Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13
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The Annals of the Propagation Of the Faih contain some
curious letters written in the spring Of the present year.
from the VcarsAposolic of Kiang-si and Hou Kouang
These priests relate that in the month of January the in
surrecon had already made formidable progress The
forces Of Tentc, he is called in other accounts
everywhere announced their resolution to
deliver the Chinese nation from the Tartar yoke Thew
we'll received by the population and obtained with
out difficulty large contributions in support Of their cause
Their army far better disciplined and provided for war
than the Imperial troops and 1t is continually reinforced
by considerable desertions Of native Chinese But the
most circumstance attending their progress is
that they and their chiefs profess none Of the idoatrous
religions hitherto dominant in China. On the contrary
wherever they appear they destroy the osshouse the
idols and the monastc institutions of bonzes which
held in veneraton by the Chinese and their conduct ap
pears to confirm the language of their proclamaons,
quoted by some little time ago, which indicated
affinity with the spiritual doctrines Of Christianity
They carry their banners, however, the words Yans
ii hoaoei," s'the Religion of the Great Emperor"
term not known to the Roman Catholic missions and
which consequently marks the distinction between them
and the Romanst converts. The Chinese Government
appears have thought that the hostility of these cono
casts to the prevailing worship of the country established
strong presumption that the Christian congregations
the original authors of the rebellion and in
parts of the empire suspected of protesting Chris
any have been arrested and prosecuted in consequence
Of this suspicion.
In March the province of Hou- Kouang had become the
centre of the operations Of the victorious Tente. He
had taken by storm the capital of that province and also
the city of Han where the Imperial troops
defeated and all the Mandarns ard civil authorities put
to death. He then proceeded to march upon the pro-
vince of Honan having divided his army into three
columns and he had summoned the Mandarins of
Nankn to receive him their legitimate sovereign, de-
scendng in the ninth generation from the last Prince of
the Ming dynasty. The Imperial Government had
moned fresh troops from Mantchoo Tartary, and the fate
of the empire seemed to depend the result of the next
battle. Meanwhile, the aspect of the Imperial army is
described extremely ludcrous and efeminGte every
carrying umbrella and lantern, and the move
ment OF the forces being encumbered by and
unv 1lv trau of haDU Tha ebo clp and
trade is stopped upon their passage indeed, 1t would
that the result of these events has been for the pre-
sent to throw the southern provinces of the empire into
rghtful state OF anarchy The policy OF Ten and his
followers is to make the Tartar authorities but
far possible to protect the people, and among
methodical and ingenious nation as the Chinese it is
evident that this of disorder will be of short ur-
ton NJ. de In Place, the Vicar-Apostoc of Kiangsi,
from whose letters have borrowed these particulars
terminates his narrative in the following words:
relate these things which have had learn
in journey have just made from Honan to Kiangs along
the western part of Ngan Hoey because il for question
of life and DEATH of liberty persecution If is very
emancipation of holy religion IT, contrary
Tartar dynasty its ascendancy sha witness
Of association and the church Of the mpor-
an associations in China, and of the hated by the
Government viii attack the christian community with fury
and may expect bloody fiery persecution Liberty
perfecution, all good in the Jesus With liberty
influence will extends with persecution shall have the
glory Of dying for cause"
The brave and fervent language Of these enthusiastic
proseyte is that Of men actually surrounded by the dam
gers they describe and who know how many Of their
teachers have already laid down their lives in China for
the propagation Of Christianity Although there is every
believe that the rebellion which threatens to
overthrow the Tartar dynasty entirely national
ment and has not originated in any foreign influence
instgaton is evident from the language of these mis-
sonares that they conceive themselves to be deeply in
teresed in its and it is not improbable that the
Chinese christians, who form of the great
cietes of the empire concerned in the enterprise
Thaonf fa1f raoftn t1xr 1pnpu
ltca consequences still matter Of pure conjecture;
but this much is certain that all the evidence possess
in Europe confirms opinion Of the impocy of any
interference by foreign States support of the existing
Government De the Government of China what it may
it cannot be than that which likely to
be oyerhrown The Mantcheo dynasty has shown itself
ready whenever il dared persecute the Christian re-
gon restrict the foreign trade of the Empire and
evade its engagements with foreign nations but the dis
position which has Of late years been manifested by the
Chinese themselves to adopt purer faith to extend their
commerce. and to emigrate to Australia California;
and the Maurus shows the oppressive policy of tue Gov
eminent is by identified with the views and inte-
rests of the people. 1t is not improbable that the
luton occurring in China may be destined to play
important part in the extraordinary events and dis
coveres which have occurred Of late years to unite the
extemtes of what term the Eastern and the Western
World and to complete that circle of civilization and un
restricted intercourse which will day encompass the
globe In the internal affairs Of the Chinese Empire it
would be extremely impoltic for any other Chris
an Power to interere but least Of all should agents
gress of revolution favorable to the grand objects Of
civilization and to the ultimate improvement Of rea
tons with this extraordinary people.
SINGULAR OccuRREYcE E-On Thursday morning child
eighteen months DID, whose parents reside Washington
street. bitten severely in the finger by cat. The
mother had given the child piece of bread and butter,
and while about her household duties alarmed by it's
screams and fastening where she discovered
that cat had hold Of the childs finger and the child
deavoring to shake it off.
the mofh took thpc nm nat
the cat dead but had its teeth and jaws firmly locked
upon the finger She had to make Of great force to
berate the finger from the cats jaws and succeeded after
some time trying The child was then taken to A. b.