Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-09-24
FROM CEEINA.


hle aud very important news iron
Nankin, the headquarters OF the IN
surgcnis, which | now send y"u, feel
ing assured that you take a lively IN
tercst in whatever tends aud seems
ito tend tuwards tho establishing oi
the Redeemer's cause in China.
An English war steancr with Sil
George Bonham, Governor of Hong
Kong on board, went from this place
10 Nankin some ten days ago for the
purpose of asccrtaining the real
state Of things, aud to find out, if pos
sible, what would be the policy OF the
insurgents towards foreigners, should
they be successful. The steamer re-
turned yesterday evening and gave us
tho following items of news: The
steamer was fired into by the insur'
gents at Ching kcong-foo (about so
miles below Nankin. but j; proceed,
cd up the river without returning the
fire. On arriving at Naukin. it was
again fred into, but instead Of return
ing the fire, a white flag was raised,
and u messenger dispatched, stating
that foreign nations were neutral us
regarded the present contest, and that
their object was only to ascertain how
matters stood. On the announcement
of this, there was n great shout ofjoy
throughout the camp. The insur-
gents stated that they had nothing a.
gainst foreigners, that they had the
same religion and were brothers, that
it was their intention TO cXpcltho Tar
tars, take possession of tho country,
establish their capital at Nankln, and
throw the whole Empire open to for
eipn commerce. Thousands of them
came on board the slcamer-the for.
eigncrs went freely through the city,
and one of them slept two nights in
their camp, aud during tho whole OF
The five days that the steamer remain
ed, tile officers and men were treated
with marked respect and hospitality,
There were no lmperialist forces any
where near the city-the gates welc
open. and every thing going on quiet
ly. They were fortiiying aud col
lec,ing provisions to stand siege ii
necessary. They have strict discip-
liue-thcli, opium-smoking and adul'
terry are capital offences. The tenn
pies are ridJled wherever they go
the idols are broken to atoms, and
Tartars put to death. The great and
celebrated porcelain tower has been
stripped of all its idols. They, ii"
short, profess the Christian religion
and it is not Roman Catholicism, but
is the result of the labors of Protest.
ant Missionaries at Canton, doubtless
Gutzlah's translation of Genesis, a
copy of the ten commandments. and
doxology, the import of which is,
"Praise God the Father, God the
Son, aud God the Spirit, three in one"
besides other similar documents, were
found among them.
They pray to God night and morn
ing, ask the blessing at their meals,
and keep the Lords day as day of
rest; they were exceedingly anxious
10 got copies of tho Bible and reli'
gious books, and to know whether
they had got the pure Christian doc
trine. One Of the young men of the
steamer brought several ofiheir books
down wi,hhim. Thus God is doing
wonders in China. 1t is Gods work
alone. No missionary ever preached
to this people, unless II few among
hem from Canton, and their leaders,
perhaps, never saw a foreigner before.
We here are filled with amazemont
at the wonderful providence! Let
the whole church praise God for his
wonderful mcrcies to tho children Of
men! My paper is out and | must
abruptly close.
P. S.-Com. Perry is here, and the
squadron will leave for Japan in a
week or two, understand. We are
well. L. &c.