The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-25 00:00:00

AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.

At the last meeting of the managers ten new auxiliaries
were recognised, of whom two are in Tennessee, two in

North Carolina, two in Kansas, and in South Carolina,
Michigan, and Wisconsin one each, and one in Dakota
Territory. Communications were received from the Right
Rev. Bishop, Johns, of Virginia; from Mr. Andrew M.
Milne, Monte Video, with an encouraging account of the
work on his agency ; from the Rev. Dr. Oncken, Ham-
burgh, sending fiscal and book account of the Baptist
Mission in Germany in connection with this Society
from the Rev. 0. H. Powers, Constantinople, and
the Rev. Henry Marden, Antioch, sending annual
statements as to the Bible work in the West and
Central Turkey Missions ; from the Right Rev. Bishop
Williams, Shanghai, sending fiscal accounts, and also to
the translation, which is still in progress, of the Scrip-
tures into the Mandarin colloquial dialect ; from the
Rev. Dr. Bergne, of the Britieh and Foreignßible Society
with expressions of high gratification at the visit of the
Bev. Dr. Vermileye as the delegate from this society at
the late anniv e.rsary of the former society. From the report
of the New Jersey State Superintendent, it appears the
last year has been one of much activity and success. The
twenty,-one county associations covering the State, with
the fifteen lesser societies or branches, have held regular
meetings. Under the plan adopted these societies assume
the duty of providing an adequate supply of the Scrip-
tures for the people, native-born and foreign, the schools
and public houses and institutions in their general fields,
neither seeking or receiving assistance from any outside
source whatever. Twenty colporteurs have been employed
during the whole or a part of the year. Thirteen societies
have made a formal canvass of their fields; through cler-
gymen, Sunday-school superintendents, and teachers, tract
visitors, and city missionaries distribution has been carried
on. The visitation has reached 28,099 families, 2,175 of
whom, with 294 Sunday-schools, have been supplied.
For these uses 16,417 volumes, costing $8,119 71,
have been drawn from the National Depository in New
York. Particular and favourable notice is taken of the
well-sustained Bible societies in Rutgers and Princeton
Colleges, in the Theological Seminary near the latter, and
the Lawrenceville High School. The parlours and
lodging-rooms of the boarding-houses at Schooley's
Mountain and Atlantic City have been recently furnished
with neat copies of the Bible, while the same work for
those at Cape May and Long Branch is now in hand.
The net receipts at the Bible House in New. York from
New Jersey for the year ending Ist of April last were
$30,414 58, being a considerable advance on any preced-
ing year. If to this be added expenses of boxing, carting,
freight, depositories, and colportage, some $4,000, the
aggregate from New Jersey for this cause will be about
$34,414 58.—New York Tribune.

A very polite Frenchman applauded vehemently
at the close of an exceedingly tedious performance by a
fair but wretched musician,-. " Why do you applaud ?"
asked a bystander. " Mon Dieu! because it is endecir