The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-25
F o R E IGN.
THE CHINESE REBELLION

= CITY, moreover, OF considerable literary as well q
! commercial repute) contains many European meT
! chants, and Il considerable number of America
and English missionaries. From these we shall pro
badly receive somewhat different representations
according to the different views they may be dis
posed to take; but between them, doubtless thcr
will be much valuable information forwarded t.
! this country in the shape of facts, from which w
: may draw conclusions.
1t has been assumed, but without apparent proof
that Tapping, formerly Hung-siu-tsuen, the leade
OF the rebellion was just of those banditti tina
were reported in 1850 infestng the province o
hwang-si, and that, emerging thence as a robbel
Chief, and meeting with some successes he made
pretensions to the throne of China affecting polii
cal and religious zeal as pretext for punder on q
large scale. 1t has been asserted that none except
Protestant missionaries have believed that they
could trace germ of Christianity in the rebe
procamations, and that Mr.. Meadows who is now
consul at Ning-pO, has been almost the only man
that has attributed motives of patriotism to Tai
ping.
What Tapping is now we shall no doubt learn
within a short time; but we know from reliable
sources enough of the commencement of his career
to regard the present movement as very different
from the usual outbreaks of Chinese rebellion and
fraught with very different results The generally
received facts are follows About twenty one
years ago llung-su-tsuen a promising and am
bltlous student, teaching school in his native vii
| lage in the province of kwang-tun The excite
| ment attending examination for literary honors
at Canton, and the bitter disappointment at proving
unsuccessful, threw him into fit of illness which
merged INTO mental arrangement just as his friends
| believed it was terminating in death They anx-
| iously watched him during the six weeks that he
! believed himself employed in cxtermnating evil
spirits, and ran about his room fighting, singing
and eXhortng by turns, till, exhausted with his eff
| forts, he lay down to sleep, only to rise and go
through the same exercise again. With the return
| OF health he became gradually changed both in
character and appearance, acquiring large stat
urc, great bodily strength, firm pace and piercing
gaze. He resumed and for several years continued
ms labors as a teacher, but to his more intimate
friends betrayed that the visions of his Illness of
which he had spoken freely on his first recovery,
| had made deep impression upon his mind as
though some other and strange destiny awaited
| him.
In the year lS43 he and his cousin Lii were led to
examine some books in the Chinese language enti-
! tied "Good Words exhorting the Age" These
! books, according to DR.. Morrison's account were
| written by one of DR.. Miller's converts and were
revised by DR.. Morrison himself before being print
| ed at Malacca. They contain good many entire
chapters OF the Bible essays from single texts and
sundry Scriptural mscellanea. In these volumes Stu
believed he found the key to the visions he had had
| six years before, and that he came to the concu-
sion that he was livnely appointed to destroy the
idoatry of his native country and restore it to the
worship of the true God.
He and his cousin baptised themselves according
to their understanding of the rite, and Stu began
| forthwith to speak in such exalted language of his
visions and the books received from heaven, that
some thought his former maladv had returned but
many more fell under his influence and received
baptism at his hands Several years he spent, some
| times teaching school in kwang -tung, sometimes
! itinerating vender of ink and pencils in the
province of kwang-si, where several thousands re-
ceived his doctrine and formed themselves into
gregations numbering from 100 to 800 individuals
However far this doctrine might be from pure
! Christianity it embraced the main points of re-
nouncing idolatry and keeping the Ten Command
ments any violation Ofwhich was severely punished.
| These new disciples presently favored with
! those marvels which usually attend the commence
! ment of great religious movements: they had
visions, ecstatc raptures and miracles of healing.
Taking these things in connection with the singular
reformation of their lives, and the remarkable char
acter of their chief physically, mentally and moral
! ly, it is not surprising that the congregations
! of the God-worshippers increased marvel
| lousy; that when pcstilential disease broke
| out numbers joined from the idea that they
would thus escape contagon, and that when quar-
rels arose between two sets Ofnhabitants those who
were defeated sought refuge with the God-wOrship-
pers: But presently not only distressed villagers,
but bands OF robbers dispersed by the imperial sol
! ders, sought this alliance, gladly submitting to
their discipline for the sake of personal safety In
this fact Stu saw an indication of the design of Hea
/ ven to raise valiant band for the deliverance of
! China from idolatry and the Manchoo dynasty lie
did not hesitate to receive thcm and this as he had
| foreseen, led to collision with the mandarin sol
! ders. Stu was blockaded in a spot surrounded bv
high mountains, and having only narrow pass kept
by soldiers. A number of his followers assembled,
Overcame the soldiers, and delivered their chief.
Thus was the Rubicon passed.
as reported in 1852 by of his relatives. who,
having been captured escaped again, and finding it
impossible to rej0n his companions fled to Hong
Kong. There is no reason to doubt the general We
racity OF his statement as received by Mr.. Ham
burg, especially he had no means of learning the
result even of the first collision with the imperial
forces. The subsequent career of Sin is gen
orally known than the details of Mr.. Hamburg's
unpretending narrative; how he was afterwards
joined by many members of those political So
cieties which had been organizing for some
| years for the overthrow of the ManchOo dynas-
| ty; how, when the city of Iung-ngan fell lto the
hands of the insurgents, they unanimously declared
! him emperor of new dynasty under the name of
| Ta-ping-W Wang, or ''kng of Great Peace" how he
pursued his victorious course till Nankn was taken
in 1853; and how he has since pushed his cOnduests
in various directions till almost every city has
or less felt his power. Better acquainted probably
with the Old Testament records than the New
he seems to have regarded himself as another
Joshua, dlvnely commissioned to eXteG inmate idol
airy by Staying its adherents as well as by destroy
ing its appurtcnances. But there is no reason to
doubt his original or even his present sincerity.
He may now, if he chooses, obtain perfect
instruction in the principles Of Christianity; but it
may well be doubted whether he will be docile
now as he would have been nine ten years ago
Doubtless it would be difficult to induce him at this
stage of his career, to lay down his carna weapons
and embrace the pacific doctrines of Christianity.
We cannot, with some, regard this ephemeral
movement. 1t may be that the Imperial troops
have regained much ground that Tapping had
belief of the Buddhist Confucian doctrine in the
minds of the people. We do not predict that this
fanatic will overthrow the Manchoo dynasty and sit
on the throne of China; but doubtless he has shaken
that throne, which other circumstances may fill with
better man. We would be far from exaltng him
as the apostle of China, but he may prove to have
been the pioneer whose rough doing opened the way
for the entrance of Christianity.
ENGLISH DOUBTS OF THE PATERNITY OF
THE EMPRESS EUGENE.
The English are the haughtiest men on earth; and
vet none can bear snubbing and humiliation better
This fact is illustrated best in their conduct towards
Louis Napoleon. As President, they denounced and
cursed him. and called him names; as Emperor, they
extolled his greatness, gladly accepted his aid in
battle, and their Queen in person conferred the
highest honors upon him. Just at the moment her
Majesty Victoria is paying her respects to the En-
press Eugenie,-and thus again acknowledging her
rank to all European English journalist volun-
teers some ''doubts of the paternity of the En-
press" One would suppose that proud English
man would be slow to tell the world that his Queen
had, in the highest forms of royal pomp, gone
abroad to do homage to the handsome ''foundling.
The romance is in these words:
Paris Correspondence of the London AdreTttSeT.
The lofty and prominent station attained by that
distinguished lady who shares the throne of France
with Napoleon ILL., has attracted public attention
! of late to some law proceeding which took place
some time past at Valladolid and Arevallo- pro-
ceedings which throw some doubts upon the pater-
nifty of that lustrious lady There has been great
demand for the Spanish law journals Of 1927 and
the following year. On searching through the files
of that period find the subjoned account of the
nullty of divorce pronounced in 1913 between
| Spanish wife and husband.
| Don Joaquin de Montijo, captain of the regiment
of Segovia, married in 1910, Donna Maria de Pc
nansande, belonging to a respectable family of Fon-
tepelayo, near SegOvia Shortly after his marriage
he taken prisoner of war and carried off to
| France, whittier he was followed by his wife as
as she ascertained that he had obtained an ap
| pointment commandant of prisoners of war,
! which made some addition to his pay. Although
| Donna Maria went to France in compliance with
her husbands request, she does not appear to have
lived happily with him. Discussions soiled the domes-
tic hearth-mutual recrimnatons, each charging
the other with adultery, brought about scpara-
| tion.
| Don Joaquin having lost his appointment in con-
sequence of the removal of the prisoners OF war
i from ROurues to Dinn. tnnk service in the Erench