The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-12-05
CHINA

Lectures IN We" lOIh1 tthJouyiHS MS W
seryations 10 tia, interesting country
g about which so li,ie IS known. The FL
loving IS the substance of The frs, Lec
! ture, and we vii probably publish the sec
oud "a cur next:
Ne1tto Russia. whose vast domains &C
copy the whole Northern circumference oI
the earth, 10 one almost entire circle, China
llsthe largest empire Of the world. IL ex.
tends from The 18Th tothe 52d parallel O.
north latitude, tb.rly.iour degrees. /,
reaches from the 1881 to the 70,h mefjdi.
an Of longitude from Greenwich, - deg.
It's boundaries seem prescribed by natgre
alone. % the NORTH ne Great Mountain
ranges Of Altal aad the GabUnn9l separate
It from Siberia, along ilge Of three thou.
sand miles; the P4C Fl washes It's Els'efa
coasts for more than two thousand miles.
The sIUpeuJons iImue'aya, the lllndoo
Coas, end the Beion mountains, coudoe il
90 The South and West, a4d divide % from
ladla and Afgdaa.s,aui and it stretches
towards the Arai aad Caspian seas an IA.
ascetained extent, occupying the ijm3ts
stated. The Chinese empire covers iae
whole centre Of Asa, i IS not with re.
ference 10 that continent an Inappropriate
designation which the Chinese give them.
selves oi the Cen.rai FIoaery Allioa."
He superficial exlen, Of China is more
than FIVE millions Of square miles. To
form an idea Of VIA! O surface this IS, let
us consider that were tue territories OF The
United States to extend aoT.a and south
from their extreme Northern poals, from
% to 81 North including Oregon, Texas
and a large pollaa ct Canada, aud stretch
between parallel Ices from ocean 70 oceaH,
they would not equal TO slz3 the empire Of
China. Great as have described the
physical dimensions Of China, this vas,
circumference is iwp-a7,raU,e to foreign
e5s. A. one pulH. only, Oh lis bouul.ess
frontiers, can :. be entered at the city of
Mama;chin, on the Russian border, where
the caravans annually pass with tea. THIS
IS one tenth Of the land surface Of the glgbe
uader he sway Of single Power And
yet lie Chinese are not uDambi,ous OF
conquest for, more than a hundred years
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carried his arms he Rome.
There are three chef systems Of rel.
gion 10 China. Those Of Coatgclus, Of
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mork., and indeed 8, General i IIo re-.
semblsnce a. "a have ca7.a5 m,cb oocoy
apre. II i. sa,5 Z, The esrgy m,ss,,na ,,s.
The Chinese Bn5h,s,s howeye- re,IIon
their Gods for cvary ,.,oc even m an The
ordinary matters or !,fs BESIDE the J,o,
Of eyerv shoo IS buls tsmDle win an
lmeos in IT. In the houses are naipl,ngs
Of The God Of longevity. who receives
devoted Worship. and others also. for their
Pantheon - laroe. Al one terale at Ma.
Gao are the elb,tes Of sixty deities. NJ.
". sand that ON one occ,s,on he fell INTO
conversation with an ordinary Chinese nm
the subject If RELIGION. As he nnIIal hy
the " loss bonsa" dedicated 10 the goddess
of the seq. he told him he had bee9 There
tina, morn,n,, In " chin chm loss - mean.
mo. to nav his deyoliops. MIR. W. inter.
r,,,atei b,m in order io lear, how nrcb
Of the faub and doctrines Of BUDDHISM he
reaIly knew. The Budb,srs believe IN a
Heaven and Hell. and their books describe