Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-08-27
NO. 2o4.
NEW ENGLAND YEARLY MEETING,

The New England Yearly Meeting of
Friends occurred at Newport, r. l., June Is,
and 10th, 1872, the published Minutes OF
which have just appeared. These indicate
eight quarterly meetings in this jurisdiction.
Vassalboro' is one and sends James Hussey,
John A. Frye, Jonathan Estes, Stephen
Jones, Jedediah j. Varney, George II. Pope,
VIM. A. Jones, Tho's B. Nichols, Eben. FRYE,
as representatives. Report was made CT eff
orts made for the benefit of the Penobscot
and Passamaquoddy tribes of Indians, schools
having been maintained and industrial advan-
| tages offered them and an amount Of money
not exceeding $4,000 vas appropriated in
the same direction, for the coming year. Fa-
vorable report was made of the school for
freedmen in Washington, d. c., the prop
erty of which, however, it was determined to
SELL The Indebtedness being 100000.
A communication was read concerning 4
petition sent by the Philadelphia Friends to
| the king Of Spain for the abolition of slavery
within his domains. The petetion met with
favorable reception, being presented to the
king at private interview by Julia L. de
Vzcurrondo, one of the honorary secretaries
OF the Abolition Society of Madrid From
Spanish paper we quote the following in re-
ference to the matter. ''From 1000 leagues
| of distance the Quakers of America address
Don Amadeo of Savoy, in order to say to him
what this gentleman knows, and no man of
respectable position doubts, that slavery is an
infamy and that it renders infamous and de-
graded the men or the nation that supports it.
Amadeo will have read this remarkable docu-
nlent anu shrugged his shoulders"
The report of the school at Providence
shows an attendance of l91 during the Au-
tumn and 10 during the Spring term. The
earnings of the school the present year are
81, ,o24, and its gross assets S4,316. Altera-
ations and improvments, however, recently
made to the amount of over $4,000, leaves
the school indebted $1,000
The following abstract is from the report Of
the Committee on Education:
Number of children between the ages
of 8 and 2l, belonging to this year
ly meeting, $50
Number of children attending school, CSC
Number attending school under aus
pices of Friends, 2Is
Number at academies or colleges not
under auspices of Friends, 40
Number of Sabbath schools under
care of Friends, 7J
Average time OF holding schools, 8 ms.
Number attending same, 2,749
g of Friends attending, LOAF
. of teachers, 253
Number of births during the year, 81
admitted by request, 2S
deceased, ll2
Whole number of Friends of N. Eng, 4,22G
The Peace Committee, consisting of Eli
jones and Abby S. Battey, reported an ex-
penditure of $2l2 in the dissemination of a
literature favorable to the principles of peace.
The Friends suffer as great many other
religious bodies do, from people sleeping in
meeting, as indicated by the following quota
ton from Estate of the Society," ''Instan-
ces of sleeping in our religious meetings, re-
ported in several of the accounts, have claim
ed our very serious consideration. While we
would cherish a tender sympathy with the
aged and those laboring under physical in
frmities, it is indeed affecting and discour-
aging to see those of full strength, in the Wig
or of life, so far forgetting the great object of
our coming together, as to suffer themselves
to sleep on such occasions"
very interesting general epistle" was
read from the Yearly Meeting held in Lon
don in 1871 and 5000 copies ordered to be
printed and distributed in this jurisdiction.