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Jacksonville, Illi. Mon. con. in cong, chh. Keene, N. H. Heshbon so. for wes. miss. Kingsboro', N. Y., D. Case, 50; Rev. E. Yale, 20; M. and M. Burlingame, 20; G. Parsons, 10; U. M. Place, 10; D. Robertson, 10; E. Leonard, 10, J. Leonard, 10; H. and S. D. J. 5; W. C. P. 5; C. B. and E. L. 9; S. B. P. 5; R. A. 5; S. S. M. 5; M. and M. H. 1,50; Wells, 4; Hecocks, 7,62, Coughs, 7,38; A. J. 3; 9 indiv. ea. 1; 6 indiv. ea. 50c. Mrs. L. C. 2; A. F. 12c. Kirby, Vt. Three mem, of cong. chh. Leesburgh, Va. A lady, Lovettsville, Va. Mon. con. in presb. chh. 5,30; J. S. 2; a col'd woman and two sons, 53c. chil. of s. s. 1,27; B. C. 50c. J. P. 6c. Lowell, Ms. Z. Q. X.

Mackinaw, M. T. By W. Mitchell, Tr.

118,75; visiters, 25;

Marion College, Mo. Prof. and students,

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Spotsylvania, Va. J. Scott, 20; Mrs. S. 5; Miss S. 5; a col'd woman, 50c.

St. Albans, Me. Mon. con.

St. George's chh. Del. Fem. benev. so. for Mrs. Lawrence, South India,

Stoddard, N. H. Cong, chh.

Stonington, Ct. Mon. con. in 2d cong, chh.

St. Peters, U. Missi. H. H. Sibley, 20; G. Loomis, 24; mon. con. 12;

Sullivan, Me. Mrs. C. Parsons,

Thomaston, Me. Mon. con. 27,14; Rev. R. Woodhull, 20; H. Prince, Jr. 10; contrib. 12,59;

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chh. 304,54; D. W. Prescott, 50; 1st presb. chh. 125; fem. miss. and benev, so. of do. for Albert Barnes and James P. Wilson in S. India, 40; Dr. Paul, 56,50; J. Duncan, 50; J. Foster, 25; J. Foster, Jr. 35; D. Duncan. 15; C. Coburn, 10; P. W. 5; J. A. 5; T. II. 5; 1st cong, chh. 52,941; juv. mite 8o. 20; T. H. 10;

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LEGACIES.

Newburyport, Ms. Miss Elizabeth Friend,
($1,300 having been received previously,)
by Miss Mary D. Hodge, Ex'x,
Warren, N. Y. Mrs. Esther Noble, by L.
Noble,

Amount of donations and legacies acknowledged in the preceding lists, $19,436 42. Total of donations and legacies from August 1st, to Jan. 10th, $111,960 36.

DONATIONS IN CLOTHING, &c.

Barre, Ms. A box, fr. fem. benev. so.
Bennington, Vt. A box, fr. indiv. for
Beyroot.

Camilius, N. Y., A box, rec'd at Mackinaw.
Gilbertsville, N. Y., A box, fr. juv. sew. so.
for Tuscarora,

Hamp. Chris. Depos. Ms. Socks, etc. fr. fem.
miss. asso. Chesterfield, a box. fr. fem.
miss. so. Worthington, $53.

Hartford co Ct. Clothing, fr. indiv. and asso.
Lee, Ms. Sab. sch. books, fr. sab. sch. for
Choc. miss.

Millville, N. Y., A bundle, ree'd at Tuscarora.
Montague, Ms. A buudle, fr. la. benev. so.
for Mr. Mussey.

New York city, Clothing, fr. G. W. rec'd at Tuscarora, 55,50; a box of clothing, books, etc. fr. schools of Miss McC. and Miss McL.; frag. so. Allen-st. chh. and indiv. of Eleccker-st. chh. for chil. in sch. at Smyrna.

Stow's Square, N. Y., A box, rec'd at Mackinaw. West Roxbury, Ms. Two quilts, fr. Spring-st. benev. so. and juv. so.

West Springfield, Ms. A box, for Mr. Perkins,
Oorniah.

Unknown, Two boxes, and dried fruit, rec'd
at Mackinaw.

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The following articles are respectfully solicited from Manufacturers and others.

Printing paper, to be used in publishing portions of the Scriptures, school-books, tracts, etc. at Bombay, and at the Sandwich Islands.

Writing paper, writing books, blank books, quills, slates, etc. for all the missions and mission schools, especially for the Sandwich Islands.

Shoes of a good quality, of all sizes, for persons of both sexes; principally for the Indian missions. Blankets, coverlets, sheets, etc.

Fulled cloth, and domestic cottons of all kinds.

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of the third class; Joseph Emerson, Benjamin Tappan, and George S. Woodhull, of the fourth class; Robert Adair, Jo

MR. HOISINGTON, DATED APRIL 1ST, seph W. Barr, Richard W. Clark, George

1836.

IT was mentioned in a former number that

Mr. Poor had resigned his office as principal of the seminary at Batticotta, with a view to laboring more constantly as a preacher among the native population, to which he had long desired to devote himself. As his connection with the seminary had given him an intimate acquaintance with the native preachers and catechists educated there, and great influence over them, it was thought advisable that, in company with a number of these, he should enter the new

and extensive field opened on the continent, to which he accordingly removed. Mr. Hoisington was appointed to succeed him as principal of the seminary, and entered on his duties there at the beginning of the last year. The following are his remarks rela

tive to the

Church at Batticotta-Free SchoolsChildren Named-Seminary.

The church, exclusive of the seminarists, is very small, composed of some few catechists, schoolmasters, and laborers on our premises. To this part of the church, an assistant superintendent of schools and a schoolmaster have been added within the last quarter; and to the part of the church in the seminary, sixteen were at the same time added. These are, Andrew Tissera, writingmaster, Cornelius Atwood, of the second class; John Arnold and Daniel Carroll,

VOL. XXXIII.

Champion, Martin Foot, Jonathan Magee, Henry Morris, Isaac Sayres, of the fifth class; and David Magie, of the preparatory school. Four of these were baptised in their infancy. There are in the seminary a few others who give us some evidence of piety, and will probably be admitted hereafter. Isaac Ashmead and Uriel Gridley have been indefinitely suspended from the church.

Thirty free schools are now connected with this station, which are at present in a very good state. These I manage chiefly through N. Niles, native preacher, and two assistant superintendents. This native agency, properly directed, is very efficient, and may be made nearly or quite equal to that of a missionary.

Seven native catechists are connected with this station; who, with their families, are employed in the more distant parts of the parish. A daily prayermeeting is held alternately in the houses of the church-members, at which one or more of the catechists is required to attend.

With reference to the state of the seminary, Mr. Hoisington adds extracts from his journal.

Jan. 7, 1836. The term commenced to-day. The students came on with usual promptness. The roll was called at twelve, M., when Mr. Poor made known to the seminary the important change which had been made during the vacation. This was a matter of great interest to the natives, especially to the assistants who had grown up under his labors. All, however, readily took their

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places, and the affairs have gone on without derangement or difficulty.

There are some considerations which it seems important that the benefactors 29. We gave English names to-day of these youth should understand, that to fifty-one boys-thirty-nine to the fifth they may not become weary in well doclass, (there being one day scholar in ing, and that their benefactions may be this class of forty,) three to boys in the || turned to the best possible account. We fourth class, and nine to boys in the cannot give names at all times of the preparatory school, whom we support. year, for the simple reason that we have These are all the names we have found. not unnamed boys to receive them. The There are other good boys in the pre- most proper time is three or four months paratory school not named, who are can- after a new class has been received. By didates for the next class in the semi- that time it can, in most cases, be deternary. The names given are as follows: mined what a boy is, and what is his of the fourth class, John H. Thompson, claim to be received as a beneficiary of William Wisner, and George Spafford the church. Hitherto new classes have Woodhull; of the fifth class, David not been taken oftener than about once Abeel, Robert Adair, James Alexander, in two years. This will account for Joseph W. Barr, Samuel Burr Baldwin, many instances of apparent neglect, on George W. Blagden, George Champion, the part of the conductors of the instituJoseph S. Christmas, Richard W. Clark, tion, to acknowledge and appropriate Luther F. Dimmick, John Flood Ed- names according to the reasonable wishmands, Martin N. Foot, Theodore Fre- es and requests of benefactors. This has linghuysen, Matthew Linde Fullerton, been, we believe, an occasion of inducWakefield Gale, Ira Gould, Benjamin ing valuable contributors to the funds of G. Hamlin, William T. Hamilton, Ben- our institution to turn their benefactions jamin Hayward, Thomas P. Hunt, Harry into other channels. The immediate Johnson, Jonathan Magee, Samuel I. conductors of the seminary, as well as Martyn, Francis McFarland, Vezie Mer- the whole mission, feel a deep interest in rill, Henry Morris, Nicholas Murray, Ed- this matter. We intend that every reward Payson, James Read, Benjamin H. quest of this kind from our friends shall Rice, Isaac Sayres, David Stowell, Wil- be as strictly and promptly attended to, liam Sumner, Phillip Taylor, George as the circumstances of the case will Trask, Cornelius Van Derveer, Hubbard allow. Hereafter we expect to admit a Winslow, William Wirt, Halsey A. class annually; so that in the course of Wood; of the preparatory school, Elka- the year, any new name sent to us will nah Carpenter, Dean Ward Clarke, An- be appropriated and reported, unless the drew Hart, James Verner Henry, Harvey number of names transmitted be greater Hosmer, David Magie, Eli Northam, than the number of boys received. We John Porter, and Ryner Veghte. hope the hand of benevolence, so liberally extended to our help in this respect, will not be withdrawn, nor suffered to hang down. This field is opening wider and wider before us. While the demand for educated young men is constantly increasing in several directions, our facilities for carrying on the work of education are also increasing. There is consequently an increasing demand on the benevolence and prayers of the church.

We have delayed the giving of these names till we had satisfied ourselves, that in this and other respects, they were worthy of the benefactions of the church. The new, or fifth class, appears to this time to be one of promise. The circumstance of giving English names to our students is one of much interest. It is indeed attended with some evils; yet it is, on the whole, a measure which we decidedly approve. We know it to be a The remarks of Mr. Poor, published matter of interest to our friends in Amer- in the Herald for June, 1835, respecting ica; and it is a means, we hope, of se- presents from friends in America to their curing the remembrance of such an im- beneficiaries, are of great importance. portant class of this community in the Every additional year's experience goes prayers, as well as contributions, of the to illustrate the correctness and profriends of our Redeemer. It forms apriety of those suggestions. Large prebond of union between these youth and us, which gives us moral power over them. It is also a means of enlarging and elevating their minds, by leading their thoughts and feelings away to distant countries, and to other and different people.

sents made indiscriminately, as they must necessarily be in the case in question, when made directly to the beneficiaries, have, in most instances, a tendency injurious to the best interests of the boys, and to the cause we would promote. Books, stationary, penknives,

small thin shawls, and handkerchiefs, are valuable articles for these boys. If a large quantity of such articles were placed at our disposal, I doubt not that the best wishes of the donors would be fully answered in a great majority of instances; and at the same time they might be turned to good account, as healthful stimulants to industry and fidelity, and as a source of pleasant and grateful emotions, which it is peculiarly important to cultivate among this people. Our students wear no other form of clothing than simply a piece of white cotton cloth, from two to two and a half yards in length, and, if they can get them, a handkerchief upon their head and a shawl hung over one shoulder. This shows the impropriety of sending them American made clothes.

30. Attended to the usual monthly settlement of bills kept by the monitors and superintendents. There are no cases of discipline worthy of notice. We get evidence that most of the students have made pleasing progress in their studies. These monthly reviews of the general conduct and studies of the several classes, in connection with the public register in which the results are recorded, are invaluable as a means of moral discipline. They constitute our chief weapon.

Feb. 10. Introduced to-day into the first class the Cural, one of the most eminent moral poems of India. It contains the chief doctrines of the Vedas, freed from the licentious and iminoral matter which constitutes the body of the Puranum, the Tamulian's bible. This we design as the highest Tamul classic. It will be studied only by the higher classes, who are in some measure prepared to receive and understand its real character and comparative value. It is taught only under my immediate inspection, when every thing is examined in the light of revealed truth. We think it may be employed as a weapon of great importance against the vulgar errors and superstitions of the country.

30. A public Tamul examination has been had to-day. We have but one of the kind in the year. Our commencement, or annual examination in the sciences, etc., takes place in September. The performances to-day were entirely in Tamul.

31. The students were dismissed this morning, for a week's vacation. They left us rejoicing in the prospect of spending a few days with their friends. Each carried, as usual, a small bundle of tracts to distribute or read to the people. In review of the term, two or three general remarks may be made.

1. We feel impressed with the fact, that the Lord has given us abundant occasion for praise and thanksgiving, and encouragement to trust him with more unwavering confidence. The progress of the seminarists in their studies, and their general conduct have been, in some good degree, what we could wish. The lively interest which all the members of the mission, as well as our friends in America, feel in this seminary, speaks to the praise of divine grace, and affords great encouragement to those who are charged with its more immediate cares and labors.

2. The two signal cases of discipline which have occurred have had a very salutary influence, not only upon the class to which the youths belonged, but upon the whole seminary; and show very fully the importance of a firm and steady rule, and a vigorous yet kind administration. In the business of discipline our native superintendents are invaluable assistants; yet they are not permitted to decide any important cases.

3. The experience of this term gives a decided testimony in favor of a general room for study, in which all the classes are brought together, and made to study silently. This custom is but six months old in the district, and this is the only example as yet known. The universal custoin of the country, to which this is opposed, is to have but one room for study and recitation, and for each and March 29. Attended to the usual all to study with a loud voice. The monthly settlement. We have been usual mode of study is merely to comcalled, this month, to expel from the mit to memory words and phrases. seminary two members of the first class, Our present course, while it does not Isaac Ashmead and Uriel Gridley. lessen the ability to commit to memory, These boys have given us much trouble, is found to make study more strictly and have often been subjects of disci-the business of the intellect, to make pline. Insubordination and immoral conduct were the causes of this painful step. In other respects the report of the bill is uncommonly favorable.

more thorough and independent scholars, and at the same time, to exert a most salutary influence on all, as to habits of punctuality and regularity, and

as to their general deportment and morals.

EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER OF MR.

WINSLOW, DATED JUNE 28, 1836.

(at least in many cases,) stand out in open fields, and exposed to a burning sun. The Tanjore district is again different, being more fruitful, and in many parts of it, more populous than Jaffna, and having large towns and villages, surrounded by gardens and groves ex

MR. Winslow, on his return from the United States to his former sphere of labor in Cey-hibiting the most luxuriant vegetation. zon, embarked, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Dwight, for Madras. From thence himself and wife, and Mr. and Mrs. D., proceeded over land to Madura, where the latter were expected to join in the labors of their brethren and sisters already connected with the mission established there. After arriving at the seat of the mission in Ceylon,

he writes from Chavagacherry, the station occupied by Doct. Scudder, giving an account of his

A great part of the more flourishing villages of the Tanjore country, which is the richest and most populous district of the peninsula, are on the sacred Cavery, from the intervals of which three crops of rice may be produced in a season. Just around the city of Madura there is more richness of vegetation than in any other part of that district through which I passed. The city itself is a dirty native town, built in a great measure of mud, but walled, and having, in the ruins of a vast palace, and in its immense pagodas, still in good repair, monuments of royal

Journey from Madras to Madura and splendor and princely superstition.

thence to Jaffna.

We all took palankeens at Madras on the 6th of April, and arrived at Madura on the 22d. I took opportunities of conversing with the natives and distributing tracts, so as to make the journey, as far as circumstances would allow, a missionary excursion. In reference to this, I propose giving in another letter, some extracts from my journal. Our first Sabbath was spent at Cuddalore, with the Rev. Mr. Hallowell, a pious chaplain, whom I had the pleasure of previously knowing; and the second at Tanjore, in the hospitable family of the Rev. Mr. Kohlhoff. We visited Trichinopoly, and thence proceeded to Madura by the great highway made by former Tamul kings. Along the greater part of the whole distance, on either side, are large shade trees, so that it is almost a continued avenue. The distance is eighty miles. Much of the way the scenery is similar to some parts of the rolling country in our middle states. The cocoa-nut|| and palmyra, which are seen every where near the ocean, disappear, and hills, some of them abrupt and barren, are almost every where in sight. There is a striking difference in this respect between the Madura district and Jaffna, and also in the bare and naked appearance of the country, giving many parts of it an air of sterility. In Jaffna the whole district, almost, is covered with gardens, or more properly orchards or topes, in and under which the native villages are scattered; but in the Madura district, few trees are seen, and the villages, consisting of miserable mud huts,

These have been sufficiently described to you.* I was struck with the extent of the ruins of the principal palace. One of the halls resembles a great cathedral, having a high dome supported by immense pillars and arches of the mixed gothic and moorish order. It is said to have been built by a famous Tamul prince about three hundred years ago.

One of the principal choultries, connected with the great temple, dedicated to Meen Achee, a wife of Siva, was built, it is said, by the same king. The work on it is almost incredible; for its almost numberless granite pillars are of single blocks, and are wrought so that statutes of men and animals, as large as life, and gods and goddesses of almost every conceivable form, are on all sides in full or bas-relief. The towers of the pagodas are high, and covered with sculpture; but they are not, I think, as imposing as either those at Chillumbrum or Seringham, both of which we visited; but this choultry exhibits the accumulated labors of the chisel in a more striking manner, than perhaps either these, or the famous temple at Ramisseram. Like the latter, the pagodas at Madura are evidently in great part of modern construction, while almost every thing at Chillumbrum or Seringham, is very ancient. When will these high towers of heathenism fall? I felt in some respects encouraged, and in others inclined to be despondent, on hearing Mr. Poor say that he thought they opposed less formidable obstacles, than the spirit of scepticism which is growing up, in many

* See volume xxxi, p. 174; and vol. xxxii, p. 169.

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