Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-05-12
.ANrMRIoAN TRAor SOCIETY


Wednesday, and attracted an immense conccurse
of persons In order ito accommodate the pub
| lie the meeting adjourned from the Tract House
TO the brick church in Beeknan street. Chief
Justice Williams, of Conn, presided, and NOV
ed, after the usual opening services to proceed
to the election of committees for the ensuing
year.
Rev DR., Bacon, of New Haven, said, before
clectine officers, he would propose not to elect
the committee here, for the reasons that there
had bcenr1ade, by pastor in oneofthe churches
in this sity, statements detamatory TO the pres
cnt committees character, and lie WAS surpris-
/. ed TO hear it come ffoni an honorable pastor
I Tremendous bissing-l DIR. Bacon tried TO speak,
{ but was Kissed down.
The Rev DIR. Tying, springing up in a state
of excitement, said: 81 proclaim in the face of
this meeting that never did make such state
ment. The Rev. gentleman, whom haze not the
/ pleasure of knowing, is informed that the state
inent which he has made is entirely untrue;
stated that there had been Il report in the daily
Journals, made up by nsinforme1 reporters, stat
ing that the committee had not done their duty.
Rev. DR.. Bacon-I am happy to hear from the
I Rev. gentleman tie diSavowal of the offensive
language 1 do not hold him responsible. For
the gentleman to say, however, that he does not
know me, is untrue. for lac has sat beside inc in
my own church. [Great laughter
! Roy. j. p. Thompson--l propose to hear the
! report read by the committee of the previous
year and that the election for officers this year
take placeafter the anniversary at the Tabernacle.
t fGrcat excitement and cries Of election.
! Rev. DIR. Adams offered resolution to the Of
feet that committee of fifteen be appointed by
the chair TO investigate the affairs of the Amer
lean Tract Society, and to report Mt the next an
nual meeting Tie officers, the Rev. Dr.reDiark
/ ed, were anxious themselves on account of the
warfare that had been waged upon the Socict;
from some quarter. that this investigation should
| take place,
\ great deal of debate confusion and excite
ment then followed. Several persons attempted
to speak at the same time. Cries of, ''orlcr and
misses were heard from all parts Of the house.
Efforts were made to lay the resolution on the Ia
bic; and after being laid ON the table it was i'm
metliately taken up again, and disorder, noise
4 and confusion followed. The voices of many of
the speakers coull not be hcared
4 After speeches from several persons in favor
ofthc adoption Of the resolution of DIR. Adams, it
was carried by a tremendous eye, amidst scene
of great excitement. The nays of the lndepen-
dent and Bcccher school were scattering and fee
4 Bile. This is considered triumph of the old adj
ministration ofthe society.
All the old officers against whom so much
complaint has been made were then reelected
save in the filling of vacancies by Hon. Robert
I l.. Carruthcrs, OF Tenn, Rev JOHN G. Young, of
K, Rev. E. Lathrop, ofN. Y, and the Rev. Mr..
Hutton, of n. Y.,-and thus, the course of the
HAS USCl lully
otionists defeated in their efforts to convert tho
society into an abolition engine, thus running it
at the South
The meeting soon after adjourned to the Tab
1 ernacle again, where the 3oth annual report, q
a volume of 1928 pages, was read The follow
ing is an abstract:
4 The donations for the year ending April lst,
including si3,3o2 in lcgacles, have been Sl4T,-
I2gs; showing an increase ia the regular contri-
buttons over the preceding year of $500, and
a decrease in receipts from legacics as compared
with the preceding year of Sl4,5B7. Receipts
for sales, including $lT, Ge3 for the American
Messenger, BotSchaftcr and the Chiid's Paper,
4 S2G5, $50; being $3.50 more than for the pre-
vious year. Total resources for the year, inclU-
ding Ss,6G1 in the treasury, April /, 1854,
3l2i $40.
The expenditures for the year have been
Il POI, Of which amount there has been paid
for paper, printing, binding, engraving, trnnsla-
ting, copyright, preparing Family Christian Al
manac, assisting in editing Child's Paper and
Messenger. and authors of articles inserted in
the society's periodicals, 1926 030; for printing
presses, boiler and machinery SJ,062; for col
Il portage sos, 1l3; RENTED to foreign and pa
\ gan lands $4,000. Balance in the treasury
IT2,6l3
I Among the society's losses during the year
was the sum of $943 in counterfeit notes receiy-
ed through the Contribution box" donors
should look at their liTnk bills very carefully be-
fore giving them away.
i There have been additions during the year
to the previous contributions for the volume
enterprise" the total amount for this object he
ing Sl0,239. Stock in the Depository $l46, us.
Il The old debt on the societys premises, April |,
was S32, Goo aud the cash onhand $704. Bal
i ance 81, 2g5. The Depository has ON hand $780,
:. l19 worth of books, besides sos, 25T worth in
hands of colporterS, and 1922 due from aux
1 iliaries The society's house and lot arc valued
Ia 81 -. .Sf
4 the building yield an annual rental Of $3.50.
T. During the year SO new publications have
lbeen stcIeotyped in English German, Spanish,
= Dutch, Danish and Swedish, ofwhich are vol
uuIes; making the whole number of publications
now on the Society's list 1898, of which
4 40s are yalumes Of larger or smaller size
Besides these the committee have approved to
be issued at foreign stations 81 publications,
including 30 volumes; making the whole NUM-
Der now approved for publication abroad, 1872,
81 which 500 arc volumes, printed in one hun
1 drcd and twenty-five languages and dialects.
/ The average circulation Of the American Mes
Senger has been about 100000 copies monthly,
and the whole number printed during the Year
has been 8, 4o9, 500. of the 4mcricttl BOtSSdGt-
! fer messenger in German,) the circulation has
been about $1,000 monthly, and 1874, go have
been printed Tho Chld'S Paper has reached a
circulation of nearly 100000 monthly, and
4 g. CSC. U00Zha been printed during the year
The number Of these periodicals printed during
] the past year has been {, 1876 900 Total printed
since the comlnencement--4Nm american Messenger
Dan, 1913 is, $50, 100 copies; German Nfcsscn-
ger, DAN, 1919 700, 800; the Childs Paper,
Dan, 1882 1929, 900; or s0,5s2 500 copies in
4 all.
Nearly six millions of pages distributed on the
shipping for foreign ports have been placed on
] more than one thousand packets and steamers
If there be added to this, the million and half
Of pages granted to scamen's chaplains, and the
nearly one million of pages for Iiistriubtion on
our lskes, canals and rivers, it viii make total
of almost eight and half millions of pages,
amounting TO nearly $1,000 bestowed on our
seafaring population during the year.
The number of colporters who have labored
! for the whole on part of the past year has been
Ga Including those in the service of the Amer.