Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-09-29

The MOhammedanS IN China are
again giving trouble, having made an
Eruption into Ean-suh and then burn
ed the capital. They came out Of Shen-
81. where they abound; and the immense
province of Kan sub, or ''VOlnntary
Reverence" into which they have gone
is wilderness of sand and snow, eX
tending over four hundred thousand.
square miles, beyond the Great Wall
and the Yelland river, over the desert
of Gabi, To the confines of SOngarla aud
Thibet 4 portion of it, however. which
lies on the south side of the Yellabd
river, is tOlerably fertile, and in that is
the capital Lachan, which is said to
have been taken by the disciples of Is
lam. The reputation of Kan-suh, is al
most entirely Buddhist. 81 d.
This movement has most probably
arisen (says the Pail Mall Gazette) not
from any particular success on the part
of the Mohammedans in China, but
from their having been hard pressed by
the imperialists, in their own peculiar
province, wher re; for some years, they
have been in a-state of more or less in
subordination. In the recent disorder
ed state of the FlOwery Land and weak
ened condition of the imperial govern
ment, it was to be expected that the
adherents of Il creed so fierce, prOselyt-
izing and uneompromising rs that of
I'll Islam, would try to assert themselves
and to throw off the rule of govern
ment which, while it tolerates all forms
of religion, will allow no interference
with the Celestial Emperor sacred viii
ia matters of tho state. Indeed it is
remarkable that so fanatical n sect
should for centuries in China have
held in complete Obeyance the
command of their Prophet that those
who will not accept the faith should be
put to the sword but in India we
have also seen how the most bigOted
Mallahs will accommodate themselves to
the material necessities of their posi-
ton. In 1862 the Alahommedans If
Shemsi rose in somewhat formidable
insurrection, and captured the most i'm
portant cities IN the province, among
others the capital Si-gnan which is dear
to the Chinese % having been the seat
OF the Tang dynasty, under which pas
sed glorious period of the national
history, and of the greatest Emperor
Tei-tsung, who established the system
of literary examinations, drew up the
Celestial Code. pacified the whole coun-
try, and extended his sway so that,
westward, it was only limited by line
stretcl log from Behar in India to the
Caspian Sea.
Thelevolt was put down partly by
force and partly by arrangement, as
similar one was managed III the last
century by the Emperor lung; but
there has ever since 1862 been some
difficulties In that portion of China, as
indeed there had been frequently be-
fore. dso Z
The Chinese say that it is useless to
be particular In observing politeness
and ceremony toward the Mohamedans,
because then they imagine that they
are feared and become arrogant, where
as, when they are treated with severity
and rudeness they are impressed with
respectful fear and become manageable.
But it is not only in Shen-si that Mo-
hemmedans are TO be found. There are
small communities of them Mt Canton,
at Tien-tsin, at Pekin, and scattered
elsewhere over China. Except In the
Northwest, they are not in the least
formidable, and do not scruple to pass
the government examinations and wor-
ship the memory of CONTIGUOUS, and
take office when they can get 1T.