The Portland daily press., 1869-05-25

May Anniversaries.
[speclaI Dlspatch o the prcss.l !


Especial Dispatch to the Prcss.l
BOSTON, May 24-The regular anniversary
season was coldy ushered in by a small audi
enee at School Street Church last evening"
Dr.-miner delivered the annual address before
the American Peace Society, explanatory of
and defending its work. He thought the Uni
ted States could afford to wait for settlement
of the Alabama claims until Eng land acknowl-
edged their justice. The Young Mems Chris
tian Association celebrated its eighteenth an
nversary at the fremont Temple The annual
reports show that during last year, 1900 deyo-
tonal meetings were held; 300 persons sup
piled with employment; 245, 900 tracts dstrib-
uted, and that there is balance of S1077 in
the treasury. DR.. Frederick r. Lees. we'll
known for his prominent advocacy of the tenn
perance and other reforms in England, was
greeted with public reception at Music Hall.
Hon. Henry Wilson presided, and addresses
were made by Mr.. William Lloyd Garrison,
Dr. Lees and Gen. Neal Dow. The recent
visit OF Gen. Dow to England had impressed
him with the necessity for immediate and Wig
orous action on the part of the temperance
men. Public sentiment he thought, had un-
dergone a radical change and the current was
setting strongly in favor of reform. A few
strong blows, dealt in earnest and with will.
are needed to demolish the citadel of strong
drink
THE MASSACHUSETTS BIBLE SOCIETY
neid IFS sixtieth annual meeting to-day, and
reelected its board of officers unanimously
The society issued 45,O27 copies of the Scrip
lures, last year, 1404 of which were in foreign
languages Of the remainder, there were dis
tributed gratuitousy 9915 volumes. Rev. A. |
M. Osgood reported S04 families in Essex
county and Dr. G. B. Beane 48O families in the |
city Of Newburyport, who had been found des-
titute of the Bible. The finances of the society
are in a very satisfactory condition The re-
ceipts last year were $34,253.34; expenditures,
$32,05428; leaving balance of $1,000 o6 in the
treasury. The Society for Promoting
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE AND PIETY,
at its meeting this forenoon, voted an appro-
pration for the purchase of books for needy
students at Antioch College. Addresses per-
tinent to the occasion were made by Rev. Drs.
Thompson and Newell and Others DIR. Thomp-
son was elected President, and among the
trustees are Revs. Edward Everett Hale and
Rufus Ellis. This society is sixty-four years
old.
THE sEAMAN's FRIEND SOCIETY.
organized for the better protection of those who
go down to the sea in ships held very tbinlv
attended meeting in the afternoon. For forty
one years this society has been steadily in
creasing in numbers and good works, until
. now it has become one of the most cherished
Boston charities Mr. Henry Edwards was
elected President, which was the only change
in the board of officers. The receipts last year
were $6075.15; payments, $7017. 49, The bal
ance ($942 73) was generously advanced by and
is now due to the Treasurer. The Society for
AIDING DISCHARGED coNvIcTs
elected DR.. Samuel G. Howe for President
and Edward e. Hall for treasurer. The re-
ceipts last year were $7519 So and the expendi-
lures $131s07, leaving handsome balance in
the hands of the Society. Rev. Edward Ev-
erett Hale addressed the meeting, narrating
some very interesting episodes Of his history in
connection with State prisons Mr.. Gideon
Haynes, who has been called "the model
Warden of the country" followed Mr. Hale,
starting with the assumption that nineteen
out of every twenty persons discharged from
penal institutions 60 away with the intention
OF thereafter leading an honest and industri-
GUS life. Mr.. Haynes went ON to say that the
carrying out of evil resolutions depended al
most altogether upon the manner in which
the convict was treated by the world around
him. Society should lift man up and care
fully shun any action which looks in the
slightest degree towards orowding him down
Mr.. Haynes combatted the general idea that
convict labor is injurious to the workingman
ldleness he deemed greater foe to the peace
OF society than industry. A good trade is
passport to responsibility, and who is there
that needs such an introduction more than he
whose life record has nothing on its pages Of
which he can be proud. Other addresses were
made by George b. Emerson, Esq, and Edw.
X. Whipple. Mr. Emerson directed the bur-
den OF his remarks against the modern method
of educating school girls. He thought that
its great mistake was in providing luxuries for
the cultivation of the mind instead of neces-
saries for the development of the body. Latin
and French he deemed poor substitutes for
knowing how to scour floors and to roast
joint of meat. Mr.. Emerson's views, coming
from teacher of forty years standing, are
certainly of q very remarkable nature.
IN THE EVENING
A public meeting of the friends of the Bald
win Place Home for Little Wanderers was
held in fremont Temple. This institution is
designed for the temporary care OF destitute
children, especially those who have been
thrown upon the charity of the world by the
misfortunes of their parents. Its work and its
results were explained by several able speak
ers, and an urgent appeal was made for tenn
poral means to sustain the enterprise. The
institution is now in a very flourishlng condi-
tion, doing an immense amount Of good in q
quiet and unassuming manner
THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY,
Organized for the purpose of assisting young
men to obtain an education for the ministry
met at Mt Vernon Church. Rev. Seth Sweet.
sir was elected President and the annual dis
course was delivered by Rev. DR.. Leonard Ba-
con, of New Haven. The receipts last year
were 500 43010; payments, $2S, ,155. 79; balance
in the treasury, $1274.31. There were 351
young men assisted in 20 institutions and e5
new applicants have been received.
TOMORROW,
the American Unitarian, Congregational and
Revival Society and trustees Of Tufts College
will hold their annual meetings, and in the
evening the New England Woman's Suffrage
Association will present its claims before the
public at the fremont Temple. A. G.. I'll.