. !Lr'* B" ra-assMTTITOIft-CTRBF^ The Iftst iftfxslliganCei -received in Eng land from Cbifii\ is very importunt nnd in* Wresting. The British 3.hip-01-w«r Her mes had made her way up tiio Yungize river, nnd the journals reported the follow ing, upon her return \- “The rebels Were, in possession of I'fnn kin."' ’ (On tier return from Nankin, and while passing Chingkking-foo, tho Hermes was fii;pd fipon from two forts garrisoned by the'rebels, nnd, after receiving four or five round shot in her rigging nnd hull, she opened fire, which quickly quieted the forts, and immediately Afterwards she was yisited by an officer of runk, who apolo gized for what he said Was n migtako,aris ing from tho fuel of there bping square rigged vessels below Chingkinng, which ijpd, on one or two occasions, attacked the Insurgents, and that tho Hermes was sup posed to be one of them. These aro all the particulars which have as yet transpired. Though the rebels have been hitherto so successful ; the imperialists dp not seem .to despair, lor tlfcy are purchasing a num ber of foreign vessels, several of which hud been sent up lhe river before the Bombay left. Among which is StrllerbertCompton, Antelope, Be won, Agnes, and Clown. The rumor current about Europeans .having been massnered, supposed to be the crew of the Science, must have been, os usual, tho fabrication or some mischief loving Chinese, who seeip to take a delight in coin ng such stories, und retailing them to the gossips of Cupton, by whoso exer tions tboy arc first industriously circul ated Uicre,.and ultimately find their wuy fdtlong Kong with some appearance of be ing founded on fact. Endeavors .should (je made to trace out the persons who thus | lend'themselves to the propagation of mis- ’ phievnus reports. t i We subjoin an extract from the North, China Herald, of tite 7th of Mpy:— ! “The i.lermcs returned to lias port on the afternoon of the sth inst., with his Ex-, cellpncy Sir George Bonham on board, j j3he has made an pventful trip up the \ ang-; tzc, during which she |ay five days at Nankin, and brings back intelligence of a, depply interesting ai)d even astounding; cliaricler respecting tho insurgents, giy- j ing as much cause lo thank Her Majesty’s, Plenipotentiary for the stops taken to oh- j juip soma positive information regarding! them.. Thu,following,particulars wo giver on good authority, and hope to furnish j from ll)u same source rporo details in a; fuluro issue:— ■■■' ! "The iusurgents ure Christians of the Protestant form of worship, and nnli-idol ulersofthc strictest order. Thoy acknowl edge but ono God, the Heavenly Father, the Allwise, Allpowerful, and Omnipres ont Creator of the world ; with him, Jesus Christ, as the Suvior of mankind ; nnd al so the Holy Spirit, us tho last of three per. sons of tho Trinity. Their chief on earth ! is a person, known as ‘Tao ping- wang, the I I’rince of Peace,’ to whom a kind of di yinp qrigin and mission is ascribed. Far, howpyer, from claiming adoration, lie for bids,; ip an edict,the application to himself qf (lie terms ‘supreme,’ ‘holy,’ and others, hitherto constantly assumed by the Em perors of Chipa, but which he declines re ceiving on the ground that,they uro due to God alone. Their moral code the insur gents call the ‘Heavenly Rulps,’ which on examination, proved to bo the ten com mandments. The observance of these is strictly enforced by the lenders of the moyqment, chiefly Kvvang-titngand Kwung se-men, who are not merely formal pro fessors of a religious system, but practi cal and spiritual Christians, deeply influ. j enced by the belief that God is always jvjlli them. The hardships they have suf fered and the dangers they have incurred are punishments qf their Heavenly Father; the successes they have achieved a:e in stances of His grace. In conversation lhfcy fbore’ the more .worldly-minded by constant recurrence tu that special alien-1 Hon of the Almighty oV which they be- j linye themselves to be the objects. With j .proud humility, nnd with tho glistening eyes Of.grotitude, they point back to tho fact, that at tho beginning of. their enter prise, lour years ago, (hey numbered but; fOO, or 200; and that, except for the di rect help of their Heavenly Father, they fttivqf Could dthve dono what they have (lone, ' “Thoy,’ said one, speaking of the Im- Kialists, ‘spread all kind of liosnbout us. cry say we employ magical arts. The otilykindofmagic we have used is prayer th. God. In Kwang-se, when we occupied Yung'Gunn, wc were sorely pressed; there ‘ Wefd'then onlv some 2,000 or 3,000 of .Its. ’Wc were, beset on all sides by much grater numbers; we had rid powder left bur provisioris were all 'gone; but our ' Heavenly father came down and showed l ui the way tb break out/ So wc put our '‘Vrives arid children in the middle, and not Y -po'ly, forcbdVpassage, hut completely beat! ■ft A'r'‘enemies.-’ ■ ' j ' “Aftyr a short pnuso he added i “Jfithc the will of God that our Prince; t of Pfeacb shpll be the Sovereign of China,! he 'will be'tlic Soveroign of China, if not theii we will;did hero.’ ' ’ “The man who used this language of eOdragcous fidelity to thocauso in ovory , joittremc, nnd of confidence ip God, ivns u shrivelled up, elderly,; littlo person, who ' jiYiadd an odd figure in iris yellow rind red hood';' blit ho could think the thoughts and fcpeak tho speech ofn hero. Ho,and others ! jij(e have succeeded in infusing lllcir ” ol courage and'morality ‘ Ip "jib slight'extent, considering the ma •"l'ciiaU’;operated upon, into the minds df ; /'fijui'r a'dlt6iLn:s. Ope jnstancc.wasa youth who actefl as one of the guides 1 . The CnysrAi, Palace continues to at- that rode into Nankin, and who trhet'an average of. about 4,000 visitors ifgaia and again, as he ran along on fdo|, daily, hdt the Contributions , by. visitors to begged arid besought Mr. Interpreter Mead, tho Washington Monument Fund, are.ve . if ho came,bock from khapghao, to ry nieagre—soma days $3O, somo days ■ iliring him u.doublo sword; but also exhort- §4O, generally about a penny.a.viaitor.-r— -, «d that gentleman to refrain from sinok-.Wc regard this feature; and for such an ■' Ingi from dfunkues!?,, flnd other :viceB,with,object* us infinitely worse than street bbg-: "j( at once amusing lodging. It \» a.-nctlionpl disgrace. ; . admirable. This lad, the son of a literary , graduate in Hoonnn of the second degree, j and himself no bad scholar, had left his | father’d house at the ago of seventeen, and travelled some days to Join the insurgent j carnp befuro Kwei-lin, promptedby ahod i venturous spirit to share in “cobquoring the rivers arid mountains,” the expression by which the “holy warriors” ofTae-ping designate their enterprise. ' 1 “\VJiilc they have manifestly derived their religious beliefs from the writings, if not in some cases tho direct teachings, of foreign Protestant missionaries, they ap peared to be extremely ignorant of foreign nutions. Canton was known to them as tho seat of n great foroign commerce ; but Shanghao (which had indeed sprung into importance during the few years they liavo been lighting in tho West) was found to be quite unknown to se/veral of their lending men. It is gratifying to learn thnt under! these circumstances tho existence of .a j cotnrhon religious belief disposes them to j 'regard their foreign brethren with a friend ' lincss which pastcxpericncc renders it dilli j cull to comprehend in a Chinese, which wo earnestly trust every effort will bo made to cultivate and establish in their minds, ; Jt would, to speak of nothing else, do moro j for our commercial interests should the i insurgents succeed, than hundreds of ships .and regiments. Wo understand that dur ing a l°ng ride of ten or twelve miles into the city of Nunkin and back, along what may at present be called ono of the streets of a largo camp, Mr. Meudows did not hero one of those abusive'and derogatory epithets applied to himself or companions, which have always been so liberally be stowed on passing foreigners by tho heath en Chinese. There Was also the fullest evidence that tho obscene expressions, with which the latter garnish all their con versations arc prohibited and almost ban ished from tho language of tho Christians. That there (ire ambitious self deceivers, J shrewd imposters, and calculating hypo- 1 elites nmong them in plenty,we doubt not; we also doubt not that numbers join, and j will continue in their ranks, influenced ex-1 clusively by motives ns wordly and igno-. ble as those which guide tho conduct of so many professing Christians of the West.— I But umong tho leaders and orginators of' the movement, there are unmistnkcable j signs of a good leaven, which, we trust | and earnestly wish, may ultimately spread j throughout the whole mass. One proof ofj the sincerity of the ruling minds is, thut while fighting to free their country from I a foreign voke, und anxious to obtuin ad herents, they, nevertheless, throw great difficulties in the w« v of a rapid increase of numbers, by insisting on the general adoption of a new and revealed religion learnt from barbarians. “Wc have not time or space to say J more at present. We have thought it ad visable to dwell, in the first instance, main-! the most striking and momentous features of this movement, its religious and puritanical clement—a feature now placed beyond all doubt, but which the previous [conceptions of many foreigners will cause them to regurd with the greatest astonish ment, if not incredulity, in any body of Chinese. We hope hercufter to be enabl ed to give some account of the origin, mil itary organization, actual position, nnd probable future movements of the insurg ents. They now hold Nankin, termed by them ‘Teenking—Heavenly Capital,'Chin kiung, nnd Yangchow, and are for the present busily engaged in strengthening land increaseing the lurtifications ol these cities." FOREIGN ITEMS BY THE BALTIC. Tho U. S. mail steamship Baltic arrived j at New York on Sunday aliernoon, hav-[ ing sailed from Liverpool July 27 th. Sho brought an unusually heavy cargo. The' news is not of special moment, und is fa vorable for the peace of Europe. From Vienna, 17th, despatches received by mail, say that St. Petersburg!) advices were altogether pacific. Tho Czar was thought to have uccepted the proposals of Franco for the settlement of his dispute with Turkey. M.dc MevcndorfT, Russian Minister at Vienna, on the 10th presented to tho Emperor, Francis Joseph, a letter from the Czar, containing the most pacific assurances. The greatest confidence in the mainten ance of peace prevailed at Vienna, nndthu fiual settlement oT the dispute wus expect ed by tho end of August. It was thought that the Austrian Cabinet, having nt length become alive to the dangers thut would grow out of war, were really using their endeavors to bring about a settlement, but t|ic cavalier tone in which they were treat pd by tho Czar, had gulled the Austrian mediators exceedingly. An important rumor was circulating, to the effect that the American Consul m Constantinople hud commenced negotia tions for tho cession to tho United Suites of the port of Varmorizzn. In connection with this rumor was another, thut n sum of §500,000 in American gold hud been paid to the Sultan—not said by whom, or why. Fatal Railroad Accident. —about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, a deaf man named Hough, seventy years of ago, was killed on the New Haven, railroad, near IVferidep. Ho was walking on tho track, but in consequence of his deafness, ho could not hear tho warning whistle, and was run over before the locomotive could bo slopped. Tho engine was reversed, but when the conductor came to the body life was extinct. It wus found lying about ten feet IVon the track.—JV! Y. Herald 3 d inst. THE REPUBLICAN. CLEARFIELD, AUG. 12, 1803 Democratic Nominations. Supreme Judge. JOHN C. KNOX, of Vdnango county. Canal Commissioner, THOS. H. FORSYTH.of Philadelphiaco. Auditor General. EPHRAIM BANKS, of Miffln county, Survct/or General. J. PORTER BRAW LEY,of Crawford co TO CANDIDATES The duy for tho meeting of tho Demo-. 1 emtio County Convention of Clearfield co.,[ is drawing nigh, nnd the day fixed upon by the Standing Committee lor the prima-| ry meetings in the different townships is, almost at hand—nnd wo nro yet ignorant as to who nro to be candidates for nomi nation for the many important offices to bo filled. For the office of Assembly, Which it is all important should bo filled with ono eminently qunllified, there are none who liavo os yot announced their intontion to submit their names to the Convention, There nro some, it is true, who have been recommended by their friends ns well qualified to discharge the duties of tho of fficc, and u desiro expressed that they ! should receivo the nomination —none of I whom however havopublicly declared their j willingness to permit their names to be | used by the Convention. For tho office !of Prothonolary thorc is but ono person Uvho has announced through the columns \ of our paper that ho will be a candidate for 'nomination; but ono for the office of j Treasurer, and two for that of County I Commissioner. It is not our intention to raise objections to those who hnve'nnft'ouncod their names ns candidates for for the above offices, or call moro accept able persons—but wemerely desire to in timate that if there nro others who ore wil ling to risk their popularity by endeavor ing to obtain tho nomination, the proper and fair way of doing so, is to declare their intentions through the columns of the Republican, nnd tlm|t too nt an early day, that the Democrats of the several town ships nt their primary meetings on the 27th of this month, may know who to support [and who In oppose. is estimated that the uggregnle amount of various kinds of stocks in city, 1 county, hanking, and rail read nnd other kinds of stocks in the United States, held at present in Europe amounts to theenor- 1 mous sum of $311,000,000. This foreign | debt, if apportioned equally among the pop-j ulation of the United States would burthen each man, woman and child withndpbtof about $l3 30 cents. Much of this stock is of a character that may not ho very profitable for years to come ; but a large portion of it israilroadstock, which is now [paying, or will when the roads are finish led, pay a very large percentage, nnd it is jor.iio likely that m ten years from this time tho dividends to foreign stockholders will amount evory year to us much as our an nual receipts from customs. This vast drain will have to bo supplied in a great measure with specie, when the balance of trade ogninst us will be of quite a differ ent character from that which the Whigs are in the habit of talking about. are always glad to receive und willing to publish any and all communica tions which possess any interest whatever. But when a person resorts to coppying an article from another paper entire, and en devors to palm it o(T upon us ns an origi nal production wo refuse to give it in our paper. Such is the case with the “Geographical uccrostio enigma,” und it cannot consequently, have room in our columns. oC7*\Vo would direct the attention ofthu reader to tho advertisement of Divkin&on Seminary, to be found in another column. Tho card of H. Bridge, Daguarreon Art ist, will ulso bo found in to-day’s paper. Samuel Ardray offers for sale his valu able form situate in Lawrence township. Seo advertisement. ’North Caiiolina. —The returns from this state for the election of Congressmen are favorable, so far as heard, showing a Democratic gain in several counties and districts. OCr We are glad to bo able to announce to our readers that there is not ono person confined in the jail of this county at tho present litpe. May its cells long iemnin without a tenant.