College Buildings. The College buildings are so far advanced, as to admit of business being conducted in them. The twelve side rooms of the central building are nearly all finished, together with the lecture room and library. Of the four suites of rooms for the Professors, two are finished,-those on the east side of the central building. The foundation is also laid for the two on the west side, of precisely the same dimensions, and at the same distance from the central building, 48 feet. Each suite contains eight rooms of various sizes, four below and four above; with an upper and a lower verandah to the south, in breadth 15 feet, and extending the whole length of the building, with a staircase at each end, the upper verandah being supported by sixteen pillars of the Ionic order. As the lower rooms are raised four feet from the ground, they also are perfectly dry: these eight rooms in each suite, therefore, will fur. nish convenient accommodations for a family should it be pretty large. Since the last Report was published, the Committee have purchased a piece of ground contiguous to the College premises on the north-west side, containing five bigahs; with the view of erecting thereon a Preparatory Seminary, for those Native-Christian youths sent to the College too young to enter immediately on its duties. Number of students. The students in the College at the date of the last Report were forty-five,-fifteen in the Preparatory Seminary, and thirty actually studying in the College; and although two have been excluded, four removed by death, and four have returned to their own homes, the number at present on the College founda tion is fifty,-fifteen in the Preparatory Seminary, and thirty-five pursuing their studies in the College. Of the twenty-six Native-Christian youths, ten are from Serampore, six from the district of Jessore, seven from Cutwa, and three from the Native-Christian population at Dinagepore. Among those now studying in the College, five are decidedly pious. Professorships. Rev. John Mack, who arrived from England in September 1821, has been appointed to the duties of the Scientific department of the College. The Committee intend to appoint a man to fill the office of Professor of Divinity, as soon as means shall be provided for his support. They have received encouragement from Government to expect assistance in the support of a Medical Professor, and have written home for a suitable person to fill the office. College Library. The library has, this year, received considerable additions. The side rooms, which con tain it, being ready, the Serampore missionaries have presented to the library of the College about 3000 volumes, which they have been assiduously employed above twenty years in collecting; together with a number for which they have been indebted to the generosity of various friends in Britain, deeming it impossible to render these volumes more useful than by adding them to the College library. In addition to these, the library has also been, enriched by donations of books from various friends, both in India and Britain. BURMAN MISSION. At the last monthly concert of prayer in the first Baptist meeting-house in Boston, a letter from Mr. Judson was read, dated Rangoon, August 6, 1823, in which it was stated that he had completed his translation of the New Testament. To this translation is prefixed an introduction, containing extracts from some of the most interesting portions of the Old Testament. This introduction, which is published, is perused by many of the natives at Rangoon with great eagerness. Dr. Price is engaged in superintending the erection of a briek dwelling-house at Ava, for the mission, the principal materials for which are generously presented by the Burman monarch. [Watchman. FEMALE EDUCATION IN INDIA. There is a great spirit for promoting education among all classes of men in this country; and I am happy to say, that some of the most rich and influential of the natives take a great interest in this object. Female education has hitherto succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectations of its warmest friends. I think the number of female Hindoos who attend the schools in Calcutta, is little short of four hundred, besides several smaller schools in other places, as Serampore, &c. Dr. Carey. Hayti. MASSACHUSETTS BAPTIST SOCIETY. AT p. 189 of our last volume we inserted an account of the mission of Rev. Thomas Paul of Boston to Hayti, under the direction of the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society. The following extract from the American Baptist Magazine shews the favorable result of the expedition. Mr. Paul sailed from Boston on the 31st of May, in the schooner Alert, Capt. Lindsey. His passage was gratuitously furnished by the liberality of the Hon. William Gray. Mr. P. had been supplied with French and Spanish tracts by Rev. Mr. Jenks; with Bibles by John Tappan, Esq. Treasurer of the Massachusetts Bible Society, and with several letters of introduction, through the politeness of W. Ropes, Esq. of Boston. The American Bible Society also commissioned him as the bearer of a splendid copy of the Bible to his Excellency President Boyer. purpose till his embarkation for the United States. His number of hearers varied, but was on some occasions as many as 200. The week days were generally occupied in visiting families and in distributing the Scriptures. Applications for Bibles were frequent. He was often solicited to bestow them when pass after having been absent from his lodgings for a few hours, that five or six applications for Bibles had been made before his return. He found the, people universally willing to hear; but as he does not speak French, his opportunities of doing good by public teaching among the natives were not so great as he could have wished. It was affecting, he remarks, to observe the eagerness with which the hearers listened, and the regret they manifested at not being able to understand the preacher. After a very pleasant passage of twentytwo days, during which he received every kindness from Capt. Lindsey and crew, Mr. Paul arrived at Cape Haytien. Here he found the officers of the custom house, and every person to whom his mission became known, eager to receive Bibles. He remained here at this time but a week, being anxious to pre-ing through the streets, and repeatedly found, sent his credentials to the President, and solicit permission to preach the Gospel of Christ to his countrymen under the protection of the government. He sailed for Port-au-Prince about the 1st, and arrived there on the 4th of July. After some delay, he succeeded in obtaining an audience with the President, and the result of the interview was highly satisfactory. Mr. Paul stated to his Excellency his object, and was allowed freely to urge the importance to the government of a free and full toleration of religion. This subject, a delicate one in a newly organized government, and in a Catho. lic country, Mr. Paul managed with great judgment and discretion. At the close of the conversation, in which Gen. Inginac acted as interpreter, and to which President_Boyer listened with deep attention, Gen. Inginac said to Mr. Paul, "I have the pleasure to inform you that it is the will and pleasure of his Excelleney that you be permitted, and you are hereby permitted to preach the Gospel in private houses and halls; but owing to the present uninformed state of the lower class of the people, from a regard to your own personal safety he wishes to be pruyou dent in conducting your meetings, especially in the evening. His Excellency hopes that in a few years, meeting houses will be erected, and religions privileges enjoyed, as they are in the United States of America." It may be proper here to remark, that at this time and in subsequent communications, Mr. Paul was given distinctly to understand that, owing to the state of society, tumult might be excited by incautious methods of religious instruction, and he might be exposed to inconvenience before the disorders could be quelled; but that the government would do all in its power to protect him, and that in the judicious discharge of his ministry he should be allowed to suffer no molestation. After spending a few weeks in Port-auPrince, in which time he visited families, distributed Bibles, and prosecuted the business of his mission, Mr. P. returned in the latter part of August to Cape Haytien. Before his departure he was treated with every mark of respect and regard by Gen. Inginac, and was furnished by him with a very handsome letter to Gen. Magny, the Commander in chief at the cape. In this letter not only was Mr. Paul spoken of with great kindness, but was expressly declared to be under the protection of the government. His passage on this occasion was gratuitously furnished by Capt. Nash of Boston, who has, on several occasions, rendered to Mr. Paul important services, which the Board would most gratefully acknowledge. After his arrival at Cape Haytien, a commo. dious ball was hired and furnished by several gentlemen and natives, for a place of public worship. In this place Mr. Paul commenced preaching, and continued to occupy it for this Before the departure of Mr. Paul from Cape Haytien, President Boyer and Gen. Inginac arrived there from Port-au Prince. Just before the vessel sailed, Mr. Paui called on Gen. Inginao, at the Government house, to inform him of his intended return. "On this occasion," says Mr. Paul, "he took me by the hand, and was pleased to say, that he was very sorry that I was about to leave the Island. But it was with pleasure he could announce to me, that by my prudent conduct I had merited the implicit confidence of his Excellency himself, and the Government; and that they and himself wished me a pleasant pas. sage, and hoped my absence would be short." Gen. Magny expressed, at parting, the same sentiments. Indeed, the wish for Mr. Paul's speedy return seems to have been very general. WESLEYAN METHODISTS. Persecution at Port-au-Prince. THE following extracts from the journal of Mr. St. Denis, and letters of Mr. Pressoir, members of the Methodist Society at Port. au-Prince, which we copy from the Wesleyan Magazine, are of a less pleasing nature than the above account of the Rev. Mr. Paul's visit to Hayti. The first extracts are from the journal of Mr. St. Denis. On Sunday, Feb. 2d, our assembly was held at Belair. During the morning service several stones were thrown. Feb. 4. Whilst we were singing a shower of stones was thrown, but no one received any injury. That evening (Feb. 7th) we had a small assembly of thirty-two persons. A plan had been laid for apprehending us, which was put in execution. We had time to sing a hymn, read a chapter, and a Homily; but whilst singing the second hymn, the noise of the soldiers was so great in approaching our house of prayer, that we were obliged to cease singing. Wishing, however, to continue our meeting, an officer of the police said, "In the name of the law, leave off that prayer!" Then we left off. Not finding J. C. Pressoir, they made me pass for his second. We were taken to General Thomas's, who pretended to be ignorant of the matter. Colonel Victor pretended to be ignorant also. When we reached the house of the Juge de Paix, we were ordered to halt for a moment. Colonel Victor knocked at his door; the Juge de Paix asked who we were, and was answered, "A band of Methodists." The Juge de Paix said, "Ha! Ha! take them to the gaol!" Col. Victor replied, "Yes!" We were led to prison, and each of our names was taken. The sisters were put in the debtors' place, and the men were shut up in close confinement. The next morning, the person who keeps the keys of the prison under the gaoler told us, that the Juge de Paix would not allow our door to be opened; but the gaoler went and spoke to him respecting it, and our door was opened about nine o'clock. A moment after, the Juge de Paix came to visit us, and addressing himself to me in anger, I wished to reply: he would not listen to me; but began to blaspheme religion, despising the Lord. He withdrew in anger, without being able to do any thing with us. A moment after he left us, we were taken into the debtors' prison, near to the sisters, in a separate chamber. When Mr. Pressoir heard of this event, he visited his brethren at the prison. The following extract is from one of his letters. I would not run into prison of my own accord, but having waited, and finding nothing was said to us, I went to see my brethren and sisters. I found there were thirty-two, and St. Denis preparing to write to the President, which he did, and I carried this letter to his Excellency, by which we requested him to cause us to be judged, and punished, if we were found guilty by the law. When I arrived under the piazza of the palace, I asked an officer on duty if I could see the President, who answered, Yes. I entered the hall, where I found the President seated, and surrounded by a circle, as well of officers as civilians. After saluting them, I presented the letter to the President, who asked me from whence it came. I replied, "From the Methodists who are in prison.' His good humor was immediately changed. "Methodists," said he, "I did not know that." Colonel Victor, who was present, thinking perhaps that through fear I would wish to conceal myself, addressed himself to the President, saying, "President, this is a Methodist," as if the President did not know it. Immediately the President_replied, "You are fanatics." "Pardon me, President, we are not." "Why, you have changed your religion." "If I have changed my religion, President, it is the Government which has made me do it." "How is that?" said he. "It was the late President who sent for the Missionaries. I heard the letter read, and saw the late President's signature: this is what I can tell you." "Enough, enough," said he, "I will send an answer." went to the prison, and waited till it was late; but hearing nothing, and being ill of the fever, VOL. XX. I I returned to my mother's. The next day orders were given for the brethren and sisters to appear before the Chief Judge. A dollar was demanded of each on leaving prison, and they were conducted by a single serjeant. On their arrival the Chief Judge forbade them, in the name of the President, to assemble to. gether again. "No one can hinder you from worshipping God as you please; but let every one abide at home, for as often as you are found assembled you shall be put in prison; and if you unhappily persist, I have received orders to disperse you every where." Several wished to reply, but he refused to listen, saying, "It is not from me; it is not my fault; these orders are given me." All our brethren and sisters went out, animated with a holy zeal, determining not to abandon their assem blies. The next day we were assembled. After an exhortation we sung a hymn, which being finished, we kneeled down to pray: a shower of stones came, as if they would have demolished the house, and have stoned us like Stephen. With one accord we commended ourselves to our faithful Creator, and continued in prayer till they had ceased. In a subsequent letter, dated July 31st, he writes: Since the Lord has granted us the favor of meeting together again, we have continued our assemblies without intermission, although forbidden to do this under pain of prison and exile. The only interruption we meet with is bad words, and a few stones now and then; and I am become so marked, that I cannot go out without people crying after me, "Methodist! Parson!"-with a contemptuous sneer, and a thousand other things not fit to write, but which serve only to strengthen my faith in the promises of Him who is faithful; till last Sunday some foolish young women came to revile us; and on Tuesday evening, whilst reading, stones were thrown, and whilst we were at prayer a great number rushed in, armed with sabres, sticks, and, if I mistake not, with stones, crying out, "In the name of the law," as if they had been authorized by the heads of the people to arrest us. This band consisted of boys, led on to commit disorders by a set of idle, goodfor-nothing persons, of the worst class, who had armed themselves with sabres, and were disguised with old cooked hats; trying thus to show their bravery over those who would make no resistance. But the hairs of our head are all numbered; nor have they been permitted to hurt any of us to the present. It would be useless for us to ask or hope for the protection of the law; and we are thus led to place all our confidence in God, who Ican and will deliver us in his time. And if the Lord is for me, of whom should I be afraid? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for me, will he not with him freely give me all things? I have already experienced that all my sufferings for his name are great blessings to me. All my care is about his Church; and what wisdom does it require to conduct so many persons of such different dispositions! I feel new wants daily. 17 130 Domestic Intelligence:-Revivals of Religion....Conn, Miss. Society. APRIL, Domestic Entelligence, REVIVALS OF RELIGION, Connecticut. There is a revival of religion in the Baptist Society in Lyme, and in the vicinity.-A letter written by Rev. A. Nettleton states, that there is a powerful work of grace in East Haddam, extending also to neighboring towns. We have received some account of an encouraging degree of seriousness in Connecticut State Prison, in a letter from Rev. E. Halp. ing, chaplain of the prison, dated February 17th, from which we make the following ex tracts. There are about 30 of the prisoners, who are more or less affected in view of their, Ohio. The same paper states that there is a pleasing work of grace in the congregation of Rev. W. Reed, Columbiana co., Ohio. Kentucky. In a letter from Newcastle it is stated that 60 persons had been added to the Baptist church in that place during the last summer, and that many more were still expected to join. CONNECTICUT MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Twenty-fifth Report." THE following table, compiled from the twen No. of Length of Service. 122 weeks. 2 45 18 481 4 78 2 33 1 30 2 104 2 32 eternal interests. Of these about twelve give very satisfactory evidence of having passed from death unto life. The work has awakened the curiosity of some, aud, I fear, the opposition of others. But to me the scene is deeply affecting. To see those who, but a few weeks since, were so hardened in iniquity, that they could trifle profanely with the message of mercy, when it had scarcely passed from the lips of the preacher, now melted into contrition and tenderness,--to listen to their pray. ers and praises--to witness their humility and penitence and love and joy,-in a word to see them exhibit all the distinguishing features of a renovated mind, evinces the almighty power of that religion which can soften the hardest heart; and shews the comparative impotence The preceding statement of missionary op of prisons and racks and tortures in the refor-erations, may show the necessity of conmation of man. New-York. The Report of the Synod of Albany speaks of revivals of religion in Stephentown, Sand-lake, Albion and North Pittstown; besides several places which we have formerly noticed. A letter from a student in the Theological Seminary at Auburn, dated Dec. 29, states that there is a revival in Flem. ming, five miles from that place. A revival of religion in a cotton manufactory three miles from the city of Troy, is mentioned; and an interesting work of grace in Lenox, Madison co., and its vicinity. Pennsylvania. An uncommon attention to religion in the congregations of Rev. W. Spear and Rev. S. Porter, in Westmoreland co., is noticed in the Pittsburgh Recorder. In the congregations of Rev. Mr. Scott, in Beaver co., 90 had been recently added to the church, and much attention continued. We extract the following paragraph from the conclusion of the Report. tinued and increasing efforts in the cause of missions to our new settlements in the Westrolling westward; but the progress of moral ern States. The tide of emigration is still and religious institutions, does not keep pace with the progress of population. Although multitudes who are induced to leave the eastern, to plant themselves in the western states, may carry with them the disposition, yet they possess not the means of procuring and supporting religious institutions similar to those they leave behind. The gospel must then be sent to them, or its blessed priv ileges will not soon be enjoyed. To spread the wholesome and life-giving influence of the succession, on our frontier, is, in truth, an obgospel over new settlements, as they rise, in ject of indescribable importance; it is an ob ject, to accomplish which, all, who would be considered either christians or philanthropists, are bound to co-operate. If a deeper interest were felt on this subject, by the churches in New England; if far more liberal means were provided for the attainment of this object; the when the present moral deserts of the west, time, probably, would not be far distant, would become fruitful fields; and the infant churches, already established in the wilder ness, would become efficient auxiliaries in the benevolent enterprise of extending the means of salvation through the world. The income of the Society for the year 1823 was $7,606,22; of which $1,505,67 was the amount of interest collected during the year. AMERICAN MELIORATING SOCIETY. Plan of the contemplated Jewish Settlement. THE American Society for meliorating the condition of the Jews have fixed upon a plan for a Jewish settlement, to be established on a tract of about 5 or 6,000 acres of land, which they hope to procure as soon as the purchase can be advantageously made. The outlines of the plan are the following:Such Jews as either profess Christianity, or desire Christian instruction, are to be received from any part of the world. They are to be employed principally in agricultural and mechanical operations. A minister of the gospel and a schoolmaster are to be provided, and theological instruction for such as it is thought expedient to have prepared for the ministry. A farm is to be stocked and furnished, and an experienced farmer appointed to manage its concerns; the produce of which is to be common stock for the support of the settlement. Any of the emigrants who conduct unworthily, may be removed at the discretion of the Board. CHICKASAW MISSION. THE population of the Chickasaw nation is stated at about 3,700, of whom about 320 are children under three years of age. A mission was established in the nation by the Missionary Society of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia. The station, called Monroe, is situated within the chartered limits of the state of Mississippi, two miles south of Mackintoshville,on the high land between the Tombeckbee and Yazoo. Rev. Messrs. Thomas C. Stuart, Hugh Wilson, W. C. Blair, missionaries. The last report of the superintendents of the mission says;— Even the painful necessity we have been under, of restricting the number of scholars, has had a happy effect on our school by promoting, in the minds of the natives, the belief that it is indeed a favor to have their children instructed by us. The result of this persua sion has been a diligent care on their part to induce the punctual attendance of their children. And when, in consequence of the in crease of our means, it was announced that the school would be enlarged from thirty to fifty pupils, the number was almost immediately filled up, and many more were anxiously waiting to be admitted. The spirit of civilization is evidently advanc ing among the Chickasaws. They are more and more convinced of the importance of education: a conviction produced not only by their intercourse with the whites, but by the rapid improvement of their children in the elements of useful education. They begin to see the necessity of a different mode of life from that which they have hitherto pur sued. Their previous dependence for a subsistence has, every year, become more precarious: and the only alternative left is to abandon the pursuit of game, and to turn their attention to the culture of the soil. Such a state of things we consider peculiarly favorable to their civilization. It facilitates our communication with them, and gives us a more full opportunity of instructing them in the agricultural and mechanical arts. The present session of the school com. menced on the 15th September. The chil dren were punctual in their return and attendance. Four new scholars were admitted, and we shall probably consent to receive as many more; although it exceeds the number to which we were limited by the Board of the Society. The Lord, we trust, will provide the means of supporting them. Indeed it is difficult to resist their solicitations. Every sympathy is excited when they visit us with their children, and humbly and earnestly crave a place for them in our family. The following is an extract from one of the mission journals. We have adopted a plan which has a very happy influence on the conduct of the children both in and out of school. We have tickets, (which are nothing more than scraps of paper, marked No. 1, 2, 3, and 4,) with which we reward them on every Monday morning for the preceding week's performance, taking their conduct on the Sabbath into consideration. These are valued at six and a fourth cents per No. and pass as current money among them. The highest No. is given for a week's good attention to business. When any have been idle and inattentive, we present them with No. 0, which is truly mortifying, In order to avoid imposition we keep an account book in which the sum due to each one for tickets is recorded; and when any one has earned the amount of a garment of clothing which he needs, he receives it in exchange for his tickets. In this way they clothe themselves, after receiving a change of raiment when they first enter the school. By this arrangement our female friends who are engaged in furnishing clothing for this establishment are doing more good than they are aware of. While seated around their fire sides, surrounded with comforts, and in the midst of friends, they are contributing in a two fold sense to the advancement of civilization among these people. In the first place, by their benefactions they save the funds of |