net‘-a hrtnfiht it is enpeot --— reach;-that place of the rebel army being -' ‘~ ;oacaniped under the wallsfot‘-Pekin.

"' "Hie rebels having been so long in pos- session of the key to thenorthorn provinces Clltliil-;'la9_III8-foo. by which they have been oaab ‘ii from

. reaching the imperial army, iii." troops have‘ been for some time suflering from pri- ple in the ncrthei-ii

HASZARD'S G‘.AZE’l‘TE. NOVEMBER 26.

STATE OI’ CHINA. [Tho followi ll from as

man main; in the vie 'ty ufChsrlottotown.] Csii-ros, Aug. N.

end before very long.

iinst., at which time the

tioii t

c '- V8 forces was, that they ha taken posse

to prevent supplies of

:1 vatiou of mod; the pmvinme ‘discontented and becouii itnlove .from,the some cause; an , Wl.

.. them, t

v

oro can be little doubt that the

~ansui-gents will —he an easy capture ofthe

ml-llpfififld eopitel.-' indeed, ‘it is confidently

reportedthat the Emperor is fully prepared

“to abdieat‘ ‘that he as a caravan r'e,ady';‘tot ' e to flight in, with his house- holld and body guard, the moment the _,Iound of - danger approaches, and that be v_vill..iaove' towards‘ Bhiugking in the first . "lllllulfifi. " What will be the state of the country inner the fall ofthe empire it is im ible It the present moment to foretol . The general impression seems to be that a long .reign ofvannrchy will ensue, and, that -foreign intercourse with the country will -he much interrupted,—perhnps the trade -‘entirely suspended, as has been the case -for several months at Amoy, and very fnéarly a Sh‘ hai. The policyI:four Government has hither- to boen to adopt a neutral position, and a good policy it is so long as the Emperor retains his throne; but whenever the in- surgents gain supremacy the pursuance ofsuch a policy further would be useless, and attendant with danger to the lives of foreigners s.nd~t.o the revenue which we d_erive_.froui the ducts of the country. It is therefore to e hoped that the Foreign Minister will appoint an able diplomatist to take the place of Governor Bonham, and that ‘at a very early date, sothat no time may be lost in entering upon ‘negotiations foi;,a' pew treat with China, and at the same _time,anip e provision he made for, a

uluchuiore extended lditndo to our trade than has hithortobeen accorded to us. We confess to being sceptical upon the int of phereligious principles of the re els: not _,h‘at we" done give every credulence to P" ablisbed fact of the present body baiiig imbued with certain religious views, but, on- accendancy to power, it is very inoblenintical whether such views may be continued, or, at all events, whether the little‘ ‘leaven that at present exists will be dl_ ‘V ,e'd’tli'roughout the nation or not. d be glad, indeed, to learn that the s _'t,of_' Christianity was spreading rapidly t rough the country, as the ros t of the mom friendly intercourse wit al Christian cbuntriss would be then not for distant; and he ‘will ‘the day be when we can

proclitil that China is opened—China, 0

tli_at_most incomprehensible of all countries

ufnrehtivoofa gentle-

- re in the empire is

, hgtfhad been re.- regarding t e pro rose of the rebel MR9“

ed that news will

pi‘-..;.g. of foisusr oeceossos before

all

the withdrawal of capital from the trade , and the fact of all the money that is paid for produce being locked up by the natives from fear and distrust.

The exchanges on London had reached the unparalleled of 7s. (H. in Shang- hai, andhs. l0d. in Canton; and on India to 3:!) and 275 respectively. It was not

g. .5,“ h,,..f,.,,m.sh.... supposed that such rates could be long are ii:

maintained, but until political matters de- veloped themselves more fully it was impos- sible to form a correct opinion for the future.

a‘ K '-fun -foo, the ro' ‘iron’ I , —-——--— ix.....'i.'. ..£‘.... .a.., Y...’ v.‘i’. W °*I*~,'§=,,§,Ii,;~°;.vg<,i,§':.;:, W "*6 .. '°.‘." “l'°'v "I" "'-'«°"°‘ T"""'t- °" W’ A supplolnontte the Overlniid Friend’ nifiwiirfia ‘ml’ China as s'—-Amon the books ublished lzrdnv-'°h°d-V99“ -T“ 3'' “PR” °f b the ins’'u . ent chiegfs and hrou lint b the - I tor pre'vinco.- The intelligence, it '3 - ’ - ‘ Y ,_ .. ., rmos from Nanking, is the first part of ""I'P'-"'i‘*'.""""°°"""". the Book of Genesis’ in to the . cotillltniautlou-etzfluntou, andiuthoeourse ’

translation made b Gutalatf, and published by him in Hong There is another editor of Gutnlafl"s Genesis printed at Niugpo, but in all those places where the Ning edition departs from the one pub- lishe in Hong Kong, the insurgents‘ copy adherers to the latter, and not to the former. It is dificult to assign a reason wh they have stopped at the and of the ‘Nth chapter; rhups the book when issued in Hong gong was divided into two parts, and the first part only has fallen into the hands of the insurgents; or perhaps they are intend- ing to rint the whole, and this is the first art that was ready when the Hermes visited Nnnking.

There is one circumstance connected with its publication worthy of remark, namely, this: that the little-page is em- blazoned by the imperial arms, consisting of two birds of Paradise paying court to the sun, and supported by two prancing drag- ons rising out of the water on either side. Over the whole are the words—“ A new edition, published in the Kwei-haow, on the 3d year of the celestial dynasty of T‘hae-ping." If this first half of Genesis be only the commencement of a series, which the insurgent chiefs intended to con- tinue as soon as they have opportunity, and as soon as the various documents com- prising the “ Holy Book” come into their hands, we may then expect to see, in the course of time, should the insur ents prove successful, the whole of the ewish and Christian Scriptures published by authority, and circulated throughout the empire. This will do more towards the diffusion of divine knowledge than anything which has hither- to been attempted, and may be the means, in the hand of God, of correcting many erroneous and superstitious notions which, in their partially instructed state, the insur- gent chiefs have propagated. The leaves of the tree of life will thus contribute to the hcali of the nations, and what man has done imperfectly will be more perfectly accomplished by God’s own truth. e rejoice to know that while the Hermes was at Nanki , two copies of the delegates’ version of e ow Testament were placed in the hands of one of their chiefs, and received with respect and ratitudo.

In the " Book of Bell ious Precepts of the T’hae-ping Dynasty,’ we have frequent reference to “the presentation of animals, wine, tea, and rice, which is in the book directed to be offered up to the great God;" and it is not improbable that they ma .have been led to the inculcation of these o erings from the perusal of Gen‘ iv. 3, where it is said “ that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord, and Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock.” The practice, also, of Noah (Genesis viii. W) and of Melchisedeck &Genesis xiv'. IS,) with that of Abraham, sane, and Jacob, ' ht have led them to conceive that eri a would be acceptable to God; whilentfiey had not present to their minds

°'I““-V. - "W" . P. ‘!“"‘ th stat tftlieA tl thtJ hd, '°.'"'°°' ‘Wu’ "'1 ‘.°°“’ "."°'m""I°d bye one"dii':riiig, pe ec.ted fo‘r eidi-mthiam wsth.-the ‘moot atrocious barburity and ex- ‘M, '6" unc,ifi.d_

cOIOiV0"cWl'Ilr'oII-3-tl|'O'lcolllll'] to which we look for t esupply ofour molt

social

We had in one of their pain hlets, called I

,. . . .. .. "Tho Proclamations publis ed by m- b§'¢.§3? ‘:3 0”" |.°°°‘“''::h'”d perial pointment," the very phrase used 1"“. 91°‘ lit. ' '3. Gut afl' as the eneral title of the Old 93”" "4"" ' '“.”l’d estament, viz: " a Sacred Scri tures "N"-d”‘“ ”.‘“"'_d'n"l,.";“""h.; of the Old Testameut;"and the p rnse, "'9‘l.‘“h' . » « "°“"“m'°' ' d the supreme Lord, the great God,"so "9 Wag?‘ . °'“” often used in the books of the insurgents, is

“WM “W” °° 3“ °“"°" evidently taken from Outzlafl"s translation

‘at tlle"'p "."'(i:'I‘fit),V meat in the C_oles- of_ultiInute

tiai. ,will, ho,.,productivI

in Genesis ii. 4, and numerous other

places. He has used it as an,equivalent for “ the

mmth-mm-«-°=~ v-r7|-'.“"°- i. th Lord .1 '9" "0 “"91-“K "" "° "°",‘|"':- "° for on iiiii ¢i...':i:.i.i"°aod rm: ‘"5 3‘ ' 'l “' = rt of the phrase. The practice

second of Guts at! to employ the term Shang-te

A A .. «.- Th.°°'°l’ f God by way femlneuce h be . ‘P’ ‘‘ .''''° :3‘ fdllowed throughout in the insurgeni.book°sl: .-." 9 “ 7°" " °‘ ‘I while his practice of using Shing forcsodr. ~ P-1b°r'“5""“o 'h°'°f°"':I “ ' when the Almighty was not dosignat , as ,.....‘l'."'..'..‘.‘ “f“"*"'.=l~.I.;".' .'1".'.:.1.‘u.’.T.I 5- °°-°,;‘; {fl 5»;--,-,;°°',', ‘mg:-'°° in 3" — ' . . t in n ' , t t =;6=~9°;'!gI;<,-;,;',,,,‘,*!-“;°r,;2_;-,I:;g-_;,'; !’i.‘.'§".'.'.., ...'°l'.'E.i .. .....-3..a.'.~"o..'.'.’.i.u5. Br. J ,I , 3,. .1“ .‘h._ translation of‘Genesis their text-book. ting _ rt to the united hladoll. "0 Disriaauniss Uitraovinsi.s_roa Fanat- -re.,sn the Anna -4 tho A-1* nas.-—The one c..u.'.-ac... in allusion to t colon .will tukeef non!-ll |'l"'l‘ the common plea that distiileries afl‘ord n

In. to last year--viu.,_ l0.W0 oooio. between

i

neflt

cas-ih

§.‘:%.‘l'l..t"£.".3".. ~

" _ for the us. Also, one the value of thaw V. lands would be greatly enhanced in sonio uipU' I F" onoighbourhoods, if these nuisances could die ' W herollioved; andthatsuchisthsirblighting pa lL"“I _ ,, r lnluoueo on the counuunity around thoai, no ‘tlfl‘tha_,7 ' consent .1,“ persons avoid purahadta to ‘II’ _ , , "I hrmsintlioir vicmity. It likewise in ct flIIm"bf'fl .. that there are many towiublp: in Ohio specie; and not witliotoudlllfl ill“ .. wherothelandsaredoproclated lltwsnty- oiduuv-:_-‘ll-£‘i""" l‘ “W qvopvrcout.ll‘0uI'tblseauso- . , .. ‘m "'9' I ,"""""‘,. ~,,,iL».x tohseofio tlio"Iuesh" 'ot"Aeq ll “"""“'fl,,,,,,,... ‘ puma-es. "

them; Should the anticipa- tion of a short supply be realisod_, the con- sumer of tl;o“l_eaf coi:‘i;t‘i‘-yopzlllutlony: 'd’uili‘l‘:'r"excistii;g cii_dums't|an:es

' Hi" I9. ‘. °.'7.|lII°h " i ,, y b-ilk -4 ii"-

murkut for corn and keep up the price, states in substance that Ohio pork would cominsnd two or three dollars more per barrel in some of the eastern markets, if purchasers could bc ahsured that none of it was "still" od—aud that, generally, the farmers ofO is loss at least one dollar per harrol on all the pork sold, from this cause, umountiu to atloadho]'usw'lli'ouojdolIuv-I

Discovuuns ’-riia Hon LsNn.—A work has bpon (rgi thedfidon press, of

rent promise, detailin some exlroardinar discoveries in Syria the Holy Land. is the translation of the itinerary of a F

t

journey round the Dead Sea, and through the whole of Palestine and that part of Syria mentioned in the Scriptures, in 1850 and I85I. M. do Saulcy is a member of the French Institute, a scholar of hi h repute; a liberal Catholic, and posaesse of ample uieaustn make a journey under the most favourable ciroumdances. The tour was the fruit of long-cherished interest in Bible study. and wu ' ' '

w ‘I to solve some of the problems which the Hol

Lead has beeii the theatre of: o web w I acquaintqdjith, the Hebrew. Arabic, and Greek languages, and took every precau- tion to render his journe sale, intelligent and fruitful of resulfs. f his narrative of this‘ tour may be crodited,,he has achieved some results of surpassin im ortance and interest. We have no fun or nowledge of the work than is supplied in a copious re- viow in the lin University Magazine, which fully accredits all his statements, and ascribes to him all the importance of a dis- coverer. He lefl Paris in september, N350, and reached Jerusalem in December. The many intorestin relics of antiquity abound- ing in this city e carefull investigated in three separate visits, in w ich some infor- mation 'was gleaned after the learned labors even of Dr. Robinson, Clarke, Smitli, Maundrell, Wilde, and Schultz. immedi- ately afler Christmas, M. de Saulcy left foi a careful tour round the Dead Sea. Passing through Bethlehem, he soon reach- ed the shores of this remarkable aspbaletic lake, and pitched his tent by the side of a s ring. For more than twenty nights he and his companions encamped u n the shores, and in the neighbourh of this deaded lake, without accident or malady, generally in places where there was no lack of fresh water. He asserts that the cur- rent stories respecting the sea are mostly fabulous. There are no pestilential vapors; the climate is not worse than average of places in the same latitude. There are trees and verdure in the neighbourhood and on the shore, the birds singing in the thick- ets and sometimes resting on the waves. The fruit which turns to ashes is an idle exaggeration, and the alleged impossibility of horses wading through the waters, a of men swimming’, on account of their density, false. But it is eqnall certain the Dead Sea contains no fish. he water is excessively nauseous. The whole circnit ofthe lake was made, and then M. de Saulcy went South, to Karak, the modern capital of Moab. Returnin , he made his great discovery—the nctua ruins of the cities of the l'lains—Zeboiin, Sodom Zoar, Adniah. These were never before identified, nor believed to be in existence. The usual supposition has been that they occupied the place of the Dead Sea, and that the sulphu- reous sea was formed by the depression occasioned by their distraction. At least since the days of Abraham, two thousand ears belhre the Christian era, they have never before been heard of. M. de Saulcy identifies them by a variety of proofs, which the reviewer pronounces, after care- ful scrutiny, to be satisfactory. What the roofs are, we know not; but if they are sufficient, this must be pronounced the most extroardinary discovery of modren times. M. de Saulcy contradicts the testimony of our Lieut. Lynch, respecting the pillar of salt, and states that he saw twenty like these which our traveller mistook for the cenotaph of Lot's wife. "He proves too, that which Lieut, Lynch saw could not be in the place of the pillar described in Genesis. After returning to Jerusalem, M. do Saulcy went out again, and this time discovered the ruins of Oommorrah, sothat the doomed Pentapolis is now identified, if we may believe him. In his exploration, he identi- fied many of the places in the route of the children of Israel, but was unable to satisfy himself of the situation of Mount Pisgah, where Moses died. Returning to Jerusalem he went North, and made in that better

time, the ruins of an ancient temple in Samaria, built by Sanballat, under permis- sion of Alexander the Great, which are still traceable. These ruins have been observed before: Dr. Robinson regards them the re- main of a Roman fortress; but M. de Saulcy argues, successfully, our reviewer thinks, its Samaritan origin. He differs also from Dr. Robinson, in reference to the site of Cons of Galilee, the lace of Christ's first miracle. He identi es it with tho modren Kafr-Kenna; Dr. R. decides in favour of another and nei bouriug locality, called Rana-el-Djalil. e iadentified also, Caperneum, Bethsaida, Choraain, Dun and Honor, a vast city, the capital of Jabin, principal kin of. the land of Canaan, a metropolis bufit before the days of Mo- ses, fiint burnt by oehns, and fully reduced to desolation by Nebuchadnessar. Other discoveries of great interest are discribed inbis volumes, all of which, it is said, the brtuneto traveller supports by proofs and rensenlngo that en great weight. pretensions are certainly extensive enough; and if the shell endure the sifling which critics ' be sure to give them, M. de Saulcy may be congratulated on a most use- ful contribution to our stores of Biblical knowledge.—.N'sis York Evangelist

Csiirsiiv Mission or Russia niosos-r run Tsarsns.—TlIe Russian goverment has for some time been endeavouring to convert its Tartar subjects to Christianit . But it has’ a more serious dificulty than c mmhy of the Tartan, and that is the do-

V state of its own priesthood. ‘hi flirtation and lnoral improvement of the

lntt .' ant, not I tohri noii'ii:5-iv"-iii-oiqno-riiiuiii. in-ail

known region some important discoveries. 3,, ‘He indsnlified and measured, for the first

The‘

more for the instruction and elevation of [H fact’ {he '1'.“-mpg lately engaged In coiiotrucliiig the Newfoundland

Russians themselves.

of Kasaan are so superior to their Russian neighbours, that their conversion at present _ is of traveller, M. do Saulcy, who made. a "

, stio . G

N‘

Ni

p.retence. They feqtt re fifim theirtou erts_ . r

ee things:—-‘First, that they shall let

their hair “grow: secontlly','thal'they "shall

cease to eat horse-flesli; and thirdly, that theyruhull worfllip pietuveu Illl Qlbrlce the crom. On doing all these they baptise them.—-Huztluiusenh Russia‘. ‘ ' . .. -... . ’ " TREES ‘IN C¢t:,I7'0RNlA. ‘of the Calaveras

The hlowing‘ deacrip mammoth ti;se,,is_ 'vei_ihya pari lpdies and gentlemen who tltdhpot: ican. _Another of the named the Eather

@093‘ i!

Pine. This is dead and has fallen to the earth. Its dimensions are as follows: Len th, 400 feet, Circumference, Ill). The trunk 0 this treeis hollow, which has been traced for a distance of 250 foe . There is a little pond of water in the centre of this cavity four feet in depth. The tree 350 feet from the stump is not less than 12 foot in diameter.

The cluster called the Three Sisters. taken together are 92 feet in circumference and 300 feet in height. The centre oiio is bare of branch- es for 200 that above the ground.

The‘ Mother Tree is 905 feet in circumference, and 325 that high.

The Mother and Son are 92 foot in oirciimfu- rence, and 300 feet in height, united at the

base.

The Twin Sisters, 100 feet in circuiiiference, and 300 in height. g

The Pioneer's Cabin is it remarkable curio- sity. This tree line been piirtiall liumed, tlie result.of the scorching is the dividing of the trunk into several compartments, which are known as the parlor bed-room and kitchen. The hollow which is 200 feet in height, is called the chimney. The tree is 86 feet in cir- cum rence. Siamese Twins 65 feet in circumference, 325 feet in height.

Guardian of the Times, 85 feet in circumfe- rence, 325 feet in height.

Uncle Tom's Cabin, 94 feet in circumference, 300 feet in height.

orest, 87 feet in ciri-uinferenoe,

Pride of the 300 feet in height.

Beauty of t e Forest. 72 in circumference, 300 feet in height.

Two Friends, 85 feet inclrcuiuferenco, 300

in height.

One of the party “ asked" the Father Tree for some bark, and wa's rewarded by obtaining a handsome section thereof.

The above trees are all embraced in an area not exceeding one half mile in extent.

The surrounding country is exceeding pictur- e ue and beautiful, and the scenery at many po nts along the road is said to be unsurpassed

or sublimity and grandeur.

Pucununinus or Tunnisri Govnaitssuivr. —In recent news from Turkey, our readers have seen references to the Uloinos and the Sheik-ul-Islam. as importunt ages in the Ottoman Empire. An explanutionof their character and position may be to many. The Ulovnas are a body of earned snon w interpret I even. 'l‘hsik-si- slaniis their Chief, and the Minister of Justice. Mohammad did not establish a l’riestliood. and any

its translation pro-

liowovor. being in Arabic, and ' men, learned in

iibitod as s piofaiiuticn, a body Arabic, was dually brvnod, who recite the prayer aloud. in the osques, and serve as sides to the do- votions of the unlearned believers. ' as men receiv- ed the name Ulemas. The Ulomas interpret the Koran, as well as load in the prayer; and as amongst the a ommodans the religious and civil law is one, the Ulomae cull theuisolvss the interpreters of the law. Their Chief, tho Scbeik-ul-Islam, controls their deliberations and decisions. He has under him, for each province. u Knrasliier, or superior Ulsiiia, who ‘I the provincial chief justice. All the Kurnskiers reside at Constantinople, near the Sclieik-ul-lslnm. and form with him the Couaoil frowiwhieh. in im r- tuut con'uncturos, the Sultan asks for a fetvu—w ich is a declaration lht-the mounts in contemplation is not in opposision to the Koran. The form of ro- caeding in ‘ailing a fetva. is by-tho Gdidlonl-lsiam

eseniing l a question to the Ulsmsa, who reply. you or no, like a juryiuand the decision is then ado t- ed by he Sultan. Schsik-ul-l_slam now in o&o

tion, but of gredt flrmuess. who are for roohtin the s ssions o is said to have an cieut in nence witlftbo Sultan to prevent him yielding too much‘ to the dishonorable counsels of his allies. The Ulomas, who are com-

lsd at 80,000, for the whole Empire, sustain their

hiof, for whom they have great respect.

Tau: Fanivcit Essrnnss.--A correspondent of the Morning Post desuiboa th as s.:-s" T glues observed to the fullest sdviinlsge. licacy of feature, and the elegance of her figure, were all displayed by a very chaste eost whitolaco, ornamented with ribbons of violet color falling half way down the skirt. The hnaddrem was osiaioitel beautiful. Her Majesty's hair is of n bouuti II‘ t