(3) There isa rule that, if any officer be crippled by wounds received in action, he may be excused from archery practice on foot or on horseback as_ordinarily required. The Viceroy at Nanking now reports that there is a Lieutenant garrison st Sovchow, who begs to be allow: Colonel Tseng Yit-chit belonging to the
ed to avail himself of this rule. It appears that he was wounded twice in the right arm, once by a bullet and once by a spear, while fighting against the Taipings in Kiangsi in 1858; and whenever the aiv is damp, his arm becomes painful and useless. A superior officer has been deputed to examine the applicant's arm. He reports that he finds it scarred by two wounds, one from a bullet six-tenths of an inch in depth, and one from a spear point, eight-tenths of an inch in diameter. He' considers that the injury is really serious and that the applicant is fairly entitled to the remission that he asks for.—Granted.
EMPEROR PRAY FOR SNOW, January 1th.—(1) As very little snow has fallen this winter, much needed the fields, the Emperor will proceed on the 14th instant to the Temple known as the Ta-kao-tien and there offer incen: He further appoints four high officers to represent him on the same day at the other state temples where it is customary to worship on such occasions, (2) After inspecting the army.of western Yunnan at Tali Fu, the Viceroy Ts'en Yiireturned at the end of November to Yunnan Fu. There he received an Imperial Decree assuring him of the Emperor's solicit tude regarding his health and bidding him take care of himself while performing the duty of inspecting the troops. Hethanktully states that he has recovered from the diz+ zines and diarrhoea which vexed him, but he is still troubled by feebleness in his feet and by asthma Which destroys his rest at night. The Dotors tell him that he can only be cured by rest; and the cold of the present season renders travelling dangerous, He therefore humbly takes advantage of the Emperor's kindness and hat he may be allowed to put off ins specting the troops in the cast and the south of the province till after the commencement of the coming spring.—Approved.
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