From the Bakehouse to the Palace.
Since last writing the wheel of fortune has continued to revolve and one has gone up and another down, if all we hear is true. Ch'éng Wen-pin, lusterd of being degraded, has been promoted, and from Commander vf the Rescue Forces, which were disbanded Weihuifu, he has been promoted Admiral of the Yangtze (Shui-shih-t'i-tu), wish his residence' ab 'Taipingfu. On' his way down from Wei-suifu Ne called at his home at Yingchoufu and passed some days there, but I did not hear of any feasting. Ie my not be ge known that this gentleman is one Of China's self-ride men. He began his career at the time of the Taiping rebellion, when he joined the Imperial forces as a soldier, previous to which it was his custom to daily provide for the wants of the er man of all those who were willit stop and buy the food he had for sale. From an ordinny innkeeper, or perhaps more truthfully from a small baker, he has gendually risen by his own good fortune to his present position.
Too much for the Chinese. yup Nort', The Frenet' cruis r Amiral Charrier arrived on the 11th instant from Nagasaki.
The following vessels of war cruiser, Sama two French emi-ers, F ud Amiral Charrier, Althouzh with the presence of riy men-of-war, the port seems quiet. The weather is much cooler 13th September.
In Hanyang the former Chen-tai_ Brigatier-Geveral Yin has been looking about for precious stones, Sume one, somewhere during the last year's said to have lost a number of these goud may is responsible for making them good. The price fixed upon seems to him to be rather high, and he thinks he can buy sume of the sine articles cheaper, so to me to sve if I could help him. ' By though, he has had to retin private life, and someone else administers his office. "He was not altogether blameless in the recent troubles.
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