The New York herald., 1871-09-10

no Nv Asve vounded among the killed the gallant
ics officer Lieutenant ~ W. Mckee IN conria- s.n-
y At tney stll protested their Willingness 10 tlke
are OF our sailors wrecked on their coast,
Vnetber the little unpleasant affair or the lOth and
Iltn OF June Will incline them more strongly to do
SO than tney were before sttll remains TO be seen.
But suppose IL does not ana We must make a
treaty bnding them to keep their promise, II Is
ey llenJ EOW tnat such u treaty can only
be obtained by force anu 10 DC ma ~ al they must
them Many elements enter into THIS problem and
render the so.ution dinicult. FIRST, the distance
rom home and tie great cost oil transportation OF
soldiers arms aud all the material Of war; second,
the great difficulty OF navigation IN all the Corean
waters It's rivers being mostly narrow and rapid,
aDoundlng III sudden turns and iled with danger
Ols rocks then banks beng steep and rocky and
the country through which they flow rough and
noun nlaInous, the great difference III the aud
al udcs amounting In some places TO forty leet,
adding 10 the danger OF NAVIGATION. All these
dangers and dlliicultles overcome and a force
landed, The way to Sioul, the capital, will be
through a rough ana mountainous country, un-
known TO the invaders and occupied by brave and
hardy race Of mountalneers, skilled III the Indian
art oi amDuscade and determined TO defend their
tenacity with which they contested the advance VI
the American IOrce on the 10th June and the
stubbornness with which ,hey resisted the assault ON
their orls Ill the last man fell lighting hand TO hand
with The assailants, establish their claim TO
bravery Dey Ond question.
Thc great disadvantage under which they labor
is the lnie'iOrty OF Their arms anu ammunition.
Ther large guns are very Old brass breech-ioaders
or about two-nch bore and about TWO hundred
years Old, Ittea to be aimed at only one particular
spOy ana having no facility Tor changing the range or
shifting tue aim as may be required by The changing
movements OF an enemy. Their small arms are
only tne old clumsy rusty gngals OF the Chinese,
which require TWO soldiers 10 handle, ana are dis
charged by the slow process OF matchbox. Their
swords and spears are made OF iron only, tney
having the art OF converting them into steel.
with all Jhis inferiority OF arms aud equipments
they present a ooid ann defiant front 70 all IN
vaders, saying To the Americans, even after their
terrible lnrasning Of June IL, You came here
talking peace but acting wal. Now we understand
what you are alter. Come on, we ale ready 10r
you These people occupy country OF 10000 square
miles OF rough mountainous land, and are SAID
TO number O0OJO Would 1t cost more or less to con-
auer them tnan 1T did to conquer the Seminoles in
sney u,eyu say %0O conqacrsa alter tnev had had " Seea
subdued, NJ a cost OF ever so many mlOnsy
perhaps only one--tnat is, Whatever The Americans
intend TO do III COrea by force "'twere well 'twcre
done qalcky.' The Coreans. though backward In
the arts OF civilization, are quick to learn In all
things that pertain to military operations. con-
slderlng their AalakOT Fort de Coude lmpregnab!c,
the rear. Aiter learning by bitter experience how
Vulnerable 10 was at that point they turned their
attention TO it, and were blsily engaged construct
ing Inc OF Iortihcauons across the peninsula, In
the rear or the iort Immediately after II was evacu-
ated by the Americans on June IL, ana In less than
TWO weeks they hau their guns all mounted and In
position, ready for another fight and the sound OF
Their guns practising could be heard almost every
day where the United states feet lay at anchor
They are also importing improved precch-lOading
firearms from China. wnere even Americans can be
found willing to sell arms Tor the sake or gain TO be
used against their own cOuntrymcn.
A runlOr IS current now that arrangements are
being made between the American and French gov
ernmcnts by which joint expedition Of French and
American ships Will be sent against COrea, and that
the two will make common cause until the injuries
received nave been avenged and the common object
of opening Corea obtained. In view or The Ameri.
Monroe policy Ot no entangng alliances and
the present rather chaotic state OF tho French gov
ernnent this seems, to say the least, doubtful.
Much doubtless could be done with Corea through
the medium of the Chinese government If we had
any one IN Pekin who could manage il; for tue
COrcans pay great Difference and respect to the EN-
perOr OF China, and their whole course towards the
American expedition and their whole exclusive
! policy Is, doubtless, inspired by him and mis- ad-
VserS.