Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-05-27
ANNIVERSARIES AT NEw.YORK.

WcEt thitol"'N' ~ t'N" VI
week before last, we copy from the Travel
er:-
I'll american Stnmen's Friend .Sociciy.-Som'
bret abstracts from the report Of the Mana
gers were read, and addresses were delivere,
by several gentlemen. The Society has 6v,
direct ouxiiarics, located at Boston, Port
land, New Orleans, Mobile and New York
The amount received The past year is ST.,
2.l2 55 besides this the Chapel at llavr,
has bccn built at an expense of $4,000
25 300 have been expended for the purpose.
of the Soeiety in Boston 5000 in Maine
and $500 by the Now York Bethel Society
making u total of S,6!2 55 collected ant
expended by the Society and its direct auxil
} aries. BY those uot auxiliary, there have
been raised and dlsjursed at New York g.,
500; Philadelphia 81 500; Baltimore $1,000
Charleston $1,000 ; Savannah $500; New
Bedford $1,000 Boston 500 (; and Salem
$3.50 ;-ndding to tins the sum appropriated
by the American Bethel Society for the op.
rrations on the western waters, stated at
s. 600, we have the total amount raised and
llexpended in the United States during the
year, Sll,2i2 IS.
AMERICAN Temperance Union.-The annual
report states what is not usual in benevolent
societies, that there IS balance of more than
Il $500 in the treasury. Five millions in Ire
land have signed the pledge of totnl abS,in.
encc. besides many IN other parts OF the Brit
ish dominions. The movement among The
reformed inrbria;es in Baltimore, New York,
| Buffalo, Boston, Augusta, and other parts of
| the country, has resulted in rcclalming l5 600
| drunkards besides having awakened the whole
community. Tie expenses oi the flee for
II the various publications issued is @l0,347.-
Last year about 36 million gallons of ardent
4 spirits were manufactured in the United
States, while three years ago the quantity
was upwards of ~ million gallons.
american .7ni .S'arery SocityThe old
organization of the Abolnionisis, in their re.
port, state the inauspicious circumstances IN
der which the Society assembled. The col
.isions in its ranks. The alienation in the l.
mancipn,or ard the transfer of the books,
plates and apparatus oi the Society, amount.
ing to Sl0000, were spoken Of a. the promi-
nent causes Of Encouragement. The Socie-
~ hns not, however, yIe!lcd to detection. A
new press, the 'Antl.Slovcry Standard has
been started The 1reasurer's report stated
that the receipts of the year ai S6S2I 40, and
lhe disbursements at 5S,67l 30 leaving in
The treasury balance of Sli0 a.. Mr.. Gar
rison, in his remarks, stated that he was proud
of The dc,esalion in which he knew he was
held from one end of the land to the other.
.4rr rican and Foreign .4ni Slape,y .Socie-
fV-The report of the new organization gave
IA general account OF their operations for The
past year, which do not appear To have been |
either very extensive or very successful -
The Anti. Slavery Reporter, the organ of the
Society, has been but poorly supported, and
all efforts to raise money have failed. n
american 1rad Socieiy,-The whole n.
mount received last year. was sos ,9G2-
which was all expended, (&2j000 for foreign
djstrbu,ioD.) There are ll62 auxiliary So.
cielies. Twenty six new works have been
issued during the year. mixing The whole
nnmbrr of publications. 90i. The whole mum.
her of publications printed during the year Is
4 1870 making 95,95S 500 pages, includ.
III. 254,1l0 volumes. Total circulation since
the formation Of The society, il 50, 383,77I II
publications, including sos, $50 volumes.
making in all, 1922 2j2S Sal puges. The
gra,ul,ous distribution during the year has
to nearly $4,000. The society and
the various ~: t!tutlons aud missions nided,
circulate tracts in ninety three dliferen, Ian
guages and dialects.
.4mcrican Home .Uissionary .Soci,iy The
Rev. Milton Badger read the report of the
Executive Committee, which was highly sat
isfactory TO the friends Of the Institution -
The Trcasnrcr's report presented the follow.
statement :-Balnncc in The Treasury on Isl
Nay 1910 S2,27S 81: received from Auxili.
Try Societies aud Agents, S76'j3S 81 from
life Directors S135 90 /; other donations,
sS.Ii0 Oi total of receipts, $S1, ,G9l S5.
,eing 81 .OiiS moro than last year. Disburse-
ncn,s, $e4SC 0G-balanco in the Treasury, I
50 S27 80. liz
The number Of Missionaries employed the I
nst year was 600, supplying S62 churches - r
The whole number added to their churches =
Turing the year is 4Gl3
.nnerican Bible socie.y.-In the course Of
he Soce'y's Iabors, nearly 5000, ,O0C Of Bi-
lies and Tcstamcnts have been sent forth d.
ccily from It's depository, and means furnish !
"a for publishing not less than 200 600 copies p
nore 10 Foreign countries, and Foreign II
ongues. They have been published IN five
indian tongues, in seven Of those spoken in h
europe, III five of those used in Asiatic Tur- n
cy, IN seven Of those of India, in the Chi
csc, the Hawaiian. the Sandwich Islands.
nj IN the Grcbo tongue on the west coast of -
\iricn. Means have also been furnished for =
he purchase and distribution of The Scrip. d
lres ~ as many as twenty additional tongues o
making something like fifty in which they u
ave directly and indirectly gone forth 10 the "
'orId. During the past year 40C individuals n
ave become lf, members, and ~ auxiliary -
ocleiies have been formed. The receipts =,
mount to S2leS60,4l, being &2I sos more ~
IAN those of the preceding year. The u
hole number Of Bibles and Tes,aments ol
rin'ed Is I66c15--ihc whole number issued hi
)O 2O2, being & 096 less than during the pre- "A
ous year. About $4,000 have been grant. r,
! to promote the distribution Of the scrip ,l
res in foreign parts. The report concludes "
follows -" The above grants of money ~
bout $4,000 IN ally though by no means "
cct'ng all demands, arc well calculated To AZ
'ecr our missionary friends, and fellow Ia W
,rcrs, ~ foreign couptrtcs. These friends d,
feel That a. their missions advance, as or
err pupils and converts arc rapidly ncrcas. n,
2 ~ numbers, The friends Of the Bible cause d,
u all sec that means much moro liberal a.
nh heretofore must be furnished il future. W
'OOCO Is the least sum which should be pro. Ia
led ior The coming year. Will tho auxlli IN
les ponder ths fact. and do according to IN
pr ability. after furnishing the word Of life no
those who read il in their respective fields de-
action" =