Chungking with Dr. Kirk have arrived here, Mir. Moorhead has come as an addition to the Indoor Customs staff in our port.
'A large pares of missionaries arrived from the West and lo:: per s, Kiveilee for Shanghai just before the Chinese New Year. The party included Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, Mr.
Mrs. Cormack, Mr. and Mrs. Burdon, Mr. and Mrs. Bolton. On their way down river they noted the people at some of the towns and villages as very uncivil and rade. Mr. Preston, of the Cumberland Presbyterian Mission, has left to-day for Changteh, Hunan, Already a few missionaries are settled in that district and. are unmolested. A meeting was held yesterday afternoon at Mr. McCarthy's to bid Mr. Preston goodbye and give him a hearty "God-speed" on his journey.
ith February.
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