The Nevada journal., 1853-12-09
WHOLE No: III.

THE CHINESE REVOLUTION. and Man
choo are at it again, rough and tumble" with
the fair prospect of turning the whole Celestial
Kingdom into an uproar and reddening the
greater part of it with blood. "a, .t -
AS predicted more thantwo hundred years
ago. aud before Sanchez, the first of the Man
choo or Tartar dynasty, had fairly got seated
on the throne, the day of vene shall come
and the golden dragon again govern the empire
OF his ancestors" Tien-teh, who is the repre-
sentative of the old Ming or native Chinese
family, is sweeping gradually before him oil op-
position, and in less than another. most proba-
bly,--lf Russia remain neutral, will have posted
the head of Heen Fung. on the main gate of
the Chinese wall. We say, if Russia remain
quiet, and take no part in the var. !, We are,
however, by no means sure that this will be her
policy,--certainly not if Western Europe unite
| with Turkey, and at the same time favor the
revolution now IN progress. AS to the ult-
mate result of the rebellion, we have no doubt
now, nor hare we had since the fall of Nam
King, and the capitulation of Canton It is
nevertheless in the power of Russia, if she is dis
posed to exert herself to that end, to stave off
the main catastrophe for at least year.
The thing to be most feared is, the pronensi-
ty OF the Rebel Chiefs to quarrel amongst them
selves. 1t is generally conccded they are all
fighting against the Tartar race, and for the
purpose of restoring the old family to the
throne. But in the late proeIamations, we no.
tice no mention of Tien-teh, nor indeed of his
claims, but simply the orders and commands of
Hung,-who appears to be chief in command,
and Yang equally sovereign, who purport to
act for themselves and soldiery, which they
command
The most remarkable characteristic in the
whole movement, is Che Christian aspect which
it has assumed. The war is equally civil, So
cial, and religious There is war of races,
war of customs, and war of reiigicre. Ev-
erywhere Hung has had his victorious troops.
he has first laid tribute, rext hung ND the
Manchoss and then kicked down tic Idols. He
has proved himself the most noted Iconoclast
the world has ever seen. More than 10000
idols fell at one blow at Marking, and for
miles the Yang e-Kang was populated to an
excess with these ci-dersnts and defunct deities
However 1t must be a consolation to many of
the natives of the Flowery Kingdom, to know
that one or two thousand of these capsized Gods,
have taken refuge in California and that q large
brick temple is now in progress Of erection
near kearney and Pine streets, where they will
be restored in more than celestial splendor.
And here we may remark, that Christian Miss
ionaries are quite as much needed in San Fran
cisco, as in any part of the globe, for whilst
they are routing paganism from the Western
shore of the Pacific, it is very quietly ensconsing
itselfright under our noses on the Eastern.
We shall look with great interest for the next
news, both from Europe and Asia For the
probabilities decidedly arc that one portion of
Chrlstendom will be found leagued with tho
Turk, whilst another will censort with th3
Manchoo, and thus allied will march to batts
and slaughter, on the opposite extrenfities Ct
the old world