The Richmond palladium., 1873-10-11
I.aas.e Yearly Meeting.


A correspop e1S Of the Cincinnati
Times, under ntsof Oct. 6tk, his tn,
following interesting illusions to;som,
Of the prominent Friends in attend
ance at this meeting, and to the Lon
don Epistle:
At this meeting there are several
visitors present from distant parts Of
the country, as we'll as one distinguish.
ed minister from the north of Ire
land, William Green, most earnest
and efectual speaker. Thomas Kim
Der, IT., is from the Philadelphia
Meeting, and besides being man Of
large business pursuits, he is likewise
a very acceptable preacher Then
there is Caroline Talbot, of the Norti,
Carolina Yearly Meeting, woman
whose name and praise are iG ali the
churches. Her style as . preacher r
OF the highest class, and is fearless
and Candid in he. denunciations of
eyii-do;ng, both in and out of the
Chcrch, and she is tender and earnest
iii her appeals to her congregations to
accept the salvation which Christ Of
fers through her ministry. Her SER
wees seem to be very largely in de-
mand here on all occasions. for yester-
day, besides speaking at the morning
service for worship, she addressed an
immense temperance meeting at Lyce-
um Hall in the afternoon, and occu-
pied the pulpit Of one of the city
Churches Of another denomination at
night. Other leading ministers, both
members OF this meeting and visitors.
are present, but may be mentioned at
another time.
In the course of each Yearly Meet
Ing there are some two or three occa-
SONS of especial interest. One of
these is the receipt and reading of the
LONDON GENERAL EPIsTLE.
This is document which emanates
annually from the London Yearly
Meeting, body which is looked un
to and recognized as the chiefest of afl
the Friends organizations of the
world. A history Of the method by
which this epistle is prepared would
be interesting, but space can not now
be afforded. 1t may be said of Il.
however, that it is the concentrated
essence of the best thought and ex-
perience of the most learned and p;ous
Of the English Friends, and IS. in
rhetoric and logic, a model of Eng
hsh literatary work. 1t is chiefly de-
voted this year to a succinct setting
forth OF the views held by the Ortho-
dox Qnakers Of the Divinity and per-
sonal character Of Christ, and in this
regard is hailed with joy by the more
spiritual Christians of the sect as an
evidence that the wave Of increasing
spirituality which is sweeping over
the Quaker Church (as we'll as over
some other churches) in this vicinity
is also carrying its revival influences
with the mother meeting in London
which name in this connection NAV
be accepted to stand for all England.
THE QUAKER POLICY.
AT the Saturday session the subject
OF the work among the Indians was
presented and discussed.
A large part of the session was de-
voted to a consideration of the work
among the Indians, during which the
shutters which separate the men and
women were thrown open. The clerk
remarked that this was one of the
most important concerns of the society,
and one about which it was very de-
sirable that correct information should
be spread before the public.
A very interesting report was read
from the associated Executive Com
mittee Of Friends, which is composed
ofcommittees appointed by the Yearly
Meetings, from which the following |
extracts are taken:
The Indians, under the care of the |
Central Superintendency, which is |
controlled by the Orthodox Friends, !
are as follows:
: The Kickapoos, numbering 300:
Pottawatomies, numbering Al; the
Kansas or kaw tribe, numbering 600: |
the Great and Little Osagos, number
ing 5000; the Quapaw agency. num-
bering 300; the Sacs and Foxes. num-
bering 425; the Shawnees, numbering
700; the Cheyennes and Arapahoes. |
numbering 1850; the Wichita agency,
numbering ,2l6; the Kiowas, Conan
ches, and Apaches, numbering 5000.
Total, II, $50. .11.a
The last mentioned tribes have
given most trouble, but are now. i'm
proving. The delay of the govern
ment in fulfilling its agreement with
them for the release Of Satanta and
Big Tree is provoking some discon-
tent among them, and may occasion
serious trouble av6H
!. The following statistics will exhibit
the progress these Indians have made
since 1868 moro clearly than any ex-
tended account could possibly do:
Population. 1868. 1872.
Population ........,,,.. l6aH l7q7
Number of schools. Hi
lumber of pupils - los -.i l0I
Number Of teachers.. = I6
lumber OfSunday schools i'll
Areas cultivated by the est Il
andlans. ans.....:......-..........- 800 9,67l |
Wheat raised by Indians
:, ,tDusieis) .....-............-. GSS 3,24I |
Value of wheat SI,li5 s3s;7 |
,orn raised by Indians
tDushclS) clS).......-......... 3l7OO 2l4l9O
Value of corn S2IjsN slO6 ses |
bats raised by the Indians .se