Chapter III: Part 3

Bellevue. J. S. 0.27
Burg Hill. J. J. $1; Mrs. H. B. 75c 1.75
Chagrin Falls. Cong. Ch. 11.20
Chatham Centre. Cong. Ch. 27.00
Cincinnati. Rent $98.92, _for the poor in New
Orleans_.—Sab. Sch. of Storrs Ch. $30, to
const. MRS. HORACE WILSON, L. M. 128.92
Clarksfield. Mrs. H. B. Fraser $8; W. A. A.
and J. M. F., 50c. ea. 9.00
Cleveland. F. M. S. 0.50
Columbus. Miss M. E. H. 0.50
Elyria. Presb. Ch., by Birdsey Nevins 5.00
Four Corners. W. C. St. J. 0.50
Hartford. S. C. B., Miss H. J. and A. N. $1
ea.; Mrs. B. 50c 3.50
Hubbard. Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.87
Jersey. Mrs. Lucinda Sinnet $10; L. N. 25c 10.25
Lake Breeze. M. L. R. 0.50
Lorain. H. L. K. 1.00
Lyme. Cong. Ch. 26.34
Mansfield. Miss S. M. Sturges 5.00
Oberlin. First Cong. Ch. 63.88
Painesville. Ladies of First Ch. $5.26, and
box of Bedding, _for Tougaloo U._—Mrs. L.
S. $1 6.26
Rochester Depot. Mrs. W. S. and E. L. C. 0.50
Savannah. J. A. Patterson 5.00
Strongsville. Isaac I. Gifford 6.00
Steuben. Levi Platt 2.00

INDIANA, $10.

Union City. Mrs. John Commons 5.00
Wolcottville. Jonathan Law 5.00

ILLINOIS, $3,231.05.

Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 5.00
Chicago. Lincoln Park Ch. $30; Bethany Ch.
$7.74; New Eng. Ch. Mon. Con. Coll. $9.48 47.22
Crystal Lake. ESTATE of Simon S.
Gates $1,500, and $421.20 on account of
Interest, by Wm. D. Gates, Ex. 1,921.20
Dundee. Cong. Ch. 6.25
Earlville. Cong. Ch., to const. MISS EVA
SEELEY, L. M. 34.50
Elgin. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 25.00
Galesburg. E. A. Cooley 3.00
Griggsville. Cong. Ch. 24.90
Hutsonville. C. V. N. 1.00
Mendon. ESTATE of Jireh Platt, by Rev. H. D.
Platt, Ex. 346.53
Mendon. Mrs. J. Fowler ($100 _for Florence
Chapel_) 100.50
Metamora. A. C. Rouse 5.00
Millington. Mrs. D. A. Aldrich 5.00
Morrison. John Roy $2; —— $1;—— $1 4.00
Oak Park. Mrs. J. Huggins, _for Student Aid_ 10.00
Ontario. Cong. Ch. 30.50
Peoria. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Griswold, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 100.00
Plainfield. Rev. Edward Ebbs 10.00
Polo. Robert Smith 500.00
Princeville. W. C. Stevens 5.00
Quincy. Lucius Kingman 5.00
Rockford. Ladies of First Cong. Ch. $25 _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._—Ladies of First Cong.
Ch. $13, _for a Student, Talladega C._ 38.00
Wyoming. Cong. Ch. 3.45

MICHIGAN, $1,138.18.

Adams. Julius Hackley 10.00
Armada. Miss Lydia A. Jackman 5.00
Calumet. Cong. Ch. 231.75
Charlotte. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.38
Covert. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 12.00
Dexter. “A Friend” 10.00
Hadley. Mrs. L. H. 0.55
Leland. Rev. G. T. 1.00
Ludington. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Memphis. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. $5.—Cong. Ch.
Sab. Sch. $5, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Mount Morris. Amasa Currier 10.00
Michigan City. Miss C. J. Parry, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Olivet. A. T. 1.00
Port Huron. ESTATE of Mary J.
Sweetser, by John P. Sanborn, Ex. 750.00
Portland. Rev. J. L. Maile 4.00
Royal Oak. Rev. C. S. C. 1.00
Three Oaks. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Unadilla. Mrs. Wm. S. Bird 5.00
Union City. Mrs. L. B. Webber $2; Mrs. E. J.
H. 50c 2.50
Wheatland. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 42.00
Ypsilanti. F. C. C. 1.00

WISCONSIN, $80.75.

Appleton. Ann S. Kimball $30; “W. J. A.” $2;
A. C. B. 50c 32.50
Mazo Manie. R. L. 1.00
Oconomowoc. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Racine. Individuals, by Mrs. S. B. Peck 7.00
Ripon. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.25

IOWA, $162.55.

Atlantic. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.50
Chester. Cong. Ch. 26.42
Clinton. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Fisk U._ 15.00
Dewitt. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 3.65
Des Moines. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 30.00
Dubuque. Mrs. C. C. R. 0.50
Green. R. L. 0.50
Hillsborough. John W. Hammond 5.00
Independence. S. W. N. 0.50
Iowa City. Ladies’ Sew. Soc., _for Tougaloo U._ 2.15
Logan. Cong. Ch. 6.72
New Hampton. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 1.50
Osage. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 21.31
Sibley. C. E. Jenney 5.00
Tabor. Friends, by Julia E. Williams 6.50
Waterloo. Mrs. W. W. T. 0.50
Wittenburg. Cong. Ch. $24, and Sab. Sch.
$2.80, to const. REV. SETH A.
ARNOLD, L. M. 26.80

MINNESOTA, $119.03.

Afton. Cong. Ch. 4.50
East Prairieville. Mrs. Mary Adams 5.00
Litchfield. Mrs. S. B. Cathcast $2; W. E. C.
50c 2.50
Marine. Cong. Ch. 2.04
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. $19.22; Plymouth Ch.
Sab. Sch. $25, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 44.22
Northfield. Individuals 2.00
Plain View. Woman’s Cent. Soc. 8.00
St. Paul. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Winona. Cong. Ch. 25.77

NEBRASKA, $3.

Steele City. Cong. Ch. 3.00

DAKOTA, $15.

Fort Berthold. Rev. C. L. Hall 10.00
Riverside. Rev. Lewis Bridgman 5.00

CALIFORNIA, $515.90.

National City. Theron Parsons $5; J. T. $1. 6.00
—— Receipts of “The California Chinese
Mission” 509.90

OREGON, $31.00.

Forest Grove. ALVIN T. SMITH, to
const. himself L. M. 30.00
Hillsborough. Rev. J. S. G. 1.00

DELAWARE, $2.50.

Felton. Talmon Dewey 2.50

MARYLAND, $100.

Baltimore. T. D. Anderson 100.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $0.50.

Washington. H. N. F. 0.50

KENTUCKY, $11.85.

Berea. Cong. Ch. 11.85

TENNESSEE, $186.53.

Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 144.25
Nashville. Fisk University 42.28

NORTH CAROLINA, $267.49.

Raleigh. Public Fund $140; Washington Sch.
$18.45 158.45
Wilmington. Normal Sch. $94.05; Cong. Ch. $5.54 99.59
Woodbridge. School 9.45

SOUTH CAROLINA, $229.30.

Charleston. Avery Inst. 229.30

GEORGIA, $463.31.

Atlanta. Atlanta University $122.50.—Rev. S.
S. Ashley $12, _for Student Aid_ 134.50
Atlanta. Storrs School. 183.10
Macon. Lewis High Sch. 64.55
Savannah. Beach Inst. $77.16; First Cong. Sab.
Sch. $3 80.16
Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., _for Indian M._ 1.00

ALABAMA, $717.75.

Athens. Trinity School 33.75
Long Island. Mrs. Chubbuck and Miss Standish
700 Apple Trees, _for Atlanta U._
Mobile. Emerson Inst. 79.50
Montgomery. Public Fund $440; First Cong. Ch.
$75 515.00
Selma. Rev. Fletcher Clark $9.55, _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._—First Cong. Ch. $8.10 17.65
Talladega. Talladega College 71.85

MISSISSIPPI, $91.40.

Jackson. S. Lemley and Son, _for barracks,
Tougaloo U._ 20.00
Tougaloo. Tougaloo University $60.40.—Rev. G.
S. Pope $9, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 69.40
Verona. Sab. Sch., _for Mendi M._ 2.00

MISSOURI, $2.50.

Index. F. P. M. $1; Others $1.50, by W. B.
Wills 2.50

LOUISIANA, $157.25.

New Orleans. Straight University 157.25

TEXAS, $1.

Whitman. A. F. 1.00

CANADA, $23.23.

Montreal. John Dougall & Co. $8; A. Spaulding
$5; Robert Dunn $5; P. H. Barton $3; R. W.
Cowan $2; Premium 23c 23.23

SCOTLAND, $5.89.

Innellan. Young Women’s Prayer-Meeting, by
Mrs. P. Taylor, _for Cal. Chinese M._ 5.89

AFRICA, $2.

South Africa. Miss Emelia F. Brewer, _for
Raleigh, N. C._ 2.00
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Total 14,319.13
Total from Oct. 1st to March 31st $85,752.83

H. W. HUBBARD,
_Ass’t Treas._

RECEIVED FOR DEBT.

Keene, N. H. “A Friend” 0.50
Cambridge, Vt. Madison Safford 10.00
Dedham, Mass. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., M. C.
Coll. 11.39
Enfield, Mass. Edward Smith 300.00
Newburyport, Mass. H. Lunt 25.00
Salem, Mass. Joseph H. Towne 50.00
—— Mass. “Worshiper at Indian Orchard” 500.00
Waterbury, Conn. Chas. Benedict, of Second
Cong. Ch. 500.00
Cazenovia, N. Y. Mrs. Mary Woodward 10.00
Homer, N. Y. “A Lady” 50.00
Spencerport, N. Y. “A Presbyterian” 10.00
Hampton, Va. Helpers in Hampton N. & A. Inst.,
by J. F. B. Marshall, Treas. 25.00
Greenville, Mich. M. Rutan 500.00
Ripon, Wis. Rev. H. W. Carter 5.00
Danville, Iowa. Mrs. H. Huntington 5.00
Index, Mo. W. B. Wills 4.00
——————
2,005.89
Previously acknowledged Feb. receipts 6,915.83
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Total $8,921.72

Receipts of the CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, E. Palache, Treasurer, from Sept. 26th, 1877, to March 20th, 1878:

FROM AUXILIARIES, $64.20.

Petaluma Chinese Mission. Chinese Pupils 30.70
Santa Barbara Chinese Mission. Friends 20.00
Stockton Chinese Mission. Mrs. M. C. Brown $6;
Chinese $5 11.00
—— By D. W. C. Putnam, Treas. 2.50

FROM ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS, $68.50.

1876-1877. Paid at Annual Meeting 39.00
1877-1878. Paid at Annual Meeting 29.50

FROM CHURCHES, $141.70.

Benicia. Cong. Ch., Ladies $25, to const.
REV. J. A. BANFIELD, L. M.; J. A.
B. 50c 25.50
Oakland. First Cong. Ch. 38.00
Redwood. Cong. Ch. 8.30
Sacramento. Cong. Ch. 11.20
San Francisco. First Cong. Ch. $18.70;
Plymouth Ch. $30 48.70
Santa Cruz. Cong. Ch. 10.00

INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS, $115.50.

San Francisco. Rev. J. K. McLean, D. D., and
C. T. Christensen, Esq., $25 ea., _for
Barnes Mission House_.—Rev. Joseph Rowell
$20; Miss Ella M. Pinkham $2.50; Rev. W. C.
Merritt (annual membership) $2 74.50
Sacramento. Rev. I. E. Dwinell, D. D. $1; Cash
$1 2.00
Sonoma. Rev. F. B. Perkins $5; “A Friend” $5 10.00
San Francisco. Chinese $13.50; Chinese at
Central School $11 24.50
Bethany. Chinese 4.50

FROM EASTERN FRIENDS, $120.

Bangor, Maine. Mrs. E. H. Coe (gold) 25.00
Portland, Maine. State St. Cong. Ch. 40.00
Boston, Mass. Mrs. James Means 5.00
Granby, Mass. Cong. Sab. Sch. Mrs. John
Church’s class, $18; Mrs. R. H. Davis’ class
$12 30.00
Norwich, Conn. Mrs. E. B. Huntington $20, bal.
to const. REV. F. B. PERKINS, L. M. 20.00
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Total $509.90

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AIM AND WORK.

To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted CHINESE in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a mission in AFRICA.

STATISTICS.

CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 11; Ky., 5; Tenn., 4; Ala., 12; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 4. _Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 2. Total, 62.

INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH. _Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and Austin, Texas, 8; _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 11; _Other Schools_, 7. Total, 26.

TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS—Among the Freedmen, 209; among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 16; in foreign lands, 10. Total, 252. STUDENTS—In Theology, 74; Law, 8; in College Course, 79; in other studies, 5,243. Total, 5,404. Scholars taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. INDIANS under the care of the Association, 13,000.

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We keep on hand a large variety of =Chamber Suites= in Ash Walnut and Mahogany, from =$30= up; =Parlor Suites= in all the varieties of covering, from =$50= up; =Enameled Suites=, a large variety in new styles, from =$17= up; =Library Furniture= of all kinds and styles; =Dining Room Extension Tables=, =Sideboards=, =Chairs=, =&c.=, at Lowest Prices; =Hat Stands=, =Hall Chairs= and =Hanging Glasses=; also, =Superior Hair Mattresses=, =Pillows=, =Spring Beds=, =Curtains=, =Lambrequins=, =Window Shades=, =Cabinets=, =Centre Tables=, =Easels=, =Pedestals= and other fancy articles for the Parlor, &c., &c.

Designs furnished and estimates give for Furniture of all kinds requiring to be made.

We fully guarantee all our work, and our prices are as low as any other manufacturers’ for the same quality of goods.

75 & 77 Spring St.,

Cor. CROSBY ST.,

One Block E. of Br’dway, bet. St.
Nicholas & Metropolitan Hotels. _New York_.

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E. D. Bassford’s

(COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK CITY,)

Are just receiving from European and Domestic Manufacturers their new stock of fresh and beautiful goods for spring season. Every department of this great emporium is being re-stocked with the Newest and Best =House-Furnishing= and =Table Wares=, in =Hardware=, =China=, =Glass=, =Cutlery=, =Silver= and =Woodenware=, and everything in these lines for the complete furnishing of =House and Table=—=Dinner= and =Tea Sets=, =Chamber-ware=, =Cooking Utensils=, =Tinware= and

BASSFORD’S

Celebrated Nonpareil Refrigerator,

_The only Charcoal-lined Refrigerator_ made. Goods promptly delivered in city, or shipped daily. Complete Price Lists and Catalogues sent free, and every attention paid to inquiries by mail.

Edward D. Bassford,

Nos. 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 17

_COOPER INSTITUTE_,

NEW YORK CITY.

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FULLER, WARREN & CO.

MANUFACTURERS OF

STOVES, RANGES,

Furnaces, Fire-Place Heaters, &c.

THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT AND VARIETY IN THE MARKET.

EXCLUSIVE MAKERS OF

_P. P. Stewart’s Famous Stoves._

We continue to make a discount of twenty-five per cent. from our prices on these well-known Cooking and Parlor Stoves, to Clergymen and College Professors. Orders and letters in response to this notice, addressed to our New York house, will receive prompt attention. ☞Special terms to _=Clergymen=_ on all our Goods.☜

Send for Catalogues and Circulars to

FULLER, WARREN & CO.
236 Water St., New York.

TROY. CHICAGO. CLEVELAND.

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CRAMPTON’S

PALM SOAP

IS THE BEST FOR

The Laundry,

The Kitchen,

AND FOR

General Household Purposes.

MANUFACTURED BY

CRAMPTON BROTHERS,

_Cor. Monroe & Jefferson Sts. N. Y._

Samples will be sent free by mail on receipt of 10 cents for postage.

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CABINET
ORGANS

HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL WORLD’S EXHIBITIONS. _Only American Organs awarded such at_ ANY. _Before buying or renting, send for our_ LATEST CATALOGUES and CIRCULARS, with NEW STYLES, REDUCED PRICES and _much information_. _Sent free._

MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO.,

BOSTON, NEW YORK, or CHICAGO.

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Case’s Bible Atlas.

Quarto Size. Accurate and _up to the times_. 16 Full Page Maps, with Explanatory Notes and Index. Designed to aid Sunday-school Teachers and Scholars. Every family needs it. Price $1.00. Sent by mail on receipt of price.

=AGENTS WANTED= in every Township. _Liberal terms given._ Address =O. D. CASE & CO., Hartford, Ct.=

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Young America Press Co.,

35 Murray St., New York,

manufacture a variety of hand, self-inking, and rotary printing presses, ranging in price from $2 to $150, including the =Centennial=, =Young America=, =Cottage=, =Lightning=, and other celebrated printing machines. Our new rotary press, the =United States Jobber=, for cheapness and excellence, is unrivalled. Other presses taken in exchange. Lowest prices for type and printing material. Circulars free. Specimen Book of Type, 10 cts. A sample package of plain and fancy cards, 10 cents.

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MARVIN’S
FIRE & BURGLAR
SAFES
COUNTER PLATFORM WAGON & TRACK
SCALES
_MARVIN SAFE & SCALE CO.
265 BROADWAY, N. Y.
627 CHESTNUT ST. PHILA._
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THE THIRTY-SECOND VOLUME OF

THE

American Missionary,

ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.

SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT.

We publish =25,000= copies per month, giving news from the Institutions and Churches aided by the Association among the Freedmen in the South, the Indian tribes, the Chinese on the Pacific Coast, and the Negroes in Western Africa. Price, =Fifty Cents a Year, in Advance=.

OUR NEW PAMPHLETS.

No. 1.—=History= of the Association.

No. 2.—=Africa=: Containing a History of the Mendi Mission, a Description of the Land and the People, and a presentation of their claims on America.

No. 3.—=The Three Despised Races in the United States=; or, The Chinaman, the Indian, and the Freedman. An Address before the A. M. A., by Rev. Joseph Cook, of Boston, Mass.

No. 4.—=The Educational Work.= Showing the nature and reality of the black man’s needs; the way to help him; the sentiment of Southern men; the work of the Romish Church; the wants of the A. M. A.

_Will be sent free to any address, on application._

H. W. HUBBARD, Ass’t-Treas., 56 Reade St., N. Y.

ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.

A limited space in our Magazine is devoted to Advertisements, for which our low rates and large circulation make its pages specially valuable. Our readers are among the best in the country, having an established character for integrity and thrift that constitute them valued customers in all departments of business.

To Advertisers using display type and Cuts, who are accustomed to the “RULES” of the best Newspapers, requiring “DOUBLE RATES” for these “LUXURIES,” our wide pages, fine paper, and superior printing, with =no extra charge for cuts=, are advantages readily appreciated, and which add greatly to the appearance and effect of business announcements.

We are, thus far, gratified with the success of this department, and solicit orders from all who have unexceptionable wares to advertise.

Advertisements must be received by the TENTH of the month, in order to secure insertion in the following number. All communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to

J. H. DENISON, Adv’g Agent,
56 READE STREET, NEW YORK.

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KINGSFORD’S
OSWEGO
CORN STARCH
—FOR—
PUDDINGS | BLANC MANGE | CAKE, ETC.
PURE AND DELICATE.
PREFERABLE TO BERMUDA ARROW ROOT.
☞Inferior and spurious articles are often sold for =Kingsford’s=.☜
To avoid GROSS IMPOSITION, see that =T. KINGSFORD & SON=
is on each =BOX= and on each =PACKAGE=.
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Transcriber’s Notes:

Punctuation, spelling and grammar were changed only where the error appears to be a printing error. The punctuation changes are too numerous to list; the others are as follows:

“our” changed to “four” on page 135 (doubled in last four months).

“thec ontribution” changed to “the contribution” on page 138 (the contribution needs casting out).

“fa ar” changed to “a far” on page 148 (we should see a far better day).

“Cougregational” changed to “Congregational” on page 156 (Room 21, Congregational House).

“aud” changed to “and” on page 160 (Hall Chairs and Hanging Glasses).