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It is true tliat tlic land and climate ot | ?
the South \Vest arc better adapted lo the
culture of cotton than those of Carolina; |
but it is also true that the groat prosperity 1
of that part of our country is owing as j
much to efficient industry as to soil and
clima'c. It may bo said that the reward (
of labor bestowed on our poor land is not ; j
such as to excite :o great exertion. Hut j 1
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the less the reward lhe greater need of mi- j
dustry to make u{) the deficiency. A man 1 j
is much of a drone, who, in a country like j x
this, continues to live upon laud which he ! \
docs not deem it worthwhile to use it id us- j t
try in cultivating. There is not a part of '
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tiie United Staies in which a man mav not ,
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thrive by cultivating the soil, if he will only j (
use industry, economy and system. >Ve j
copy the following article \vith a view of j {
stimulating our readers bv a goud exam- i .
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From the Southern A?ricu!lurix!. j 1
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on tiie cotton* cl'litce.
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Mr. Editor,?fii forwarding to you my j
annual subscription, I shall follow the Sau-; ,
dable example of some of your subscri- N
bers by furnishing you a few practical j
remarks for publication. An emigrant;
from your own State, and the vicinity of .
your city, formerly eugaged in the culture :
of the long-staple cotton 0:1 the main 1
lands, conversant with the modes of culture
prevalent there, and now cngag d in | :
growing the short cot on, upon the plans j 1
adopted throughout the \\ hole western | ]
country, my experience has enabled mcjo | 1
detect seine of tin; errors formerly practi- 4
sad bv mvself, and mv neighbors in Caro- I
iina. My attention has been called to tins . .
subject by the perusal of an article in one 1
of your late numbers, signed "An Obscr- 1
vcr," giving an account of the crop of 11. *
Frost, Ksq. in St. Andrew's Parish. Mr. 1
Frost, it appears, planted according to the 1
low country system, four acres of cotton to
the* hand, and each hand made -1,001)! ,
pound seed cotton. This, the writer con- ,
siders an extraordinary production?and (
lor that region of country, so it is. It ,
may safely be predicted that it will not soon |
be equalled by Mr. Frost, or any of his .
neighbors. With hands till lately accus- ,
tonied to the same manner of working, I ,
planted last year, ten acres of cotton and ]
ten of corn to the hand. I never had a |
cleaner crop, and though the season was
excessively wet, my negroes never per- ,
formed their tasks with greater ease. ?
The cotton crop, seriously injured by the (
worm, yielded 8000 lbs. to the acre, and
8,000 lbs. to the hand. Mr. Fros.'s land (
exceeded mine in productiveness, yet my
crop doubled his. 11 is, is considered so
extraordinary, that it is hclfl up as an j
argument against emigration?mine, was
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an ordinary crop nearly doubled by
many of my neighbors. Hut the qucs- ;
lion to be solved, is, how is this diflbrence \
in the results obtained
It is unquestionably true, that the soil i
and climate of the west, is better adapted | <
to the growth of cotton?that hero, a <
plant of the same size, and on a soil of '
equal strength, w ill send forth and retain ]
a great number of pods, than upon the i
sea-board. It is equally true, that the :
grass will grow as rapidly and as plentifully
in the one place, as in the other.?
The difference in soil and climate lias
not however as much influence, as is genorally
imagined, by residents on the sea
board. Would ilicy adopt the same
management, pursue the same modes of
culture, which, somewhat modified, they
unquestionably can, there can be no
doubt, that though they could not obtain
the success of the western planter, yet thc\
would make some proximalion toward it.
Whatthcn is this management and mode
of culture?
1. The overseers ar* practical men and
well paid for their services. Those most
readily, as in addition to the general qualifications
of integrity, industry and sobriety,
have once tilled with their own hands their
own soil or have cropped it with others.
They know what they have done themselves,
and consequently what to exact of
others; what the implements of labor
should be, and most generally how to
make and to mend them. It is with them
common law,and almost universal custom,
that they are to rise with the negroes,
remain with them while they are in the
field, and personally direct and inspect all
*hat is done. They fear not labor, rain
or shine. To be seen attending to their
business by negroes or employers, 011
horese-back, with glove or hand and umbrellas
over head, they would feel as a
ncrsona! degradation and justifiable cause 1
for "notice to quit." In gen a! they
will have no driver under then by Ins
example to teach others how to t drones,
to do nothing himself, nnd to sped or
exact tittle of others, and todividresponAbilities
withthein. In quicknesofstep.
facilities, and despatch of busints their
example and theirs only is to be nitated.
When the hands are nccessarilylivided,
so that all cannot be under thr direct |
inspection, they select one in eni gang j
to be the foreman, and such a one as will !
take a pride in being a leaderf.nd will j
faithfully report all defaulter*.
2. Negroes arc well fed and dated.?
They have their weekly allowanc each,
af three pounds of bacon, or itseqialent,
ind as much hominy or corn flour,is they
?, ll-A rt-kfll.? filltritr.
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to then). When potatoes and pas are
n season, they are permitted to use .11 they
.nay want.
o. The horses, mules, &c. used ?n iHe
ilantations are of good quality, anl well
tsed. When purchased thev inr$tiU>e_
ecommended bv their capacity for h?rd
labor, and for the quickness of their step,
[f these are obtained, expense is a secondary
consideration. The judicious
planter docs not act as though he thought
hat an animal good for nothing else fitlor
he plough. lie will not use his brok?n
lown carriage horses, mules worn out >y |
larsh treatment nor 44 old field tackio" !
vhich cost the catching of them, aid j
vaste the time of his negroes in followng I
heir snail-like steps. The dcscriptionof j
;orses and mules use<l under the chargeof j
m overseer, such as lias been describe!, i
tnsines in a land of plenty, the grealc;tj
rare and t!:c best treatment* ,
4. But it is by the use of the plougii
hat so much is achieved. By it, the bees j
in; prepared lor planting, the trenches <r i
!ril!s made, and the seed covered. By : j
he most part of the grass is dostroyet j
tnd tlie plant furnished with the rerpisitn
rat th for its support and sustenance. By!
t the use of the hoe in a great measure!
nay be dispensed with, and when used it
vill require comparatively hut a small
>ortion of physical strength.
It do?s appear to sxmu strange that the
:oo culture should ever have prevailed to
lie extent that it has on the sea board, and
nore strange, that it should continue in
his utilitarian and labor-saving age. Is
t objected that the 1 mds arc low and in
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ndced sonic force in this ohjection, but
lot cuonjrli to exclude the use of the
dough. The lands in many places might
)c cleared and drained with a reference to
ts use. It may be safely affirmed, .that
here arc few plantations, where the lajor-saving
machine could not be used, to
lie reduction at least of one third of the
aiai.uul labor.
It may interest some of your readers
who groan under tlie pressure of theii
crops of eight acres of corn and cotton t(
lie hand, and whose fears are alarmed les
the grass should overrun them, to learij
liow, by the use of the plough, twent j
acres to the hand can be planted and th i
same crop secured. 1 will therefore giv j
vou in detail the arrangement of the cro
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beside the regular crop, 75 acres of oat, <
potatoes, and slips enough fortlio use 4
the plantation, ar.d about loacresofwhej.
The plantation worked 30 hands,?15 t
the plough, the rest with the hoe. n
Match, -J00 acres were planted with coi,
an land previously well ploughed ad I
checked. In the first week of April 30
acres of cotton were planted. [10 aoes !
totlic hand ten of cotton and ten of coi.] !
the land was prepared by throwing o-1
gcther, with a turning plough, in the allys
of old cotton fields, four furrows. Tus
bedded, the drills were opened wit! a
small scuter, or bull tongue plough, in I
which the seed was sown; they \tre :
covered by a board fastened on he j
olough stock, in the place of the mold, j
The drilling, planting and covering ocu.
pied four days and a half. There wa:an
excellent stand, and no replanting noes-'
sary. The ploughs and hoes then wmt
into the corn held. These were veil
ploughed and hoed by the time the coton
was out of the ground and required w rk. :
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as often hoed, and when laid by in Jul", a :
hat would have held all tlio grass hat j
could have been found. The cornvas j
twice more ploughed, and once hoew? .
The grass was constanily kept down by '
the ploughs. The daily task of a ber i
100 rows of cotton 100 yards long, "lie!
first and second hoeings, when the colon
had to be chopped out and reduced t? a '
stand, proved good, though not setrc j
tasks; the other hoeings were light, nd i
the workers wore often out of the fielcby j
11 o'clock. The crop was well workd,
and with ease, by low country hands, 'bo !
would think it the worst calamity natj
could befal them, to be compelled to reirn j
to the place of their nativity. The ndes i
and horses were in as good, if not holer, !
condition than when the ploughing cm- j
inenced. j
In this exhibition which i have g'fen
you, of the management and mode ofulture
adopted by Western planters, an of
the working of a single crop, it appeal to
me that a stronger argument can be fond
against emigration from your shores, tan
can be deduced from the plans of Ir.
Frost, or the suggestions of44 An Obsr- ;
vir." " * !
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Houston CiCr0Tti>(t- Avril 1. 19'r? :
P.5LIGI07S. ,'i
american tract society. m
Abstract of the 12th Annual Report. .IV
Through the blessing of God, the So- 111
O ' ri
cietv has made an essential advance bevond ..
ul
any preceding year. The receipts exceed ~
those of last year by $25,000. Tract vis ^
itation, in the more important places, where
it is sustained, has received increased efficiency;
the number of volumes circulated exceeds
that of the former year by 75,000; c
and $-35,000 have been remitted for foreign
and pagan lands. Were there but a correspondent
increase of spirituality and liv- ^
ing faith all connected with the Society and ^
throughout the churches this work would in- ^
deed be full of promise; and far as all have ^
comesliort, God has still magnij^d his grace ^
in bringing many sinners by thi?instrumentality
to himself. g
Forty-three new publications have been ^
issued during the year, embracing 29 new
Tracts, Memoir of James B. Taylor. Bogue's
Essay, Morison's Counsels to Young
Men, rthd Life of Josiah by Mr. Gallaudet; a'
making the whole number of publications
on the Society's list 809. In addition to .
these, 26 publications have been adopted
for foreign lands, making the whole number
to which the Society's funds may be
applied abroad 446, of which 36 are vol ^
umesj besides numerous portions of scrip- Jj
I ture in various forms?the Missionaries
and Institutions aided by the Society issu- w
ing Trac's in fifty-six different languages. r.
Amount Printed and Circulated. c
Publications. Pages. $
Printed during the year L
(including 33U,UU0 voJ- ?
umes,j 0,069,000 120,632,000 g
Do. since the So- . n
ciety's fomation, 49,716,590 837,530,744
Ci
Chculaled during the u
year (including 233,- ci
69"? volumes,) 48,124,719 96,SOI,174 tc
Do. since the Society's
formation. 43,167,394 711,601,244
Of ten late Tracts, more than 100,000 p
copies have been circulated during the
year: of Do your Children Reverence the
Sabbath? 160,000 ; of Obstacles to Con- c
version 172.000; of What is it to Believe .
on Christ? 141,000 within three months; j?
furnishing a powerful motive to writers to ^
prepare short, able, and awakening Tracts.
The total circulation exceeds that of the
preceding year by 24,000,000 pages, and ^
the gratuitous distributions, including vol- p
umes to the value of$1000 for shipping on ^
the ocean, $1,000 for shipping and boats
ion our inland waters, and 1,702,000 pages ai
Ispnt tn \fw?innfiripc anrl nthnrc in fnrnirrn I 9^
? to J,
lands, amount to 8,868, 071 pages; value
with those delivered to members of the a!
Society 87,245, c
? *
Receipts and Expenditures.
Received for publications sold, 859,058 92
Donations, including ?31,332 83 m
for foreign distribution ?18,04-111 n<
for volume circulation, and 8462 R
36 for seamen and boatmen, 71,932 36 ; a|
Total, 8130,98128 j ?
Paid for paper, printing, binding, A
and copyrights, ?74,774 17 'l
Remitted for foreign distribution, 35,00000 ft
For Printing Pilgrim's Progress for it
the blind 1,000 00 a
All other expenses, 20,217,11 p,
$130,217 11 P
The whole amount received had been h
expended, and, on closing the accounts, 1
there was due bills sanctioned $3,135 92, tc
and on notes chietiy for paper, payable tl
previous to September 15, $11,927 49? tl
total dues $15,063 41. w
Of the donations received, $10,000 is from c
the American Tract Society at Boston, for tl
foreign distribution, and $11,342 99 (including
$1,48S,77 for Tracts) from La- 41
dies. n
Since the effort was commenced for in- p
creasing the Stock of Stereotype plates and ir
i volumes in the Society's Depository, from
which the country raav draw supplies AT p
COST, while $18,044 11 has been recei- n
ved, $22,342 61 has been expended, being li
an excees of $4,298 50. n
The Society has purchased the copy 1
right, (i he proprietors reserving the right is
tn rirnilito in nfhpr rhnnnr>1e\ nf !\fr?mnir? t\
... .-.w ... ... .. W v
ofPayson,|J. B. Taylor, and Page; 6 vol- c!
umes by Mr. Gallaudct; Nevins* Practical
Thoughts, on Popery, Memoirs of Nathan w
W. Dickerraan, John M. Mead and Caro- p
line Hyde; being all the copyright works J
published by the Society, except Abbott's di
Young Christian and Mother and Child at w
o #
Home. Cost of 13 volumes, averaging d
about $250, each, $3,300. n
Agents employed. Rev. S. Woodbridge, d
to visit large cities and towns; Rev. Jared h
I?. Avery, lor Connecticut and western o
New-England; Rev. S. B. Bissell, Agent tl
for the Virginia Tract Society; Rev. Wil- ir
liam Clark, in the Western States; Rev. ti
Epraim Strong Missouri; Rev. T. B. Hurl, w
but, Illinois; Rev. S. H. Merrill, Indiana; tl
Rev. L. C. Ro us**, Northern Ohio and o
Michigan; Messrs. Scelv Wood, S. S. c<
While, Isaac S\\ ift, Dr. A. Buckingham, a
and Horace Lcet, in the volume circula- s<
tion. gi
New Auxiliaries 25. whole number (j
1110.
The Foreign field. A
Argument for the use of the press in ir
Foreign lands is no longer necessary. It ai
has been emphatically called the modern sz
"Gift of tongues." All the foreign Mis- bt
sionary Institutions have greatfully,' ac- ir
knowledged the Society's aid. Mission- is
aries and Tract Societies, among almost all ec
the principal nations of the earth are cx- d<
ecting assistance. Their presses are in
lotion; colporteurs, missionaries, assistant
lissionaries, native Christians, and all
hose services can be secured, are engaged
i the distribution. Millions among whom
ime portions of divine truth have been
istributed, wait for further supplies.?
'housands of pagans, who have read
ig Tracts they have seen, cull for
ew ones. Original Tracts are preparing;
anslating; punches, and matrices, and
nnts of new type (including metal raovible
type for China) arc in preparation at
real expense. .*
There are employed, in connection with
reign Missionary Institutions aided h\
ic Society, 659 Missionaries and assistants
fwhoin nearly 200 are ordained preachers
gltleen . mission printing establishments,
mr of which embrace steycrolypefouniUrics
..,l i.:.i:.. rp .
[1U idC/4iy*'J?/tC ^KOOCO, Ul'MUl'3 MA I 1 ill I
ocieties in Europe and the laborers in
ussiu^ No less than 440 Tract- and 36
alumcs, published abroad, arc translations
f this Society's publications, or have been
pproved by the Publishing Committee;
ud the Society and the various Institutions
ided, issue Tracts in fifty-six different
inguages, embracing a very large part ot
io earth's population.
To meet these claims the Society have
emitted the past year, for China, $4,000;
lorthem India, #1,000; Orissa, $1,000;
'eliugas, S500; Ceylon, $2,000; Southern
udia, $1,500; Mahrattas, $1,000; Sandich
Islands, $1,000; Persia, $500; Nestoans,
$500; Asia Minor, S2,500; Greece,
2,000; Constantinople, $1,000; Hamburg
GOO; France, $800; South Africa, $500;
United Brethren, $700, N. A. Indians,
100.?Total, 835,000. Of this sum
15,500 is granted through the American
oard of Commissioners; 8,300tlie Ameriin
Baptist Board and for Orissa; $3,00C
rn T-'.-ir/iin 11
IftlSU^Ii ff WOIV.I II L v/l vl^ll AUIOOIUIIUI J UV/?
iety; and $2,500 through Board of Prorstant
Episcopal Church.
Larger appropriations have been rcqncs:d,
especially for the new Mission at
ladras; the Religious Tract Society, at
aris; for Belgium; $1,000 for Sweden,
iuI $500 for Denmark, which are reserved
>r the coming year.
At the Sandwich Islands three presses
sue from six to ten million pages annually,
ut the mission have at no time been able
> meet the immediate pressing demand
ir bocks.
Facts from the Tract Societies on the
ontineut of Europe, and particularly from
ussiu, Sweden and Finland, show that
mre are many laborers, wide openings,
id that Tracts make their way amid the
position of Popery and the influence of
;ad and corrupt religions, and are owned
id blessed by the Great Ileud of the
lurch.
The opposition awakened in Greece
ad other couuttics on the Mediterranean,
y a clandestine Tract issued at Paris, and
lisrepresentations from other sources, has
ot stopped the influence of the press.?
.ev. Dr. King, at Athens, has had more
judications for books than he has been
hlc to answer. Wii one day" he says,
teachers applied for school books and
^racts, and I gave upwards of thirteen
undred copies including New Testaments,
>y schools alone." Again he says, "Witho
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i the last week or ten days, I should think
hundred soldiers had applied to me for
low Testaments and Tracts."
Of the Nestorians in Persia, Rev. Mr.
'orkins says, ''The whole nation are
ungering and thirsting for religious books,
"lie Ecclesiastics, from the patriarch down
> the most obscure priest, are foremost in
icir importunities, that we circulate among
inn and their people christian knowledge
'itli all practicable despatch. They are
onstantly importuning us to procure for
jem a printing press."
In South Africa, Rev. Dr. Phillip says,
There is nothing within the range of hu
tan means, that we more need, at the
resent moment, than inonev to assist us
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i printing.1
Among the Mahrattas and the Tamul
eople extensive tours for distribution are
lade; some souls are converted; and the
ght of the Gospel is diffusing with the
ipid introduction of the English language,
'he new Mission at Madras is full of prom;e,
and the Missionaries ask for thousands
f dollars the coming year, to meet the
laims on the christian press.
Rev. Mr. Sutton, of the Orissa Mission
ith a brother Missionary and two native
reachcrs, attended the late festival of
uggeruaut, preaching, conversing, and
istributing Tracts. 4,0 the scenes of
retcheducss," he says, "of dying ghastly
espair, ol inhuman cruelty, of unmingled
lisery where we could afford no relief; of
isgusting filth and loathsome depravity; of
uman nature debased, degraded, insulted,
utngcd, which wc every year witness at
lis scene of infernal revelry! How often,
i my thoughts, have I contrasted this fesval
with the anniversary of your Society
liich I was permitted to attend. 0 that
icv could be seen together bv the friends
f the Redeemer who meet at those holy
onvocations. You would need no other
ppeal, either to excite their liberality, or
ind them home dropping sweet tears of
ratitude for the blessings of the precious
Jospci."
The Mission printing establishment at
Iaulmin in Burmah, embraces a building
t the form of an L, 78 feet long each way,
nd 56 printing Tracts, and Mr. Hancock
tys, ''For the last six months we have not
'en able to supply all our orders for Tracts
t Bur man; and the call for books in Talaing
' distressing. At the latest dates, an
iition of one hundred thousand of the Gol[?n
Balnnpe (contrasting Oaudama with
the true God) was in the press; a Tutu'
power-press is justreceivedfrom America;
a language is prepared for the Karens; and
Missionaries and native assistants are very
efficient in distributing; ai d in thousands
of cases surprising eagerness .for Tracts is
manifested.
The several stations in South-eastern
Asia receive a vast importance from the
fact that multitude of Chinese (of whom
Bankok alone contains 400,000) are accessible
at them all, who hold constant intercourse
with China, and through whom the
Gospel may yet be introduced to the
secluded millions of that vast empire.?
Communications from the Mission to the
Shans on the borders of China and Thibet,
and from all the Missionaries in that part
of the world, show that this great object is
constantly regarded ui their labors; a nuni!
bcr of them are acquiring the Chinese,
and at Singapore 11 Chinese printers are
employed under the direction of Achang, a
Chinese convert.
An unparalleled in teres* w awaked in
behalf of China, nat only in the Missionaries
hut throughout all Clirisiendom.?
Every movement hearing on that immense
population is watched with intense interest,
and a cloud of iuconse is ascending to Cod
in their behalf, which, it must be hoped,
will ere loug bring down blessings such as
he alone can give.
It is a surprising fact, that mere literary
enterprise in Paris has led to the preparation
in that city of Chinese metalic movea
b/e type, and to the discovery that with 9,000
characters, separate and combined, the
whole 20,0UO characters not absolute, in
the Imperial Dictionary of Khang Hi, may
be printed. The preparation of these type
is already far advanced, a beautiful specimen
Sheet being in the hands of the Com.
mittee, and it being designed soon to issue
in Paris the entire works of Confucius, with
a translation in parallel columns on the
same page.
It is a striking coincidence, that Rev.
Mr. Dyer, of now Malacca, has been some
ime employed in. preparing sim ilar type.
*- ne o! our Missionary Societies has already
commenced correspondence, or negotia.
tions, with a view of obtaining matrices for
the Chinese mission ; and when this type is
obtained, the process of stereotyping will be
in all respects precisely the same as in our
own language.
The Report contains very valuable and
nteresting communications from China and
almost all the countries and stations to
ivhirh aid has been eiven : and manv na
gcs arc occupied with delightful evidences
of the divino blessing on Tracts and volumes
at home and abroad, and on the prayerful
labors of the people of God put forth in con.
ncction with their distribution.
Tract Visitation,
This system adds to the distribution of
i Tracts faithful personal christian effort for
the souls of men. It seeks in some feeble
measure, to comply with the Saviour's commanri,
to "go out into the highways and
hedges, and compel them to come in"?to
carry the word of life to those unreached
by all other means, and thus to enlarge the
boundaries of the Redeemer's kingdom, and
make some inroads on the kingdom of
darkness.
So long as the injunctions shall be binding
on all the followers of Christ, to let their
"light shine before men"?to "shine as lights
in the world, holding forth the word of fife"
to be a portion of "the salt of the earth,"
?so long will this be an imperative duty of
the Church of God?pertaining equally to
the large city and the most destitute settle,
ment; to our own citizens and emigrants
from abroad; and to all climes and circumstances
where the church exists co-mingled
with men still lying under the dominion of
sin. Evenamongthc Tamul population of
India,the Rev. J. M.S. Perry, Missionary,
says, "The kind of labor most needed here
is, in its general character, similar to that of
Tract visiters in our own country. It is
labor, persevering labor with individuals,
sought out and found, and by unwearied effort
and the Divine blessing, brought to
Chris!."
In New York City, Philadeladelphia, Ro
Chester, Buffalo, and some other large places,
this work has been sustained with un.
precedented efficiency and success; three
hundred and thirty six souls. having been reported
the last year in New York alone, as
hopefully converted to Christ, of which about
two-thirds had united themselves with evangelical
churches; 1,708 District prayer mee.
tings had been held; G,504 Bibles and Testaments
distributed ; 3,000 children and
youth brought into Sabbath Schools and
Bible Classes; 1,770 pledges to Temperance
obtained; and 1,116 persons persuaded
to attend Church.
Mrs. Ennis, Missionary of the Reformed
Dutch Church in Java, writing with reference
to the influence exerted by her engaging
in this work, in forming her missionary
character, says, "I now look back to those
seasons as some of the most precious of
my life. It is my conviction that if I have
any qualification for^ the missionary work.
1 owe it all, through the blessing of God, to
the Tract effort. Personal effort for the
salvation of those in my district produced
growth in grace, increased my love to the
Saviour, and consequentl) led me to feel a
deeper interest for precious immortal souls,
especially those on whom not one ray of the |
Gospel had ever shone.''
The report presents valuable s ateinents '
and considerations, showing the importance
of this work; and the Committee specially
appeal to the pastors of Churches, io consider
well its bearings as a most efficient
auxiliary to their labors, and as far as practicable
to effect its faithful prosecution, un|
der their own supervision, both for the spirI
ileal growth of the people of God. end tlv?l
salvation cf souls per.shmg around tlieuu
Vofuyie Circulation.
The events of every year, give new and
more striking indications that God, in hii
wise and holy Providence, will also make
ti.i-i depar; men t of the! Society 's labors the
itc-ms of invalulable good. The standard
Evangelical character if I he volums commends
them to the approbation and love cf
all the grea' body of devout and 1 v:ng
Christians. The facts, now well ascertained,
that the great mass ofour population, north,
south, east and west, will purcluisc these
volumes, if offered at their own doors nt
cost, and that almost every where individuals
are found ready to contribute a sufficient
amount for the gratuitous supply of the des.
tilutc in their own vicinifv : the fact that,
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where the subject is properly presented,
Christians are found voluntarily to engage
in circulating the volumes in their respective
neighborhoods;?the palpable duty, now
tui't Sabbath Schools and education are so
universally diffused, of furnishing aliment .
for thejnwdj-thrbrrgh the sinciM?
tmn nrf?cc- and nf nrncpprllnir a?i rnnirllu no
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possible in tlie work, thai tiius wo mny supplant
Novels, infold, licentious, ami other
injurious works, and guard against the
wiles of Popery and every other ruinous
eiror of doctrine or practice; the influence
of tiiis work, in which Christians of every
name unite for the dilfusion of the great
truths of the Bible, h) indirec.fv allaying
controversy;?the facilities which the JSocioty
enjoys for its prosecution;?and above
all the fact, that God is most ricltly blessing
the work, at once to the laborers themselves,
and to the spiritual good of every class of
readers?these fac's and considerations
unite to impel the Socieiy io t:?e vigorous
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nuu iiiosi c.\:cusivc prus-.v,uuu;i o. kits uc*
partmcnt of its labors. - >
With such incitements, and calls in every
direction for books, the Committee found
the Department drained, aud the work every
where embarrassed for want of book*. Tias
led to the commencement of an Hf >rt to
obtain means for increasing the Society's
stock of stereotype plates and volumes in
the Depository, from which the cominnu:nily
may draw supplies at cost?it being
in.cnded to sell the volumes at such prices,
that the Society's means shall neither be in.
creased or diminished by the preparation
and issuing of such as are sold. This being
done, Christians \o!untarily enlist in cireu.
lating the volumes as a purely benevolent
design; and the community at large; percei.
vmg it to be sue!), as well asm view oi ecou.
omizing their means, purchase most freely.
The circulation of *d30,000 volumes the
past year has been effected through various
channels; chiefly by auxiliaries, congrega.
tiens oud individuals, who have undertaken
to supply Townships, Counties or States;
and by a few of the Socie?y-& Agents, do.
voted to this work, chiefly i&: Western New
York.
Their method has been, as opportunity
offered, publicly to present the character of
die volumes, and die reasons why every.fam.
i!y sliould be supplied;' and to obtain the
voluntary aid of Christians in presenting
them, at cost, to every accessible household
raising donations for die gratuitous supply
of the destitute. In this way Mr. Seely
Wood, with the co-operation of Messrs.
White and Swift, and 1000 voluntary distributers,
have circulated, during the year,
in Western New York 43.500 volumes,
and received for the same $10,600. The
niAot *wv i n/1 Oiu?i.n"? ?rr M l. li.nf o l>? ma
1J1UOI un<-i ^oiui? uuu iV/tiic liuig
marked their progress in his work; the pas.
tors of the churches visited have expressed
their high sense of its usefulness; and a great
number of instances have appealed in which
volumes liave been evidentiy blessed to the
saving conversion of men of almost every
class and standing in the community.
In connection with the efforts of the Vir.
ginia Tract Society, Rev. S. B. S. Russell,,
general agent, about 50,000 volumes havenow
been circulated in that State, in a sim.
ilar metiiod, and with the cheering results.
An eminent father in the church and pro.
fessor in a Theological Seminary has well
said : 4,I am continually graifietd with the
intelligence of the success of the Society's
volume circulation. Fortius I bless God.
It is doing good up??n a lurgo scale, and
without any drawback."
CONGREGATION OF THE INDEX.
"This congregation established by Sixitis
V. consists of several Cardinals appointed
bv his 1 loliness, a Secretary of the Uorniucian
order, and twelve tiieolofdans called
' o
consu/tors, who are charged with the examinntinn
of bonk*, sinrl ronnrf na fb?<s snhini^I
to the congregation. One of rhem is always
master of the Sacred Palace, a doroinican,
who is the Pope's theologian, and
has the inspection of discourses for ths Papal
Chapel, also fhepoioer of licensing pub.
lications, none of which can appear in Rome
without his permission. The index which
generally meets once a month in presence
of the Pope or the eldest Cardinal, has the
power of examining all publications that
treat of matters relating to faith, morality
eccleciastical discipline or civil society, also
of pronouncing upon their merits, of suppressing
and correcting those which are
found objectionable, or restricting their use
to a certain class of persons."?Catholic
Almanac.
It is then,even so. The point on which
Mr. Hughes did equivocate, if he did not
deny it, is settled by higher authority, and
published at the Cathedral of Baltimore*
.Who will uovv deny, that the very life of the
papacy, is the prohibition of knowledge, the
prosecution of her inquisitorial labors, and
iier determination, to bring every thing '.rider
her control ? If the people of these
United States suffer from Popery, they w ill
have to blame themselves. Popish priests
have publicly taught among us their system*
which :s directly at enmity with the hfecnt!
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