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have bro'\li;ht
him
down,
but the
eutlalll broke at
the
hilt.
'
l'he
fellow dropped
the be.&: of dollare and '11'8' off Uke a thoU
I th1Qk
tbi.
1,
a
lbort
but
fair hi,tory of
the
eVent, of the
eTen11l8. uncle Augustine wall
the
malter .pirH of our defence. He wat per–
fectly cool and neTer bad a moment
r ,
doubt or hesitation .1 to the course
he
should purBue •
.
A.
great men,. people, once ill
the
Icrape, would have
tought a.
well.
but 1t required qualities of • very high order to haYe
taken
the
r ••
pon.lbl1i~
of deoiding for
the
firat
t~
to re,l,t
~h
•
popular outbreak. When we left the factory
that
night I think
the
cbenoe•
••
re decidedly
~n.t
our
nceping.
Of
caurs,
!
Il1"
part in
the
.,.
entl of the evening .8re of .ery
l1ttle
importance.
I tried to obey order. Illld
IIIIIke
m;y••
lt
u.eful. Uncle
~.t1n.
in writing home said, 'You 11'111 be
glad
to hear
that
JohD be–
ha't'ed TIITT well in a
time
of difficulty and lome danger.'
'
l'h1.
'
II'al •
good deal from
him.
'
Praile
fr~
Slr HUbert Stanlel,·
&
c.
Watt.rl lettltd down Vtry tpeedlly after the outbreak.
The
popular paeslon
had
burntd ltt.lf out. It bapptned that thl
~tlltM
steamer of war wa, on her
1
fS¥
up
the rlver at the tillie, and her prompt
appearance a,toni,bed the Chinel••
who
auppo,ed ahe had been .ent for.
"
e had. fortunately IaTed our important booka, at the tillle ". endeavOi'ed
to ru,h the trealUr' and bookl lnto a ehop_boat, to our
~ine.t
ruffered.
little IIIIbarr,"ment. Cheap furniture and clothiJl4!: were lalUy bO'\l&ht.
We hired a vacant factory ln
the
!
IIlperial HoJl4!: and went on almost a.
8
IIlooth13 ae ever.
Cle1ms wert
~e
for our lo••el on
the
Chine.e Government by
Commodore Kearney.
the
American
:
rl~
Offieer on the Itation, and on b_
half
of
the
Engl1ab portion of
the
101.,
by Slr Henry Pottinger. Both of
them u:pr...ld thelltillve. in 'fery compl1l118ntaI1' tonne in regard to the
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