The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-14
RICHMOND, Va, FRIDAY, NAY IA, 1858

ANNIVERSARIES IN new YoRK. The an,ixar..wI..
IN New York are giving the citizens Of that place
very lively time. First, In order. comes the
National Emancipation Compensation Society !. a
very harmless sort of affair inasmucb an the con.
'rioations last year only amounted to 40. The
annual address was delivered by Eiihu Burri,,.
and the fact that the ren. OF the hall exceeded the
contributions by sI2l, was particularly alluded
20.
@, ihe 10th annual meeting of the American Anti.
,a.ety society was held at Mozart Hall. Receipts
,yl ~ Iae year, Si5,s01: expenses, S32.942 William
Lioya harrison occupied the chair A series of re-
solutions were presented. affirming the right of ey.
cry human being TO freedoLi denouncing slavery
as ueFehsh, anathematizing the church for not
naAing war upon it, aud especially "pitching
into the American Tract Society for not rehnkinS
Inc great sin of the age in their publications
= ine resolutions also deuounce the "Religious
netiFais as sp lriois, because IL has expressly
eAosuueu the millions in bondage from all consul
erauon. and Operated to strengthen church
"hlch Is the buiwark OF slavery, and to divert at.
tention from the works Of practical righteousness
some opposition was manifested amo 1g q por
s s'ou OF the audience to these sentiments, which
iouho vent in series of robust hisses but the ap
parse nnaIly predominated. The misses" Gar
fison said, only came from the pro-slavery snakes
Speeches of the usual ultra character were deli
Vered by z. Ia Remond, (colored,} who declared
that there was not in the whole South a more de
graded slave than Edward Everett, and by Wen.
dell Phillips, who spoke in support of the anti
revival resolution.
The anti-slavery wing of the American Tract
society had another meeting Tuesday morning, to
organize opposition ticket TO the present Board
OF Managers, to be voted for at the annual elec
ton Addresses were made by Lewis Tappan,
Rev. Dr. Cheever, Rev. DR.. Palmer, of Albany, Rev.
Mr.. Clarke Of Brooklyn, Mr.. Patton of Illinois. and
others; after whick the following resolutions were
adopted, aud the meeting adjourned
Resolved, That in the judgment of this meeting,
the fourth resolution of the series adopted by the
Society last year. should be emphatically affirmed:
and that the declaration that the American Tract
Society can and ought to publish, in fraternal
and Christian spirit, spou those moral duties
which grow out of the existence of slavery and
those moral evils aud vices which it is known to
promote, should be carried into effect during the
present year.
Resolved, That il is expected that all who may
be elected to Office at the present meeting of the
society VIII faithfully fulfil the above resolution
Resolved, That a committee Of five be appointed,
with discretionary power, to make arrangements
ior the details Of action at the business meeting Of
the society, tomorrow morning, in view OF what
ever exigencies may there arise
The ninth anniversary of the American and For
eign Christian Union took place Tuesday morning.
at the Church of the Puritans. The following is
an abstract Of the annual report:
During the year II life members, life director
vice PRESIDENT and members of the Board have
oled. Receipts during the year $16,o03 %; dis
oursements S19.654 33. About 10000 were expend
ed tor books, for gratuitous distribution. Whole
number of laborers in the home field, 81. Number
OF Catholic children gathered into Sunday and in.
dustrial schools, 2946.
Converted from Catholicism durisg the year $50
Printed pages circulated 100000. The reports
speaks encouragingly Of the success attending the
socletys exertions abroad for the conversion of
Catholics, and concludes with the hope that the
coming year will be of prosperity
Resolutions were offered in favor of extending
the society's operations in Mexico, Central Amer,
leo, South America, Texas and Ireland.
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY The business meeting
of the American Tract Society occupied all Wednes-
day morning in debating the question of the ac
ceptance of the Executive Committees report, de.
Tending their action in the matter of the slavery
publication.
Rev. DR.. Tying endeavored to get the slavery res
olutions of last year before the meeting but they
were voted down by decided majority. No vote
has yet been taken for officers.
The Society in the afternoon adopted the report
ofihe Executive Committee by decided majority
thus fully sustaining their action in the matter of
publications. The old committee were re elected
except that Dr. Dewitt takes the place Of MIR. Knox
deceased.