His Excellency Tsia, ig desirous of becoming acquainted with the membera of the various missions in Nanking, and of creating a more friendly relationship with them, sent an invitation to all the men in connection with the missions to call and take afternoon tea with him. The invitation was accepted, and we found Taotai Trio a very pleasant gentleman, He has a suite of rooms fixed up in foreign style, showing that he knows a good thing when he sees it. He was at one time in. connection with the Chinese legation at Washington, also the legation at Paris He is somewhat of a linguist, speaking besides his own language, sume' English, French, Spanish and Italian. We are glad to have a man in office here who has seen enough of the world to know that all other countrymen are not barbarians.
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