Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-11-28

civilized Court.
Sept.2.-We commenced our return from
Tcngcbow. Time docs not permit me TO de-
scribe any part OF the country tiv0ngh which
we passed most or i,,mdeed. was travelled u
yer by the English aud Dutch ,nhaSssies in
the reign ~! the late emperor kneeiing, and
is described in tie books published ON those
oct asiots. The vast plain of Cinih-iei, what
strikes every one aist the extent of the caua,
which is naystable from Ieel tSm ,cAlled
'IieliS sing by writers u, the late embassy 10
iungchOw. III the province OF Che \eaug l.
also Tar famed. We sailed mp till we reached
the Nane.tazc kcaug. a noble river. which rS.
as la the province OF Szt cheiin and emptieS il
SCI: into the sea. not Tar from the amelc,i capt.
tail Marking instead Uf crossing il; aud pass.
ing down the opposite canal, through the
keang, we proceeded against the stream OF
! aNg-ta2c-hpang as tar AZ the LAX. Pu NaO.,
which we crossed and at Nanclapgfoo. tie ia
pitai of hearg Sc province, again came To the
ronie pursued by the former embassy.
On the 9th OF October we crossed the Yellow
river, whicb at that time d.a not present so
grand spectacle as was general expected;
is width was not so great, nor its current
rapid, as most at Us Supposed, nor yet were its
waters s0 yellow. Still u bad tine appear
ance, and the recollection OF the great length
OF it> course, and .he frequent ravageS which
its impeiuOrs waters, at seasons, makes by o.
veIAowiRg or washing away lis soft aluval
banks, gave dignity aud Importance to the
prospect.
tSif. lAth ana tZsR, y EVtiS ABOVE Nan-ktng,
~ a fine pagoda called kdouming SXe, we
changed our Hat bott0mCd boats. used OH the
canal, tor larger and different built ones in.
tended 10 navigate the Wang tze -hean%. Not
more than half tue space occupied by tue walls
OF Marking is inhabited the remainder is
fields aud gardens, with now and then cluster
OF houses.
Just before entering or the Yang TIE Keang,
we stopped al ,siva-Chow, where conyerSed
with Mathematician gentleman, in one of the
nf fNI,. Tp-
q day or two. Temples ~ China, like religious
houses on the continent, are often employed as
temporary inns by travellers. Government al.
so turns them to tins purpose; hence it is, the
temple from which | address YOU y made the
dwelling Of the British Ambassador.
AiaGsmnt dams are found IN considerable
numbers in several parts Of China. They are
allowed the exercise of their religion, and
admitted iuto the service of the government
The gentleman ! have mentioned was Oil
Ger of goyeIuner. aud another with whom
cOuversed al the capital OF h eang-se, was III the
army. | was informed BIS these persons, that
IN keang-Nan they have thirty SIN Mosques,
but unlike the temples OF the idoaters la Chi
ma; they are generally licked up, except on
the Sabbath, which Occurs On Friday. They
have teacher, who recIteS their service in A
rahic. The people also learn TO repeat the
service, bat do not understand it, My infor-
formant said that neither the service nor the
doctrines were translated into the Chinese
should think he was Incorrect wished him
10 inquire among his friends, and procure INC
book but he persisted that no hook in the
Chinese existed.
/ endeavoured from these two persons, and
from old shopman in the north, whose sign
board, or rather lanthorn, which served the
purpose of sign board, caught my attention.
He had written on IL. Hwny liwny bdOu
Yeen," an old Mahommedan shop. | wished
to ascertain from these persons by what word,
in the Chinese, they expressed the Deity
They all agreed in the same story, viz. that
it was by the simple word ChOO, " Master,
Lord or Sovereign, not by the werd =" Shin;"
a spirit or immateriai divine being, because,
said the gentleman at kva-Chou, -" Shin she
tsae tsaouh wa che my" The Shin, "gods
or spirits" were included in the things Great
ed. " We" said he, the priest of Buddah, sill
ting by, We King Choo,'' venerate the Lord"
" Who is Woo. yuW Chin Choo. chwaug tsdou
Wan wuh," the true Lord Of non existence,
and Of whatever exists-the creator of al
things" He is WOo-sLe-seang WOO pc Sc
aug, tub >sh chin Che. =" There is nothing
can be likened TO him, nothing compared TO
him; he is the only, thetrue Lord"
To the word Teen. as used for the Deity,
the other persons objected by saying, Hea-
ven was created by the Lord & the Gods al
so"
Bytbe person first alluded TO, was told taat
al kae flung loo, in the province OF Holman,
there were few families deuomniated the Ie
dou- Kin kedou. "T'he religion or sect which
pluckS out the siDews" from all tile meat which
they cat. They also had a La-fae-sze, . Tenn
pie Of Worship and observed the eighth day
as Sabbath.
This statement corresponds with what is re-
lated in GrOsIer respecting The persons con-
sidered Jews, and ] think The account here
given strengthens the probability that they
are so. The Mabomn!cddn gentleman said he
thought they were the same the TeeHchoo
kedou, i. e. as the Roman Catholic Christi.
ans.
a copy of letter sent out in Hebrew by
some Jewish gentlemen in London, was last
season forwarded by native Of Honau, with
a promise that if he could find any person that
could read aud answer the letter in the same
language, he should be rewarded for his trou-
bic. lie went to kae flung SEQ, and as he
said found a man who could read and said he
understood the letter, and undertook 10 pro-
cure az answer in a few days but the tines
were so troublesome, from various rumors of
rebellion, that the messenger became appTe-
hensive, aud loft before tie person who took
the Hebrew letter trem him brought him any
answer.
Oct. 10Th, we left Kiva-Chou aud the beau
tifsl prospect seen from il. OppOsite TO il
there rises out OF Ymg-t ze-Keang, a conical
Island, called kr-shan, " Inc Golden Hill"
1t was visited by some of the Emperors of
the present family, and is Ornamented with
temples up its sides, and Pagoda at its sum-
NIT.
From the rapidity Of the current, the navi-
CATION of The keang, as 1t is all called for the
sake of brevIty, is difficult and dangerous
We depended on the wind-and we never
sailed at night. which occasiOned our stopping
whole days at one place, aud at other times
bringing TOO very early in the day. This con-
tHucd till tie I0ih Of November, when " c left
the Pogany lake, aud changed boats at the
capital of Keang.se. Thus for a whole month
we had delightful walks of miles into the coun-
try The climate was cool aud pleasant, and
the scenery greatly varied. The banls of
tie Iang-tze Keang, diversified 10y gentle
lie al l4.
form OF ieafed foliage of every hue, were beau
tifnl.
On the Po.yang Lake L visited a most ro.
mantle spot IN Sllangtung we passed not far
from the birth place Of CoDfucius, aud at the
place ! now mention, there is a College at
I. hinl. OHM fnn-lLn llln 1rnsi nsInnninl rna,