New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-22
AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION

censsrots seEes of TIE N Y. Tisuse.
GR.Fro,, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1857.
TIE e,e yaDth surual meeting Of the An'neaa A"-
.;otsry Association WAS held at MsH0sld, oaio, on
the ith ard 18th inst.
In the sbserc CO Of the Presdent the aon. Lswrenc'
Brsnerd Of Vermont, the chair was taken oy -
Parish. eso.. Of Sandwky, one Q! the 'ee f'ss :,
derts.
Aaer the usual opening exercises, tie rcpoD os the
treasure, vas read, showing tie reeeipt' Of the So.
ciety TO BE- about $4,000, and its .s,cpdi,ure e
little mere than $4,000 leaving t0s Society in dsb.
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TIE Secretaries rpor for the or ign stmen. was
read by Secretary whippe 81 tia, department. These
ni.sior ara locSed in '%estcrn Africa, anonG the
emsncips.ed people IN the Island Of Jsraics, noDs
ihe Chppewey lnciaz. OF Minnesota, in the Sandwich
Islands, In .,ism, srrpg the Copts in Eyyp,. and
amor The fugitivee IN Canada. The number oi mis-
sCns s {; Omission s.stoEs, 10 nunbsr OF churches
10; the number of ohuIch members, 30. Mos, OF
these missions are in prosperous condition though
there gre p want Of more abcTsrl 10 the Mendi Ms
sson, W. Africa and in the Copt Mission n Egypt
The latter nj SIGN greatly needa the services Of mis-
siopary physician.
The mission amoog the Indians near AXE Superior
has suffered greatly from Indian disturb 3nccs. oae
Gf the stations had been temporarily suspended. The
Episcopal Mssion smOne those tribes as been broken
up.
These disturbances were attributed mainly 70 the
vsst amount Of whisky carried into that country.
The Trled States Government fails utterly e euforce
the United States laws against this traffic, and
thousands of gallons are carried far up into the
coun'ry-e good deal Of the way on mems be rs.
The Rev. Mr. Barnard who hs been fourteen years
missionary amoDg the Chippeways was preseat. lie
tbk a. lees cn times as mucb whisky IS sol there
a. there five years since. IL il last vOrnicg the
| destruction Of the Indians.
The reports fiom the Jamsics Mission utterly IN:
tTadct the Pro>lav.ry reports % tue sta OF toe
Island al the Oh sractcr of the blacks The people
viii work readily for these who .rea; them feensn
| and pay them suitable wages. They rapidly in-
| proving in character; ard the cultivation 0! the
Island is rapidly increasing. Properties there were
| fas. increasing in value
Az the missions Of tue Association are thoroughly
Anti. slavery in character.
The report OF the Home Department was read BY
the Rev. 5. 5. Jocelyr, Secretary. rne number Of
hone mission aI-s -, OF whom four we're labor
ing in Slave States Ihe number Of inssiona..as in
the Slave States has been increased since tae year re-
| ported clOsed they now number eight. There IRE
also three copoiteus IN the Slave Sa ga engaged IN
circulating religious, Ant.Sl.very and Temperancs
publications, aud in giving Bibles 10 tbs slves. tney
mak'i point to converse freely with the peope on
tte sIrlunefs OF Slavery. There nne Caurche5 in
kentucky and eight in North Carolina, aided By the
Associations. All Of these Churches exclude slave
holders ftom their communion and tho missionaries
preach as freely against Slavery as against inlsnpe
lance or any other wrong
The Rev. j. 6. Fee, who was present, made ia-
ttrestrg statements dung The progress of the meet
rg, relative TO the condition Of these churches, and
the mob violence through which 10 hsd recently
passed.
The Asso ciation has eight home missionaries in
Kansas. These arv thoroughly Ant Slavery men
ard labor mott devo:edly in their spheres 20 make
Karsas Free State. They have formed there SIX
ohurcbes, al thoroughly AnlSlavery in character.
scrnon was preached Wednesday evening ~
the Rev. l. g. Sawyer of New York; the doetrids OF
which wos that the power of the Gospel was in
l.s ijgheousres snd 10 make it Of beaef, 10 the
world, its rule Of rshtt ousness must be applied
aganst all wrong.
Sundy resolutions read and passed decar ,tive
Of the principles of the Society and recommending
their application.
The tfiicers Of the last year rcrhosen, with
slight changes in the Executive Committee:
Prtsilent-JauIeu BrrineTd Of Vermont.
. Sec,efaI ts-1he Rev s. JecelyH the Rev. q. WhpPe
Hes -Yoih
TIsas4rer-Lewis Tsppsr, Sew.York.
Thursday evening several addresses were delivered
and the Association adjourned to meet Bexi yesr at The
call Of the SecIetaries.