It appears that of the four residences belonging to the American Presbyterians at Tchioufu only two have been looted in toto. The other two, with the two dis-pens aries and hospitals and the chapel, have been looted only in part. A guard of soldiers is stationed before each gate, which in every instance has been closed by a mud wal, None of the buildings have boon destroyed, but doors and windows have been torn out, and desolation reigns supreme.
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