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A Hero and a Poem. Under this headline the Atlanta Con ttitution, replying to a correspondent’s request British Soldier to publish the poem with the on “A in China,” cir cumstance of its origin, says: The poem alluded to is by Sir Francis ing Hastings rise Doyle. it The circumstance follows: giv¬ to was about as Dur¬ ing China, the in war between Great Britain and 1857 - 58 , one day a young fel¬ low named Moyse, a private of the “Kentish Buffs,” having lagged behind on the march with some Sikh soldiers, was taken prisoner by the enemy , The fellows had been drinking, which was the cause of their detention, as they the were hanging around the grog-train in this hope of getting more liquor. Englishman But had rough, drinking young the soul of a hero. The ( hinese officials demanded the kotow of the cap¬ tives; that is, the’ceremony o.f kneeling and knocking the head upon the ground. This the Indian soldiers willingly d d, and thus saved their lives, but the Eng¬ lishman regarding the fact as a degrada¬ tion, positively refused in spite of ail threats, and was finally beaten to death and his body was thrown to the jackals. The circumstance acquired peculiar in¬ terest from the fact that the quesfions of receiving bassies the that English and hinged American em¬ the at time upon question lowed whether the envoys could be al¬ performing to approach the the sovereign without kotow. The Chinese re¬ gard this obeisance as due to all the gods, to the emperor, who is the sou of heaven and the messenger of the gods, and in a less degree to the officials who represent the emperor. The extreme obeisance, indeed, required by the em¬ peror and heaven,is kneeling and knock¬ ing the head thrice, then standing up¬ right and again kneeling, this to be performed three times. This obeisance had been performed by the Dutch em¬ bassadors and an envoy from liussia, and the English and American embassa¬ dors were the first who had dared to re¬ fuse to accede to the ceremony. As the poem to which our query refers is a fine one, and comparatively little known, we quote it as follows: “Last night, among his fellow roughs, He jested, quaffed and swore, A drunken private of the Buffs, Who never looked before: To-day, He beneath the foreman’s frown, stands in Elgin’s place, Ambassador from Britain’s crown. And type of all her race. Poor, Be reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, wildered and alone, A heart with English instinct fraught. He yetcan call his own. Ay! Bring tear his body limb from limb! He cord, or ax, or flame! Shall only England knows that not through him come to shame. 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