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mark. AT our Union school-houSe we have
regular prayer meetings each Sabbath at four
O'CLOCK, and many from different denominations
a tend.
From another Colporeur-R Robert Jonesl
The People Accessible.-The region of coun.
ty I have travelled over is broken one, in
which there are not many shareholders. Free
l%hor only can be sustained there.
The larger part of the shareholders whom ]
I.sited were willing to talk on the subject OF
Siavery, on to which they hold against their
| etter Judgment. In a months labor, | have
tund but one STAKEHOLDER and three non-slave-
Olders who were unwilling to read. The great
iiajority of the people are accessible. Many
fields are open to the colporteur.
In what are called the mountain counties,
18th suitable laborers,. an entire revolution
tould be effected in the public mind on the
Elbject of Slavery. 1t is the great and absorb
iig topic. Now is an important time to work.
A teacher in one of the schools connected
nth the labOrs of our missionaries in Kentucky
resses upon our attention the wants of the
eople there, especially in educational matters.
We extract the concluding part of his letter
As for the willingness of the people to hear
nd to secure the advantages of education,
an only relate our experience in teaching in
his the interior of Kentucky. The school is a
ountry school, and known around as an
Abolitionist school. The attendance has been
pr the past FIVE weeks from seventy-fve to
lightly per day, and, if we could accommodate
hem, | think we would have hundred; but
4gIr school-room is now crowded. Last Satur-
day while at Richmond, the county seat for
Madison county, one Of the prominent men of
he town said to me, : | wish we could have
!ome of your good teachers to come to this
lace to teach for us. The hill country of
kentucky is open for earnest men and women
% labor. The people would respond soon
$ confidence is gained, which godly and
arrest walk would soon secure. What is
seeded, is earnest, spiritual, social, selfdenying
men and women, to show out the plan of bet
er life by practical living. We need your
prayers. Let us have them; and bestow upon
IS some of the many blessings you are favored
With IL will bring fund of happiness to your
own souls, such as few have yet enjoyed
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From the American Missionary
PROGRESS OF ANTI-SLAVERY IN THE
SOUTH.
NORTH CAROLINA -tFrom Rev. Won h.

NoRTH CARoLINA--GFrom Rev d Womb
New SALEM, Oct 20, 1858.
Again we have the soul-cbeer;ng ;nteu
gence of another gracious revival TO Announce
At one of the churches on this work. we have
just had an ingathering of thirty-three members.
IL has been time of great rejoicing. Blessed
be the God OF our fathers, he is evidently poino
before us III this work, and obstacles are falling
on either hand. The great Head of the Church
Is giving as great access to the hearts of the
people. We desire to give Him the glory"
Since the above was received we have seen
another letter from Mr.. Worth, giving a more
detailed account of the work From this it an
pears that nine of those who have Just Joined
the church at Sandy Ridge were apparently
converted III connection with other congreaa-
tons, but declined to unite with those churches
ON account of their connection with Slavery
Among the converts is one man, who. a few
years since, was engaged with mob in driving
two Christian Anti-Slavery ministers out of the
State He now appears to love the cause of
truth and righteousness as much as he then op-
posed ii.
10 the several churches to which Mr.. Worth
ministers, there have been added in all about
seventy members within the past six weeks,
and they are looking for still further manifesto
"O"S vi Oou grace In the conversion of souls.
vv>r-o II
hENrCCKY-lFrom P. H. West, Coporieur
God is still with us. The cause of Christ
and OF suffering humanity is now in a more
prosperous condition than ever before. 10
God DC All the glory. Surely He has chosen
me weak Inlngs OF this. world to confound the
mighty. The brethren have established regular
prayer meetings IN different neighborhoods,
ana the result is visible Many are inquiring,
what must l do TO be saved ?''-and mcre
heartfelt, fervent, wrestling, earnest, devotional
prayer have never known.
In many places in this field are Sabbath
schools in progress, and largely attended. !
obtained from the A. R. Tract and Book SoCie.
ty, Cincinnati, small library of Anti Slavery
books, and these are eagerly sought out, taseii.
home, and read. No one as yet objects. IL
this way parents read them, when they coald
not be induced to otherwise. Our day-schSols
are also in prosperous condition. Know O.
some ten or twelve common schools taught bI
Anti-Slavery young men, who are making their
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81 o WARD CITATION,
PHILADELPHIA.

a Benevolent Isstitution established Ly Special
Endowment for the Relief Of the Sick and
Distressed, afflicted Nth ViruIent and Epi
demic Diseases.
times of Epdemics, il is the objec OF this institution
to establish Hospitals to provide Nurses, Physicians,
Clothing, Food, Medicines &c for the sick and desui9
10 take charge ofhe orphans Of deceased parents nd TO
minister in every possible 10 The re lei or the sc
ed and the health of the public AT large his me duty
of the Directors such times visit Personely me III
eced districts aud provide and execute me ans OF
lief Numerous ply icianf, not acufg members OF the
Association usually enrol their names on It's books sub
jectto caed upon attend its hospitals tree Of charge
In the absence Of Epidemics the Directors have
horized Consulting Surgeon TO give advice and med
icaisid TO persons suffering under Chronic Diseases Of
yirulen character arising from abuse OF the physical
powers ma i reatne nj, the effects of drugs, &c.
Various Reports and Tracts the nature and treat
ment Chronic Diseases, by the Consulting Surg ON.
been published f;r graluiIous distribution and will
be sent, free of charge TO the afflicted.
Address, for reports OF treatment, DR.. George r. Cal
houn. Consulting Surgeon, Howard Association No 2
South Ninth street. Philadelphia, Penn.
By order the Directors.
ERA ID. HEARrWELL, F7ssident
GEORGE FAIRCHILD, Secretary
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Ohio receive,

The Commissioner renews the recommended
ton that time be fixed by law within which
the States claiming swamp lands shall select
and report them.
By the acts of Congress of May Is and L.,
June 3, and August, 1856, and March 3, 1857,
grants of land for railroad purposes we're made
to Iowa, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Wiscon-
SIM Michigan, Mississippi, and Minnesota. The
lines Of roads are described in the acts, and the
alternate sections, within six miles of each side
thereof, are granted, with the right of selecting
within the limit of fifteen miles, other lands in
lien of those which the United States NAV have
sold, or otherwise disposed of, within the six
miles limit
With the exception of two of the roads, the
States have accepted the grants, the surveys of
most the roads have been made, and reported
to the General Land Office, and the work con
nected with the adjustment of the grants assign
ing to the States the granted lands, and restor-
ing to market the reserved Government lands
is rapidly PROGRESSING
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Making a total of

Making total of 100000
The report presents no estimate of the lands
granted to the Southern Minnesota and Transit
Railroads, the maps being incomplete and not
finally acted upon.
Amendments of the prescription laws are
recommended, with view to uniformity, in the
system, and made to settle disputed rights and
to terminate controversy in litigated cases.
The adjustment of the Fox and Wisconsin
River Improvement Grant in the State of Wis
consin, is nearly completed.
The area inuring to the State and her grant
ors is 684, 269 acres.
Under the grant for the improvement of the
Des Moines river, the State of Iowa has realized
725, 283, 92 acres. 3
The question whether she is entitled to addi-
tional lands, and if so, to what quantity,
depends upon the opinion of the Attorney
General
Land officers will be discontinued in districts
where but few of the lands remain unsold.
In Minnesota, surveys have been reported
during the last fiscal year of 2,OOO,O 900 acres
During the year ending September 30, 1853,
10000; over 100000 acres have been survey
ed in Kansas and Nebraska-which, with prior
surveys, make 100000 surveyed, and ready
for market.
By the LIST of July next, these surveys will
have reached 2O,0OO,OOO acres.
In New Mexico the surveys have gone up to
$4,000 acres.
No surveys have taken place in Utah, the
Surveyor General having abandoned his post.
Surveys in California for the year ending
Sept. 80, 1858, cover 100000 acres, making
the aggregate ofsurveys in that State since 1851
$4,000 miles, or nearly 24,0OO,0OO acres.
In Oregon, 100000 acres have been surveyed
during the last year, and the Commissioner calls
particular attention to the necessity of extin-
gushing the agricultural interest of the Hudson
Bay and Puget Sound Companies.
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of national harmony and the friends of the
Union In the South who are opposed to the
present corrupt and despotic Administration.
may be able to contribute. Rrt, e !. were GER
| tain that not single electoral vote could be re-
lied on in single Southern State, still it will
be none the less necessary to organize strong
| minority party in every State in the South.
And why? Because of the moral strength and
support they may bring to the Executive to be
chosen by the Peoples party, and the Admin
istration of the Government under his auspices.
Because for them we may, and probably shall,
have the battle of THE UNION to fight, in case
the party now in power are deprived of the spoils
of office. No matter who may be the standard
bearer of the Peoples party in l860-no matter
whether ne be from one section or another-he
will certainly be denounced throughout the
South, by the party in power as an abolition
asst, just as Gen. Harrison was in 1910, as Mr.
Clay was in 1874, as Gen. TAYLOR was in l848,
as Gen. Scott was in 1852, as Mr. Fillmore was
IN 1856. And / consider it just as certain that
IN case OF the election of the Peoples candidate
the flag of disunion will be raised by portion
OF the Locofoco party throughout the entire
south. When they present that issue under the
flag of the Union, we will meet them, and under
that flag whip them. This battle we may have
to fight on Southern ground and under the in
may be enabled to do this successfully, let our
Northern friends bear in mind that we must
have conservative ground on which to stand,
conservative principles to rally our forces
around. In other words, if the Peoples party
OF the North is a conservative party, as under
stand it to be--if it is national in its aims and
obJects--if it discourages sectional strife, and
recognises and contends for the harmony of in
terests of the various portions of our Confed-
eracy-I hazard nothing in saying that the con-
sentative men of the South will struggle to put
it in power, and will preserve and defend the
Union under its Administration.
. Please pardon me, gentlemen, for this long
and rambling letter. feel so deep an interest
in the movement that promises to deliver the
country from its present unfortunate and peril
Gus condition, that j could not refrain from ex-
pressing my views of its mission, and my hopes
for its success.
" am, with great respect, gentlemen your
obedlent servant, X. RAYNER.
NessrS. Willidm r. McClees, Joseph
Pyle, Samuel F. Belts Committee,
WlI1nlNOfOn DeI0,r0re "
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Very few lands have been offered for sale
during the period of the report. The wish to
sell for cash, and far as possible relieve the
Treasury, was outweighed and overcome by the
desire on the part Of the Executive to deal in
the most liberal manner with the settlers on
the public lands.
1t was impossible for them to raise money to
pay for their lands during the financial pressure
of the last year, except upon the very hardest
terms; and rather than embarrass, and in some
instances destroy the settlers, it was decided to
postpone the public sales in Kansas, Nebraska
and Minnesota. Under the act of 1919 and
1850, granting the swamp and overHowed land
to the States within which they are situated,
there have been selected and reported to the
General Land Office So l29, 1872 3 acres; upon
which patents and lists having the effect of
patents have been issued for 36,O86, 1884
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THE FREE AND SLAVE STATES.
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water of life, faith.-Nrs. Jameson.