Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-01-16

UNION BETHEL CHURcH, NJ street. between
f5th and l6th.-Lecture this evening by the
Hon. John M. Langston, OF OHIO. Subject
The Emancipation OF American Cnrisuan-
ity." ........
TIE FIrTrxTH AsSIvERsARY OF THE AMIR
ICAk CoLOSIZArioH SOCIETY.-Last evening,
the hftIeth anniversary Of this society was
held az Trinity Church, Hon. ]. b. II. Latrobe
IN the chair. The annual report was read, by
which IL appears that the actaAl receipts du-
ring the year were, from doaations, SiO, 795. rs;
from legacies S37, 10 and from other sou rces,
S9.713 O.. making total Of S5S, 1885. The dis
bUrsements were as follows For support OF
ernIgrants on the passage and six months after
landing in Liberia, Si7,3sS rs; toward the pur-
chase OF the ship Golconda and fitting her for
service and for sea, Sl3,00o; for running ex-
penses of her present voy age, SS,OOO.I3, and for
other purposes, Sl7,0l3.5S, making q total OF
SS3,3i2 Accompanying the realization OF in vested
funds to meet the difference, &25 lSS. 90. Had
Al not been for temporary fund on hand the
society would have been necessarily obliged
to failts meet the increased demand upon IT.
or become seriously embarrassed. Ii now has
ship that can carry 66O emigrants at time
and can make two voyages per year; out to
enable her 10 do that at least SiOO,O00 is re-
quired
The Liberia College /. reported as doing very
well, and II is also noticed that Prof. Blyden
has learned the Arabic language at the Lyrian
Protestant College at Mount Lebanon, becsu sc,
is this language Is making rapid encroach-
ments IN Western Africa through native Ma
homedans, 10 Is becominp important 70 young
men intending TO enter the missionary work, or
residing in the interior, that they should have
some knowledge oft.
IL was hoped early in the year that suai-
Gent nm Der of applicants for passage to LII
beria would be ready TO Justify the charter OF a
small vessel for their despatch. On the lst of
May last, when the time arr we'd. the most of
them gave up the idea, and the project was
abandoned Previous to November LIST LIES
enrolled themselves to settle in Liberia, most
OF them from the Southern States, and durin z
that month about go left Charleston AT
present 6i2 are enrolled for the next VOYAGE
The report includes a concise history of the
Society. from which il appears that the Socie-
~ was founded December 2lst, 1916, and has
had Presidents, as follows I, 1917,
Hon. Busnrod Washington; January rs. 1880,
CHARLES Carroll, Esq; January ~, 1893, ex :
President James Madison; Drcem Der Is, 1896
Hen. Henry Clay; January 10, 1853, John IL .
b. Latrobe.
The total receipts of the Society have been
S2,liO,2S619, and the receipts by State organi-
cations Sil7,39923, making total of 81 551-
6o5.52. During this period the Society has sent
about 1I,OGO emigrants to Liberia ABOUT NOl
were sent Dy the Maryland Society: and the
Government has made the settlements the
asylum tor 5,722 recaptured Africans
The report closes with quite q glowing ac-
count OF the young Republic
Alter the reading OF the report, Rev Joseph
Tracey. OF Boston, reaG some very interestinp
historical accounts of the SOciety; a short ad :
dress was made by the president, MIR. L4troba;
and Right Rev. Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island.
spoke at some length on the objects Of the So.
ciety, and its results