The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-08-16
China.

The overland lndlanmall arrived IN London
on the 18th ut. The London Times publishes
advices from China to the l4th May, but no
mercantile letters have been received. The
! news is Of the most important and curious
character The British war steamer Hermes
had returned from au expedition to the seat Of
the rebellion
Nankin was reported to be in a state of war
while the whole district was III anarchy and
confusion The rebels were in possession of
Nankin aud Chinkiang, which they were strong
L. aau1npems
upon Pekn. *
The iusurgent leaders have raised the stan.
! dard Of Christianity. a correct translation of
the Bible was freely circulated among them,
| aud a zeal, amounting TO fanaticsm, was lead
ing them on to attempt the destruction Of the
whole Tartur race, while strictly moral duties
were strictly enforced and practised through
out their own ranks.
The Commander Of the Hermes had cx.
pluiued the neutral position which the foreign
powers sare disposed to hold during the strus.
gle. The insurgents are OF the Protestant
torm Of worship, recognising Jesus Chris. as
their Saviour, and adopting the Trinity and
Ten Commandments.
The following extract is from the North
China, Herald, OF the 9th of May.
"The Hermes returned to this port OH the
afternoon of the 9th inst, with his Excellency
Sir Geo. Bonham on board
She has made an eventful trip up the Yang.
TIE, during which she lay five days at Nankin,
and brings back intelligence Of IA deeply inter.
esting and even astonishing character respect
ing the insurgents, giving Us much cause to
thank her M:je>tys Plenipotentiary for the
steps taken to obtain some positive Information
regarding them.
The following particulars we give on good
authority, and we hope to furnish from the
same Source more drtailsih farther issue:
The insurgents are Christians of the Pro-
testant form of worship, and anti-dolators of
the stricles, order. TEey acknowledge but one
God, the Heavenly Father, the All-wise, All.
powerful, and OmniI resen. Creator of the
world with him Jesus Christ as the Saviour
of mankind and also the Holy Spirit as the
last Of the three pcssons Of the Trinity.
Their chief oa earth is a person known as
"1he png-wang, the Prince of Peace to
whom Il kind Of divine rign and mission is
ascribed.
Far, however. from claiming alteration he
f'rbids in al edict, the application to himself
of the terms " "supremc," "huly," and others,
hitherto constantly assumed by the Emperors
of China, but which ne declines receiving, on
the ground that they are due to God alone.
Their moral co le the insurgents call the
" Heavenly rules" which, Oh examination,
proved to be tn. ten commandments.
The observance of these is strictly enforced
by the leaders Of the movement, chiefly
kwaus tung aud Quang semen, who are not
merely formal professors Of religious system,
but practical and spiritual Christians, deeply
Influenced by the belief that God is always
with him.
The hardshtps they have suffered and the dam
gers they have incurred, are punishments and
trials Of their Heavenly Father; the success
they have achieved are instances Of his grace
In conversation they 'hore the more world.
ly.mimded by constant recurrence to that >pe.
ca attention of the Almighty Of which they
believe themselves t" be the objects.
With proud humility, and with the glisten-
ing eyes of gratitude, they point back t" the
fact, that, at the beginning of their enterprise,
some four Years ago. they numbered but one
or two hundred and lint except for the direct
help of their Heavenly Father, they never could
have done "bat tie have done"