some proper person within their bounds, who might be employed as an agent for the Board. A letter was read from the Chilicothe Presbytery, recommending the Rev. William Dickey as a suitable person, and one who would accept of an agency of two months. At the same time, the Rev. John Thompson and the Rev. David root, members of this Board, consented to accept of an agency for one month each. Accordingly in the month of July, they were appointed, and commissioned; Mr. Dickey, for two months to be employed within the bounds of the Chilicothe and the Columbus Presbyteries; and Messrs. Thompson and Root to itinerate within the bounds of the Miammi and Cincinnati Presbyteries. In a report lately received from the Rev. William Dickey, he states that, owing to unavoidable circumstances, he has as yet accomplished but little in the service of the Board; having spent only a few days of the time for which he was appointed; in which time he formed four Auxiliary Societies, viz. at Rocky Spring, Greenfield, Concord, and Union. The Greenfield Society has already contributed, in various articles, nearly eighty dollars to the funds of this Board. Mr. Dickey intends to fulfil his appointment as soon as practicable.

The Rev. Mr. Root has not been able to fulfil his appointment, and it is doubtful whether he will now undertake it. The Rev. Mr. Thompson has reported, that he has spent in the service of the Board twenty-nine days, during which time, he preached thirtythree times, formed five Auxiliary Societies, obtained one hundred and thirty-nine subscribers to the Register, and had received in cash $1162. The region through which he travelled is new, and a very suitable field for Missionary labours. A few friends of the Redeemer were found scattered throughout the country, and many others, who were anxious to hear the preaching of the word. In some

instances, he observes, congregations might be gathered, and ministers supported by the union of two or three societies. Mr. Thompson received and accepted of an appointment for another month. If a young minister of ardent piety, popular talents, persevering industry, and zealously attached to the cause of missions could be sent into this country, and employed by this Board, for one year or more, in itinerating through the country, preaching to destitute congregations, forming Auxiliary Societies, enlivening those already formed, and disseminating missionary intelligence, by a wide circulation of the Register, much good might be done, not only for the immediate exigencies of the Parent Society; but in laying a foundation for their future operations upon a more permanent basis. This Board begs leave to suggest to the United Foreign Missionary Society the propriety of sending out a person, with the above qualifications, to be employed as an agent for this Board for the above-mentioned purposes. This Board has established places of deposite in different parts of the country, and appointed agents to receive and forward donations.

A communication was received last fall, from the Rev. William F. Vaill, Superintendent of the Union Mission. stating, that in consequence of excessive rains, their crops had failed, and that, for their supplies the ensuing year, they must depend principally upon the friends of missions on the Ohio, and also desiring that a boat with supplies might be forwarded to the Station. With this request the Board resolved to comply, and immediately issued a circular to all the Auxiliaries and ministers throughout the Synod of Ohio, urging them to make all possible exertions, and forward their donations by the first of March. The Board also communicated with the Board of Kentucky, requesting their immediate co-operation. Notwithstanding the early in

formation given to the Auxiliaries, owing to some circumstances to the Board unknown, not more than half the Societies have forwarded their contributions.

The Board, however, have been enabled with the aid of the Board at Louisville, and the contributions already received, and a draft of two hundred and fifty dollars, on your Treasury, to fit out a boat with supplies for the above-mentioned Mission, which boat left this place, the 30th of March, with a good stage of water. It is commanded by Mr. George Douglas, who conducted the Mission boat to the Station in 1819, and manned by 8 men, who are to labour with the mission family for one year at twelve dollars per month. An invoice of the property sent from this place with the treasurer's account, is attached to this report.

JAMES CHUTE, SEC.

Invoice of Boat and Cargo forwarded by the Board of Agency at Cincinnati, on the 30th of March, 1824, to the Union Mission. The Board of Agency drew upon our Treasury for two hundred and fifty dollars, for the purchase of the Boat, &c., and the cargo was principally contributed by our Auxiliary Societies in Ohio, and by the friends of the Cause in Cincinnati and its vicinity.

Articles Purchased. One keel boat, 125 00-45lbs. cordage, 4 50-dragage of goods, 63cts.-hooks and nails, 4 68-advanced to Capt. George Douglas, 3000-51 lbs. cordage, 459-1 keg glauber salts and one jar of bark, 5 60-eight barrels of pork, 72 00-15 barrels of flour, $7 75-dragage, 1 87-oars and poles 14 81-locks, 731-one set of measures, 50cts.-boards, 247-twenty-six lbs. cordage, 2 08-provisions for the hands, &c. 1 50-box and dragage, 88cts.-twelve barrels of biscuit, 33 00-twenty bushels potatoes, 6 25 -one skiff, 300-one handsaw, 150 ---one barrel of whiskey, 6 98sugar, 800-coffee, 13 00-tugs for oars and coffee-pot, 1 38-five blankets, 7 50-advanced to one of the hands, 1 50

$418 75

Donations in Cincinnati.-Sundry articles not specified, amounting to four and a half yards jane, 2 65 – From the Aux. Soc. of Red-Oak

one blanket, 3 50-one cheese, 1 50 -one cake tallow, 1 50-one twilled bag, 100-five yards cotton cloth, 150-ball of yarn, 25cts.-two yards linen, and one and a half do. flannel, 200-two yards linsey, 1 00--two and a quarter jane, 1 69-one and three quarter bushels beans, 1 00— one warmis, 100-one barrel dried

apples, 3 25-five barrels flour, 17 50 -three barrels pork, 16 50-one barrel corn-meal, 100

From the Aux. Soc. of Ripleyone waistcoat, 87cts-thirty-four lbs. bacon, 200-three barrels corn-meal, 200-one barrel dried fruit, 3 38one bag do. 1 50-one roll upper leather, 4 75-one piece linsey, 300

-one do. 50cts.-one bottle castor

oil, 1 50

From the Aux. Soc. of Straight Creek.-two tow sheets, 2 50--four pair of mittens, 100-two vests, 100. -one bundle muslin, 1 50

From the Aux. Soc. of Dayton.-one small box, no invoice

From the Aux. Soc. of Lebanon. -one box containing three straw bonnets, 3 50-three pair stockings, 1 50-two pair socks, 1 00-two hundred segars, 38cts.-No. 2 & 3, two barrels, three and a half bushels dried apples, 3 50--three do. peaches 300-No. 4, one box, containing one shirt, 1 50-one doz. spoons, 1 00one set knives and forks, and one vest pattern, 138--one yard flannel, 50cts -shoes and bridle, 3 00-one vest and eleven yards plaid, 3 25-eleven yards muslin and eleven pair socks, 8 06-one paper pins, and one tub, 69cts.-one barrel, contents not known

From the Aux. Soc. of Franklin. -one barrel dried fruit

From the Aux. Soc. of Pisgah.eleven pair socks, 5 50-one pair mittens, 25cts.-one pair shoes, 1 50 -one bushel dried apples, 2 00--one ham bacon, 50cts.

From the Aux. Soc. of Hamilton.articles in a bag

From the Aux. Soc. of Hillsborough. -three fur hats-four wool do. five pair socks, one pair pantaloons, four yards domestic flannel, three axes, and one hoe, one pair drawing chains, one pair ham hooks, one pair shoes, three barrels peaches, no prices affixed

Donations in Hillsborough-ten

wool hats, 10 00-two pair shoes, 3 00-three pair socks, 1 50-one shirt, 1 50-one round-about, 200— one pair pantaloons, 1 50

From the Aux. Soc. of Pleasant Ridge.-one pair linen overalls, 100 -one shirt, 100-one jacket, 75cts. -one pair small overalls, 75cts.six skeins woollen yarn, 1 50-nineteen pair socks and little stockings, 6 50-one barrel flour, 3 75-one bushel dried peaches, 1 00-two and three quarters do. beans, 2 06-no prices affixed, supposed prices

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From the Aux. Soc. of Springfield. -two barrels of pork, 13 50-three barrels flour, 11 81-four and a half bushels dried apples, two bushels and three pecks peaches, 7 25-one bag and two barrels containing the fruit, 100-five pair socks, 2 25-three pair socks, 2 25-three pair stockings, 1 44-one small coat, vest, and overalls, 1 00-one fore plain, 50cts. -one shirt, 38cts.--two horse collars, 2 13-one narrow axe, 1 50two small chains, 150-one reel, 1 25-half a barrel vinegar, 2 00— one bushel beans, 50cts.-one washboard, 50cts.-one barrel flour, 3 50 52 00 From the Aux. Soc. of Indian Creek. -ninety-five lbs. of ham, 5 94,eighty-three lbs. pork, 3 15-fifteen lbs. of beef, 93cts.-one hoe, 50cts. -ten yards linsey, 5 00-two yards tow cloth, 50cts-one corn basket, 50cts-one bed quilt, 1 50-one horse collar, 2 00-one ham thirteen lbs., 82 cts.

From the Aux. Soc. of Seven Mile. -two yards linsey, 100-one pair socks, 33cts

From the Aux. Soc. of Chilicothe. -seven barrels flour at 3 75 per barrel, 26 25-three barrels dried fruit, 9 00-one barrel bacon, -one box clothing and two small bags sundries, no invoice

From the Aux. Soc. of Portsmouth. -one waistcoat, 75cts-one pair woollen socks, 50cts-six yards striped domestic cotton, 2 00--three yards white do. 1 00--no invoice, supposed worth

Received from opposite Augusta. -two barrels Indian meal, 2 00one small bag of dried fruit, 50cts-one wool hat full of socks, 2 50-two barrels pork, 10 00-four vests, 4 00 --one iron wedge, 75cts-one blanket, 5 00-one small box candles, 1 50 -one axe, 2 50-two barrels flour, 7 00-one pair hand irons, 1 50three skillets with lids, 3 00- one piece domestic linens, 5 00

9 00

44 25

From the Aux. Soc. of Harrison.one barrel of vinegar, 4 00-one and a half bushels of peaches, 1 50— nineteen cuts linen yarn, 2 38twenty-five lbs. pork, 1 00-no invoice, supposed prices

From the Aux. Soc. of Walnut Hills.-five yards domestic flannel, one pair socks, one pair mittens, Elnathan Kemper, 1 50-two pair socks, per Miss T. Fulton, 88cts-one and a half bushels dried peaches, per Nathaniel Bryant, 1 37-one barrel vinegar, one pair overalls, one bushel dried fruit, one box, per Peter K. Kemper, 5 62-James Vance, stone ware, 4 00-one stand and stone ware, by B. Morgan, 2 50 -stone ware by Alexander Vance, 200-David R. Kemper, stone-ware, 1 50 fruit, 50cts-5 7-8 yards domestic flannel by Rev. J. Kemper, 5 10-five yards domestic flannel, one pair shoes, one pair socks, one pair mittens, by C. Kemper, 7 25— one skillet, one bed cord, two tin skimmers, by J. M. Davis, 100

From the Aux. Soc. of Troy

From the Aux. Soc. of Sugar Creek Collected by the Rev. J. Thompson From the Aux. Soc. of Dayton

9 88

36 29

884 72

21 83

The Board of Agency in Cincinnati has also received the following donations in cash :—

1 33

$1 25

4.00

10 13

6 50

From J. F. Keys

1 00

4 25

45 25

From D. McMahan of Hamilton
From the Aux. Soc. of Springfield
From the Aux. Soc. of Red-Oak
From the Aux. Soc. of Greenfield
From the Aux. Soc. of Indian Creek
From the Aux. Soc. of Seven Mile
From Chilicothe

From the Rev. D. Root
From the Aux. Soc. Franklin
From the Aux. Soc. of Walnut Hills
Collected in Cincinnati

UNITED FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY.

The Seventh Anniversary of the United Foreign Missionary Society was held at the City Hotel, New-York, on Wednesday evening, May 12, 1824; the Hon. STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER, President of the Society, in the chair, supported by the Rev. Drs. MILLEDOLER and GRIFFIN, Vice-Presidents.

The Meeting was opened with prayer, by the Rev. Dr. GRIFFIN, President of the College in Williams-Town, Massachusetts. Letters from the following vice-presidents, apologizing for their absence, and expressing their high sense of the import ance of the Institution, were read by the Rev. Dr. KNOx, Secretary for Foreign Correspondence :-The Rev. Dr. ASHBEL GREEN, of Philadelphia; the Rev. Dr. JOHN H. LIVINGSTON, of New-Brunswick, New-Jersey; the Rev. Dr. ALEXANDER PROUDFIT, of Salem, Washington County, New-York; and Joseph NOURSE, Esq. of the City of Washington. The Foreign Secretary also read a letter from Major-General GAINES, of the U. S. army, stating that he had witnessed the practical utility of our operations among the Western Indians; promising to communicate, at some future day, the result of his inquiry and observation; and expressing his unqualified approbation of the objects of the society, and his willingness to contribute to their accomplishment.

An abstract of the Annual Report was read by Mr. LEWIS, Secretary for Domestic Correspondence.

On motion, by the Rev. ISAAC N. WYCKOFF, of Catskill, New-York, and seconded by the Rev. JOSEPH M'ELROY, of this city, RESOLVED,

That the Report, now read, be accepted, and that it be printed by the Secretary for Domestie Correspondence. SACHARISSA,the pious and venerable Chief VOL. V.

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of the Tuscarora Tribe of Indians, having been introduced to the audience by the Rev.Dr.MILLEDOLER, delivered an address in his native tongue, which was interpreted by WILLIAM ALVIS, a young man of the same Tribe, as follows::

Friends and Brothers,-I first thank the Great Spirit for preserving your lives and mine. I rejoice to meet you this evening, and I rejoice that your love to my poor countrymen has brought you all together on this occasion. You are holding a council to-night, to hear what has been done the past year, and God has permitted me to meet with you, and hear and see great things which I never heard or saw before.

My countrymen have long been in darkness, but now I see the light is spreading among them. My poor countrymen have long been neglected, but now I see the white brothers opening their eyes and looking upon us. In time past there were only a few who loved and pitied us; now there are a great many. I now meet with friends every where, and I see and hear that every year my Christian brothers are doing more. They are getting the dust out of their eyes and ears, which had been thrown into them by the evil reports of bad men. Now I see old and young, and little children, and men and women engaged to do us good. These things make my heart rejoice. Many years ago, I was in darkness, and even now I am poor and ignorant. I cannot read for myself, but I have heard the gospel, and now I hope that I have received it into my heart. It is true I have always been a sinner, and now I am a very old sinner. But you have sent me the Gospel, and I have learned that Jesus can save me. For this

gospel and this Saviour 1 have thrown away the foolish things I received from my fathers.

I am now near my grave, and I wished to see you once more before I go to meet your fathers with whom I made this first covenant. I hope you will not be weary in this good work, but continue to make your path broader and longer every year. Then I shall die, hoping that before many years all my countrymen will have the light.

On motion, by the Rev. Dr. SPRING, of this city, RESOLVED,

That the thanks of this meeting be presented to Auxiliary Societies and Boards of

Agency; to Congregations which have taken up collections at the Monthly Concert of Prayer; to Female Associations who have made their Pastors life members; and to all, who, by contributions in money, or in any articles for the support and comfort of the Mission Families, have aided the

York Sunday School Union Society, was celebrated on Tuesday, the 11th of May. The superintendents and teachers of the schools, and about three thousand scholars, assembled in the Park at three o'clock, P. M. and proceeded thence to the Circus. After prayer by the Rev. Mr. Cone, an

year.

Mr.GUY CHEW, a youth of the Tuscarora Tribe, and one of the Society's Beneficiaries at the Foreign Mission School in Connecticut, having been introduced by the Domestic Secretary, delivered an address.

On motion, by the Rev. JAMES C. CRANE, General Agent of the Board, and seconded by the Rev. JOHN M. DUNCAN, of Balti

more,

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, and thus extending the operations of this Institution.

The Anniversary exercises were closed with a hymn in the Indian language, sung by the two young men above named, and Yonica, the only surviving daughter of the late pious and respected William Henry, of the Tuscarora Tribe.

The Annual Sermon was delivered in the Presbyterian Church in Wall-street, on the succeeding Sabbath Evening, by the Rev. SAMUEL H.COX. After Sermon, an Address was delivered by Sacharissa, and an Indian hymn was sung by Alvis and Yonica. On both occasions, the houses were crowded, and several thousands of our Citizens were obliged to retire for want of room.

SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY.

children by the Rev. Mr. Feltus. Hymns were sung by the children at the beginning and close of the exercises.

The Society met in the evening in the Baptist Church in Nassau-street, where a numerous assembly of ladies and gentlemen attended.

The Annual Report was read by Mr. Eleazer Lord; and on motion, by Rev. Dr. M'Murray, it was resolved, That the Report be accepted and printed.

On motion, by Rev. Dr. M'Auley, Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be given to the superintendents and teachers, for their continued zeal and perseverance in their arduous duties during the past year.