Yo the Editor of the antu-Cuixa Datiy WU:
$Sin,—In your issue of the 24th instant, Refugee" accuses me of having charged a dear friend a feather-brained indi kindly allow me t not the remotest idea who he? That I have him, is proved by the fact that he is immediately recognised by "A Refugee!" Permit me to point out to "A Refugee" that I wrote "a few feather-brained inned class who are over-caer to air their own fads. In reading over my notes again, T must confess that I find in them nothing which T do no believe is strictly true, but as "A Refuge evidently objects to some people being described as feather-brained, I willingly consent to change that term to feather-headed. That I did not over-state the case, the lowing incident will show. After all missionaries had taken their departure from here, the Chinese were warned that the few remaining foreigners were cither in Chinese employ, or else were connected with the Hermione, and all was going as smoothly as the proverbial wedding bells. nary returned and began to preach. What he said during his discourse I do not claim to know, but some of his listeners promptly carried it to the Viceroy, he brought the matter to the notice of the Consul, and the Consul wrote warning the missionary inst repetition of the conduct complained of. Now, Sir, am I to understand that "A Refugee" world have us consider that the conduct of this gentleman is not objectionable? Nature has evidently endowed some people with' an uncommonly sensitive organ and smell, an organ which i i in sniffing out a hint indeed having glorious times! Trying on official robes, practising the kowtow, devouring birds' nests, sharks' fins, ete., and while we are thus innocently amusing ourselves, we have the satisfaction of knowing that we are not putting the lives of either natives or foreigners in jeopardy. I most certainly did at say that Chinese officials were honest, nor can I imagine any foreigner who would be bold enough to m such a statement. 1 have about as much faith in the honesty of the vast majority of Chinese officials, ax Reingec" seemingly has. Twas under the impression that a missionary's " marching order" was to preach the Gospel, and not to fill the minds of this people with Utopian ideas which they have neither the wish, uor the power to carry out. Those who have listened to a class of adult Chinese being catechiséd, well know how difficult it is to get them to grasp even the most rudimentary truths; how then can they be expected to understand the dogmatist whose preaching seems to them to closely resemble treason? I blush while I confess to "A Refugee" that I do an honest day's work, for an honest dollar, or, as he would call it, for filthy lucre, money is indeed the "root of all evil," all T can say is, give me plenty of the root, for I have but little of ay at present. my notes have given pain to any one, L certainly do regret it, but truth is not always pleasing to us, and as I have written, athing but the truth, it must stand. Those who have conscientiously done their duty, may console themselves with the Chinese proverb that." true gold does not fear the fire." And to those whom the cap may fit, there is but one thing for them to do—wear it.
Lam, et A Naxkixe Connesroxpest.
2th August.
P.—I should like to add that quite agree with Dr. John, in believing that the present trouble in China is" directed against all foreigners alike, both missionary, and non-missionary.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.