The weekly Butte record., 1861-11-23

THE LATE EMPEROR OF CHINA.-The North
China Herald, mentioning the death of Hem
Fung, the Emperor, who dieG at MS palace on
the Yeholon, Aug, 22d, says:
"He was a young man of lascivious disposi-
ton, and abandoned the severe discussion of
his council for the more palatable society of
his harem. where he reveled in the luxury of a
Sardanapaus and like his Assyran prototype.
casped in the hands of Myrra while Ninevah
was surrounded by the Scythian hordes, so he
sat in the Summer palace of the 1uen- Min
Yuen, amongst his wives and concubines, while
the guns of the allied army resouuded in his
ears; and he had barely time to escape to the
Tartarian Alps ere it was sacked, burned and
demolished The palace of his retreat was
that of Zehol on the frontiers of the empire,
where it is hemmed in by the PERCEPTIONS noun
tains of Tartary Here he whiled away his
time in Incidence, while his brother Prince
Kung, assumed all the cares and responsibilities
of the government at Pekin. From the date
of his retreat, early in October, 1850, be evil
IDENTIFY languished as reports of bis illness from
time to time were spread abroad, which re
duced him TO a state of imbeclity-like his
cOtempOrary suzran, the Sultan of Turkey
and he died ingloriously in his thrteth year.
amid effeminate luxury, at o'clock, on the
22d of August. l66l-a victim to his appetites
and slave to his passions, which made him
an imbecile despot, and the first Emperor of
China who has succumbed to European power
The late Emperor will be succeeded by his
infant son, the affairs of the Government being
managed by regency of six ministers. As a
political event, the death of Helm Fung can
not be greatly regretted by any party. The
documents which came to light, during the
last campaign of the Allies in the North,
showed that he kept himself in a state of com
plete isolation from business, and could only be
approached by his advisers in the most delicate
manner, even when the affairs Of the Empire
had come to a serious crisis The late Empe-
ror was the fourth son of his father, and sue
ceeded to the throne in accordance with the
paterna choice. He had reigned ten years
and eight months; not having attained bis
twentieth year when he ascended the throne"
A Coop PRAYER.-On the morning of Fast
Day, September 26, the editor of the Chicago,
Post suggested to the clergyman of that city
the following PRAYER for the occasion to the
Throne of Grace:
We pray Thee TO incline the hearts of all
quartermasters and Government contractors to
the ways Of righteousness and honesty. Open
their eyes to their transgressions, and convince
them that they are great rascals. Show unto
them the way of truth, and set before their
eyes the light of the revised statutes, especially
that section that relates to the crime of larceny.
Convict them of their iniquities, and, If posi-
bic, send them to the Penitentiary.
AS for the generals IN command of our
troops, we pray Thee to convince them that a
good Judge of Otard and Bourbon isn't always
the best qualified to plan or execute a cam
paign. Give them more knowledge and less
conceit. Teach them that the parable Of the
sower was not promulgated with reference to
military operations, and that whose scattereth
his men abroad all over the State of Missouri
and elsewhere, shall find that his labors will not
yield very abundantly in the harvest And,
finally, open Thou their eyes to the practice of
setting traps for rebel armies balted with a
handful of men, while it may be in accordance
with trapper tactics in the Rocky Mountains,
does not always work satisfactorily in other
parts of the country
The closing sentences in the above unmis-
takaby refer to Fremont, and condemn his
practice of batting Price, the ribel General in
Missouri, upon such hook as Lexington.