New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-22
American sundny-schooI Union.

TwEyrY.Flgsr ANNIVERSARY The services Of
the Twenty-iifst Anniversary OF the American
Sunday-School Unien, were attended in Phddel-
phla. on Tuesday evening, MAY 20.
The following abstract of the Annual Report a-
iords general view OF the transactions OF the Sc
cltty during the year.
The amount Of books distributed is S9l, ,l2 81, which
exceeds thar OF last BY S2s03 &c. and larger Than
in any previous year, except 1882 aud 1871. The doun
tions exceed those of last year by the sum Of siO
5sT -.
The total amount donations aud leg received dur
the S2J930 SO, and the salaries and expenses
OF agents 10 collect this and of missionaries :" eab
s schools and the general interests OF ;hc st
tuition. Is Sy,233 s9..
answer TO we-suppored applications is Sli.32Q2 The
average value CT these libraries Is (wn fraction 81 50
each and IS estimated that the number of schools aided
IL far from thousand and they scattered all
the land. Seventy pages being assumed the
size OF books in these gratuous libraries you'd
the number OF pages yratuitousy distributed in
year, u be nearly FOURTEEN MILLIONS.
one section Of the afverts the munceHt offer
OF citizen OF Georgia, give $ 500 addition to Ike
be advanced the Society towards suppl, ng
hundred sunday Schools i'll tia; state ca with a
brary worth $780, provided hat not Than three should
be given any county and that reasonable assurance
IS of The regular attendance Of three teach
er and thirty scholars a. each sch jo Notice Of the
given late a-t autumn and hundred and a-
pca,ons have already been received and more than half
Ui them have been promptly supplied.
The Society has printed during The year ls5 distinct pub
HCaUcls vi lLese ~ OCuDC uDrATy DOCKS; some Of
ihen. such as =" "Gsod-Betier-Best," History Of the
HugueRots.' Z" The Martyr Missionary" AID 'T Thomas
Cranhed, OF sterling value for the of all clas es
or these library books 2. original works prepared for
the Society
The number Of pages stereotyred during the year
1909 which is equal 10 sixty emo volumes of y pages
each
The Euber of pages pu: circulation. during the year
is upwards Of siGhtyser>a millions without including any
of The periodical or pamphlet publications Including
these, the aggregate would e fnly tro hundred millions
.ha
>@ciety's Perioticas-particalary the SUNDAY SCHOOL
JOURNAL, which i suet seniTonthy. and put stthe
ceecincly low price Of ;reaty-frs year, ana the
IoHis Penny Go-tAe which Is published every other
week, and costs but tre!re dHG hair yer,
the number OF forty copies sent address, Soe
interesting and Impressive calculations mace
shsw te OF valuable reading ich
put II circulation In Ibis form BY the Society.
FIRE AND DESTRUCTION OF LIFE "A Wilmington.
y c. paperot The I'd lust says, as we are going 10
press, We nave been shown private letter OF the
2Sin uit. from " Washington, IN this State, which
states that the large swamps IN Beaufort, Tyrril
and HYDE counties were on fire
The letter goes on 10 say, that there We're "two
whole families burned up in Tyrell one of the fami-
and three negroes; of the other family says the
wriIer, Idld not learn how many were burned
The whole woods are en- fire.
NEGRO FiGHr-Certaln Negro men, some five
miles OF here engaged in mortal combat last Sat-
lda! evening, with Eli manner Of weapons sbieh resulted
in one OF the negroes shooting another through head
the ball catering the skal and coming out three
nches from where entered. ~ the atest the
negro was LIVING, and IL was thought might recover
[Jopesboroush (Tenn.) Wing.
ACCIDENT IL AsHBugNHAM--On Friday last
young man by the Of Lane, shockingy injured
By circular In the chair factory OF Deacon Gazer
Amputa;on Of the arm was found necessary.