New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-21

anne nm for sdoprion yesterday. hut on Dr. ham.
s,p,s motion, in which DR.. D1cksy ooncurreos ~
xas made a standing order for $3.50 a. ~ "
day. IL is known that the leaders OF tne OF
oosins forces-those who defend the Board ana
those who charge its management Win ~
Hciency-are in consultation, and eompion IN
win no doubt be the result OF the many hiena's
conferences that have been held
PROGRESS OF THE WORK.
Dr. John T. Magil. Of Fairfield, Iowa, tne ehsh.
49, - .ha s,andinr Committee on Missions ior
Freedmen, read the report In wheh he oa"
MANY things iead doubly 10 impress . 10 VIZ" nrgaai
ssn Ths Is Insrsss mot On many and s5e ~
but there IS an intensity IN ihen e 10 Inv Their IN
The SSTisi ns;5Ss ~ TfS Cnuh in tho orsannS
lion OF thb department qua me- duty but endsSv
Ssd 10 accept INC chaiienge Of OoHs pL0sei" his
discharge az separa" ,dm ~ 10 nov time Ia the history
q, his work when tho em6arrasment ie SSsIi be SO
novelty ought s 70 &C. Conceptions se Of uSe abiding pnc
Dies Of Christian life Is to secus !uS ,S,'ShSs
fspomi,SSnaf cur pnGic life Theio Is rosessness
in tie minds Of the people lse ' maj a. In such
t IN Sensra, the work of the board has PROGRESSED
,ea,yssS have been started of whom ZOE are col
osod Of ordained ministers there arc il0' Of whom
sa 1a sr g. 'G daring hS last Year being o.
SiSs,aso 3s. Besides this, the freedmen have gwen
sS,, yS.nf ui pTspS''' e IND the Ii:
board grateful acknowlcagment Of o The slf N OF
sSnrrh nroperty of the value Of 10000 by. mr:
hnSTn1 Ferguson coored man, for the benefit OF
Knox Church Of Louisville Ky, OF T SS q, Goo by
iss Ho James Mcmillan Of Detroit Mich for tho
sSHnS and the s RsG ps St ssG the work
:, The board has in charge slsl2o OF
permanent s i0 ,s less each Of day schools and Sab
hs,h schools this year than last We are iniormedi
tSst tho decrease in the latter has cansgn
inc caDpsetcn with the schools already give Grsy,ps
results and reasons to expect gSd 81 Tho arts of
civilization gTs hi! Kind Of training not only for or, the
personal advantage OF the people 10 ,bs most potent
nsmentacs for the purifying Of the sSa sSSesc
k.ySps that S siSss9 among Rq'Gs them
benetacon and Is lmRcraa nTiS, toE the household
men s are eep sss%oms TO Ra
house great good viii have been u9pe one Schools under
ss esrc Of the board are the as last year win
he addition Of the Industrial Academy oresnfen nS
oss mn ShO SsTus Ssi OF nnSSF nDyer re
department Of work for freshmen unu uo r Missions
tSsrs has been gain In contributions IN inc Tnr
rSuons directly 60 the board here has GeeI ne sscs
Year more than o0eha in during So the lSS'
month Tho schools under thclr care are rbarrassed by
~. want of suitable houses and In some msrSnvS e
the lives Of teachers are endangered oS inc sSuo
Attention was then called to tile sad oonu't.on
OF the family life, especially OF the women anu
1-,s OF the colored people OF the South whion
ia 10, mil to move the hearts and hands of
the women Of our churches the commlr'ce sni"'
a, they cond but know It, No one woum Vneh
msre0ard their necessities did they know the
.viditv with which they seize upon any token
Of ympathy and help. Work is In progress III
nine of the Southern States and the ihuiah
Territory The ministers as rule are gooo
and able men There has been marked advance
IN church life and church extension twenty
new men are going into the work TINS spring.
At the close Of the war there were 4,ooo'oVo OF
the colored people. The number is pfoonoV
doubled now. The younger generation Is less
aoe,ls than the older, and iIliteracy is on the
increase in the States where the most OF mem .t
live. These are the recommendations that the
committee urged and those adopted after several
addresses had been made:
3, that we gratefully recognize the good hand OF
cod IN loading forward the work OF the Church by
the ministry Of this board 20 such O peD
diversity OF opinion as to matters OF administration,
there IS Substantial agreement oH 70 sns IN
order to meet our share OF The responsDtss ne
has put upon u.s. ToTdne for the coord peope the
only kind OF instruction and training that VIII NJ thom
3. Thai We commend the progress made by the
board toward higher degree Of perfection in the or
Fled forward 80 that IL may be able to meet all rea
sonsble demands as 70 business methods. This We
can the moro cheerfuly do inasmuch tho incidental
occasions Of restraint seem 70 be passing away.
3; That we commend this board 70 all our people
20 which Cod in peculiar circumstances, has called
I'll s PSPs q s land and md qs them BY all the
take his part, assuring them Of solemn conviction
only IL. OF sHS Of
BY the help OF Cod be made worthy Of the high ma
a.. That wo again advise all our people IS far as
rractiesdle to make their contributions 10 this work
likely TO have better facilities for decision In such
matters than those Of us who have lesS opportunity
TO take into Wow the wants Of the whole field.
5. That We arc glad that the board has an estab-
hshed permanent hlnd though yet II Is but small,
o Tnst We sdyse as far as practicable that this
having confidence their sSR % G sSprSese Il
peculiar sSSSSer Of As I'd rs00nPsA ss Ting; for
women and girls Of families assuring them that these
ras ia. 70 nsg Be 1dD. y for Ss4 even the H
That the term of scrvioe OF the following members
%ssnf S q R The SSSr
T. Purves and MessrS Robert G. rotten and s. P.
reelected 10 serve for another term, as provided n
the constitution Of the Board.
ADDRESSES IN SUPPORT OF THE BOARD.
DR.. X. IL. Allen. who has been the secretary OF
the Freedmen's Board for o number Of years,
showed, when he rose 70 speak in behalf OF his
work among the colored people that his manage.
ment under criticism He said more than
once that this was perhaps the last time he should
ever appeal 10 a General Assembly in the Official
position OF secretary. He referred TO the fact
that he came from q slavehohing family. His
grandfather, hts father and himself had owned
slaves. From this fact he felt that he wos capabl,
Of knowing the needs Of the negroes,
TNr Ia IA ale e{<tu- ninth and ar haav
engaged in home mission work for more than forty
years. Previous TO that time he had been ad
nitted to the bar in st. Louis, In his impressive
almost pathetic. address yesterday he said that tn
eoloted people could not be ignored in this coun
try; IL could no longer be said that they coulC
not be taught The contrary had been show
by them in the last twenty-five years. They wcr