The American Missionary — Volume 33, No. 02, February, 1879
Part 3
--In the fifth article of the treaty of 1868 between the United States and China, the two governments mutually recognize, affirm and guarantee "the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other, for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents." The sixth article of the same treaty says: "Citizens of the United States visiting or residing in China shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities or exemptions in respect to travel or residence as may there be enjoyed by citizens or subjects of the most favored nation; and, reciprocally, Chinese subjects visiting or residing in the United States shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities and exemptions in respect to travel or residence as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation."
--Treaties of the United States are recognized as part of "the supreme law of the land;" and in the early and famous case of Ware _vs._ Hylton, 3 Dall., 199, the principle was laid down by the Supreme Court, which has ever since been followed, that any exercise of State authority inconsistent with a treaty is thereby rendered wholly void.
--Among the powers assigned to Congress, in the eighth section of the first article of the National Constitution, is that "to establish an uniform rule of naturalization," and "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution this power." This remits the whole subject as to aliens, and their admission to citizenship, to Congress, with full authority.
--The Legislature of California, a few years ago, tried to solve the Chinese problem by a law of exclusion; but, unfortunately for the effort, the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Chy Lung _vs._ Freeman _et al._, 2 Otto, 275, declared the law to be unconstitutional. Mr. Justice Miller, in stating the opinion of the Court, said: "The passage of laws which concern the admission, of citizens and subjects of foreign nations to our shores belongs to Congress, and not to the States. It has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations. The responsibility for the character of those regulations, and for the manner of their execution, belongs solely to the National Government. If it be otherwise, a single State can, at her pleasure, embroil us in disastrous quarrels with other nations." The Court, on this general ground, pronounced the law to be a nullity.
--The committee of the Constitutional Convention of California having in charge the question relating to Chinese immigration have decided that it is impossible to put into that constitution any provision that will forbid such immigration, and not at the same time conflict with the Constitution of the United States.
--The real difficulty lies in the relation of the Chinaman to the labor question. But this is not generic to him. There are Norwegians and Swedes who will save as much on as little as the Chinese. But we welcome them. We take in thousands every year of the race which especially breeds all those foul fellows--hoodlums, tramps and bummers. How can we consistently refuse to welcome these others, who are patient, industrious and frugal? Shall we pass a new law that shall compel our customs officials to catechise all new-comers as to the minimum on which they can manage to subsist, and when their estimate falls below Mr. Denis Kearney's judgment of what is the proper sum for a laboring man, pack them back again whence they came?--_Congregationalist._
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NEW APPOINTMENTS.
1878-1879.
The following list presents the names and post-office addresses of those who are under appointment in the Churches, Institutions and Schools aided by the American Missionary Association, among the Freedmen in the South, the Chinese on the Pacific Coast, the Indians, and the Negroes in Western Africa. The Theological Department of Howard University is supported jointly by the Presbytery of Washington and the Am. Miss. Assoc. The Berea College and Hampton Institute are under the care of their own Boards of Trustees; but being either founded or fostered in the past by this Association, and representing the general work is which it is engaged, their teachers are included in this list.
THE SOUTHERN FIELD.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
_Theological Department._
Rev. W. W. Patton, D.D., Washington, D. C. " Lorenzo Westcott, " " " Alexander Pitzer, D.D., " " " John G. Butler, D.D., " "
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VIRGINIA.
HAMPTON.
_Minister._
---- ----
NORMAL AND AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE.
_Instructors and Managers._
Gen. S. C. Armstrong, Hampton, Va. Gen. J. F. B. Marshall, " " Mr. Albert Howe, " " " M. B. Crowell, " " " J. B. H. Goff, " " Capt. Henry Romeyn, " " Miss Ann M. Hobbs, " " " Charlotte L. Mackie, Newburgh, N. Y. " Susan B. Harrold, Franklin, Mass. " Mary F. Mackie, Newburgh, N. Y. " Nathalie Lord, Portland, Me. " Isabel B. Eustis, Springfield, Mass. " Helen W. Ludlow, New York City. Mrs. Sophia Buck, Orange, N. J. Miss Eleanor W. Collingwood, Hampton, Va. Mrs. Eunice C. Dixon, " " Miss Mary A. Coe, Boston, Mass. " Elizabeth P. Hyde, Brooklyn, N. Y. " Margaret W. Buck, Hampton, Va. " Jeannie I. Hincks, " " " Carrie Watson, " " " Emily Kimball, " " Mr. Albert H. Tolman, " " " Charles G. Buck, " " " Thomas T. Brice, " " " James C. Robbins, " " " Frank D. Banks, " " " John E. Fuller, " "
CARRSVILLE.
_Teacher._
Miss M. A. Andrus, Riceville, Pa.
NORTH CAROLINA.
WILMINGTON (P. O. Box 207).
NORMAL SCHOOL.
_Minister and Superintendent._
Rev. D. D. Dodge, Nashua, N. H.
_Principal._
Miss Julia C. Andrews, Milltown, Me.
_Assistants._
Miss Lucy Goodwin, Mason, N. H. " E. A. Warner, Lowell, Mass. " H. L. Fitts, Candia, N. H. Mrs. Janet Dodge, Nashua, N. H.
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RALEIGH.
_Minister._
Rev. George S. Smith, Raleigh, N. C.
_Teachers._
Miss E. P. Hayes, Limerick, Me. Mrs. Geo. S. Smith, Raleigh, N. C.
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DUDLEY.
_Minister._
Rev. David Peebles, Dudley, N. C.
_Teacher._
Mrs. Anna D. Peebles, Dudley, N. C.
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McLEANSVILLE.
_Minister and Teacher._
Rev. Alfred Connett, Solsberry, Ind.
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WOODBRIDGE.
_Teacher._
Mr. William Ellis, Southfield, Mass.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON.
AVERY INSTITUTE.
_Principal._
Prof. A. W. Farnham, Hannibal, N. Y.
_Assistants._
Mr. C. P. Van Inwegen, Cuddebackville, N. Y. " Levi L. Farnham, Hannibal, N. Y. " C. C. Scott, Charleston, S. C. " E. A. Lawrence, " " Miss M. L. Phelps, Constableville, N. Y. Mrs. M. L. Brown, Charleston, S. C. Miss Monimia McKinlay, " " Miss H. E. Wells, Middletown, N. Y.
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ORANGEBURG.
_Minister._
Rev. W. L. Johnson, Orangeburg, S. C.
_Teacher._
Mrs. W. L. Johnson, " "
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GREENWOOD.
BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL.
Mr. J. D. Backenstose, Geneva, N. Y.
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GEORGIA.
ATLANTA.
_Ministers._ Rev. C. W. Francis, Atlanta, Ga. " S. S. Ashley, Northboro, Mass.
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY.
_Instructors and Managers._
Rev. E. A. Ware, Atlanta, Ga. Prof. T. N. Chase, " " Rev. C. W. Francis, " " " Horace Bumstead, " " Prof. J. F. Fuller, " " " Frank W. Smith, Lincoln, Mass. Miss Emma C. Ware, Norfolk, " " Susie A. Cooley, Honek, Kansas. " Mary E. Sands, Saco, Me. Mrs. Lucy E. Case, Millbury, Mass. Miss Carrie H. Loomis, Hartford, Conn. " Mary L. Santley, New London, Ohio. " E. F. Moore, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. T. N. Chase, Atlanta, Ga. " J. F. Fuller, " "
_STORRS SCHOOL_, (104 Houston St.)
_Principal._
Miss Amy Williams, Livonia Sta., N. Y.
_Assistants._
Miss Fannie M. Andrews, Milltown, Me. " M. E. Stevenson, Bellefontaine, Ohio. " F. J. Norris, Atlanta, Ga. " Abbie Clark, " "
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MACON.
_Minister._
Rev. Stanley E. Lathrop, New London, Wis.
LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL.
_Teachers._
Miss Christene Gilbert, Fredonia, N. Y. " Hattie E. Phelps, Hannibal, N. Y.
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AUGUSTA.
_Teacher._
Miss S. A. Hosmer, Augusta, Ga.
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MARIETTA.
_Teacher._
Mr. Cosmo P. Jordan, Atlanta, Ga.
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ATHENS.
_Teacher._
Mr. J. G. Hutchins, Atlanta, Ga.
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CUTHBERT.
_Teacher._
Mr. Richard R. Wright, Atlanta, Ga.
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FORSYTH.
_Teacher._
Mr. William F. Jackson, Atlanta, Ga.
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STONE MOUNTAIN.
_Teacher._
Mr. William C. Craig, Atlanta, Ga.
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FORT VALLEY.
_Teacher._
Miss S. V. Whitic, Macon, Ga.
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BRUNSWICK.
_Teacher._
Mr. S. B. Morse, Savannah, Ga.
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THOMASVILLE.
_Teacher._
Mr. W. H. Harris, Savannah, Ga.
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AMERICUS.
_Teacher._
Mr. G. W. F. Phillips, Milledgeville, Ga.
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MILLEDGEVILLE.
_Teacher._
Mr. Robert Smith, Charleston, S. C.
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CARTERSVILLE.
_Teacher._
Mr. T. C. Sheppard, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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SAVANNAH.
_Minister and Supt. of Missions._
Rev. R. F. Markham, Wheaton, Ill.
BEACH INSTITUTE.
_Principal._
Mr. B. F. Koons, Sulphur Springs, O.
_Assistants._
Miss Adelaide Daily, Fredonia, N. Y. " Hattie Markham, Wheaton, Ill. Miss E. H. Twichell, Saratoga Sp'gs, N. Y. " Amelia Ferris, Oneida, Ill. Mrs. R. F. Markham, Wheaton, Ill.
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WOODVILLE.
_Minister and Teacher._
Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, Savannah, Ga.
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OGEECHEE.
_Minister and Teacher._
Rev. John McLean, McLeansville, N. C. Miss E. W. Douglass, Decorah, Iowa.
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LOUISVILLE AND BELMONT.
_Minister._
Rev. Wilson Callen, Selma, Ala.
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McINTOSH, LIBERTY CO.
_Ministers._
Rev. Jos. E. Smith, Atlanta, Ga. [A]" Floyd Snelson, McIntosh, Ga.
_Teachers._
John McIntosh, Jr., Savannah, Ga. Mrs. John McIntosh, " "
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ALABAMA.
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TALLADEGA.
_Minister._
Rev. G. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Ct.
TALLADEGA COLLEGE.
_Instructors and Managers._
Rev. E. P. Lord, Olivet, Mich. " G. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Ct. Prof. Geo. N. Ellis, Olivet, Mich. " G. C. Carpenter, Indianola, Iowa. Mr. Warren E. Wheeler, Salem, Wis. " George Atkins, Olivet, Mich. Miss M. L. Sawyer, Boxford, Mass. " S. Ida Allen, Rochester, N. Y. " M. A. M. Kernan, Locust Valley, L. I. " Kate A. Lord, Olivet, Mich. Mrs. H. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Ct. Miss Emily P. Newcomb, Chicago, Ill.
_MISSION CHURCHES._
ALABAMA FURNACE, KYMÚLGA, THE COVE, LAWSONVILLE.
_Superintendent._
Rev. G. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Conn.
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SHELBY IRON WORKS.
_Minister._
Rev. J. D. Smith, Talladega, Ala.
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ANNISTON.
_Minister._
Rev. Peter McEntosh, Talladega, Ala.
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CHILDERSBURG.
_Minister._
Rev. Alfred Jones, Talladega, Ala.
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MOBILE.
_Minister._
Rev. D. L. Hickok, Kingsville, Ohio.
EMERSON INSTITUTE.
_Supt. and Teachers._
Rev. D. L. Hickok, Kingsville, Ohio. Miss Isabel Phelps, Oswego, N. Y. " May Hickok, Kingsville, Ohio. " H. Jennie Stevenson, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
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MONTGOMERY, (P. O. Box 62.)
_Minister._
Rev. F. Bascom, D.D., Hinsdale, Ill.
SWAYNE SCHOOL.
_Principal._
Miss Martha J. Adams, Columbus, Wis.
_Assistants._
Miss Jane S. Hardy, Shelburne, Mass. " May Merry, Providence, R. I. " Fannie A. Wilson, Montgomery, Ala. Mrs. M. Hardaway Davis, " " Miss Anna Duncan, " "
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SELMA.
_Minister._
Rev. C. B. Curtis, Burlington, Wis.
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MARION.
_Minister._
Rev. Geo. E. Hill, Southport, Conn.
_Missionaries._
Mrs. Geo. E. Hill, Southport, Conn. Miss Laura Hill, " "
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ATHENS.
_Minister._
Rev. Horace J. Taylor, McMinnville, Tenn.
TRINITY SCHOOL.
_Teachers._
Miss M. F. Wells, Ann Arbor, Mich. " Nettie Underwood, Burlington, "
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FLORENCE.
_Minister._
Rev. William H. Ash, Providence, R. I.
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TENNESSEE.
NASHVILLE.
_Ministers._
Rev. Henry S. Bennett, Nashville, Tenn. " Geo. W. Moore, " "
FISK UNIVERSITY.
_Instructors and Managers._
Rev. E. M. Cravath, Brooklyn, N. Y. [B] " A. K. Spence, Nashville, Tenn. " H. S. Bennett, " " " F. A. Chase, " " " C. C. Painter, Stafford Sp'gs, Conn. Mr. Edward P. Gilbert, Nashville, Tenn. " John Burrus, " " Miss Helen C. Morgan, Cleveland, Ohio. " Anna M. Cahill, Binghamton, N. Y. " Henrietta Matson, N. Bloomfield, Ohio. " E. M. Barnes, Bakersfield, Vt. " Laura S. Carey, St. Johnsbury, Vt. Mrs. J. D. Lee, Nashville, Tenn. Miss Irene E. Gilbert, Fredonia, N. Y. " Sarah M. Wells, Big Rapids, Mich. " Sarah A. Stevens, St. Johnsbury, Vt. Miss Mary Farrand, Ypsilanti, Mich. " Dora Ford, N. Abington, Mass
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MEMPHIS.
_Minister._
Rev. W. W. Mallory, Memphis, Tenn.
_Missionary._
Miss Hattie Milton, Romeo, Mich.
LE MOYNE SCHOOL.
_Principal._
Prof. A. J. Steele, Whitewater, Wis.
_Assistants._
Miss Laura A. Parmelee, Toledo, Ohio " Emma Rand, Whitewater, Wis. " Ella Woodward, Royalton, N. Y. " S. M. McGill, Memphis, Tenn.
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CHATTANOOGA.
_Minister._
Rev. Temple Cutler, Athol, Mass.
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KENTUCKY.
BEREA.
_Minister._
Rev. John G. Fee, Berea, Ky.
BEREA COLLEGE.
_Instructors and Managers._
Rev. E. H. Fairchild, D.D., Berea, Ky. " John G. Fee, " " Prof. L. V. Dodge, " " Rev. Charles G. Fairchild, " " Prof. P. D. Dodge, " " Rev. B. S. Hunting, Sublette, Ill. Miss L. A. Darling, Akron, Ohio " Kate Gilbert, W. Brookfield, Mass. " Anna Haylor, Oberlin, Ohio. " Etta McClelland, Berea, Ky. " Clara A. Saxton, Oberlin, Ohio. " Alice E. Peck, Alexander, N. Y. " C. W. Haynes, Oberlin, Ohio.
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CAMP NELSON.
_Minister._
Rev. John Drew, Berea, Ky.
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MISSISSIPPI.
TOUGALOO.
_Minister._
Rev. G. S. Pope, Strongsville, Ohio.
TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY.
_Managers and Instructors._
Rev. G. S. Pope, Strongsville, Ohio. Prof. D. I. Miner, Bavaria, Kansas. Miss Kate K. Koons, Sulphur Springs, O. " Orra A. Angell, Greenville, R. I. Miss Mary H. Scott, Auburndale, Mass. " Irene C. Barnes, Greenville, R. I. Mrs. G. S. Pope, Strongsville, Ohio. " D. I. Miner, Bavaria, Kansas. Miss S. L. Emerson, Hallowell, Me.
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LOUISIANA.
NEW ORLEANS.
_Ministers._
Rev. W. S. Alexander, Pomfret, Conn. " Isaac Hall, New Orleans, La. " Henry Ruffin, " " " N. B. James, " "
STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY.
_Instructors and Managers._
Rev. W. S. Alexander, Pomfret, Conn. Prof. J. K. Cole, Lawrence, Mass. " J. M. McPherron, New Orleans, La. Miss Mary J. Robinson, Lake City, Minn. " Caroline Park, West Boxford, Mass. Miss H. J. Halleck, Success, L. I. " Frances Stevens, Oswego, N. Y. Mrs. C. E. Alexander, Pomfret, Conn.
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ABBERVILLE.
_Minister._
Rev. Charles E. Smith, New Orleans, La.
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NEW IBERIA.
_Minister._
Rev. William Butler, New Iberia, La.
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CARROLLTON.
Rev. Thos. E. Hillson New Orleans, La.
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TEXAS.
GOLIAD.
_Minister._
Rev. B. C. Church, Goliad, Texas.
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CORPUS CHRISTI.
_Minister._
Rev. S. M. Coles, New Haven, Conn.
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HELENA.
_Minister._
Rev. Mitchell Thompson, Goliad, Texas.
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SCHULENBURG.
_Minister._
Rev. A. J. Turner, Schulenburg, Texas.
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AUSTIN.
_Teacher._
Mrs. E. M. Garland, Austin, Texas.
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AMONG THE CHINESE.
_Superintendent._
Rev. W. C. Pond, San Francisco, Cal.
_Teachers._
SAN FRANCISCO, Mr. Henry M. Pond. Mrs. M. T. Hunting. Mr. Wong Sam. " J. Hackley. " Chung Ying. Mrs. C. A. Sheldon.
OAKLAND, Miss L. B. Mann. " Lucy Duncan. Mr. Jee Gam.
PETALUMA, Mr. A. L. Anthony.
SACRAMENTO, Mrs. S. Denton. Mr. Lu Haim.
SANTA BARBARA, Mrs. C. P. Stephenson.
STOCKTON, " M. C. Brown.
SUISUN, " T. W. Chamberlain.
WOODLAND, Mr. E. C. Gilbert.
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AMONG THE INDIANS.
_Red Lake Agency, Minnesota._
Agent, ---- Teacher, Miss M. C. Warren.
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_Lake Superior Agency, Wis._
Agent, Dr. Isaac L. Mahan. Teacher, ---- ---- " Robert Pew.
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_Green Bay Agency, Wis._
Agent, Joseph C. Bridgman. Farmer and Teacher, W. W. Wheeler. Matron, Mrs. W. W. Wheeler. Teacher, Miss S. B. Dresser.
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_Ft. Berthold Agency, Dakota Territory._
Agent, Thomas P. Ellis.
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_Sisseton Agency, Dakota Territory._
Agent, E. H. C. Hooper. Teachers, (Connected with the Mission of the A. B. C. F. M.)
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_S'Kokomish Agency, Washington Territory._
Agent, Edwin Eells. Missionary, Rev. Myron Eells. Teachers, (Supported by Gov't.)
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MENDI MISSION, WEST AFRICA.
_Missionaries and Assistants._
Rev. A. P. Miller. " A. F. Jackson. Dr. Benj. James. Mr. A. E. White. Mrs. A. P. Miller. " A. F. Jackson. Rev. George N. Jewett. Mr. Sam. H. Goodman. Mr. James Pickett. Mr. Buel Tucker. Mrs. Lucy During.
[A] Missionary returned from Africa. [B] Absent.
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THE FREEDMEN.
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NORTH CAROLINA.
A Working Church--Bible Christians.
MISS E. A. WARNER, WILMINGTON.
Last Sabbath we had an unusually interesting communion season. Two young men united with the church; one has been a member of our day-school, both of the Sunday-school. Our daily prayer is, "Lord, bring our scholars into the fold of Christ." Our church is small, but it is a working one, and its influence is felt in the community.
A young Methodist minister attended a course of lectures given by Mr. Dodge, last winter, on the Christian Doctrines, and he says, "Mr. Dodge taught me more than I ever knew before. The Bible seems a new book."
It seems to me the people are beginning to feel that the "Bible Christians" are different from the mass of professing ones around them. I called on a sick young man; he asked me to come in and read to him. I did so from time to time until he recovered. The family said, "We are ashamed to return your calls, but we will come into meeting." And they were in last Sabbath evening. I have been teaching a woman over fifty years of age to read, this summer, and now she reads quite intelligibly, and says what little she can read opens up a new world to her.
I was somewhat amused one day when she came to the word "Hypocrite." She repeated, "_Hypocrite, hypocrite_; I must remember that, for we have a plenty of 'um around us." She often comes to our meetings, because she "can get such a good understanding of the Bible."
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GEORGIA.
A New Conference Organized.
REV. S. E. LATHROP, MACON.
In Georgia, the "Empire State of the South," a Congregational Conference now exists. It was formed at Macon, Dec. 12. Part of the churches came from the Central South Conference, which formerly covered the States of Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Georgia. The others were members of the now defunct Southeast Georgia Conference. By uniting together in this State organization, it is hoped that the bond of fellowship and Christian work may be strengthened. Twelve churches were represented by pastor or delegate, including the church at Orangeburg, S. C. Three of these have white pastors from the North; the others have efficient colored ministers who have been trained in the schools of the A. M. A.