Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-05-17
TUE ANNIVERSARIES.


,ea, interest to the religious and ph''an
h,opic portion OF our fellow c'',zens
h,ouuhou, the country. IT lie the ANN
,ersary week Of our great Societies tot 'oe
promotion Of rel,glon and benevo'ence,
vhose influences ore felt to the rem"'es.
,o,ners Of the earth. Immense numbers OF
,,,anpers, male and female. from oil quar-
ora Of this section cf the Union, are here in
attendance upon the anniversary meetings.
AT these meetings reports are made OF the
state Of prosperity enjoyed by The various
Societies. the extern, ond efficacy of their
lahore, and of all Other matters connected
with their purposes and management.
Most Of these Societies enjoy he undivi
dcd confidence OF The public, and are pro-
duc,'ve Of unqualified good. All of them.
no doubt. n'm a, coming up to that char.
r.c'er, and are as devnn'ly intended az the
most unexcep'lonabe among them bu,
upon the practical utility and real efficacy
for good Of some Of hem. public opinion, even
among our most rel,gou-ly devo' ed citizens,
Is greatly and ureconcilably divided
Several Of the repor,s which have been
made public during the week are highly
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acceptable to majority Of the public; but
thew are generally Of considerable length,
and contain much that would not be very
interesting to those not intimately connec.
ted with the societies.
Among the more generally popular OF
| these societies. the American Bible Society,
the American Sunday School Society. the
New York COLONIZATION Society, and The
American Tract Society have held their
meetings.
From the report OF The first named 1t
appears that it's receipts during the year
were S95l26 GO, and its expenditures
S98,2O5 al. During The past year the
issues were 1874 937 copies, and the total
number 588 235. These copies were in
seventeen different languages.
The Sunday School report states that
The number Of schools in The CITY lie 81. In
these there, are 6038 white and 4l | co|ored
males. and 4783 white and 564 colored
females-totsl 1l.786. The number oil
teachers 10 1856 males and so fcma es-
total 1886. The number both of scholars
and teachers is somewhat less than It was
last year.
The Tract Society, as appears by their
report, has, during the year, issued 944
publications.. The total issues Of The socic
ty for The year have been 1856 900 volumes
1867 900 publications, 124,744 900 pages
The number of pages circulated ll9 ,744,.
900. The total circulation since the tor
nation Of the society are 1853 800 38C
volumes; 81 039 ,678 publications; $685..
578 pages. The receipts during the yes'
were SI3l,295 40, Of which SIS $50 81
were donations. There has been paid owe,
for distribution in foreign countries $50
600. The operations Of the society have
been more extensive the past year than in
any former ones, and it is the intention to
push them stIll further.
The Treasurer Of The Colonization Soci
ETY. has received during The last year in
cash. 81 .445 Al. in merchandise $4,000
and in sub-cr'plions payable on dpmand
$4,000. TOTAL I9445 Al. The sxpendl.
lures IN cash have been SlI.574 so Al
the anniversary meeting 1t was stated ,ha,
there were now nine Amer,csn. settlement.
along the African coast in dsSance Of csc
miles, within which limits the slave trade
was nearly annIhIaied-ihai they contain.
ed l8 churches. more than 500 children a,
school, hundreds Of m, ives AZ we'll as colo.
n,s's, OF the Sabbath schools. and that in
short they presented a living example of q
negro community, free, prosperous ant
happy per forming oil The functions of self
governmenr.-N Y. Sun.
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