Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-10-07
Miscellaneous
From The Washington Globe
CHINA,

''Afl - NANA NNAAiAtA W. AihhhNNA VI WV AAAA'A' D.
ct the Imperial and rebel parties. In some papers.
at home lac has been ccusured for not fUicrniziugI
with the rehul'. The same charge Wds made against
Air. iumpery Marshall, but ia each cJse it appears
81 have boon with httic cause.
Oa arriving ut Nnukipiu the Slsquchanna, Cap
tain Buchautu, attended 10y u smaller steamer,
tine Couiurius, under tue command Of lieutenant
Brown, Mr.. N,inuo received Il characteristic let
Ter, III these terms:
"Vheu % IMAM has anything to say, let him say
it clearly when lie has anything to do, let him do
right. This is the ancient maxim. Now, your
ship hns como into our happy waters without let.
ting the object DO known, please snte it, so that
may inform my superiols, and the soldiers on both
sides be re. trained from firing &C., &c.
Mr.. McL.lne refused to communicate with an
inferior officer; and Captain Buchanan became the
correspondent. During their stay in those waters,
however, the Chinese people Hooked around the
stc4mors, and were very anxious to learn how many
mon inside il required to turn the wheels of the
monster steamer, the Susquchanna. A Distinguish
81 Chinese general dincl on board and officers
t-om the ship3 went ashore and were treated with
elclt Kindness.
% Prom Nankin. on The ooh Of May, the vessels
scanned seventy milrS further Up the river to the
city, with u population Of htIfa million. Mr.. Me
Limo was Informed that the water was deep enough
for the Sus4uChaNna D. 20 four or hye hundred
miles further up the river, the banksOf which were
under the role Of the rebels, hut US he had been
further than any Amcricnu man-ofwar had ever
been before, he wIs satisfied, and returned to
Shanghai. The river is cstimuted to he three
thousand miles long, and we are now satisfied that
a largo shin can 20 one thousand miles from the
sen on It's bosom with safety. 1t drains the rich
est silk and tea districts in Che empire, aud though
it AM its tributaries one hundred million of Chi
nose can bc reached. many Of whom already use
our products.
While at Naukin Mr.. Mclano received a full
cypose of the religious IDEAS Of the rebels. Much
s~ympathy has been felt for the success of the re-
bcllion. because it was beloved that it would result
In the establishment Of Christianity amongst that
numerous and ancient pcoplc: but Il knowledge of
the facts only adls IFS confirmation TO the danger
or r-uam,inr the G,spcl by immortal armies, or
successful! rehallions AGAINST existing dynasties.
m, the ton commandments tbcv add two more.
ono against smoking and anorhcr aeinst drinking
and if tho rebellion sbonld br s,icrc,sGlI aud tho
Chinese should become familiar with our views of
tho oririn of the Decalooue. thew will reliciously
believe that Nose, received these eleventh and
twelfth commandments from Diety. and with them
thew will be as sacred as the rest. In the books
issaipu from their superior officers is 10 he found.
rceolnteI with orcat nccuracy. the history of the
world and Tie church. as is known to us through
tho Old Testament. Some of their hooks. written
bv1thcir inferior officers. are Of \ very law char
a.fer often DEALING in the most ridiculous epirmas.
and do.ealirr IN Inv rib,ljrv As SL,kesncnre
T,,i,iaas the I5nn C~,1tten Genes Of E"rlisb his
tory in plav. 60 these men attcmpt TO reproduce
the ancient Christian church. They speak and
Relieve ia The wrath of Tod visited on the ETYD-
tiq8s. as als, on tLo Jews. These nre the nr0Eos-
SION, of their leaders. fLo masses know nothing
more tban tbis tbat once tbcv had dol TO woit
slim. and now tbov bayc none vet ll,ev get aIonr
lust as well. Onc of the Missionaries who accom-
,.nicd Mr.. tI.Lanc to Naukin was sent ON shore
to talk 10 an officer: after he had expressed our
General religious views to him, the officer roplicd
Fiat his foreign brother knaw we'll and true all
about God and his son jesus, but was entirely ig-
noranto Of his second son. Tac-ping-Wanc where
unon lie proceeded to teach and Impress on our
missionary The Importance, Of his point. They
maintain that their leader. con whose golden face
no one has ever looked" has been commissioned
by God to conquer the world, and bring them to
the service Of the true God, discriminating all who
refuse. 70 accomplish all of which, God took
him % to heaven. gaye him a seal. and n "sword
uueopdueraLle." The whole world must come
under the authority of Tae-panc-Wanp. These
s~entimcnts arc entertained with a fa%naticism not
surpassed bp M~ohammedans. CAPTAIN Buchanan
was told thit if he would kiss the ground, and
bring tribute to Nankin, &C., g.. he could come
thcrc. IfMr. McLlne would become the minister
Of Tao rang-Wang all would be well; but that he
could not come there as the Minister Of the United
Sn.1s, rs the Whole world was to come under the
yu'e Of the sccondson of God. Such are briefly
the riliculous prctentions Of these delulcd crca-
lures. .t --
4 writer from the ships company says, that
Captain Buchanan asked one rebel officer with