The Nevada journal., 1852-04-25
OF THE CLIPPER SHIP
CHALLENGE, FROM CHINA.

| we are lnutDteu 10 FuanlS G 1 U.
for papers containing the news.
The clipper ship Challenge arrived
at San Francisco on the 22d. "a DAYS
from Hong-Kong. She brings $50 pas
sengers, and papers to the 18th March.
The following news is condensed from
the Sen Francisco papers:
The papers received do not contain a
word about the revolution. A few pi-
races are noted, and the intelligence is
generally of character to interest To-
cal readers
OF the arrival of the American shin
Samuel Russell, the Friend of China
says:
Leaving New York on the 5th Of Dc.
cember with a full cargo (betweon decks
chock-a- -bleck,) of lead, bale goods, gin.
seng, -four, &C., and drawing 10 feet of
water, she las made the run to this port
IN ninsty-two days; and considering the
, period of the year at which it has been
done, there can be no reason in obiec-
ting to call it tho fastest passage ever
made"
The best part Of the present voyage
was that from America to Allass' Straits
(Lombock,) which was performed in 6S
days; with favorable wind she might
have been here in week, instead of ta-
king, as she has, more than treble that
time.
| The officers of the Samuel Russell do
not speak Of her rs one of the clipper
feet; they make no boast of doing any
thing better than IA knots an hour and
her greatest run with Cape me,ter some
1928 miles. She arrives in beautiful or.
der, but her crew of l6 able and 4 Ordi>
nary seamen will not stay by her, at
$l1 for the former, and Sc for The latter
per month. and no grog because they
can 90 to California and get such rates
of pay more than quadrupled. Another
reason for their leaving a ship they ad-
init to having had every com fert on
board OF is, that "she travels too fast
for them"
The screw steamer Paonshaw had ar
rived in Hong Kong from England, and
was about to be put upon the route be-
tween the ports on the East coast Of
China. This is q new era in the traffic
Of that part of the world.
The North China Herald, of the 9th
March, contains a correspondence be-
tween the Commissioners of the Amer
ican and Chinese Government regard
ing smuggling, and the expectation of
grain from Consular Ports in China
From the letters on the latter subject,
we learn that the Hon. DR.. Parker, Ac-
ting American Charge d'Affairs in Chi
ma, has called on his subordinates (the
Consuls) to issue instruc tions to the mer-
chants to desist from the exporta,ion of
rice, wheat, and other grains, pending
reference Of the question to the United
States Congress.
In the same letter Mr.. Parker erdeav-
ors, in courteous style and strong argu-
ment, to convert his Chinese contempo-
raries to the principles offree trade, but
apparently without producing much i'm
preston. The Friend Of China, COM
menting upon this correspondence, says:
"The object of the Chinese Commits
sioners in this business is clear enough:
they were fearful that Foreign dealers
would aid the opposing dynasty by car
rying food for the insurgents, and so
wished to check such assistance by get.
ting Plenipotentiarics and Commission
ers to issue instructions to their coun.
trymen to desist from the expectation of
grain. With the Hon. DR.. Parker they
succeeded, so far as he was individually
concerned but as we have not heard
whether the instructions have been ac-
ted upon, or whether the Consuls issued
them at all, can but opinc that the in
coming mail will bring orders from the
American government just to allow mat
ters to stand on The same footing as they
were before
From Tie Overland China Nail.
CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA On the ac-
cessisn of the present Emperor Of Chi.
no, q statement appeared to the effect,
that he had been Lursed by Christian,
and was about to show unusual favor to
that faith. We merely noticed the re.
port at the time for the purpose of dis
credi ing it; and now, after being accep-
ted at home, as is generally the case
with everything false or improbable, it
comes back to be refuted by stern facts
The impediments to the spread of Chris
tianity in every form in China, instead
Of being removed, have rather been aug
mented since the accession Of the pres
ent Emperor; and within the present
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