New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-03

HUDsoN RIVER RAILRoAp-C Correction.
Qbs ferry boat stated to have been sunk at Albany Is
not Ne one owned by this Company, and used in the
sonvsynss Of sssesgcrs At the Railroad ferry.
~ Columbian Engine Co. No. Ia start
ed for Philadelphia In the afternoon trsin yesterday
The Compsny numbered about sixty and In prime
order They have the Washington Brass Band with
tAo8.
FIRST ARRIVAL or Flour DIRECT PROM
RoosDsSsa-Ths boot Harriet of the NswYork and
washington line arrived in this city the Both April
with - bbs Flour being the fr boat through from
Rsshsser rAis season
ON OF TIN IrEMs.-The Alderman
and Assistan, of the Twelfth Ward have just sent In
bill Of clos for being carried home 81 times from the
Tea-Room The charge 10 not unreasonable, certainly,
whsa The nuilsags 10 taken into account
~ The infection of the May Session
Of the Common Council will commence at o'clock this
afternoon at Tie City Hall Heaven protect tho tax
payers.
n Mr.. Thomas Collyer launched the
new steamboat Georgia. on Saturday afternoon. She 10
sxpsstsd 70 be a remarkably fast crah
q In tho Common Pleas, on Saturday,
George L. Janvyn was divorced from his wife Josephine,
bessuss she had left him ssd taken up her residence
with another person.
n Hon. Luther Bradish will enter up
on the duties Of his Office sabTrossurer, on Tuesday
Of this week.
BOARD OF FoREIaN MIssIoNs.-The
anniversary sermon Of the Board Of Foreign Missions
was delivered at the Presbyterian Church, University
place last evening before very large congregation BY
Rsv W. spragle, D. d. The Rev. gentleman took for
his text the fourth verse; eleventh chapter of Hebrews
"By faith Abel offered unto God excellent sasYi-
Zee than CAIN BY which he obtained witness that he was
righteous God tsstying Of this gin and BY it, hebeing
dead yst speaks He then proceeded TO speak OF the
important duties which . missionary a. soldier
Of he gospel had TO perform, In fslhlliny the
work wksh the Rsdeemey commenced and LETT
A legacy 30 be initiated BY those who came AFTER him
The stcges under storm and sunshine far from their
home and friends, which they had TO undergo, win
none 10 sonsoe them in Sickness or cheer their path In
health but the premise OF crown ior , aUns
10 mighty river, which small at its source, ana pursu
ing its solitary way unseen and almost unnoticed ct
last measures by the aid OF tributary streams until
breaks forth In oil Its majesty and beauty blessing for
It's fssing influence TO the country through which
rolls After giving history of some OF the events shat
anspirsd sinse their last assembly he concluded by
exhorng his hearers 10 aid the society In their work
of spreading the light Of Christianity and civilization
amid the darkness Of Psganism.
The Annual Meeting of the Board will DO held this az
ternoon commencing at O'Clock, in the Mission House.
esrner of Centre and Duane Streets when tho Annual
Report will be presented and other subjects Of interest
taken into consideration.
The following facts are cleaned from the record Of
of the operations OF the Board, fer the past year,
Fsnone4-The donations of the churches and indi~id
sals the main reliance of the Board are s805l larger
than those Of the preceding year The receipts from
all sources including balance of el36 from last year.
amount to sl43459 o. Balance In the treasury, May
1851, e5e65s.
as missionaries and assistant missionaries during the
year. seven OF whom ordained ministers Of the gos
pei The wives of Missionaries the teachers catechists
&c, are called assistant missionaries.
Indian Missions. Among the ChOctaws, ChickasaWs,
Creeks Semnolos Iowas Sacs Omahas and Otoes,
Chippewas atawas eleven ministers, and forty male
and female assistant missionaries; four native assist
ants 1858 scholars under instruction, OF whom 325 are
boarded and clothed by the missions church members
reported, 80
Corisco near the the equator three ministers and six
assistant miesonareeall persons OF color but four
l59 scholars reported, Of whom six are boarders
Church members DC. ~
bad with ten stations Twentysix ministers, OF whom
two are hindus twenty one American and twenty ma
tive assistant scholars chieny IN schoo,
of high grade 1,9i4-of whom lit are boarded and
clothed by the missions; Church members reported 81
Slow lfission-At Bankok, two ministers, and two
American and one native assistant missionaries.
China Mssi0ns-At Canton, Nlngpo, ana shanghai
ten ministers and eleven assistant missonares schol
ars 200 Of whom 81 boarded and clothed by the
missions; Church members -.
Nissioss 10 Roapanists-koneys have been RENTED
AZ in former years for the support OF evangests copor
teurs &C. in Europe In Hungary, Italy Belgium, and
France, a, 800 were thus expended last year.
Nsssion 10 the Jeps-Two minister's and a icentiatc
preacher are employed among their kinsmen accord
ing 10 the hssh,s in NewYork, Phiadelpha' and Baiu
more. -
Summovy-Ninisters 81; assistant missionaries, 81 ;
native assis,an: missionaries IS; scholars, 2o47-of
whom In boarding schools, 535 church members re-
ported 40 Statistics of missions to Romsnsts not In
Guided.
A New POLITICAL PARTY.-I0 the
Editors Of The ~ y Tribune: hope some among our
meek and msgoverned fellow-citizens, who have not
heretofore medded with politics. will longer permit
the politicians Of either side to throw dust in their eyes,
but will organize at once the Clean Sired Party and
with the broom for their standard will the cleo.
ton, make. slean sweep of that Augean stable the
Common Council Chamber The condition Of Broad.
way particularly and of the other streets generally,
disgrace to civilized community destructive alike to
health morals, clothes Every now and then outcry
raised through the press by some old fogy signing him
self Tax Payer" because set Of occupants of the
tearoom vote $4,000 year more than their predeces
sors for what 10 humorously denomnated cleaning the
streets The old fogy always predicts general bank
ruptcy and ruin the result Of such extravaganza Now
am prepared to show that true economy would dictate
the expenditure of million of dollars year If that
sum should be found necessary for really cleaning the
streets rather than the expenditure at present Of
two or three hundred thousand for scrapDg up into
heaps reeking Of filth and leaving them to be dis
trbuted by passing wheels and hoots. have lived in
other cities OF the United Staes and find by comparison
that to maintain equally respectable appearance here
it costs me about fifty dollars year for clothes
and dirt calculate that there are in New-York one
hundred thousand weldressed men and women, whose
pockets suffer by the dust to like amount This makes
a Of i've millions of dollars year But supposing
have Ave times ovcrrated the amount there will still