The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-01-12

CARRIER OF GENERAL BuRoEyIss, THE REBEL
LEADHR IN CHINA

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LEAD.R IN CHINA.
The Washington Star has the following sc
count Of the career Of the late Feneral Burae
vine, North Carolinian by birth, who wen
. to China and became the chief of the rebe
armies in that country: +
The career of Henry Burgevine is NOR
than romantic, stranger than 6c4ion,'' an,
deserves better record tAan the meagre an,
oftsn incorrect paragraphs which have from
time to time appeared in the columns Of En
ropean and Amsrican papsr. He vss borr
IN lNewbern, North Carolina, in the year 1886
his father was FrenchUan, aud an Office
IN the grand army of Napoleon. Subseouent
y no was in the service of Spain, and cam,
to America in the capacity of Surveyor Gene
raj Of Florids, married aa American lsdv
and died in l643, leaving family, consiyti1,
OF his widow, two sous and dsughter, III.
eldest was, it we, mistake not q brigadie,
general in the Confederate service, and is 4
present . citizen of Arkansas, where the
daughter also resides, being the wife of Thoma.
r. Watson, late of Washington City.
lHenry Andus Burgevine, the youngest o,
the family, came to Washington City with hi,
mother and sister in 1886. Mr.~ K hav;n.
been left in very straitened circumstances.
had in view the prosecution of certain claims
against the Government g2owing ont of the
purchase Of Florida from Spain. Being un
successful in this, she, through the aid of the
Hon. Willie T. Msngum, obtained situation
~ page in the United States Senate for Heprv,
Of te.cb;no |. small .ch,oi ~. y;aPn .ns PIouucu
to oh;idr... E.,"d e -S ~ "eo" ana ner
scnr;tv To-, shs Vest ~ afTr.i1q ~ qoie' oo'
nea, 4, :" - e"@n street,
F,om HI. ..,,;.., H.. -,
.rsa, III, 'o,a a =. hsaI: - - - ns aisplsyed .
nn;mnrov.1 - - f;es s1:sS oPPor'unity
LnovIed.s Itss-.,s... i~~.s. IN use,ui
Crest ~, - rs..sS ii.s...sHA .oaood the
6c;ent ;r ~ No.. -sa.! ~, "as pro
An accomni.h3 drs-sIs.-.. ~ s.s, smsacs,
eno;nee,;rs .rI ,...i .ssL:.a,-1 - s'uuyine
the ;nter;r, h.s-s.. ). .s..s .s..:sNs turing
h. v.s ar.oss ~, ,.s..S~-..-.s q. = III ess'
Seminar feStid,;els ~ SNNnts1 ssant'
more bvnisht stndv1~ ~ . .-s4...s,;. pnso~u n.u
NJ r.s3;rs ... I. uc course
l;hr.I n"''ns acce's 70 Ine Songress
IT, H.
writer of th;s .L.,nh too'n tne
snesL of he -. =. .n e.. mas onen neaid h'm
.s vonld lead . .,rsrs.r ~ s.en ee,iRs
Now il va. t. i.n,Id n :. - .1;feI. ~ ssn"!.
unl,e fhss S.s;o0s - ~ X ~ Impife IN EeyP'; TO
chin. and Tnnn5. = a,,i;.s.. " leSeecers'e ~.
OO(l On or ,,so,'ls. ~ tn.sd n.aon on ny,
viff, : N;neveb for =. a.u:..i ne~ asyfiA'
,hron.b !. -. pA'' ana 90 on
~ara snhInaa e na. a.. .:n " s.nemes' Ill OF which
In The .n,;r, - fdkc pI.S
tied nnrnosa !, o.a 49,, T. At 'Is, nose yet
fnr-;rS fSj. bsds S.-.su :. -. 4. ms 'ofs"ne N
aud frienda. Ana arrived i NJ WI II
kv dollsrr Il 81. nocLss NJ 90 III vim
acsiy where he va oo;n,. =, e. -. "a
pose, and its is Rkely Ii, ovn n,.n. pa..
somevhat diurnn,ed hx H. G., Pm: ptias Were
vsshout . penny in : few dsys. and co.,r~I,.3
either 70 return to Washington or .sIf ~.
he ls,,e, aud I'll na,p. INV luz .a sn ssy. ne dad
S.n Frsnc;sco ,han 1s are, 81 ",ote from
islands. ner, FROM Ch;na a N '1e Sanduich
ia where ha xnrtaJ - ~" ~ uun nus'ra
. few weeks with success Ths So ns,. s',nei TOT
Of him he had been ..vrecle al on ,ss
forty miIes from Romhsv I1 InaA 1e eo@s',
WAS six months in C.lcn.,s ,..,s, .am ne
dostanee LANGUAGE snd rarr..,,;sa .T .os nm,
command of ,m.i, n", resI sI.' ne might take
ON the Red Sea Nert bs ~.. 81 " lnu'A'
British man.of.va, ~ ss;,or Th Dosfr
months. vearv enough he g., .l - ieT
shaved. in the hosn:tsT al Nsn1s. s1 aia aeap
temDord nzntdnt,.r le.d;na ~ IA aau he.'
gentlemen in London nd so.,,x ~. qa'eI
more than four wear, v.rda-;n. a. ateI
like an apparition to his fr;endss =, ne wapPean
bronzed, and bearded like a n.rd panss "snlms
a few months At the can;t.I =. uas.n 'af
Detroit Miebirsn. accents . 49,: n :sMoyes
in the postofics. and sdiss ~ .,u TnE - eefH
democratic paper of tha, c;,v Al S'
may be as we'll TO state tba. y ua,,a nau ners
nature Bursevine possessed = moss a,aa,,". -, a'e
taste. Had he adon,sJ ,h., os. e1eeient
snccess would havo hss 'hs. a. pursuit his
,nucb .nS nahi;sSaS S y1ea cel!an. lie wrote
yers. 70 arhsh;, h;s ,.,an. .oush "a prose ana
he nreferred a rf. ocaa,1ass $500 sfa' hee- but
lv heard 10 sst IL .o,,iS .,,hs "as uequenF
tory than to write !, :. MAKE nis' /
karcav;oe's msnnar oe ,;e
toe tame for him. He .ro.n.d ..S. naS" .as
com mon. places Of everv H. i;rs s usue' ths
10 be vet ssnin chas;ns ,ba nhaS. s' aAo ic"Seo
b;t;or vb;cb I'D - .as ~ Inan'ons OF am
of the beaten maths of l;fa .1 ou,
Accomplished notb;nr II. u.as, ~ Nc nag
doing II = nam. ve.a to \. a,:s W en9
self " so-'e'0u sor ming
Ia 1850 Henry R,,o.v;,a 10
shores of ime,,c.. .isi ssaln ioa. 'ne
This time b;s schsme. 80 :" ~ IeIuIn'
History could p;ve him no.sbla oo .~ns'o c
men who had risen above their lind ~ &c tn ..
magic in the great nol;,,c.l .oan.,. u s .!
the world. China sbonId hs tho SaId oc ~ =.
eIorv. for here . c;c.nf;c -. IA 80 Ua - c rss
wears and here ;fsryvbars -. ~ EE iol
win distinction' nover and ern;,s e re r.: -
ma he went. and the rest Of h;p s,orv I .he
history Of China for the lax 6ye wears