The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-01
The Chinese Revolution Importance
Ops ming the Chinese Rivers.

The Chinese Revolution - portance OF
Ops ming the Chinese Rivers.
On another page will We foand extracts from, the
China Mail and Overland Register, dated Hong
Kong, Sept. 2sth. We commend them to the notice
of our readers.
So little is known of the Chinese rebellion, and
SO unreliable the sources Of information to
which foreigners have access, that when we have
said that Tienteh, who claims to be heir of the
Mipgs, asserts his right to the Imperial crown Of
China, and is at the head of $4,000 to 10000 in.
surgents in the province Of Human, We shall have
exhausted our fund of news, and very possibly said
more than We can strictly verify It is certain that
Tienteh was, short while ago, at Yung- ngan, in
kwang-si; that he there encountered the Imperial
troops, was severely beaten, and reiterated on Tau
chau, in the neighboripg province The Chinese
military operations remind us of the movements Of
our worthy ancestors, the Dutch, as quantity chro.
nicled in KnickerLocker's hsllowed page. After
the battle, the Imperial forces resolved to take
month or two holidays, and see what the rebels
would be after Tienteh captures Tau chau, and
announces bis intention to march on So. chuen.
The Imperial Commander in Chief, Yuwans tsing,
thereupon declares that he does not believe Tienteh
will do anything of the kind, but tina, ho will wait
and see Meanwhile, the quarters at Yung 'ngan are
too comfortable to be abandoned in hurry.
Of the ultimate result Of the rebellion we are
told that but little doubt can be entertained The
rebels will assuredly be crushed. If his Sublime
Majesty were to set about it in earnest, peace
might be restored in couple of weeks, at furthest;
but man who can bring half million Of soldiers
into the field, can afford himself the luxury Of
playing with bis enemies until he chooses to put an
end to the sport.
The last maneuvre on the Imperial side was The
publication in the Pekng Gazette, of the last dying
speech and confession Of the rebel Tienteh who, it
was asserted, had been taken and executed Whether
the dead man was in truth the real Simon Pure, or
whether some new Luclius voluntarily sacrificed
himself for the Chinese Brutus, or finally, whether
the insurgents have large supply Of Tientehs, and
ready to fill the place Of each whose head is
chopped of by" fresh one, as fair and dauntless
as he" we have no means of Judging certain it
seems, however, that the experiment was failure,
and the fame Of Tienteh undiminshed.
The usual events Of the war agreeably diver
SIZED with the occasional strangng of governor
and few generals. II seems that Yu want tsing
has incurred the displeasure Of his Imperial Males
ty in consequence Of his want of severity at Saou-
chow, aud about to be punished with DEATH at the
earliest convenience Of the executioner special
commissioner, T'sow Mipg-ho has been sent to the
seat Of war, and has reported the state of affairs
His report is net exactly the sort Of thing General
jackson, General Scott, General rayler, used to
send in the like coDjucture, but it is, noswith-
standing, very pretty performance, well worthy Of
perusa and attention. The first act of the commits
soner was to repair to the temple of the god Kwan,
whose "msjestic energy has been remarkably
displayed on behalf of the present dynasty" and to
"burn his prayers before him. This novel
sacrifice was happy thought, it seems, for the
commission er, on leaving the temple, stumbled
upon twenty old guns" which were
very strong" and "shot to death maay OF the
rebels F." Mars was poor creature compared to
this Kwan lie was in the habit, 1t seems, of ap-
pearipg to the rebels ga tall man, mounted on
horse, and brandishing sword" in the mir, with a
red light "for'ard,' and huge banner waving over
his head, inscribed with the words "Great Happi-
css'' and thus warning them Of the danger Of their