In a letter just to hand from Huchou, Che. we are informed that on Tuesday, the 18th inst., Mr. James V. Latimer, of the American Baptist Missionary Union, went outside the West Gate to sco procession. While standing in the com. pany of spectators he was attacked by six or eight carriers, who had stopped to rest. He wns struck in the face and about the back and should: over the head with " carrying 3 a once was able to break away and ru followed for about a. mile by ton or twelve men. By fording one canal, and ferrying another, and by hiding in bamboo thicket for a couple of hours, he was eventually able to make his way back into the city. The attack was wholly unprovoked and was, apparently, simply an outburst of anti-for In the trouble Mr. Lat and a Chinese friend tacked because of hi being foreigner, was beaten and robbed of his and money. reported to the officials here, and it is to be hoped that speedy steps may be taken to punish the tors of this unprovoked assault upon an inoffensive foreigner.
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