The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-27
The Dying RUlers or the World.
POPE Plus THE NINTH. THE EMPEROR OF CHINA AND
THE KING OF wURrEMBuRG.

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just as We entor remarkable and eventGul
crisis in tho history Of the woIidold and new--we
ceve intelligence OF the approach of immediate death to
three Of the most remarkable and prominent personsgos
who affect to direct the ato and guido the destinles
eternal and enp0raof millions Of people in Europe and
Asia.
alnde to the Pope Of Rome the Emperor Of China
ana the King OF Wurtemburg each OF whom report
cd az boing at the point Of death in advccs by the
Arabia These men represent in thor persons each
peculiar system " rulo considered permanent II not in
violate and YET find that each Of them secs tho exc
cutive form which no welded likely 10 DO brought to an
end by tho close Of his existence.
Pope Pus the Ninth has learned that the revolution of
ls4s, which drove him from Rome, was but first puff
OF the guns destined discover the temporal authority Of
the Popes from their ecclesiastical supremacy and Oh arch
regime, and he dos from congestion of grief at behold
ing the Papal sovereignty donated and leased by Charlie
magne swept away by the power of the Catholic rulers of
SARDINIA and France
Tho Emperor Of China has lived 10 see "bsrbarian"
las he was taught to cali ~ army in possession OF Pekn,
H. hnd bis !avogte pocket handkorcheis carried OIL and
used BY English and French soldiers and e hear cf TO-
reign steamers trading up and down the Yang kang
rivers ono chance being lott his feelings his PRIDE"
he has deter mined to die, and already do the Imperial
funeral order the following Of his grave at
the burial place OF his dynasty.
The King Of wurtcmbrg the Oldest sovereign in the
world and for years past no has witnessed the steady
of the peoples towards self rule at an eua pace
with the erection If odrcssos by his brother monaTcis
so he prepares to dio just it may be- the principle of
democracy, severely tested its American birth
place, is about to be triumphant in the fall Of royal
thrones all over he world
In view of thcse considerations wo append synopsis
of the biography of the men:--
Pope Pius the Ninth is n,w s,xtynne years Old. He Is
Of noble Nlan family, named Ferrett and
was born in Senegalia In 1902 He was
at first intended for the army but turned out n
pious and devoted eccesastc Plus seventh sent HIM
on mlsson--potco- cligious-to Chile in South Amer
Ca aud when there he served both tho poptcs ruler
the church 30 well that every OF advancement and
promotion was opened to him After his return TO Rome
he was made civil officer Nuncio at Naples, Archbishop
Of moa, cardinal and in the end Pore after tho death
Of Gregory the sixteenth in 1876 Plus the Ninth is IA
kind, charitable and aioctionste man. possessing some
show Of the stubborn character of Hillobcand
II is said that when he dies the cardinals win not go
INTO concave, but elect hts poee or New
York politicians would say, "by acclamation," IN the
presence o the dead body Ia order To avoid the
seney Of their leaving Rome and the Consequent occup,
tn of the Eternal City by the troops Of Victor Emanuel
during tho interregnun.
Helm Foung Emperor Of China, was born in The yoar
1906 and put on the imperial button in 1851 He is tho
seventh ruler Of the dynasty the chief
Of which, lchounrchi, proclaimed in l64i He has
-four Sons and one daughter. OF tho sous Yi Wei tho
eldest ia heir to the throne provided the rebels in the
provinces, and the foreign fleets and aes in tho ports
and cities of the empire, do no, oyerurn this ancen.
chair and erect new, reformed and Christian seat o.
rule for the East On its rujps.
William Frederic Charles, King Of wurtemburs, was
born Oh the 9Th Of September ISL aud Us hp* ccaso
qneny, eighty years Old He ascsnded the throne III o.
'cber 1916 an has poY, therefore,, rssned about forty
Ave years. His G.st wife was C4hare daughter Of tho
Emperor Paul. Of Russia and his second ano 1herese,
daughter Of Iouis Frederic, GrahaDuke pf wmteubcrg
The King will leave an exceedingly Numerous progeny; but
iudehk from the impending fate .Ae temporal rule
the Pope the chances Of the Imperial house Of China the
dispersion n the TURKISH Hsssm tya neY. Sultan, and
the Changes Axy be made the slave trade Of Africa
by the death Of the King Of Old Caabar, u not likely
that any ope Of them viii mount permanent hfone afe
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