The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-01-16
GENERAL ITEMS.

-IHE ADVANCE OF THE FALSE Pro
HET-Everything throughout Upper Egypt
denotes the Immediate spread of the Instruction
to Lower Egypt'and it is feared that when the
retreat from Khartoum begins Colonel Coetlogon
Will be cut off and massacre will be the result.
Should Colonel Coetlogon succeed in reaching
berDer, still his march east toward Suakim
YOU'D be imPeded by the tribes rising between
Berber and Wady-Halfa.
ALI the European and Coptic merchants
evacuated Berber on Wednesday, going to
Assouan. The Arabs attacked the stragglers in
the route, and, ii is reported, plundered and
killed several Europeans.
CHINA AND FRANCE.-Almost all
the Chinese advices point to the determination
OF the Pekin government for war with France.
Since the Marques Tseng has returned to his
residence at Folkestone he has sounded Earl
Granville, the British Minister of Foreign AT
ialrs, upon the question of mediation by Eng.
land, but Earl Granville expressed unwilling
ness to act as mediator. The Chinese Ambas-
sador at Berlin then applied to Prince Bismarck
but he also declined to interfere. The Mar.
guess Tseng states that the Pekin government
feels disappointed at the refusal of the Powers
to interfere. Indeed, the Marques doubts
whether China will now accept mediation upon
the question from any quarter.
French advces from Pekin report that mob
10 threatening to burn the Catholic churches and
mission houses, and that the feeling of the
Chinese populace is all for war. The move
ments of Chinese military forces are incessant.
and 1t Is calculated that over two hundred thou.
sand Chinese troops are now armed with Reminp-
ton rifles Strong earth works and fortifica-
lions are being constructed upon the roads lead
ing TO Pekin especially on the road from Chang.
Hal houan, as the Chinese engineers think that
invasion by any other route is impossible
The German government will send CAPTAIN
Paarchen to take command of the German naval
squadron in China, which comprises two cor
vettes, the Stosch and the Leipzig and two
gunboats, the Wolf and the Hts Captain
Paarchen is instructed to co operate with Adj
miral Mcdowell, commander of the British
squadron, in the protection of commercial inter-
ests
The late Father Taylor, Of Boston.
was good man and great preacher. When
he felt that the Lord had called him TO preach
the Gospel, he, having no education at all
started to school to obtain an education; but
after earnest efforts to learn the lessons ASSIGNED
him, failing to succeed, he left school in disgust
and never returned. He continued to try to
preach and was successful on that line He
was called to take charge Of the sailors
Bethel, on North Square, and, having been a
sailor himself, was the right man in the right
place. He continued in that field as long as he
lived and met with the greatest success. Start
ing as late in life as he did 10 get an education
there is no doubt that he could not have gone
through college had he tried for twenty wears
Yet, with his limited book-knowledpe. he did
work equaled by a very few men-if any at all
in the New England Conference and by it
he, being dead yet speaketh."