about the tenth part of my perquisites for marrying within the last year. It cost me nothing; and I return it to the Donor, with the request that it may be applied to His use, in aiding the operations of the United Foreign Missionary Society.

Another Clergyman in Pennsylvania enclosed fifteen dollars, accompanied with the following remark

I consider myself bound to give to your Society ten dollars annually.

A Clergyman in the Western District of NewYork, in a letter, enclosing a small sum, which had been contributed at the Monthly Concert, says-

I hope the Missionary spirit is gaining in this quarter, and that our contributions from year to year will be more liberal. I am fully satisfied of the importance of communicating Missionary intelligence. Many of our people labour under very mistaken apprehensions in regard to the merits of the Missionary cause; and they require that the subject should be explained, and that the demands of the perishing Heathen should be affectionately urged upon their Christian sympathy and compassion. Many of them have yet to learn, that the Missionary cause is yet at all successful, and that the Heathen world are even now awaking from the sleep of ages at the sound of the Gospel trumpet.

THE FEMALE MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF BROOKLYN.

This Society, which was organized in December last, a little more than four months ago, has already remitted to the United Foreign Missionary Society twenty-four dollars, as the first year's payment for educating two Indian children; thirty dollars to constitute the Rev. Joseph Sanford a life member of the Society; and one hundred and thirty-six dollars and forty-eight cents, as a donation. The following are extracts from its first Report

This Society now numbers sixty-six subscribers, a considerable number of whom are regular attendants at their semi-monthly meetings, and have contributed largely to the funds of the Society, by their persevering zeal and industry.

The Society has received into its Treasury the sum of $219 13 cents-viz.: By amount of subscriptions, $ 77 75 Avails of Sewing Association, 118 15 Donations from individuals, 23 23

On a review of what has been done, your Managers feel constrained to acknowledge, that it has not been "by might nor by power," but by the Spirit of Him whose is the gold and the silver, and who is graciously pleased to use the feeblest instruments to accomplish his purpose. To Him would they ascribe the glory, and on him depend for future guidance and assistance. And they do feel disposed to urge on each member of this Society, a spirit of perseverance in well doing. While so many of the Heathen remain to be gathered in, and while the heralds of the cross are ready to take their lives in their hand to carry the news of salvation to them, but have not the means to effect their benevolent designs, surely we cannot say we have done enough. Rather let us regret that hitherto we have done so little, that their cries for assistance have been so long unheeded. Let us rejoice that we are permitted to co-operate with Christians throughout the world in bringing the Heathen to the knowledge of Him, who will have them "for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession."

FEMALE MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION, Attached to the Rev. Dr. Romeyn's Church, New-York.

This Association was organized on the 22d of July, 1823. It has since received about one hundred and thirty dollars. Of this sum, thirty dollars were received as donations, ninety dollars for articles manufactured and sold by the Association, and the residue from the annual subscription of its members.

The disbursements, in the mean time, have been as follows:-Thirty dollars paid for materials for needlework, and one hundred dollars paid into the Treasury of the United Foreign Missionary Society. Of the latter sum, sixty dollars were to constitute Mrs. Harriett Romeyn, and Mrs. Hannah Mudge, first Directress of the Association, life members.

INSURRECTION AT DEMERARA.

Most of our Readers are probably acquainted with the facts, that an insurrection of a part of the slaves in Demerara took place in August last, and that the Rev. Mr. Smith, a Missionary under the care of the London Missionary Society, was arrested on the charge of having excited the disturbance, and was tried and convicted by a court-martial. The London Missionary Chronicle for March contains a long and satisfactory vindication of the conduct and character of both the Society and its Missionary. If our room will permit, we shall hereafter publish the substance of this able vindication. At present, we can present to our readers on this subject only the following letter from Mrs. Smith, then the wife, and now the widow of the unoffending and persecuted Mission

ary.

The decision of the Court-Martial, and the testimony on which it was founded, were transmitted to England. The result was, an order for his pardon from the King; but before this order arrived at the gates of his prison, his body had sunk under the weight of its calamity, and his soul had ascended beyond the reach of persecution and of suffering.

Letter of Mrs. Smith, aldressed to the

Secretary.

Demerara, December 4th, 1823. Rev. and dear Sir,-You have no doubt heard of the trouble which has befallen Mr. Smith and myself, and the temporary ruin of the missionary cause in this colony, in consequence of the revolt of the negroes on the East Coast. You would have been fully informed by Mr. S. of every thing relative to the Mission, had not the severe nature of his imprisonment precluded the possibility of his writing to any one. reason I have not written to you before is, that I myself have been but a few days liberated from a rigorous imprisonment of thirteen weeks with him.

The

On the 21st of August, the third day after the revolt, Mr. S. commenced a letter to you, in which he intended to point out the real causes of the revolt; but before he could finish it, we were in a forcible, and brutal manner, taken away from our house by the militia. This fragment, and likewise a letter to Mr. Mercer, which Mr. S. could not send to him (or rather copies of them, the originals not being in my pos session,) I shall forward to you by the first opportunity, as they contain several facts illustrative of the causes of the revolt. It is impossible to detail the innumerable grievances to which the slaves generally were, (and for aught I know to the contrary still are) subject. But it was their religion that in general occasioned them the most vexatious treatment. There was no redress for them. The Burgher officers of the district were noted for their aversion to the religious instruction of the slaves. length, toward the latter end of last May, a communication was made by the Governor, through the Burgher officers, to the planters and to the slaves, requiring that the latter must obtain a written pass of their masters every time they came to chapel. This was a rare boon to many of the planters, but a great mortification to their slaves, and a great impediment in the way of their instruction. About six weeks after this, i. e. the beginning of July, the slaves got information that some instructions had been sent out by the Government for their benefit. This information, it appears, originated with the Governor himself. It seems he freely conversed with gentlemen on the subject in the hearing of one of his servants, who immediately communicated it to the son of one of our deacons. They received

At

an idea that they were to be made free, either in whole or in part. From all we have learned, the latter notion was most general. Hearing nothing of the affair from the authorities, on the 18th of August, they revolted.

Many of the planters, I think I may say the colonists generally, apprehended that the religious instruction of the slaves was incompatible with their condition in life, and that as soon as they became a little enlightened, they would revolt; and many of them believed or pretended, that the real object of missionary instruction was, by instilling into their minds principles of insubordination, to make them revolt; and, though the proximate and chief cause of the revolt was evidently of a political nature, yet that was overlooked, and religion substituted in its stead.

It is alleged that most of the people that attended our chapel were engaged in it. That many of them were implicated is, I am sorry to say, too true. From the nature of things it was hardly possible it should have been otherwise. It is further said, that the plot was formed by men that attended the chapel, and that one of our deacons was a ringleader.

From all we can learn from the evidence on Mr. Smith's trial, it appears the plot was laid by two negroes, named Jack and Paris. Jack was the son of Quamina, (one of the deacons in question,) and he was the person to whom the Governor's servant made the communications concerning the instructions from England. Jack was a dissolute, gay young man, very irregular in his attendance at the chapel. Religion, it is to be feared, he had none. Paris was boat-captain to the plantation to which he belonged, and had he been disposed to attend the chapel, it was out of his power to do so, at least nineteen Sundays out of twenty. His work was to take plantains to town, to sell on Sunday. I do not suppose he attended the chapel more than once a year.

As to Quamina being a ringleader, all we know about it is from the evidence on Mr. Smith's trial. Several contradictory things are said concerning him by some negroes, (Bristol and Seaton) whose inconsistencies have been made manifest. But Mr. John Stewart, his manager, says on oath, "I did not see Quamina do any thing improper; he was keeping the rest of the people back from hurting me." And Dr. M'Turk, a bitter enemy to Mr. Smith, says also on oath, "When Quamina was shot in the bush, he was not armed." Hence it does not appear, from the evidence, that he was any thing more than a runaway, although he was shot and gibbeted. All we know, however, of this matter, is from the evidence produced on Mr. Smith's trial, which is already forwarded to the Society.

While the negroes belonging to the Resouvenir were in the act of rising, Mr. S. endeavoured to persuade them to desist from their purpose, and asked them what they wanted. They behaved to him with considerable rudeness (though not with violence,) and they told him it would be good for him to go to his house; that they were not going to hurt any person, but they would have their rights. We remained at quiet in our house, until the afternoon of the third day after the revolt, when we were forcibly taken from it, under a pretence, first, that Mr. Smith disobeyed the orders of a captain commanding in the district, by refusing to enrol himself in the militia; and then directly afterward another was alleged, namely, that our remaining in our house could not be accounted for on any other principle than that of our being a party to the revolt.

Having us both in close confinement, the legal authorities and the planters set to work with all their might to rake together something in the shape of evidence to condemn us. They examined scores, I believe I might say hundreds, of persons; and after near seven weeks labour, in this way, they preferred against Mr. Smith those serious charges which they supported by the evidence you see.

How the Court-Martial could justify a conviction on such evidence, must, I think, be a wonder to every unprejudiced person. But the verdict of a Court-Martial is decided by the majority of its members: several of the members of this Court were much prejudiced against Mr. S., two of them at least, could not refrain from showing their ill-will towards him on the trial. Here, at present, almost all are prejudiced against Mr. Smith, from the highest to the lowest.

His journal seems to have caused a great deal of enmity against him. It contains many reflections on the evils and iniquity of slavery; and some remarks on the opposition made by the authorities here to the instruction of the slaves. Most, if not all, the passages of this nature were read

by the Judge-Advocate, as evidence against Mr. S. on his trial; but they were not satisfied with this. The journal was accessible to many, probably to all the Judge-Advocate's friends. Many persons read it, and during the trial it was handed about among the members in open court every day.

I have mentioned the name of the Rev. Mr. Austin, and it would be base ingratitude in me not to state to the Directors, that this worthy minister has, in spite of all opposition from nearly the commencement of this persecution, stood up as a warm friend for Mr. Smith. He is a minister of the English Church in George Town, and chaplain to the garrison. At an early period, perhaps the first week after the revolt, Mr. Austin was appointed a member of a Committee of Inquiry, a great part of whose business it was to investigate Mr. Smith's conduct. He became thoroughly convinced of Mr. Smith's innocence, and undauntedly avowed his belief, Mr. S. never saw him, to his knowledge, until he appeared as a witness for him on the Court-Martial. He now visits Mr. Smith in the prison.

I cannot omit to mention also with feelings of gratitude, how devoted the Rev. Mr. Elliot has been to the interest of Mr. S. Every thing that brotherly sympathy could suggest, or.expense, or labour could accomplish, he has cheerfully done, and I believe will do. I trust you will, ere long, see him in England.

I would tell you, Sir, of the circumstances of the most material witnesses brought against Mr. S., of the manifest partiality of the Court-Martial, of the difficulties thrown in the way of Mr. Smith's counsel, and of the opposition made by the court to Mr. S. in conducting his defence; but I feel that I am incompetent to go into the detail. I must, therefore, close this letter, earnestly entreating that the Directors will use every exertion in behalf of Mr. Smith, whose greatest crime was his devotedness to the object of his mission. I am Sir, Yours most respectfully, (Signed) JANE SMITH.

5 00

4.00 7.00

12.00

D. C. From the Fem. Aux. Miss. Soc. of the Ref. D. Ch. at White House, N. J. by do. 8 00 From Dr. Elisha Belcher of Greenwich, Conn. to constitute himself a life member, by the Rev. Isaac Lewis, 30 00 From a few ladies of the first Presb. Cong. in Newark, N. J. the fourth annual payment for educating an Osage youth, at the Mission School at Harmony, by the name of Alexander M'Whorter, by Miss Jennett M. Stewart, 12 00. From the female teachers of the Sabbath School in the first Presb. Cong. in Newark, N. J. the first annual payment for educating

Contents of a Mite-Box," the avails to be appropriated to the instruction of Indian children," lately kept by Master Younglove, now deceased, by do.

Collected at a Missionary Prayer-Meeting, in the South Dutch Church in Albany, From the Aux. Soc. of Red Hook, Col. Pitcher, Tr transmitted by the Rev. A. N. Kittle, 36 00 From a Bible Class of young ladies in Shepherdstown, Va. part of the first year's payment for educating an Osage girl, to be called Mary Bryan, by the Rev. Jno. Matthews, Donation froni Wm. Richards, Esq. of Saugatuck, Conn.

From the Rev. Henry R. Wilson of Shippensburgh, Pa. part of his annual donation, From a Gentleman of do. by do.

D. C.

800

$00

2.00

2.00 20 00

From a person unknown of do. by do.
From the New-York Female Society, for the
education of Heathen Youth at Cornwall, for
our Beneficiaries, by Mrs Eliza Lethbridge, 66 00
From the Female Miss. Soc. at Perth Amboy,
N. J. to constitute the Rev. Michael Osborn
life member, by Mrs. La Tourette, Tr.
Enclosed in a Letter, signed S. C. L.
By the Rev. Dr. Cannon, from a Lady in his
Congregation,
From Mrs. Ann Lomax and her daughter, of
Fredericksburgb, Va. first payment for edu-
cating an Osage Girl, to be named Ann Lo-
max, by Rev. S. B. Wilson,
From the Ladies' Benevolent Reading Society
of Oswego, Tioga Co. N. Y. (in addition to
the amount formerly paid) to constitute their
Pastor, the Rev. Horatio J. Lombard, a life
member, by Miss Martha Coit,
From the Aux. Soc. of Marbletown, Ulster Co.
N. Y. by Matthew Oliver, Esq.
From Roswell Wells, Esq. of Vt. part of the
property presented by Mr. Daniel H. Austin,
by Samuel Hickock, Esq.
From a Friend,

From the Fem. Miss. Soc. of the first Presb.
Ch. in Brooklyn, L. I. by Miss A. W. How-
land, Sec.
Collection at the Monthly Concert in the
fourth Presb. Ch. in Philadelphia, by A.
Henry, Esq.

12 00

13 90

13 00

300 00

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136 48

8 80

16 03.

2.00

14.00

12 00

59 81

Collected at the Monthly Concert, in the second Presb. Ch. in Philadelphia, by do. Avails of a Gold Locket, by do. From the Aux. Miss. Soc. of Deerfield, N. J. by Rev. F. G. Ballentine,

Collection in the Presb. Cong. of Stillwater, Saratoga Co. N. Y. by the Rev. Mark Tucker, through the Rev. Dr. M'Auley, Collected in Ballston, Saratoga Co. N. Y. by Rev. Darius O. Griswold, Collected in the Cong. of Shamokin, Pa. for the redemption of Nicholas, a coloured man, at Harmony, by the Rev. Saml. Henderson, Collected in do. for Miss. purposes, by do. Collected in the Cong. of Briar Creek, Pa. From the Youths' Miss. Soc. and the contribu

Found in the Pocket-Book of do. by do.
From the Aux. Soc. of Clarkstown, Rockland
Co. N. Y. by Mr. Jacob D. Clark, Tr.
From the Aux. Soc. of Hopewell, Dutchess Co.
N. Y. by Mr. S. B. Halsey, Tr.
Contributed by a small Society at Rocky Hill,
N. J. which meets the first Monday of each
month to pray for Zion, and to contribute
their mite to the Lord, by Mr. Joseph Myers, 6 00
From the Aux. Soc. of Bergen, N. J. by J. D.
Van Winkle, Tr.

2.00

Collected in the Cong. of do. by do.

14 88

Collected at the Monthly Concert at Knoxville,

25 77

10 00

From a few ladies in the first Presb. Cong. in Newark, N. J. the first payment for educating a Seneca Child, under the name of Joshua T. Russell, by Mrs. C. C. Denman, From the Female Missionary Association, attached to the Rev. Dr. Romeyn's Congregation in Cedar-Street, N. Y. by Mrs. Maria Smith, Tr. From do. by do. to constitute Mrs. Hannah Mudge, its first Directress, member for life, 20 00 Collected at the Monthly Concert in the Presb. Cong. in South Salem, N. Y. by Mr. Martin Mead, through Mrs. Maria Smith, Donation from Miss Almira Clark, From Mrs. Maria Smith, the second payment, for educating an Osage Child, nanied Solomon Mead Smith, Collected at a Prayer-Meeting, at Big Flatts, Tioga Co. N. Y. by Miss Adelaide Owen, Tr. 2 00 From the Aux. Miss. Society of Baltimore, 300 00 Md. by Geo. J. Dunbar, Esq. Tr. Collection in the Presb. Ch. in Fairfield, N. J. by the Rev. Mr. Osborn, by A. Henry, Esq. 18 68 3.30 Donation from Mr. John M Mullen, by do. From J. R. Gibson, life sub.

From the Young Ladies of the Female Seminary in Newtown, L. 1. the first payment for educating an Indian Girl, at the Cataraugus School, under the name of Isabella Graham, by Mrs. Bruce,

12.00

12 00

40 00

24 78 2 00

12.00

30 00

From the "Albany Female Society in aid of Missions," by Mrs. Mary Ann Willard, Tr.