The New York herald., 1850-05-18

Estimated expenditure; the exact stated In
the reports.
The items for foreign missions are considerable
We do not cavil with the philanthropy which sends
ministers with the word of God TO enlghen the
heather, for the custom is Of ancient date, even
though it cost $4,000 for single sinner saved
We find in a work of deep research and great abil-
ty, the Catholic History Of England, by VIM.
Bernard Maccabe, that
" 1t was at this period Of time (A.D. 1850 when the
holy ban Eleuthcrius presided over the Church Of
Rome, that Lucius King of the Britons sent to him
letter beseeching that under his direction, he might
be made a Christian.
This pious wish speedily accomplished. Lu-
cius had prayed that the darkness Of Britain might
be illuminated with Christianity. This fact for
eyerr rebound to the praise Of the British monarch
that the faith and doc which other kings and peo-
pie at that time prosecuted he voluntarily desired to
receive.
1.-TWO most sanity men were sent by Elcutherus to
preach the gospel in Britain The names Of these
IL proven by the letter of st Patrick and other his
toricai documents Of the Britons Phagauus and
Deruvanus. Ey them we're the words of life announc-
ed, and by them was the sacrament OF baptism con-
ferred upon King Lucius and his people Tho faith
which the Brions had thus received they preserved
in the composedness Of peace uncorrupted and entire
even to the time Of Dioclosian."
But, we would ask, there none more dark
than the heather TO bc found within this city, fes-
terine in the infamy of mental and bodily corrup-
ton Are there TO be found in the purlieus of
the Five Points and similar localities, who have
never heard the gospel truthsl Is there no virtue
to be protected-no vice TO be suppressed Cam
not missionaries be sent among the rising genera
ton at home, who so frequently offend the ear Of
modesty in groups at every corner Of our streets,
blaspheming and indulging in low and ribald jesti
Could not some pious and benevolent society be
organized, capable of collecting slll,ll IL cents
exactly, for the purpose of teaching decency the
blasphemous mouths Of Garrison and his imps, or
to buy soap TO wash the faces and hands Of Captain
Rynders and his free philosophersl
There is wide field for the labor of love amongst
the boys of New York. The harvest is ready-the
rcapcrs few. Let their spiritual wants at home be
first attended TO, and We will then ray God speed
10 missionaries and their wives, who undertake
the task of enlightenng the heather and putting
brecches on the red Indian.
IMMIGRATION To TIE ". S.-Nanv iu,n,0ranss
have arrived nj this port within few days past.
Most Of these persons, with bag and baggage, take
up their line Of march for the Western S,a,cs, and
few, comparatively, 60 toward the South. This
fact has eften been noticed, and the abo,ionists
have taken pains TO represent that the cole reason
why foreigners do not take their course Into the
Southern States, liz because they do not wish to
live in the States where slavery is tolerated. Near
ly all of the immigrants Of the last week-and they
arc mnny-will probably 60 into the Western part
Of the country. From two to three thousand per-
cons arrive from foreign ports almost every day, a,
this season Of the year. The annexed table gives
lis, of vessels and Of slcerage passenge arrived