told by a German countryman, who had resided for a long time at the place, that there are whole streets occupied by lewd women of Arab, French, and Italian extraction; that, more especially, Wallachian Jewesses are involved in this moral depravity, which proves most dangerous to young people coming from Europe for commercial and other pursuits. Though they may have arrived with good principles, which they imbibed at home under the eyes of a kind parent or teacher, yet after a short stay they are engulphed in the pool of immorality, from which they seldom rise again, owing to the seductive influences by which they are surrounded. No wonder that some well-disposed Europeans have expressed a wish that I might induce Mr. Spittler, the renowned Christian and philanthropist at Basle, to establish at Alexandria a kind of harbor or inn, in which young Europeans might obtain food and lodging at cheap rates, and be placed under the Christian influence and dicipline of a house-manager who would have morning and evening prayers with them, who would provide them with good books, and act, in general, as a kind father and councellor toward them in the affairs of the soul as well as of the body. In fact, such an establishment should be founded in every large oriental town, where many Europeans are concentrated for secular business. It is not enough that they have a clergyman among them, though even of this benefit they are frequently deprived in oriental countries, where there is not that moral public opinion and tone prevalent in Europe. A wish has also been expressed to me, that the Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian sailors might have a clergyman of their own, as annually more than a hundred Swedish merchant-ships enter the port of Alexandria. The Greeks Romanists, and German and French Protestants have Divine service, but the Scandinavians are utterly neglected, unless they can speak English, French or German. The necessity of getting a Swedish clergyman for Alexandria is the more obvious, if what I have learned regarding the present Swedish consul, who is a Roman Catholic of oriental extraction, be true. He is said to have refused six Swedish sailors admission even into the Protestant hospital, which Dr. Friedner has founded and provided with several very able deaconesses from Kaisersworth. In proof of the value which even Said Pasha, the late ruler of Egypt, has attached to this hospital, I may mention that he granted a donation of £1000, through the Prussian consul-general, Mr. Koenig, when this gentleman paid his farewell visit to His Highness. The late Said Pasha in many respects behaved very nobly toward Christian missionaries and churches in Egypt. At Alexandria he granted a large piece of ground for a German Protestant church, which is being built at present. He also assigned to the Scotch missionaries a vessel, in which, as in a floating chapel, the gospel is preached to English and American sailors every Sunday. Besides, he granted to all clergymen and missionaries a free passage on the Egyptian railway, simply on presenting a certificate from the consul of the traveller. Greek, Romanist, Coptic and Protestant clergymen and missionaries enjoyed this privilege all alike. My old friend, Mr. Winter, the deceased English chaplain, in whose time, that is twelve years ago, by the liberality of the British residents at Alexandria, a fine English chapel was built, I found replaced by the Rev. Mr. Davis, an active clergyman, who is on a friendly footing witu Mr. Sior, the clergyman of the German Protestants, for whom, as well as for those at Jerusalem, the late King William IV. of Prussia did much. Lastly, I must make mention of the flourishing school which the Scotch missionaries have established among the higher classes of the Alexandrian population, who are very desirous of instruction, chiefly from secular motives, as the progress of civilization and intercourse with Europeans holds out the prospect of lucrative situations to all those who have enjoyed a good education. Cheering as the activity of Protestant missionaries and clergymen undoubtedly must be to every Christian observer, the Protestants are far behind the Romanists, who, it is true, have greatly better supplies of money at their command. At Cairo I stayed nearly two months, for the sake of the acclimatization of my party and for the study of the vulgar Arabic. At this metropolis, likewise, great changes have taken place since 1855. The once flourishing school of the Church Missionary Society has been given up, as Mr. Lieder, who conducted it, has become old, and the society's efforts have been demanded in other parts of the world with greater urgency. However, other missionaries have taken up the work at Cairo in a vigorous manner. The American missionaries have schools frequented by several hundred male and female children. They also preach in Arabic to a good number of hearers, among whom there are Mahommedans, Copts, Greeks, and other denominations. The missionaries are assisted by able catechists, who are of great use to them. The English missionaries sent out by the society of the Jews have likewise a good school, consisting chiefly of Jewish children. On Sundays they also preach to the adults in Arabic. In connection with them is a former Jewish Rabbi, who is now a serious Christian, and has established a bookseller's shop, in which only Christian books are sold. As to myself, I felt a peculiar and delightful interest in the German missionaries of the Pilgrim Missionary Society of Chrishona. They entered upon the Cairo mission in 1861. Notwithstanding the short period they have been at work, they have done a great deal of good. In the first place, they have, by the assistance of the Germans, of whom there are about two hundred at Cairo, constructed a simple little chapel, in which they preach to the Germans, and now also to the Arabs, every Sunday. Secondly, they have commenced a school, in which about forty children of Jews and Copts, etc., are instructed. But thirdly, what pleased me most is their boldness, cheerfulness of faith and love, with which they go about the streets, holding conversations on religious subjects with Germans, Copts, Armenians, Greeks, and Mohammedans, preach ing Christ crucified to all who will listen to them. This is what no previous missionary has ventured upon at Cairo with such frankness, and which very few could do, if we consider the fanaticism of the Mohammedans, that has not yet fully passed away, but is, on the contrary, fostered by the many learned sheiks who are at Cairo, which is the central point of learning in Egypt. Besides, the pilgrim missionaries go to prison-houses, hospitals, barracks, and to the watch posts of the Egyptian soldiery, to distribute tracts and Bibles, and to converse with any one who takes an interest in the salvation of his immortal soul. Though no remarkable conversion has yet taken place, we may, uuder God, expect a great blessing from the activity of these humble and self-denying men, who carry on their work, day by day, in great simplicity, with a strength of faith and fervor which puts me, the older missionary, quite to the blush. Having neither male no female servants, they themselves perform all their domestic work, buying, for instance, their food at the market and cooking it at home, etc. Having finished domestic duties, they go each to his respective labor-one to keep school, others to town, where they preach, converse and distribute Christian books, as opportunity is given. Except food and raiment, they receive no fixed salary from their society. Only ten francs are monthly allowed to each of them for any private want which he may have. During my stay at Cairo, it happened that Mr Möhl, who devotes his energies especially to street-preaching, addressed some thirty or forty Mohammedans in a frequented street. There were several Copts present during the address. The Mohammedans no sooner observed them than they used abusive language against the Copts, scolding then for having lived so long among the Mohammedans, without telling them the sweet words of salvation which the Feringhee (Europeans,) whom they extolled to the skies, had brought to them.-Foreign Missionary. ·000· AID TO THE FREEDMEN. The Friends' Review of November publishes an earnest appeal in behalf of a new Association, composed exclusively of Friends, just organized in Philadelphia for the relief and benefit of recently emancipated slaves. The officers of the Association, all of whom would be glad to receive contributions in money or clothing, are as follows: President-SAMUEL HILLES, Wilmington, Delaware. EXECUTIVE BOARD. Samuel R. Shipley, President, 112 Chesnut st.; John B. Garrett, Secretary, 400 Chesnut st.; Marmaduke C. Cope, 1312 Filbert st.; Anthony M. Kimber, 26 S. Del. av.; Phillip C. Garrett, 400 Chesnut st.; Thomas Scattergood, 413 Spruce st.; Benjamin Coates, 127 Market st.; William Evans, Jr., 252 S. Front st.; James Whitall, 410 Race st.; John S. Hilles, 27 N. Juniper st.; Elliston P. Morris, Germantown; J. Wistar Evans, 817 Arch st.; Joel Cadbury, Jr., 403 Arch st.; George Vaux, 1715 Arch st.; Henry Haines, 1202 Girard av.; Charles Rhoads, 513 Pine st.; Dr. James E. Rhoads, Germantown; Edward Bettle, Haddonfield, N. J.; George S. Garrett, Upper Darby, Del. co., Pa.; Ashton Richardson, Wilmington, Del.; Richard Mott, Burlington, N. J.; Wm. M. Canby, Chadds' Ford, Pa.; Nathan Hilles, Frankford; Israel H. Johnson, 119 Market st.; John W. Cadbury, 48 N. 7th st.; Francis Stokes, 21st and Race sts. The Friends' Review adds: The whole subject was so clearly and impressively stated in a circular issued previous to the meeting of the 12th inst., at which time the organization of the Association was completed, that we wish to record the following extract: "In the midst of a war which is desolating a large portion of our land, we have been permitted to dwell in our homes in peace. A more than common prosperity has attended the labors of the past year. While thankfully acknowledging these blessings at our Heavenly Father's hand, is it not well for us to inquire if we are fulfilling the duties which these solemn days present to us? God, in His providence, is leading up from the house of bondage a people whose condition demands our tenderest sympathy and regard. Singly and in families, by tens and hundreds, they have come within the lines of the Union armies, until they now number nearly two hundred thousand souls. Crushed and dispirited by long years of oppression, they know not how to supply their simplest wants, and without instruction and encouragement their case will be pitiable indeed. The recital of the privations endured by some of them would move the stoutest hearts. Shall we not give our abundance to relieve the wants of these suffering ones?" ·000 [From the Friends' Review.] Report of the Women's Aid Association of Friends for the Relief of Colored Refugees. Nearly a year has passed since this committee laid before the readers of Friends' Review a statement of the funds received by them and the amount of relief furnished to the colored people in different parts of the vast field of labor open before them. Since that time there has been a constant succession of destitute families coming into our lines, whose wants have been relieved in some degree through the liberality of those friends who have supplied the money needed to purchase the goods sent them. While the imperative need of clothing the naked and furnishing some aid to the sick has chiefly occupied them, some attention was also paid to the moral elevation of the people, so far as that could be effected through the agency of schools established for their benefit. A special fund was raised for the purchase of books, slates, &c., and five of the schools have received valuable aid in supplies of cards or tablets, primers and reading books, and facilities for learning writing. The rapid improvement in reading and writing, especially the latter, has excited the surprise of all who have witnessed it. Their eager attention to the teacher is very striking. At Craney Island, where destitution of every kind has prevailed, the people were successfully taught to write on tiles taken from the roofs of the rebel forts with small pieces of broken slate, no other means being at hand. Specimens of writing were sent from a school which had been in operation only six weeks, which would do credit to pupils who have received much greater advantages. A liberal donation was given towards the erection of a school-house where the scholars crowded in numbers far too great for admission, and it is hoped two will be built, one at Fortress Monroe and one at Yorktown, to meet the earnest desire of the people for education. Some improvement in their moral condition is evident in several quarters, but the obstacles in their way are greater than any one can imagine who does not see for himself the position they are placed in, under military jurisdiction. Many may feel surprised that in the constant demand for labor any need should still exist for giving clothing to those in the neighborhood of Fortress Monroe and adjacent points in Virginia. A few words can explain the difficulty. Those men and women who have had any opportunity for obtaining work have greatly improved their condition and need no help; but the readers of this paper may remember that at the time of McClellan's retreat from Harrison's Landing a body of colored people, consisting of aged, infirm, and sick men, and of mothers with children, whose husbands were in the army, were left at Craney Island, a barren spot, a few acres in extent, where there was no ground to be cultivated and no work to be obtained. These numbered about 1300. To a certain extent they could improve their position by fishing and gathering oysters; but this was a limited resource, and they were not allowed to leave the island and seek others. Their numbers were increased by destitute refugees from Suffolk, Portsmouth, &c., who were sent there from time to time. Rations were allowed them, and they had a roof over their heads, but their sufferings were very severe, and many died. Recently Government has ordered these people to be removed from Craney Island to the neighborhood of Fort Monroe, preparatory to making arrangements for them on the Government farms, which |