The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-09-07

Canton, or Dr. L0bslde, also medical
missionary The first belongs to the
London mission, the other to the Rhen-
ish mission. Perhaps the latter is the
more probable, as he was attached to the
same society as Gutzlaf, and is said to
have itinerated in Quangsi, where the
movement took its rise.
On inquiring of an imperialist belong
ing to the gunboats above Marking, the
cause of the outbreak, he said that a num-
Der of them were in the habit of meet
ing in the Quangai, for the worship of
Jcsu, and that the mandarins prohibited
them, stating that they allowed no soci-
eties for the propagation of depraved
doctrine and as they persisted in meet,
ing, they had some of them beheaded.
Tho remainder took up arms in their
own defence, commencing with 200. They
now state that they have 100000 adhe-
rents. have no doubt that they have
several hundred thousand at Marking
-kiangfoo, Yang-Chow, and Kwa-
Chow.
They had about 10000 daily employ
ed, while we were there, conveying rice
into Nahking and assuming that they
had 900 full junks, many of which, we
know. contained about 400 tons each,
they must have 250 900 tons, all of which
the impcrialsts have been deprived Of be-
ing government tribute.
They were organizing their forces.and
we saw them erecting batteries and put
ting guns in thcm-some of them good
"A Founders.
They seem very sanguinc of success,
and hold the impcrialsts very cheap
With similar arms the former would
have no difficulty in going direct to Pc
kin in q few days-certainly in very
short time. | believe, as it is. the in.
surgents will walk out of Marking when
they please SO to determine. Mean
while the difficulties of the imperialists
are increasing, and with that their sense
less policy Of squeezing the people, even
their most faithful adherents, and the
feeling in favor of the insurgents is dali
ly on the increase. They often say, "We
knew this would be the last Of his race"
and an English merchant at Shanghai
told me that Chinaman told him, sew
eral years ago, that this was the feeling
existing in tho breasts of some Of them
at that time.
While some of the imperialists hro
saying, at is the will Of Heaven that
Tae- Ping-Wang should succeed" others
are saying, "Wait little, and you will
sec that it will all blow over" The in
surgents continue to strike heavy and de-
cisive blows. A Chinese that we took
up with US describing the insurgents said,
They are men of their word If they
say they will give you 20 licks Of BAN
boo, make your mind easy they will not
stop short at 49," Now, it is most un-
usual for a Chinaman to DO what he says
or mean what he says.
They are most frank in their manner,
quite unlike what we are accustomed to
in the Chinese; and, but for some mis-
understanding about claim of suprcma-
cy which they were said ( [ think i'm
properly to have set up. we should have
understood them better.
They are fanatical, but not to the ex-
tent at first supposed, and, | dare say,
less SO than we think, and with little
difficulty, | think, might be made less
so.
They believe they have a mission
from Heaven to kill all the Mantchous,
and they certainly put this in execution
as far as they can and, without attemp
ting to justify this practice, | believe
that nothing short of driving them out
of the country can make civilization pro-
gressive in China.
They state that their king was taken
up into Heaven and there invested with
power to reign; but this is mixed up
with that which must be fgurative, and
therefore may mean no more than is said
of all Chinese emperors, that they are
empowered by Heaven to rule.
They say that their king has received
revelations from time to time from God;
but it is to be observed that these arc all
respecting temporal things, and do not
refer to the rule of life ihey refer to
things of temporary import.
| am the more inclined to believe that
they do not hold these extravagant no
tions from their saying that their scrip.
lures were the same as ours, and that
we were brethren, &c., aud from Tao
Ping-Wang so distinctly commanding
tha. his people should not use toward
him even those expressions which are IL
sed in speaking of all their former SOW
ercigns, such as supreme" "high," and
father as these belong only to God.
Then he makes somewhat light of ru-
lers in comparison of what the old GOV.
enantors and others would call ''the C.
lect," and properly so when he says the
rulers are chosen of God and are His
children, but they who arc good are espe
cially SO.
They have no priests or ordained
teachers, holding that all believers arc
qualified for such purposes yet they
have people with ecclesiastical titles.
Be they fanatical or not now, as the,
take the Bible for their rule of life. anc
circulate it freely, it will produce its ne
cessary fruits, and eradicate all such er
rors. That they value the Bible | car
haze no doubt. One OF our men offered
to buy enc that was given to one of them
but he refused to sell it, neither would
he let it out of his hand
1t was said for some time that de
scendaut of the Ming dynasty (the last
Chinese) was at the head of the move
ment but on our asking them if ,hi
was so they said not, and seemed indil
ferent to the influence which they woul,
lose by the denial, for the idea was no