The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-09
ANNAPOLIS, Nov. s.
The Mission. OF the American BOARD.

Various interesting items OF intelligence relating
to the missions at the A. b. G. f. Missions were
communicated at the monthly meeting on Monday
afternoon. Statistics presented, compiled
from the annual report, Just received, of the pro-
gress of the missions, churches &c, in the Sand
witch islands. They show that the work of dopopu-
lation continues at an undimInished rate. During
the year there | ,422 Births while the deaths
amounted 60 4 800; showing excess Of deaths
equal TO 2s9S. In the churches, in the islands at
large, the same dimnution as to numbers Is observ
able. There were admitted during the year, SIS,
and there deceased during the same period, ,l62.
There connected with the churches, in
regular standing, II 2ll members.
The fact that churches contributed far greater
amount for the maintenance of the gospel among
themselves, and for various benevolent objccs than
during any former years, possesses increased in
tercst when considered in this connection Several
contributed 8 900 TO $4,000 each. The aggrcss
gate contributions of fourteen churches 67b.
Ia view of the fact that death is rapidly doing it's
work among the natives, stripping them of their
energy, and preventing, as II would seem, their
farther social elevation and also that the influx of
foreigners and foreign laborcrs, with whom the
Sandwich islander is unable successfully to com
pete, is constantly the increase, the fear s
pressed that the destiny OF this people may be we'll
nigh scaled
MIR. Coau, the American missionary, in reference
to bis particular field speaks of the steady though
not rapid improvement of the people in external
| circumstances, and compares them to a ship NOV
| ing from her anchorage awe have not acquired, !"
| he Gays, "rnuch velocity or momentum but as we
are constantly approaching that mighty moving
orb the United States, progress will ere long
be rapidly accelerated"
| MIR. Parsons, at Selonica, writes under date Of
September Is. lie arrived on the field June oath.
His parish consis ted of 900 Jewish families. Dur.
ing the summer near 100 families left the city for
jerusalem there To finish their lives, in order that
! they may not have to roll thither through subter-
ranenn fire after death.
In a letter from Madras, dated August eth, Mr..
II. M. Scudder states that he had recently made n
| tour in the interior, accompanied by o. NJ. Dallas,
| and had fixed upon Arcat as a new station. IL Ia
place containing % 900 inhabitants, on the river
| Palor, seventy one miles west of Madras. Dur
| ing the late il formed important military
post Of the English, and the missionaries were 10
occupy the building formerly occupied by the Brit
| ish garrison.
Albeit, August 3Oth. The missionaries had resolved
to establish preaching station at sidon, to be oc
cupied alternately by the missionaries Of Albeit anc
Beirut. They had also deputcd Dr.. Vandyke e
occupy the field at Hasbeiya, where strong opposi
ton has heretofore been manifested
St. Nicomodis, n church odifice capable of &C
commodating three or four hundred persons, ha
been erected. While il was in progress the mis-
! sionaries were repeatedly summoned to appear be
fore the Turkish magistrates, on various prctexts
with view TO impede their labor; but the Turkis
governor treated them with the greatest kindness
and permitted them TO go forward without hind
rance. The missionary cause was progressing O
AIDA Bazaar, under tho patient and persevering la
q bors of Iohamus, the Armenian educated at III
n Theological Seminary in thiscity. Several person
of responsibility and intelligence have united wit
/, | him ~ Y Jour. Of Com.