Part 2

In contrast with the two railroads referred to, I wish to report that I have in hand the annual _half-fare_ permits of _twenty-eight_ railroad companies in the South, nearly all that I have occasion to use, besides an _annual free pass_, held now for two years, on Senator Joseph E. Brown’s road from Atlanta to Chattanooga, which I use a great deal. Having received marked and unvarying courtesy from the officials of all of these companies (and, indeed, from everybody South as yet, without exception), I count it a testimony to the recognized position of the American Missionary Association in the South that these favors have been granted so generally and so cheerfully.

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GENERAL NOTES.

Africa.

--In South Africa, where Dr. Moffat waited years for a conversion, there are 50,000 Christians.

--In almost every leading town in Egypt, from Alexandria to Assouan on the First Cataract, mission stations have been founded by the United Presbyterians.

--Four persons have offered to take up the mission work in the field left vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Bushnell, of the Gaboon, Africa.

--From their possessions in Algeria, the French are projecting a trans-Sahara railroad from the Mediterranean coast to Timbuctoo, on the Niger; and another from Senegal to the Niger. The English are planning four other railways to the interior of Africa. If these plans are carried out, new districts of the vast continent will be brought within easy reach of the Christian missionary.

--_Mr. Arthington at a breakfast meeting in Leeds._--At a convention of the Baptist Churches in Leeds, England, the following minute was passed unanimously: “Resolved, that this meeting, on behalf of the Leeds Churches, pledges itself to raise a sum not exceeding £500, which shall be employed in supplementing Mr. Robert Arthington’s gift of £1,000 for the purchase of a steamer to be placed on the Congo River.” Mr. Arthington himself was present, and delivered a most interesting address on the claims of mission work in Africa.

--At the Livingstonia Mission Dr. Laws has already trained one native of the country to be a teacher among the Angoni, and has two others in preparation. Mrs. Laws has received a sewing-machine from Glasgow, and has taught two native girls to work it. Money has been introduced to the country, as have also the rites of Christian marriage.

--On August 22d, Archdeacon D. C. Crowther baptized 27 converts at Bonny, in the presence of a congregation numbering no less than 842 persons. One of the candidates was Orumbi, the rich woman who has been holding daily family worship for all her dependents.

--Bishop Crowther was recently visited by a wealthy chief from Okrika, a town of 10,000 people, 40 miles from Bonny, who informed him that his people had built a church for Christian worship, to hold 500, which was filled every Sabbath to listen to the reading of the service by a school boy from the Brass Mission.

--Mr. Felkin has fulfilled his commission in seeing the Waganda envoys safe to Zanzibar, and in paying a visit to Frere Town. At the latter place, the missionaries have been instructed with regard to runaway slaves, and the disturbances threatened recently are likely to be avoided.

--There is said to be a marked difference between the tribes on the eastern and those on the western shore of the Tanganyika Lake. The former have neither images nor idols, while the latter have both, in great numbers. An image is found at the entrance of every village, and of nearly every hut. These are carved in the shape of human figures. The art of carving exists in great perfection among some of the tribes.

--R. M. Wanzer, of Hamilton, Ontario, is running his immense sewing machine factory largely with gold received from Africa, from the sale of more than 100,000 of his machines in that country. It is not until we have seen orders from the agents of one great manufacturing establishment like this, that any adequate idea is formed of the extent to which our civilization is being introduced into that dark continent. We may well hope that when the native African is royally clad in long, flowing robes, made from American prints, on American sewing machines, that he will be ready to listen to the Gospel from the lips of him who represents these material blessings.

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The Indians.

--“If you want to civilize the Indians you must keep from them schools and churches.”

If you want to civilize the Indians you must keep from them intelligence and morality.

If you want to civilize the Indians you must keep from them civilization itself.

The first remark above was made by a somewhat celebrated scientist at a great meeting of scientific people in Boston, last summer. The last two we simply intended to give emphasis to the first. We think the biggest argument that we can make against this scientific conclusion is to say nothing about it.--_Exchange._

--On the 6th of November, the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa., welcomed fifteen new students: four boys and three girls from the Menomonees at Green Bay Agency, and four boys and four girls from the Sisseton Sioux Agency; an exceptionally bright and promising delegation. An Apache boy, captured by the 4th Cavalry in Arizona, six years ago, has also been admitted to the school, thus making the total number 212.

--Recently, at the Cheyenne Agency, Walter Matches, one of the Florida boys, was married to Emma, formerly a scholar at the boarding-school. The teachers of the school, where the wedding took place, prepared an entertainment to which all the Florida boys were invited, and the occasion is described as having been a very pleasant one. The newly married couple are to live at the school, where they are both employed, and we wish for them a life of great happiness to themselves and usefulness to their people.

--On the 6th day of October, the Carlisle Indian Training School completed the first year of its history. At a little impromptu gathering of the school and its teachers and helpers, on the evening of that day, the children were asked to vote for, or against, continuing the school work. Every hand went up in favor of continuing it, and some of the boys even stood up and held up both hands. Speeches were in order. Everybody was happy and many reminiscences were brought out with much incentive to continued effort.

--That a great wrong has been done the Poncas, all parties agree. Who is responsible for this wrong is not at present so important as the question whether as Bright Eyes asserts, and the Boston Committee believe, a still greater wrong is attempted in the effort now making to have them relinquish their title to their own homes in Dakota on the false pretence that it is their own desire to do so. That the Hon. Carl Schurz, so far from being a friend of the Indian, is the most unscrupulous enemy he has ever had, we shall believe only when the proof is overwhelming. The delegation which has gone out to investigate, goes with some very decided convictions on this subject, but its report, whether favorable or adverse, will doubtless be accepted as just to all concerned.

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The Chinese.

--Our Chinese brethren on the Pacific coast have organized a society called the “Congregational Association of Christian Chinese.” They have a General Association and several branch Societies. Mr. Jee Gam, the Secretary, reports the following interesting facts and figures:

The Central has 107 members, of whom 11 were received, and 11 have been baptized, the past year. Six are now absent in China. Total contributions, $265.55.

Bethany Branch, San Francisco, has 23 members, of whom 6 were received the past year, and 4 baptized. One member expelled. Contributions, $112.00.

Marysville--Eleven members; all received the past year. Two have been expelled. Contributions, $98.00.

Oakland--Thirty-two members; 2 received, and 2 expelled the past year. One baptized. Three gone to China. Contributions, $643.25.

Oroville--Six members, all added the past year. Contributions not known.

Petaluma--Two members, of whom one has recently been received. Contributions not known.

Sacramento--Thirty-two members; of whom 9 have been received, 5 expelled, and 7 baptized, during the year. Two have gone to China. Contributions, $225.35.

Stockton--Nine members; 3 received, 2 expelled and 1 baptized during the year. Contributions, $157.25.

Besides the contributions noted above, a general collection has been taken, amounting to $137.50. In the effort to free Bethany Church, San Francisco, of debt, the Chinese members and friends of that church contributed $212.50--of which $30.50 given in Sacramento, and $13.00 in Stockton, are included in the amounts given above.

The total of gifts and offerings by the Chinese connected with our Mission daring the past year cannot be less than $1,957.40. The total membership, as above reported, is 222. Added the past year, 38. Baptized (including 2 at Santa Barbara), 26. Expelled, 10.

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ITEMS FROM THE FIELD.

HAMPTON, VA.--Twelve students united with the church on the 1st Sabbath of January, nearly all of them on profession of faith. Seven of these were Dakota Indians. It was a beautiful sight.

WASHINGTON, D. C.--The Lincoln Mission of this city has blossomed into the Lincoln Memorial Church, which was organized by council on the 10th of January with Rev. S. P. Smith installed at the same time as pastor. The sermon was preached by Dr. Roy, Field Superintendent, and the other parts were by Dr. Patton, Dr. Chickering, Dr. Rankin, Rev. Mr. Grimke, of the Colored Presbyterian Church, Rev. T. J. Holmes, of Baltimore, and Prof. Fairfield. Music by the organist of Dr. Rankin’s church and his superb choir.

Mrs. Babcock, of Newburyport, Mass., has commenced missionary labor with this church with every prospect of wide usefulness. She is supported by the W. H. M. A., of Boston, under commission of the A. M. A. This mission, in its Sunday-school work, runs back to the day of the Nation’s martyr, whose name it bears. It has done a vast deal of good, which has been garnered up in other churches round about, and now it turns to care for its own. It has been sustained, as it is now, mainly by Dr. Rankin’s people. The colored population of the district is 60,000, with only 3,000 outside of the city. The National Capital carries its share of the “wards.”

AUGUSTA, GA.--Some of the colored people drew off from one of the large churches to form a new one, and have been taking monthly collections to build a church edifice. A little girl six years old said she must have a nickel, for next Sunday was “throwing in” Sunday, and she wanted to see that church built. Her mother said she shouldn’t give her one, for she spent the last for candy and she ought to have saved that. So she went off with a basket on her arm, picked up bones and sold them for the five cents. Then a friend gave her another and she remarked: “I believe I’ll put this in, too, for _that church must be built_.”

MACON, GA.--There seems to be a growing spirit of harmony among the members. The Sunday-school has had an average attendance of 116, and is in a good state of efficiency and progress. It had a very successful Christmas concert and “fruit tree,” and its other occasional concerts have been interesting. Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop have done as much missionary work as they could, and have distributed quantities of clothing, etc., to the poor, among whom there has been much real suffering from the severe weather.

ATLANTA, GA.--It is refreshing to one’s soul to get into a live prayer-meeting like ours last night. One good brother said, “This thing what you call Christianity is no small thing. It starts small, but it grows and grows and grows till it reaches out of this world into the land we call Heaven.” Another faithful brother always prays much, and especially for our school, and in his remarks last evening gave as his opinion--“If ’twan’t for what’s ben done on this yere block this city would be ten times worser’n it is in ignorance ’n superstition. I hain’t no chillun o’ my own and I dunno much about dealin’s with chillun, but I know dealin’s with chillun ain’t no funny thing.” This evidently showed his appreciation of our labor, and our hearts echoed his sentiments, while we smiled at his quaintness and originality.

SELMA, ALA.--The school is larger at this time than it has ever been during the same months since my connection with it. The enrolment for the present month is 339. We have this year quite a number of young men in attendance, from our own and adjoining counties. A course of lectures, intended mainly for the parents of the scholars, has been determined upon, and two lectures have been delivered by the pastors of the Methodist and Baptist churches respectively. Others are purposed for each month of the school year.

On Friday evening, 31st inst., there was a re-union of the Church. The first hour was spent in preparatory exercises, for the coming Communion service, after which greetings by letter were read by the pastor and others, from those who had been connected with the church as pastors, and absent sisters and brothers, all showing a deep interest in the welfare and growth of the church. Then followed remarks from those present, who had come from other States and from Talladega College, giving us a description of their work in the day and Sunday-schools, showing how much they appreciate the advantages they have received and enjoyed, and are anxious to help raise others to the same standard in spiritual and intellectual advancement.

MONTGOMERY, ALA.--This is a week of prayer and we are observing it. While the weather has thus far been very unfavorable, afternoon meetings have been excellent; though not large as to number, the spirit of them has been very encouraging. We are laboring and praying for a “quickening.” I think quite a number are seriously thoughtful. We expected to receive two last Sabbath on profession, but the terrible cold and snows of the week prevented us from having our church preparatory service on Wednesday evening. There has been a very decided advance in intelligent appreciation of the Gospel and in spirituality, within the past year, although no real increase in numbers.

MEMPHIS, TENN.--The religious interest in the school has brought great blessing and refreshing. On Thursday and Friday ten students were led to give clear, whole-hearted testimony to an entire change of heart and life. The school is moved through and through. Scarcely a pupil of any age but is anxiously inquiring, as are many of their friends outside. Some wonderful scenes and experiences are given us and the entire work goes on most quietly, and, we trust, thoroughly. We pray for the _whole school_.

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NEW APPOINTMENTS.

1880-1881.

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 American Missionary Association. 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 in which it is engaged, their teachers are included in this list.

THE SOUTHERN FIELD.

REV. J. E. ROY, D. D., Field Superintendent.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

WASHINGTON. _Theological Department, Howard University._ Rev. W. W. Patton, D. D., Washington, D. C. Rev. J. G. Craighead, D. D., Washington, D. C. Rev. Alexander Pitzer, D. D., Washington, D. C. Rev. John G. Butler, D. D., Washington, D. C. LINCOLN MEMORIAL CHURCH. _Pastor._ Rev. S. P. Smith, Chicago, Ill. _Special Missionary._ Mrs. C. B. Babcock, Newburyport, Mass.

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VIRGINIA.

HAMPTON. _Minister._ Rev. H. B. Frissell, New York City. NORMAL AND AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE. _Instructors and Managers._ Gen. S.C. Armstrong, Hampton, Va. Gen. J. F. B. Marshall, Treasurer, Hampton, Va. Mr. Albert Howe, Farm Manager, Hampton, Va. Mr. F. C. Briggs, Business Agent, Hampton, Va. Mr. C. D. Cake, Industrial Works, Hampton, Va. Mr. J. B. H. Goff, Engineer, Hampton, Va. Mr. C. W. Betts, Printing Office, Wilmington, Del. Capt. Henry Romeyn, Mil. Dept., Hampton, Va. Mr. Thos. T. Brice, Hampton, Va. Miss Mary F. Mackie, Newburgh, N. Y. Miss Charlotte L. Mackie, Newburgh, N. Y. Miss Mary T. Galpin, Stockbridge, Mass. Miss Helen W. Ludlow, New York City. Miss A. A. Hobbs, Bangor, Me. Miss Lucy D. Gillett, Westfield, Mass. Miss Jane E. Davis, Troy, N. Y. Miss Abby E. Cleveland, Nyack, N. Y. Miss Myrtilla J. Sherman, Brookfield, Mass. Miss Phebe C. Davenport, Quaker Street, N. Y. Miss Sophia L. Brewster, Brookfield, Mass. Miss Margaret Kenwell, Mechanicsville, N. Y. Miss Anna E. Kemble, Camden, N. Y. Miss Emma H. Lothrop, Pittsfield, Mass. Miss Carrie L. McElway, New York City. Miss Julia P. Brown, Farmington, Conn. Miss Annie Emerson, Boston, Mass. Mr. R.H. Hamilton, Hampton, Va. INDIAN DEPARTMENT. Mr. J. H. McDowell, Chg. Workshop, Hampton, Va. Miss Isabel B. Eustis, Springfield, Mass. Mrs. Lucy A. Lyman, Hampton, Va. Miss Grace Harding, Longmeadow, Mass. Miss Lovey A. Mayo, Hampton, Va. Miss Cora M. Folsom, Boston, Mass. Mr. B. T. Washington, Hampton, Va. Mr. Geo. J. Davis, Hampton, Va. Mr. J.P. Harding, Asst. in Workshop, Longmeadow, Mass. BUTLER SCHOOL. Miss Elizabeth Hyde, Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss Rosetta Mason, Hampton, Va. Mr. B.S. White, Hampton, Va. Mr. Orpheus M. McAdoo, Hampton, Va. CLERKS. Mr. F. B. Banks, Hampton, Va. Mr. Wm. M. Reid, Hampton, Va. Mr. W. H. Daggs, Hampton, Va. Mr. Geo. A. Blackmore, Hampton, Va.

CARRSVILLE. _Teacher._ Miss M. A. Andrus, Riceville, Pa.

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NORTH CAROLINA.

WILMINGTON (P. O. Box 207.) NORMAL SCHOOL. _Minister and Superintendent._ Rev. D. D. Dodge, Nashua, N. H. _Principal._ Mrs. C. G. Ball, Palermo, N. Y. _Assistants._ Miss E. A. Warner, Lowell, Mass. Miss H. L. Fitts, Candia, N. H. Mrs. Janet Dodge, Nashua, N. H. _Special Missionary._ Miss A. E. Farrington, Portland, Me.

RALEIGH. _Minister._ Rev. George S. Smith, Raleigh, N. C.

DUDLEY. _Minister._ Rev. David Peebles, Dudley, N. C. _Teacher._ Miss Alice M. Conley, Shelby, Ala.

McLEANSVILLE. _Minister and Teacher._ Rev. Alfred Connet, Solsberry, Ind.

WOODBRIDGE. _Teacher._ Mr. William Ellis, Southfield, Mass.

BEAUFORT. _Minister._ Rev. Michael Jerkins, Beaufort, N. C.

LASSITER’S MILLS. _Minister._ Rev. Islay Walden, Salem, N. C.

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SOUTH CAROLINA.

CHARLESTON. _Minister._ Rev. Temple Cutler, Ipswich, Mass. AVERY INSTITUTE. _Principal._ Prof. W. L. Gordon, Jefferson, Wis. _Assistants._ Prof. Harlan P. Townsend, Athol, Mass. Miss Clara Eastman, Wells River, Vt. Miss Nellie L. Cloudman, So. Windham, Me. Mrs. J. F. Steere, Greenville, R. I. Mr. E. A. Lawrence, Charleston, S. C. Mrs. M. L. Brown, Charleston, S. C. Miss Monimia McKinlay, Charleston, S. C. Mrs. Temple Cutler, Ipswich, Mass. _Special Missionary._ Miss H. E. Wells, Middletown, N. Y.

ORANGEBURG. _Minister._ Rev. Thornton Benson, Talladega, Ala.

GREENWOOD. BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL. Mr. J. D. Backenstose, Geneva, N. Y.

ALMEDA. Mrs. A. S. Steele, Revere, Mass.

LADIES’ ISLAND. Miss M. H. Clary, Conway, Mass.

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GEORGIA.

ATLANTA. _Ministers._ Rev. C. W. Francis, Atlanta, Ga. Rev. C. W. Hawley, Amherst, Mass. ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. _Instructors and Managers._ Rev. E. A. Ware, Atlanta, Ga. Prof. T. N. Chase, Atlanta, Ga. Rev. C. W. Francis, Atlanta, Ga. Rev. Horace Bumstead, Atlanta, Ga. Prof. Wm. M. Aber, Newark, N. J. Prof. Frank W. Smith, Lincoln, Mass. Prof. A. W. Farnham, Hannibal, N. Y. Miss Emma C. Ware, Norfolk, Mass. Miss Emma W. Beaman, Amherst, Mass. Miss Mary E. Sands, Saco, Me. Mrs. Lucy E. Case, Millbury, Mass. Miss Carrie H. Loomis, Hartford, Conn. Miss Mary L. Santley, New London, Ohio. Miss E. F. Moore, Chicago, Ill. Miss M. K. Smith, N. B., Canada. Miss Rebecca Massey, Oberlin, Ohio. Mrs. J. F. Fuller, Atlanta, Ga. _STORRS SCHOOL_, (104 Houston St.) _Principal._ Miss Amy Williams, Livonia Sta., N. Y. _Assistants._ Miss Julia Goodwin, Mason, N. H. Miss Amelia Ferris, Oneida, Ill. Miss F. J. Norris, Atlanta, Ga. Miss Abbie Clark, Atlanta, Ga. Miss Effie Escridge, Atlanta, Ga. _Special Missionary._ Miss Lizzie Stevenson, Bellefontaine, Ohio.