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bsUndher; *"'/"V^d ?hieb fear Wmt to her feet. " <l"kt*ns*dy-drew out his pit OTaZL lud tfasba" pieroci thr?|h the hnun ?f S'l'lbMS ear .f tto u,?uJ?r. An.l Uart?f St ??! ? *? Pu,n? ?L10^ J^LZ' Z Si f."her life?dearvr to hac th? ?lberty-|od ?he rfui iu tlmnk God in Canada (Ckiwi) When the Srtfesk'new tbat sueb deads were t*iug cons antiy J -ns. !.,< Imm did they e?ect th*lr platform, Mid not le-s tiey rush to the 1*>1U <0 irainta'n it. k.' ?uUi v?u <lo it/ You know why yen du. and if y?"i lo?k forward to the future *?'u ?ee U>at jour children's cbild-en uiu? ?* J S^WlK?ttb*-*. at ^T-5--dffa 4,-ads ? be* fathere have done Ihe wiir J ?M?; ?*?* ^!^d"?^thrti>?h the cooatry, ?3f 4one, were gamg ?P *u' do" eir suffrages. While *h*a?VaW*? SJ Church we, the |NkM?el T*tfcSr ally- Trie Congregation il minis. *?!"?,. the ^ame "'onth of Juu*' '? MT'iBuU I" J mesd tiie table of communion: and when Jf *? ?Bd, iPTme o'e to spread the Dread and wine JJ"> !??. tbe verv nun who c?me a delegate from mantle gory with the blool of luvss ind ... <>??* put in a protect agaiiwt this. Aad *? ..fc,,) tan such a ehurch be the church or <">"1 Tt?>sld "Oh. je are infidels " But we answer, K all t? LtdZh if TOU ples-e, but oh e%? not yourselves ttdttiane " tThat ma ter to us if we are driven from one eity and cannot liud a refuge in the other?we will still find buiran ears to hear u*,a?d human hearts to (eel for the slave. It was said of Wdberfbtca, that he west up to the throne of <joU with a milium broken fet tors in^is haDd ax the evidence of a li'e well spent Let It^be our efforts to do ,o likewise [ rhe closa of Mus tHone'k addiess wan *iueb?applauded. J The Chairman next introduced Mr. WraoEU. Phil ? ?f llo?tOQ who sddreooed the assembly as follows : t ii h "e utmost s.ncerity, that so far as the Maverv Society is concerned, there la no necessity *atf?b^S this audi.nee. and 1 think it almost a waste of time that I should spread either facta or argu ments before an intelligent American audienee.ln the twen tveecond y*ar of the Anti-Slave ryPoci.ty. The motto of our arnn in tnif city ia.-Without concealment?without com ?remiee." I read with great ?atia?aetioa some of the i pooch es with whieh our fait hi ul friend Mr Hale was received in Ho..ten and yet it seems to me that the tone with which that meeting addre??ed the American public should be ?listinet from that with which we should address it. They are full of hope?we are not. They can call this a glorious llrion May my tongne cleave to the roof of my mouth before 1 call it a glorious Union. (Applause and hisse* ) Two aoyclivts distinguish them from ua. With them the Vnion is glorious?with us it is accursed. With the n the character of Washington is heroic; and with met dare not thank tiod for giving him to ne. (Great histes ) Do \ou suppose that the brutal flareholder could ever have sustained slavery in this country till the year 1863? Do vou inppote that profligate piiests could have dragged slavery behind ih* sltar f No. She would liave sunk a hinting and a shaiEe were it not that she hid herself behind the great proportions of Washiugton's name. (Hisses ) It is beeawte Americans dare not call things by their rigi.it name, it is because we lite the great names of the pre sent and the past; it i* hectare that we spread a beauti ful mist before the Union?that idol which we worship that slavery (.till continues. It is to tear away the veil from the American eyes that the objeet of this society is. Our friends tell us that the Union must be pre.-erved; it is a part of the^oil?a part of the blood?not to be spoken of. much 1pm abjured. I do not deny that It has some merits?but to had Nero. A rose bush was planted on his tomb some months after his death?planted by some Roman to whom hi- life was not an unmitigated tyranny.^ The pulpit, with only here and there an exception," If it spesks freely, speaks it.-elf out of its pulpit. The press that livs on the popular voice and reflects it, what is it f Pro slavery. Iree speech is ouly to be bought here at the price of martyrdom. It is with win I have a-ked the tenants of country pulpits to preach an anti slavery sermon, knowing that if they obeyed me they obeyed me at the oacrifloe of the bread of their children. Yon send your delegates to the June Anniversaries of Lcvdon? tbey will be hissed there. Our religion is ever a butt. There is an American religion, distinct from Christianity. This is a glorious Union ! We can aot reprint an Euglish book without expurgating It. Your Bible Boeiety dare not offer a Bible to having a drop of black blcod In his veins. 'Tis a glorious Union. Ftc* speech! Men walk about, and S-? not tell their names, and that's your glorious Union. The man who stands under the shadow of the Union is bound to think it a good establishment, but we wash our haads of it. The only platform we' stand on ia this: our religion is this where there is ntither male nor female, African or Anglo Saxon, bond of free. (Applause^) The Fugitive Ave law in some sense has suooeeded, because it has crushed in some pulpita the riaiflg sense of aati-slavery principles. It is no occasional, or temporary expedient; it is the foundation corner of this Union. When we picture the Italian we do so with his One arts. The Greek is described with his severe and classic beauty ; *nS England comes to us in the names of Hampden and Sydney; and when the European, either with his pencil or pen, ?ii'hen to picture America, now does he do it ??witk s slave on the one side and the slaveholder and scourge on the other. Over the world there is no other emblem to this glorious Union, than the slave whip. Cm you object to the picture f Which of the last seven Presidents ?an yw? admire t We hare but ore book that we have ?ontributed to the literature of the world, ani every re spectable newspaper, and every conservative pulpit, de Clares it a libel. There is many a man who weeps over Uncle Tom tnd swears by the Hkrald. (Laugh ter and cheers.) But you know, and I know, that the goveiiteg miad oi this eountrv is not in the Lulpit ncr in the editor's chair?It is in the count ig house We are a commercial people, and that by the nobility which the possession < f wealth creates. The ?ousting houte U the real great representative of the sentiment of the country. If we cannot play on a flute wo can say, with Pericles, we know how how to make a wilderness hlotsom with fertility. Do these merchant princes report progress on Uncle Tom!1 Why, they sell tkeir principles at the same time tbat they sell their goods; or rather they sell their good# and throw their principles In to swell the bargain. (Applause.) We cone up here on these anniversaries not for argument but merely fcra word. We come amid this Babel of piety in the May week.andwewriteon your walla our old motto: ?'Immediate and oomplete emancipation of the slave." But what la slavery, and how is It supported ? Some uien think it is supported by the New Testament and the Bible. Nonsenee. Dr. Spring will pray quietly enough the moment pro slavery becomes a losing question. (Histes and applause.) rind me a balance on the wrong fjj* of the ledger, and I will show you that scores of doctors of divinity will find out that Onesimus was not a ?lave. (Laughter.) It iB our iuty to sho* that the Christiaaity which the Puritans left us is a Christianity which does not yeil its cieet before a hundred thousand slaveholders and two hundred millions of dollars. Toe Kev. I>r. Rogers, of our city, published a sermon, in which he tola us it was our duty to obey the Fugitive EJave law, right or wrong, and that In the first centuries of Christianity they obeyed the laws. Taus, then, you will find according to Dr. Rogers, that our Divine Master and ?leven of his disciples died violent deaths for obeyiug the law. And this is the ecclesiastical learning of Dr. R"g*rs ! Point me to the page of hi?tory on which such a fast stands as that of three millions of slaves kept in bond age by thirty thousand slaveholders. What keeps them in slavery? The Union does. I would turn the Southern bankrupts out from the shelter of the national roof But we reiuler it possible for the South to keep three Millions of Igaorant toiling slaves in the nineteenth cen tury Disunion would turn them out to pay their owo debts; aad 1 ray that dUi'nivn is the slave s beet hope, planting the cannon of self-intereet on -is p-ui. Now, you may thiwk that whtn we talk of the Union being a ?urse we are talking fanaticism. No, we are simply talk ing commercial truth. Could England have kept Ireland where she U were it not that her people were kept in ignorance by Catholicity? frlavery, ta;renched in dollars ud cents must be attacked by the same weap ids and tools. You may ridicule our ideas as mad now, but wheu the South has girdled the Gulf with slave States?when she has bought or bullied Cuba into the Union?when she thinks she can stand alone?then the proposition may couie from the other side. You knew that it is idle to speak with the slave interest?you know there is neither public opinion nor principle enough In the Union to oppose the annexation of Mexieo and Cuba. I met a gentleman the other day who asked me If them was to spirit in New Lacland te oppose this, and I told him of Dr. Spring be ing afraid to pray, and of I r. Deway wanting to get rid of bis mother. (Applause and hisses.) For ones, I have the audience with me?seine of you are applauding me and the rest hissing Dr. Deway. (Laughter.) It is P-LH that slavery will be gradually annihilated?that Kentucky will abolish slavery, and that other gtatee will follow its example; and, if this were M you will have slavery dying for ceaturies. But }t will still be spreading southward, and, like the Dutchman's coat, what will be eat off ihe collar will be appended to the tail. (Laughter.) If we shall ?vor abolish slavery we owe it to the Ilampdens and the ihdneys, ihe Cromwell*, and the men of the Mayflower. Your system is to be gradual. Yes, and in the meantime ?our counting houses will be just as servile, the pulpits just as timid, and the newspapers just at pro-slavery. We live in a land where newspapers make Presidents. We live la a land where the Hnuui makes the law. fCheers and laughter.) Now I would fain make it possible for Daniel Webster to be an hone.t man. (Hisses.) (God gives us great men, and we take and sacnise them. I hate this Union because it does not let as bury any of our greatest men except in tears. (Hisses.) Our great man?I say it not reproachfully, I ?m an American?oh, no' thank tiod. I am a Massachu setts man. (ili?*?-s.) An American in Europe is a walk log apology. (Hisses.) It is ea^y to hiss it in the city of New York, but it is hard to meet it in the streets of Murope. It is nevettlieless true tbat all over Europe an American has nothing to do but to explain an 1 apologise. O'Conaall dldn t shake hands with an American until lie told him what Mate he was from This country makes it almost the business of our lives to explain. And that's Er glorious Union?none of mine. 1 would not acknow e glorious a country which rendered it almost impos ? for great men to lead symmetrical lives. With us se flagrant are the evils of our great men a examples, that their epitaphs must be examples to those who .come after th*m. And that's your Union. I would make the nervine of the State prlrately honorable. The service of the State now is private dishonor?private infamy. And yet how shall men stand before their wives and children, and practise at horns the lessoss tbey give from the fo rum. Call slavery something else? slavery, piracy, adul ten?and we will recognize its deformity. I would, there fore, break up all these national arrangements. My pro blem is, that we want men as disinterested as the apos tles to put down slavery. We cannot war against two thou sand millions of dollars, and Gardner Spring in the pulptt. It was not Daniel Webster's fault that lie acted as he did. God made him as good as any of us, but he sunk before temptation: and jou sunk ns low as he when you wor ?hipped and iddlixed him. fivery time I have alluded to Dr. Spring, you have hissed me Thi existence of such a monster is not my fault nor that of the Anti-Slavery Association. It la tne fault of your schools and oounting bosses; I say, given a Wall street committee and Dr. Gardner Spring In the pulpit, and the qroblem is to mske twenty millions o# people tqual in honesty to the Apostles. How sooa can It be done? ' These be thy gods, O Israel." (I sogbter.) That Is your religion. (Hisses ) Hiss it, cer tainly. There was a Greek, who was not a Phidias nor PramltelM, aad ha painted something which he got a ?reek slave by Ma side ta declare a horse And so ynu describe a eowtampllble tlmexerver as a Doctor of Dt trinity or a politician. (Laughter ) I would move as my pfMhrtkMi thi*? Resahrsd. TTiat ww reaffirm our old principle ' Irnme dtate aad unconditioned emancipation of the slave and we also iwBfai ear conviction the* there ;s no probability for that except by thu dissolution of the Union and tbe 1 recocstituU4.n of ib? American church. An old lad} h?*m advanced to the foot of th? platform, ami in a ix i.6>>utial tooe Mr GMrlsns that she j had Wn M?ieui>K U -er^cus nn<l spee^ei <m tbe sub- j 1 j?et of for the last ten years, but had gHer heard , to tinea sermon as that jast. JEulveied by Mr Ptaillis*. I oud calls wt hare matte fat ''Bee-W*?"Btecher," j and. in re?(on>e to I be invi'atten of the Chairman, ilrv Ukhuv Waki> bnoniiu came <<D tli?* platform. and addressed the meMiag:?I cauuot, he said, agree with uiy , fiitLd Mr. Phillip-. 1 am ui' re hopeful peihaps than he. I ! iio-.rte to myself the Idea of a country not having , forever this plague spot upon it. 1 am ashamed, that wi'h our principle# and our religion, .-Invery should liave grown not ax a fungus but an an oak, and I cannot believe that it will continue for ever so. I do not know, however, but that if tbe Union ?an split in two. and one half was f:ee from finery. I would pie^-r that half ten tlioumi *il tiu>e> to tbe whole Ii it wron* t"> i ine to ay, that if the choice dm given tome, that in iifty year-i slavery should tie de-tio\ed by money, or that it should be destroyed in se\enty liie jran bv Chiistianityy?is it rr >ng for "ine to ?ay that I would ra'Tbcr wait for twenty live yt ars longer? < hristianitj in libei ty, for there is no liberty in nartli or l heaven but that shieh stand- io love. And tiod is love, and Cirstiaiity in love. 1 bi.ve a courage which is not | of roan in this legurd. I believe tlitre is growing up a ! purer spirit of Cbri-tianity than that which we hare ex | 1 eniDC 'l in tbiseountrv. The audience, on the conclusion of VCr. Beecher s re ' marks, cried 'or "Poiiglaa"?"llougUs !" Mr. Keftiuuck Dooouw, in acknowledgement of the , rill, came forward to a<Mre>s the meeting. He said?I j rejoice that thin society has again taken ilt place iu this j city among the ami i versa lies of the month, and 1 re , gaid this as an eamett of the future triumph of our ; cause. For my part, I feel a little of the hopeful rod fear ful. It seems to me that the slave power of tbe country ; baa fixed upon a definite policy. They have determined j to suppress the freedom of speech?they have determined I on the expatriation of every free colored man and worn in : from tbe United states?and they have determined on making slavery respectable throughout the Union. It j seems to me Mr. Phillips is right when he tells you that ? the Fugitive ^lave law hua succeeded. There is ruin in its track; hundred* and thousands of free men and wo men in these States have virtually had their property ' confiscated and themselves diiven forth by the passage of that law. Ma\eiv cannot stand here. Its character is like that of I-oid Uranby?it cannot escape censure ex e?pt by escaping observation. Mr. Gamumhi n ade a sort of profession of faith in ac cordance with that of Mr Beecher. And yet, said he, I am an infidel in the opinion of tbe American ministers snd Ameiican public. We have, said he, no Union; we have the omnipotent slave power over and around us, at>3 nothing else. This meeting would be illegal in half of the Union, and we who take part in it would be subject to Lvnch law. I rejoice at the great assembly we have had bere to day. It has been a very discriminating as sembly, which gave hisses for very dingerous sentiments and applauses for very glorious tnes. The meeting was then adjourned, the Chairman giving notice that there wonld be a meeting of the members of tbe society at thiee o'clock the aame evening, in ths i ante rotm. I Annual Meeting of the Aiuerl. ea?i Tract Society. This annual meeting wax celebrated yesterday morning at Metropolitan Hull, a large and highly resectable au dience beicg present, composed principally of ladies. Chief Justice Williams, of Connecticut presided. Tlie platform was occupied by a Urge number of clergymen. 'lhe exercises were commenced by the Rev. Thomas Db Wrrr, IVD., offering up a prayer; after which the trea surer s report was read by Moses Allen, Emu - and au ab stract of the annual report by Me^ri. Hillock and Fastou ! secretaries, the substance of both of which u embraced in the following statistical results of the year New publicatims 167, in ten languages, of which 23 are Toluenes, total publications 1,83:!, including 3T4 volumes total approved for circulation abroad, in aoout 111) lan' guagei aid dialects, 2,801. Uf the American Messenger, over 200,000 are issued monthly; German Messenger ifc.000; Child's l'aper. about 250,uOO. Illustrated Chris tian Almanac for 1853, 250,OoO; Christian (_ German, *0,000. ?ia Circulated during the year. 0,173,640 publications, in cluding *81,706 volumes, and embracing 268 902,316 pages Total since the formation ot the society, 137 893 480 pub lications, including 8,418,830k volumes. Gratuitous dis tiibution fur the jear, in live thousand and thirty ?ix distinct grants by the committee, 63,989,976 page^ be sides 8,234,803 to life directors and life members?value over $48,000. Rtceipts, in donations, including $17,967 27 in lega cies, $147,374 84, for sales, includug periodicals, $237, 252 21?total, $385,286 68. Expenditures?Eor publishing ^k.? periodicals, $232,211 29; for eolportage, j #79, <11 29; cash resulted to foreign and pagan lands l $20,000?total expended, $3S6,075 07. I>ue for printing i P*P*ri $16,670 i9; due on the society's house, $43,192 91. i CowoKau*.?Whole number of colporteurs who hare ! labored the whole or part of the jear, 642, of whom 117 , were devoted chieliy to the German and other foreign j population, and 12b were stucents from colleges and ee ? nonaries. Of thete, 41 labored in New England, 196 in i the Middle States, 395 in the .Southern and Western, and i 11 m Canada. Families visited during the year 630*768' conversed or prayed with, 260 414; found destitute of all religious beoks except the Bible, 64,600; destitute of the Bible, -8,243, Roman Cathalic families visited, 43.824 ? e'r"*8 ,l*ited by th* society's eolporieura, loibjc.x Vitus Lands.?^The $20,000 remitted in cafh ha- b*en distributed to thirty-nine missions and stations, as nte-ied, to meet the wants,of the ensuing year' $4,300 to Continental Europe; SI,800 lor aountrleson the Mediterranean; $3 S00 for Southern India' $3 000 for Northern India; $4 f.00 for Burman, Assam, Su^ii and China; and $2,600 for tlie Sandwich Islands, Africa and our own aborigines. ' lie Sbckkaiy then read the certificate of the Auditor ihe hev. lliouKP DrxKOiu, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Louisville, Ky , proposed the loll owing resolu tlOE? Kesolved, That the report, an abstrast of which has now been read, be adopted and published under the direc tion of the Executive Committee; and that thanks be rendered to too, iliat in tie prevalence of wordlines* enor. aLd crime, the laborers ior this society have con tinned faithful, that "thrist crunfled" haa been pro c,a:mtd, and tiu,t the Holy Spirit has blessed his own j truth to multitudes. I We are called upon, said he, to entertain feelings of de I vout gratitude to AIm i/hty God for his goodness in favor I tbl.i , ug its labors, and in waking j them iutruTt.en'.ai iu, ihe salvation of a multitude ot I n we hesitate one moment to enter into this feeling and to send forth our grateful acknowledg m?ms to Almighty Godr Look abroad and see what God has wreught. See the thousand? of famil.es destitute of ail >pintuaI and religious instruction blessed by the pious I , labors ot the American Tract Sosiety-blesstd by the i united ?norts by the living evangelists and the eoncen i tia.sd printed truths. How has t.od blessed Uie societv in extending its labors' Who hai language to exnresst?e l gratitude that is due to God/ If we, in-inoerKg anr enterprise can succied in ptocuring the rood will of our fellow men, we think we hSve accomplished -ni '-s * ' ?^>*11/, we can get the good will of persons occupying prominent positions? men remarkable for good sense?we think we have done iha \ki A*11 1 **** to declare (hi. day that the indications of Goi s own favor, and Gocl'j own . merer and kindness are nwnistakeable. in the beginning I ?' i! j whole thing was questionable, and , looked Dpon with anxiety; but now the uninistakeaotein ! dications of the Tivipe favor and merer sn visifrlecrerr iimi*]?? G<?1' 011 ,4t ns f**i our dependence nffn his Almighty goodneM lor our prosperity in this work. ? ou ttiy appoint agents, you may send out eol porteurs, but after all, if you have not God s blessing upon the work and that of the lloly (.host, your labo? ii in ?ain. Hut Gcd has blessed our work, and I think it hich time that all hearts should join in grateful praite to God for his gcodness to us. In regard to the pronecution of the work, I have a few suggestions to make. Ihere is a vast want for information in our land in regard to our tociety and 1 come now to plead in behalf, not merely ia bebsll of this or that section of the eountry, but en be half of our own country, and yet more particularly on be half of that fecti. n of the country with which I am more immediately identified. The Southwest, as it is fsmtliar . ly known and designated, embraces that vast ramre of country south of the Ohio river, and extending west ward for a great distance, even to the sea, is compara tively desUtute. When I use the term "destitute " in the sense in which I wish to apply It now. I do not'wnh to be utderst.->od ss saying or implying tluit our people sre without Bifeles. Ihej are so to a most unfortunate extent, it is true, but I do not wUh to be understood Or saying that this vast range of country is wi .hout minis ters of the Gospel; nor do I wish to say that they are tn feuor to other sections of the country as regards intelli gcoce and religion, and wordly advantages; for if I should jajr so I should utt*r what is wrong and contrary to the fact but what I do wish to express is this, that in retard to the American Tract Society a< a great agency for good and as the means of blewi!* *nd sarin# them, very many of our ehurches are deplorably ignorant. I do nut uie | too strctg language, when I say ihat they all kiow there is snch a society, for they ka?e knows it for years ; bat they de not know the characteristic* of this great society ? how it was formed, for what it was constituted, and the bread principlee upon which it was based. Thev lack tbu inlormation to a great extent and this i* true of our whole Southwestern country. What is to b^ done to re move the obstruction t All the ch?rches are heartilv in ! terested in oirai,.e, which has called forth their cordial co operation. What are we to do, then r Our books aud ; periodicals are imp?jrUnt auviUUries in this blessed ' *?rk . but jou mnst get tnem into the hands of the people, and persons must be sent there to inform the people ot their importance. The coloor ?en supposed to b? possessed ot but U\tle Information, and that they ?ngig* in this work because they had nothing else better to do, but it oc-um to me that the only thing we ean do to meet this rwr ger*cy in to ?end out Auitable general agents?not for*i*n -r? ?nd not stranger., with whom the people are not ac w* jhowever pious, learned, or judicious; but we si.oukl .end among the i^ople ministers ?it.b whom thi y are ?c<|namted and whom they love aud venerate Wlut ' ?,-wh^:"^ Trhv,,he pt0f"e W0,,M P "t,t x?' Thl? presents the subject in a nev ilt^Ur^ Tni y'iT?* ,ho"*ht of ?t befme, and in the last plac*?, if the minister sent Siuong thein be a mnn that glows snd burrs for the cause of Christ, be will find the way to the people s hearts, and Ui.s doae it Is but a liitll distance to the purse, (Applause ) The Rer. Mr. Mokti.omkkv -ecoml?,l ?>>? -i s?< bj >b. ... """ ?'??> Resolved. That the widening moral devolution- ~ country cla m that the colporteur system as an auifl TZ to the ministry and the missions ry work b? ?i.^? V sustained throughout all Our territory,' wT.h nraJs'/ 7 1 God to raise up suitable men and own their faithful en" deavors; and the Society are cheered by the establish meat of new agencies, especially for Pennsylvania the (arohcas, California, and (Canada. !? the first place, said he. I ebserve in this resolatlon that it is regarded as a mo?t important feature of thi* society that it sets as an auxiliary to UieChri?tlin ministiy. I observe, also, that there have been very fre wltT the iV*^ !?"/ " ?ot '????Bering wtth the ministry; bat, sir, the man whom this ?jeteiy interferes with, are the roec who ought to go out ?rl ??* tb* Who know what the country 1 ...'?pwwwj u-u D'fdt. Yb?y in Dot the aaen who can elaim anything like Apoatouc ?Lecet;ion, (applau??) for when we oooie to g?? u>eu in the mii<iatiy, who are not ready to wel004?e the ini1&?n t-act eoiporteura those uieo are living uniewhcjt- in the past. It la cot for u* to auk thai the*) Bieu > hoi. Id go baelr to their work, to their trade* Md to their tairus No, we mat Ibt-iu to go wtere ministers can go, aud wh? re they would go, but tbay dare not, be came they have not strength or time te go. In a bunk that I b?v? frequently upon iny study (aide, written by ) i'r Pprirg, and entitled tbe "I o^er ot llie I'ulpit," there > is a chapter ax to tbe aouiparaUv* ruerits ot the i???le a training of the uiliiigier with the training of their > fktkeik. Now. ibe American Tract Society is precisely I that kind of | i(Kee?<'r-hlp ,u all our m mtnt.Ws-i which I i beard a g? Llleniaii ?uy be wished he oouln Hud, and I that in hi' protcitorship of common ttart. When a uol- | joitiur comes io ihe Aru? rii-su Tract Society, ifheha.i , not feme, it will ?ork it into bun. and should a man | otme frcm the retulbary be will find that be it among n,..n, at.d mutt leurn bow 10 be a man. The Atnericau , Tract for t t? brings strongly before the mind of the j siadtnt, that if be wishes to be succe-sful he mu-t i wt.rk like a mas. (Ani*u-e ) When we go out into the | country and Hud a Held in which we are to labor, asm ! this li.iiel States, what do we tueetlr Wuy, we meet | with ruin who are all in laate, who hare their eves upon ! thfir watch, aid their feet ready to move, and their hands , ready to work^ Now, luch men demand more t ban deep- [ tug ministers. They demand watchful ministers. and tbe American Tiact Society when it proeure< these bun ? 1ml and twenty-five students fiotn the theological seaii toiy, will tend them juat auch men. Th?* theological seminary may be called, in contradistinction to many others, tbe profeaaorsbip of common sej?e. (Applause ) With regard, then, to this society, a* auxilltary to the Chrittisu ministry. there ate teveral w*?s in which it does this woik, and thus becomes auxiliary. One if, It firovidea us with the booka we want, for there in no pub ic department in this world where I can procure booka I wish to circulate, *o rea<Ul) an fiom thin society. There are times when I do not want to tell people ho* they can | te good Ipiscopaliana. but It frequently occurs that I wiih to tell tbenu how they can safely walk the path *ay to htave n. The American Tract Society doea not anpply me with literature for the few, but for all classes that can oome under my ministry. They give me books, to that when I go to the home of sorrow, and am afraid almost to apeak, except to ray, "let us pray.'1 I can leave behind me a little book, which, when the friends bare wiped their tears away, they can read when there ia no one with th?m, and pray and be comforted: and ?hen I go into a household 1 can take with me (Scriptural facta and a few of the society'? tracts, to that, when I have deported, they ean remember the minister as speaking not only to the parents but to the children. It would hie Impossible tor me. now, t analyze and present tbe characteristics n the books, to show vou how deeply 1 feel the value of tbe si ciety as an aoxlihury to the ministry. The ehureh has bien too long divided for kb now to take down our walls. We have been too long separated ever to hope to con>e under one wordly fleLominatlon; but, air, I wish we could put up a lattice work, instead of having these walla of tei tirations. I wish we could be one united, but glorious hand (aprUuie) and like unto Napoleon when he moved around hit troops and looked at the enemy? and as uo man could look hke him?he looked at his army and said, "?e ba>e gained the battle," though they bad not n arc he d a stop. I wantto look upon the wants of the woild. ar.d il the Fpirit of the Tract Society can go into cburcbta, we look and say, not in the spirit of Napoleon, but in the spirit of Paul, we thank (Jod that in every way Ch;M is preached, and the tread of the church would be a." the Head of a mighty army. It wonld be fair aa the moon. clear a.-the nun, and terrible as an army with banneis. f-uth, sir, 1 regard as the spirit of these great coniUiintic ns? bible soe.eties, tr*ct societies, and Sun day schools. This will be a glorious trinity, and the army of God under it for tbe conquest of the world. Tbe Kev. gentleman concluded his ren'arks by eulogizing tbe col porteura of the meiety for their unceasing devotion ia tbe cauae of Chi istianity. Tbe Iiev. l>r. ^hith, D. P., of the Presbyterian church of Charleston, S. C., seconded the resolution, which, having bem put. vac carried unanimously. The audience then sang tbe following hymn :? O'er the gloomy bills of darkness, t'beerea b; do celcstiil ray, , Sun cf righteousness. arising, Bring the bright, the glorious day; Send tbe ttoepel To tb? earth's remotest bound. Kingdoms nide that Bit in dufcness, Unit them, Lotd, the glorious light ; And from eastern coast to western, May the n orning chase the night; And redumption, Freely purchased, win the day. Fly abroad, thou mighty Gospel? Win and conquer, never cease; May thy lasting, wide dominions Multiply and still increaae; Sway the seeptre, Saviour, all the world around. The Rev E N. Kikk, (Congregational church, Boston,) then came forward, ana proposed the following resolu tion :? Re.olved, That, in view of the flood of immigration, bringing to our country tens of thousands, speaking fo reign tongues, eontemning the Sabbath, neglecting the pleached gospel, rejecting the Bible, blinded by super stition, or the advocates of infidelity, socialism and other coul-destroyiog errors, it is an occasion of joy that this sceiety bar now nearly one hundred German. French, lrifb, Welsh, and Norwegian colporteurs, laboring to bring tbeir own beloved countrymen to Christ; and that it If most desirable that the number of faithful and qua lified laborers for our foreign population be increased. Which was seconded by the Rev. A. Kantchenbusch, Afi-ii-tai.t Stcretary for the Germans, and carried unani moody. The Rev. J. P. Revkl, Moderator of the WalJenaian church, Piedmont, next presented himself, and proposed tbe 1 evolution a* annexed:? Rciolwd, That tbe society rejoice that the sum of $10.CCO has been raised the past year, and remitted to thirty niie stations, in Comlueatal Eurone, in Western a Asia, in .Northern and Southern India, Burmah, China, aLd the hlauds of the sea; and that God ia blessing the Chii-tisn piess in more than one hundred languages, in tlie balds of faithful pastors, cclporteurs, missionaries, atd native aaaistaata, in publishing ?a vation through the " ofte Mediator between God and man," and lifting up ujon benighted nations the dawn of vital Christianity. Mr. President, (said be,l I ask tbe permission of the audience to allow me to address tbem in English, as tbe hour Is late, and much time would be ld<t if Dr. Baird were to undertake, as he did yesterday, te act in tbo ca pacity of interpreter, and I trust you will excuse my mistakes, as it cannot be rea onably expected that an Alpine mountaineer should address an American audi* ence with fluency and correctness. When I heard of the good tbat bad lien effected by the American Tract So ciety 1 eould but return my most sincere thanks to God, and 1 further thank Ilim that He has enabled me to visit these shores, to present to you the feellrgs of grati tude with which you are regarded by the little church of the Wnldense>, and to endeavor to bring that church into immediate and personal communication with the churches in America. During the thirteenth and four teenth centuries our little ehurch was engaged In the tair.e work which is now being carried out on a great tcale in this country; for at that period we had colpor tours and evangelists carrying the work of God from one eni of Italy to the other. No doubt many of yoa hive beard bow these plain and simple mountaineers tra velled firm town to town with & little box on their shoul ders, containing a few articles of ladies' apparel for sale, and at the bottom of which was a Bible and tracts. During many centuries eur little church was a proscribed church, but during the last twenty or thirty years you would find in many houses a Bible, a selection of psalms in veise, aBd frequently Bunyan'a Pilgrim's Progress; but ether books thaathete could not be procured, for tbe order? is-ued to the police were so stringent that no ctber works were allowed to past through tbe custom bouse. But sinee 1848, however, we nave had the liberty of tbe preac, and we use it as much as wf can, and a few years ago we were allowei to receive from this country, tbrsugh tbe instrumentality of Dr. Baird, fift<en little libraries for fifty eburehes. I have heard it stated tbat a priest, on perusing one of those tracts, the purport of which was that the Scilptures should be readbr every person, exclaimed, "I de not know if that book came from heaven or hell, but it is good and excellent, and picduces a strong impression od my mind and heart." We cannot, of course, have so many colporteurs as y >u. but we tun men going about from town to town, and singing religious hymns, and if the people wish to hear the Bihl* read, tbey do so, and scatter among them religious tracts Tne orator concluded his remarks by expressing a bope that the time was not far distant when'the entire Italian States would enjoy the blessiaga ot religious free dom, and tbat such a result would in a great measure be owing to the indefatigable exertions of the American people. Tbe doxolorr was then sung, and benediction pro nounced, and the audietce dispersed. Nineteenth Anniversary of the American Fe male Guardian Society. The nineteenth anniversary meeting of the American Female Guardian Society, was held yesterday morning, at half past ten o'clock, at the Church of tbe Puritans. Tbe chair was occupied by the Rev. Isaae Ferris. The children of tbe " Home of the Friendless," under the charge of tbe ladies ef the soeiety, were present to tbe number of about one hundred, very neatly and pret tily dressed, and looking exceedingly happy and intelli gent. The audience was composed almost entirely of ladies. Theexsreiset were oommeaoed by a prayer, offered up by Rev. Dr. Ferris, after which the children of the Home sang, "We're a Band of Children." Tbe Treasurer s report was then read by the Rev. Dr. Cbeever. by which it appeared that during the year be ginning May 1st, 1S62, and ending April 30, 18&3, the re ctipts and disbursements of the society had been as fol lows :? ? MT1PT8. For subscriptions to the Adocatt $6,254 f,6 Donations for geeeral purposes SCO 28 Books, papers and tracts .'KM 58 Rent of room at the office 100 00 Donations and subscriptions for the " Home of tbe Kiiendle?s", 88 To'al $12,772 37 PIJBrWKMESTS. By printing j4<frw(i/c and otbsr documents.... $1,087 43 Taper for fame 1,717 94 Fditor's salary 600 00 Chief clerk and assistance 609 30 Assistance in the office, mailing and folding papers 4A0 71 Fxptmes for paper, fuel, Ac 151 41 Aid to poor, including poor widows 173 08 Postage, ferriage an<1 cartage 150 45 < 'an ier of ps per 118 00 Hunt <,f office, 24 B?ekman street 400 00 Agents for the (taper, travelling expenses 120 01 1'reminni trcct, paid Fev Samuel Harris 50 00 Kxtra insurance, snd other Incidentals 37 A3 ? a-h to matron, and appropriations for tbe Home 4,202 74 Balance in the hands of the treaiurer 1 934 04 $12,772 37 Tbe annual report was then read by Rev. Dr. Fkrsih. Tbe sotiety is congratulated in tbe report, upon Its oen iD?ed [success. There are great signs ef progress and encouragement. Thare hu been, daring the part year, a gr?at change in public sentiment u> regard to destitute children. In tbe recent 4eaih el Joha 1). lintaB. the ?eeWty k*n lout a valuable friend, and the Itoard of Dl??a tet> a valuable ruember The statistiea of tile MktUUtac dep rtmeot are aa Ibllcws:?The ?emi-montllWisaitf of tbe A<l?oeatf and fVtuWfcut ia sixteen thou?aai. Ansae! repoits published, tivo thousand. Two eoitieoa of " Sew I !< and Haw Down." one thousand aaeh; " Letters to a Young Chiii<ti*a," three thjusand, traota. petitions, Ate., oie hi. ml in) aiitf thirty thousand pages?making in alljev ti hundred and eighty eight thou and pages, spread before ihe leading community during tbe current rear. Num ber of ihs* suvcribers reeelte<(, fifteen hundred and ? eve tjf (iv? l-'ie member* received during the yeir, m e hi.udi?d and seven bv payment in full, and sixty two L> |'ajn.ett in tart?whole number one hundred and sixty blue, Ihiougli ihe agency of the publishing office, mote than two hundied needy women and children have been treated in good families in tne country. A removal beb'g neee-sa>y, owing to the widening of Borkman street, the (Bice has been recently removed to the new Bible House Ibe statistiea of tlio Home for the Friendless are as 1'iiloweWhole uuuioer *f inmates admitted -ince the institution w as 0penttl in 1847, has been three thou-au<l four hundred and nine time. Receive I the past yeir:? Aouits. three hundred and seventy; children, one hun dred and eighty seven? total, tive hundred and lifty seven A larger Lumber of children have been transferred to worthy families within the la-t than In any preceding year I lie various aspects of the wo?k are eniourag'ng. ,>-001 e very interesting letter? fioui some of the children who had been tiansferied to families in tbe country, were read, in which they thanked tbe society forthe care they had taken of tbem, and speaking very favorably of their ni'ualion. After singing by the children, ia which they were led by a very Intelligent looking little girl of about twelve jean ot sge, an address was delivered by Rev. Dr. Ken ledy. The reverend gentleman congratulated the ladies ujon the success of their efforts, and stated a number of fscts exemplifying the good effects of the labors of ladies iu the caure of benevolence. Several years ago he was called up< n in Philadelphia to assist in the organisation of a society similar to this. On his wav to the meeting he met two little girls, who asked For alms. They were ragged and dirty, and he persuaded them to accompany him to tbe meeting; they did no. and the ladies at the meeting became interested in the little girls. A year ajo he visited one of those little girls in Philadelphia. She is now a married lady, whose husband is a wealthy an t respectable merchant. Rev Mr Tsckurt 'lien delivered a short address, en couraging the ladies to continue in the }roseoutlon o theii benevolent efforts. Rev. l>r ? ukkvbr said he put his hand into his drawer just before he came, and picked up some scraps ef inci dents which be read, and which exhibited the influence of wiveB find mothers. The Ar<-t was the case of a mother whose prayers and care brought about the conversion of her children, another that of a pious wife, who caused the conversion of an inlidel husband in Massachusetts. Some illustrations ot the tower of prayer were also given The speaker rec< mmendrd that great care should bo ex hibited in the ?election of employees for the children of the Home; that their christian character should be good, so that tbe children should be bioutiht up in thefoarof the Lord. At tbe close of D'.Cheever's remarks the childien again sang, when, after a collection and bene diction. the roeetiig was dismissed. The ladies of this so ciety take children of destitute parei ts. or of those who are rendered unfit for the care of tbem by intemperate and vicious habits, as well as orphaus otherwise unpro vidtd for, and, placing tbem in a comfortable home give thtm instruction in morals ani religion, and the ordinary branches of education, until they find opportunities to send thetxys into the country with farmers, or bind tbem to trades in the citv; while the girls are generally taken to bring up in families. The ladies of this asso ciation certainly deserve the encouragement and assist ance of the public. Anniversary of the Jftw York Institution for the Blind. The anniversao-y of this praiseworthy institution was celebrated yerterday afternoon in Metropolitan Hall, which was crowded on the occasion by one of the moat respectable audiences that has ?Ter assembled within ita wails. There could not have been less than three thou sand persons present, a large majority of whom were la dies. As a general thing, these exhibitions are patronized most by the ladies, who Manifest no ordinary interest in them. The stage was oeeupied by the officers, teachers and pupils of the institution. Of the latter there were about one hundred present, one-half of whom were girla. All were dreased with muck neatness, ' and presented a cheerful and contented appearance. At a distance it would be difficult to diseorer their blind ness but for a certain aimless way they have of turninr their heads. ? On the right and left of the stage were displayed some specimens of the work performed in this institution, which consists of basket making, carpet weaving, and all kinds of knitting. Of the latter there were several very fit* specimens, and such is the perfection which some of the female pupils have attained in this art, that we are in formed the managers intend piesentiag some of it for ex hibition at the World's Fair. Ihe exercises were of a vailed and Interesting charac ter, consisting mainly of examinations in the different brarches of tducation pursued in the institution, and music and singing by the pupils. The proo.-edlngs were commenced with prajer by the Rev Mr. Lloyd, after which, Mr. Colden Cooper made the following remarks in relation to the charac.er of the institution:? In publicly celebrating this anniversary of the New York lastiMtioiyfor ihe Blind, we will commence by giving the audience some account of it* mode of operation. fnis Institution was founded in the y?ar 1830. and started fiom very humble beginnings?two or three blind chit cren placed at bo?d with a widow woman, and supported by the contributions ol a few benevolent persons. Sinco then, by ceaseless exertions on the part of thoee who had it in charge, by Btrenuous representations to the Legislature at Albany, by private donations and legacies, end bv concerts delivered by the pupils themselves throughout the State, it has grown is. to une of the first philanthropic institutions of the coun try. From the happiness it diffuses among a once miserable class it should be a source of pride and interest to the citizens of the State tkat sup ports it. The object of this institution is to emijieiieiite, so far at the nature of things will allow, the victims of u I pecul ar calamity. The blind man heretofore has been | looked upon as a breathing corpse?dead to the pursuits, and hopes, and passions of his fellow-men, walking through an eternal night, to which the only dawo was the grave. Their condition was thought more hopeless than what the enlightened benevolence of the present day is exdeavorirg to bring about for the idiot and the mania;. And yet the blind man has all the faculties of the soul, all the powers of the mind, and all but one of those of the body. Bis memory is more powerful than yours or mine his imagination fully as active?he is more reflective than most men. And can nothing be done for this bright soul, who has equal promise of immortality, equal powers of thought, and equal longings 'for the infinite, to restore it to its place among men, and to enable it to take lot and part In the healthy stirring life around It? The answer Is, Yes. When the blind youth enter the Institution they are helpless in mind snd bedy, querulous, exacting, and listless The tender ness of their relatives has watched over their steps, re moved the stunbling blocks from their paths?in fact ?lone everything but the right one. They have sortenod! instead of ieaditg them forth to gain hardihood to face the rough inevitable fate before them. With us they commence a new life. They are thrown among others who arc squally unfortunate with themselves, and they therefore caa claim no especial favor on that score. Like tLe rest of tke world, they are here on an equal footing with those around them, and must look out for them selves. Besides this wholesome collision with the selfish ness of their companions, they find in their society a si milarity of pursuits, thought, and amusement?in fact, a world. All this, alon? with their course of instruction, tkeir musical studies, and the workshop in which they ?re taught their future trades, breathes new fire into their veins, and the whining blind child becomes at last boisterous, turbulent, and ambitious. This is no iner fancy picture or Utopian day dream. It is so much a re ality that it produces evils of an opposite nature from those designed for cure. The blind boy, plunged in con stant thought, is overstlmulated by liis new found know ledge into precocious developement, which requires great care on the part of his teachers lest It react into teak ness. After a course of seven years, they leave our Insti tution, well taught in all the branches of a plain English education, and with good trades to make them, with in dustry, independent of charity for the rest of their lives. For those without homes or friends to give thetn their first start in life work is provided in the workshops of the Institution, where they can earn a good and comfortable subsistence. Of the 158 blind persons connected with the Institution, about 60 thus support themselves, and take an honorable pride in the thought that what might hkve been the blind beggar by the waj side is now, in eve ry cense of the word, an independent aud respestable citi zen. These hate not come forth to meet the public; they are at this moment busy at their looms or their needles, but have sent in their stead the piodusts now before you of thtir handicrafts. We have also sent out from this Insti tution blind men, who, as professors of music or as teach ers of their fellow blind, have gained competency and high social position. And in the exercises now about to commence we will show you that we have reason to en tertain for the blind children now under our charge the highest and happiest expectations. At the conclusion of Mr. Cooper's remarks the Hand ef the Institution, consiating entirely of pupils, commenced the exercises by the performance of an excellent piece of music, after which the pupils joined In singing a song sntitled the '-Re'urn of Spring." Not the least interesting part of the exercises was the reading from raised letters. Running their firgers over the page, they read with as much accuracy and precision as those who are gifted with the power of sight In compliance with the request of one of the officers, por tions of the Scripture were selected as a test of the < ase and correctness with which they can road. There U a degrse of pleasure mingled with the sadness which the exhibition of the blind invariable creates in the mind of the spectator when he thinks of that ingenuity by which the lingers have been taught to perform the part of the daikened vision. These poor children, shut out from the vi-ihle world by accident or the decrees of Provi dence, have their minds expanded and their mental vision enlightened by the admirable system of aduca tlftn pursued in the Institution to whicU they belong. They have, we understand, quite an eutensive library at piesent, embracing several works containing miscella neous information in addition to the regular school books. lh?re are some in tances among the pupils of the Institution for the Blind of remarkable pro flciency in reading from raised letters which equal that we have seen in some of our best wsrd schools, and their examination* would compnre most favorably with many at which we have be?n present. At the conclusion of this exercise, Martin Jsckson en tertained the audience with a song, entitled 'The Magic Spell," scrompanjing himself on the piano. The adkii ruble manner in which be performed his part elicited bfctrty applause. "la Keve," a solo, composed by W. V. Wallace, wai played with remarkable power of execution, when the limited faculties of the performer are taken into consideration. Although be played entirely frjm ear, we doubt if even the snost experienced critic could detect anv evidence of it from hi* execution. Ihe examination in geography was attended with the fame creditable results to the pupils and teachers as the other exercises. The most difficult questions were an sweted promptly and with general correctness, ex hibiting a knowledge of even the more minute details ? the subject* on which they were querMoned. It is partici felly deterring ef aotlee Ibtt the taaelara tra kIh Mind, ?l<1 are graduate* of the Institution. The eianlifttiH in gisaiiuaf a*d aiithmotic wm exceedingly iate>Mtlagv ?ud teflfcted much credit ra the node ef inatruetim i nrhutd in the Institution* We tannvt el?te this notice without speaking partloa lailvol iht admirable manner in which "Casta Dira" , as fcuog i,y Mi.-r H Barnett, and accompanied on th? p-ano by Hirs L. Sniffen. The expre.-slon and exesutlon ? itli wuiclithis ?a? sung showed no ordinary musical '"The* following composition, written by Miss Cynthia Bullotk, was rtcited by that lady ? WHAT IH 01 it UKAKBSr TREA81RE? Hail I Vducstion, bright celestial lamp, CheeriDg tbe toul witn soft and gWvial ray, 'Luting it upwmd o'er ihe ruggid hill Where science hoidH hvr golden treasury. liiam<>nd ot thought, whose splendor dautles moat With tacli unfolding of the mi mortal wind. Knowledge ! thou <Uj -spring of oar pui'ir joya, Rainbow of premise, how w* cilug to *.nee. Thy btlghtei.ing beams youth's sunny days illume Atd wivulh our brows with glad bud living smiles. Music? enchantress of life's Heating hours, Tby tones n.ore eloquent than words portray lie varied feeling* of the hum m soul; Now. thy serial warblings, softly sweet As the low whisper of the murmuring breeze, On the charmed ear thy witching sweetness falls, Till one might dream the sylphs of fairy land Were gaily dancing to its silvery chime ; Thou Last a pathos In thy plaintive tone, With crushed and sorrowing hearts a sympathy, That unawaies steals bitter grief away, Filling its place with pure and hallowed peace. When heroes wear the laurel wreaths of fame On glory's field by daring pro ureas won, Tby maitial strains float through the ether far Kindling the soul with patriotic Are. How awfully grand sounds through the vaulted isle The organ s peal of high and lofty praise, Till liuiunn pride its nothingness must feel In the great presence of the god of gods. Musle?tbou art a blessed treasure; Harless anMark would be our daily lot Reft of the chaims thy bright creations bring. And can we have a treasure yet more dear? A heavenly light beaming with fadeless ray f Yes, yes, the Bible, holy word of God? Its precepts big with everlasting love, Unfold new beauties to the ravished toul. Oh ! 'tis the safeguard of our nation's glory For we are blessed; the kindly influence sweet Of its dear psges brought these blessings down; Yes, 'tis our dearest treasure, word of life, A radiant star guiding our onward way O'er life's green treads down to the quiet tomb. Tlie Institution for the Blind Is at present in a most prosperous condition, as appears from the last annual re port. The expenditures exceeded the receipts, but the excess was caused by improvements in the Institution, *ri<l not by any iD&eace in the usual expenses. The receipts, says the last annual report, during the year, from all sources (including a Stale appropriation of $10 000.) amount to $40,596 12, which with a balance in the hands of the Treasurer at the commencement of the year of t4,-16 68 show h the sum of (41,812 75 available towards tlie dUc.liarge of demands on the treasury. These have been unusually large, during the past year, owing to many causes some of which were unlooked for at its commencement, among the most promiuent of which hate been: first an assessment fo: a sewer on the Ninth avenue, amount $2,lv!3 41; second, for grading Thirty fourth street, and the construction of a stone wall for the protection of the line fence of the preml-es, which by grading had been undermined, the cost by" contract $4 024 8t>?both of which were by order of tlie Comn.on Council; lastly, for sundry needed alterations and repairs of the buildings on both avenues, amount $2,906 88. The Treasurer has disbursed during the year claims amounting to 951,186 32, showing the Institution to be indebted to him the sum of $6,37a 67, and to provide for the discharge of which youi committee recommend to the board the institution of such means as in the judgment of its members may be deemed most effective for tlie ac complishment of that purpose. The following are the names of the officers ilanageri?!-ilas Brown, Anson G. Phelps, George F. Allen, Isaac Wood, M. D., Robert Graois, Robert I. Mur ray, Cy renius Beers, Robert L. Case, John P. Crosby, Henry Sheldon, John A. King, Jr., Augustus Scbell, Man Ion Dajr, George F. Jones, John G. Adams. M. I)., Gov eineur M. Ogdcn, James N. Cobb, Edvrard L. Beedle, M. D., Edward Wood, and John D. Ogden, M. IX President?Anson G. Phelps. Vict President? Isaac Wood, M. D. Treasurer?Silas Brown. Corresponding .Secretary?Isaac Wood, M. D. Bewrding Secretary?George F. Allen. Superintendent?T. Colden Cooper. Auixtant Superintendent?Theodore 9 Camp. The Five Point* Mission. The ladies of the Home Missionary Society hare issued a public agpeal to the comonitj, setting forth their pow erful claims to sympathy and support. The following paragraphs are sufficient to make known the operations and present condition of this mission, whose objects are so praiseworthy:? At a meeting held in Metropolitan Hall, in December, 1851 such convincing pra.f was given of the public inter est in this project, that the resolution was pissed by the Kxecutivc Committee to purchase the Old Brewery. Other appeals were made to the publie, and nobly met. Ihat celebrated haunt was purchased?in a few months utterly demolished?and already a noble missionary build ing occupies i'.s site. A laige day school is in vigorous operation. A Sabbath school is flourishing and exerting its teiiign influence. The Gospel is plainly preached on Sabtath and during the ?eek. The whole region is under a plan of visitation by the missionary and Indies of the board; tbe rick and poor are relieved; employment is found for the idle; places sought for destitute children, temperance rules are well enforced and, during tbe last winter,eight hundred garments were distributed monthly. Tbe tociety keep steadily in view the fact that they are a missionary society; and using every earthly means as ac cessaries, still view Hit m only as means to the great aim aed object of their mission?namely, the spiritual re demption of that heathendom in this Christian land. . The Lew building is not paid for; only the purchase mo- ' ney of the CHd Brewery was raised, and generous rqfn are j di-eply pledged to prevent any longer delay. We plead for help?for liberal donations from all interested. The society hold thii building as a public trust; it is devoted to the public goed, and no sectarian benefit can possibly be derived by the society, who support the missionary and the teaehers at tbelr own expense. The ladies of the society invite the oubllc to visit their new mission rooms, and see the results of their labors. Tbe deditation of the new missionary chapel and building >> ill take place about the 20th inst. Thev aUo desire that their misbion be not confounded?as it nas too long been : ?with a private institution in the same locality denomi nated the house of industry. Anniversary Reports Dcfetrtd. We have in type reports of the proceedings of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, the Ameri can Home Missionary Society, and the Society for Amelio rating the Condition of the Jews, which tbe already over crowded state of our columns compels us to defer till to morrow. Religioni Anniversaries. THURSDAY, MAY 13. American Bible Society. Bible Bouse, Aitor Plaoe. ( A. II. Publie Meeting. Metropolitan Hall, 10 A. M. Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. M?tro ioil tan Hall 4* P. M. Tickets 12% eents. ^American Temperance Union. Metropolitan Hall, 1% Association for tbe Suppression of Gambling. Taberna cle, 7K P- M. lite meeting of delegates preparatory to the World'* Temperance Convention will be held in the brick ehapel Is Nassau street, at 9 A. M. FRIDAY, HAY 13. American Beard of Foreign Missions. Metropolitan Hall, 10 A. M. American andForeign Bible Sooietr. Five Points House of Industry. Tabernacle, 7>? P. M. FINANCIAL JlHD CUJBLKEKC1AJ,. MOKET MARKET. Wedkkbday, May 11?8 P. M. There was rather a blue market to-day. At the open ing stock* were freely offered, particularly Nicaragua Transit, but there was no change in quotations from the opening to the elose. The loss of the steamship S. S. Lewis, belonging to this line, was the principal cause of the depreciation compared with the rates current yester day There appears to be an upward movement in the Pbarnix Coal stock. It cannot be otherwise than tempo rary, and parties who know how much real value the stock possesses will no doubt avail themselves of the present inflation to put out contracts. Cumberlaid has fallen back again. It does not really contain the first element of improvement, and cannot therefore be permanently maintained, even at present prices. Wc have no change to report to day in Parker Vein. The transactions at the flrst board were limited. The steamships belonging to this company, running between this city and Baltimore, are doing a very large and profitable business. Two trips are made each way weekly, and such additions will soon be made as will enable the company to despatch a steamer daily from each port. It is estimated that the net earnings of there steamers will give a dividend on the entire capital of the com pany, leaving its coal business out of the question' Morris Canal has not been very active since the an nouncement of the new land scheme. Railroad stocks generally continue depressed. We notice very few trans actions in them. At the flrst board to day Morris Canal declined per cent; Canton Co, Florence ami Key port, Nica ragua Transit, \ \ Cumberland Coal, 1; Hatlem, Frio Pailioad, *?; Stonington, X; Norwich and Worcester, Michigan Central Railroad, 1. Sixth Avenue Railroad ad vanced 4 per cent; Phoenix Coal Co., >?. 'ihe receipts at the ofllce of the Assistant Treasurer of this port to-day amounted to 1132,320 ; payments, $116,0^3 86- balance, $7,0X7,100 U4. There will lie a meeting of the stockholders of the Montgomery Mining Company tomorrow, (Ihursday.) the 12th 'nut., at 3 o'clock P. M. We und*rstaud that some important statements will be made relative to the management, or rather the mismanagement, of the com pany's aflalis. The steamship Hermann, from Southampton, brings four days later intelligence from all parts of Burope. The financial and commercial accounts do aot vary ma teiially frrm those previously received. Wc hare no change to report in the markets for our staples. It la to be hoped that tbe excitement which has been aroused in tbe public mind will aot bo permitted to pass away m a mere ephemeral Impulse? that ikJ, raiy irg legislative but the volunteer services of '^.i wtvisers be brought la to requisltieB, and shareholders be compelled, in aalf defence, to themselves wit* tba responsibility of turnin- , superintending aye to tha management of thrir e,rporate duties. If all companies are b^ example taught th*t they can not sacrifice 11';^ fcnd property without incurring tha ins'ant oVogation to make ample requital, we venture to Pre'..et that the constant risks to which the community ate exposed will be e??entially reduced. In no instance, however trivial should faults or misfortunes be permit tvd to pass with imponl'v; and to effect this consequence with the greatest certainly let every legislative body el'act such laws as will plsce the companies in a position wheie sufferers may receive prompt satisfaction; and for this purpose let it be so arranged tliat the simple sworn declaration of loss of property, by the parties interacted, would give authority, and without appeal, for the prompt, issue of warrants of recovery. As the law now stand* complaints are avoided, and individuals compelled to sub mit to abuses rather than incur the trouble and annoy ances incident to litigation when undertaken against wealthy corporations. The Norwalk disaster commands the strong sympathies of everybody; but, when compered with the gross neglect and abominable misconduct of the Nicaragua Transit Company, it ought to sink into perfect indUtsrence, aa far as eliciting an expiession of public indignation. In as, sociation with the transactions of this latter company we have bad to record, within a fow weeks, two of the most serious disasters?the first attended by an immense loss of life, the other with a large destruction of property aa& great personal risk and exposure. There has been a pe culiar culpability in the management of this concern;, and from the rumors afloat there is every reason to be lieve that the direction were not ignorant of the admitted fact, that the Independence and the S. S. Lewis were to* tally unfit for their employment. The incidental loss to the company by the shipwreck of the Independence ex ceeds $56,0(0, and the direct loss by the 8. S. Lewis It estimated at over 92(0,000; these are, however, but amal consequences, the ultimate result on account of claims through the sacrifice of the lives and the property of in dividuals, will prove much more serious. As the Legislature of Maryland is now in session, may we not hope that the Board of Internal Improvements of that State will be ordered to proceed, without any delay to make a careful and vigilant examination into the eon ditlon and security of the mile-long railroad bildges be tween Philadelphia and Baltimore, which are traversed by heavy trains of passengers, in constant risk of human life. It is no subject of Indifference?no fancy apprehen sion; intelligent engineers are the authority for fearn, aud we lubmit to the travelling public whether they have seen or heard of either inspection or additional tieugth being added to give security. The Legislature of New York will meet on the 24th inst., when we trust, not only to see legislation for the purpose of procuring means to widen the canals, but that that body will devote some attention to regulate the misuse of railroad franchises, and instead of discussing measures and projects to draw fr#m the pockets of foreign bond and stockholders some portion of their earnings, to as sist in the proposed improvement of the canals, let the more important and valuable object of regulation com mand their immediate unpen ision. If the railroads inter fere with the progress of the State improvements, let thtm be called on to make a reasonable contribution; but let no question of finance interrupt the more interest, leg subject incident to (lie protection of the lives eC tleir constituents. At the annual meeting of the East Boston Company, held a few days sincc, the following directors were unani mously re elected:?S. S Lewis, Benjamin Lamaon, A. A. Wellington, C. J. Hendee, W. C. Bs.rotow. It was voted that the directors be requested to declare a dividend of $100,000, payable on the 2d of July next, either in cadi or in shares of the capital stock of the East Boston Ferry Company, at the par value thereof?$1,000 per share to tho holders of stock on the 21st of June next. Stock Exchange. $600U86's, '02 ... 114* 100 sbs Nic T Co..b46 30* 26000 U S 6's, '67.... l'A>* 600 do b60 30 6000 U 8 6's, '68.... 120* 100 do M ?* 10000 Ohio 6's,'60. s3 108* 160 do 29 V 6000 do s3 108* 600 do s30 29* 600 I'enna State 6's 96* 100 do s30 29 1M)0 Erie Ine'nse Bds 9!'* 400 Oumber'd Coal Oo 60* 2000 E R C Bds '71.sit 98* 208 do bdm 63 ?000 do s3 98 60 do s30 50* 4000EBCBds '62.s3 100* 100 d> s60 60* 600HudlstMtgtfds 107 600 Harlem RR.. ,s30 66 1000 do 100* 100 do bl6 65* 12 shs State Bank.. 10t>* 100 do b30 66* 7 Bank N America. 108 200 do b30 65 46 Hanover Bank... 69 200 do 66 20 Nassau Bank.... 101 * 50 Parker Coal Co. s3 32 26 Continental Bank 90* 50 io s8 32* 20 Ohio Life & Trust* 104 60 do btSO 33 600 Morris Canal 22* 60 do 32 300 do blO 22* 160 Phecnix Id Co b60 26* 160 do e3 22* 230 do 26 ISO do sCO 22* ftO do 26* 200 do bCO 23* 150 do b60 26 20 Mere Ins Com p.. 100 150 do 25* 100 Am Life&Tr?,Balt 15 150 do b30 25* 60 N A Trust 18* 160 do 1?30 25* SO do lb* 175 do 26* 310 N Jersey Zinc >3 12* 100 do st5 25* 100 do b6<) 12* 1400 N Creek Coal Co. 2* 100 Canton Co.... i60 31 360 Erie Railroad.... 89 100 do 31 150 do blO 89* 50 do s3 :.l* 100 do b60 39* 100 do b3 31* 160 do bOO 89* 160 Florence tt K'pt. 16* 100 do s3 89 26 do 15* 100 LIsland RR..bl0 38 600 XIc Tran Co..b30 30 150 Stonington RR s3 66* 100 do 29* 200 do bOO 56 100 do 29* 60 Nor & Wor RR.s3 57* 100 do 29* 50 do s3 67* 100 do b4 29* 300 Reading RR . ,s30 89 100 do 30 29* 90 Buff & Roeh RR.. 180 100 do 1>3 29* 129 N Y k * H RR.. 106 50 do blO 29 * 60 Mich On RR. s60 116 900 do b3 29* 16 Mohawk Val RR. 170 ?00 do 29* 19 Six'l? avenue RR. 116 260 do s3 29* SECOND BOARD. $5000 Mia k RkR J Bds 08 100 sha Hud River RR 72 V abs Corn K* Bank 99 100 Harlem RK. ..b30 fl5J. 24 Metropolitan Bnk 109% 100 do 66 300 Morris Canal.... 22% 50 Erie Railroad. b30 89% 360 Can ton Co.... M0 31)% 360 do 80 200 do 31 100 do sflO 88K 60 Cumb Coal Co 61 260 do b60 89 60 do b00 62 200 do b3 89 60 Pbccni* Min'g C.>. 26 200 ilo ?3 89 100 Nlca Tran Co..b30 ?0% 100 do MO 89% 260 do 29% 100 do b60 80% 100 do (60 29% 100 do bOQ 89% 300 do b30 30 66 do s3 80% 100 do 29% 16 do 89% 160 do s3 29 } j 100 do 80 10 do 29 60 do SOW 100 do b30 29% 60 Norw & Wor RR. 30 Utlca & tchen RR 190 CITY TRADE REPORT. Wednesday, Ma; 11?6 I*. M. B*?An?Tvrr*.?Floor was more active, bat not qaite firm. The sales reached 9,(XX) bbls., sour at $4 a $4 12%; superfine No. 2 at $4 25 a (4 371?; ordinary to choioo State at $4 AO a $4 76; mixed to fancy Western at $4 62% a $4 !?%'; common to good Ohio at $4 a $4 fancy Genesee at $5 an 26; fancy Ohio at$500%a$526; extra Weetern at $6 25 a $5t!l%; and extra Gcne;ea at $6 12% a $fl. Canadian was inanimate. The sales of Southern atuonnted to 2,300 bbls. at yesterday's quotations. No cha*ge occurred in rye flonr. Pome .100 bbli. Jirwy meal were laid to hare been purchased ut ?.'( a t,'t 06% ?r bll. Wheat waa doll and unsettled; a parcel of 6,000 bushels Canadian mixed waa disposed of on ?rivute terms. R>e and barley were neglocted. Htate, rertirn. and Canadian oats were in brlak requeat, at 45e. a 47c. per bushel. Corn did not Tary much; the aalea com prised 40,(100 bushels, at 00c. a 62c. for unsound; 63c. a boo. tor mixed Mouthers 1 04c. a t>6c. for white do.; 67e. a CSe. fop round and do. yellow; and 07c. for mixed Western, pec bllhll Con ct has been mora freely offered during the past six days, at a reduction in prices of about %e. per lb., but it baa not attracted any greater attention. '1'he aalea of the week included 3,700 iikgs., Java at U%c. a 11%c.j 50 baga Manila at l(i%c.: 1,100 I.aguayra at a B.'.e; 7,790 Rio atS%e. a SJ.Ie., chiefly 8%c. a !>%o., a cargo of 3,700 bags hating been disposed of at t>%e. to lin.t; 1,(00 Maracaiho at 8%e. aS%c.; and 2.1(0 St. Domingo at t%e. a per lb. Cotton.?The sales to day amount to aliont 1,400 balca. at the annexed quotations:? Inferior *% a 9 8% a 9 I'ji H Low to good ordinary.... 9% a 9% '->y, a 9J, a I.ow to good middling.... 10 a 11% 10% a 11 10^ a 10% Jlidfair to fair 11% a 11% >2 a 12% ll?;all% Fully fair to jjood fair... nominal, nominal, nominal. H*v.?'There ware S,0W) bales aold during the week, at H*e. a 91 per 100 lbs. Freights?To Liverpool, about 22,000 bushels wheat wera engaged, mostly at (id., in ahip'a hags, and part at 5%d. in bulk, with 6,000 do. in shipper a bagsat 5d.; 500 bbls. flonr at 2s. S'l , and 500 bales cotten at %d.; lard waa engaged at 23a. To London 2.000 bbls. rosin were engaged at 2s. od. Thera was nothing new In rates for Havre. To California ratea were t teady, without change in prieea. The fine new clipper ahip Miachief was full, and was expeuted to aall in a day or two. To Australia there was no change to notice. Moi.assj a?Waa not so active, though it maintained Ita fi rmer value. The woek'a sales embraced about 603 lihda. Foto Klco, at 22c. a .'Sl%c.; (VO bbla. New Orleans and Iberia, at 27c. afPe.;37l hhaa. ( uha muaeovado, at 22'j5. al'Se, .*{10 clayed Cuba, at 21%e.a22o.; 100 caaka Nue vitas. at an un published price, per gallon. On.*?We observed no alteration in any other kind than whale, which was plentier and lower. The aales of the weok add np.'V'iOO bbla., crude whale, at <7e. a 50c ; 1,000 libla. do. rpt-rni, at $1 27; 200 this, winter do. at $1 .10, 150 bbla. Western red, at 44c.; (Ki.INK) gallons linseed, at (iOc. a 62c.; 2,MM do. olive, at #1 25.a $1 28; per gallon; and 1,700 baaketa do. at (4 a $5 12%. Fro vision a?lork manifested increased aetivity. Tha salen of the day embraced 75(1 bbla. Western, at *15 foe mess; $14 h7% for thin do; and $1.1 a $13 25 forpriine vere 4'(l packages pickled ahauldera and hams aold^ nt Go. a Po. a ! !?'c, per lb. I.ard was more in requeat. Tho aalea reached 4(0 khls. at ti%?. at ll.^c.;and (100 kegs, nt 10%'e. per III. Sono ;^00 bills, eouiitry and oity pneked becT ehanged hands at yeaterday'a rates, ltutter and ehecae were un nka 1. Estate?Halea at auetion?ny E. II. Lndlow? llouso aid lot on Thirty first street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, 16>xWv9, $.'1525; do. do. de., 1(1 HxOH 9, $.'i,4li0; do. do. do., 16.8x96.0 $'1,4.10; honaa and lot on liewia street, near Houatou. 25x100, $'1,010 Hy Anthony J. Illeecker A Co.?House aiid let No. H.H2 Water atreet, lot 18. WxCli. $5,250; house and lot No. 42 North Moora street. 75x^.6, $<> 900; house and lot on Seoond avenue, aear Thir ty second street, 24 h%xl0?, $6,950. By Cole k Chilton-* One lot on Sixty ninth street, near eighth avenue, 25x151, $f90; seven lots on 104th street, near Third avonue, ?1* 100.11, $380aaeb, $2,:il0. rn? let on Thirl avenue, oarner of 104th street, 26.5xH5, $740; three lots adjoining, $500 each. ' ferGABS? The demand has oaen less active, thouighi tba stock hM been iacreiftd, and offered el e reduction of ebont %c. per lb. sinea this day week. The past six days move ments consist ef 1,100 hhds. Cuba mescrvado at ?%e. a A%e.; 470 New Otteana, 4a. a : 1.100 Ferto Rleo. 4a. a ?a. 1.427 pkga. white Babia en private terms ; and 700 has brews aad yellow Havaaa at 6%e. a fe. ?ej lb.