They have been scattered broadcast, free 88 the Gospel, without money and without rice, We have perused some of these proauctions, and find them toothsome reading. They seem to be much alike, except that this last one of the Governor's is "a little more 60" than the others, They all tell the people that the foreign barbarian is perfectly harmless, that he has come here to do and that you needn't go near him if you don't want to, In short they are recommendations, or, as Pat would say "a character." To the unenlightened foreigner there is something unique in all this. Thus, missionary is robbed and for compensation, be is held up to the public as an angel minus the wings. If someone is killed, there are more characters distributed. A mob tears down a church building, and forthwith there is a recommendation. So long s there is no trouble all good people must be supposed to have no "character" worth the mentioning. It is only after a row that it is discovered these strangers from afar are the salt of the earth, and of a different clay from that of the native. We await with no little curiosity the next edition from the provincial capital, fantis confidently reported thatthe Germans are there in force, What kind of literature is issued when' some teacher of foreiga doctrine gets into trouble, we know very well. What it will be when next the Governor attempts to express (repress?) his feelings, in the vain endeavour to enlighten his people as to the exceeding great righteousness and virtue of the outside nations, no one will be rash enough to prophesy. But we may all expect then to have in truth a "character."
Uth February.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.