New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-18

pen resiAenh engaged in trade, bu: lKses num'e.
.t!il Of nis,ionariss, including ssverL Esgse a-e
American ladies' engaged il the educsson Of CaIasso
Children NiDgpois in fact the headquarters ffe"
estsut r,issiorAy operations in China To rsse'''
ia al tteir proceedings hitherto, bsve taken par
t;culsr care rot 70 embrol themselves with Euro
pesn,, AID tts.e ia Little darger-hoTeTer 'he
uat;vs inhabitants nAy .uHer-saA. the essAe'lta'
meuts Ct the CoI.uls and foreign merchants VIII ia
to Re resyected. The Missionaries, We suppose
rsy be equ,lly SIRE Of personal safesy-tnousa tue
idea CT snJ particular respect on the part o. 'ee
rebels for tie Christian religion, at one time wafnJ
urged, il now pretty generally abandoned. In
fact tie presen. rebellion is very far from oeins
either ro7ely in Chinese snns!s, or very respect
able in it, character. Brigandage on lsDd-and tie
pr.sert rebellion can hardly be regarded lr 1y
other liaht-hss always been the curse Of China nc
less than piracy on the coasts. Not to 90 ee!oaa
the time of tie present Tartar dyna,ty, II
recorded in the Chinese annals that IN loo trers
wss rebeonin .en out Of the eighteen Chinese prov
ircss. Between 1722 and l735, the Governmsns
ste,t upward Of Kindred millions Of dollars IA
putting down aaothsr rebellion. Il l776, a. much
more was spent for simiar purpose; while trcn
1896 down to 1870, three times that SUN is sad 20
have been spett in suppressing rebelhon', one OF
which lasted eight years. The present rebellion
csn be traced back to that latter date, st which
tine complaint was made that two thirds OF
warg.-the southern province next Inland frsm
CsntoI-was oyerrun by robbers. One OF the
chiefs of these robberp, who had before turning
robber, picked up from missionary some scraps
of western knowledge and theology, toek to IN,
a. bsirg joined and supported in his operations By
other pluuderiDg bands, proclaimed himIelf
kirg; while, TO give himself the greater eclat,
be claimed also TO be 8 relative OF the
God of the Christians. Proclaiming death to the
TsrtaYs who were hated as coaquerors aud
death to idolater, which meant the plunder OF
tie temples where the rich hid their valuables, he
emerged from KwaEgsi in August, 1ool, and took
bis cour,e through the center Of China capturing
and plundering city after city, and BY the end OF
that year he reached the great river Yang
tee kiapg Descending that river, upon whose
fertile banks dwell more than hundred millions
of people, the rebel chief Tse-Ping- Wang a.
be called himself, stormed Woo-chang, said to be
the mo,t populous city in the world, and IN
March, 1853 assaulted and took Nankin the
ancient capital, destroying the celebrated por'
celan pagoda which had been reckored one OF the
wonders of the werld. From this newly acquired
seat Of bis power, the rebel leader sent two armies
northward, one of which penetrated as far as Tlen-
tsin On the Peiho-the same city against which the
French and English are now operating. But In
the North tho rebels found no sympathizers; their
armies me lied away; and in September, 1855, the
P,kin Gazette announced that the empire north Of
the Yellow River was clear of rebels Still, from
their central position at Nankin they made success
full raids in almost every other direction. Almost
every considerable city has been made to endure
their presence ard to suffer from their rapacty.
Apoy and Shanshae have been occupied, though
since recovered by the Imperialsts. In fact, an
Imperi,Est army has followed in the rear of tho
rebels, reoccupying and again plunderins the un-
fortunate cities lately in their hands. In this way,
the great city of Woo chang has changed hands
three times while An Imperislist force has been
Ell poytd for four years in laying siege to Nankin.
Nngpo has Low fallen, but probably will soon be
recovered again. As q political revolution, the re-
be lion take, no root. Snly the dregs Of the people
adhere to it, and any regeneration Of China IS
hardly TO be expected from this source.