Litchfield enquirer., 1831-05-19

Oer1ng the hrst two weeks m May iR the city of New.Ysrk, the anniversaries of various sseiOas and
 benevolent Societies are eeebnted. The Iass New. YOrk Observer is Rlled wiIh he accounts of thssn msetings. On AlOsday the 9th shs Anericun Seamsws FFiead SOcisey was held as sAs church in Murray street. On Tuesday, ihs GsnNsl Uaion tSr ths O6. seTvaace efshe Sobbash held itsmss.ine in the Dutch Church in Nassan street. On Wednesday, the Aase- TicaH Tract Socieey assembled at the Middle Dutch Church. From the report presented, it appears that the tracts printed during shs past year amounted to the astonishing number of 5,3sS 5OO- and that the number of pages Ofths lFacis amount to Besides thsse, were larger works than tracts prated to the amount of upwards of 0OOOOO pages. Nearly the whole Ot these dsiribatsd either grasui.Ous. ly, or sold.
 On Thursday, the Amsricaa BBte SOcseey held i,s aDnverDary, which like many of e other institutions is represented to have bsen highly interesting The chair was taken by Col. varick, of New-Yost, the President of the sOcieiy, supported by Hon 8. Van Rensselaer,, Col. Throop, Hon. s. Bayard, and Judge Thompson. Vice Presidents. A number of addresses were delivered, and several resolutions passed. From the annual report of the Directors appears that due ring the past year 97 auxiliary societies have been
 formed, making at this tims the ,Osal number 756.- The receipts during sh~ bass year amounted so the sum of Sl6, exclusise of 900 which was bor- rOwed by the Drecsors for the use ot the Society," The number of Bibles issued during the year was l7l9 and other works to make an aggregate oC 242 lsS books. At the annyersary of ls29 the Soc- ey proposed an attempt to supply daring the fo
 lowing years every destitute family in she United States with copy of the Bible. The attempt did not entirely succeed; but by the following extract from the report of the directors it will be perceived how near 1t came io succeeding:
 To recapitOlase :--It appears, in review, that in thirteen of the states and territories Hx. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New-York. New w-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi, and Michigan Terri tory, the supply has already been nearly qui.e peaed In eight other stases via. Delaware, North. Carolina South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Ken sueky Ohio, and Lou islam. the work has been as nea as canbe determined, about twOthirds completed. \. Indiana and Illinois. about one-half of the work done. and W Alabama Missouri, Arkansas and Flor ida territories, something less than one-halG Thiscal cuasion may he exacs5 ssoUgh s cannot dGer es seDtialiy from the truth. r The managers attribute the failure in part to som of the auxiliary societies not coming up to the work rrompty as was expected, and par.iy to she severt of the past winssr which in tie northern states pre- vented the transportation of books on account oi th snow, and in the southern and western states by req son of the rains and consequent swollen streams.
 Besides the above anniversaries, there were during the week meelings of various other associasons-a, the New-York Sunday School Union, always very interesting exhibition. the City Temperance Society dsc.-bus we have not room to give even condensst account of them. ,ss>as.s
 Dreadfli AecidenE-Loss etr the Ste0m-B Boat Vask ingtoa-The N. Y. Daily Advertiser of Monday last s.eamboa. Washington is lSssg !ss the bsau'if two of hsr passengsrs dahe secoad Engineer. T6a Washington, Capt. TOmlinson, eit here on her regu lar trip to Providence Saturday afternoon, witi about sixty passengers. OG Ssrasiord Poip she came in contact with the steamboat ChancelloT Liv ngseoD Capt. COmstOck, on her passage from Providence io this city, about l2 o'clock at night. The latter boat struck bows 0n the Washington received her the guards, and her second Engineer was crushed and killed instantly. The Washington was 90 much injur. ed that she filled in 45 minutes, and went down in thirteen faihoms water. Both Capt. Comstock and Capt. Tonnsonswer below as the time, and boai boats were under the charge of their Pilots. Every exertion made by both Captains to transfer tho passengers and freight the Chancellor Livingston and ali the passengers except wo, ssupposed, go board the Chancellor, and arrived safe yesterday a terAoon. considerable amoun, of light freight, specie to she amount Of $3O, 900. was saved. Tn Chanceor has nos received much damage.
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