF
the expedition sent TO demand satisfaction III 1856,
Boem 10 he TOO much occupied with Affairs about
Paris to give much attention TO COrea. Prnssias
only cause cOmplaint would be the fact or taking
ane goods ashore from the wreck Of the North Ger
man schooner Chusan, which Will scarcely be es-
esteemed cause OF war. The United states though
gailcd IN her object OF making treaty-has no fleet
In condition for active operations now IN Corean
waters. The three smallest stcamers-the AshuclOt,
MOnOcracy and Pa0s-which alone could venture AZ
sar as Fort de Coude, ON kAnghoa Island, and re.
I0rs de cOmbdt, ana are now Ia dock at Shanghae,
being repaired. The larger vessels-AlasKa, Bencia
and COlOrado--arc mere at Cnef0O, nearlv out or
provisions ana ammunition. large amount having
leen expended in capturing the Corean forts on the
Ammunition brought out having proved worthless.
H. may he asked what advantage would be gained,
what good result he obtained by further operations
against C0reaY More easily asked than answered.
AZ the case now stands, we sent there and asked
the COreans TO make treaty with us. They re-
piled that they IlId not wish Ia make treaty, but
shipyY recIed sailors cast on