, 1870-11-18

t6lMA AND JAk@s
BosToE, Nov. 17.-Hey. Lii. Baldwin, Joung
missionary laiely returned from Chtna, Who has
been lsbo1tng for twelve years, spoke Lust eveo.
Ing, gigiuK an account Of the matters co.,
uected With the Methodist mission work In that
county. After describing somn difficulties At
tending missionary work, he said there were no
converts during the ffBt ten years, but there
aIe nuW nearly =, 900 active Christians, znd among
them many ministers and law preachers, who
somettmes endure untold prosecutions. The
Methodlst8 lave three principal mission stations,
the largest Ct thcm at FoochnW. MiAAon-
aries IN China look upon the R11llng1me
mission IN different light from that In which 1t
II received by most people In this country. The
Mandarins wanted the treaty Of lsso 70 remain -
II wAs and not be revised IT the end Of ten years,
according to the agreement, and to accomplish
thiH end their Chief, MT. Hart, offered to Bur-
1ngame the n1Isalon 10 foreign nations, II
no Mardas1n OF hFBt class would accept
It. He WAS to tecelEe $4,000. lie wbs Instructed
to tntke 4 new treaty, that should he AZ nearly
Ike the old one - possible, but people In China
were astoutsced a. the fat reposts Of bis speeches
that canc to them, to the effect that China want
ed railroads, telegraphs, and all modern improve
1nente, and offered 10 Americans the tn6lde
track In their construction, whereas such
thlngt were II. f.ou betEx the real
wishes Of the Nanda1lns OF China, aad the tEeaty
IVES found On comparison With the Old one to dr.
fer only In 31is, that when China wHs ready to
build tallrt ads Amcr1ca should be allowed to fur
niLh the engineers 4c, for the work; hut the un-
derstandlng Americans had from BuslIogame's
| Apeeches and presentations led them and The
Engllsh anu F1c1ch afterw11l to Riye directions
| IN bebaN of China that NJ gunboats On the
ChEcsc ccatt shepld exact rerarataou for in!o'
tics on tic Epo,, hut that sQc1 injuries should be
reported to the Minister at FeEfp, aud he In turu
| shculd receive Instructions from the home Roy'
eminent before action vas taken against China
s5ceprSS z. Sn!y ,oen cases ctxfas n,na 10
| backing down on the part Of the ALTERNATING
| 1Nvcrp, instead Of IN Indication Of nagnanlm1ty
az intended. She therefore very naturally con
c.,td,d that, rs any injuries they might d
| could 1ot be punished for nearly year 1t was
NEST favorable opportunity to lt1re a the foreign
err out Of China THIS is really the t.esise Of al
| the Chinese rs those on the spot cannot fail Il
sec. This WIS the Teal cause Of the Late serTtbl
massacre.
san FRANCISCO, Nov 1.-THE regular stearne
! laa arrived from china, With Hong Kong dates Il
October 1s, aud Yokohama to the Sd She bring
| IS cabin and 119 stee1age paasen2e1s. with !, 20
tons of cargo.
Japan news Is unimportant The country AZ
pcnr5 to enjoy profound pence The birthday o
| the Mikado WIS celebrated ut Teddo, Yokohama
and, 20 far as Is known, throughout the eountrl
The shipptag IN the harbor sgaty dressed. IN
Imperial nag WAS salused, at noon, by the meu-ol
| war.
The British bark T. kludo was wrecked to Adj
warra l,Ay- Ba1ks Mary Miller, Royal Ainstse
schooner Rantipole, and several other vessel
were damaged bf L tJphoon-
Itaxo suffered severely from heayy Ga
| in China.
ABnttsh sunboat Will be stationed At NewcbaE
during the winter The matters we're still unsa
: tslacsory Al Tlenttln. Admiral Kiues had pei
toned for men md neid.plcces to patrol the se
" | 1lement
s1eported that Minister Low advises missto
| a,ies to return to Tcucton, and authorizes the
To request the Commodore Of the drst Unt
| States vessel that reaches Chetoo 70 convey the
hack, and will take measures to guarantee Il
they remain unmo1e4ted.
l. The Irn.es12ut Chapel Of Fatheu WAS desttoyt
| but no personal violence offered.
United States steamers Colorado and BENT
we're at woosuDg, and the Alaska at Hong Kos