The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-06-10

IHE AMERICAN Boakp or Commission.
RS az FoKEtGH MIs-ioNs.-The anmiver-
SAY oi his society WAS celebrated at the
isl ,rncIe on Friday m,ruing. Hon.
liridore FreIinghuysen, the President OF
fae ( Ely, acted as Chairman, and prayer
was I.i red 10y Rev. DR.. Sharpe Of Boston
C4- OF he Secretaries made brief report
of I've 7pera,i0as Of the Board during the
rl~t yr1~; turty-twO missionaries were sent
ID .tflecn different countries in Europe,
asa Asl Africa, and the Islands of the Pa
c.Ir; * ot these have gone back to tie
scene former iabors; six have gone to
ihs ne" mission in Meouesia, and the re
n1.a ier have gone as reinforcemehts to
rNi.,ng missions. Thirty-threr tmissioma-
.es aui assistant missionaries are now I'M
Ter az ointment, to take heir departure as
s. IN j. circumstances will allow. The re-
cps curing the year were S2ll ,O62 "a,
ani an advance on the previous year of
s. "a IL. Ia the opinion of the Board,
lr'a is a field riren'ng for a great harvest
ice lficulties which DR.. KING had en-
ecIH ed III Greece, are alluded 10 in the
repo-' aud the action of the Greek govern
meat a hani>hing him from the country, is
imputed to the influence Of Russia and
Austria, and Is strongly denouuced AT
tae Sandwich Islands, the labors of the
BUR! have been nearly concIuded-those
isial have become essentially Christian
- u.s. religion aud government At one
I ne, the annual appropriations TO this mis-
son :ere s 10 900; the past year they will
lar! y exceed $4,000. The nope is ex-
pressed that this government Will keep a
'vatcttui eye upon these islands, and not
pe'a'' them TO heceme the prey either of
tpreigl Invaders, or Of American fiibu.ters
- IN few exceptions. the missions of the
iirt5{, i" diii-ren, parts Of the world, are
a.. prosperous condition. and the Board
feet ntii-ht that the blessing OF God is
u1au heir lahnrS.
itrr. VIM. w. ScuiIer, of the Crylon
tn's "A, gave q sketch of The condition Of
'lls ivissi"n, and of the religious rites and
,er-t, mics Of the Hindpo.-in which the
tin''e'u oi religion IL strongly coi.l.,ined
Y Lr' r'estre nelly strict in The observance
O.. ,h-ir religion. AMI very liberal in their
.s"-. -. mcnts Glrn the TEMPLE. ia many
c.>es he had known Individuals giving
: 500 Do for one ceretnonia! Ii this feel
no. al be turned to Christianity, no es,i-
..Ete "ould he formed of the good results
to. ,,uii follow. He closed with an ur-
gen Erpral for the means 10 continue the
sAho at the mission. Rev. Cyrus Bvring-
son, ~ the Chnctow Mission; Rev. W ~,
Tracy, of the Madura Mission; Rev VIM
9 )od u, nf the Armenian Mission; Rev.
LEONARD Bacon of New Haven, aud Rev.
samuel ishrr. Of Cincinnati. made ad-
dress giving bret histories of their labors
4 toe lihercnt missions with which they
had ,. "a connected.--L New York Times.
J. ~ RELLAs.--It Is not Il hundred years
since Il very ecssntric Engiishr,an. named
3o1rs tianway, having returned from his
81 a = : IN the East, the record Of which is
Prise, ed in voiunnous quarto form, IN
"a 'nt1i old iiHraries,) Appeared IN the streets
al To- Ion on rainy day(it does RAIN in
Eng sometimes with II Geer notion i'm
ported from China, in the shape of what is
now died an umbrella. 1t attracted snch
curlDu' and indignant notice, that the eccerI-
i-lc Jrnas was soon surrounded by furious
Eugi.,h nor, and was boldly pelted with
nni al other missiles for his prcsumptu-
GA liacity in thus attempting to screen
h'~ t-ad and figure from, the rain, which
All ,rIc BORN English Deu, from time inme-
mora! had allowed TO beat upon them with
OK le istance, as an inevitable visitation
!ron ,ie powers above upon all who chose
g leave the shelter OF a roof IN a storm or
shower. The incident made uoise, and
an -ri'e Of ridicuic, the 'outIandish. new
fash'1n notion began to take nightly
With lie extensively bedrizzIed people of
r 4rialh; and as The machine was found 10
o. a. :tiective against the rays of the sum-
mcr'- sun, rs effective against the falling
rsll, ne learned condescended to borrow a
nalue for il from the Latin dinnutve form
Of dBRA,' shade; 'UMsRELLA,' little
ale Poor Jonas Hauway's lnnov alton,
so popular at first, merely shows what
disa.! vantage it is to man To be little sin
advance Of the age.'-GN. Y. Day Book.