Mr.Clarke having been overworked, it was necessary to secure aid for him, and Mr.Haskell removed to Philippopolis.

Mr.Ball, after a long detention at home by the decline of his wife's health, joined the Adrianople station in 1865.

Some new prejudice against the missionaries was now created by accusations transferred from English newspapers, made in defense of the intolerance of the Turkish authorities, and of what certainly seemed an unfriendly policy in Sir Henry Bulwer, the English Ambassador.
But the school for young men at Philippopolis, and that for girls at Eski Zagra, conciliated favor.

The former had fourteen pupils, who made good improvement in mental and moral character, and manifested a good degree of religious feeling, a spirit of benevolence, and a readiness to labor for the good of others.

During vacation, six of them were employed as colporters.