New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-10
Religious Anniversaries.


their central points OF sxerton and their dePo.io-
/ ne, in ths city will occupy the attention Of ihe
rel,o.. community during the present week. 4.
/ the condition doing. and prospects of these va
riou' phlanturoPic associations are OF high gene
raj interest, shall present daily notices Of their
several celebrations embolying the most interest
ing statistics reported.
The AMERICAS SEANES's FRIEND SocIrrI.-
This association heli it, anniversary meeting last
evening a. the Broadway Tabernacle. Captain
| EDWARD RICHARDSON. the Pre.iden, OF thc -
Getty. wa' ia the Chair After the performance
b! the choir Of an effective piece Of sacred music
and PRAYER b. Rev. DR.. MAcAULsY, Rev. ). ;.
>PAULDlyG read the Report Of th- Executive
Committee. |, presented IN general u'anrer the
operations Of the Society for the past year and is
prospect. for the future. Chaplain. have beer
sent To Croa.tad, in Russia. to Sidney in New
South Wales. and to the Cape OF Good Hop. -
! Aid has al.o been afforded to those II Amsterdam
| ard ~ glasgow. Two missionaries have been
sent 70 labor under the direction Of Rev. GEORGE
| SCOTT at Gutenberg asd At Stockholm, chaplain
| ha. been sent to Hayrc, and on the 18th OF March
Rev {. D.Noy sailed for Honolulu. Al various
American por.. and among them at Rio Janciro.
at New Orleans, al Mobile. al Charleston, at "a
yaunah. at Alexandria. at Baltimore. Philadelphia.
| Ne~-York. Providence. New Bedford. Boston.
salem. Portl,nd and other ports. the Gospel has
been preached. and has proved IN many cases the
| power Il God to salvation.
The Treasurer. Report was not read but it was
stated that it represent. decided gain in the m
come # the Sosiciy. During the year there has
been contributed
For the sailor, TX =;
For general purposes 800. l' ~.
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s@,3Gl 50
Tn. j. an excess over the receipt, oi the previous.
vcor of 3lOIj7 81. Among the local objects
which have attracted the attention and engaged
tue effort. =. the Society i' the establishment OF tie
| Sailors Home at 100 Chery-strect. The corner
stone ~. laid Oct. IA. 1871, and it is now com
pct-d and in .uccc'stul operation. According To
its experience thu. far, it viii within four years
| have accommodated more than 5000 sailors, who
will have deposited in the Savings Bank over
! goo 900, ar sen; to their parents aud friends a.
! much more. II i believed th.t 10000 sailors
| have withn the ve,r bcco,c temperate men and
GOO. i. heart and HE, follower. Of the Lamb. The
cost of the building. OF the Sailors Home, inciu-
ding the ground is :iO,00O-of which sum the
bcrulty Of friends l. relied upon 10 supply sl1OJO
to cancel outstanding liabilities.
To Rev. George Scott, at Stockholm, has been
sent 500, and the same sum to Oiph Peterson at
Gottehberg 1t /. estimated that there are now
on tine ocean SIX hundred piou> Captains, and
more than ten times a. many praying sailors
! Within the year there have boon above dozen
revival. at sea- and in some instances whole crews
| have been converted. Hundreds Of sailors have
also been converted at Charleston, Philadep hiu,
New.York. Providence, Warren, Bristol. New
! Bedford. Nantucket, Boston, Salem, and other
PORTS More than 5000 sailors in thi. City have
! Joined the Newly ork Marine Temperance Society.
| An interesting address was then delivered by Rev.
! Nr. SESALL Of ). &. who was followed by Rev.
Go. W BErHUSE of Philadelphia, whose address
wa, excellent. with the exception of some very ll
timed remark. laudasory Of Free Trade. col
| lection was then taken up. Hon. BESJ. +. Bur
LrR made u brief and eloquent speech, and the
large concour,e was dismissed by bcnediction
from Rev. DR.. Minor.
After the close of the exercises the following
| gentlemen were elected Trustee. Of the Society
| Tor the ensuing year:
| Adrian Van = alcren Arson Phelps, W ELEPHANT,
! John wheelwrgm. Ephraim Corning, Ruu. Ds'Tnp'r.'
| Peletiah Pent Jasper Corning, Charles ABBOT,
| Nathaniel " Merrill. Edw Richardson. James Bsorman,
DANIEL Pan,haw Elisha ID Hurlburt, Thomas Hale,
J4nes Donaldson, Reuben Brus,ley, Robr Mn'urn'
|
- q u. r - III
SAYS that man named Henry Billman was found
dead there suspended By the neck to bed-post.
1t was at first supposed that Ne had committed
,uicide-but there was afterwards found reason to
suspect that his son had committed the foul
murder
" A tremendous tornado swept over Newton,
y. O.. and it. vicinity few days since. 1t. track
wa, from three to FIVE hundred yards in width and
some FIVE or Fix miles in length. Fences, out
houses trees, &c. Frustrated before it: no
serious danger, so far as ia known. was sustained.
~ The report, copied from the Columbian
South Csrolinian that Isaac G. Seymour of Macon
Ga, had ab.condei from the State, proves to be
utterly false.
| ~ Inc barGue Great Drtain, Swi'csurni from
| London, bound to Montreal went ashore on the
upper end of Green Island, (beow Queboc,) on the
night of the lat inst. and would become n total
wreck. The Great Britain ha, rich and valG-
able cargo Of dry goods, silks, &c, which would
all be- saved, bat in a damaged state.
PAISEUL AcclDESr.-An endorsement on an
envelope from the University Of Virginia, received
! last night, say. " 4 student wa. thrown from hi.
morse last night. and lay .ensee,s AL night in tie
road-wa, founi this morning, nearly dead No
name i given. but Ne should suppose from the
tenor of the information, that the consequences.
though serious, would not be fatal
Co.