—The Governor of Sierra Leone intends to visit the chiefs of the tribes who live along the Rokelle, with the view of establishing among them a permanent peace.
—Messrs. Cuzzi and Michieli, agents of the Italian Society of Commerce with Africa, have set out for Khartoum, where they will make purchase of gum.
—Count Pennazzi, who has already explored the Soudan, will shortly start for the country of the Gallas, from whence he aims to go directly to the great lakes of Eastern Africa.
—Mr. Godwin, engineer at Cairo, has addressed a report to the Egyptian government showing the necessity of prolonging the railroads to the Egyptian Soudan, using alternately conveyance by water and the railroad.
—We are happy to announce the arrival of Mr. I. J. St. John and Rev. J. M. Hall at Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Dec. 12, after a long and rough voyage. They were in good health and hoped to reach Avery Station that same week.
—Sir John Kirk, who has been so well known for many years as Dr. Kirk, the British Representative and Consul General at Zanzibar, and who earned his knighthood by his services in connection with the abolition of the slave trade and the advance of civilization in East Africa, is now in England.
THE INDIANS.
—A small congregation of full-blooded Chickasaw Indians lately gave $400 for Foreign Missions.