teand by the local officials hung to the branch ofa tree and ina very mutilated condition, After the rebels; had vented their spite on the foreign priest and mutilated his body, they thea huvg'it up to be picked at. and eaten by the birds offthe: air. The body twas brought toTchang and was examined by the head magistrate on Thursday night. On Friday thesBishop accompanied by several Body. It is now reported that the rebels in iest3 went into the city to take over the
all the districts round Tehang have been dispersed, aud"affairs are accordingly more peaceful, 'THE REBELS, Changlo, a small magistracy to the south of Ichang and distant some 80 or 100 miles, has had an escapade serious and yet amusing. A new magistrate arrived a few weeks ago and set about at once to put down all clamation vowing vengeance on all members rebels. Hee issued 1 atrougly-worded proof secret societies and law-breakers, and at the same time seized some men and put them in prison, The rebels rose in the night, besieged the yamen, captured and carried off to' mountain fastness the magistrate, his wife, and children. The place where the rebels were entrenched was a diers from Wuchaog were marched on to towering height called Paich'itsai. The sol-
Changlo from Itu carrying a few Maxim Bats retreat, scattered them and released the us with them. They surrounded the re-riseners. The Kweilee on Saturday last anded another 500 soldiers at Itu.
A QUAINT PROCLAMATION, Thie prefect here has just put out a proclamation urging the people to keep the pence and see to the protection of foreigners and of missionaries, The proclamation is well-intentioned but it reveals the marvellous ignorance of the authorities in reins foreign. The prefect says: " Because the preachers of Christianity have taken up what the Buddhists spat out, gathered together the practices of the Mahommedans and borrowed the teachings of Moh Tse, therefore the common people who are ignorant readily listen and do not think it anything strange but the scholars who are versed in philosophy" speak lightly of Christianity and reject it. Such a proclamation is not likely to help in the progress of Christian work. We do not wish the Christian religion to be set up on a pedestal, which we could not expect a Chinese official to do, but we should like to have things stated in proportion.
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