The Chihchiang district magistrate lately wrote up to a missionary hero, saying that one of the members of the church was an offender needing prnishment. The answer ho received was to the effect that if this proved to ho so after careful trial of the ease, than justice should be done acconling to the law of the land. The magistrate, fancying the man he wanted was in hiding in the native chapel, went to the place, and not discovering him there, was groatly angored. The evangelist offered to go security and the magistrate, loft saying that if 300,000 cash wore not forthcoming ho would seal up the door of the chapel in three days. This ho actually did, and the chapel was sealed up with his oficial seal. A magistrate who happened to be passing through the town hoard of this and called at the yamen, and told him he dare not take such a stop, for chapels were opened in China by treaty rights. Ho so frightened him that a proclamation was posted through the city explaining that someone had stolon the sealing paper from the argu and put iron the chapel doors. The missionary put the matter in the hands the British Consul, who took it up with commendable energy, and the cas was sent on to Peking; but the wheels of diplomacy Q slowly though they grind exceeding small, Thinking nothing was being dono in the matter, the magistrate grew bold. Hearing one day that the man he required was at the chapel, he came himself, with a big retinue, to seize him. He found the man, gave hi 300 blows in the chapel, andi in' the melee his followers badly damaged the lamps, furniture, ete. All the place was quite awreck. A fow days after came word from his superiors that he was to proceed to Wachang; but on the road he m: to patch up his ense with the Shansi, and is now using all his endeavours to save his face with the. poe by not being dismissed his post; with what result we shall sco.
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