The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-05-20

New York is now alive with preachers
and philanthropists, womens rights men,
disuhonists, and all classes who participate
in the spring anniversaries. The annual
meeting Of the American Tract Society has
attracted more attention than anything else
for the reason that an exciting anti-slavery
discussion was anticipated, BY the follow
dispatch, it will be seen that the attempts
of rtain fanatics to convert the Society
into an antislavery organization, have been
repudiated
New York, May II.
The annual meeting Of the American
Tract Society, for the transaction OF busl-
ness was held to day, at the Reformed Dutch
Church, in this city. The proceedings com
menced at nine o'clock this morning, an-l
we're Of very noisy and rather exciting
character and the slavery question gave rise
TO lengthy discussion.
The anti slavery wing Of the Society were
defeated and the Society finally endorsed
the action OF the Executive Committee aud
rescinded the resolutions passed at their last
annual meeting. with respect to the distri-
button of their tracts among slave owners.
The discussion was held till three o'clock
when the motion for sustaining the Execu'
tive Committees report was adopted by
large majority. The old Executive Com
mittee arr reelected, with the exception
that DR.. Dewitt takes the place OF Dr.
Knox, deceased The receipts Of the Soce-
ty for the year were $685. ,000-Balance on
hand S2G3. Judge Williams, Of Connects
cut, presided.
Another dispatch dated the 18th. con-
tains the following:
At the adjourned meeting Of the Ameri
can Tract Society, it was unanimously re-
solved that the fourth resolution Of the Sc
ries adopted by the society last year, should
he empbatically affirmed, and that the deca-
ration that the society ought to publish
tracts on the moral duties which grow out
of the existence Of slavery and on those
evils and vices which it Is known TO pro-
mote should be carried into effect the pres
ent year. A committee was appointed TO
arrange the details Of the action at the busi-
ness meeting to-day. The committee are
Judge Jessup, Rev. $. II. Tyng, W. X.
Gordon, Asa smith, ,. IL. Owen, j. J..
Thompson. Prof Bartlett, John Jay, W. &.
Sllliman.
CLEVELAND, ONO, has been selected as
the place for the approaching anniversary
oi the American Baptist Free Mission So
cie,y The meeting is TO take place May
26th AMI 21th.
Ar the close II Oneida Conference ofthe
Methods, Episcopal Church, he'd last week
at Cocperstown. Bishop Ames remarked
that Bishop Simpson, in letter TO him
written at Pittsburg on the sth says ]
have been able To cro-s the threshold but
twice since my return from Europe" Bishop
Amcs add,st that more recrnt Information
assured him that Bishop SIMPSONS recovery
vas very doubtful.
CoSsTpERasLg Indignation - felt 10 some
cirees In Bts,n at the exclusion of unin-
yited persons from marriage services ce'e-
bra,ed in Kings Chapel Church, Boston
1t is con,enriai that Q Christian church
shoGld b. oTen to all, and il privscys s sought
weddings can be celebrated in q priyat
house. In moet plane, the custom s ior 'be
sxton. standing a. the door. 10 direct ebaDcs
corners 10 a s,de are, and invited Tersoos u
the centre of the HoG~-
,ELDER JAoos ks,PP, the celebrated ~
viva Baptist preacher. Is aooa, 10 oecoa's