were pitching down outside the large guns, that were mounted there,
while friendly Chinese were employed in carrying them to the wharf.
The success was complete, and nothing remained but to rescue the
prisoners (60 in number) whom the rebels had caught and confined.
After a short cessation and a little refreshment, a second attack
was made, during which the prisoners escaped and the rebels
evacuated the city. A second battery of guns was also taken and
brought to the wharf. In the morning we walked at large through the
town; but what desolation, what barbarous destruction was
everywhere exhibited! everything that could not be carried away had
been cut and destroyed in the most wanton manner. Our own house was
cut to pieces, our books cut scattered, torn and destroyed; our
furniture either carried off, or cut, or broken in pieces, and the
house itself and zayat converted into cook-houses and barracks.
During the last three days, we have been picking up the scattered
fragments of our furniture, books, &c. and repairing our house.

"Nga-Dah, the ringleader of the rebellion, and eleven of his
principal adherents, have been caught. The inhabitants are coming
in with white flags and occupying their houses. The bazaar is open,
and the work of repairs is going on.

"Yesterday morning the Diana arrived with a reinforcement of
European soldiers; and to-day I have come on board, expecting to
proceed to Maulmain immediately. My present plan is, if my brethren
approve, to return with my family, and resume our missionary labors
as before. The native members of our church, now scattered, will
probably come into town as soon as they hear of our return. Of the
boarding scholars, all are with us except three Karens.

"My letter is already protracted to so great a length, that I can
only add that our preservation and deliverance from such imminent
danger, should awaken in our hearts the warmest gratitude to our
Heavenly Father, and the most unwavering confidence in his kind
care; and that the foregoing account should revive and deepen the
impression made by previous events in the history of this mission,
that we stand in need of the continual and fervent prayers of
Christians in America, not only for our preservation, but for
divine guidance in all our affairs.