lish.

Health of the Family restored. Thursday, Nov. 14.-The health of our family is now, in general, good. Some of the members have not recovered their

Tuesday, Nov. 5.--Brothers Montgomery and Newton set out for the Missouri on business for the mission. Two hands came in to-day, on their way to Union, who are employed to assist in the labour there.

The Grist-Mill in operation. Wednesday, Nov. 6.—For the first time corn is ground at our new mill, and we partake this evening of the first bread raised by us in the Osage country. This privilege will make our circumstances

much more comfortable. The water rises very slow. Our saw-mill has been in readiness some time, but we have not been able to use it for want of water. The cost of our mills, thus far, has amounted to nearly two thousand dollars, and the probable cost of finishing them will be from four to six hundred

dollars.

Sabbath, Nov. 10.-Brother Dodge preached both morning and evening, as brothers Pixley and Montgomery are ab

sent.

Monday, Nov. 11.-To-day the Union labourers started for that station. A number of the Osages visited us to-day. One of them went to our mills, and saw them in operation. He came back highly elated, and said he would tell the Osages all about them.

Addition to the School. Wednesday, Nov. 13.-Two half breed children were brought to our school today, a boy and a girl. They are about 8 years old, and have lived in a white family three or four years. They speak both the English and Osage very well. We think they will be quite an advantage

former strength, but we hope they will

soon be able to fulfil the duties of their stations with as much ability as usual.

Saturday, November 16.-Some Osage women came in. One of them is the mother of one of our little girls. She seemed to rejoice to see her child, and manifested great satisfaction in having her here. Brothers Montgomery and Newton, from the Missouri, returned this evening in good health.

Sabbath, Nov. 17.-The exercises of this day were attended as usual. Brother Dodge preached this morning, and Br.

M. in the afternoon. Brother M. attempted to communicate some religious instructions to some Osage women and our Indian children this evening. He appears to make himself understood in the language of the natives.

Tuesday, Nov. 19.-Brother Requa, from Union, returned to Harmony for the remainder of Sister Requa's goods. Dr. Palmer accompanied him, and is going to the Missouri on business for that mission.

Saturday, Nov. 23.-We circulated a

subscription paper among those of cur family who have not given their property to the mission, and among our hired men, and raised upwards of two hundred dollars, for the purpose of redeeming a man of colour from slavery, that he may have an opportunity to study with a view to the Gospel ministry.

Sabbath, Nov. 24.-Brother Dodge preached this morning, and Brother M. in the afternoon. Held a conference in the evening, which was a very animated season, particularly on account of having the brethren from Union with us.

Tuesday, Nov. 26.-Brethren Dodge and Bright, accompanied by Dr. Palmer, set out for Franklin on business, which will probably require a month to accom

plish. Their absence will be sensibly felt in our little community, as well also as the departure of Nicholas, the coloured man mentioned above, whose ardent

piety has rendered him an interesting character at our morning devotions, and in our meeting for conference and prayer.

UNITED FOREIGN MISSIONARY

SOCIETY.

Sixth Anniversary. The sixth Annual Meeting of this Society was held in the City-Hotel, in Broadway, on Wednesday evening, May 7, 1823, the Hon. STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER, President of the Society, in the Chair.

The Annual Report was read by Mr. Z. Lewis, the Secretary for Domestic Correspondence, aided by the Rev. Dr. Milledoler, late Secretary for Foreign Correspondence.

Having finished the Report, Mr. Lewis

addressed the President in substance as follows:

Before I take my seat, Sir, I will perform a duty assigned to me by the Chief Warriour of the Osages of the Arkansaw. The desolating war between the Osages and the Cherokees having been happily brought to a close, this Chief has transmitted his celebrated War Club to the President of the United Foreign Missionary Society, as a token of respect for that Institution which has sent a Mission Family to his nation. To this Club is affixed a label, of which the following is a copy :

"To the Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer, the great and good Warriour who loves the Osages, this War Club is sent as a testimony of respect. It tells you that I have been a great Warriour, but now love war no more.

"Cha-tokah-washnih-pesha ;
66 'or, Mad Buffalo Bull."

To this is annexed the following certificate:

"The Mad Buffalo has been a distinguished Warriour, and is still a man of great influence in his Tribe.

"Signed, E. CHAPMAN.”

In the name of Mad Buffalo, I present this emblem of his office to you, Sir, the respected Chief of a band of Christian Warriours, who have associated for the purpose of conveying to the untutored savage the arts of civilized life, and the proclamation of Peace on Earth and good will to men.

JOSEPH C. HORNBLOWER, Esq. of Newark, New-Jersey, then rose, and after apologizing for bodily infirmity, which in

some measure unfitted him to address the

Society, adverted to the heart-affecting and heart-cheering scene he had just witnessed, in which the gospel promise seemed already fulfilled, that men should beat their swords into ploughshares, and learn war no more. If we were even destitute of all pretensions to Christianity, common humanity was sufficient to swell the heart at contemplating the effects produced already by the efforts of this Society-but it was impossible to view them as unconnected with the general system of Christian exertions around us. It was impossible to remember that on to-morrow morning, and in this very room, the anniversary of the American Bible Society was to be held, and not to consider that these two noble institutions went hand in hand-while the one scattered the golden pages of inspiration, the other sent forth the heralds of the cross, to explain them to the benighted heathen. If the one was of more recent date, and had attracted less of public notice and public patronage, it was still our duty, if we loved the Bible, to esteem and support the cause of an association which sent abroad the messengers of salvation, who were to bear the Bible in their hands. The least star that glitters in the galaxy of heaven, is essential to that complete splendour we so much admire; if one were gone, that splendour would be impaired. So

if we should suffer those various sister institutions to fail, by which the Bible Society is surrounded, that Society, though in itself still and ever a blessed one, would be of far less utility. This Society has the Bible of God, and the God of the Bible for its great and ultimate objects and its history was, to observant angels, a subject of far higher interest than all the empires of merely human ambition that ever rose or crumbled into dust. The gentleman closed his address, by congratulating the Society on the presence of so large an assembly of female auditors. The Bible had elevated them in the scale of society, and was the great charter and safeguard of their rights-might we not hope to realize the proofs of their ardour in its cause, by seeing them sacrificing the ornaments which decorated their persons to that Bible and to God? He then submitted the usual resolution for the acceptance and printing of the report.

The Rev. MATTHIAS BRUEN, in seconding the motion, said that he felt that no more was needed to secure an unanimous vote than to state, that it was a Missionary Report which was to be published. He inquired what nobler name could be inscribed upon the history of the proceedings of this Society. What is the Bible itself but a Missionary Report of God's mighty undertaking for man's salvation? What is the book of the Revelation which was given to St. John in the Isle of Patmos but a Missionary Report of what Jesus Christ was about to do in evangelizing all nations?

I rejoice, Sir, that such a report is about to be sent forth from this country, which is now attracting the eyes of Europe and the world, and whose civil institutions are about to be copied in either hemisphere. And should not the Church, at the same time, lift itself up to view? Should it not declare what we are doing for those wretched tribes, the Aborigines of the soil. European curiosity is all alive-some view us with envy, some with benevolence, but all inquire, when they hear of our great cities, and flourishing towns, and extended commerce, overspreading the solitary hunting grounds

and quiet waters of the Indians, all inquire what recompense the natives have received, who are passing away like the mist before us. A sad recompense! Not, Sir, that I would reflect upon our Fathers, as though no efforts had been made before our own day in behalf of these wanderers of the forest. Our fathers acted nobly, and were the authors of the spirit and measures which distinguish the nineteenth century. Our Brainerds and Elliots first kindled this sacred fire which now illumines, and is soon to warm the whole earth. I rejoice, Sir, that we are their descendants.

And the period in which we labour is most auspicious. What have we wrought, or rather what hath not God wrought for us within the last twenty years? Who shall dare to stand still when He has levelled the mountains and raised the vallies, and opened us a wide way into

our western forests. How different are the present Osages and Cherokees from the Pequots, the Narragansets, and the Mohawks, who murdered our fathers? Who would have believed that in so short a period after they were first visited, these savage tribes would have appropriated their revenues to the support of schools? They have not only suffered us to proceed in our efforts, but they have actually brought their money, and laid it down at our feet, and invited us forward. It would be a crime against the first dictate of humanity and religion to resist their call. Let the excitement which exists be indulged; there will be no want of means, if we resolve to perform our duty. Dare we stand still at such an hour? No, Sir, let us tax ourselves in this cause. We live, it is true, under the Christian dispensation. God has not levied upon us, as he did upon his first church, for the amount to be given for his service. He has left this contribution to be a voluntary offering at our hands, but shall we, for this reason, withhold it. Sir, if we do, in the court of the angels, in the view of the all-righteous Judge, that man will be accounted to have robbed God, who does not consecrate at least the tenth to his cause. Difficulties are vanishing before us-let us hope that the report we

have heard to-night will induce all who read it to give forth nobly of their sub

stance.

And when we ask for aid, we have appeals to patriotism as well as arguments of religion upon which to found our claim. If, Sir, there be any one here who feels no kindness for the red man, whose sympathies run only in the channel of the white man's blood, let him remember that our missionary families are the avant couriers to our population; that they are advancing from the Illinois and Arkansaw to the Rocky Mountains, and will soon be upon the shores of the Pacific, to take possession of the rich inheritance which Providence has bestowed upon this happiest of Republics; and they must be sustained, unless we would have our frontier settlements without religion, and the outskirts of our mighty empire but dead members, which may send back poison to the heart.

Sir, our Missionary stations are monuments to the praise of this nation, more enduring than the pyramids of Egypt. The pyramids were erected to cover dead men's bones, but these mark spots, consecrated by the last footsteps of mortal men ascending into glory; and whenever we find these points of light amidst the darkest forest, we have reached the foot of that ladder upon which the angels stand, and which God has let down from heaven.

And now I must be pardoned if a sense of duty urge me to utter one word more.

While we send Missionaries abroad. let us inquire what we are doing at home? God has sent a mission to us; how are we improving the privilege? Sir, let us have sympathy for the heathen, but let us also have sympathy for ourselves. No more piteous spectacle can be imagined than what it is to be feared some will this night exhibit who aid the cause of missions, and welcome the feet of missionaries; who, destitute of Abraham's faith, like him receive angels, and feed them, and send them away to deliver others from the city of destruction.

The Rev. THOMPSON S. HARRIS, Mis

sionary from the Seneca Station, addressed the President as follows:

In offering myself, Mr. President, to the notice of this respected assembly, I am sure I cannot do it more effectually, or with greater confidence, than by offering the following resolution :

Resolved-That the thanks of this Society be presented to Auxiliary Societies, to congregations which have made their ministers members for life, and those which have made collections at the monthly concert of prayer, and to all who, by contributions in money, or in any articles for the support and comfort of the mission families, have aided the operations of the Society during the past year.

Situated as we are, Sir, far from the society of relatives and those whom we hold dearest on earth, if the kindness and patronage of these our respected patrons should have been withdrawn from us, our spirits must have sunk, and all the interesting prospects which now present themselves to our view must have been blasted for ever. And it is, Sir, a most gratifying part of our duty to be here this evening, as the representatives of the Seneca Mission Family, and in person, present our united thanks to the friends of this Institution.

In addition to the high gratification it affords me to tender to you, Sir, and through you to the friends of the degraded Indians, the thanks of that dear family with which I have the happiness to be connected, I have it in charge to express to this Society the gratitude of the natives themselves. On the day previous to our departure for this city, the Chiefs assembled at the Mission-House, and addressed your Missionary to the following effect:-" When you arrive among our brothers, the ministers, tell them we are all well, and it is our prayer, that the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon them, and we shall pray God that he will restore you, and with you, back to us again in peace and your family, and our little ones, who go safety."

With us have come also the two little Indian girls now before you; and could

the sentiment of their heart be known, I doubt not, Sir, but they would cheerfully unite with me in moving a vote of thanks to those who have manifested so deep an interest in the welfare of their souls. They are the baptized children of that infant church which, I trust, God has planted in yonder heathen land!! They have presented themselves before you. They ask your prayers. They have come as the representatives of seventeen others like themselves, in the bosom of the Mission family, and dependant on your charity. They ask your prayers for them also, that while engaged in their attempts to read and understand the Bible, their souls may not at last be left in hell, but arise on the day of judgment to the mansions of the blest.

The Rev. R. B. E. M'LEOD, on seconding the resolution offered by Mr. Harris, delivered an address, which we have not been able to procure for publication. He dwelt upon the necessity of preachers as well as bibles, the degraded

morals as well as the darkness of the heathen, the insufficiency of natural light to quiet conscience and guide to heaven, and the practicability of their being both civilized and christianized. He attributed the deficiency in the funds to want of fuller information as to the Society's designs and operations, and suggested the publication of periodical circulars, similar to the monthly extracts printed by the Bible Society.

The Rev. REUBEN SMITH, of Ballston, spoke as follows:

MR. PRESIDENT-I have been requested, since entering this room, to offer the following resolution:

Resolved, That Clergymen and other friends of Indian Missions, throughout our country, be respectfully and urgently requested to exert their influence in forming Auxiliary Societies, in procuring collections at the Monthly Concert of Prayer, and in promoting other modes of augmenting the funds of this Institution.

SIR-It is an affecting consideration that this Society has hitherto commanded so inadequate a supply of funds; it is one so good and great in its object, and has

been, as we have heard this evening, already crowned with so pleasing a success, that it is certainly to be regretted we should only hear of about $12,000 for its annual revenue, while that of some of its sister institutions amounts to fifty or sixty thousand.

There seems to be something wrong in this; and I confess that when I saw that war club laid on your table this eveningthe simple trophy of your bloodless victories-I did feel an impulse to rise above every consideration of my present circumstances, and to avail myself of an opportunity I had long desired, to plead the

cause of Indian Missions.

But I feel myself to be superceded. When I saw those two little Indian girls, who are now before us, bowing their heads on each other's neck, as their cause was plead by their excellent instructer; when I saw their pleading simplicity, while both on their own behalf and that of their countrymen, seemed to say, Are we not friends and brothers? I felt that all other appeals were unnecessary. There is often an eloquence in objects of living existence before us, which no art can equal. It finds its way instantly to the heart, and transcends all that the tongue of the orator, the painter's pencil, or the melody of music and song, has ever reached. Such an object is now before us: There are your orators, Sir, in those little natives; and I will not interrupt the tide of feeling, which I am persuaded is now running over this assembly, by one hopeless word of mine to aid the impression.

I will, however, remind my auditors of one thing, and that is, that these applicants do not plead alone. Yonder, Sir, are 280,000* of them urging the same petition. There they stand, on the shores of the Pacific ocean; there, where our prosperity has driven them, and where the cold waves of the west forbid their further recession; they turn round in despair, and lift up their hands to urge this request; they beseech you, in the name of God, of religion, of humanity, and the rights of justice, that you do not leave

* Dr. Morse's estimation of the number of Indians west of the Mississippi.