The Nevada journal., 1852-04-25
REBELLION IN CHINA.
From the Friend Of China. Jan. 30l


/, Under the head Canton, and in other
'arts OF this paper, we mention the be-
eaguerment of The Imperial Commission
,r Sue and suite in the south western
aart Of the Caaton Province. Lately
We had an opportunity Of conversing with
\ Mandarin holding the brevet rank Of
Yun-tai, an officer Of the third class, and
,ndeavored to obtain from him an opin-
on as to the truth of the rumor, and
what would be the result should Sue be
captured That there was such re-
,ort he admitted, but hc doubted its
perfect truth. Sue, he said, would Ger.
sainly destroy himself rather than be
made prisoner. Regarding Canton.
he thought there were too many obsta-
cles in the way Of its being reached BY
The rebels; but that there are great
many disaffected spirits in the city is
well known, who may be biding their
time. Should the rebels indeed come
to Canton, our informant added, the
Emperor's only means Of safety would
be flight to the hills.
For what has been done by the rebels
during the month now ending, so far as
known to us, we refer our readers to the
Icompendium Of extracts from bi-weekly
issues.
We have two long papers, translations
Of some of our Chinese correspondence,
one telling of the taking of the chief
city Of the Chin-kong district of Kwang-
81, and hard fight between the impe-
rialist troops and those of the rebels ;
and in which we have the usual report
Of thousands killed, and thousands woun-
ded. The city had been thoroughly ran.
sacked prisoners released, etc
The other paper tells Of the bad con-
duct OF the imperialist soldiery, when
en- route to the seat Of war, and Of organ
ized bodies of them being set upon and
dispcrsed by the common people.
from our Correspondents
A court messenger arrived last week,
with an order from the Emperor to raise
a million teals Of silver for payment Of
the troops. The officials contributed
400, 900 Of it without delay, leaving the
remainder Of it to be made up by the
rich families. Meetings have been held
ut Tai fut chic, daily, ever since the 10Th
(the 10th inst) to consider the rescript,
but, 10 quote the exact words used by
the Chinese in writing US "they, the
rich people, looked at one another-and
refused to prepare the sum"
We give below the intelligence from
the disturbed districts, of which we
made mention in our last issue 1t is
not generally known, wo believe, that
the Chinese Government have offerod
the Superintendent here of the Penin-
sular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company, largo sums per month for the
services OF two steamers to aid them in
their operations against the rebel feet
OF the coast. By the report from Ningpo
as published in the North China Herald
Of the Goth ult, it will be seen that
victory was gained by the pirates, chief
ly through trcachery.
We have heard that the district cities
OF Woo.heen, on the south, and ChAou-
ping on the east side of Yung-gan-chow,
in Kwangse, have boen taken possession
Of by the rebels, who imm cdiately open
ed oil the graneries and treasures for
benefit Of the people, and remitted oil
taxes for the present year,
We have received letter from
Kwangsc, stating that the groat Tartar
General, Sac 'shang-ah received an inn
perial rescript insisting that the city Of
Yung. gan-chow be again brought under
royal authority within the space of ff-
teen days, and that in case Of failure
the General Heang, g,ying, Lieut. General
Woo-lan-tai and Colonel Ting->am were
to be beheaded. On tho receipt Of this
news, on the 18th day Of the 10th moon,
ali the officers collected their troops
and from various points proceeded to Mt
tack the city Of Yung-gan-chow. The
rebels, however, pretending to be de-
teated, gradually led them on to where
they had large body of troops in am
bush, and then suddenly turning upon
them poured forth complete shower
Of canon balls, killing upwards Of 10000
soldiers and more than 60 officers of va
rious ranks.
1t is reported that Seu, the Governor
General, is at present in the city Of Knou-
chow-too. and that the rebels have at
tackled it on all sides, having erected a
powerful battery before each of the city
gates SO as to be ready to attack the SOL
diers whenever they venture to come
out. The Tartar troops arc afraid to
80 cut and fight and have now been be-
seiged for moro than ten days. We
have rot yet heard which side has gain
ed the victory +, Of {. Jan T.
A rebellion has broken out in the
Simon district Of this Canton province
On the Goth day OF the llth moon, the
officers ged in collecting the taxes
found some who had no means of paying,
but instead Of Selling these men, they
took their elder brothers into custody,
especially the richer ones from whom
they expected to obtain u good deal Of
money us ransom The Inhabitants
however. became cnraged and lose and
killed the magistrate of the district.