New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-08

far less complete tbsn could be wished. The most n
porsnt fact CLEAN from this arrival is that tbs Brtss
authorities in that part Of the world wisely aos2nnz
from interference with the Chinese insuTectDn. Ins
proclsmons Of the insurgents and OF the Emperor gwen
In another column will BE- read with interest bat still the
sum total Of the intelligence they afford Of the real ira
Of the struggle in progress in China ~
sufficient II il Impossible for Engisbmen not 20 feel s~sh
10 know something about vhst. Ios gong on IN tna 70
srkable Empire thseIisting disturb 4nces are sufficient
" uroorged thew seriously interfere With the prod1S
tive industry Of China and with It's commerce and through
,b,, mus ,ct more or less English interests Ye'
ruch a. ip rmaion has been sought Te kno. 30 very
little Of The donniOps subject to the POent4ts Who no Dis
n. court in P,kin that tOeraby full Intelligence
respecting the EXISTING troubles 10 them might easily
be nsapprebended while the Information we have had
respecting the has been mOrs minute as To the
nnustaches and literary requirements OF tbs insursen
leaders than a. to matters Of greater prs ca momsn IL
is worth while devote few sentences 10 shOE what IS
the probable Tor least unlikely state of afdrs in CHINA at
present BE embered then in the first place thai
china PToper-he Central flowery forms in supernct
extent the part Of the dOmnons OF the brphsr OF
the Sun and Moon China Proper bounded on the norh
NV the Crest Wall and tbs south by tue and ex
tends from Eastern Sea 10 tbs eastern exremes OF
the Hnasyeh and Alts ranges and the mountain ranges
between them China Is in short the psu or rolling c1sn
try through which the lOang he and the Yang kang
find their way the after leaving the high mountain
region with the addition Of the tea provinces and tae two
Kvangs TO the east and south The Chinese con
fined 10 this region and predOminaes in IT, To the west OF
China Proper the extensive country Of Tibet aud 70 the
north Of Tibet is the almost unknown region OF the VA
bomesn towns Of YsbeDd, &c, aud the ceferts OF the
Molpos At the eastern extremity Of Mongolia north OF
China Proper the great basin. drained by the Anur aud
IT'S tbuisres-tbe native land Of the hanchoo tue reign
ing DYNASTY The wealth and power of the Chinese Empire
center China Proper There IS there dense popliton
and productive agricultural and manufacturing Industry
The teas cOOns sugar aud earthenTsre OF China all are
the products Of this rrgien and Of this region only Thbs
q high table land. crossed by various mighty mountain
ranges i, hiny pe"ped and little productive MongoIA
il desert occupied by n0maQc rOrs poor III tue etHens
Ysrbed and the other trading 10 merely of c0ne
quence central spots throus which all OF ths,e
though psuper regions must pass Making 50 $40"
he a tha
chOOs-from the meageT notices We possess OF -woud
appear At time have enjoyed ciyz atom consider
sby short Of that Of the imoetans and dongo bat to
have refrigerated from that leaving many Districts
uninbabiteo which were once tserablyipO gulous
An impression prevails that the Government IN Pekn IS
directed by and efficiently oDeyed throughout all tnsse
wide regions This impression has been produced by ths
insurmounabe difficulties foreigners have found opposed
their attempts TO cross the frontiers But All these al
Temps have been made by small parties strictly charged
by their respective Governmental to AVOID giving um1rtSs
An that can be inferred from their defeat that the nhdo-
abs If Thbet Mongolia and the basin OF th- Anur are
not sufficiently numerous and not sufficiently pssered BY
their masters Pekin 10 give them ability or motive TO
disturb tbwsIt the Chinese frontier gsrrson or inter-
rupt their communications with the capital The regions
which Central China add nothing to the po yer OF
the chinese Emperor And within CHINA Proper the brief
and uurequen glances which Europeans have oeen abs
TO obtain OF it, indicate that tor the last hund ed
wears the Government OF Prkn has IN great me t5dre,
been Government upon sun~rance
There therefore every TO believe that tbs pres
ept civil bros in the Chinese Empire will be dc de1 oy
the Inhabitants OF Cbna Proper ale hs ihr a1tu7rou dd
impoverished Mopg" tribes are but the fragments oi 5
race once led by Gengtz Khan they Are a' po~erless
in China az in Russia The 1hoetans have always b-9l
pTising, unwar Ike race Inc hhaDthts OF le
ba-n If the the least civilized Il the tribes o
which the Mtuchcos belonged The great bulk OF the in
babans Of Chins Proper of the Chinese race lnt-r
mingled with them however are i'd geuous hl tub-s OF
whom nothing is known bat that lhey dBr from the Chi
nese; and many immigrant Mongol Mmchoo, aud Tdrko
man families who hHve for centuries been denizsned On
the soil The pervaapg civilization is tn|' ofue Cnues
but il is modified among these Immigrants by the Ltnud
religion paramount IN Thibet aud Ingba which forms
bond Of union among them, aud exercises an ndlenos
over no; few of the Chnee With this coun'erpOse tns
civil aud institutions, laws and custo Ms ot tho Cen
"trol FloWety" are essentially Chinese; hut the people
have cor many centuries been accustomed To and feel
the rtins Of government 10 The hands of other races Since
the extinction Of the lss Chinese dynasty Mongo nave
ruled for two centuries and Manchoos for nearly IS long
This s a serious drasbak to suy attempt 10 rec;taol,ha
Chlest national Government.
Yet such a stemptappeas 10 be- now being maj. u
is clear both fro III DrOc tnstuns"f the mpsr. AID
Of the nsurgent leaders that the disturbances watch for
the last three years have prrvifed CHINA Proper
south of the Yang tse kisug have not ~ ned u h su5v-r
sion of the Old tho establishment OF new, G,Ysra
m.nt Both are filled with denunr1u atoms at the rporer
bands that every here nest the country Tas leaders 81
the movement carefully separate th-n--lV-s nom 'Is'e
Ia ~less men aud make excessive taxation aud inr ian,
Government their prctext tor seeking 90 subv-rt the "a
cbOo d nasty and rNie themselves on is ruins Il 'ot
therefore to the OF the dsorcet an1 insirgf1 1N
We must look IN estimating thr angers N threaten h-
Government of Pekln or the chances of neE one bang
established lis stead, but to these would be DLuI-rs Of
n new dynasty. Ii the meagre aud vague "et'u q "i
these leaders which have been published can D. relied
upon they are few in number and y the must 90 =
nected with each other by the Ties of blood ar ints.-
marriage That these followers srT better d'.ciphlet
or NOR, enthusiastic or more numerous than the l-rd
Governors OF tn. southern prv can oppo,- 60 than,
is highly probable fr ;heir advance from The S'ah west
T. the North east appears q have been uuintr upt-d
until they resched Nsukn. II H. however worthy Of
remark that they seem 10 be und-r the Necessity Of
leaving ungarsoned the towns they have oscuJi- Ia
n advance and that these towns they
Quilted them, have Rgan been occupied by The Imperial
troops This does look if they bad deep pr
vaorg hold the population aud in addition q this
or of their proclaim atoms deserve - be lt-t
In the first place the sentiments snc opinions protested IN
them are not purely Chinese hut dashed vita Of
vague opinions apparently derived from the CHRIS
sionaies tracts which they have dissem mated They
are rather the preachers of New Faith than the cham
piOns Of rational opinion. In the next place, tue
claim of the principal leader 20 be descendant Of
the old Ming Dynasty must be known 20 be apo
or, phal 10 all Chinese scholars and adv lncei with
Hgueness and midy thar betrays conscious is'eh)od
Weighing all these considerations II may wSrraniaby be
doubted whether the leaders who aspire - dvthfOre
the present dynasty really supported by any very
broad Chinese national op,n0n. Ii not Is only sy
coHDde IRaiH-by defeating killing, driving digit tbs
present occupants OF power and sVang the seyes Of the
existing social organization t. rule the people they
are likely 10 sscceed To them delay threaten
dea Nor does the tls know Of th-ir strategy VA
the opinion that they possess skill energy very
energetic game Preponderang they d 10 the southern
provinces would 10 be very difficult mater for
them o pAralyze and destroy the Government 10 P-kin
The provinces Of China Proper north Of the Yang.
u kisug. and still more north ef the Holns h.,
comparatively poor The manufactures and agri-
culture OF China flourish south OF the former river
its northern bank Pekiu j. enriched by the tribute
drawn from q South sud L. indeed d. sudent tbs
South for IT, food hostile force possession of Nsnkn
lvhse the great canal crosses he Yang e kisug woa
mpOy,Tsh be Government IN p kin snd AL duDes Zen.
cieS and cresie famine IN the Northern Provinces Ia
few months The people OF the North woad in this cl,s
pa, down and e1pe IN their auger the existing Govern