The Trinity journal., 1857-02-07
History Of the Chinese Rebellion.

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some of the peculiarities Of this singular peo-
pie, we make some extracts referring to the
operations at Marking
On their first entrance to Marking, the
rebels kept no account of the rice they dis
tributed but gave it out freely to all who
came for it, But after the census had been
taken, the amount of daily distribution was
made a matter Of delberation and the
price suddenly rose to six taelS per hundred
cattes In fact, there was no place where
rice could be bought and if any attempted
to purchase it and bring it into the city,
they were declared volators of the laws,
and were beaten accordingly.
All who went out of the city and abscond-
ed, were declared monsters. At first the
rebels had no means of ascertaining who or
how many abscondcd subsequently, how
ever, system of passports was established.
These duly stamped were delivered to the Off
GERS and to the responsible heads Of the re-
spective guide, and were furnished as creden-
tials to all who went out Of city.
There was a twofold object in giving
these tickets one, that the bearer might
be known abroad by the rebels the other
that he might be recognized on returning to
the city-for otherwise spies might enter
A the males in the city, from sixteen to
fifty years of age, are called e1fectiyes, the
others non.eifectives Half Of the effective
force having been dispatched up the Great
River, very many of them absconded and
now that there was a lack Of men fit for SER
vice, the strong old men were taken from
the non-ellectiyes and required to keep
watch upon the walls and as there was
still deficiency, the sick old men were also
required to do the same duty on the walls.
Thus employed, great numbers of these nom
ef1ectiyes absconded, and the total number
remaining was reduced to three thousand
When the rebels had many times found
silver and gold in the uninterred collins
which they broke open, they next proceeded
to open the new made graves Close by
the steps on the east side of the Dragon
Kings temple situated in the rear of the
chief magistrate of Nankin, there was q
grave, over which the earth was still loose.
In it his honor, the magistrate Lin had
been inferred, and his faithful servant was
keeping watch over it, Making their way
to that spot, the rebels suspected that money
had been concealed and on the first stroke
of the spade they were seized with giddness
and fell to the ground. Thercupon they de-
clared to each other that the place was
haunted by monsters, and they dared not
proceed any further with their rash pur-
pose. All, how watchful was the spirit of
his honor (the deceased magistrate , how
quickly vouchsafed, too, was the protection
of the demons and gods.
Silver and gold having been found by
some Of the rebels in the walls and flower
terraces, straightway all the walls, and flow
er-terraces, and double-walls, and ceilings
were opened Or broken up. In some there
was money in some there was found only
jar * of water. Thus in the search after
money, very many of the houses of Marking
were torn down.
The rebels have prohibited the use of the
Imperial Calandcr and not having among
themselves any persons competent to make
the necessary calculations, they have there
fore rcckoned thirty-one days for each odd,
and thirty for each even month of the year.
Nor are they acquainted with the intercala-
ry laws
The money is often deposited in jars, large
or small, as the case may require and the be-
lief is that, in certain instances where it was i'll
gotten, it is changed to pater
PREVALENCE OF INSANITY IN CALIFORNIA.
The San Francisco Sun say: :
The statistics Of the Insane Asylum at
Stockton show the following alarming in
crease of insanity-alarmng when the extent
Of our population is considered alarming
in view of the last two years. In 1851
there were but I3 patients admitted in
1852 the number rose to l24 in 1853 there
were 100 in 1854, 202 in 1855, 214 !;
and this year the forthcoming Report of the
Asylum will show vast increase Within
the past month, the press has recorded twen-
ty-two cases Of suicide in this city and its
immediate vicinity, or nearly one day
Each of these unfortunates were reported
as laboring under mental alteration, and
in almost every case the disease was traced
to pecunary distress, or family difficulties
arising from poverty. In enumerating the
direct causes of insanity, the Report of the
Insane Asylum brings to light a curious fact
which will Illustrate the falsity of the propo-
stion that woman loves deeper and more
truthfully than man. We find that fifteen
husbands have gone crazy from the desertion
of their wives, while but nine women have
lost their senses, in the same time, from de-
sertion by their husbands. lis also worthy
of record, that in almost every case the pc
cuniary distress of the husband have caused
the abandonment of their wives. Again,
men take refuge in strong drink, when over
taken with disaster, and acquire love for
the damning poison They drown their sor-
rows in the BOWL and become the victims of
mama pOt~. No less than Oae thousand and
t,celre persons have been treated in our In
sane Hospital in the short period of four
years, without counting the hundreds who
in the same unhappy condition, have laid
violent hands upon themselves, and termin-
atcd their miserable lives