Year: 1871

conuuct ol Odn franclscans In permitting poor
woman to perish for want of the necessares of
life, so if an intensified version of the case
reaches the JOURNAL from its exchanges-it is
already on its traves-you will know the exact
truth of the matter and can spoil a sensational
ism.


CHINESE MISSIONS.


BY the last steamer from China there arrived
| the pioneer of choice assortment of Monpolian
Missionaries who are coming here to assist the
Managers of the Chinese Mission in their hope
less labor of converting John from good Heath
ensm to bad christianity. Hew Sing Me is the
appropriate name of this first installment O: Ce-
lestal pety, and he has the reputation of being
man of marked ability, possessing great in6u-
ence with his countrymen, and moreover, thor
oughly conversant with the peculiar WAYS and
dark practice of the Christian Americans to
whom he is accredited. He will have a good
field for labor, as apart from brother Fung of
this city, and Chinese gentleman over at Oak
land who speakes Latin and quotes from Horace,
but who is at present under a cloud for robbing
priest, there is no Celestial workers in what is
called the Lords vineyard. Fung works as hard
as man can do, but his solitary efforts scarcely
produce an Impression. saw him last Sunday
afternoon standing dry goods box at the
corner of filthy alley running from Jackson
street He addressing listless' audience of
about twenty with mnch earnestness, though
evidently without the slightest effect All the
way up the alley were groups of Chinese men
and women, the former engaged in talking and
smoking, the latter waiting with vermiIloned
cheeks and elaboratey arranged hair for the ap-
proach of night which would bring them Gus
toners for their painted charms. Josh sticks
were burning before many of the DOORS the
smoke from which seemed to curl defantly in
the air as if seeking to assail brother Fung's
nostris with its heathen incense No one took
the least interest in Fung's Grafton, ne was not
even an object of curiosity, and the whole pro-
ceedings appeared to be as hopelessiy barren Of
promise as they well could be- Such is the
field Hew Sing Ne has come to labor in and if
he expects to inaugurate revival he must be
about the most sanguine Celestial that ever pat
foot on these Western shores. That there is
plenty Of room for a revival no one can doubt,
but as resumed my walk, the idea forced it.
self upon me that if instead of importing Mis-
sionaries from China to attempt the conversion
of the Chinese to godlness, the preachers here
would first endeavor TO infuse some conception
of the virtues of cleanliness into the Asiatic
mind, the gain to society would perhaps be
greater and certainly more obvious.


IN REMEMBRANCE.


The Mercantile Library Association Is going to
enshrne its patron saint. The large glass globes
which were used in the lottery drawing have
been alfectionatey preserved, and are to be
mounted on fancy lamp posts in front of the Lii
brary building. This at least shows gratitude,
for it is only right that the globes which once
served the institution, should be elevated to a
post of honor where's all can see them They
will also serve to jog the memories of the Mer-
camille magnates with the fact that though now
in funds, their coin will not last for ever. And
from all that | can hear the warning is very
necessary as the managers, who are just going
out of office, have been spending money at a
reckless rate for the last few weeks. If the in
coming officials do not at once retrench there
will be another deficit in the treasury before
long and then it will be irretreivably up with
the concern.


MAGDALEHA BAY.


The Magdalena Bay bubble appears just on the
point of bursting. Numerous letters have al
ready been received in this city from duped i'm
migrants who were persuaded by the specious
lies of the Lower California Company to settle
in the new colony, and these speak in unmeas-
ured terms Of the misrepresentation OF the pro-
moters of the scheme. Instead of the country
being fertile in soil, abundant in water and
grass and healthy and pleasant in its climate,
they describe it as stretch of desert, herbless