Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-09-17
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SHANGHAI, China, N 3li1s53.
Mn. EDITOR -
In my astsnnunicatlon
I gave you an account TIC revoiu'
tionary party which hta'cd some
weeks since in tho shrn part of
China, but was then iposession OF
Nanking. Since that nethe Brit
ish steamer Hcrmos, i Sir George
Bonham and suite, y leon up to
Marking to learn somlirg definite
concerning this revolt lmry party,
as only partial and uni sactory ac'
counts could bo obtain ba the coast.
1t will doubtless be g4ying to the
Christian world to that they
found these people Whipping the
true God, though tf feare not, US
might naturally be exPed' d'ves'ed
of nil their errors. See it to say,
however, they have dp prayers ask
q blessing before meatake the ten
commandments as III moral code'
are rigid ,eetotalers, Ihibi,ing smo-
king as well as drin 3 spirits, and
nunisb adultery witbeath. They
have discarded all nromancy, and
expungcd ,helucky unlucky days
from their calendar useless trasi'
They seek light fror higher source,
no ,bc;r Chief. wie real name is
Hung-scw-tscuen, flesses 10 nave
occasional commun 'ions from hea'-
en-. 1t is but JUSTICE him TO sta'e'
however, that he inns no right 10
alter or abridge {, Scriptures; but
seems to hold theIup as the rule of
faith and practicSr his followers
They seem fullyersuadea tha' .ney
are specially cah to overthrow idol
airy, with the Iprrupt government
,oy !, ex;stenI and to establish q
Christian govi iment in tho land.
Thew profess jendship for foreign
ers, and 1sp9 OF the "no'e human
family rs Of brotherhood. l., In 'ne
event of ,hejcoming to Shanghai
thew saw ,hfyill give the foreigners
,lroe 1nv'sbtice in order that they
may protof themselves against TOD {.
hers. &c. Commodore Perry relios
so much d,heir good faith, that al
som rs tJHermes returned, he star
ted off ,khe Japan expedition, leav
ling onlhe Plymouth to protect thu
Amerihs in case of danger. Thi
the Africans protested against, bu
to noburpose. The people do no
fear b army so much as tho plum
derej and banditti that always Prov
aboJat such times, especially in hea
,hetountries. But to the point
Thkevolutionists arc now imposes
sio|of Marking, Chin-kiang and tn
tot, opposite Chin.kiang, where tn
Gtnd Canal enters the Yangtz.ki
III on the northern side. Thus the
We perfect command of the grco
Ioroughfarc to Peking. These pit
es they are strongly fortifying' Will
|he government makes but feebl
resistance. The chief Mandarin {
Shanghai has bought some forelg
vessels, and hired foreigners to tax
charge of them. These he has sci
up the river, and they have made se'
eral attacks on Chin-kiang; but witt
out any effect, as they were not SUI
ported by q land force.
If any of these foreign hirol'ne
should fall into the hands of the re-
olutionary party, they will fare rath'
badly 1 presume, and meet with lit
sympathy here.
After the return Of the Horne
the Rev. Mr.. Taylor, Of the Meth
dist Mission, embraced the opport
nifty to go up the river in a ship'pr
yisioner's boat, which was sent up
carry articles to the foreign vessels
the Chinese employ. He went as I
as Silver Island, two miles belo
Chin.kiang, and could get no furthe
as the boatmen became alarmed
their proximity to the enemy. He
so mi ight have been in danger, rs
came directly from the foreign fle
and the revolutionists might veryn'
urally conclude that ho was spy
A, Silver Island he found the magr
iceut temples empty. The gods h
been cast down, broken to plec'
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