Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-10-12
China


ing the interior of that country, ane
Judging for himself Of the condition
of the Imperial and rebel parties
lnsome papers at home he has beer
censured for not fraternizing with the
rebels. The same charge was made
against Mr.. Humphry Marshall, but
in each case it appears to have beer
with little cause.
On arriving at Nankin in the Sus.
quehanna, Captain Buchanan, attend.
ed by smaller steamer, the Conlu.
Gus, under the command of Lieu.
tenant Brown, Mr.. MeLane received
a very characteristic letter, in these
terms:
"When a man has anything to
say, let him say it clearly; when he
has anything to do, let him do il
right. This is an ancient maxim
Now, your ship has come into oul
happy waters without letting the OBJ
Iject be known, please state it, Sc
that | may inform my superiors, and
the soldiers on both sides be re-
strained from firing. etc, etc.
Mr.. McLane refused to commune
cate with an inferior officer, and Cap
tain Buchanan became the CORES.
pendent. During their stay in those
waters, however, the Chinese people
locked around the steamers, and
we're very anxious to learn how
many men inside of it we're required
Ito turn the wheels Of the monster
steamer, the Susquehanna. A dis
tinguished Chinese general dined OF
board, and officers from the ships
went ashore and were treated Will
great kindness.
From Nankin, on the 29th Of May
the vessels steamed seventy miles
further up the liver to the city o
Wubu, a walled city, With "A popula
! ton Of half million. Mr.. McLan'
was informed that the water was deeI
enough for the Susquehanna TO g
four or five hundred miles further W
the river, the b..nks of which wer,
under the rule of the rebels, but al
| he had been further than any Ameri
can man-of-war had ever been before
he WAS satisfied, and returned Il
Shanghai The river is estimated
to be three thousand miles long, ant
we are now satisfied that a large ship
can 60 one thousand miles from The
sea ON its bosom with safety. il
drains the richest silk and tea dis
tricts in the empire, and through i
and its tributaries one hundred mil
lions of Chinese can be reached
many Of whom already use our pro.
ducts.
While at Nankin, Mr.. MeLane re-
ceived full expose of the religion:
ideas of the rebels. Much sympathy
has been felt for the success of the re-
bellion, because it was believed that
it would result in the establishment
|of Christianity amongst that hume
rous and ancient people; but knowl'
edge Of the facts only adds its con-
irmation TO the danger of propaga-
ting the Gospel by imperial armies,
or successful rebelllons against exist
ing dynasties. To the ten command
ments they add two more, one against
smoking and another against drink
ing; and if the rebellion should be
successful, and the Chinese should
become familiar with our views of
the origin of the Decalogue, they
will religiously believe that Moses
received these eleventh and twelfth
commandments from Deity, and with
them they will be as sacred as the
rest. In the books issuing from their
superior officers is to be found, re-
counted with great accuracy, the his
tory of the world and the church, as
is known to US through the Old Tes-
lament. Some of their books, writ
ten by their inferior officers. are Of
u very low character, often dealing
in the most ridiculous enigmas, and
descending to low ribaldry. AS
Shakespeare revivifies the long for.
gotten scenes of English history in
play, so these men attempt to repro
duce the ancient Christian church.
They speak and believe in the wrath
Of God visited on the Egyptians, as
,lso on the Jews. These are the
professions of their leaders; the mas
les know nothing more than this,
hat once they had idols to worship,
md now they have none, yet they
get along just as we'll. One of the
Missionaries who accompanied Mr..
IcLane to Nankin was sent on shore
o talk to an officer. After he had
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