The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-13

side Of Yrrg-gan-c chow, in Kwangse, have been
taken poss sssion of by the rebels, who immedi.
ately opened all the granaries and treasures for
the beneht OF the people, and RENTED all taxes
for the present year.
We have received letter from Kwanese.
stating that the great Tartar General Sac shsns-
ah received an imperial rescript insisting that
the city Of Yungganchow be again brought
under royal authority within the space of fifteen
days. and that in case Of failure the General
Heang-ying, Lieutenant General Woolaptui.
and Colonel Tingsam, were to be beheaded. On
the receipt Of this news on the seventeenth dav
Of the tenth moon, all the officers collected
their troops, and from various points proceeded
to attack the city of Yungganchow, but did not
pitch their encampment within 10 10 of the
city. The rebels, however, pretending to be
defeated, gradually led them on to where they
had large body Of troops in ambush and then
suddenly turning upon them, poured forth a
complete shower of cannon balls, killing up
wards OF 10000 soldiers, and more than sixty
officers, of various ranks
From the Friend Of China, Jan. 7M.
1t is reported that Seu, the governor general,
is at present in the city of Kaouchow. and that
the rebels have attacked it on all sides. having
erected 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 are afraid to 60 out and fight,
and have now been besieged for more than ten
days most urgent message has been sent by
Seu to Woochow Tin Kwangse) for the 900
troops lately sent there under Hen tseane-kwapp
to return Immediately for the relief of the cty'
We have not yet heard which side has gained
the victory-l2th moon, 9th day.
From the Friend Of China, Jan. %.
PROCLAMATION OF THE sHAHG-TE SOCIETY TO
: TIE INHABITANTS OF wNG-os. Chow
The Teaou- ching-sz, chief officer in the left
wing OF the army, has received the royal com.
mands to publish this, that the hearts of the
people may be changed.
Know, ye people, that the middle ground
(China proper belongs to those of the former
dynasty be not afraid, ye scholars, farmers,
workmen and merchants, but hold steadfastv.
every one to his work The fortune Of the Han
dynasty is about to flourish, and the foreign
dynasty of the Mantchoos will soon end. This
is the decree Of Heaven, in which there can be
no mistake After long union, division must
cnsue, in order that affairs may be arranged
again. Our kings, publishing laws, exhibited
their benevoence, and before ever they bowed
the knee to Shangte (God) they assisted the
distressed; and after they had learned To wor.
ship God, they exerted all their strength to save
the people from ruin they supported the weak.
resisted the strong, and assisted each other in
opposing thieves and guarding against robbers.
with united strength and unanimity of mind
They were not like Taitow yeong, Tai-lee.vu.
Cheong. ka- Chen, and others, who stopped the
vessels on the rivers, pundered everywhere. and
killed the inhabitants of the towns and villages.
On the arrival of officers and troops, these men
we're afraid; they only cared to sell passports Of
safe conduct, as protection to the people but
thor assurance of peace was in vain, for the in
ferIors, depending upon their superiors, also
went abroad to sell these passports and collect
tax, so that the inhabitants had no peace Till
they had yielded to all these demands. In this
way the merchants and traders suffered oreat
and understandable injury. "The cats and mice
slept in the same place." hence numbers Of in.
feror persons assumed unusual effrontery. and
formed all kinds of schemes to do as much harm
as they possibly could; they also raised troops
from amongst the inhabitants, and even called
upon our kings to submit to them. On the dav
that Wing-on city was settled, there were three
contendlng parties but he who walked according
to the wishes of Heaven obtained possession
Our kings have spread their benevoleuce 10 the
utmost; and regarding the people as their
children, they have commanded the army 10
abstain from murder, and to take nothing
without permission. They are just and imppr.
tial as the balance, and the trade in the markets
now goes on quietly as before. If any ono
refuses to obey the laws, let him be reported to
the law officer of the army. Our kings invite
the Inhabitants of all districts and departments
to surrender, and will reward those who estab.
sh their merits by exerting their strength.
They are now waiting to be joined by the kings
OF the other provinces, in order to unite their
troops for an attack on the capital city, Pekin;
after which they will proceed to divide the
empire.
KINGS (high offcers) .-Taie-ping, Heuen-
teen, Ping-teen, Yin-tik, Teen-ik. Shun-
tik.
COMMANDERS IN-cHlEF.- Yeong -sew-tsine.
Generalissimo Hoo ekwang, chief as
ssistant general Sew chaou- kwei sec
ond assistant general.
TEEN-KEo, first year, 9th moon
From the Friend of China, jan 3.
A rebellion has broken out in the Sin on dis.
trict of this (Canton) province. On the Goth dav
OF the ! lth moon, the officers engaged in collect
ing the taxes found some who had no means of
paying but instead of Selling these men. thew
took their elder brothers into custody, especially
the richer ones, from whom they expected to OBJ.
tain good deal of money as ransom The in.
habitants, however, became enraced, and rose
and killed the magistrate of the district Troops
are now on their way to the scene of distur.
bance to examine into the the particulars Of the
murder, &c.
One of our Chinese correspondents has since
partially corroborated this report and gives full
Ter details. 1t was not Chong, the district magis.
trate, who was killed, but his chief subordinate
whereupon Chong made prisoners of all the
hterah of first and second rank one Of whom,
surnamed Lieu, examined as to the preparation
of the deed, was tortured so severely that he
died under the infection. Upon this the villagers
rose en- n'asse, tied Chong to tree, gave him
certain number of blows with bamboo. shaved
off his beard and eyebrows, and dismissed him
to tell his tale to the deputy governor of the
province, killing seven policemen who attempted
to defend him.
We have some interesting intelligence regard
ing the Chinese rebellion, and, in reply to en-
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