With regard to our general work in the South, I was glad to notice everywhere quickened zeal, followed by greatly increased prosperity. I believe the good work among the freedmen was never so efficient as to-day, and never so richly deserved the hearty sympathy and generous benefactions of the good people of the North. As it is no time to sound a retreat when an army has gained its earliest victories, so it is no time, in the work of education and evangelization among the freedmen in the South, to repress zeal or to slacken effort, or to retrench where retrenchment would be fatal; but to push forward till the highest results are achieved. * * * * * AFRICA. * * * * * THE MENDI MISSION. Converts Added to the Church—Death of Mrs. Dr. James. REV. FLOYD SNELSON, GOOD HOPE. The church-work is progressing very well. At our last communion, the first Sabbath in May, eleven natives united with the church, all hopefully converted. It was a great day with us. One of the old sisters, who had been here from the beginning, cried out, “Thank God! I’ve never seen it so before,” with many other expressions of joy. This is the result of steady work. Others are seeking admission; but it was thought best that they should wait until another opportunity. One child was baptized. Pray that the Lord may bless us. With painful regret I must inform you that Death has entered our ranks, and has taken away one of our missionaries—our sister, Mrs. James. I wrote you in my last that she and her little daughter were unwell. I learned by a letter May 20th from Dr. James (who is stationed at Avery), that his wife was seized with a convulsion on the morning of Sunday, the 19th, while engaged in her domestic business, was taken to her room, and that one convulsion succeeded another rapidly, and with such violence that she could not speak, until two o’clock in the night, when she died. Brother Jackson is well again, and he and his wife have returned to Avery Station, to resume their work. All are now comparatively well, and the work is going on. We feel its importance more and more, and we are not discouraged by the fact that one has fallen, but will close up our ranks and march forward, hoping to be reinforced from time to time, until the victory is won. * * * * * THE CHINESE. “CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.” Auxiliary to the American Missionary Association. PRESIDENT: Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D. VICE-PRESIDENTS: Rev. A. L. Stone, D. D., Thomas C. Wedderspoon, Esq., Rev. T. K. Noble, Hon. F. F. Low, Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D., Hon. Samuel Cross, Rev. S. H. Willey, D. D., Edward P. Flint, Esq., Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., Jacob S. Taber, Esq. DIRECTORS: Rev. George Moor, D. D., Hon. E. D. Sawyer, Rev. W. E. Ijams, James M. Haven, Esq., Rev. Joseph Rowell, E. P. Sanford, Esq., H. W. Severance, Esq. SECRETARY: Rev. W. C. Pond. TREASURER: E. Palache, Esq.