Census of the humane and criminal Institutions. The Rev. John Stanford, the venerable chaplain of those institutions, has published his annual census for 1824; from which it appears there were-In the Orphan Asylum, boys 91, girls 59; total 150-In the City Alms House, white men 511, white women 480, white boys 370, white girls 207, black men 21, black women 41, black boys 10, black girls 8, maniac men 31, maniac women 11; whole number 1684-In the City Hospital, patients 142, lunatics 114; whole number 256-In the Debtors' Prison, in confinement, including the liberties, 300-In Bridewell, white men 65, white women 16, black men 23, black women 12; whole number 116-In the Penitentiary, Belle vue, white men (criminals) 80, white women 4, black men 37, black women 14, white men (vagrants) 60, white women (ditto) 65, black men (ditto) 24, black boys (ditto) 54; whole number 338-In the State Prison, white men 470, white women 16, black men 133, black women 23; whole number 642. City Dispensary.-During the past year 7635 patients have been admitted, of whom 6492 were cured, 68 died, and 260 remain under attendance: 6080 persons have been vaccinated. Deaths in the city of New-York in 1824. -From the report of the city inspector it appears that the deaths during the last year in this city were 4341, being an excess of 897 over the deaths of the preceding year. Of that number 1244 were men, 887 women, 1204 boys, and 1006 girls. There were 1072 children under one year, and more than two-fifths of the whole were under ten. 736 died of consumption, of whom 107 were coloured people; 394 of small-pox, of whom 113 were coloured. The disproportion of deaths in the latter class of inhabitants, is ascribed to their neglect of vaccination, For the Christian Journal. HYMN.-Submission under Affliction. 1 Saviour! whose word could calm the sea, From murm'ring sorrow set us free, Teach us, when fraught with care and grief, From thee alone to seek relief To bow beneath thy rod. 3 Teach us those blessings we possess Nor, though thy wisdom make them less, 4 Lo, shouldst thou rend each earthly tie M. A. W. For the Christian Journal. Everlasting Home. Pursuing fancy, rise, display Celestial power assist your flight- To heav'n's imperial dome. Blest soul! there morning springs serene, Thy everlasting home. Oh! Power supreme, thy gifts bestow, Her everlasting home. Not deep discerning wisdom's guess, Exist beyond the tomb. That all-wise self-existing Power, Points to that future, dawning day, If, through a range of suff'ring here, Eternal life must come; Still their hard lessons let them teach, While time spins out his short'ning clew, That solemn hour to come; - For the Christian Journal. The Grave. "There the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest." When sorrow weighs the spirit down, In lucid robes of spotless white, Dispels the shades of death's dark night, Then why should Christians fear to die What though extinction in the grave The earth shall be dissolv'd by fire, Calendar Notices for April, 1825 1. Good Friday. 2. Easter-Even. 3. Easter-Day. 4. Monday in Easter-Week. 5. Tuesday in Easter-Week. 10. First Sunday after Easter. 17. Second Sunday after Easter. 24. Third Sunday after Easter. 25. St. Mark the Evangelist. To Correspondents.-The "Good Citizen-an extract," will find a place in our next, Several other communications are received, and will be duly regarded. No. 4.] THE CHRISTIAN JOURNAL, AND LITERARY REGISTER. For the Christian Journal. APRIL, 1825. Abstract of the Proceedings of the thirty eighth Convention of the Diocese of New-York, held in Trinity Church, in the city of New-York, on Tuesday, October 19th, and Wednesday, October 20th, A. D. 1824. (Concluded from p. 92.) FROM the report of the Rev. Leverett Bush, missionary at Oxford, Chenango county, and parts adjacent. Since my last report, my services on Sundays have been exclusively confined to the church at Oxford; where I have regularly officiated twice every Sunday, and generally performed a third service in the vicinity, within six or eight miles of the village. I bave likewise superintended, during the summer season, a flourishing Sunday school of sixty or seventy scholars; and during the winter attended a class of young people once a week, who met for the purposes of devotion, and to recite lessons from the Scriptures, and Nelson's Festivals and Fasts. On different days of the week, I have visited several places, and preach ed as follows: seven times at Coventry, twice at Guilford, and once at Preston. At Oxford the Church is, under the divine blessing, gradually increasing in strength and stability. Communicants 45-Baptisms, 17 infants-Deaths 6. From the report of the Rev. Palmer Dyer, deacon, missionary at Granville, Washington county, and parts adja [VOL. IX. let, and other towns in the state of Vermont; and likewise in Fort Edward, Sandy Hill, and White Hall. To the members and friends of the Church at Granville, much praise is due for the zeal which they have manifested, and the exertions, which they have made to support the ministrations of the gospel, and adorn their house of public worship. Five dollars have been collected for the Missionary Fund-three dollars and fifty cents for the Episcopal-and three dollars and fifty cents for the Diocesan. From the report of the Rev. Samuel Fuller, missionary in Albany and Greene counties. The year past I have officiated fortyeight Sundays and a few other days. Twenty-two Sundays have been given to Rensselaerville, one of which was by exchange, when I preached in Durham; and twenty-five to Greenville, two of which were by exchange, when I preached at Windham, and Athens, and Catskill. Two Sundays passed after the last convention, before I returned to my missionary station; and two Sundays I had no congregation, by reason of the rains. At Rensselaerville the congregation is respectable and increasing. The worship is conducted with order and At Rensselaerville I have performed eight baptisms (one adult and seven children)-two marriages-preached at two funerals-collected for the Missionary Fund, eight dollars and thirtyfive cents, and have paid into the Diocesan Fund three dollars. At Greenville I have performed eleven baptisms (one adult and ten children) two marriages-preached at two funerals-and collected for the Missionary Fund three dollars and sixty-five cents. From the report of the Rev. Algernon S. Hollister, missionary at Paris, Oneida county, and parts adjacent. Since my last report, divine service has been performed twenty-three Sundays in Paris, sixteen in Verona, nine in Holland Patent, two in Oneida, and one in Perryville, Madison county. Besides which, I have preached on Sunday evenings and week days at Oneida, Trenton, and Rome, very frequently, and several times in different parts of the town of Paris. Twice I have performed divine service in the village of New-Hartford, in exchange with the Rev. Amos C. Treadway, deacon, from the diocese of Virginia. This gentleman, by his pious and zealous labours, has drawn together a small but highly respectable congregation, an account of whose erganization, under the name of St. Stephen's, will be laid before the convention. Preparations are now making to erect a small but elegant brick church, on ground which, together with $500, has lately been given by Jedediah Sangar, Esq It gives me unfeigned pleasure to state also, that the church in Holland Patent will be ready for consecration From the report of the Rev. Daniel Nash, missionary in Otsego county. Since my last report, I have preached all the Sundays throughout the year, excepting two. One fourth of the Sundays at Burlington-one fourth at St. John's, Otsego-two at Laurens-one at Hartwick-a number of Sundays at Fly Creek; and since the first of May, one half of the time at a small village in Otsego, called Le Roy, where, provi dentially, we have collected a respectable congregation. I have attended one Sunday in Cooperstown, and two at Cherry Valley, in exchange with the Rev. Mr.Tiffany. I have also preached sixteen times upon funeral occasions; the greater part of which was among people of other denominations. I commonly attend a Sunday school, which I find very useful in learning the young, not only the principles of religion, but to make the responses in a suitable manner when in the public congregation. From the report of the Rev. George H. Norton, missionary at Richmond, Ontario county, and parts adjacent. During the past year I have performed divine service at Sheldon, Genesee county, one Sunday; at Genesseo and Avon, Livingston county, three Sundays; and at Palmyra, Ontario county, one Sunday. The remaining time has been spent in the parish of St. Paul's church, Richmond. I have officiated also on week days at Sheldon, Weathersfield, Warsaw, and several other places, where a favourable opportunity was afforded for the intro duction of the services of our Church. Baptisms (adults 2, infants 7) 9Marriages 7-Funerals 6. In a former report, it was stated that there was some prospect of establishing a church at Palmyra. This object has been since effected, under the auspices of the Rev. Mr. Murray, from Ohio, who officiated in that place for several months. It is now, however, on the list of vacant parishes, and consequent ly, in the absence of a stated service, the growth of the Church has been somewhat impeded. The village of Palmyra is at present in a very flourishing state, and our friends there will, ere long, I hope, be able to give a competent support to a clergyman. At present the church is too feeble to effect much without assistance. In the parish at Richmond, there has been little or no change during the year past. The average number of attendants upon public worship is about the same; but the communion list has been somewhat reduced by deaths and removals. We still hope and pray for an increase. From the report of the Rev. Amos Par dee, missionary at Colesville, Broome county, and parts adjacent. On the first of May I resigned my charge of the church in Oswego, and accepted an invitation from St. Luke's church, Colesville, Broome county. While I continued my charge of the church in Oswego, labour was bestowed in Volney, in the neighbourhood of Oswego; and I had the satisfaction of seeing happy effects resulting from it, equal to my expectations. Here a few Prayer Books, purchased for the purpose, were sold at reduced prices; and some few more, together with two or three Bibles, were gratuitously bestow ed, and all were received with much gratitude, and with the prospect of usefulness in the cause of godliness. It would have delighted those, of whose bounty I was the instrument, to have seen a man, who had once enjoyed the ministration of the word and sacraments in our church, but through adverse events, had been deprived of all, and left even without a Bible, or the means of purchasing one, in a declining state of health, as strength enabled him, reading one of their Bibles, and at a later period, hearing other persons read it to him, full of gratitude to the bestowers of the sacred pages, and of consolation on a dying bed, and at length taking his departure from terrestrial life, strong in faith and abounding in hope; and his widow, on the Sunday after the burial of her husband, aroused by the grace of God, and the same sacred pages, from a forgetfulness of her Creator, devoting herself to God in the sacrament of baptism. Before I left Oswego and its neighbourhood, the baptisms were one adult and five in fants-funeral one--and the number of communicants about the same as in my last report. In the forepant of May I entered on my labours in Colesville. This church has been kept together for many years, by reading prayers and approved sermons by laymen. There is but one church, but two places where divine service is held, about four miles from each other; in each of which service is performed with much solemnity, and I have generally found crowded and attentive audiences. Although there is a number of Episcopalians in this neighbourhood, they are unable of themselves, at present, on account of their very moderate circumstances, to support a clergyman; but their disposition to contribute according to their ability, has been expressed in their contribution to the support of your missionary. The prospects of the Church here are an increase both in numbers and ability. Soon after I began my labours in this place, a Sunday school was commenced, and has been attended with some success. Here I have attended one funeral, and baptized six children. The number of communicants is twenty-five. The collection for the Diocesan Fund is six dollars. On account of the short time I have resided at Colesville, and the great exertion for another purpose, the other collections have not been made. From the report of the Rev. Thomas K. Peck, late missionary at Onondaga, Onondaga county, and parts adjacent. Since the last convention, my labours have been principally confined to Onondaga. During the past winter I held a third service on Sundays, once in two weeks, at the village of Geddesburgh; but owing to ill health, I have been compelled to discontinue my visits to that place for the last six months. I have visited Otisco, in the county of Onondaga, and Sullivan, in the county of Madison; preached one Sunday in each of these places. At the latter place I baptized three children. I have relinquished the charge of the station at Onondaga. No essential |