Tseng Kuo-chiton, the Governor General of the Liangkiang, was man of a firm and resolute temperament and in his adminis. tration of affairs impartial and upright. His mental resources were of the highest order andhisplansgreatand far-reaching. Asenior licentiate, in the reign of Hsien Fenj adopted the military profession an in Kiangsi, Hupeh and elsewhere successful exterminated soversl bands. of robbers, His services in connection with the recapture of Anch ing were ofan exceptional order and deserving of most especial praise; nor was the then occupant of the Throne
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