Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-11-02
\ BErrELNrlM.-Mr. j. W. Sraldiug,

BErrELNEm-Mr j. w. Srolding,
,nders clerks on tl,c |, $, Steam fri.
mississippi, has writtcna book upon la-
Span. 1t may interest some of our readers to
know what he saw, and heard, and thought
= Of the Rev. Dr. Bethlehem. KS soi,ie Of Iii,
remarks arc not altogether favorable to the
pr. il may be as we'll to say that Commodore
Perry and the American Merchants at Canton
also come in for their share Of ill-hunourod
nirgs by the author, whose opinion on some
points may not be very valuable.
1--WE know that Loo ChOU had been visited
in lSl6 by French missionary, FORBADE,
who had subsequently left, but were rather
surprised on anchoring, off tall and singu
lar formation, called in the surveys of
the Accste and Lyra, =" Captain Rock, "
bui which more nearly rcsomblcd large old
barn, with dark that chod roofand huge pro
iccting cavcs-to see flying from its summit
the English flag. We altcrward asccrtained
thtt it was a flag giving protection to DR..
Bettolheiln, converted Hungarian Jew, who
had married an English lady, and had been
sert by an English u.,ll mission society.
SOME seven years before, as d missionary to
Lou Choo. lie did not appear 10 be n man
whose disposition and temperament were cal
cuNted to afford him success in his lnhors,
! although he had perseyercd in his stN-ot
nati,.os l., II 9a,d had occun;rl b;s InnoI,, M
elton for yoors With no other Ch,;st;nyn r.,
.os tlan tboso lis vito and throo cbiIJran
The Loo-Chooans had tried every way to get
krid of him they had addressed, through the
kChinese, to the English Minister, Lord Pal
|ncrston, circumstances against the mission,
which invariably closed with the petition
~, L -. ,,,,r, VIII Nv, tLo,, ,,r,,n ,';,,
,n,,,l 49,, lie da.tr;no ,,'at ,m;s.;,,nav,,
.ho,id ioatoS "a@ ,,o hs 1,raso,,oo
not ngrenblc r. ;ts ncorln Knit rho Dr bold
his rrnnnd tbougI bn v.,s ,n,do q, ,,ndor,,1.
some rather roug6 trr,tmont U;msolf r.,
hrNn,rofnssional ain in thr heo,;n,, art ana
ktSS[Nfo durinr the nrcv,,lonce If the small
no, bad boon Vow attontiyo 70 ,ha rnn,lo
ub;nL oarsod tbo ,,,tbn;t,as o., Lo no,,iio,,ii;t
ieolous Thcv wcrr followed and hotsJ ut
in the streets and finally. Mrs r dnr;nq n
walk was forciblv separated from her hls.
hand and bimsali beatan Tho Rr;t;sb ,r,r
ste,n,cr uSnbvnx" b.nnonod 70 nav ,
visit to Mana moi lor, ortariyorJ vLo, ths.u.
tbnr;t;es made annie .nnloov for tho oa.nco
and nromiss1 better things IN future They
removed his servants nr constnntIv cbangod
tim. They erected snv-bouscs onpositc the
cate or his residnnre wH;ch wore iacon,t,ntiu
attended. If In, nrearhed tn n crowd in tbo
street or market nl,cc. nt - SIGNAL from tho
,Japanese rollce on the island his auditors
all ran away.-Ii he distributed tracts in
their language Mt NIGHT. the next morning
the police brought them back to him. care.
fully tied up.
During the night poor devil of Loo
Chooan padded off to tile Susouehanna, So
Letting safety from one on shore, whom he
4 l..
previously - declared his intention in the
United States. it was not possible to get
up another Koszta affair. DR., Bettelhcim
exrressed the belief that the noor creature was
a spy. This opinion was not at all sunr,-
sim from the Doctor. who never disnlayed
am;ability toward the ponulntion. and in An
swcr to an inouirv about tho history or
their upper classes, his rcsponca was. ,.Thev
are ali iliars-not word of truth in them