Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-14
PRINCE IN RAGS.
RodANTIC STORY or A CHINESE EN-
PERoR's son.

PEROR SON.
From the San Francisco al. ChrSnlcltl
Almost every day At the en-
trance OF the Occidental Hotel, on
Bush street, may be seen an old,
'lamc Chinaman, who impOrtuncs
Ms for aims. \ cOuntenanco traced
with the burrows Of care and star
vation is in no way improved by
its total abstinence from water
And yet, who Of the many who
bcs.ow II passing glance on that
weather beaten. dirt bcgrimmcd
face think for q moment that in
those shriyelcd old veins courses
blood of royalty: Yc: this is
even 50.
Fiity.one years ago all the
bright dreams Of Oriental luxury
were his. He, the youngest OF
five brothers, had for his father no
less Il parsonage than the Sove-
reign Of the Celestial Empire -
Until his tenth year, reared in
the splcHdor Of that court Of
which 50 much is told, and yet
so little known, he had not
a wish that was not at once graft
fed. Mandarins of high rank
were glad, indeed, to wait on this
scion of 4 royal house. He, with
his brothers, had each their little
court. To one was allotted the
care Of the royal fowls; to anoth-
er, the royal sheep; to another,
the royal goats; and to him be
longed the care Of his mothers pet
| peacock.
Sinccures that exist in all well
regulated governments are hy no
means unknown in China. So he
grew mp happy in the execution oI
his duties and the paternal com
lnands. Already had he beer
Ipromisrd tie command Of til,
lThibc.an frontier.
Far from the c:4i,aI in th,
country where the rctcis wer'
mos; powerful, We can well imag
line he CONSERVATION caused hi
Iay.hc nj this Intelligence inpart
lri 70 her b, her ra}orilc son
Even at tha, early agc he WAS ea
| ger for this martial liic. lit
| dreamed only ni great deeds au,
war. alarms; and when hismuth
e., yca:ir braidiag his tiny littl
queue, would gaHc into her hoy
brigh. eye, and read there tn
language which they spoke, he
heart aIternated with hope an,
fear. i gentle little maiden ha'
long been hi, betruthcd. Shc
too. felt kcenly the pan"s Of part
ing. which his hopeful, chaiin,
heart had not time 10 feel. bright
bright, bright, indeed. waS the fl
tmr for him; aud yet, one shor
night cast him from his air
hcjgh; o.en to ,Ic depth to whicI
he is sunk
Ono o.. these sudden revolution
to wlich tlm; kingdom is 50 sui
icct hurled his father from hi
throne. and caused the murder G
all who loved and honorcd hin
Through the 'idcliiy OF IN old SCI
want this young pripcc was save
! from the general butchery. Still
r his name alone would have bee
, his death warrant ut any time. )
he lived in poverty and cnnstm
dread, Stunned by all and shuI
, ming all.
C When the first cargocs Of Ch
J.. neSe were sent to our State III
welcoming this as an opportunit
for escape from an atmosphere {
death to him, smngglcd himsc
on board one Of the ships. Til
close confinement which he ha
to undergo, and the tossing of tn
!, cargo in the hold, ruined Ii
h health and crippled him for liI
Too weak to beg and too hone
to steal, nothing was left him hl
J.. 10 accept the bounty which til
i stranger, in the strange land, "a
,. iii 10 bcstow upon him. Wi
= could tell the paugs il cost Il
proud heart, before it could i,
l. sccnd to this: As you see hi
Il now, so has he lived for the pa
r ten years.
;. Through the aid of an intc
prefer, we cleaned the sad histor
of this poor old prince. Th
# hardship and want may have q
iectcd the brain Of the uniOrtuna
creature is more than likely; bu
- his tale was told with SO muC
g apparent tmth(ulness, So mut
earnestness, that We have thong
It worthy the hearing Of our rea
IE ers. Bright, brighter was h
IS starting in life than one in Il
g. thousand; dark, darker, perhar
r is its closing than one in ten m
Z lion.
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