The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-05-23

Englisn snps, ana I'D Ouiers, uie oifccs u"o eio"'
of Ensli ships have attended worship on board
Apercan vessels The number Of mariners a'
Canton in the year, is usually abou, 1000, large
proportion of whom understand the English Ian
guage.
AT HAvRE the station is supplied by Rev. MIR.
Ely, MIR. Hines having leN il last October. The
congregation is small, and the place of assembling
very uniavorably situated. Better accommoda-
tions are requisite, for which purpose a subscript-
ion has beencommsnced, and $1,000 already col
lected. Sum proposed, $4,000.
At the SANDWICH ISLANDS, Rev. Mr.. Diell
continues his labors at the port Of Honolulu. A
chapel and two reading rooms have been erected,
with dwelling for the chaplain. The chapelwas
opened in November, 1888. The prospect is ve-
ry encouraging. In 1888, l06 vessels employed
in the whale fishery. entered the port, and 2s in
the merchants service Number of sailors be-
tween and 1000 annually
Operations sanee The last annual meeting.
Rev. Mr.. Rockwell was appointed to MAR
sEILLEs, in September, and sailed in the frgate
Potomac. He performed religious services on
board the fgate during the voyage, and Oh arrival
at Port Mahon, wns requested by Captain Nichol-
son to remain with him as chaplain during the
cruise. 1t is not certainly known what course he
has taken.
Rev. Mr.. Brewer commenced series of gratui-
tous labors among the seamen at SMYRNA, more
than year ago. The Committee have requested
him to continue under the auspices Of the Society.
The number Of American seamen is not large.
Rev. Mr.. Williams commenced laboring at Mo-
BILE in October last, for the benefit of seamen
and boatmen. Measures are in progress for the
formation Of local society at that place. Mobile
Bay is much resorted to by ships at some seasons
of the year. During the warm weather, Mr.. Will
liams will visit the principal towns in Alabama. to
obtain aid for the Society.
The port Of HAVANA was visited in January
last by Rev. Mr.. Copp. About one thousand sail
of American vessels visit this port annually-the
same number Of Spanish, aud about five hundred
of other nations At least ten thousand American
seamen are in the port every year. The station is
come before it can be established, resulting chiefly
from the jealousy Of the government
The Mariners Church at New ORLEANS has
been for some years in n iuinous condition. The
basement story only was finished, and has been
leased for stores, bringing rent of $1,000 per an
mum, with which the debt incurred in the erection
has been paid. BY the exertions Of Rev. Mr.
Copp, and the Directors of the Mariners Church.
a plan has been digested for the completion of the
building. 1t is, to raise $40 900 by loan, paya-
BILE in ten years, with interest at egh, per cent !;
for the payment Of which, the rents of the base
ment story will be sufficient. Strong hopes are
entertained Of success
LOCAL INSTITUTIONS have been formed in
in eighteen ports along the coast Of the United
States and in ten of these ports the gospel is reg
ularIy preached to seamen, namely, at Portland,
Salem, Boston, New Bedford, Mystic Bridge, N.
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, and
Savannah. A seamen's Friend Society has also
been formed at Apalachioola, in West Florida.
new impulse has been given TO the LAKE
AND BoATMEN's CAUSE. At Troy and Utica
the regular Bethel services have been usefully con-
tinued The Chapel at Oswego, which has long
been closed, is again opened. AT Buffalo. a large
subscription has been made for the erection Of a
chapel, and the work is advancing. Some meas
ures have been taken for the erection of Bethel
chapel at Pittsburgh and a Bethel Society has
been formed at Cincinnati The chapel at Cleave-
land has been closed for the winter. A quarterly
publication called "The Boatman's Magazine, -
has been commenced, which promises to be val
liable auxiliary TO the cause.
FUTURE OPERArIoNs.-The society must
not remit in its excrtions until chaplain for sea-
men is stationedi in every large port throughout the
world. The work is now barely commenced.-
The openings before us are ample, and some Of the
demands for aid are pressing. Rio Janeiro, Ba-
tayia, and Singapore ports Of great Importance
at the present moment and Manila, Calcutta,
Bombay, Trieste, CrUnstadt, Hamburg, Buenos
Ayres, Caao, Valparaiso, Lahaina, a large port in
the Sandwich Islands, and CHARLES Island, one Of
the Galapagos, are all places where sooner or later
the seanan's chaplain must be found
The Fall River Recorder of Wednesday, in no.
ticins the triumph orthe Wing party in this State
says
:" Over 200 individuals, Jackson and Antma.
sonic,) have been removed from Office, and others
| (Whigs) appointed in their stead, by the Legis-
lature of Rhode Island at its late session. Had
Gen. Jackson gone on in the same ratio with Un-
Gle Sans servants, in the proportion the popula-
ton Of the u. States bears to that Of Sister Rhoda
he would have given " walking tickets" to some
2s or 80, 900 persons, Let US hear no more o
Jackson Prescription after lhis.''
| The editor Of the Recorder should recollect thai
the Wings have only followed the example sci
them by their predecessors, the Jackson and Anti