Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-09-18

rgron Tic Correspondence Of the y. Y. PQssl
crrrrSr NEWS.


CURRENT NEWS
The repnrt has just arrived that there has
lately been lighting Mt Chin Kiang-foo, the city
so long held by the Tae-ping- Wang party below
Nauking The Imperalists have been beaten oil
and fell back on Tan-too, a little place some way
below. Also, number OF the lmPeralists have
L een killed Il WOo.hOo, above Marking, heidhy
,he uatriotiG party in 1S54-when visited by the
steam war ship "Snsquehana@h.' From the
same source it is also reported that seen cities
have lately been taken by the insurgents mort
OF OF the Yang-taze Kiang, between that and the
Yellow river
HE CURRENCY QUESTION.
This subject seams to be engrossing consider
able attention at Shanghai, and what seems SUR
prising to me is. that there are two opinions on
The subject, each sustained with considerable
acrimonv through the local papers. Having liv-
ed ther. and also been lately at New York, moth
ing is clearer 20 my mind than that the Chrolus
dollars. on some other currency easier of attain-
ment than the carolus, and at the same time
more on n par with the native syec silver. 1t IS
clear that the CarOlus dollars cannot be obtained
BIZ fir means In sufficientquautities tomeet en-
larging necessities of commerce in Shanghai
Nv agent in New York was trying moro than
six months TO buy thousad carolus dollars for
me and ultimately reported that he could not
get them. And il thousand cannot be obtain
ed is it not clear case that It would be infinite
" more difficult 10 obtain million. NOE are
they fair representation of the currency were
they obtaina6le. They have nominal value OF
twenty to twenty- five per cent. above what they
are really worth by weight and therefore they
ought not 10 be the representatives of the cur
renew Let the Mexieans be the standard Of cur
at par With syce, according to weight, and
the difference prcmium,on the Carolus-then
/ if any persons are foolish enough TO buy at ~
or so per cent. either and can find any to pnr-
-. 4. A., tA1aEy
| be accommodated 1T a good round prcIniunh-
The Chinese are very accommodating, Tor some
of their customers will make milk, wine, or
Caroius dollars either, bran new. or dated fifty
years back; when such arc in demand. We
speak that we do know" And while the cur
rency question is under consideration and the
change gradually progressing, think the
americans especially should exert their best in
ilnence to introduce gold aud the United States
halfdollar silver coinage ut a just and equitable
rate of exchange. AT present five dollar gold
pieces are only worth four dollars and fraction
and not easily disposed of even at that. As
California, our gold country, IS likely to have
most extensive trade with China, (unless they
so disgust the Chinese by abuse as to cut off in
Iterc0ursc) there is the more necessity for gold
being legalized in China and made lawful cur
Irency At q just valuation And if our mints
would make our silver money q little heavier, so
as to be eoual in weight with the Mexican, |
know of no good reason why it should not be
equal in value. tits now five or six per cent.
under weight, and as the Chinese receive all
their noney+by weight ofcourse the Americans
have to lose that, otherwise it is now at par in
/ Canton and soon | trust will be at Shanghai
I and the other open ports of trade. will beg
that the conductors of our mints will little
enlarge the weight of our silver coin to Ineetthe
! Chinese market
MISSION LABOR II CANTON.
| have Recommended my public missionary
labors. My chapel having got somewhat out of
repair during the last two years and halfof
/ my absence, have had it repaired the door
opened, and things set in order. Had note
poStetl ON the door yesterday tliatT would preach
to-day at one o'clock, at the same time inviting
attendance.
About ten o'clock this morning, took books,
scriptures and tracts, went to the Hocy- Tang
| Ze-tetnple on the Honam side of the river, col
lected a congregation at the temple about thirty
| to fifty hearers, to whom preached and gave
books Several priests were there. some of
whom made remarks in vindication Of idol wor-
ship; but when the idol vas pointed at, and the
priest WAS told that it had eyes and saw not ears
land heard not n mouth and spoke not, aud feet
and walked not; that hence, man, the Worship
per, was greater than the idol, the thing wor-
shipped; the truth of this was too apparent to
be gains:id and therefore he left Oft his vindica
| ton and took his departure. But other priests
received tile tracts, and, I would iain hope,
might derive benefit .therefrom, Thence went
| to the English church tojoin in worship there
Note-Here might remark, for the informa-
ton of the distant, that the boat that took me
up, about two miles, and waited half an hour
for me at the Temple, was worked by two We
men, who only received FIVE cents as Just COM
ponsaton, according to the prices of the place
This, compared with the prices in New York or
| San Francisco, looks small. might also re-
mark that not half the missionaries here attend
lpublic services in our own language at church
ON Sabbath, and some not the prayer meetings
| in the interval. This think an error, ufwhich
! I, myself have been guilty, and now desire to
improve. While endeavoring to preach to the
| Chinese we ourselves become barren and lean
under this course Of procedure, for preaching in
a foreign language produces very little devotion
! nj feeling in our own hearts. And missionaries,
\ in my judgment, ought to have their native ser
vices at an hour that would not prevent them
1 from attending the foreign service in their own
language. Mr.. Grey, the chaplain here, is an
Interesting man and preacher; but the sounding
board over his head, however, perpleXes me a
good deal cannot hear much over lbalf Of
what he says distinctly The congregation was
very quiet and attentive. May the Good Spirit
sanctify his preaching to their salvation.
Thence returned my appointment ut my
own chapel. On the way met any number of
beggass Stopped TO see two blind beggars
tense the shopkeepers out of one cash-thcse
arc fourteen to a cent-and there they stood,
whack, whacIS, whacking their bamboos for a
considerable time, at last they got the cash and
put oil. Then said / to the shopkccper, "Do
you get music here so cheaps-only one cash
for 80 much" "0h," said he, eve have so ma
my bcggars daily that's all VIC can giye--someti.
mes from thirty to fifty per day.
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BRieuAa YouNs'a sER4oNs.-The following
are extracts from late sermon of Brigham
Young:
am almost constrained by the pover that is
within me to draw the dividing line in the midst
of this people, and to cut many from the church,