The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-05-18

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Almost every day, at tho sStE :
the Occidental Hotel, on: Raat
may be seen an old, laa,S chinj
who importunes us for aims. :
'euance traced with the furroEs SE
aud starvation is in no way imHtSR5s y
by it's total abstineaco frol, watefy q 94S
yet, who Of the many who bestoN
ing glance on that weather boatcu, {gg;
beXrimmcd faoo think for asan0S SeSS
that iu those shrivolsd old veina s. S
es the blood of royalty3 Yet this issvS
so. ilfsaeSS;
Fifty Que yours ago, all the
dreams Of Oricutu! luxurys werAsN
lie, the youngest OF Ave brothar6t kas
for mis- father no less u parsonage tA4lx
tho sovereign Of the Celestial e,npifssg
Until his teLth year reared .fpSfS1N
splsndor of that court Of which soliDt{6Hs
is told and yet SO little known, ltc hxs hx
not wish that was not at onceS SRfst.s'
fled. Mandarins of high rank Watls
glad indeed to wait on this scion sof
royal lfouso. He, with his brothefs; tEs
each their little court. TO QUE SSs
allotted the care Of the royal ,fowlGsss
to another, the royal sheep; to aaOth hAyss
the royal goats and to him, bel6n6es
the care of his mothers pot pcae0Svy
Sinccures that exist in all we'll iexqiSESs
ed Governments are by mo Is nI1SSSS
unknown in China. So he ;grsWs:HDs
happy in the execution Of his dutfas. md
the patcrnal commands. AlreaAy asSts'
he been promised the command of: Hes;
rhibetan frontier. Far from the capftaE
in tho country where the rebals 4wsfA
most powerful we can well ina gino! the
CONSERVATION caused his mother al titiys
intelligence i,npartod to her, by. her
favorito son. Even at that early sgss
ho was eager for this martial life, Hxs
dreamed only of great deeds and wSrSS
alarms and when his mother, gently
b,a,dipg his tiny little queue, would
gaze into her boys bright eYos and
read there the language which sthsyss
spoke, her heart alternated bstNfsn.'
hope and fear. A gentle little natdenS.
had long been his betrothed.' She too,SSi
felt keenly tho pangs Of parting, which
his hopeful chatting heart had not time;
to feel. Bright, bright, indeed, wSs tils5
future for him aud yot, one shofS,
night cast him from his airy height,
even to the dcpth into which hs,iiss
sunk. rs 4
Ono of those sudden revolutions to;
which that Kingdom is 80 subject hnrl.
ed his father from his throne, and caus-s
ed the murder of all who loyed and
honored him. Through the fidelity af.
an old servant this young Prince RSssss
saved from tho general butchery. Still
his name alone would have been HIS
dea;h warrant at any time. So heliycd;
iu poverty and constant dread, shunpsd
by all and stunning all. When the HysI;
cargocs Of Chinese wero sent to DUR
State he, welcoming this as an oppoftts.,'
nifty trr escape from on atmosphere 2ofsl
death to him, smugsled himself on board;
one Of the ships. The close Scontiua.i
mcnt. which he had to undergo, and tho
tossing Of the cargo in the hold, rnined
his health and crippled him for life.r4s
Too weak to beg and too honest 10 steai.
nothing was left him but to accept tho;
bounty. which the stranger in the strange
land saw fit to bestow upon him. Who
cnn tell the paugs it cost that proud
heart before it could descend to tliisf
As you soc him now, so has he lived.
Tor he past ten years. s;
Through the aid Of un intcrpretcr or, 9wS,
glcaucd the sad history Of this poor old
prince. That hardship and want may
have affected the brain Of the unfostiisss
nate creature is moro than likoiy but
his tale was tjll with SO much appara1t
trnthiulness, so much earn cstncss, 5 BOZ
we have thought il worthy Tho heaffiSx
Of our readers. Bright, brighter was Hi
starting in life than one in ten thons..
and; dark darker. perhaps, is its olosipg'
than one in ten million. 50, s,ss,,
THE DEC7SEASE IN TIE NE15RD