New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-16
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SEPTEMBER Is.
Annual Meeting of tho A. u. &. +. n. at
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The Osuego Commercial Times gives full dc.
tails Of the proceedings at the Forty frst Annual
Meeting OF the American Board of Commissioners
of Foreign Missions in that city. Ga Wednesday
evening an address was delivered a, tho Fir'
Presbyterian Church. by Hon. THEODORE FRE
LlEGHuIsEN President of tho Board. Some re-
marks followed from hevs Dr. Pomeroy, Ar. Stod'
drd, Of the Nestorian Mission, Mr. Paris OF the
Sandwich IslAnd Mission, and DR.. Wyckotf OF AL
bany Alta simultaneous meeting in the Second
Presbyterian Church, addresses were delivered BY
Dr. Poor OF the Ceylon Mission. and Dr. Cox, Of
Brooklyn
Rev Mr. Walker, from Gsboon Africa, gave
an animated description OF the habits of the ma
lives in that region Slavery exists to a consider
able extent, some Of the natives holding three
slaves, and others six, etc
Their religion lsaid Mr.. w is Fetshism, or
sort of auperstisouu devilworshiP, joined with
1itchcraf! and all imag enable terrors. II boat is
upset, or lightning falls and any body dies, it is
thought witch has done it. The most enlightened
do not cast of this terrible dread and superstition
Said one tnch to Mr. W. as he approached his
house, did you that thing there Ia little red
earth il has been there some time and so the
man did nos dare 70 Cross bis threshold for three
days, on this account This supestition Is terribly
oppressive, and you will see men chained and bauS
fastened 10 their feet sold for slaves as II
witches Ar to Education, they had no written
language before the Missionaries went there, but
their spoken dialect is very copious and flexible,
far hey oud even the Greek or any tongue With
which Mr w. is acquainted. Even the African
children speak huenty and correctly, never muir
dsriDg their mother tongue as those who TAX
English often do in this country Nsyer do the
people laugh at mistakes in peaking by foreigners,
al here, but kindly and politely correct them, So
much so that it were well il other people would
learn come OF their politeness And as to the fhs-
DRY Of different races it, es some say, the African
ia only alitte above The Ourang Outing, with such
wonderful language, where must we be classed
with our comparative argon OF speech7
The kindness OF the people, among whom the
Missionaries live when in their houses, IN their
boats, or on journey, ig sreas Not sll, at hrst
seemed So when they ca ne out to salate as with
guns, but soon all fears were dissipated by their
gentle treatment.
PoIisamy amoDg the people ia 5at,ns master
piece If man wishes to send E blat at dis
lance on business, he irss sends and buys WIFI,
that he may conciate the tribe and not be plum
dered by them. This ia the last evil that will be
broke up, as no religion can exis! whore 1t IT, nor
can it be admitted into any connection with ~ M
bers Of the Church
AS to Intemperance-Nev England run is there
aud more U0men are aeen DRUNK t3an men W ate
men thus degrade the Africans
A meeting of returned Missionaries Wss held or
Thursday morning The Times ssya Tue inter
view Of the Missionaries was very affecting, as
they recounted their a5ors over again, like yolun-
teers and veterans, after the battle was long
gone by.
At the afternoon session Dr. PomerOy explained
the character of Missionary maps published, and
recommended their purch6se aud use by tins
churches DR.. Anderson explained some OF tbs
principles of the Board, lin aIusion to circular
ieft in the seats at church as to the free and ua
restricted correspondence OF the Missionaries
through the Seer etaties at Boston as TO thesaa
res OF the Secretaries and Treasurer, as ISIS than
that Of Pastors in Boston travelling expenses
agencies, and so o n, showing the economy and WIS
dom OF the Society. Something ia this circular is
sid OF organic SIZES, he added Nothing oil TINS
nd is found in the action OF the Board, nor OF po
Pomeroy also added that there was but just one
hired slave remaining in the Choctaw Mission who
had plead with seers to remain, but WILL doubtless
be sent away at the end Of the year.
Dr. Hickok reported concurrence in the Ieport az
the Msdura Mission referring TO street preaching,
by hich fifty thousand had sard the Gospel, and
also 20 the death of Mrs Soudder Con 'urred IN
Dr. Taylor, New Jersey on Sam. Borneo, ana
China. renofted the return of Mr. and Mrs Hemen
yev from SIAM aud went into the details OF the
Misrion in China-appealing to the Reformed
Dutch Churches to give her sons to the work