The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-06-03
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

REVIEW OF COLPORTAoK AT TIE War. Foa
skvES fEsRs--Mr. Seely W God, the SOcistv',
efheient superintendent Of COlpo.tags At IN.
West, furnishes the following eOndensed vievz
OF the work in the Western States II wiIfrs-
pay a careful Perusal:
elm May, ls4l, COlPOrtage in the L. States
was commenced by the Executive Committ.,
Of the American Tract Society From that ne
riOd until the present, the work has seen con-
staniy advancing, and Increasing in int -st ana
Importance.
"oeven years having now elapsed since tha
commencement Of COlportsgs in tsis country.
and the inquiry often arising, What has b-.n
accomPiishedf What efforts made 10 reach all
the accessible PopalatiOnP | shall endeavor to
reply, 50 far relates to the field assigned
TO my supervision, by brief statement Of
facts.
"Ineludlng the lahOrs Of stndants n-e..iaa.l.
~, who have devoted their vacations 10 the
work, the first year I'VE Coloptsurs were s,c-
Pioyed; the second, twelve; the third, txentV-
eight the fOarth, thirty the fifth, forty-
three the stKth, seventy-seven; and the last
| year, one hundred ana ten. The total .mount
of labor performed Is equal 10 the service Of one
man for one hundred and ssvsnty-Ons year..
"The statistical report for the past wear snow,
that hfty-one years labor has bees psrfcrned:
i2.bo3 families visited, Of whom I ssh were
ROmanists. or fatal srrorists; lO, 93l we're found
destitute Of all religious books, except ths BIZ
bic, and o,4SO families were found destitute Of a
copy Of the sacred Scripture; lI05 prayer.
meetings were held; 80 400 families were con
versed with on personal religion, or prayed win.
llE,S3o volumes, Of the value Of 81 ,979 IS,
have been circulated, Of which S5,0O4 50 worth
have been granted 10 the destitute. The total
circulation has amounted TO BIS, $50 %, since
May, ISL. Of which amount. publications Of
the Peeaniary value Of $40 .02l s. have been
granted to the destitute. OF the whole number
Of COlPOrteurs commissioned on this field t,sen-
fy-sepeR are Germans, and have devoted their
labors principally TO the German population IN
the towns. cities, and districts, where this popu-
latiOn Is located
"a correct apprehension Of the catholic spirit
with which the enterprise has been prosecuted,
may be formed from the fact that the COlDOrtsurs
commissioned for this field. since the COM
meneement Of the snterprize. have been in con
nectiOn with thirteen different evangelical de-
nominations "a we're connected with COngrs-
gAtiOnal churches; ~ Presbyterian. %. 5 ): %
Presbyterian, IN. 81; IL Methodist Episcopal;
? Protestant Methodist; 81 Cumberland Presby-
terrain; IA Baptist; 3 Protestant EDiscODal; 8
Lutheran; Evangelical Latheran; German
Reformed; I Associate Reformed, and Seceder
One hundred and 6fty-three Of these COlPOr-
tears have been obtained on the field, and the re-
\ naming twenty-five in the Eastern States.
4 HAeA OeipoltcuA ooat VI oAI w c.lcfu
waters was launched in November last, BY
Mezsrs. Lowe & Vaughan. Colporteurs in Ten
nessee, ana named the sbethel-' In three
months, on the Mississippi river. they visitsd
ninety-fOur fiat boats, seventy-three stesIaboais
and twenty towns; sold 1854 volumes, and
granted la volumes and Il, coo pages q tracts.
I "The moral results OF eolPortags are dssailed
in thu respective reports Of The COiPortsars--
| They fully warrant al that has been attempted
in th. wide extension Of this department. and
will Justify ss much advance the present year on
4 the processing the means furnishoa Ire So
eiety will admit. What are eight hu ndred thou
\ sand Of the SOciety's volumes, cireulatsd the
last ten years. among the millions Of this FS?a-
/ lation7 Whas Seventy-6Ne Colportesrs,
i now laboring In the Suites Of Ohio. Indiana.
i Kentucky, Tennessee. MississipPi, and Arksn-
sas, Cor nearly 800 counties embraced In those
Stafesf Not to speak Of the necessity II more
Iaborers In the States Of Missouri. nllnos. and
Iowa. which Will hereafter b spsrsss fed:
1 twenty additional Colportsazs are nrsdsd mms-
diztely for Kentucky, and many mzrs for
Tennessee and Mississippi; also. sddiiisaai la
borers In Ohio, Indiana and Arkanass-Aaer.
Il Mesa.
THr QuxKERs-Ths hat number Of the Ed
inburg Review, in the course % an article upon
Qaaksrism In England, scknowlsdges I'm this
last and handsome manner, the supplies 81 food
sent from the Unitsd States 70 starving Ireland.
sit wss there the Quaker appeals which 6rst
roussd our brethren in America, and By 90 DO
. ing lod the way &C. those magnificent contriba-
tons which constitute the mssf konsrabis srki-
bifion Of Rafieaai sympathy on record We can
not resist adding that up TO the present moment.
the citizens Of the United are confusing their
noble Offices Of kindness 10 our starving snd In
lsctsd smigrants who shall cpntinas dying, In
} unusual misery, 70 their hospit.bls Shores
xof 4.