LEWI BURG CIRO CLE O. N. WOIIDEN.Pkixteb. L E WIS U UltC iC l 10 NIC LK AH ISOEPS!COT nlLT JOtHJlL, I lutd on FRIDAY momin at LewUburg, Union eou'ity, l'enniylrama. TKR W f I" )rer foreaah actually in ailTani: II 7S if liJ within Ifri- m.ilh: iw if ei' within I.er - 4 10 if V" b-f-re"" V" Mf" -ts f,,r ;,!,. .umlm. tTM-. f -r x 'tk to b win 4ean.. Ui.-.mt...uu1-e .u.oal with llie Pal.lilir.wp hen tlii yri ul u. j JiWwrtKK n I casual lvui-ui-utf to be paid for , Then hanl-d in or iteliewl- i ??" atow .li.4il ouall sul.jwt. of p-nrnl ir.tr- , jlre ..f the r.t r. to rv tt,n....n. -lh' r..l to Hkw Hi.-..k. K,.. r...(r-anJ tl.ne on bmln to N. W Hi". Mir. OFFICE in Heavers new omen . jaare, north side. 21 story, left hand door. (). N. WOK15EN. Proprietor. DtCEMBKK 9, 18G3. fCuiwi-nnden of thf Lewi-lnrcOrironHi-.j Ruckforp, III., Nov. '25, 1?.)3. M.VJ. Hichok: Perhaps a short com munication from the " Sucker State" will not be unpalatable to yntr readers. The prescut season of the year is the least attractive for traveling, and traveling : iu any other place but on tin- prairies of . Illinois, would be dull and uuiutcresting. To a person born an I hr-d among me inn of the Eastern States, where nothing meets the eye but ci.ffs, crags, ravines, dales, rivers, and rivulets, it is worth a journey of a thousand miles to visit the "Great West," and see with his own eyes the eudless fields of prairie lands, which, like a broad sea spread themselves to the horizon's verg aud seem bounded only bv the sky. The whole country is high, . i i-it. rollino-prairie except that portion along the ll'ick Kiver, which is perfectly level, the soil bla'.-k and adhesive to the depth of from six inches to three feet, beneath which is quicksand and from any one point you can look over thousands of acres of the finest land the sun ever shone upon, and miles and miles in extent the eye can range over thi "laud sea" without meeting the leat olj-et to obstruct its vision. No bluffs, no barren mounds uo mountains it looks a if dame Fortune in gome prodigal freak, f. o t'nl of j.i and equality, uucaring U ill-- want.- : u. r ;,.. KhiM l.:i.l iTintoied her uieShiiinou Iiliuois, aud ransacked Nature for beauties and favors to lavi.-h upon her. She is destined to be-she must become the Banuer Agricultural Slate iu the Union The lack of J iiubrr iu uu- .vuwitu vlaces whera the trees arc not r , r . th.-v.ero ueB- enougu .u. - ----- - 1..-.t-.rl be i, anted, farmers mark the r . , V or divide oounuaries ui vu." --- into fields, by digging two trench,, about .1 :.nd throw n.' ix teet aF. -u c the earth in a ridge between them. This 1 i.f,wt. Won.inr moue 01 leuciug, uv. , nWW and farmers arc enclosing the.r v ... erounds with good substantial fences. For the age of Illinois, and for its faci- ! lities-for it mut be considered that ,t was setlled principally by Eastern men, who had not enough capital to start but..- ness at home, and scarcely enough to pay the expenses of emigration-it is the first State in the Union, in regard to Education, j Agriculture, Manufacture. d Commerce gB, on the Rock K.ver, about UO : miles west of Chicago, is a c.ty of from 6 ; to 8,000 inhabitants, and for beauty, , symmetry of plot, magnificence of build- ings, and educational lacmues, is c,,ua. - r,., town if five times its ase 41,11 M w, . ..Ivantaeea. Land, in this portion of the State, is rapidly increasing in value, and farms, .lightly improved, bring from K5 to W 3 . ... ... - 1 per acre. Ihe small log siianiies, occupied . 0.1. by the farmers when they first came here, ; afe now bein replaeed by neat and com- V t U h!, :- much imrrovin- the sec- ' fortable houses, much ,mrrov,ne the see , APi rtr 1I1P PH 1 1 1 1 T IV . ncry of the couutry. II. C. IIICKOK, Editob: part of the State, is rapidly being ,u,.pl..,l The entire l:ne has bee,, mvesttgaUd by his fa m . ' . caulc out from an adjoining room and took : with his eyes closed, while Lo himself, or ! to c,rrutH)ra,e that of b,s ears by the planting of Wu.-t trees, of which (w party going -vot, and by that ,f Lieu- Uudcrdrailli , now wcre f f ly asked M we lh a scat near me. lie was stoutly built, had j the secretary prays audibly, the rest re- j J on a few hundred ,here are already considerable forests, and tenant Saxton, who started from the 1 aeif- j . welbf-rmed head, and a piercing black maining perfectly silent It was the most , ad got beyond tu. th.e although ut more than ten or twelve ic and came eastward ; and though it can-; Yanj ,h, ; i. e., "For-' W V P 9Cenc 1 wite9Sed' fro i Z mZ71Z IT" years old, yet more than ample f, the not be said that the whole country has J Lrothci"-, term of civility and affec- 'prominent, over-arching brows. One of ! the reflections ,.nd , iat,ons to "J" S"nf-hi d wSw .i wtL purposes of fuel, ic. Hedges of Osage been explored on both sides and e ery P - J tLe who afterwarJ :gave ri,e and Lich 1 t ,oave for the, JjS Orange are now numerous, and ,t w-il mountain pass examined so that he best - thawings, China. ! Pt of interpreter for me, as he was a kind j imagination o your readers to 1 J not be long before they wil. entirely possible hue can be exactly a,d down fo ; , 80on norlu5crn tc of of secretary to the commandant, tol l me The only drawback to ,s solemntty to my J' .unercede the necessity for rails. In some all tho distance, not a doubt remains that . I fc . It had been comrdetelv filled un ' 'hi was There was no appear- mind but none iu theirs was the accom- j I knew there were Imperialist scouts Oi t Fupen-cui. mv j ... r...i r. :i.i . 1 his is the Tironer tune for re-readiti!r luc cnJ- it uati uecu compicitij Uiii.il up , . ir , .... ,.:mrhr. n,l r?.i Uo nn...l w K By "Eastern," our young friend uses r0ads of Maine. We all know how much a "Sucker" term for Pennsylvania. And these roads are obstructed in winter; when yet if he were to travel iu the Eastern part ! be snows drifts upon them, appliances al of our State, New York, aud "away wayS at hand soon clear the track; aud the TOW S EAST," wc " guess" he would find circulation is never delayed beyond a day. tVm fully np, if not superior, to favored qu ,be puget's Sound road it would not be Illiniia, in most particulars. CimoN. ' more serious; and at any late there would Z T i:r i bu no such terrible lietilhs of snow there a. ie 1..- 1 110 n-ow ni uiitnau inc. ki 1 relative. The sailor springs from bis warm couch to climb tbe icy top-mast at midnight without a murmur while the rich merchant complains of the rattling cart which disturbs his evening's repose. In the times of peace, we announce the breakage of a bone as a " Melaucholy Event;" but in war, when we read of the slaughter of our ucighpors and thousands of the enemy, we clap our hands and Buout Glorious Victory !" from tAe Yeattyttridii Itinntr. Death of Rev. John H. Rittenhouse. v kxv. a. m. riuon. In his beauty aud vigor he fell, Ere his sun in its rcuith was high, Anil the spirit's miwhispered farewell Died away in the songs of the sky On the precincts of Ziim he trod. To devote there, his people's bequest. But instead, bore it upward to God, And was hailed, with the gift, to his rest. Day and night, with his heart and his hand.! He had toiled for the church of his love, Forhc loured lhattiod'schiMtenshouldstand L'ndt filed in the temple above. For the fatherless ones we have tears. For hi widow and flock we may weep, But our faith through the gloom of our fears should its bold ou the promises keep. Fellow-watchmen may deeply lament That his place in their councils is void, But to them may his mantle be lent While with trials and conflicts employed. A Question Settled. It has long been understood that the northernmost route to the Pacific must have a great advantage over the Central, or the Southern one, from the fact that it is very much shorter. By that way we shall not only reach the great Western j ocean sooner than by any other, but, when j there, we are much nearer to the Oriental ; World, whose commerce is thought by 1 some to be a very extensive and profitable ' affair. It is not only a much briefer jour- j ney from LaBe Superior to Puget's Sound ! than from Sf. Louis or Memphis to San! Francisco, but from there wc can reach ! Ycdo or Canton with two days' less 'team-1 ing. This fact has caused the Northern ; route to be regarded with respect even by I those who are most anxious that sonic other line should be fixed on. l!ut still a very serious doubt has rendered its advocates gome what uncertain and backward. Ithas teen surmised that possibly uo good pass could be found to eouduct the road through j the barrier of the llocky Mountains, and : it has been fi-ared that however excellent ! and favorable the country on both sides of i that gn at ridge, it might be neceessary af- ter all to renounce this line and to settle either on that advocated by Lol. licliton, or that of Texas. This doubt has now been extinguished ! : :... hicvan at lUo ' u - t '- 1 - Exploring Expcdiiii-n tepnrts that there, were several good passes.oiie of ihem pom. biuiug every desideratum, and there is no hiuderam.e to the construction of the road over the line he has traversed. His letter, which appears iu The Tribune this morn- ing, i.s inguij "juaii v.i .r.v. .,iu,u,uia,,. y aud indeed sin-ularly favorable for the r,,r , - ; r ; execution of this highway. ; And not only do the mountains inter- -- pose no obs.aele, but he cm,, try from Lake Sunermr to the Pacific is des-enbed as exceedingly fertile and adapted for set-, 'tinmen,. The case is not so Clieoiirauiiiu . , ,. ,. ... 1 for ether of the other lines. The Central , .. 1 . 1 line runs zigzag, auu traverses oarreu districts wl,-re fuel and water do not 1 - . - . 1 f ..,.1 .....1 tr-nt,.w tirk Tr abound. Ihe iexan route ncs along the, Gila, whose craggy gorge can not be used for a railroad bed ; or else it crosses the border of Mexico and makes a long stretch through . region not our own Non- j tW ,-uvculcnoc. attach to tnc 1 ug t s Sound line That rut,, w h , xat d rcct-, ness through a h gh ly pru Uv ry well wooded and well watered and has a ( its western terminus one ot the noblest , harbors of the world. I he 1 sole objection ; - -B - , milating of snow usual in northern lati- . . . , . tu'ks ln ,u,tr- Uu lU,S UCaa uP"aul facts will no doubt be given in ov ven's official report, which w.ll be in U ash-; ingtou iu season for the opening of ton-, ...Pi-. i. it lliur on the ureal - fc.cM. ... e nfin . n.iiia iliYaro no .surli er portion of this route there arc no such snows as fall on the railroads in the ecu- tral part of New Yorn, and that at the P 0 vu.u ! than is constantly experienced on the rail as Col. Fremont had to eucouutcr in New Mexico iu lSiiO. The cleariug up all doubts relative to this line is not the only good done by the Expedition. It has settled many other questions with regard to the natural fea tures uf that vast aud hitherto unknown re- : gion, aud has opened tu our knowledge and i our iuterests a splendid portion of the national dominion to which we have been ' strangers. X. Y. T ribun, Kov. 24. LEWISBURG, UNION SrThe New Mexico people have been hoping that the Pacific Kailroad will pass tLrough their Territory, down the Gila, &c. Witueas the following from the Santa Ft Gazette, written by Maj. John Greiner. the Ohio Whig poet of 1840, '44 and '48, who got down to Santa Fo under Gen.Tay lor'a administration. Some of the allusions are best understood in that region, but it will jMss to the Tisi La Xarha de Santa Anna. . Thf preat Tactfic Rnilniad For California, bail 1 bring on the lotoniot,Vf, Lay down tin- imd rail; Amnw the rrllitiR praini-s lly su-am we'ru bouud U go; Thf railmal ran art- ojtuiug bumtntog Through New Mt-xico. Wll fricht.-n from the In.lian trskil Th liitlian and thrir aju&hh They'll the "hou. of irou" ruh Arru4 th Arkau-m; Ila! ha! tb,ll ntrTf r buy ns now WVil ".v rawf" theiu i; Thf rail mud rare an nmiing humcitug Through w Mexico. The prairie d-v in l-(wn W ill w- each little Uil, They'll tliiuk the Iiv'l a-cominj; ur A "ri'tin-rn a rail ;' Th rat Hi --ii ike n .ty show his biuga. Thftowl tu whit. tu-wtuMt Th rail mad t-urr are iDiiu(; humming Through N' Mt xito. Mc're on the ' Indian Island" hi're, And d-i not cirt- a button An rOon an w et fhwp enuugh, Wt' il f.i-d tti world ti iuuLta; WVre wh-wt. and crn. and -hiIe. and Some I'umpkin-" wc ron .hw The r.iiisnad nrp ar ! Ui liuiiiuiiug Through .New lrx;a. We're a rulifir rnp'e: wi I to n't chan.' with ev.-ry wind; TV tio'nt rim uiU r Ktitli. we Ism t wir-hip Jenny Liud, i ITe don'r lilnw up ' in st amltoats, we j Iton t nilil.u-terin'' j;" (The riii!rind rarn ar- e uiiiig humming I inrougQ .v Mexico ;j "W'e hare nn Mormon I roj'het with Their 'i-piritu:ir' 1V wouldn't "raw f.r i iriU" no, Wf woi Idn't f -r our liv. s; Wti'll have a 'medium" ftvh from Tana, Aud bow in "l.i" we'll know The nnlrad mr5 are routing humming Through New .Mexico. M'tc icol.l duct in the mountains, And !ilr Hi the ore. And nprklii-p it- no and nrtciou itone, At I.'M a rord or raor-; We've iakt at salt, also hut jriug!f Meitted Vr'nrn V'ow Tto rnilmad rr.r are coming humming Through New ili-iico. We ro a million on the Road, (We'll cut it rather tat.) We'll pay up our putocriftions rlht, Ju-t het your lift- nn that.) Our tr.'afk'i th- tr-k yu read about, For ever f.' frtai onow The milriMid ori an romiug humming XhP'Uh New Mexico. Tlien pmjier i'roTW "go it bdotsw On, "Voutiif Aineriea.' And rnph -the -ars of dBt;iijf To t'l-i-for iii-a; We'll f-ar-ii-fi'-e our hat, we wi Xhi Farm Farm. ( f Ik irrirwl nntl ili'iif.sit t hnin in l.Iift iniimnf. heaps, hog pens, &c , Ac. ! 1'lacc fuel under cover, clean un the ' r i remnant. ,,f ,,ld wood nil,, and c.tnnost ' 1 .,. -..J , C ' - , for the com ng year. Woods cut down at . J . . tins tune wui sjirout again. A small quan- titv of roots Cturnins carrots or beets Ifed - , t . cows at tins tune, win materially ease heir quantity o. mi K. i roviae increase their quantity of milk. Provide l,urc 'r,,,umm,.5 them a mile manuring the road and sub- 'auunnc road and sub lftonnff iiii'iii 111 iim annnvrtnee 01 tiifirs.tvc. ' i OLC lUdli fcUC llldOkiI ailSlO UUl I tli- ' - - r st.K.kades, which were being taken down " aluinc J m3 Lat 10,1 Jress an J hds wilh ' P3 writjten by fai.pina-j we nr Z JZZ l Un l renbeed k, , ttUtl WUk wall, the same interest with which you himself. After reading, during which " or he should fire nto m. WOM I0r Uecemoer. 1 ,t, fnnr fcf tt,;n1r ,, xtA , would look at a stance animal in a menae- liresent sit and listen attentively, they all -'J euuip.iuiou proiesteu ne most Jontinue to gather leaves from ! parapcts and portholes, through which can-' crie of somc heretofore unheard of species, join in chaunting a hymn, always closing i n ej were, but all to no avail .. .... . . 1 ' o a. , . i . i . t i.1 '.i.i j i i . i.-.j fri itothe hore we had to rn. &n,i iintirfei n " Lr'diJ not uiiJtrstaa-weprocccded on thro1 ra'e confinement tor time. Cut yor .j strBctg nQW cntircly do. ""'",",1. JeU as the leaves! scried, but which, when I was here a year ' j '"jj auJ dry fii a jare ' afe,0) dis-mised as a native, wore teeming cuuing a ,hrivhlg poI,uation. The iltabi.antg ,iaJ fleJ at ,hc mt0iich of o tbeir ; g J Js ba tcndcPr Jw,ni and most of their furuiture) b anJ poods auJ fret.t3 of various kinds. The jf buildings were for the most part left stand - watT steani- , iu;J) but without doors and shutters-these mem. j-v T' j ' tj r x." VT . an . ' V bte-.may s... prune Urape. J'J j cut, and each may be presorted until , wan ted in p ,,,,gT read snow r0" ! ' fruit trees when necessary to protect them , ',,,ir ,,. ,n,i ' from mice, if the weather be luilu ana , from m.ee it the wea.ner ne iuu an. the ground unfrozen apply guano unfruitful trees, digging .tin slightly, the Laina wi it to tbe rootg, and its more rains will carry it to the roots, and it more ' , viru ent effect will be over before the roots get full action in the spring; whereas, if Llicd after that time, Its immediate "II ' effects might be too violent on the younger rootlets. Mivi-nv TTp tic Tf rfinr eoninrmt . .' , . . . heaps are under sheds ana retuse to neat, eitner ,ur v ,e,., , .. , tu. ... .1 i i . courage ifrim-uiauuiij ui iuuhc uuktb iu iuu top of the heap with a crow bar, an-Jponr in large quantities of boiling water or boiling spent lye. The covering up cf . few heated bricks in a manure heap will often engender fermentation; or the bury - . e i i a ; ins a lump of unslacked lime in a com- p ., c post heap, will cause fermentation, from he amoL of latent heat rendered present during the slaking of tho lime If 1 JL JL. nd th mass JSrU in to heat -IndTcd, the pile COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, should never be too dry, or the contents wi'! firc-fang, and thus much of its value be dissipated. Working Farmer. Cnina The Religion of the Rebels. Correspondence of the N T Tribow StlANC.iiAi, China, Aug. 25, 1853. I gave you by the last mail a description of what I saw among the patriots, and an account of tho way I reached them. In that letter I left myself a new and unex pected arrival in the midst of " long-haired " men " who crowded about me in great numbers and with eager curiosity to learn where I came from, who I was and what brought me. To these inquiries I replied that I was from Shanghai, that I was an American, and my name was Tay lor. With reference to my business there, I requested to be conducted to their high est officer in that city -Chin-Kiang-foo to whom I would make known my object in visiting them. Being very anxious to have me tell them at once, they showed me the way into a well furnished hall and had tea brought for me, having first desired me to be seated in one of the many cush ioned chairs ranged along in two rows facing each other, up and down the middle of the large apartment. Alternating with the chairs were what we cull here tcapuy they are sma 11 square or oblong stands ithe sixth is visible s of tea and refreshments. larSe cl!ow curta' for holding cups While I was sitting here sippin mv tea ana ine omeci or straiiffe mieresr to inesc , , , , , , . b, . , wild looking men and boys, wbo had never , , fc , . ' , i before seen a foreigner, one who seemed . t. t. a- . r i i .1 i ... . . . .i ing himself by my side, again asked for , i , . ' , , . ;thc one into which I had been ushered on ll iV "! fi -Plranco in the garrison. It the commandant I resolutely r cfud to cnibroiJercd La ; suspended and about the sides 'of the was conducted to hi, presence Seeing : The court-yard in front of this my det,.r,.,,nat,on they furn.shed me w..h , P J ,111 1, 1.1 I ZZm'VrW i ;!1T "1 .i I LJ 1 mntn 1aw .r : l:v. unu ui taiiuua vtkiiiur were uumii" tuuir ugy noscs The soldier-artisans were ; working like bees on the unfinished nor- tinns-nmn brin.in, fcrirt. l.,vin, o o 7 j o with heavv stone n.asnnrv. and the. nnlv . ' access was t.y a narrow mgnt ol stone steps ..,.. ,u tt . l"v u " -, door m the parapet we entered, and here again sPurrLded by muititudes of! .fe. . . . i nil linn uu ut.it. i astonished spectators, who stareu at me -3 , - - ; - . . from their sockets liKc so many bullets. j j '--a i little, abated bv the answer of .y coort - 1 1 J - ' for many of mem spoke dialects which I all having been taken, as before stated, to assist in the construction of stockades on , U.i.li "I. 1 ix tut, vvi-7 uv a isu v a i.wvn '- v-j j the hill, and alon the river bank fronting 1 be cbairS) trunUg, boxc . llbout in ie houses or piled up together 1 r o in confused masses, with straw, ashes, bits ' ' I :"d u , cr.pt.on. Ihe contra i ance of things here a , .."..- T o 1 .1 (-...a1 f , II I. C . I ! iisu ot every conceivauie coutrast with the appear-1 1 ceol things nere a year ago was tru.y :,, fi and I entihl but breathe a nravcr painful, and 1 could dui urcame a prajcr : that the former inhabitants of this once populous city might be restored to their :. .1 : .1 ni..:..! nomes acain, in me possession 01 vurieu - anity and its blessings to such an extent as to far more than compensate for their nrnsent losses and forlorness. As we pass- , , y - cu aiuuu. x oow scf-jriu t ci j aucu ujcu -uu - - , i iuGrnl to flcc' and P03 constdenng J " . 6 ' , taught they might as well die then a. ' 8 out few ore days of miserable, homeless existence. But probably qn.te contrary to their expectations, thetr lives WU1",J , r ' . were not only spared, but they were lur- '. J. . ... nished w, h food and allowed to rotn ad SUl ' poor creatures looked tho pictures of sor- and m, heart yearned oyer the. . u the mil lor niy carpei-Dag, suit .. . . v.u .., o.., w.' t.mv the foreicn brother" ta hi boat : , . . .. n il ren ted shat 1 should tell no one Dot eiuer inn iue win i "'' kept possesion of it, and followed n. ,J M , rf bu( 8tri t the orjurs 0f Otis sentr, I Our path lay along on the narrow ridge , U1U1!'L11 lu P1-" . J """" t L ,.. e .i. 1 and so faithful was he to them, th.it ha I i - - " f . M Mr HTTT-TTT;ailr Willi .- VltJU UIUUUU LUl. LU Ut lioui O'llUC U IUC j i ;i .i a mi : ipirnr viinin inn - t DECEMBER 9, 1853. their sun seemed likely to set in cloud and darkness. O might even their dim eyes be permitted to see the dawning of a brighter day than has ever yet shone on the " flowery land," and might their ears but stay, have they not already caught j some of the notes of praise to the one only; living and true God ? For morning and evening ascends from that beleaguered city the doxology : u Prai-M tli Tru Ond who ip the Imperial Supreme Ruler : Fraiar Jtiiiiff the Sarlnur "f the world ; l'raifletli Holy Divine Jultuenra Die Hole Spirit Praiae these three who eoiuoae one True tiod." Indeed, these were the first sounds that i8flu,eJ ml cars w,,en 1 chlcred f rison, for it was about sunrise, and they were engaged in their morning devotions. What words to hear iu the most populous pagan empire on the globe, and that, too, from lips that five years ago were repeat- ing the senseless mummeries of idolatrous superstition ! We soon reached some spacious premises that had lately been the residence of the chief mandarin of the city and surrounding, country, but was now tho head quarters of Lo-ta-yun, the commandant of the patriot forces at this place, ily escort led the j luruuSu u,c M n,aD l,un n llne frul" .i i. c .. . :.. t...:t.i: .i street, from which the innermost of all, The buildings had ins flauutin in the! ' t , ,.t, r.t ii.,r.,.l. " ' ("""e" """o" !.i. ... it i. . j .1 u..:i.i tueui. iiaviuir reaeneu tue interior uuuu- ' ' . . , i ing, which was iu fact the dwelling, the of grace before meat I there upon in-1 , . , , , , , . . . i i others bcin? occupied by attendants, sol- formed them that it wasour custom to ask j 1 J . .... , , , , j diers aud scrvauts, I was here directed to a blessing at the tMe, and if they had no a scat iu the large reception hall, which wan i i quite similar iu its general features to . y ... toaLeilim. - of h,mst If "Aether he were indeed of the genu hora1- f fore many minutes a man of middle stature, apparently about 45. . i . i I . .i it was almost enounu to mae one unuui witn tue aoxoionv auove trausiateu. iiieu .o j ti- .niMnl fin jilh.'Ai in l.ia iiimn.iv c.i I lD lllltllll lO IUC L'UUIlIll 1 U !I. UOUSlBllU Ul iill . " S it ...l . u .:n. jithe discordant nounds of boDlm. drums.i' .... - .., j..,....., dark brown oo.e trousers. I had formed . . . ,r ouvu a u luva wi tuu puutuii i i'ircui iui.i; ui i ouvu au 11 lut r,,uo 4TCU'-" U whose reputation for military sagacity ; ,i.:n ...a 1 1,:. ;.li ..-.--tV- - v , o.iri,1 iu citrirk wi.lu v ol.fnri.i 1 th!s ,.,..., ....:! jluu ii-uij v-h'ii..-ji.i 1 c , b a. , - t tones, aud requested again to see the 1 . ghest officer in the city, for I was rc- i'01'"1 "ut ' k """rteJ 1,1 l get an interview with Lo himself, if it was ' in Per of perseverance to compass it. I have since wondered at his forbearance ; with my pertinacity, when he knew I was ;so completely in his hand.,. He could ,,ave bad my vAcn off t , a)d nCver have been called to account f -r the ,act. I could scarcely credit his repeated ! assurances that he was the man whom I sought to sec, and it was not until his attendants attired him in his official uni- form and he took his seat in the large chair at the table in the middle of the hall and began to issue his orders to his attend- antSj my donLts I then informed him fully of myself, my ......... occupation and my object ,n yisiUng his ....... . :viuj.. - . i--uwv m. uuvm carpet-bag and laid its contents on his ta- Tl. t ,.! at.. ..n. .-,.l nnmn A . ttia fiomA timA I nnu..il mi and Acts, the book of Genesis, and many ' . ' other tracts and books on the Christian religion He appeared quite pleased ,n lonkino- At them, and said the doctrine he 1 - o believed were the same with ours. Notice of my arrival had been sent to the second officer in command, and he soon came in a . band,,ome iedat, borne by four coolies i o and a tra;n of j; attendants going before and following. He came in, and a seat was placed for him at the right of Lo. The uniform of the two was nearly alike, being a yellow silk cr satin cap covering the whole head and leaving the face only exposed. It had a bindiog of red satin all around the edge an inch-and-a-half wide, and looked in ahape somewhat like the representations of the caps or belmeta ot Egyptian heroes, or of the human Leads on the monsters of Layard's Nineveh. Next was a long richly Ggured satin gown, reaching to the ancles, an 1 over this a red figured waLit-coat, or jacket-like garment, with sleeves conve uiently loose and short You know they eschew shaving the head, that being one of the abominations introduced by the " fiendish Tartars." To tney nave ineir long hair all twisted or braided up, and fastened on the top of the head by a piece of yellow silk, answering tho purpose cf a turban without being as full ; the common soldiers wear red silk on the hsad. Break-1 a horse saddled and bridled waiting for me, fast was soon announced, and I was con- j with several Lieutc-Dants and several hun ducted into an adjoining room to a square' dred men, each one having a lantern and table, with seats for two at each side. I was politely invited to sit down first, and then seven others, the secretaries and offi- I cers of Lo, also took their seats. I had heard the insurgents were in the habit of saying grace befure eating, and I wanted to see how this would be done, but pres ently oe of them took his chopsticks and requested me to do the same, for, as a mark of civility, they would not eat until I had betrun. I mentioned to them what! information we foreigners had received trict in Kwang-si province, and he boasted about their practice of asking a blessing, of his nativo tribe, the Mian-tsz, having and they immediately replied it was true, j been subject to the Tartar rule, and having and that it had just been done in the room! never addled their customs of shaving from which we came. I then recollected ; he head, Ac. He wag a noble looking that after I had left that apartment lj)""ng man, tall, straight and muscular, heard human voices chantintr, with thei" prominent cuee nones ana an eyq .,,! rkmneo i.iiii.l ir.strnments arentn- 1 """" v ! .-.i !.., v,; j . uuuviu". u K-wut'i uu ' objections I would do so at that time, . I They very cheerfully assented, and after I ! had finished they seemed quite gratified, ! saving that the spirit and design of the perfuming it was different. At every meal after this during my ! 'stay, all at the table waited fur me to ask! , of W. household assembled in the j I large W and when he , or one of hU -secretaries read a portion 1 t each one takes the cushion from his chair J land putting it down on the brick or tile i floor kneels ou it in a very solemn manner, 1 .1 , - - - 'cymbals, horns, and various other instru-i" m,n.,. hnt ilW.ted. in o r estimation, to! j - . . - i. . , . , , ,. . hams hat prod, that devotional -P'"4 tunt in Christ an worshm. In the middle as 10 04la liLUL 111 IjUri&blilU WUIPUIU. All IUC lUiaUlC Lf tLe r00w in - , nlaeed on which were twelve bowl vs three' , , . ., cach of nce 0f ne .t, of vegetables, andi - of tea. On inquiring the meaning of this I was told it was designed as an offering! m -v uu "'' " uwwg to the Supremo Ruler one of each kind i carried " hAf a miIe aa opportunity pro respectively for the Father, Son and Holy j itself not only to relieve me, but to Snirir. Afn r beini? allowed to remain b!ess another. It was now daylignt, and thus for some time they were removed, j but whether eaten or not by others I did ! not learn. The fact of their presectinsl offerings of this kind is proof presumptive that they have as yet uo knowledge of tbe New Testamcnt a need which I supplied as far as practicable ou that visit, with what effect time only can reveal. My boatmen had so thoroughly imbibed the dread of the "long-haired ineu" so c ... industriously cherished by the accounts of, their cruelty, which the Imperi .list manda-iuf nlu Le c(,ulJ- Th, P " rins circulate in their proclamations far! w5' -I'Prod as if he had never poed and wide that no assurances of safety I j s" u,Ul-h !lt oue tlmt ,u hw Ul, could give them would induce them to go, " """underhand me, and offorol any nearer the city. So, to accomplish tt( to my boat. On be- n... Mn-... I . under the necessity of! '"f? Mure'1 tliat the7 cre h; owu ,l i..l,; thre several visits on foot to mv ! u. . :t... .i;.i..n. ;n !.;... 5t!ad blessing on my bead. The wholo was unavoidable to pass the Imperialist was unavoidable to pass tbe imperia lines, not very far from their camp, as their tenta lay spread out on the hills to my left, and within gun-shot of the river bank, along which my path lay. The second time I took as many more copies of the books as I could well carry, i aud the third time I took the medicines and a small case of surgical instruments, which 1 had brought with tne from Shang hai. The demand for medical aid was greater than I had the means ofsupplying, but I afforded relief to the many applicants - fr as within mv power. A successful surgical operation on oue poor fellow's eye excited much interest and gratification. I took my final leave of Lo-ta-yun at night, and he, after having hospitably en tertained nie duriug my stay, gave me VOLUME X NO 34. Whole Number, 02. threo live fowls and two ham, formy f od on the way back to Shanghai. lie a! had my carpet-bag filled with the books that hud been published by the order of Fai-pinj-vxm, and with the royal pro clamations he had issued. Ln a.'.-o wrote a frieudly letter to his " foreign brethren " at this place, which was translated and o widely published that you have doubtless sceu it long before thin. These were all given to a servant who followed me to the) , outer gate of his head-';nartrs, where was ' armed witu swords, matetuocM ant tno long siH-ar whose polished blades gleamed in the light of tho torches iud lanterns. With this imposing procession I was escorted through many winding streets," and at length through the west gate of th city to the bank of the river, where was a boat waiting to convey ma down to my own. Three brave fellows.armed enp a-pir, got in with me. One of them was the chief of the men from Kwei-chow, a dis J'Ke an ea"ie. ilj reminaea me oi soma . , ... T t- SDetiBieus uf our North American Indians. . n tm,n, nn !ili Im (.f ! bound up with a piece of yel- W (.ilk t lon. nd f wl.ieh hni tow suit, tue long ends ol wuicu bung ir.n..!r Anwn nn hU U II tM.l na lr,OM 'J "own on bis di.k. lie tola ma uis iia.r woum reacu me grouuu, us great, f 1 .' ..11 Lit- . ""''i-'1" Being evwenuj w niai a source oi u.u,h pride. This is , peculiarity, indeed. i" which they aU take great .atisfactioo, tinctive names-cAay-,A,i. e. long-haired. W. were proceeding .lowly down the river r the shore, and had not yet passed bevonil t!le stockadeS( mhm we were nailed h - My long-haired friend re- P-d that he and two comrades were just 6'g aowo me river a mue way w accom- ,- . . i j truaty sentinel, wno P tlx h.s hint. -rn as we landed, " wuen ne nan me evidence ot b.s eyes expressions of good feeling and urgeut re- i quests on their Part that I would soou visit 8 J wouia soou Vbis carpot-bag, fowu ami . t-i . . . . , iatii. hiinitfT ripn m niiniartei nn arilr on p h jn the of - Iar eB0Ucu 10 talI!iIj "G my long haired brethren were within hail of thtir uaired ' b'ah'Ln w,t"u of tttlr own entrenchments. My load was M 1 biul co,m! nc:ir ,0 0Be of thj fuW mu'1 and !"r-'w ""ges by the path-sido. A Poor 11 iuau hal just coma out, and I, throwing my load down on the path, beck- oued t him to co'.ne. At nrst he hesitated, but as 1 told him not to fear, and that I had something to give him, at the same) . time pointing to the hams aud fowl at my feet, he mustered sufficient course to ap proach. I told hiui to take those provu- i- -. i ' i i i. .i i "ms ,uw ms u"U!e aP" lne st a P"uwJ w,t aI1 hU v .c.buiary of gROitudo eiwimxtiuce male mo feel richer tbii could tbe p sses-i n of a 1 the hums aud chickens of Chiut. Shouldering my carpet-bag I tru-lg-d along not only will a lighter load, but with such a liht, glad, happy heart, that I noted not the remain ing mile and a b.ilf distance, but found myself at my boat as if by a few stcj-s, and in a few moments. My b .atuien were no less rejoiced than surprised to see met come back with my head on my houlderr. Wc then weighed, auchor and in a fevr minutes more were on our return to Shang-. hai, which wc reached safely after throa days' sail down the Yang sx-Khng, , : Yours, truly, Chakll Taylob.. llev. Charles Taylor, wc underhand ia a Metaodist Missionary, and wilt corres pond for the Trihnne in place of J.Bay arl Taylor, now on bis return Lome nn
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