The New York Herald Newspaper, August 14, 1857, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY. AUGUST 14, 1857. i F- 4 ve mot their large gun on beard. Away ty holding bes own well with the flag- epee Sl som distance asiern jpolago of irlands which lie tm the Mouth of tne Canton river. Posk Bay, large inlet where destroyed some weeks since, and re taken which have tol us some- “4 of our enemies. We pass tbe —the great feature of the en- as we lone it behind us we begia is imagived to be land, on are clouds wpoa the mountain tops, and that within that maiolspd there are creeks and ie 3 f E i 4 ti E g 5 43 asf ig g ; f | | i with large rivers whica keep up into the country. Cap- penetrated eighty miles among friendly population, but no the labyrinth. There is a wap of bem recently taken in one of the junks, Mike pre Raphwlie of a bapdful of aide memowe © @ Man who no uze toastranger, Among m these pirates prow! and hide aod here, when clove |, the madarin junke of war take refuge. Here, Me and waicsh their opportunity, coming dowa opportonity to mob & steamer, as they mobbed Coromandel on the 4*h of fanvary, and the Comus not tince, sending through ber a wicked shot, which took of a soaman’s legs, wen throng! rert of drawers, and destroyed all the captain's orockery What we call ‘mat land,” therefore, i# only the banks of a channel which Jeade to Caxton through this maze of shallow and narrow waters: Now we nae the right bend shore of this sickly pale D an aria le an of F fia a4 # we pass a grovp of mamolons that mark entrance to a bay, cbi« if Anson's Bay, and low down, nearly level with the water, is a lias of stone em- brasures, at which tweive large guas show their les, These are hoxtiie guns Tis is the fort of Chuenpee. ‘There is a sensible ¢14 msudsria there who writes io Pekin that no barbarian dares to look upon Chuenpee; but he also giver etrict orders that no gun iu Choenpes shall ever be fired on a barvarian; #0 we have hitherto let him Alone. We wore in close range for som, time, bu} no ‘Chinaman showed bis eye over his gun ‘The chanro! contrasts, Aveny to the left there is an un- Umited extent of rooks, shoals and shatlows; but the chan pel rons between two hilis. Midway between these high shores int two green islets, At the bottom of the ‘ail which the right band bank run two separate Lines of embrasures, built of very large stones, waich are ‘Bow knocked about ip strauge Confurion The islets have wimilar lines of foriificatien, wbicb circle their sumanits Like coronets. As we steam ap between the isiets and the @hore I look with horror on the plans. Here are four ba‘ teries, each bavirg embrasures for a buodred mon @trous guns, and all concentrating four cross fires upon this very pot Happily the danger ‘These are, or rather these were, the Bogue Forts, Jobs Chinaman compisinsinat we don’t fight fair ‘when we from time to time take these forts. Instead of going up tothem ike brave moa we send « fow small sbipe in for all the guns \o fire st,and when the guns are ail at work some marines and biue jackets leap over the ‘wall in the rear, and drive the gunners out. Toe Cuinese @re of @ practical an‘ reasoning tarp of mind. When asked why they ras awsy from @ eat 9 Party, one of them answered, in my heariug,“‘ Nocan. Two piecy man BO ona stand allsame piace, &'pose you must come in, I 0 out. ‘These Wantong islands are, I am told, to be ossupled by @ force of marines expected to arrive by the Sanspareil e@bout the end of July. After parsing this celebrated spot we come to a larger 4wiand, called Island Ii ts @ green bill and valley, ‘But with no trees upon it. Hore are Commissariat officers laying plans for making it a depot for their bullocks. Major Kegroey, who, a8 Asristant- Quartermaster General, has ‘been associated with thou in thic service, comes on board and tells me he here joins tho expedition on duty, having it tp command to report to bis General the military cha- Tacter of the country throvgh which he may procee1, and {ts capabilities for purposes connected with his depart men' i. ‘Half an bour’s steaming brivgs us to the entrance of the Sawebee channei—a broad water which runt away east ‘ward into @ plain covered with little round trees and well! evered patches, baving peculiar air of greenness 80 well tmitated Caincee landscapes—toe tender green of ‘the young rice. Thu ts the Saw*hee chapne! men'ioned iy mecount of Commodore Elliott’s expedition. It ie supposed to jead to a large river tothe eastward, but no one knows. There arc mameloushaped bilis in the back cc all bille are of that shape—and Commodore Moti’s pagoda is jast visible; but beyon1 the scene of his operations we know potbing. A LOOK AT SOME CAPTURED JUNKS. ‘clock we reach « wide reaca of tae river called },"' and are ip the middie of a We find the Tribune, Es i H E fitted « trunnion mbls, ninoee elouings pow. 9 mats, 1) Pow. ehot holes. INESE TRADERS—THEIR CALM OOM. MERCIAL ASPECT. turday, Seth May) we steamed up » Passing meny pictaresque horse. some bad been de ns Jook out formidable and pans and junke which we bumboats attach themeel res 8 rd i g if 5 zg i ii i #E te 5 t f iH i : i i i i i i i ; ! | tf tif 3 3 i : ; E ‘ces, and the Chinamen are ish coppers at @ moat ‘The basbandmen upon the do's in their paddyfields, not only ax tear, but under the protection of while we are bere (he Man cannot come down and d> them their woot. We have « Chinese his wife and children out of the ‘and located them at Hong Kong, to be understood that be is not « traitor, bet ao Be woart a glazcd bat an) a regulation I thoug St at first that he bad cut off the last link him to Whempoa—hbis tall, But po; be has ther than a compromise in this respect; he round bis head, inside his hat, When it be ties it round his hat outside HE GOBNE OF BATTLE AND ITA APPROACHES. Our brancb of the rivor (the Bieubeim passage) now contracts to the dimensions of the Thames at Richmond, ‘and but for the bapans and |y chee trees one might expect © pee & pont and « chair, an elderly gentioman anda landing net, Ever and anon we come up to a British abip, ‘whove captain gnes off to hold converse with the Admiral Thus we pass the Infiexibie, paddle steamer, and the Niger, screw; elso the Urciser and the Elk. Further on ‘we find the Acorn, 1% gun brig, and the Bastard, gunboat Now we arrive at » bar made by the Cuinese by sinking jonke filled with swnes Ove narrow passage has been ‘partially cleared, and it is said there are 16 foot of water Over that part at high water. The Coromandel *ras obliged to go at it et fall speed, and some rotten Umber came Coating up where abe got through. This bar is not marked in the Acmiralty chart. te astonisd 'ng, not this bar exists, bot that s bao- éred of them do not coour, At one time we bed only two pam ym di Jumks were accasiomed Ww come out aad @ Some way above ibis there is a boom balf way across, placed by tbe Snglish to prevent the desccat of fresh'ps at nighl, end baving paste.! whiz, the Blenheim al oa we bave come, dedooches into the fall river, an we bave achanne! te the lefi, which tt called Fawhan Branch Thitchansel leads up to the city of Faishan, a city, reperted to be rich ia do.k* ards aod arseuais, aud aboot twelve miles distant. Thitber fi is sald the mos Umorous of the magraics of Canton have retired in attack upon that city. This Feteban [ranch i ovr ultimate destination. Up thet channel the fort and the feet we are going to atiack. We sce our baitie field as wecrose the Movth, avd proceed directiy up to Macao Fort, which is Pinced st ss we Of & reach running down directly to ine ‘The fort is only two miles acd balf from "Tunis entrenchment are 280 marines, a strony embra- rounding & pagoda of three stories. The armed with large ships’ guns, ‘The time is gone by ‘own and throw shot ini the #00 the city of Canton on is on the other, Ad- are reconcottriog officers and look towards i i : i i Es EF 4 i ( z § it rj E pF eaF if 3 3 i Hi : ii i t 2 of the city is biddes from us by the oo Honan's at oar foot; but we look Tesch on a suburb, pot very unlike wha) the banks of the Med vay, ® couple of miles below Koobester bridge There are two ruined lives of forts, which lam told are the Shameen forts, blown up by te ‘ish when Uy retired from ihe city. Wecan eee also jb fort, whicb at this distance looks not un Like Chester cathedral, and eiands om an eminence far We also seo the colebiated five storied pagoda, which bas an ancient and respectable appearance, end q@uggeets the ides that theve structures were originally py af imitations of the bamboo, just as the Corta- ‘tb! capital was by the soanthas, the gothic 7, avenves of trees, and the Saxon arch by t willows. ‘The Chinese are ae busy as bees round Gough fort. ‘There ea encampment there. Toey are throwing - ments, connecting the works with the city walle, and evidently expecting that the tacticr of ihe Inst attack will be repeated in the next, They are immensely on ‘The Admiral and Commodore bering completed their #urrey, We Cap ROW OCCUPY the Opporite apertare in thin We ree the furt we are to attack on Monday, and of the jank fleet. All who would updersaad the ust wear with me while I describe the looaiity i two miles from the mouth of the Fatahan Brangh is Hyacinth Inland. There ie opposite to a or up the Branch, two smaller tribate- leit field of battle, Stand on the ‘The Chinese believe they are here impregnab! by 4 He. know you oa.not get at the jupks without fret oe fort, abd they believe thst no man can go up that hill in the facw of their guns. Several vessels have from ime to time gone in and exchanged shots with ihe fort and come back again This contirms their confidence. TAKING UP A POSITION— THE ANCHORS OUT. We no reiu b to our anchorage down river, the capiains receive their instructions for the atack ov yy morning at 4o'.lock fhe Coromandel is to go , owing the manines, and mapw@uvring je take off (bo tee while they are lauded; then she ‘s to dash in among tbe jupks, she gunbors and the rowboats following. Hara work for tbe little Coromandel, Oa sunday there was a large congregation on board the fisgabip. The solemn words of the prayer before battle fell heavy upon every ear. — MUBTKRING ON THE WAY DECK--ORDERS OF THES BNGLISH ADMIRAL. It was scarcoly three o’c'ock on the morning of Monday, the Ist of June, when tose who slept on the dock of the Corowandel, wrapped in their cloaks, wore aroused from toeir stee >. A huehed movement among the sailors hat already begun. The steam was up. The vigilant young commander, Douglas, was alresdy at bis pos', ani look {pg through the darkness for the arrival of the boats con- taining the marines. Tbey soon came, avd ia a long atring of crowded row beals attached themselves to the stern of Then the Admiraljtook his place upon the the steamer. bridge, the wheols slowly revolved, aud the Ooro mavdel moved forth from the surroundiug fleet. Those dark buils, seen dimly by their own lights, would appear to be soundly at reet but for a hurhed murmur which ever and anon comet from the darkness, the bum of men muster- ing in recret, ‘The Admiral’s last orders were, “Let no one up anchor Uli 1am welfln wi.b the fort. Respect private property; and do no vitl:nce to unarmed .”’ It was in obe- elence to the Aret of these that the mandel was allow- ed to eam out alone ‘The passage through the bar was buoyed with lights. It was rill) b’ack night as the ateamer cleared it, and for half sn bour with ber freight of 300 red coats ia tow, she steamed on xt slow epeed uy to the mouth of the Fatsban Branch. It waz an anxious thing t» look forth from the paddle-box of that steamer as she eteadily advanced into Ane encmy’s Country—alone. An almost imperceptidic dawn soon rendered the darknoss less opaque, and odjocts became inc istinctly vistole She had gone about a mile up when, from the right bank a little ahead of ber, a rocket fact up inthe air; then another from the opposite bank, and a minate after It was answered by another from the fleet of junks “John Chinaman is determined to show that he is not to be caught napping” was the remark, ana on we went for another five minuics. There is ittle twilight bere; the division between thick darkness and broad daylight 1s almost to be measured by moments, APPROACH TO A CNINS8B FORT—JOHN CHINAMAN PITOWKS TRE FIRST SHOT. Now we could sce the higher tills that form the back- ground to the fort, and the Coromandel was abreast of a village whion ts about 1,500 yards from the fort itself. Suddenly, in the grey distance, @ flash and a curl of smoke, and before the booming seund reached us the big shot ttruck the waters about 200 yards ahead, driving the epray high up in the air. lt was @ beautiful line, straight*for the vessel’s bows, ‘and the spot was carefully noted, for it showed the range for which the lower tier of guns was laid. Your Chinaman does not sim his guns at the moment according to hie judgment of the distance of the object. He practices at certain points which ap assailant must pass an¢ notches the elevation on the carriage of the gun. Searcely had the splash shown the gu that his range was short when another flash came from the higber er The shot, with a rushing sound, passed over the ship @ little t> the left, and dasoing ioto.a paddy fleld oa our port qvarter sent @ column of black mud up thirty feet. All this time the Coromandel was advancing, and the dawn was becoming day. It being certain that she was within range, the fort opened in earnest at the steadily ad vapcipg mark. Firet came a general salvo, then fash after fiash in rapid succession. Then the battery on the other side of the island opened, rusaing sounds came ag od Dear, and the water sometimes splashed the deck. For topately tbe ricochet! shot which a OCninaman best loves was out of the question, for his guns were nigh up pon the bill, and ja ,small jeteamer, moving stem on at ‘8 distance of 900 yards, isa litle object, and hard to hit. The shot came near us and around us, but did not strike. We reached the islend—Hyacinth islaod—and were steaming up the left hand cbanuel, direotly to the fort, AN ENGLISH SHIP AGROUND. Suddenly there was a concussion and a grating sound. “ Back your paddles, we are aground. ”’ ere aground upon a line of junke suak across the channel. A% soon as the Chinese saw this they redoubled their fire. Tbe boats were cast off and told to row quietly under the land, while the fort was cocapied with firing at Lieutenant Doug las took a cingy and a boathouk and sounded the obstacle. The Chinamen had left a parrow channel, as an escape hole for themselves, close under the bank beside us; all the rest was blocked. Tse Coromandel was too firmly fixed to benefit by this information. It wae dead low waer, and she mutt fivat in afew minutes. Mean abe was fulfilling her scribed duty, which was to take the shot of the fort. crew ran up and down the deck to try to start he: vain. The Coromandel did not fire a abot; tn feot, only one gin loaded. She could not afford to smoke at this critical part of the river. 4 BRITIGH COMMODORE ON DUTY. But now Keppel thought he bad restrained himeelf long es the admiral’s orders. He came upon the paddle box of the Hong Kong gunboat, which boe his pennant; and, baving with his quick glance poted the soundings and the result, stood in between the Coromandel andthe bank. There he was like a man thoroughly enjoy- ing himself. Hie blue trowsere tucked up to the top of his Russian boots, bis white pith hat, his email, active, springy Sgare, bis constitutional bumored, devil may care laugb— there was @ man ), Without the least ostentation, was ready to go into any fire that gunpowder and iron could get cp, and around him were men to foilow bim, “May Ifpass, sirt’ aground.’ STORMING THE FOR’ AND RETREAT OF THE INESB. Immediat: ly behind the Hong Kong ¢omes the Haughty, admirably handed. She is ‘tpg the boats of the Fury, Indexible and Crater, large steamers, which can only send their captains and their crews into those sha’ ADVANCE OF THE MARINES the parro#, steame directly for the fort, and aiverts fire from the poor Coroman ‘el, who, however, \s makiog violent efforts to get free, Next come the Bustand and (he Tribune. They are waved to pass where ‘and the Haugbty passed, but they do tee, or they think they kn »w better, and they get hopelessly agrona7. It 1s a pity, for the Hong Kong has met with some stakes of the other side of the channel, and those janke whose painted ports we have beea so long looking at, and whicn remained go steadily inactive while the range war unoer tain, bave now opened fire and are plumpiog rownd shot {nto her with aa uncomfortable — leew her struck three times while I looked at ber, The Plover gots up beside the Hong Koi break the barrier. ft is here that Sergeant tian bed bis bead taken off by a ronnd shot. Aud now the Opossum having cast off ber boats goes up the » ight hani channel at full speed and dashes inte the fire. Several of the otaer gupboate wre aground astern, but the ships’ boats taken to their oars. Crowded with men, and checring justily, galley and gig, pinnace, launch and barge come racing up The scene is hae @ regatta, Dut death picks his victims as they pane, Bat now the tide is making, and the Coromandel is free Aa she rieams up to the fort the Gre slackens—onrly now ‘and then an obsiinate gun gives out. The bill is now comparatively free from smoke, and the scene 's as pi from the paddie box of the Coromandel ay if were enacted & stage for our amusement. The boats’ crews and marines bave landed and are mounting that steep bill. They bave taken the precipitous side, where the fat Chinamen, who hed prepared to re cetve them by the zig zag pa'h, never thought they would come. The ar we ganper® are trying in vain to deproes their runs so as to sweep them with grape. Failing thas, they are rolling down 32 pound shot upon thom, torowing stink pots, which do not explode, and three. pronged spears. bave not much time for this Qmosement. Commodore Elliott, with a middy by his wide, is running a race with Captain Boyle, who com- mands the marines, andisnearly up t the embrasures. ‘Captain le fires his revo'ver at # Chinaman who is try. {ng to fire bis matchiock at hin. He misses him, for the a his race to shoot wi mocuracy. The Chinaman in return rolls @ couple of huge shot down at the captain and teen takes up @ spear of prod'- = length and boris it at the middy, A shot from modere Elliott's revolver settles this brave man’s career leaw him aferwards ‘and flerce in death. Mixed with the marines, and but little bebiod the fore rank, climbed the post captains and commanders. We Can recognise Corbett, and Forsyth, and Leckie—and b bis side Major ey conspicuous by bis he met pith bat—and Fellowes contending vigorousiy Hong Kong near whore he fell, grim with the laws of witetion. Edgell. is hii; Bo, be bee only oa while dodgis & roaud shot, aud =has rolled way down | bil. He get op and shakes bimeelf and recommences. Mounting in the same preciplious ascent with quick elastic sie, fing Nevtenant, Fowler, by his side, goos the admiral hi self, He went off from the Coromandel in his own boat, unobserved by many on board. He has no weapon, not even & weiking stick to help him up; yet be outstrides many of the marines. He goes to see what nexiis fo be done, and we will make haste to join him Thia part of the affair 1s 809m over. The gunners sulkily retire as the storming pa arrive; bat they fire their guns within Ofty yards their aresilants. They waik away down the of the bill, and it aires many ay vo hs marines to = them ron. The marines very badly; running up hills not good preparation for rife shooting at moving objects. BLOWING UP TIF OHINRAR JUNKS——TRAVY RXPLO- BION® AND APTRER BORNRS. From the top of the hill I have ® most magn’ loent pano. ramic view of the operations below. Lieutenant Fowler bas brought one of the Chinese guns to bear upon the unke, and the jonks fire up atus, but nether do meeh damage. Now Elliott avd his captains run down to their boats and follow the Haughty, which is siroady cloar of the island and up with the janks beyond, The marines descend into the paddy fields at the foot of that side of the hill fort which faces the janke, and, up to the waist in water, they take pot thote at the Chinamen. The Hanghty. drives right stem on into ome of the two beve been sweeping the channel, an Uke ® notehell, Forsyth jampe first on board, and the cree jomp overbeard, It is the old story, “Bpore you come, I must e. foriourly down there, for 30 junke are blazing 12 gone each at the intruders, who rash into their from onr side of the island, and 40 are equally rapid in their di oe other aide y ‘Sying tgon It eeoms imporsibie to believe, lies in the resolution of our rectly up alongside, and inevitab| ‘and | ‘aster then even asvake junk ry high, and whem the smoke cleared the crew were r.polng —— the paddyfields, and marines were im. game was soon up. - First camea rush of fire and « Joud ex losion 4 pillar of white smoke rises bigh inio the sir and ewells at the top like « Doric column. snetber and anotber, and the guns cease, and the cannon smoke blows away, and the boats’ crews are rowing from jurk to junk, and tn two long lines, almost as fares the eye can reach, le the junks--sowe kindling, some tn full blaze, but all stranded and abandoned. In one of these the sailors rescued an old men and boy, chained to a gun, and lefttoburn. (m ancther, a woman snd child were tied with wisps of bamboo toa 32 pounder. There were many which the eailors could not enter, and perhaps these “iweb on uae ks which e bave been down upon the junks ay ecrose the Fatshan Branch, and also along the winding creek that stretohes a) ‘at right angles to the loft. Our view of those which lay along the creek that beara to the right was not quite 60 near. But here the contest ceazed al thesame time. Right and left, coVering an immenre extent of narrow water, the juoks lie, prizes olther to us or the flames. We have leisure now to count them—they are 72. BBEARFAST, PLUNDER 4 ND MORE FIGHTING. While s00.@ are plundering and some are thinking 0° Wreakiast. there is beavy firing in the distance People ask where is Keppel? We murt follow his fortunes; for all is Dot over yet, and ther When Commodore Kepr away up the channel to the right of Hyacinth island, untl! beceme under the six gon battery, and within fire of toe jovkt. Here his vessel ran aground, and the Plover commng up, the Commodore travs‘erred oimself to ber; b tas she could not get up, be gt into bis own galley, and, followed by the row b: of thie Calcutta, the Buvero and the Niger, pulled straight away through the fire The big junk that lay acress the channel was boa-ded in her ownemcke. As usual, when the assilants grew very near, the Chinamen fred a broadside and also a traio, and siipped into the water on the other eide, The boas were cearcely free of her when she blew up. Rightin among junks dashed Keppel and his cheoring dare devils, recelving thelr fire and driving the crews avay as they approacbed. Vain wereihe Jhinamen’s kpois, thetr three pronged sveara and their ingenious noty 80 contrived as to fell over a boa:’s crew ani catch ‘bem like herrings, while they spear them through the meabes. To utilize such ingenious inventions John Ubina man must wait till the boats come alongside, and this he has not yet tatored bis nerves to scoomplish. “Never watt, lads,’’ cried the Commodore; “leave those rascals to the gunboats and the fellows behind. Push on ahead |'" Through thie wilderness of junks they pulled, driving out their crews by sheer audacity, and necing, Wan to eur by those whoshould come after. They shot through the lines wp into the vacant cbarnel. Some of his boats bad been hulled by the jupks; ome lingered to pay a visit oa deemed Chinaman or to stop his mouth; but Keppel still preased onward, and where he goes he always gets some to follow. Where could he be going? Was it information or was {t intuition, or has he resolved to atiack, with his seven the city of Fatsban and its population of 200,000 ? Ibave not asked him,and he bes not said, but I suepect the city was his object. With four gal Jeys and three boomboats, carrying a gun each in their bows, they speed away from the conqured janks and bold on for nearly four miles— but now there are junk maste in sight, and every one knows that a fgatis coming A little farther on, and they come upon their prey, and also upon wpe of those strong positions which the Chinese have now Jearred to take. TERRIBLE FIGHT OF THE OHINAMEN—FATAL PRBOL BION OF THEIB GUNYEBS. At the part of the Fatshan Branch, which they had now reached, there is an island shaped ‘like » leg of mutton, viaced léngthway in the river. The broad part is towards \pe British boats, and across the knuckle end 20 large jonks lie moored to the shore end aground. The conse- quence of this position is, that to attack them the British boats must pase through one of two passages, both of which narrow tc a funnel; avd upon that narsow aeck of water the whole fire of the 20 junks will be con- centrated. One of these funnel ‘pastages has been staked and is impa:sable. other not water to two boats abreast. At this pertlous je Ke end his crew now dashed. The three boats took the ground im attempting to follow. The base of this triangular island eonsists of high land whic the grornded boomboats could not fire over, so their ups were useless; the apex, or, to use my more fauitiar inetration, the knuckle }, Was low ; addy elds, which ’ guns could not sweep across. it was a position Carthag! insidius naius. the boats appear in the narrow passage than 90 32-pounders sent 20 round shot, and a hundred emaller guns sent their full of grape and cani*ter of 600 yards right among thm. The effect was ‘eppel was sounding with the boathook for wa ter for boomboate and went back amid the storm to them up. They start afresh and make another effort get The Commodcre pushes on ahead, There was Captain Leckie in bis galley, witn Major Kearney by his side, There was in Rolisad in the lavoch of ihe Calcatta, and Lieutenant Seymour ta the barge of the same ship. The Tribune’s catter was in amorg them. The , who had any cecaps. The Got of Batiles is there, and wonderful are the instances of Bis merciful q Cochrane bas the sleeve of bis coat torn wy By @ shot, which leeves him un- harmed A round enters the Tribuoe’s boat and pasees along her line of keel, from ttem to stern, without | touching aman. ‘“Thai§was close, Victor,”’ said ‘Keppel, | to Bis fag-lieutenant, 1 cannon shot passed between their DORE Fortunately for himself, Victor (Primes Victor of Hohen- | lobe, as thorough and un: ding Bridsh seaman as if his pame were Drake or Jervis) was leaning forwards and using bis bapdserchief as @ toarniquet to stop the bleeding of a seaman whose band had jast shot off, otverwise that ball must have taken Victor's heed off. atthis time the galley was disabled, and she was crifting down under the guns of the japks. Even Keppel saw that it would | not do. The mater was, however, settled for him, for | the next abot tore away the stern sheets of his galley while be waa fortunately standing up with the tiller ropes in bis baad: “ Seymour, you mu-t take mein,” and he stepped from his sinking galley into the barge of the Cal- cutie. All the other occupants of the geliey were algo removed into the barge, all except the mangled corpre of the eoxsewain and the favorite dog of the Commodore, who had been acoustomed w be tended by that myn, and would not leave his body, With this freight the wreck jg galley drifted with the risiag de up towards ihe junke. PIPING TO DIFNER—A SUDDEW ALARM. Now the boats retired am{d a sounding of gongs, strange shoute of triumph, and a redoubled fire. They retired to tbe Hong Korg, which was aground astern; but, support- ed by tbe Staring, threw shot aod shell ‘ap among the junks, azd receiveo from them a fall equivalent for their Ore. The Commodore vas waiting for retnforcementa ard for more water in the river; and meanwhile he piped to din- ver. The men were getting their rations,and were de- vouring them when the fire from the janke slackened. “ bree cheers for the Blue '’ crie¢ a Raleigh boat that now came up. ‘Map the boats, Inds; those rascals a-¢ geiting float.’ Off they go again dipneriess, bat ia high spirits, and under @ fire so hot thet the Caloutta’s In is sank, ‘and (aptaip Rolland bas to scramble int) another boat. This ime they find water enough {s the narrow pas- sage, and, dashing through the ehet. find the enemy afloat And in movement thas now beceme achase. Terese jonks, manoed by from 40 to 100 rowers, go faster than But shrapsel! eheil ; there are twistings in the chart, and in following ofven find themselves bet ween the: | our heavy boom doate can follow: | creek that are not theve windings by side wi Bre at cach shown revere apd pursued ‘an interval of ian across these i bandored. ‘@ sbame that their five junks ahould be taken But the their eyes. They torn out in martial array; bella and beat gongs: they come filing dow! covered from view th vt only their waving banners branetsbod | sorts and saleide are vitible, “Weare rile; ¢ us!” they are supposed to sing or ory. Keppei haa his own way of Tose mantee Te turned bis marines out ‘of his bonte, drew them up on the Sate Yeo bien ae ate ayo wut quick'y back up its forse in pase on He ‘to land his hor 3 in the stern pheets of his boat and shook his fist good hu saying, “You ratoais, I'll come back again to and those extraordinary Chinese, they, te, Janghe¢—s broad, good humored gris—and 90 {t was 3 o'clock when Commod: Keppel yned to ibe flag ship, which was now tnchored whore the Oviness admiral’s junks bad been moered at tne commencement of eee As he came down bis lomt recog: nized the yellow Raleigh bost, and swam off to his mactet BORNE OF DEVARTATION—-TH® DOCTORS AT WORK. Not jumk was preserved. Their materials are so in flammable that they readily i alte one another, and as we can make no ure of them they were not worth saving at the price of danger to the men. As it was, the shot from their heated gana ruthed about in a most unpleasant man- ner. At sundown the view from the deck of tho flagship was & mixture of the g-oterque and the sublime, The boats were all adorned with barbaric spotle; banners of every amplitude, some of them adorned with colonsal pto- tures of the fat God Fo, flaunted open the breeze. Manda. ring’ Coats and mandarins’ breeches were fresly worn. Commodore Elliott’s crew were equipped ¢ with» mandaring’ hat and foxes’ tails, They had dutifally re- ferved one for the Commodore, but I must confess I did not see him put iton. Around, far as the eye oo ald reach, following the windings of this maze of creeks warjanks were smouidering or biaring, and minotes an explosion ahook the air, The Cantonese had moredly, soon :”” i E posts, From their own they could ase an hear whet had been done in Fatshan bresuh Tt wae bruited tn Ki that ® mandarin of bigh rank—one than Yeb— come down to Canton, fF So, he sow gained bis first ‘Then came Dr. Andersson’s sad labor of the wounded for wear, sea gocem oe the jane. morn ‘as we passed down the river, two war junks appearod'bree miles astern, ad fired agua. They were chasing the barbarian fleet! General yw of the State of Affairs— [From the London times, The let'er of our Bombay correspondent ‘rl be quickly searched by m: ‘an anxious eye, in quest of places and Dames, or of any! that may Indicate the end of the Indian'strugg'e. Ne doubt, to such an eye it will read lommy enough. A vast region of peace and security, to known to most of us as the golden soil where yourg .ge:tiemen rise rapidly into fortune and honor, where beardlers civilians rule provinces, and youogsters pay of Generals, is seon under a suiden cloud of Tevelt. All.at once tha cohesion whith bound a great em. distant mame has ceased, and into is elements Station afer station is infected; regiment afer regiment rises, under @ common feeling, rather than a common design, and beppily with po pian of fuwre operations, A sirange distemper rages through the native army, and it loses its allegiance as it wight tts color or its health Io one place the regyment mutinies at once; in another it wa. vers and is disarmed; in another it acts the hypocrite, vows fidelity, demands to be led against the insurgents, and then iirelf revolts; in another it is led against the mu tineers, and joins them; in some places the mutiny \s only partial, asd the scund portion puts cown the unsound; some half-dozen places will acquire an evil name for the atrocities there committed; in aa many the Exropean offi. cers bave escsped either by the kindness or the careless- nets of their own insurgemt toldiers. Such is the checkered story of a revolt tbrougbout vast region, more than a thousand mies from one end to the other, running inte a newly aecnired gouty, avered ty rivers in the hands of nalties, and boraered right and left by States that be true only as long as they fees t' their interest to be so. In many districts the cop muuications are interrupted, thé wires out, and the means of conveyance every where depndsnt on natives. Thos the horrors, such as there are—and there aye not a few—are aggravated by obssu- rity. Tbe storm is terrible, but ite darkness is even more awful than its Ughtoing Intelligence must arrive but slowly. We must eubmit to what many feel an agonizing ruspense, in which everything ts borrible wbich is un known. Yet the greater part of this horror disappears when we come to contemplate the matter—we will not calmly, but with a simple view to ascertain (he real state of things. Why je it allo dark and uncertain? Why has the Bengal arm; clsap i? Why this collasses thie crumbling of the fabric, this trance of authority? If it reflects blame upon us, it proves no less the wi of that which we to deal with. There ts only one idea in the mutiny, and that ie to rnn off to Delhi, tho tra. ditional seat of indian Roeper bien bid ag — and opporite poipte—tbere is still a flight ) Ubi. or no plan, what isthe result? It is at least jast what we should desre. It is toe old Indian —an immense ac- Fay Den th men ey with aad finally ror S at, if Delhi is such a trap, we may possibly pay . We have made it ourselves a srt of Indian Sebastopol, strength- ened tt, and filed it with cannon and and Why we ever did this with a pisce of high Mahome. dan fame, and then assigned it to the keep- ing of an exciusively native force, we need .net now inquire We now hear further that several thousands of the-defenders are encamped under the guns outside the worse oat Se eens cone ie the Jumma, which foes wader CUnDstADCes: ‘we must not quarrel with them, or even with the policy leaving @ ‘‘queem bee” in the bive. Nowhere else ts any made againet us, even where ove might have been @ At Allababad a bandsul of Earopean invalids defended the fort ani one of the chief arsenals in India fageinet several native regiments. At Benares, even with the ald ef irreguiars aud Sikh regiment, the muti neers were beaten off and driven towards Delhi by a anda handful of the Queen’s f i i i z th pnt! ' E i THE GOODWOOD RACES. Latest Betting—Appearance of the American Horses—The Weather and the Fieid —Odds Against Pryor and Prioress—The Race and Victory, CUP BETTING. [From the London Mercantile Gazette, July 30.] On Tucaday, the 20h inst, the betting was :— 7 © 2 against Gemma di Vorgy—taken. Biol “ Anton—taken. Tol Arvonal—oflered. 9to1 “ Fisherman. lotl Kiseber—taken. Wool “ Ganboat. Mwl Melissa—taken. Fezzoletto and Mongrel were scratohed. RAOQE DAY FOR THE CUP—APPRARANCE OF THE FO- REIGN HORSES. [From the London Mercantile Gazette, July 31. reat trial of strength with the Amecricac, Fronch eliab horses imparted an additional attraction to the “oup day Pryor and Brioress came to englanc with a vast reputation, while Fiorim and Monarqve were not un- know to fame. The Americans regarded the success of their horses with no little con@dence, and u were defe the London Times, July 81] Although the cup was the ae event ia the day's sport, yet there were other races: poouliar interest de- " rise to some brisk speculation, The resclte are fully detailed below. important and ancertain element in an Rng- man's enjoyment—the weath+r— propitious, finer day for the celebration of @port could nol have been desired. Dark clouds ocoasionally gathered, bot they brought with them breezes, which de- lighifully tempered the heat Perbape the attendance of general company was never larger ou any former anniversary of the “Cup Day;’’ and, #8 8 proof of our amertion, we may stat a faot that brings conviction with it. Mr, Mason, the printer of the oarda, fold ont his entire stock soon the races commenced, ‘and Was compelled to ‘‘go to press’’ again on the course in order to rupply the increasing demand. The run on the refreshment department was extraordinary, and at iast the tock of sandwiches was exhausted, although Mr. Oareloas bad catered with his usaal liberality to supply the many- mouthed multitude. fo relioquish the taak, ov! im poral bility of relipquis , Owing to the {1 our ‘‘Itat of fashlonables’’ complete, The Duke of Richmon4 somprised bie royal highness of Cambridge, the Prince and Princes: Weimar, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the ar! Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Lay the a and Marchioners of Exeter, the of Allesbory, and Countess of Wilton and Lord Grey de Wilton, Lady Faith Somerset, Lord Olitden, Lard Bingham, Lord Sefton, Lord Cavendish, Lord Enfield, Lord Eamon, Mr. snd Lady Sophia Dea Vorux, Lord rough, Hm. J. Macdonald, Admiral Rona fant, it Lupin, Mr. @. Payne, Mr. ©. Greville, ke ‘Tho Goodwood Oup, value 500 sovs., the rest by «ab i ‘The second to re- wubs. Lagrange’ Emperor, er, 3 yre., Tat, 2ib. (Bray). man, 4 yre., Yet. Io. ( Well fon, 3 yrs., Tet. Tb. (Fiauman)... reo 8, Ost. Bib. (1 ). or, 6 yre., Bt, 1b, (Littlefield) Captain Cartatio's Kestrel, 4 yrs.. but: eid» (3. Rogere). Lord Clifden’s Melises, 4 yrs, Set. 61b. (J. Osborne). Mr. Gratwicke’s Visocunt, 4 years, Sst. 11). (Kendall) Mr. 5) Ten Broeok’s Prioress, 4 yrs, 7st. lllp, (Gil- Pevir. J, Robson's Gemma di Vorgy, 3 yra, Tat. 9b, (Ald. croft \noward’s Arsenal, 3 yrs, Tet. 2ib. ama.) . Hankin’s Gunboat, 8 yrs, Tet. ‘lb, inciuding ‘Tb. extra. (Hughes. ‘Mr. Lupin’s Flora, 3 yrs, 6st. 7Ib. (Hun}.) BETTING AT @TARTING. 6 to Saget Gemma ci Vorgf, 11 to 9 eget. Anton, 11 to Zagat. Rueber, 9 10 1 aget, Arsenal, 14 to | agst. Fisher- wan, 16 to 1 aget. Monarque, 16 1 agst. Florin, 15 to 1 eget. Melissa, 40 to 1 mgst. Gunboat, 14 fo 1 agst. the Ame rican horses After the starver had paraded the horees in Indian file past the grand stand he coaducted them to the post and endeavored to draw them up in line—a task of some little aiffioulty, owing to the fractiousness of Pryor, who caused breasings away. When the flag was dropped Viscount rushed w the front, buten reaching the grand stend Rieeber, who was pulllug hard, went upto him, Viscount, Monarque, Gonboat, Fisherman and Moe'tssa |merican the mine (aah. ‘6 6 yre., 8s 1 2 3 4 Clustering well up, the A horses up the rear. Onturming out of the straight, however, emerges from the ruck and went away with a lead of half a dosen lengths, Florin, Guuboat, Monarque, Fisherman, Viscount and Arsepa) ropnirg in a body next. On round ‘ing the turn towards the clump Prioress ran wide, and Gun- ‘oat was left in posseseion of the lead, which be carried on into the dip On rising mio sigbt Risebcr and Prioress were veep in chore Company wita Gunboat, followet oy Melissa, Fiorip, Monarque, Fisherman and Arsenal. Toev ran thus to the last turn, apd on descending the hill by the half mile post Gunbost slipped up and fell, aed Arsenal jamved upon him. Forobam fortunately kept his reat, bat Kes tre] and Gemma di Vergy both came to the ground. The lamentable occurrence of last your immediately rushed upon the minds of the spectators, andthe most painful in- terest was excited. Ali fears » ere dispelied as the jockeys were seen to scramble up apparently uninjured. Afver this aceident Riseber was left with a sight lead, with bo: pg ig bes Seas. and pcm ae with ore well up, the American horses going partic ly stromg a well. At the balf disiance monarque went up to Riseber, and Prioress gave way to Fisherman. Tae race from that point was virtualty reduced lo # maich between the tirst two, Moparque wioning by a head, three lengths between tbe second and third; Apton, who met witu a disappoint ment by the accident mentioned above. was beaten about three lengths from Fisherman; Privress was a bad fifth; Pryor and Melissa were sizih and seventh; the others were pulled up. TERMINATION OF THE SPORT—-ORDER ON THE COURSE. {From the London Times, August 1 Asuccesrful meeting wes broughi to mination yestercay. cf & most interesting conducted with the utmost regularity. It may toned, too, asa ‘great fact,’’ that throcghout the four days the police were not once called upon to exercise thelr authority. Nota care of miscondac; of any description years ago used to send large batches of delinquents to the County jail! The police arrangements were under the di rection of Superintendent Walker, of the A Division, as- sisted by Inepectors Grant and Richerdson. Inspector Whioher, ¢f the detective force of the metropolitan police, was On duty in the grand stend. ANOTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE CUP. [From the London Post. July 31. ‘The ‘cup is from a design and model of Mr. F. Hunt, and was manafactured at the establishment of §Mesers. Hopt and Roskill, of Bond street. On tho stern us a me- dallion portrait of Sbakspere, and op the body of the vase are two oval medallions, each of which contain, in relief, a scene ‘rom the “Midsummer Nigot's Dream.” In one is represented ‘quarre! of Titania and Oberon, and the fight of the former with ber attendant fairies— We aball chide downright tT longer e worig! . And on the other is seen Titania asleep, fand Uberon apply- Interesting Vase of Garroting. PURSUIT OF THE HIGHWAYMEN—EXOITING OHASE AND CAPTURE OF ONE OF 78 PERPETRATORS. An interesting case of garroting came up before Justice Osborn atthe Lower Police Court yesterday morning. James Williems,en il] looking fellow, was arrested by Officer Centre, of the Second precinct police, on charge of highway robbery preferred against him by s seaman wamed Michael Nugent. The compla'nant, it appears, was attacked by two men while he was sleeping in a doorway in South street, and an effort made to choke and rob him. ‘The robbers not succeeding in their attempt as casily as they thought they would they became alarmed, and ran of, pursued by Nugent. The rascals were intercepted in their flight by Officer Centre, when Williams drew a re- volver and threatened to blow the policoman’s brains out i be dared to interfere. The policeman got bebind a post, and drawing his revolver put Bimsclf in an attitude of defence, when the ——— again took ht. it fig! They were hotly the officer, who fired » shot at them effect. The fellows were both armed with re- volvers, apd threatened several times to shoct the officer, but still the chase was continued. The policeman aided by ® Gitizen named T. McDonald, succeeded after a great deal of hard work in captaring Williams in a cellar way im Pearl street. The other fellow] succeeded in mating good his escape. As soon as the prisoner found that he ‘was secured, he feigned drunkenness, or in the words of the policeman, he “played drunk,”” but the game would not work. He was promptly taken to he station houre, ‘and there looked upifor the remainder of the night. The | following evidence, elicited on the exanintion before Jus- } ice Orb wrne will be found highly interesting: ~ |. The complainant, in his affidavit, says that he arrived | thie city on Wednesday, for the of ariog berth as a sailor; that bi not knowing where to get loogings he laid down in a door. way in South street, detween Beckman and Peck alli that about half past two o'clock yesterday morning, while and apotber person unknown caught him around the neck into compleinant’s pockets) $6 in gold and paper money Unued to hold complainant about the throat; that 2 soon as said Williams caught him by the throat be struggled, got upon his feet and cried out, “Let ¢o of me; that some citizens then came along, when Williams be- in which wore some man walked that the complainant followed them to Fulton market, where he met s watchman, to whomn he communicated bis ideas regardiog the character of the | Men; that the watchman and complainant then pursued | Wiliams and the other mao unill the: Cenire, of the Second preciuct police, when the accused Idenified aa one of the highway men. Joseph D. of posin adieu to the patrons of this honse I called “ Forty and Fifty” and Bowsny Trmarre.—The marks of omen | was renewed and continued up to the same evening, Purpose 8 stranger in Sow York aod If they the complainant was resting on said swoop, the prisoner | is and choked him; that the unknown man pnt his band | wailing fora ship to forward bis oar; while Williams con. | tilla bas gone south with two men of. war and y were met by officer — Islands; ehe has been survey: waa arrested and taken to the station house, and there | in Bows form the South Pacific. i ‘The steamer Velparaiso arrived at Panama on the of July, with fourteen passengers, $400,000 in sp chiefly tn silver bars for England, and the semi mos mail. The dates arc—Valparaiso June 80, Iquique 1st, 0 1b, and Paita 16th of July, AFFAIRS IN PERU. OUR TACNA CORRESPONDENCE. i Taos, Poru, July 6, 188 i Continuance of the Revolution State of the Oountry—m of the Government Troops upon Arequipa— Proposition the Suspension of Hostilities—Arequipa Besieged tack of the Besieged—Succesyful Resuli—The Killed Wounded— Vivanco a Hero—The Apurimac—The Protective Treaty. The revolution, which has kept the country in eu disturbea state daring the past eight months, has not} yet brought to a conclusion, although the revolatio have lost their entire fleet, except the Apurimac, and | been driven to take refuge in Arequipa, where the pre movement against the government of General Castilla took place. During the past month or two the entire p of the republic, as well as the important cepartmen: Ayacuoho, Cuz>0 and Moquegua, have remained in ar of perfect tranquillity, and there has been no atten made in any of these places te create a movement tn fi of General Vivanco, The formidabdie divisions of General Sen Roman Colonel Friere, numbering about 4,600 men, have been Suan stepnaing: wean: d ps, and on the 20h ok took up a position within leagues of that city. A fow weil meaning residents of Arequipa, wish rent the city from bloodshed and fag | Roman and offered to mediate between buta part ‘A convention was accorilingly entered into, and two ar from either party met to deliberate upon the tual means of restoring the country to peace. San i» agents, on the part of the government, at the first m: demanded the immediate surrender ef the deration of which ne would guarantee of every one concerned tn the defence of agente of Vivanco offered to surrender to a conditions that General Casti!la was immediately depri of the chief command, and all Leryn tey ad bh ing the office of President; that the National ven ‘would be dissolved, and a new one formed for the re i eration of the constiiion of 1856. As the agents of | parties consi‘ered the propositions of the others a: r unreasonable and likewise impracticable, no discurstot the pointe took place, and the convention broke up w out baving accomplished anytbing. Thereupon San Roman, who had effected a conjunc with the division of Friere, marched upon the city \ the intention of bes! it, and on the 27th ulimot up a formidable position witbin three miles of Arequ and commenced entrenching himself. The Arequipe who are as savage as tigers when their lairs are atiact sallied out in a body on the 29th, and not only drove b ‘San Roman’s advanced posts, but succeesed in opeaie passage through bie centre. In this ion the par s were | remained until the morning of the 1» When the i w Vivanco formed his army in a circle around that of enemy. The result of the third day is unknown to us our latest dates from the scene of battle only reach to wat brought betore the Duke of Richmond, wooa few | pight of the 30th. The losses on the side of the gov ment in dead, wounded, prisoners and deserters, ia rov ly eatiwated at 1,200, while the loss to the revolutioni it go qeen geo ee bopat yan altogether. It iss to have been one e most sanguinary engagems known in the history of the republic. tbe foreigners residing in Arequipa, against whom} @ abort time ago the greatest hatred led, are be nighly praired for the stand they took im the attack a Sen en; it is said that nota foreigner remained in city while the engagemert lasted. Vivanco himself—+ is now left without a single general—is said to have ¢ ducted himseif admirably, and has got into fa ith (his men by jumping off bis horse in the heat of and taking shargs of a gun, the officer of whioh i shot down but # moment before. the meantime all the entrances to (be city are stro a evolutionary heard of w number of prisonere—it is impossible to’ ascertain Dg ) Bee castle. bngngane J morning more troops, bat none can be 3 \ional Guard have been disbanded, and Shves would again serve the government if matters now stand, Castilla must defeat V1 Stronghold, or the battle field will once more be Calle ‘and then {t will be a contest of blacks against whites. Tt inevitable. Tne american ehip Colambia, Captain Ewer, is her of guano to En The revolution ts about to end, as President Os land, drive the revolutioni#ts out of guano for the United States, at rates that will doubtle came frightened, loorened his grazp, and with the other | attonish American ship owners who have ships in tt Pacific bound to this port to seek charters. The ship Ft ing Eagle has been chartered for the United States at $ Sime should others arrive, a less sum will boo The ship Miles Standish is leaking badly at @ ed, and ordered lao, to be overbauied and find the loak—ahe \s own Boston, and is expected here hourly. CHILE. THR COASTING TRADE OPEN TO FORBIGN FLAGs- GOVERNMENT DECRER—AMNBSTY BILL IN TR BENATE— OBJECTIONS OF TAR LOWER HOUSE—EN OF THR POLITICAL TRIAL8—DEATH PUNIBEMEN AWARDED— NAVIGATION OF THE RIO BIO RIVER~ EXTERSIVS FIRW IN VALPARAISO. On the 18th of June the Minister of Finance tseued th following decree: — Considering the difficul'tes that exist for national Bufdern'un ture proviaione 9 on the om Ww. ‘This is the iast night but of the ber mactinory, dghad Valparaiso - ALLACK 8 6 nig! at one aeaaon ‘mach! an’ it back to and of the en nt of those very popular artists, Mr, ‘Orders bays beon waued for the ment of $60,000 to and Mra. John Wood. Tho Indy will enact her unrivalled | the Southern railroad, belng the due on the gov: je bd Fanny Gribbies \n “ An Object of / ib will appear in the new extravaganza Cochrane street, Corsair.’” ‘ a8 pa Lavra Kemvn’s —The grand spectacle of the ‘'Nalad Sores, Queen’ Is nightly a'tracting largo numbers of the beaut, about ene and fashion of the olty to witness ting of the Ma juventies. Ane thing two thirds of the attendants in the boxes are ladies. Tho litile ones are to perform to- : morrow afternoon, for thé special accommouation of ladies | ™ent jnge—| the Academy of yy evening, clently attractive ing together a bril the lovers of sweet sounds, See the Ammucan Mvsae™ —That blessed bab: Burdell heir,”’ may now be seen, day and ey junetion with ae “happy family,” big euake, other curtosities, not forgetting the and triloqoial feate of the renowsed —_— Prmoriams™ —The customary variety of songs, dances borleeques and farces constituts the. rs m mee for this evening at George Christy & Wood's, 444 Brondway; at Buckley's, 686 Broadway, and at Rryant’s, 472 Broadway. Fun enough may be enjoyed at either house. Crmvten Hait.—The Chinese Jugglers now fat this ball execute a ber of astonishing well worth seeing. forming | rived 3 memes finoe Saturday Hs set g png! AmmrvaL OF IsncRANT! AT BALTiwoRs.—There fan Prawcrco Twmarmcara.—Mr, Wilkins’ comedy, ina few days by the Baltimore and “Young New Tork,” bee been provced At the Amerions are gonorally heathy looking, or tr and M theatrse, Mrs, Julia Dean Hayne and | comstances, and will on arriving at planna of destine- Mrs. Mary Prevost playing in it, tion proceed (mmediately to tilling the ground