Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-09-09

The progress of Chinese rebels, or rather of
the "patriot army" as it is now called by our
eastern inf0rmants. continue wonderful as
ever. With only few DAYS notice. they APP
peared one morning at Annoy, aud by midday
had the whole city in their possession. As
Annoy is 700 miles in the rear Of the main ar
my at Nankin the mere fact of several thou
sand men suddenly making their appearance at
the former place in well equipped boats, with
arms, provisions, perfect plan of operations,
and the certainty that the inhabitants would be
on their side, shows that the movement is lite
rally popular and universal. The people of
Annoy, including the wharf Coolies, and other
classes employed at the port, hailed the insur-
gents as dcliverers, and Immediately rose on
the Tartar authorities, and DESTROYED the Gus
ton.house and other public buildings, taking
special precautions not 10 eudanger the houses
and properly of the English and other foreign
err. Both by water aud by land the Mandarns
made weak prctcnCe of opposition, firing
from the war ignks at such distance that they
could do no possible harm. and defending the
citadel with so iitile zeal that ten men killed or
hurt by accidental explosions were all the cas-
ualites Of the day. In return for their f0rbear
ance the lmperaSts were allowed to escape,
end, unless they are Of the prescribed race, are
probably by tins time in the ranks Of the spa
of Annoy the shops were opened, business
vas resumed, foreigners we're unmoested, and
indeed more at liberty than before. 1t was
plain that the inhabitants have been fully pre-
pared for their visitors, aud only waited their
arrival to throw of painful yoke Under the
unprum>;ng name of the small Knife Society
n,ost OF them had long been enrolled against
the Tartar dynasty, which it now appears was
so odiouS that any man might safely be mem
her of some reasonable association with the
thinmcst veil Of secrecy over it.
To as. Of corse, nothing can be so intelli ghle
as that a nation shonld suddenly throw off the
authority Of an alien and hated race. Tie
wonder was how mere handful of foreigners
could retain their hold over an immense terrific
~ aud population of 30,009,000; aud the So
luton was supposed to be found in the ex-
IRENE tameness and servility of the conquered
race, and the iron sternnesS of the Tartar char
acter and rule. The fact was wonderful enough,
but had long become so familiar that the recent
event has taken us all by surprise. The over
throw of the Manthoo dynasty Is, indeed, not rs
much wonderful in Itself, as the cessation of
wonderful state Of things. y third of the hu-
man race, occupying one OF the finest countries
I'm the worid-ingeniouS, active, versatile and
iudustrious--wth arts and sciences of unknown
antiquity, with a vague and various superstition
and moral tradition superior to it, ali for ages
bowing to the stupid and barbarous yoke of a
wandering tribe from Mid-Asia-a tribe that
drew what civilization it possessed from every
people it held in ruthless subsection. The fact
was a mvsetry, and the mystery is now no more
Among other questions of momentous interest
that have suggested themselves to our country
men in China is the bearing Of this change on
our Indian Empire. The Tartar Gynesty extin-
guished in China; there viii remain no tie be-
tween that country and the immense territories
hitherto called Chinese Tartary and Tibet
These territories, thinly inhabited by Tartar
tribes, and having no outlets nor central points
nor any other means of political unity, will be
likely TO fall under the influence, if not the do
minion of Russia, as the paramount authority,
of Northern and Central Asia. They are, how
ever, our immediate neighbOrs in India, and
are only separated by the Himalaya range by
no means an insuperable obstacle either to d.
pomatsts or to armies. At one point that
mighty range opens sufficiently for the passage
of a great river and at others i is crossed by
merchants and travellers. Tie fear, however,
is little more than imaginary, for Russia is
very old bugbear and little more than bug
bear in the East. Il must first make con-
quest of tribes that have hitherto been conquer
ors rather than conquered. 1t must effect The
permanentoccupation of territories considerably
larger than its European dominions. 1t must
create immense armies, with all the apparatus
of war, at points where men, arms, and proviS
ions at present can hardly be said to exist. 1t
must do all this at distance, to all practical
purposes, far greater than that between London
and the supposed seat of war With the class
of ships now actually preparing for the ocean
route, we may expect to be able to transport
armies from England to the very feet of the
Himalayas in two months at the latest; yet 1t
is out of the question that Russia can march an
army from any civilized part other dominions to
the passes of the Himaayas in less than a
twelvemonth. We are disposed, then, to lay
aside this new fear, as hardly worth moments
attention to MS, whatever its import to distant
posterity. The only ground of alarm that sug-
gested itself is the possible necessity or what
comes to the same thing, the possible magma
ton of a necessity, for British interference with
The countries now about to be separated from
China proper. What, if lust of territory and
desire of promotion, distinguished in the form
of the patriotic alarm, should inspire an expe-
dition into Thibet or a policy towards that
country certain to result in collision? Whatif
We should cross the happily difficult barrier that
bounds our ambition northward, and enables
Govenor-Gener to see, without repining, as
we hope,ihe northern terminus of our conqnests
from his residence at Simla? To pass north
ward. to possess Thibet, to form political rela-
lions With the Tartar. are steps conceivable