Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-26

| up and down the Hudson, and bounded about with
much glee, that it was with difficulty that they
could get her into dianer. This was exactly the
manner in which the charming and lanss sted Mali
BRAN used to act when in this country. She would
run eat into the fields alone, when al Cattskill,
would climb up the rocks, and sit on their highest
peaks and sing aloud to heaven and to the hills.
Indeed, delight, does Fanny ElssIsr seem
with all she in America, that she will return to
MS next year. In the mean time we must arrange
for her departure. The Secretary Of the Navy is a
man of taete, and although Ia has issued Curl
Gus orders, he cannot object to tho Elssler going
home in Of our noble vessels of war. So that if
the North Carolina leaves for Europe about tao end
of August, we may set it down certainty that
Fanny Essier i'll go in her 70 France !
Rise and Progress ofthe Great Religious So
cieties In the Unieed States.
The whole Of the immense population in this coun-
try seem to be divided into three great classes in
regard to religion The Professionals, the Catholics,
and the Inidels. To be sure there is another sort
Of hermaphroditc descriptions of persons, such as
the Untarians, Universalists, Sc, and those which
seem to take "a pride in disclaimng every ether
kind Of creed
The great and influential bsdy of Catholics, set an
example to all the rest by their united and uniform
concert of action Ii is owing to this that the
complished so much in the early stages Of Chris
tanity. And it is owing to this they have retained
their immense influence in various parts ofthe world
up to the present day
Even at the present time Bishop Hughes, of the
American Catholic Church, is travelling on the
continent of Europe for the express purpose of in
crcasing this unity of feeling among the several
branches of the Catholic Church, and of extending
its influence. He has been introduced to the King
of France, and has proceeded to Rome, preaching,
praying, expounding, and eXhorting the whole way,
in order to show the wants and desires Of the Ro-
man Catholics here, and to induce the wealthy
Catholics of Europe to subscribe literally for the
spread of their religion in this country
Already we learn that large sums have been col
ected in France, Italy, and other parts of the con-
tinent, for the erection of Roman Catholic Col
lege in this city. And large of money has
| also been obtained to be expended in dilusing the
Roman Catholic religion throughout the great Wes-
tern States, and the valley of the Mississippi, and
there is doubt that Bishop Hughes will be emf
nently successful in his mission, and that immedi-
ately his return the college will be built in this
| city.
1t is this unity o'thought, feeling and action pos.
sessed by the Catholics in an eminent degree, tina,
the Protestants are in need of. And the only an.
Proclamation to il which they possess is in their
great anniversaries which have just been celebrated
These religious anniversaries are, doubtless pro-
ductive of an immense deal of good, in various
ways. They are like revivals to the cause: thew
bring together Of different creeds, and produce
pious interchange of thought and feeling, and ava
ken all to the necessity of increased action for the
succeeding year.
The faithful, full, and graphic reports which we
have given of these societies for the last three wears
have awakened not only all the religious world TO
Of their importance, but also great number Of
influential persons who have no particularly reli.
gious bias They sec that nearly one half of soc:e
~ take interest in these etings they see deer
feeling awakened in the breasts of all who attend
they see nearly sl,0Oo,0oJ expended by them annu-
ally, and they compelled TO admit that they ex.
eri great moral influence on all classes.
We shall shortly give history of all these rrea,
religious societies. Bat at present we have onl,
time and space to show the amount Of money col.
lected by thrce Of the leading societies since their
origin. These the Foreign Missionary, the Ri.
bic, and Tract Societies, and the amounts collected
arc herein under specified for each year:
| For. Nis. Society, Ellie Society, Tract S,e;.,