The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-11
The Chinese.

i LbCTUhk HPOh OHfNA BY TIM REV. NIX sNlB-
The Rev Mr.. Sye of the China mission, delivered
lecture In the large chapel o the Unvesy las evsoing
he commenced by Auding to the fact ths Information
to the Chinese had just oonmsncsd But tsv years
since knew nothing OF ChinA-nox through the lgsss
tave well conceived and truthful aricIcs the
actual state Of things In China The country, bs III.
was equal In extent Of to rtoFy 10 tie Unsd States Ia
richness Of soil equal to the culture and popula
ton far beyond them. II, went, he seii TO Crsaa in
ls46, and located at Shanghai when thlt port
first opened TO the world He therefore what he
affirmed. The government despoto one; the cent,s
power a Pekn who sent his governors sarsp to rule
the eighteen governors The local laws
mend.d by the governors the Emperor and sends
them baok All the commissions from ths EN-.
peror directly and though the msndhrns spring from the
people, ss soon ~ they attain that rank they are
cut Ell entirely from ths people, The msndArirs are
not SLOWED TO rule in the district in which they
born, and no person can hold office In his ow
all committed by the people whom they rule rhcy
thtreocs hush up these crimes. The m msndsrins
yer left without spies and II there Il imp rial I'm
missioner fent out from Pekn, ho Is followed by Spy,
with whors he generally makes Nrapg saieu.. 1ne
nilitia system is u Of abuses there is Inspection
the men, and they are generally un6t TO bs sent to the
held Tho OF the English will show this Hs
hsd from fort three hundred shots hred a. aoat
ing target and OF them hi it. The gus nxed
90 that they could onI, be fired point blank Toe Law
proceedings all from written pi3Hdipgs and they st
,dhere to the question by tottu'sso that We say
that the Chne, not only r1ls the psope with
rod Of iron, but with red hot rod Of iron Suon the
fcuy in obtaining justice that the Caasss frequently
get jures and trials Of civil n the tea shops
and they abide these decisions carpenter
by the mission having hada difficulty with OF his sl
lows WAS arrested The lecturer requested OF the ais
should be settled a soon a. possible The
penter told that he had relied the nusr of
reigner, he should receive fifty blows He died In
The missionaries times treated
with s-yery BY the mob, and it very difficult to
obtain like justice and tho foreign consuls
frequently obliged to what seemed very harsh
obtain repAration. The lecturer made q
strong plea for Episcopal missionary physician in
China The Chinese medical prao,icsi suios ntly elabo
rated and some o. the do all sorts o tricks
with their PATIENTS and considered as magicians.
They have no knowledge of surgery bnt successful
arc singular In Shanghai there is what is called Hall
Of Universal Benevolenee" where they furnish decent
and the horrible custom infant eide Is still prevalent
They have free schools and places where children are
clothed free All the these are el0s connected
Institutions SO that they can oe used 10 su
emergeDcy without acting - they often do In
more enlightened commuaities as a premium for
pauperisn. Still, when the Yellow river overAows its
banks many Thousands Of the surplus population die of
which the poorer member Of the family has on the richer
and this is always cheerfally admitted The charitable
irstutons are an suppo ted BY subscriptions In the
headed BY an nonymous widow lady This benevoence
extends 70 the dead and snbsciip ions arc raised in
-ths Confucius seot-profess principles exactly like
stocism This is the State religion. But the people
supsrstons This called Powism At about the tin OF
the Christian Buddhm introduced into China,
and it is the religion OF the greater part OF
the people Buddhism resembles in Its forms Romsnsm
II came from Hndcstsn Both these last named scots
have many hupersttiors-a man may rot undertake .
journey certain dayshe must be buried In GER
tain kinds OF fo They burn everything,whch the de-
ceased has used in le They all bssvs in the doctrine
OF metempychoeis They often purchase animals the
belief that The spirit Of relative has passed into its
body Tney pay great honors to the dead aud the Chris
tan missionaries have great difficulty In parsuAdipg
them that they 81 oud not ~orohp the dead bocss OF
their parents They have idols home, Ia
brdalevey idtl.try s TO be found This Ia the
true of the moral eyradatun OF the people Not
withdrawing this the people highly refined and cult
vaed in taer they pay great deerencs to age
great this that the grand parents
y have to ssy about the dposa Of the chi dren
than the parents themtelves Females secluded land
their employ men,s Of the simplest kind The womsn
bsrohed in childhood ana generally educated In the
family OF their future husbands. There il dignity, no
real happiness IN the marriage stae The Chinese men
particular In their mercantile afarg and the rue ia
that merchant dots not settle all his accounts the
Is Of two bindswrtten and spoken Ths written
language very difficult and 1t IL called the Mandarin
dialect The spoken language easily bs gsinsd 1t
differs in the various provinces The school system IL
simple and ia arranged In degrees When they take the
second degree they eligible for Office. Sometimes
thsse degrees sod and the leaders Of the present
volution who indignant at these sass They
formed secrs, society the present dynasty
and establish the (Christan) religion. Tney are
In the of several ports and whatever
be the result Of their e rts there 6oubt that China
10 open to all kinds of inuences-poliical mercaa-
tile, scientific IL remains to be what action the
Christian world will take in view Of these circumsa