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\ NEW YORK HERALD, THU Lf waa ii ‘tber Ph 4 there any Bible tm exist pope Bs an man is above itethem The Church was xian doa tante and, ee ee anti slavery influence, the democratic Pye pe pe (4) Peat be aie te arena matte ‘gates ef hell there is no liberty. ‘Mr. Gannon tllowel ohh vy = am i lS Sees See ne bieod. waved over four mittion children of Ged. We have torn down that flag, and will not whereby slavery was rendered secure. We, ; 4 posrece ntti ropa pert dvired “ue tthe THE NEW YORK CITY ANTISLAVERY S0- py 44 to take slaves ‘where, nor | SPEECHES OF TILTON, PHILLIPS AND GARRIGON—A the right to the three. Tepresentation slaves, nor DISTINGUISHED AGENT OF THE UNDERGROUND the right to suppress slave insurrections. 1 was ready to RAILROAD EXHIBITED. See Cmte Ne CaTTY out all these, horrible conditions | The American Anti-Slavery Society having finished thelr with sui ® pert ? ‘The speaker caw no hope for the meetings, the New York City Society followed last even. lave in that Pari. Under ne co el en ing, holding their sixth anniversary meeting at the Cooper fort, ins sstehigh bo mabe the coemmbssien os temeaaoey Institute. There were at least two thousand assembled, 3 etrument was mare yerbal eriticism,. The vord shave, large proportion of whom were ladies. As the meeting was » there; nor was atrocious | progressed, the audience increased until the hall was com- ee ae pletely filled, a large number standing in the aisles and tation iteelf. The words ‘fugitive slave,” or “slave. | Sround the hall. banter,” Bn Vi but o a ‘The meeting was called to order by Ousvae Jomveon, yee ng Re Page arin who intreduced Theodore Tilton, the first speaker, by saying that he was, in one respect, a prodigy, being one of the few young men who dare to differ with their minis. H g H i : i #E {BEI2s tbe people at their word and them that they | %- (Applause) into a horrible compact by own show- ‘Tasopore Tiron spoke at some length. He referred to eg, and werp bound to repudiate it forever. ne eres Se aan alone, bis throat ready to him, and saying, ‘‘1 will pre- Yent your dome it as far as Toan”” Give me the re- i rae Tl ee emriee States om the side of freedom, | ‘broke in the window of his house, and some of the glace eS ‘he North it is ier pon: must bave fallen upon his head. (Laughter.) The poli: m nature of things, for the slave > | tician and the divine could only be made anti-slavery by a On ee 5. bogey > on agitation. “Freedom broadens slowly down from prece- bie gu between us. Then the North’ will Become | “ems to Coot err Tome oP em lewis ‘& Canada all the way through to the slaves, and it |, but would not go on at all but for the eterna! ‘Woula not take twenty-four heurs to empty the whole | ™0re TO seg per page ee Srctreolor, his maddeat oma never dread of | = Sige vot@paidho Jfbreon Davi” at thefharleston 4 of nim, my us, Iie all s delusion—s humbug—aot | Spo a Wann ote danced eon hes be without sledding @ drpo of blood, emancipate in a sing!e on ok @ay every slave on the Southern soil. (Applause) ce als trough the vom A 3 Oh tho bleeings wo grow ouLlet the abelton of slavery Seebat Pana aia) Gchase fem the fou Va = aggre 5 ape sg 8 moustache, Caturameacien So resources—when ves shall 'y reo) will become the garden of God, and will leed the world im yy ome drm My dase all that is glorious. I want to see it so crowded with Bible — pd nel borer — there shall not be room to contain them; slander upon ihe Wort of God. (Great sy, ms 5 ahall come shes ty hearnaning t.3h0 commend, by hisses, continuing for several trae pr ee vant Ned yoke, and let the Could accept the divinity of Chriss, Mr. Bain, from the West, wished to show by his eee Sea se eral Presence upon the platform that bis heart was in this Theddeus Bi ort OS arene Ae ae eca e « ‘notice of @onlo it to ® successful termination. Gospel of age be Jesus Christ would restore humanity to those degrated to ee oe aleve) with the brute. It waste the Coristian Church ee that we looked for the manifemation of that Gorpel. He rap ly By eceeded to draw acontrast between the way in which yo even the Church treated the{eheepstesier and the ‘ma0- fe arg stealer, and commented with severity upon Fulton street New +2 2a & i * for attempting this; they were only allowed to pray some men sowewbere. ‘Mr. Gannson read a note from Rev. ‘Dr. Furness, of Philade!pbia, explaining his absence. ‘The Convention then adjourned to three o'clock. AFTERNOON SESSION. ‘The meeting having been called to order, Mr. GaxRisox tetreduced Mr. Brown to the audience. This, he said, was & chatte] who had escaped from the South to the North, ‘where he had been converted into a man. ‘throughout the South, where the negro race is suffering ‘Mere atrocities than has ever been seen in the history of the world. Slavery in the West Indies never approached the cruel and oppressive character of the system in the South. Even at this day in the Island of Cubs there were 8 5 to give him his | ticiee hie teachings, ‘up to public approba- tion or public Statutes aro ‘Without may have tea | ihe warm life of ‘opinion close bebind Io he can expect is that bis | Massachusetts a colored man may serveon s jury, but I wa tony ones ane should like to see Barnum hunt up the man that dee fe | ree Dik ee ns es the of the oat ee ee ee ee Se eee ee aio Sates, be eS ee oe 1 fought and fell in the battles | what hat Jeffervon anticipated of acknowledgment what- | what tbought all the monuments Ss saw honest eS ee "8 providence, or rather in the devil’s curse, Franklin ~~ TY Pierce has sat in their chair. Our pulpits that i simply done as an TA as Cudjoe, Sam, Dick. | sassination and riot, is shaking off the boads (rom mil where among the nobie | of slaves; and, in your left, that Mobammedanism has , Who fell in victorious | stricken off the fetters of Egypt and and dis of a full sized ne- | dains to allow man to be the property of man. In de > ae mocratic Christian New York you hear braited in the be Dorne his part in | streets the name ft i i 7 i CY Fog FTF the President man justice, with the single | very Society, William ‘of the people of the United States.” ‘The speaxor | ance of Mosee "Stuart ded to the injustice and oppressive spirit of | Bible makes neither , which had no more respect for the rights of the | In defiance of the Irish ‘man than it had for those of the negro. This was | denies that the doctrine in the way in which white persons of the | of Union. (Applause. we recently beem treated. If the rights of white | “Why don’t you reapect why, on mere suspicion, would | it is a miracie which future holcers be permitted to’ chase their own brethren | to acccunt for, how evangelical i Sh Hl siisriis dt ‘She was iid, Dut a few works old, wi been, Mr. Brown then al- of the poticy of Goaeral Cass and the *? 7 $i sent administration, in denying the loog aatuitted fact | blame them not for that, bat for ipubli black men are American citzenr. fio bad bimeelt | mind; for claiming to be teachers, for claiming to be above eat ° eee Pe aoe Legstion im | the level upon wi Oe ee oat In « country dof, guarantecing him ali the protection | like ours it is almost ble the greatest mince uly accorded to American citizens, and he had known | shal! drift into the channe!s of materia! effort and succes w binck as Diack coalt be who bad got passports | ibe conquest of nature. in other words, of utility, ctfrom Washington. Everybody was reaty to de money making i@ the pole star of the American mine and protect the white man, bat nobody ever had a | We bave neither s lteratore, nor & polpit, nor statesman 4 to may on behalf of the negro. When the Rev. Mr. ship bor polities that cen out of tne malstroom of Wa) don was called on to pray at the great Union meeting | treet. s », why sot my i” Go inte oeton, he was not fire minates before he iv apy country town, and you @ill fod that six or Vs 2 z & 3 5 3 a Py pray It reminded him of a , blind Diack man who was owned by two men in a | town. The Northern States has become th> tare shop, and when the old man fell sick, one of | servant of oker and the kitchen of the factory. 1 >wners, who was religious, while the other was wick. | Know the obloquy that such an arserton brings upon the evoutly prayed that the Lord would protect bis half | rpeaker; but men are the road upon which walks um. (Laughter) As to the advice fo freely given | great of human life You bave ail been read » colored people to emigrate to Africa or New Mexico, | Ing lately the last work, and they say the greatest book a to Tomance—something that has almost the iaytt, | flame of Shakepere—written by & wanderer from our #0.) | own soil, bathed in the freedom of Europe and classic pee the grows yo Be -4 that vervades what since escaped slave from the | you may call lettres, literary culture to oy n smoriens keacaea trons tho tock chmenghore ane jrejudices of his own land, ana angering. in the com my cousin Fanny fince she married . | paratively warm and light'atmompbere of Faropean life. m, toe United States Minister Plenipotentiary to ir. Hawthorne apologizes for laying bie scene in Maly (Laughter) 1 to ove of the oldest familien ibe o man, without « trial, can belong toeky—the liffe family-—one of the oldest and My cousin, Bob Wickliffe, died s short ago, said to be worth five millions of dollars. t Hl i i RSDAY, MAY 10, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. not he do Bave never painte? a pture since Teas ts sannuetas Vet wees 6 an paints Rimes, aa" ‘8 doctor of Divinity,’ and then there is ac-y, fy you arel or, “ This is a stat» om er . malignant philanthropy!” Why Wiliam i. Seward that scene at Coarlestya » say of it, in the of the historic vert) of old, “ cacmus,’? “rightly killea?”’ If did not do if to gain the if he really belies i, him; Ithough:. If ne di Al never abould Sita the t's obair: but if be mis» it Decause.he has gone lower than the American pe: required, and c 4 on him ag they walk to 1» I bless for the help to the nati: though I regret his defeat. Chatham said of these th: teen colonies, ‘The Minister that would save to the Cro» i E H ctlite mqE i tseee gs Fi ig 5 = s ees vobdle brains, the maelstrom of compromise should not make a)) our public men the devil’s servants. He cou ciudea by referring to Mr. Garrison, who was to follow bim; for the only thing the American church could say to posterity, to show sat it was not wholly Ichavod, was that out of ber bosom came William Lioyd Garrisoo ‘Wx, Liorp Garnson was the nextspesker. He said hv ‘the house was 1 to it. Now then, “whatsoever ye would that men sboui: do to you, do ye also to them. Thou shalt love thy neigh: bor as thyself. mackoneinn ) This was Garrisoniae abolitioniem. Ne ly needed any light in this country upon this subject. The Almighty never created a Would pine beneath them slowly’ ‘The Frenchman sings, March on, march on, all hearts prepared For or death. The American hy The British yoke, the Gallic chain, Was urged our necks in vain. ‘ua ante akg ive asneries, '(appinane: All this is noble and Way Mould tot the four millions of black men the example of all these pmo I stand here to bag the slave on every amite to the dust a weapon be if it be right—(applause)—if it be right for other men to do the same =<. (Voice—" True, true.’’) 1 measure the right of the slave by the Bunker monament Gems) I am & peace man, but not of that kind to a tft | # i tf [: d fae fepublicans talk of your Union. fou are besotted. You have no more ac: A have. You can no more exist in the South than! It in time to bave a revolution, If this im to be the state of things. (Applacre.) Let un say, “We will have tiberty to spenk everywhere, or we wil dagn this Union in picoes as & potter's weasel” of ppiaasen At the conclusion . Garrigon’s spesch, Oliver Jobprton mage the audience Thomas (Garrett, of Wilmington, vated agent of the underground romeal, wee bad rap off upwards of 2,100 slaves. Mr. GARRETT, @ venerable and rather corpulent Quaker, stood up on the platform “to show himself,” amid great 4 and waving of hate.’ He made « rawkward ptemps at speaking, whish did not ap pear to be in his line. He stated that the publishing of the facts about bim had cansed a reward to be proposed for him im the wo Legislature of from two to five thousand dollars, it mothing had come of it, aad he waan't afraid of anything, though some of his friends ap peared to be. Afier relating some inci tents of his busi peas he retired, aad the meeting ai)ourned. NEW YORK STATE COLONIZATION SOCTETY. MEETING LAST NIGHT IN CLINTON HALL, Agron PLACES ADDRESSES OF THE HOW, C. W. ALEXANDER AND W. B. WEDGEWOOD, Req. ‘The twenty cig! versary meeting of this society was beld inst night, in the chaste and ca pacious lecture room of Clinton Hall. The appointed hour for assembling was half past seven o'clock, at which time the large room ij < 2 sprinkling of them present. i i re i ri i : i Hi 7 of Africa to conduct with discretion of otvil E i 2 bie i : i i i Ee E j FE i fe ge888 f ; g E | tion is not confined to the free States; and, though those tuay regret for them tbe mibtate they save iaade in “y ve cheaie's bome, we see in their fg 8 a Lasoaed way, sine Comeling wait. promise future emigration the ity will need, in coming y ep enlarged stream of voluntary Denefections, sad thas Serres S Fy Sear remale. 9 vere Srenky 99 let we =o. ‘The American colonization Society, besides be rty a balance from the year 1868 to begin with | results would follow. The society bad peouliar claims on ip 1860, poaetzen, Gustas toe vere, the lnape naney from | the sympathy of the American public. There were rabic the estate of Mr. John McDonough, who in New Or- maaias pronouns 00 hee friends of the slave, who ee ee cane fae neenins,, Wi game were, at the same _, their direst and deadliest enemice smaller to $86,408 26; and also the repayment (applause) Great success had attended their efforts, the from the ene pevecamnent for Sine ch vecegtiyes and volume of the world’s testimony contained no record of the Echo slaver, ,600—making, from these two | like it. (applause.) Although it had been traduced and sources, $117,903 26. soe Steers Seaieenend apr’ vilified, yet when the great consummation would arrive. ee re re their masters, ec- | and sea would give up her dead, what a fearful pic- ed | = Through the year, were, re ture would Christendom preeent. honorable gentle ps c) 62, and $8,596 96—making together Ya speech was with poetic and other 1882 68, or @ total income of $139,735 84; so that | sublime quotations, wi had a most effeot pg ghee og og ELT orga boedy oda orl Sone Be delivery [ able Cag of wi the aries. kind wi filled above is an ) resumed his seat amidst deafen The Treasurer of the Now York State Coloni- | in; ae zation acknowledges, from ordinary sources, tho AMERICAN HOME MISSION SOCIETY. This society held its thirty-fourth anniversary last evening, at the Church of the Puritans, Union square. ‘The attendance was very numerous, and a lively interest evinoed in the proceedings. Rev. Absalom Peters, D. D., joo Sg boc pated mcome, the comparison of the | Vice President, occupied the chair. present with nas | a After music by the choir and prayer by the Rev. Dr. Donations....... $2,309 85 3,886 96 1,616 51 — | 3: B. Hooxer, of Boston, invoking God’s blessing upou Church coilect’ns 1,443 03 2,171 26 728 23 — | the society, an abstract of the report of the Treasurer Agents.......... 5,965 465 2,106 27 — 3, 18 | and Executive Committee was read, (rom which the fol- aie ng the expenses of the ei lowing facts were deduced :— migrants who em- Port in the bark Mendi, in May, 1869, about forty in number, and of one, a M er from Western New York, who took passage last fall from Galtmore, the Board, in anticipation the receipt of legacies, determined to build small steamer tc ‘unite in more speedy and frequent intercourse the variour settlements along the Liberia coast. The origioal design was to limit its cost to $10, and as this sum was ex pected from the estate of Seth Grosvenor, Esq., formeriy of this city, the steamer was to bear his name. In the eight houses of worship have been completed, sixty-five repaired, and fifty-eight others are in procees 0: erection. 112 young men, in conaection with the mis sionary churches, are in for the gospei min istry. Sixty missionaries report revivals in their churches, and 416 missionaries 2,838 conversions. The ad ditions to the churches, as nearly as can be ascertained bave been 6,287, viz: 4,681 on profession and 2,606 bs letter. Receipts, $185,216 17. Expenditures, $192,737 69, leaving $15,423 40 ‘still. due to miasionarics for of comp! the vessel and sending her acroa Totcenn, Oo ‘sum 'y coptemplated was doubled performed, towards canceling which, and ‘and as the le; pard, toa large extent,inbonds and | meeting further claims on commissions daily be mortgegee, ne Nous Ss nesesene: of grfag debt to | coming due, amounting in all to $87,174 83 some extent, and to obtain money on loan. ig we conti- | the in the treasury is but $21 43. Com, —_ pa gd Pe reliable, eventually ; yet, for is , e 3 a tnourmbered, with this’ debt. The income of the | lance on band at the ig of the year, have been openio, Education Fund has enabled the Board of Mana- | $5,7(3 28 greater, and $2,001 99 greater than in any entire support to severa) | former year. And the receipts from the churches have colored youth im Liberia, both among the colonists ano | not fallen below those of the preceding year, but have country, to assist @ most promisiog | exceeded them by $568 77; the receipts from who came from Liberia to become | $40,358 68—being $3,491 86 less than last yoar. The more thoroughly master of his profession, and who ts | umber of missionarics, also, exceeds that of the last year by 63, and of any preceding year by 39; and the in crease bas been aimost wholly in the Western States and Territories. Fifty eight more years of labor have been dregaioos have enjoyed the pre ating of he Gong ‘and regal ave enjoy 1° yd R 2,900 more children have Foe instructed in bath schools. The Society has been cailed to mourn the de: cease, during the year, of one of its vice presidents, Rev. Chauncey A. Goodrich, D. D.; one of its directors Rev. Henry A. Rowland, D. D; and nine of its missiovaries. The number of ministers of the Gospel Dow study ip; with a very respectable firm in a New Eng land town. {ichas also largely aidea « young ‘man on Liberia who undertook to learn the dentist | appa iets, eoap then ven ad on 2 for Liberia last autumn, but not yet done so. Hav our beg by Society, by the generosity of a Judge of the Supreme Court, an appeal hae | in the service of the Society, in twenty.two diffe been from the decision of that court on the | rent States and Territories, has been 1,107. the whole teventeenth article of the will of our former venera | number 604 have been the pastors or stated supplies of ble President, Anson G. Phelps, Sr. We bope to be able | single congregations, 347 have ministered to two or three to show the Court of A; the only condi | congregations each, and 156 bave extended their labers over still wider fieids Nine missionaries have preached to congregations of colored people and forty oue in {o- reign iapguages—twenty to Welsh and rixteen to German 3, and five to congregations of Hollanders, Swedes and Frenchmea. The number of copgregations and mi stations supplie4, in whole or in part, is 2,175. The aggregate of ministerial labor objects. in @ well endowed and permanent institution of | perfor: ts equal to 868 years §=The number of pupils learning, literary, scientiio and |. Among the | in Sabbath schools is 72,200. Sixty-seven charches have markea events of the year deserving notice in this re ‘been organized by the missionaries Curing the year, and port, is the large legacy of $300,000, bequeathed by | twenty cight have become self supporting. the late Mr. Rove to this city | on certain conaitions; | ‘The Rev. Tuomas H. Hasmos then and eddremed the ph the American ‘Colenisation doctety. “tn, ha! Ls audience, after offering the following resolution; — vious year has there been more general prosperity in Li. Resolved, That in such @ work as that which engages beria than the past. The President of the republic, while | the society, discouragement is presumption, and only con- Mount" to "Cape Palmas wes, foostves es, 'kioaly en show had two sides, d ‘The Christian work two jivine agency and heartily by the natives a by the Amerioo Liberians A pe Fe on George L. Seymour and Mr. Ash—was made for 350 efforts accordingly. The greatness of the field of labor miles to the interior, eS Se eteaa should not discourage them, nor the influx of unciviliz ry nnd exigasive increase. Commeros, aa indica‘ed | ed emigrants, which would finally give them a race of y tapers and exports, has exceeded that of former | ¢mendous power, not Anglo Saxon but American. They a Food and provisions of every kind have boon | Were told Romaniam was their chief danger, but, whilst abundant. Pease bas everywhere prevailed as between | 30 placing too tight an estimate upon the power of that the natives and colonists, and almost everywhere among | CBUFch, it could scarcely be believed that such aa ia{iaence sthe various aative tribes, Revival Of religion hare | Could obtain sway in this Christian land. ‘They wore also visited ard blessed the churches, and an carncet desire a nas eee Sion Gael of Ge coer Dr. March 81, 1859, fund ret'd.$1,286 73 | © difficulties to remind them dependence a God. God was for them, and who could stand against them’ ee a ise ‘ $1,124 23 Journal... a aan be wartice, 4 infidelity, Descouregement and they should rejoice in difficulty, placing their confi. dence end trust in the blessed Redeemer. Ab was then sung by the choir, after which the resolution was offered by Rev. Mr. Maxwiva, of Boston, Masa — Reeolved, That we thank God for what the American Home Wiesionary Society has done already, and that we should be fettered with grief and alarm were we appre. hensive that it is to be at all crippled in ite work, ott! it blished tbe J in every valley and on every \broughout our country. He cawe to pay © debt of gratitude tothe society, being Dimeelf beholden to its influences. Tne of the Tota! .. $2,181 04 $2.81 04 k bad been eatisfactory and gratifying sxtreme, Stocks, bon note were alro its future prow And should it be hin ver Collegiate Punt. wae ne dered in the very midst of its usefulness? He trusted m par value not, bet that on the contrary it would moet with every encouragemect and aid. In referring to ine fields of their labors he remarked that the churches in the South, though faithful in other respects, permitued the among them unpuniahed, aod it be nourished. form :— Hon. Wm. ©. Alexander, Francis Hall, Eeq.; Rev. Dr, MeCartee, Hon. Wm. Williams, Rev. Dr, Stevens, Ca Jed Swan, Erq , and others. Ww, B. Wencrwontn, Eaq., offNew York, was the frst called upon to address the meeting. He congratulated the meeting on the report which had just been read, as it was of @ most encouraging nature. It showed that the society was ‘1D & most prosperous condition. A few years the society bad been strongly opposed, but it was ow reocived every where with ouahoanes and approba bon. vow See remmncgo ey aes Cuardy Gs te preseed on the minds of the natives of Africa to emigrate to Liberia, but it was not so not The colored men were now ning to see that tend was not their bome—1 they were only as strangers and — here—that there was snother country which was theirs, eh they could call their own. (Applause) It nad ir firet object to aid and assist there people, and them home tothe land of their fathers would pot require two years to traoapire for tne populaion toa man to be transported from the United States (0 Liberia. Then when they saw that that was their bome be woul! desire to be init You, he would search for it as the innd of his fathers. (Applacte.) On ®roil and with a climate like Africa, where the best of coffee, rower, , aod many other like productions of iesolved, That the i oe toaght b this society al ; re 'y alone can interpret the Sational ttetory, and form the basta for the future stability and prosperity of the republic. He alluded to er, of oe ere, on Oe pecesaity for encow and sustain! » by which teats be believed that we would become the mi pation of the world. In conclusion, he asked for the blessing of God upoa the work. The benediction, by Dr. Ciarx, brought the meeting toa close, after which an election of officers for the ensuing ear was gone into, end with the exception of Kev. Theo. |. Woolsey for Presicent, in piace of Mr. Coampion, re rigned, the addition of the list of Vice Presiden lS. Bedwell, L L. 1, to omitting Rev. Chauncey A Goodrich (deceased) and itey. F. D. Woolsey, and the eddition of Rev. H. 1. Hite ok, Albert H. Porter, Req. and Geo. Merriam, Eq , to the list of directors, omitiog Rev. Hy. A. Rowland (deceased), Rov. W. H Modaiy, and Rev. 8. L. Pomroy, last year’s list was adopted. INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND. INTERESTING EXBIBITION OF THE PUP BLIND ASYLUM AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. The anniversary exhibition of the pupile of th Y@rk Inetitation for the Blind took place yosterday after noon at the Academy of Music A large audience war present, and though perhaps there was not the rame see of nodding piomes and flashing jewels, or the macni{i wat outline of the Opera, there never assembled within the walle of the Academy ® congregation more in sympathy with the object of the occasion which brought them to the torrid sone, could be raised superior to any other portion of the globe, what better land could the colored country, for euch an opinion could not be maintained. dom in Africa was better than siavery in America. this great coun- . The repoblic and the citizen were indivisible, aod what the citizen was to the republic the republic ehould Mhrape abort protec t oven even n re) When who was a member of on — te] and at & convenient ington, President of the U brightest speck in it would be ercises wore of «a (Igua gers. Umes during the The . W. 0. AUexaspen, were affected to ebairman then ore to addrems the meeting, an and exiled i being denoted by grooves. When the pupil bo point out a particular locality, it was indeed wonderful to observe his fingers pimbly feel their way until the de- sired Spot was reached. y hI sp of Europe wes laid moveable pieces of wood, were taken indiscrimipately by one of the inetructors. replaciog them in their proper positions was of the girls. She simply requested to be routh of the board, and then went to work. “confusion worse confounded,’’ in which Russia and Spain and other portions of nearer or more remote than our primitive ideas of geo- rapby had taught us, and in which Savoy was nearer to afte ke Se Napoleon III. had ever dreamed of, the girl, ently fealing the outline of each piece, was enabled to kate pig hy few moments Europe had resumed ber normal condition. One of the claeses was next examined to familiar sci- ence, after which came a solo—Thou Everywhere.” Mr. T. C. Coormk, the Superintendent of the Institute, then addressed the audience e besa, he said, of all calamities, the beart. But even in good works, error and and The task of ven to ab E i E H Fs s z By £ ine iil eae ifes sEPRaEE £ € g 4 fy i il Lt change had been made course [of ‘instruction. The object was to give the Mon to rely upou:himecit Instod of upon. the yupashy mn to rely u} yy the sym; and Benevolence of others. Of ‘thowe who wan tae and placed in the shops. Dorme'ine pour 1406 tome ben Deen two deaths at the Institute, otherwise the general heaith of the inmates bad been excellent. The report of the Committee on Finance was as foliows:— Amount received for the year ending Dec. Amount disbursed Balance on hand at above date. ALUMNI OF THE NEW YORK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. ‘The annual meeting of the Alumpi was held yesterday at the Seminary’s chapel, at three o'clock P. M., in accordance with public notice. ‘The Moderator, on entering, which was a fow minutes subsequent to the organization of the meeting, was read- ing a letter written by Capt. Barret, formerly « fellow graduate, The Captain had informed them of a sermon which he had preached, and which oceupied one hour and forty-five minutes im the delivery. There was some \aughter at this, and one member considered it an ex- treme case. Another supposed the Captain meant the services all. A third brother rose to bear his testi- mony, that the Captain would not pen anything savoring of the ludicrous, forfhe knew him well; he had been his classmate; he was by repute a good captain, clr i Hie il i i HAL soul. No. 2 preaches at South Malden, the society en it le no : i 3 F f ‘ i gee Boston. The distance is only three muew, and run continually, He bad lately given the con dren a treat by giving them a bushel of oranges . This member, representing the officiating Prest- nt, rone to tell bis story, but if be will itell « would be a'lorg one. He was the President 0” the College, and ‘were it not that he had in view the raising of ministers for the Gorpel be would not fill the sitaaion Life i a life of trial, and life would not be worth mach if it bad po trials. He hoped bis life would be profitadle. fe Dealth ip good, and he had nothiog further to communi- HH 2 cate. No. 4 ministers in Massachusotta—the nest State in the Union—that is, where the blood of the Puritans wae thed; and good blood i# there yer. (Applase ) During the past year be had been occupied in erecting 4 sooe church, and he thinks it will stand while the world stands. There are freeh accessions of converts continu- 5 Two yoars beve since this ministe: the alumn!. Hix feld of labor in in Paterson, New Jer- ery. tince Jane last The rev dd gentioman gave a forry account of the state of morality, or ravher immo- rality, there. It seemed almost a shipwrecked place when be went there The population was heterogeasous, 8 floating mare, and very profligate. Nevertheless, there had been with his people & great revival inet winter, and they bad bad lectures, which proved of much usefulnees, even in ® pecuniary way. Public temperan-e meetings had been heli, but there ware lack of practical #isdom Among temperance men, and politics bad an ip )arious ven- dev No. 6 bad nothing of special interent to communteate. The only perronsi thing to relate wae an addition to bis family by the birth of @ danghter. (gadaved laughter. No. 7 hails from Philadelphia. Rome vary dim culty in the charch there during the last two or three mooths, it was almort in the bands of the Sberi There had been several refreshing revivals of religion in the vieinity, and in Delaware (St George's) @ most powerful revival—reveral manifest displays of God's power. He bad been invited to preach by the colored people. He told them be would preach if they would pray. There were, shortly sfier, near Ofy biacks subjects of grace, There were influential black# vere, worth in property from $10,060 to $30,000, and some of them bed been strong in infidelity; now, rercued, they can anc will exert great influence. He has one danghter and three soos. No. 8. Thin reverepd gentioman ia>ore in Seneca, New York Commenced union prayer meetings about a year ago, and twelve pew converts have been added. This stated that he has two children. No. 9 had only attended the Alumni once since h» gra- dvated His @ite had deloate health Has had poor heath Dimeef. bis bealth is now im: } be can record no children appertaining, unier® spiritoal obildren. Hes had fn Invitation to go .6 the Sandwich Isiande ant take charge of 8 Merery institution. Disposed to aconpt the fovite. No. 10, This minister has changed his location from Brookline, Mass , to Connecticut. He bad nothing personal No. V1. Thie having spoken before, now ross to epeak ae pT ty ety pen Ae member. He was an bbe bow oa (Much laughter ) " tener, also, incorrigible, at he beiteved he under contract to be married In six months. newed ter. No. We etdne! that be would noi have been present had it not been for en aifilctive family ciroamatance. Hin father, while sitting in bie chair, at lyn, two weeks ago, ani conversing with & + eee ex. pired. The reverend gentleman referred to the case of tulciie which has arrest of the deceased and that ciroumstanee bad ind hi (We understoo: hit to name the sccused Dr. Bartts. ) No 14 bad

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