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The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1860., [Electronic resource], Chinese news. (search)
Chinese news. --The New York Times' correspondent at Shanghai furnishes interesting details of Chinese news to the 18th of August. The Allied fleet anchored a few miles from the mouth of the Pei-ho on the 30th of July, and the debarkation commenced on the 1st of August--the French securing the honor of first landing by jumping into the water and wading ashore. The forts of the Peh-tang village, having been previously abandoned by the Chinese, were occupied by the Allies next day. The posChinese news to the 18th of August. The Allied fleet anchored a few miles from the mouth of the Pei-ho on the 30th of July, and the debarkation commenced on the 1st of August--the French securing the honor of first landing by jumping into the water and wading ashore. The forts of the Peh-tang village, having been previously abandoned by the Chinese, were occupied by the Allies next day. The position of the Chinese on the Pei-ho river is represented to be a very strong one, and, in addition to these fortifications, they have two bodies of troops, one numbering 10,000, and the other from 40,000 to 50,000. It was expected that the attack would certainly be made on the 12th or 13th, as a longer delay might result in a great deal of sickness, from the malaria of the marshes. Mr. Ward, our Minister, was with the Allied fleet, as was our entire naval force on the station. This fact gave
The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1860., [Electronic resource], Dead Freight. (search)
Dead Freight. --The clipper ship Storm King has sailed from this port for Hong Kong with a cargo of lumber and grain. She also takes several pacing ponies. About two hundred Chinese go as passengers, including two merchants of that country. Deep in the hold are nine baskets full of dead Chinamen. It may not be known that emigration companies at Hong Kong agree to take back the people who come here, dead or alive. The ashes of nine of their number that were buried in California have been gathered, and are now about to be reinterred in their native land. Frequently one or two hundred dead Chinamen, boxed up, are conveyed back to the Flowery Kingdom.--San Francisco Bulletin.