should take' note. We believe most thoroughly in the Chinese, and although ground down by their superstition and Official oppression, yet there is underneath all_a kindness and genuineness of heart which is a good foundation for better building. It is the ardent wish of the whole Nanking community that there shall be no more "patching" done in China. The "old cloth" is too old and rotten. May the change speedily come when the Chinese may have the freedom to stand for what they individually are worth 20th June.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.