—It has been very well said recently: “In America if a man is black, we enslave him; if he is red, we steal his lands and massacre his wife and children; and if he is yellow, we won’t let him come here at all.” —The _Sunday School Times_, in commenting on the fact that eight Chinamen were recently received into a church at Sacramento, asks whether it wouldn’t be a good plan for Congress to pass a law that not more than fifteen Chinese converts should join any Christian church the same Sunday. * * * * * OUR QUERY COLUMN. 1. What English pronouncing dictionary is the standard in England? 2. What is the authorized pronunciation of _Khedive_? 3. Should _Beaufort_ (N. C.), be pronounced as is _Beaufort_ (S. C.)? 4. Ought A. M. A. teachers to make special effort to have their pupils sign the temperance pledge? 5. Can any teacher afford (or can his pupils afford to have him) do without an educational publication? * * * * * THE FREEDMEN. REV. JOS. E. ROY, D. D., FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA. * * * * * A TOUR OF A MONTH THROUGH THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. [We omit the mention of the Midway Church and School and the organization of the church at Cypress Slash, as an account of them is given elsewhere by Rev. Floyd Snelson.] At Savannah, the Beach Institute and the mother church, with her four or five daughters settled in the suburbs, were found to be in a prosperous condition. Pastor Markham and Principal Koons, with their corps of lady teachers, are making a decided impression upon that city. Thence to Orangeburgh, S. C., where Rev. W. L. Johnson is pastor, and also principal of a large school, in which his wife is assistant. Mr. Johnson had been trained up at the North, in the Dutch Reformed way, as a protégé of the Rev. Dr. E. P. Rodgers of New York. The visitor gave from his big map a lesson upon the geography of our country. As a guest of Rev. Dr. Cooke, President of the Claflin University, he had an opportunity to become acquainted and favorably impressed with that fine institution of our Methodist brethren. In Charleston, a Sabbath was given to the Plymouth Church, now happy under the new pastorate of Rev. Temple Cutler, and one day to the Avery Institute, under Prof. A. W. Farnham, who is reproducing the style of his own Alma Mater, the Oswego Normal. It was a delight to witness the orderliness and accuracy of that training. It is only common fame that this Institute stands ahead of every other in the city. It has a corps of six teachers, and scholars enough to work them hard. Our lady missionary, Miss H. E. Wells, I found getting hold of her peculiar work quite hopefully; as also Miss Douglass, at Miller’s Station, Ga. I think this arm of our service will prove equal to the anticipation of its friends.