Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-25
THE STAUNTON SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERTISER
Tie rebellion in china.

A correspondent ofthe New York Journal of
Commerce, writing from Canton, March the 10th,
says:
have nothing to say about business, and write
merely to give you the on dts of the day about
the rebellion. 1t has made great head certainly !;
and though it is impossible to say, among the thou
sand and one rumors, what is correct, believe
we are on the eve of considerable changes. Last
night story was aheat, said to have been brought
by an express carrier in eight days, and to have
leaked out of the Ya-mun, that Nankin had been
taken. Ithlnkit extremely probable; and. ittrue,
the whole affair will be decided ere long; for Klsh-
en-. one of the ceverest men in the Empire, is IN
the vicinity, with host of Coreans, Mongulss,
and Tartars, the best troops in China, and col
lision must ensue On the event of the battle de-
ponds the fate of the throne, for suspect the EN-
peror is now in the field with all the men he can
raise; and ifdefeated now, he must go to the wall,
and if victorious, the insurrection is crushed.
OF all. the stories connected with the affair,
none has been so persevered in from the COM
mencement as that assigning leadership ana IN
Huence to foreigners; and there really seem many
grounds for the belief. They are called by many
the "Christians," the 'sGod worshiPpers," and 1t
is said that they observe Sunday. The latest
takes this form:
There are four men, wearing the Chinese dress,
but not talking the Chinese language WELL VINO
are at the head ofthe rebel council OF war, ana
without whose sanction no step is taken. lhese
men are generally supposed to be French Jesuits;
and if Catholicism forms an element OF the COM
bination, the farther north they go the stronger
they become, as that religion is more widely dit
fused in that quarter Their success in battle a
gainst the Imperialists. and the military skill
which has characterized some of their movements,
give additional strength to the superstition OF for
eiqn aid. So LONG as these disturbances continue
trade must be more or less affected; but the sue
cess of the rebels, l am inclined to think, would
rcvolutionize hewhole policy of China, foreign
and internal and we may look for an extension
of our privileges and of general commerce.
The Boston Courier says
The rebellion against the present Chinese Gov
eminent, which has now assumed the formidable
aspect and tendency Of revolution, is not OF very
recent origin, although it is but short time since
the attention of the nations of the west has been
drawn towards it. The time when it began is I'M
known, and the circumstances of its origin are e.
oually obscure Enough, however, has come to
lrht to make it evident that its prominent purpose
is to overthrow the present Mantchoo Tartar dy-
nasty, which has ruled the. empire between two
and three centuries. IF we imagine the Hlndooe
rising in Instruction to expel the British from
their dominions in the East, We shall have some
thing like parallel case.
The progress of the rebels appears tohave been
every where successful At the latest dates 1t
was believed that they had made themselves mas
tiers of Nankin. If such be the case, the surren
der of the capital cannot be far off. Nankin COM
mands the internal commerce of China, by the
great navigable river of Yang Use Kiang, and the
great canal leading from that city to Pekln. 1t is
by this canal that the capital receives It's supplies
Of corn and salt. as well as the revenues from the
southern provinces, which are generally paid in
the produce of the country. An army in perma-
nent possession of such point has Pekn at its
mercy. and when this city falls the Tartar Gov
eminent of China is at an end. The recent pro-
clamation ofthe Emperor shows his utterly despe-
rate condition. We may soon expect to hear OF
his flight northward across the great wall.
China, once revoutionized, will not be easily
re-organized and quietly settled under new Gov-
ernment There will be continuance OF disorder
for many years, with "a corresponding disturbance
and interruption of trade To look upon the mat
ter merely in an economical relation, the change
now likely to take place in that couDtrys onethat
must materially affect the commercial interests OF
the nations carving on trade there. Great Brit
ain has 100000, 900 engaged in traffic with Chi
ma. The tea duties in Great Britain amount to
s3O. 900 900 annually, and the British derive
yearly revenue of sl2,000,000 from the opium
raised in British India and exported to China. 1t
is easy to discern from these statistical facts that
tho commercial intercourse with China is thing
of no small moment 10 Great Britain.
MExIco.-The dates from the city of Mexico,
by way Of Vera Cruz and Havana, are to the 3rd
instant Santa Anna, since his Inauguration, has
taken decided steps in the organization Of his Gov
eminent.
On the 22d of April, he created his various De
partments of Government and his Ministry. On
the 23d ult., Santa Anna published his Decree re-
specting the Press. The system he has estab-
lished, is justlke that which exists in France and
Spain. and other nations on the Continent. The
fe7ty of the press is completely annihilated land
nothing can be published that he does not like
Ue is paving particular attention to the army
The news is confirmed that he has recognized and
confirmed the treaty of neutrality, as to Fehuan
tepec. lust as Gen. Lombardini negotiated it.
Gen. Arsta had been banished, without injury
to his person or property. He addressed reply
to the Minister of War, protesting against the or
der of Punishment, and says, 81 desire the happi-
ness of my country, and to obtain it, see no 9TH
er way than that of adopting Federal institutions,
and if you please, annexation to the United States
from which there would come to Mexico a foun
tain inappreciabe of riches and prosperity though
there would be lost by it that great enigma, that
quadrature Of the circle. which Gen. Santa Anna
calls nationality (nacionalidad.)"
Santa Anna is said to have already got himself
into bad order with the Mexican priesthood, on
account of a design he ia alleged to entertain of
raising revenue for the State by seizure of church
in order to pay the public debt.
In publishing The late intelligence from Mexico
the measures adopted by Santa Anna
on his accession to power, the Washington Repub-
lie remarks:
From all the recent information relating to Mex
leo we may. with some confidence. conclude, first
", that Santa Anna, in making desperate effort
to organize permanent government. of which he
is to be the essential element is willing that that
country should return TO the protection Of Spain
secondly, that he is jealous Of the United States,
and deeply embittered against them thirdly. that
the government Of Spain approves his views, and
is willing to enter into bis plan and, foErthly,
that the notion of annexation to the United States
occupies the minds of at least portion fthe Mex
lean people.
@g- Lynch law continues to prevail in Califor-
MA although it has been banished from the pre-
ciucts of the larger cities. 1t has retreated to the
placers and small towns. By the last steamers
news we were informed of no less than five men
having been hung by Lyueb-iaw ia various parts
of the State. One of these was professional
gambler, who quarreled With and killed trader.
with whom he was playing monte. He was hing
at Shasta. Two others robbed and murdered a
couple of storekeepers at Eureka, and the remain
ing two Of the five were Mexican horse thieves,
who were executed slmmarily at Monterey. In