A Hymn, written by Mrs. Sigourney, [See Vol. IX. of the Repositoty, p. 255,] was sung by the Choir. The audience was very large and respectable, and the proceedings animated and encouraging in a high de gree. shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain. But if you do not love Him, but say it is nonsense-pooh-when people teach you, you will go to a horrid place where every person is miserable, and you will never come out of it again-never. My mama tells me, that your country is so hot that I should die if I went there, and that mine is too cold for you to come here; so I fear we shall never see each other till we get to Heaven. If you do not understand how we shall know each other in the crowd there, I will tell you that GOD will show us to each other, so we must both try to get there-we cannot do it by ourselves; but we must pray to GOD to help us for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake. We may be sure that He will do it, for He has promised us that He will do it if we ask in the Lord Jesus Christ's name. The officers for the ensuing year are Hon. Samuel Lathrop, President. His Honor Samuel T. Armstrong, Rt. Rev. Alexander V. Griswold, Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn, Hon. Wm. B. Calhoun, Hon. Isaac C. Bates, Heman Humphrey, D. D. John Tappan, Esq. Theo. Sedgwick, Esq. Hon. Stephen C. Phillips, Thomas Napier, Esq. Hon. Daniel Waldo, Hon. James Fowler, VicePresidents. B. B. Thacher, Esq. Secretary. Isaac Mansfield, Esq. Treasurer. Rev. Ebenezer Burgess, Dedham; Hon. Josiah Robbins, Plymouth; Hon. John W. Lincoln, Worcester; Rev. Howard Malcom, Boston; I have got a cocoa nut, and I know that Rev. Ezra S. Gannet, Boston; Hon. Elipha- it grew on a tree in your country, and I dare let Williams, Northampton; Prof. Samuel say that you will have a cocoa nut tree near M. Worcester, Amherst: Charles Tappan, your pleasant little cottage. You must tell Esq. Boston; George A. Tufts, Esq. Dudley, me your name in the letter you will send to John S. Butler, M. D. Worcester; Thomas me. I live in Athol Crescent, No. 4, in A. Greene, Esq. New Bedford; Hon. Wm. Edinburgh, in Scotland, and my name is S. Hastings, Mendon; Hon. Ira Barton, Ox-Emily Wake. Good bye, my dear little girl. ford; Rev. B. B. Edwards, Boston; Rev. Wm. Hague, Boston; Rev. John Pierpont, Boston; J. V. C. Smith, M. D. Boston; Rev. Geo. W. Blagden, Boston; Horace Mann, Esq. Boston; William J. Hubbard, Esq. Boston; Managers. I send you a pretty pincushion with pins in it, because they do not make them in your country. It is very pretty, and it has needles inside, and a bodkin. There is a ball of cotton too, that you may learn to sew. One of my brothers sends you a shilling and a penny, and another a shilling Letter from a little Girl in Edinburgh, to a and another, a little one, a sixpence; and my little African Girl in Liberia. mama sends as much as will make the whole The following is the letter of a lit-into twenty shillings. tle girl six and a half years old in Edinburgh, who having been much interested by Mr. Cresson's address, requested him to convey her letter, with a small present to a poor little African girl in Liberia. EDINBURGH, March 9, 1833. My dear little Girl:-I do not know your name, but you must tell it me in a letter which I hope you will send to me very soon. It does not signify whether you can write or not, for you can get somebody to write for you, as my mama does for me. I tell her the words and she writes them down. Ever since I have heard about Liberia, I have tried to learn my lessons well, that I might have a number of pennies, so as to make eight shillings, which I am told is enough to find you a happy home in your own dear country. You must tell me whether you have got a Bible or not, for if you have not, I will send you one to teach you to fear GOD, and to love his Son Jesus Christ; for if you love Him and pray to Him and think of Him, you will go when you die to a happy place, where no one will cry, where every one will rejoice, for there will be no weeping there, nor any more pain, for it is written in the Bible that GOD PINE GROVE, FEB. 23, 1834.* The Mississippi Presbytery, in session at Jackson, Louisiana, October 9th 1833, adopted the following resolutions, viz: 1st. Resolved, That the Presbytery of Mississippi entertain unabated confidence in the principle and plans of the American Colonicommend it cordially to their congregations. zation Society, and that they once more re 2d. Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to our congregations to make annual collections in such a way as may be deemed advisable. 3d. Resolved, That as a Presbytery, we pledge ourselves to transmit annually, for ten years, the sum of one hundred dollars to the American Colonization Society. 4th. Resolved, That it be the duty of the Moderator of Presbytery to attend to the collection and transmission of said subscription. 5th. Resolved, That the Stated Clerk be directed to transmit a copy of the above resolutions to the Corresponding Secretary of the American Colonization Society. The above is a true copy from the minutes of Presbytery. Attest. JAMES SMYLIE, Stdt. Clk. ELLIOTT CRESSON'S COLLECTIONS IN ENGLAND. The following is an account of the collections for this Society, made gratuitously by ELLIOTT CRESSON, Esq. in England, the whole of which has been received by the Treasurer of the Society, except an inconsiderable sum paid for printing and other incidental expenses: Elliott Cresson, in account with the American Colonization Society. Rev. E. Higginson, Hull, Repaid do for pamphlets, 3 16 9 10 00 10 00 7 10 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 3 13 37 10 0 7 10 0 5 0 07100 7 10 0 710 0 14 0 0 8 00 1 17 6 To cash received from Tho. Walker and friends, Stockton, for the settlement of 62 10 0 66 Wisbeach colln. per A. Peckover. 7.10 0 7 10 0 7 17 0 5 15 0 4 15 0 To cash received from Rev. Geo. B. Kidd, Scarborough, viz. Wm. D. Thornton, Esq. James Tindall, To constitute Rev. G. B. Kidd and Rev. B. E- From Rt. Hon. Lord Bexley, from "M. H. A." particulars given) Bructon Gibbins Esq. Birmingham, T. B. Buxton, Esq. near do. B. Brantford, Florden, near Norwich, To cash received from Wm. Geary, Norwich, 100 015 0 0 10 0 10 5 0 10 10 0 16 3 0 £1450 17 T A. Blackie, Esq. Aberdeen, amount of collections and In addition to the above, E. C. has paid to Ladies' Association of Philadelphia, Auxiliary to the American Colonization Society, Hon. Mrs. Vansittart's donation of Hannah Mennell's do. 21 0 0 And to Washington Davis, this sum sent by Wm. Felkin, Esq. of Nottingham, 31 0 0 4 10 0 50 And from R. Bevan, Esq. for use of Dr. McDowall, Independently of the above, the Pennsylvania Branch received (and all items of which have been long since acknowledged by the A. C. S.) from R. Barclay, late of Bury Hill, Subscriptions received through kind exertions of R. D. Alexander, of Ipswich, 0 0 10 0 0 100 0:0 6 15 0- -600 4 £2246 7 11 Some subscriptions have not yet been received from distant parts of England, and some persons have declined paying theirs. LETTER FROM JEREMIAH HUBBARD, Of Guilford County, N. C. and Clerk of the Yearly Meeting of Friends of that State, dated 3d month, 4th, 1834, to a Friend in England. DEAR FRIEND:-I am induced to write to thee on the subject of colonizing the people of colour of the United States, in Africa, from an apprehension that I have had for several years past, (and from recent information I have been confirmed that I was not mistaken,) that there are some Friends in England who are much opposed to the plan of the Colonization Society; and although I do not know from any direct or definite information, what is the ground of their objection, I suppose that they think it would be more consistent with Christian principles, to emancipate them in the southern States, and let them remain here, as they have done in the northern States. I apprehend that Friends in England are not fully apprized of some important circumstances relative to the subject, which places the southern States in a very different situation from the northern. In the first place, there never were so many people of colour in the northern States as there are in the Southern; and another circumstance that diminished them there, and increased them greatly here, was, while the northern States were legislating on the subject of gradual emancipation, avaricious masters sent them by thousands to the southern markets, before the emancipating laws were actually passed; which left a small proportion in those States, in comparison to the whites; not many more, perhaps, than they were willing to have for labourers, waiting-men, waiting-women, &c. And notwithstanding they have freed their slaves, for which they are entitled to applause, yet they never dreamed, as the saying is, of raising them to equal citizenship and privileges with the white people. No, my friend, they can no more reconcile to themselves the idea of sitting down by the side of a coloured African, in any legislative or judiciary department, than the high spirited southern slaveholder; and not only so, but they never intend to admit them to these privileges, while the State Governments and the United States' Government continue in existence. Notwithstanding this, there are some highly professing philanthropists that are mightily opposed to colonization in Africa; and some of these have used their endeavours to prejudice the people of England against the Colonization Society; and have perhaps succeeded in some degree, mainly, I apprehend, by misrepresenting the views and operations or effects of the Society on the subject of sla |