Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-06-25
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
THE REBELLION IN CHINA.


emit from most other speculatons recently received
from that quarter. The date is no later than that
of the news we published some days ago, favorable
to the success Of the revolutionists
FROM THE HONG KONG REoIsrsn OF APRIL H.
REBELLIos-This item OF news, winch becomes daily
Of more interest is one of which we know almost little
s when we had to chronicle the various Of the
donps Of the rebels in the Kwangse provinces yet
are informed the rebels before the second capital of
the Empire Markings but whether that city
taken no abs to say From the North China
Herald extract letter from Soochow said to be from
high officer. The editor, very wisely win not vouch
for the truth of the contained in it, and have
hesitation in saying do not beee& it. The contents
are shortly, the blowing up street Of houses mile
long by rioters in Marking, of whom eight hundred
afterwards killed by the Mandarins sent to que the
riot fight between the imperiaiss and the rebels at
place forty miles south of Marking which commenced at
AN of the 28th February and continued until AM Of
LIST of March, at which time the imperiasts de-
feated but like Dessax at Marengo, gentleman Of the
Of Chin-kn-show made his appearance the field
the head of four thousand Tartar troops and turned
the tide Of battle killing nine thousand rebels On March
the 4th and 9th there another BATTLE in which
old friend Seu commanded having the following troops
under him:
canton volunteers. y, 200
Hoo Kwang SoidlerS..... =, 900
Tartar troops. .....! ....-.30Ou
Grand total Of men................8,00 900
Who do not to have done their work negligeny,
having killed upwards of ten thousand Of the enemy
and quarter each, which rather exceeds the
rate of killing in European battles
We look amazed at these notorious and monsrous
les and ask is there any thing real in the whole affair
What answer to give puzzles exceedingly We cannot
and do not dsbeeve that there grave disturbances
agtatng the Chinese Empire but know far such
mt ia M INNS rance
in this vast Empire, similar disturbances having taken
place from time mmemoria during the time the native
princes of the people held sway well during all the
years which the Manchu rule has existed in the country
The question is to believe that this is disturbance
of serious nature than what has previously taken
fact thaits movement of the Chinese nation to
get rid of foreign of princes Oristamere ordinary
outbreak rendered important in the eyes of Euro
peans by coming directly under their notice. from
taking place in the provinces with which they have the
most intimate knowledge, and which has disturbed, and
is now seriously disturbing, their business relations
rendered important in the eyes Of the Manchu gov
ernor by its near approach to their capitals to the resi-
dence of their prince the Emperor These questions
which is doubtful can be satisfactorily answered by
either European Manchu, Chinese. 1t is very true
some of the people whom the mantle of presumption
not Of prophecy seems to have descended have spoken
with most miraculous certainty of the aims the rebels and
Of their deeds have chronced the taking cities
times which taken once the suicides of
who still alive; nay the death of the very
leader, Tienteh-if such man exists-who STILL it ap
pears enjoys excellent health and truth, have put
forward with confidence, almost affirming it their
science such peposerous accounts of the whole rebellion
that the only account for their certainty has been
by assigning 1T to superhuman knowledge blind igno
rant presumption One week has given the lie to the
news of the previous week with almost unerrng certainty
and all that we know at present is the fact that in the
provinces most connected with by trade disturbances
are now existing of such nature that all business is for
the present suspended which is the less natter this
is the dead season of the business year in China.
what VIII be the results of the movement take no
tn IN Lara
SO few certain data which to form on opinion, and
which opinion if given from European experience might
be altogether beed by the result of Chinese facts Under
these circumstances we shelter ourselves in doubts and
shall continue to do until something definite is known
the first thing will still continue to doubt being the
eventual success Of the rebellion We may be wrong;
but until the undoubed of the rebels proves
error, we shall not take it granted the conclusions
of people better informed than ourselves from such
premises have given sample of in the battles
above mentioned On this subject tits to be remembered
do not refer to those individuals Who having
different view from ourselves, have been content to
express themselves in doubt the ending of the
ment though their opinions may be decided that the end
Of the Manchu dynasty is at hand but to those g
norant, and forward people, who, knowing less, and
trusting to silly reports of which any amount could have
been had at time, have to believe that they
second Taeyrands in smelling out the change Of dy-
nasty.
1t matters very little who is the ruler of China
we know that the Chinese is the true exclusive and
protectonist and that il is probable if things in
the companys time that the return of a native prince
would be the signal for restriction Of and
intercourse but such cannot be the III true
Chinese prince mounts the throne treaty contain
ing any greater restrictions than the present will
certainly not be submitted to by and il is much more
likely that it would be infinitely liberal in its
cessons. H-and still believe right-the Tar
tar holds his grasp the imperial power treaty
which has nearly approached its termination will not be
less bera and with the attempts open Japan by the
Americans and the continued pressure of living Europe
on dead ASIA it is very likely to be Wemay be
to certain extent wrong attrbutng this to the pre-
sent disturbances would certainly be wrong if
either had attributed did attribute the result these
the sole doubtless many other influences at
work but we queson any of them be peculiar the
present time, unless we except what many have claimed
important inuence-the destruction of the prestige
Of the Tartars through their defeat by the English We
not inclined either seriously accept or deny this
influence, it is altogether matter which the par
ties who put it forward Chinese principles into
which want Of knowledge prevents us following them.
In article entitled The Morbnd and Nascent Dynaies
and Christianity Tin China, Of the very parties who
advances this argument nr Macgowan) shows good
for believing that this rebeous spirit existed
for the above short time but from all ages and that it is
doubtless engendered by the weakness of the Gov
eminent ms an executive than by any other
We know little nothing of the merits or dement's of the
questions agated between the Emperor and his sub
jecs know little nothing about the doings either
side but, as the matter is in which have di
rect interest," wait with patience for the result
and trust our renders will do the same.
FIoHr CALIFORNIA LIoN.--we have been favored
by Mr. f. j. Greentree, of this city, with the following
account Of conflict, in which young brother living
hon, one Of the most formidable beasts Of the mountains
Last Monday while the comrade of vouup Greentree.