our two native brethren, Shegud and Cadotte, started on their missionary tour down the river, after being affectionately commended to God in prayer. 14. Our brethren returned from their missionary tour last evening. They report that the Indians they visited were almost in a starving state, yet paid very good attention to the word generally, and manifested feelings specially friendly to the Mission that had sent them teachers. 15. This evening Tadabuhsas, or Kakakoos, came in to relate to us the state of his mind, and offered himself as a candidate for baptism. After rising and shaking hands with each of us, he commenced by inform ing us, first, how he had long been hampered with Indian superstitions, which he found unprofitable and vain. He said he then joined himself to the white man, who wore a cap and white dress, and had a house, (meaning an altar,) covered with white, but intimated, that embracing that religion had no better effect on him than practising his Indian superstitions; and represented himself as acting rather hypocritically in adhering to it as long as he did, for his heart was not there. He said, about the time that the snow fell, his mind was awakened by a dream, and since that, he had felt sorry for his sinful life. He also said he had given himself wholly up to the Lord, and now offered himself to us to become a member of this church, if we thought him fit. We explained to him more fully, the nature of the new birth, and told him that we never received any as members of the church until they gave us satisfactory evidence of having experienced such a change. If he wished to place himself under our instructions, we were ready and willing to instruct him, and when the evidence of such a change appeared sufficiently clear to us, we should be willing to receive him. 17. Lord's day, Tadabuhsas was at meeting, and strictly attentive, rose with the brethren in singing, &c. Feb. 9. This evening, visited a Catholic family, bereft and mourning the loss of the head and husband. Met the Romish priest at the house. Some little discussion followed as a natural consequence, although repugnant to my feelings to discuss such points with a mourning family. Learn ed from him that they hold that baptism cleanses from original sin, and changes the punishment of actual sin from eternal to temporal; so that one who is baptized may expiate his sins by his own sufferings. Also, that one object of the Savior's baptism was to sanctify the water, so as to give it this cleansing efficacy. He declared me to be in great errors, and unenlightened by the Spirit. EXTRACTS OF A LETTER FROM MR. DE STE. SAULT CAMERON, DATED As br. Bingham will undoubtedly communicate to you the steps that have been adopted with regard to the brethren Shegud and Alexis Cadotte, it will suffice to mention, that, agreeably to the plan which we considered it expedient to adopt, I set out on the 6th of Jan. in company with the above-mentioned brethren, on a visit to the Indians residing on the islands in the immediate vicinity of St. Joseph's island in Lake Huron. We were, in this tour, generally, received kindly and hospitably. The attention the natives paid to religious instructions, far exceeded our expectations. On the 26th I started in company with br. Shegud, on a visit to the Indians residing at the mouth of the river Tukwaminau ;—(it runs into Lake Superior about thirty miles from this place,)-from thence to proceed to the Indians on the northern borders of Lake Michigan, the band with whom I spent part of last winter, and who had, at that time, given themselves up to me to be religiously instructed. These reside at a place called Kizhekikàng, about fifty miles from Mackinac. From which place returned here on the 8th instant, after an absence of thirteen days. The weather has been, during our voyages to and from these places, intensely cold. In our last journey we met with one of the members of this church, and were very glad to see him steadfast in the faith. His name is Kishkijiwung. He The Indians, most of them, are under the influence of an old Indian, who resides at the river Tukwaminau. is much versed in the religious superstitions of the natives, and is also a great medicine man, distinguished among them by the title of Mata. He is considered as a god among them, and, as a natural consequence, is much averse to Christianity. The old man, however, appeared friendly to us and paid us visits;-and I availed myself of the opportunity to present the subject of religion to him. Our friends at Lake Michigan received us very kindly, and hospitably. The next evening after our arrival there, which was on the first day of Feb., Nuabunwa, the leading man of the band, assembled his people in his lodge to hear the word of God. We addressed them on the importance of accepting the mercies of God through Christ Jesus. They were very attentive, particularly the old man and one of his sons. We cannot say any thing with respect to the permanent influence which our interview with them may have produced. But there was a manifest change in the conduct of the old man's wife. She is a Roman Catholic. During our interview with this band, we were informed by the old man that he and a chief, named Ans, had been consulting together on the subject of religion, and that they finally concluded to embrace the Christian faith. Next summer they will inform me whether they will require me as their teacher. Ans will join the band of Nuabunwa at Kizhekikaug. At this place they garden. They sow corn, potatoes, and peas. About a day's journey from this band, there is also another band, where they garden to a great extent. Other Benevolent Enstitutions. BAPTIST GENERAL TRACT SOCIETY. The Twelfth Annual meeting of the Baptist General Tract Society was held at Philadelphia, Jan. 6, 1836. From the Annual Report then read we learn that the publications of the Society, belonging to the regular series, are 148, besides 11 occasional publications, embracing, in all, 3,550 pages, of which 2,712 pages are in permanent type. 3,000 copies of the Baptist Manual have been printed, and 20,000 copies of the Tract Magazine circulated. The whole number of tracts printed during the year, was 268,730, making 7,080,000 pages, and the number of pages issued from the Depository, 5,992,206. The gratuitous distribution of tracts amounted to $1,196 21. $418 had been paid to the Baptist General Convention for printing tracts in Burmah. $175 75 had also been received for the publication of Temperance tracts and the Memoir of Mrs. Judson in the German language, and 252 subscribers of five dollars each, annually, for five years, had been obtained for the purpose of placing a bound volume of the Society's publications in every accessible family in the Western States. The AMERICAN SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY. receipts into the treasury during the year had been $8000 31, besides $334 55, received for the Tract house. Payments had been made by 226 Auxiliaries, and 158 new Societies had been reported to the Board during the same period. The number of Depositories was 58, besides the General Depository in Philadelphia. METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. At the 17th Anniversary of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, held at New York in April last, $61,337 81 were reported as the receipts of the past year. The whole number of missionaries employed by the Society, is 156, of whom 118 are domestic missionaries, and the number of church members, 21,016, of whom 17,174 belong to the several domestic missions. The number of school-teachers is 30, and of scholars, 911, attached to the Aboriginal and Liberian missions; besides 1,710 under a course of catechetical instruction among the slaves, within the bounds of the South Caro lina Conference. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. The Liberian mission embraces six churches, at Monrovia, Millsburg, Caldwell, New Georgia, Edina, and Cape Palmas, containing 375 members; and four schools, attended by 128 scholars. The Society has also two missions in South America, one at Buenos Ayres, and one at Rio Janeiro. The Eighth Anniversary of this Society was held at New York, the 9th of May. Foreign Operations. During the year the Society has employed five chaplains in foreign ports, at Canton, Havre, Honolulu, Smyrna, and Rio Janeiro. Arrangements have also been made for the establishment of agencies at Marseilles, Lahaina, Calcutta, Batavia, and Singapore. Atlantic Seaports. There are sixteen Bethel chapels on the Atlantic coast, situated at Eastport and Bath, where publie worship is occasionally maintained-Portland, Salem, Boston, New Bedford, Mystic, New York, 3,299,846 72,480,229 Publications pr'd since for. Soc., 43,647,590 44 711,853,750 Newark, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond, Publications circulated, Inland Waters. Bethel ministers are established at Cleveland, Buffalo, Utica, Troy, and Oswego. Measures are in train at Albany for a similar institution in that city. The Society has published 7,000 copies of the Seamen's Hymn Book and Devotional Assistant; an edition of 3,000 of the Sailor's Magazine, a monthly periodical, and 1,000,000 copies of the Sailor's Temperance Almanac for 1836. Pages gratuitously distributed the past year, Receipts for the year ending 39,042,676 614,790,076 7,290,900 $105,003,59 47,573 37 56,638 04 105,003 59 53,117 77 35,000 00 500 00 16,385 82 Of the remittances for foreign stations, $8,500 were for the use of missionaries of the American Baptist and English General The total receipts for the year were Baptist Foreign Missionary Societies, and $13,172 15. AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY. $2,500 for the use of Protestant Episcopal missionaries in Greece and China. The donations received were about $4,000 The Eleventh Annual meeting of this So-less, and the receipts for sales $16,000 more ciety was held at New York, May 11. than in the previous year. Publications pr'd during the yr. 4,556,972 The number of new Auxiliaries is 34; 101,293,584 whole number on the Society's list, 1180. Pages, 66 Jackson, Mi., Fem. For. Miss. Soc. Aux., &c. 20, Mrs. O. A. Runnels, 10, Boston, Ms., Miss M. A. Boyden, 1, a lady of 2d Bap. ch., 1,39, Am. Tract Soc., for Burmah, 1000; for Siam, 500; for Am. Indians, 300, Fairfield, Me., Fem. Bap. Miss. Soc., per. W. Jenney, Charlestown, Ms., Miss E. B. Wells, to educate Bur. children, named J. B. & 30, 21,86 2,39 218,18 1800 184,25 6,00 30, Lebanon & Berwick, Me., Members of the Bap. ch. for Bur. Bible, per D. Wood, 36, Philadelphia, Pa., Sansom st. Fem. For. Miss. Soc., for Ind. miss., 100; Na- 435,81 16, Eastport, Me., Bap. ch., mon. con., 40,56; two sisters in do., 5, each, and avails 54,81 20, 500, 388,12 32, 25, Philadelphia, Pa., 1st Bap. Ch. Fem. For. Miss. Soc., for Bur. Bible, 60; for. miss., 65; Karen Soc., to sup. Georgianna Boardınan, 25; Karen mission, 30; Misses Bur. Tract Soc., for Bur. trac., 70; by Mrs. J. L. Seddinger, 250, Frankford, Pa., Miss. Soc., 25; Bible class, for for. miss., 10; Holmesburgh, Pa., S. S., for Bur. tracts, 4,06; the ch., to edu. David Jones, 12; Roxborough, Pa., For. Miss. Soc., for for. miss., by J. Mulford, jr., 10, per Rev. Dr. Brantly, 61,06 King & Queen, Va., Hasseltine Fem. Miss. Soc., for African miss., 37,50, and Bur. miss., 37,50, per Rev. Eli Ball, New York, South Bap. ch., to support Moung Shway Moung, 100; Mr.Tracy, Hampton, Conn., Mrs. Jemima Elliot's legacy, 112,02; Females of Ward, Willimantic, Conn., Bap. ch. and soc., per Rev. B. Cook, Tarriffville, Conn., Bap. ch., for Bur. Bib,, per Rev. W. H. Shaler, Boston, Ms., Mr. E. D. Everett, Heath, Ms., Mrs. Martha Chapin, for Bur. miss., per H. Thompson, Esq., Rowley, Ms., Fees of a juror of Supreme ct. at Ipswich, per Hon. R. Choate, New York, Oliver St. For. Miss. Soc., by Wm. Colgate & Co., to support 311,06 75, 300, 118,02 10,54 19,04 1,75 15, 3, 2, 5, Rev. E. Kincaid, 400; to educate an Indian child, named Sally W. Cone, 20; 600, 3, which, with 200 for the Orissa, and 200 for the African, makes 1000 for A. Jacobs, 2,50; E. Bartholomew, ,50; Farmington, Ms., Bap. ch., per Rev. 15, 13,75 5, 124,87 5,50 A friend to truth, 5; Elder J. Freeman, Apling, 10; for Bur. Bible, Society Hill, S. C., Karen Soc. for sup. of a native Karen minister, per Rev. J. Georgia State Conv., to wit., Augusta, 78,38; Rev. L. Rice, 1; Kioke, 5; Shutesbury, Ms., J. L. Smallidge, Esq., treas., Wendell Bap. Miss. Soc., for a Alabama State Conv., for for. miss., 278,17; for Bur. Bible, 208,37; per A. G. Virginia Bap. Miss. Soc., for Bur. Bible, per A. Thomas, Esq., Treas., Bluehill, Me., Rev. J. Gillpatrick, treas. Hancock Aux. Soc., Prim. Miss. Harvard, Ms., Still River Fem. Bur. Miss. Soc., Miss Chase, treas., per 60,00 426,38 112,10 100, 330, 486,54 50, 5, 1,37 3,12 25, 10, 9,00 25, 86,23 100, 10,06 Boston, Ms., an aged fem. member of 2d Bap. ch., per Rev. B. Stow, Middleborough, Ms., Old Col. Bap. Miss. Soc., for for. miss., 100; Bible trans., 100, and for Bur. tracts, 75; to edu. Bur. child, named Mary Hubbard, 25; per L. Peirce, treas.; (also 100, for Home miss.,) Barnstable, Ms., Fem. Benev. Soc., 15; Male Miss. Soc., for 1835, 22,45; for Lower Dublin, Pa., Fem. Mite Soc., Mrs. H. Wright, treas., for Bur. miss., Granville, O., Bap. ch. mon. con., 26; Mrs. Richards, 1; Mrs. N. Malary, 1; Georgia State Conv., Col. A. Janes. treas., for. miss., 1403,62; Bur. miss., Brunswick, Me., a few sisters of 2d Bap. ch., for the Burman trans. of the Philadelphia, Pa., Fem. Bur. Bible Soc. of Spruce st. Bap. ch., Mrs. II. Sex- Kennebec, Me., Aux. For. Miss. Soc., J. Fogg, Esq., of Readfield, treas., per Middlesex and Norfolk Aux. Miss. Soc., Ms., Dea. J. Fosdick, of Charlestown, Baltimore, Md., Bap. Fem. Miss. Soc., Mrs. N. D. Crane, sec. and Mrs. Wil- Haverhill, Ms., a member of Ist Bap. ch., for Mr. Oncken's Ger. trans. of Mrs. Drontheim, Norway, A few friends, for Bur. miss., per Mr. J. H. Albers, 29; Sansom st. Ch., Juv. Ind. Miss. Soc., Mrs. Elizabeth Knowles, treas., for "A Preacher," who is a friend to missions, for for. translations, Boston, Ms., Baldwin Place Juv. Miss. Soc., per Ellis Miller, Treas., Phillipston, Ms., Avails of astring of gold heads, from "A friend to missions," Rev. A. Bennett, Ag't of the Board, per Rev. E. Loomis, CLOTHING.-Belchertown, Ms., Bap. Fem. Benev. Soc., per Electa Perkins, 1 box clothing, for Ind. miss., valued at 24,82. Middleborough, Ms., Old Colony Bap. For. Miss. Soc., Levi Peirce, Treas., 1 bundle clothing, valued at 8,50. 10, 300, 68,95 105,05 494,56 28, 4709,56 10,00 100, 160, 590, 110, 14, 10, 460,85 25, 100, 74,60 5, 873,11 7,64 80,24 5,62 40, 115, $13,477,50 H. LINCOLN, Treasurer. Benevolent societies or individuals would render valuable aid to the Indian Missions, by forwarding boxes of clothing to the Rooms of the Board, to be distributed among the stations west of the Mississippi as their exigencies required. Supplies of clothing are needed at sev eral of the stations, at the present time. |