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ReN oIutlon IN Chinn.

hcfOtuttOu IN Nhtma.
or all the countries in the world the last {
which one would naturally look for revolu
hon, is China. But il seems that even the hab
i'ually doeile and peaceful people Of that hu
j.. name hive partake Of the agitation Of our era
y and that the flames Of rebellion now light ui
the vales and mountains they inhabit. threat
ening even the destruction Of the Imperial rul
which has borne uninterrupted sway there fo
over two centuries. China has been the theatr,
OF quasi'rebellion for two or three years. Bul
little authentic intelligence has, however. eve,
reached US IN respect 10 its progress. For some
Time the most trustworthy came through Mr..
Gutzlah, the German Missionary. whose recen,
death is widely deplored, Since his death the
; pest accounts have come to US through the In
gllsh residents at Hong Kong. About year
since we published news, received by was Of
California, to the effect that the rebellion had
been at least partially suppressed and It's prin.
cipal leader executed. This however, was con.
tradleIed on the next arrival, and now we learn
by the accounts received from Europe yester-
day that the revolution is advancing with
rapid strides and has already became of the
most formidable character. 1t originally CON.
menced in Kwangsi and Kwangtung, the two
most southernly provinces Of the Empire in
the latter Of which the city of Canton is situa-
TED. Thence 1t has penetrated northward for
seven hundred miles and upward, till II has
reached The Yangotoso, the great river of Chi
ma, and down its valley toward and to its mouth
I'LL the lnsurgent army, fifty thousand strong,
has entered and taken possession of the great
city of Nankin, containing above half million of
Inha bitanfc Tho rabalo IL l. Z
our accounts are true, to hold in possession of
the very heart of the Empire.
Their entry into the CITY of Nankn was
made on the 10Th of February. 1t is very ev-
ident from the progress Of the insurgent force.
and the capture by it of one of the three prin-
clPal cities of the country, that it is headed BY
commanding spirit and considering the long
time its as been gathering, and its steady ap-
Proach to the Capital Pekin through the pop
uons districts of the empire. till it has achiev- ,
cd its present formidable position, I've are forced
to regard its prospects Of subverting the exist
ing dynasty as exceedingly promising. We
know not what would be gained by the success
OF the rebels and the overthrow of the present
Government, but we can not help feeling SYM
pathy with every thing that looks like move
ments among the stagnant waters of Chinese
history. II can hardly be otherwise than that
a successful revolution which would overturn
the Government and stir the vast and unwieldv
mass of human beings who inhabit the immense
territory of China, would be productive of GOOD.
Some such internal convulson seems to be alb |
'olutey necessary to clear the mephitic atmos- {
pbere which surrounds and envelopes the ac
ion.
So far as we can discover the revolution ap-
pears to have had its foundation in a sentiment
of reform 1t has proceeded upon the ground
hat the country was misgoyerned, overtaxed, I
md generally oppressed. The revolutionists :
bus AIM professedy, at bettering the cond- t.
ion of the people. The head of the expedi-
ion is known by the name of TEN. rEu. We S
ire not aware that he or his followers profess
epublican sentiments or propose to inaugurate h
he rule of the People in the event of success
This would be too much to expect But a a
hange in the head of the government from one e
laiming to be the descendent of the Sun and C
he brother Of the Moon, to man elevated from o
he common mass Of humanity by the exerlions
VI ordinary flesh and blood and Chinese at that
would be a change looking in the direction of is
esponsible and Republican government, by no p
means to be dispised. On the whole we con-
ess, therefore, that our sympathies are with e
he Revolutionists Of China.-.N Y Tribune v