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(COAiAlUSiCATED.
Thirty-Fifth Anniversary.

(COMMUNiCATED.)
Thirty-Fifth Anniversary.
(rhe following, communication should have
appeared i'll our paper, few weeks since. but
it has lost none of it's interest from the dclay.)
The AJbcville District Bihle Society met OH
Anniversary, 2Sth July, in the Methodist
Church. The meeting called to order by
the President, and opened by prayer by DIR.
L. +. Pressly.
Tha Recording Secretary. W.. NJ. IIadien,
Esq, having removed from the District on mo-
tion, }. NJ. Perrin. Corresponding Secretary,
acted in his place.
According to appointment Rev. J. !. Bon
ner preached the Anniversary Sermon, and DIR.
J. f. Livingston the Anniversary Orator, de-
livered chnste and appropriate address.
s Reports of officers being called for tho Cor
responding Secretary read the Annual Report
of the Board . Directors, which was received,
and ordered to be filed.
The Treasurer nnL Librarian read his report,
and it appearing thcrefrom that his vouchers
had been destroyed by tho latc fire, motion,
his Report was approved, received and order
ed to be filed.
Delegates from the following Auxiliary So
! cictics appeared and enrolled their names:
Lebanon Bible Socicty-ltov. J. +. Gilbert
| DR.. John $. Reid.
Grccnvillc Church Bible Society-Col. Sam'l
DonnalL, Dr. X. y. Archer.
| Greenwood Bible Socictv--Rrv. Jno. Nc.
| Lees, Gen. james Gillam, W. \. Blake
| C"kcsbury Bible Socicty-Rev. J. ". Wight.
man, Rev. G. II. Round.
| Reports from these Auxiliary Societies were
heard, and received MS information.
! The Treasurer acknowledged the receipts Of
the following sums as donations:
From Grcenvillc Church Bible Society, $40 90
| " Lebanon l0 90
! :" bethlehem Church %
= Wilmington Church Sd
! " Greenwood a" :;5 On
ii. W lawson 5 90
! And also the following SUMS to he expended
, in Books for the Societies which have advanc
: cl them:
From Cokcsbury Bible Society, $40 90
" Greenvill, Church, II 90
| On motion of Rev John McLecs, the Trcasu
rcr was directed to aid to the $50. 90 donation
from Greenwood bible Society, the sum Of 81 ),
| 90, and transmit tho amount to the Parent
! Society as further installment in making the
! President Of the Society Life Director OF the
American Bib. Society.
! Rev Mr.. i. \. Boles, Agent Of the Ameri
can Bible Society. being present, asked to
| sit MS Corresponding member.
| The President read Il letter from Rev. ii. r.
Sloan, giving satisfactory reason for his alb
sencc, and m interesting detail of ",hc Explo-
I 4 -, r r,
Springs and Lower Long Cane of the tract o
! country embraced with their territorial lin
its'-nnI it appearing that tlerewere mum
Der Of families in thi section OF country who
were destitute of the Bible, OH motion of Hon.
D. l.. Wardlnw, it was
Rrsoircd, That Rev II. T. Sloan have leave
to draw from the Society go Bibles and Testa
ments ifso many be necessary to supply tn,
deficiency mentioned i'll his letter.
1t appearing from statement of the Treasu
rer that he had from time to time transnttc.
the donations Of this Society to the Parent So
cietv, through Rev. +. 4. Bolles. the Agent, o
otherw ise as suited his convenience, on mo
tion it
Resolred. That his acts in this respect b,
approved, and that in future ho be rcgucste,
to pursue like course.
Tne Librarian having reported that in th
late destructive fire, most Of the Books of th
Society having been destroyed on motion q
DR.. J. J. Warllaw, the Directors were ordcre,
from the funds i'll hand to rcplensh the Ii
brnry, and the Corresponding Secretary wa
directed to inform the Parent Society why W,
were deprived ofthc pleasure of making t,
, that Snc at rSuu1 ANIMAL ,}nnnrinp
On motion of Rev. c. Murchison,
Pcsolrcd, That the thanks ofthis Society b.
rendered to Rev. j. l. Bonner, for his elogucu
and able sermon. and to DR.. J. F. Lvngsto,
for his very appropriate address.
On motion Of Rev. j. Bonner, the Dircc
tors Of the Society were required to report a
the next annual meeting whether it is expedi
ent to alter the Constitution of this Society, B.
as to hold the:annual meeting at different part
Of the District, holding the annual meeting a
different parts of the District. holding the an
nual meeting at the village only once in thre
years.
The Society then proceeded TO tho election
Of officers and the following were elected:
THOMAS c. PERRIN. Esq, President.
a Giles, Rev. james Moore, H. a Jones, d.
E. +. Pressly and Rev. +. A. Hoyt, Vice Pres
dents.
Rev. J. F. Gilbert. Rsv. w. r. IIemphil
Hon. D. l.. Wardlaw, L. a. Conner, S. Donna
ly, Rev. IL. II. Sloan, Il. Dcvlin j. II. Latime,
Rev. G. W. IIuckabee, Jas Drennn, Rev.
Lindsay, DR.. J. f. Livingston, DR.. g. W. Press
ly, James CLAN, DR.. N. Harris, DR.. r. G. Grici
W. Il. Jones' Rev. c. Murchison Directors.
James 81. Perrin, Corresponding Secretary
, r. II. Wardlaw, Treasurer and Librarian
R. A. Fair, Recording Secretary.
On motion the Society adjourned.
JAMES NJ. PERRIN. Sec'y.
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