ITEMS FROM THE FIELD.

Paris, Texas.—Rev. Byron Gunner is about to make his paper “The Informer” a weekly.

Florence, Ala.—Rev. S. G. Norcross, of North Conway, N.H., desiring to spend five months in the South, is to take the place of the lamented pastor, Rev. W. H. Ash, and Mrs. Norcross will have charge of the school.

New Orleans, La.—In the Central Church, (Dr. Alexander’s) a series of meetings held by the pastor, has resulted in some thirty hopeful conversions. A friend from the North, who fell in upon them, reports a quiet and deeply impressive service.

Helena, Texas.—Pastor Mitchell Thompson rejoices with his people in a revival of unusual seriousness and spirituality. Eight or ten persons were joined to the company of believers. That the people should attend through freezing weather was a thing almost unknown before. They commonly hold such meetings in midsummer. The church has been painted, the pastor doing the work.

Soddy, Tenn.—At the recent meeting of the Central South Conference at Florence, Rev. W. H. Thomas and his Welsh Church at Soddy were received, upon application, into the fellowship of the body. Rev. Robert D. Thomas, of the Welsh Church at Knoxville, has been a member for some time. He is now retiring from his charge and a pastor will be sought who can preach in English a part of the time.

Atlanta, Ga.—Miss Ella W. Moore, a teacher in the Atlanta University, has, by the special aid of friends, been able to employ a teacher in a private school opened under her auspices. In addition to the receipts in money, she has recently received (for which she makes grateful acknowledgment) from Mrs. John B. Gough, Worcester, Mass., patchwork, pictures, cards, tracts, etc.; from Mrs. J. B. Shaw, Paxton, Ill., and Miss Amy Blatchford, Chicago, valuable Sabbath-school papers and periodicals.

Meridian, Miss.—By a council on the 15th of Dec., Mr. J. L. Grice, a graduate of the college and theological department in Howard University, a member of Dr. J. E. Rankin’s church, was ordained as pastor after a most satisfactory examination. Sermon and right-hand of fellowship, by Superintendent Roy; charge to the candidate, by Rev. E. C. Stickel; address to the church, by Rev. C. B. Curtis; and prayer of ordination, by Bishop Turner of the African M. E. Church, the members of the council joining him in laying on of hands. As the Bishop was holding a Conference in the city, he attended both the afternoon and evening services of the Council, after the members of that body had waited upon the Conference in the morning. The Bishop stated that in attending a great many examinations, he had never come upon a better one.

Owing to the space occupied by the list of our appointments for the year we have been obliged to omit the publication of General Notes and to hold over other matters of interest.

NEW APPOINTMENTS.

1882-1883.

The following list presents the names and post-office addresses of those who are under appointment in the Churches, Institutions and Schools aided by the American Missionary Association, among the Freedmen in the South, and the Chinese on the Pacific Coast. The Berea College and Hampton Institute are under the care of their own Boards of Trustees, but being either founded or fostered in the past by this Association, and representing the general work in which it is engaged their teachers are included in this list.

THE SOUTHERN FIELD.

Rev. J. E. Roy, D.D., Field Superintendent.

Prof. Albert Salisbury, Supt. of Education.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
WASHINGTON.
Theological Department, Howard University.
Rev. W. W. Patton, D.D., Washington, D.C.
Rev. J. G. Craighead, D.D.,Washington, D.C.
Rev. J. E. Rankin, D.D.,Washington, D.C.
Rev. John G. Butler, D.D.,Washington, D.C.
LINCOLN MEMORIAL CHURCH.
Pastor.
Rev. S. P. Smith,Chicago, Ill.
Special Missionary.
Mrs. C. B. Babcock,Newburyport, Mass.
VIRGINIA.
HAMPTON.
Minister.
Rev. H. B. Frissell,New York City.
NORMAL AND AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE.
Instructors and Managers.
Gen. S. C. Armstrong,Hampton, Va.
Gen. J. F. B. Marshall, Treasurer,Hampton, Va.
Mr. Albert Howe, Farm Manager,Hampton, Va.
Mr. F. C. Briggs, Business Agent,Hampton, Va.
Mr. J. B. H. Goff, Engineer,Hampton, Va.
Mr. C. W. Betts, Printing Office,Wilmington, Del.
Lieut. G. Le R. Brown, Com.,Hampton, Va.
Miss Mary F. Mackie,Newburgh, N.Y.
Miss Charlotte L. Mackie,Newburgh, N.Y.
Miss Mary T. Galpin,Stockbridge, Mass.
Miss Helen W. Ludlow,New York City.
Mrs. Edwin F. Coolidge,Boston, Mass.
Miss Jane E. Davis,Troy, N.Y.
Miss Myrtilla J. Sherman,Brookfield, Mass.
Miss Phebe C. Davenport,Quaker Street, N.Y.
Miss Sophia L. Brewster,Brookfield, Mass.
Miss Margaret Kenwell,Mechanicsville, N.Y.
Miss Anna E. Kemble,Camden, N.Y.
Miss Emma H. Lothrop,Pittsfield, Mass.
Miss Mary F. Dibble,Seymour, Ct.
Miss Martha M. Waldron,South Otselie, N.Y.
Miss Caroline Alfred,Ellington, Ct.
Miss Belle F. Small,Amherst, N.Y.
Miss Emma F. Marsh,Worcester, Mass.
Miss Mary W. Clock,Islip, N.Y.
Miss Margaret A. Guillon,Petersburg, Va.
Miss Mary A. Wheeler,Boston, Mass.
Mr. R. H. Hamilton,Hampton, Va.
Mr. Dudley Talbot,Boston, Mass.
INDIAN DEPARTMENT.
Mr. J. H. McDowell, Chg. Workshop,Hampton, Va.
Mr. Edwin F. Coolidge,Boston, Mass.
Mrs. L. A. Seymour,Hampton, Va.
Miss Isabel B. Eustis,Springfield, Mass.
Miss Laura E. Tileston,Boston, Mass.
Miss Josephine E. Richards,Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. Geo. W. Brandom,Clarksville, Va.
Miss Lovey A. Mayo,Raleigh, N.C.
Miss Cora A. Folsom,Boston, Mass.
Mr. Geo. J. Davis,Hampton, Va.
Miss Jacobina Koch,Natick, Mass.
Miss Mary E. Merritt,Hampton, Va.
Miss Georgia Washington,Norfolk, Va.
BUTLER SCHOOL.
Miss Elizabeth Hyde,Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mr. Benj. F. Jones,Hampton, Va.
Miss Mary A. Boner,Salem, N.C.
Miss Louise K. Day,Elizabeth, N.J.
Miss Lucy J. Boulding,Burkeville, Va.
Mr. Boswell S. White,Matthews C. H., Va.
Mr. Orpheus M. McAdoo,Greensboro, N.C.
CLERKS.
Mr. F. B. Banks,Hampton, Va.
Mr. Wm. M. Reid,Hampton, Va.
Mr. W. H. Daggs,Hampton, Va.
Miss Jessie P. Morgan,Hamburg, Ct.
Miss Emily Kimball,Boston, Mass.
Mr. Fred N. Gilman,Hampton, Va.
Mr. Geo. A. Blackmore,Hampton, Va.
Miss Ruth G. Tileston,Boston, Mass.
NORTH CAROLINA.
WILMINGTON (P. O. Box 207).
Minister.
Rev. D. D. Dodge,Nashua, N.H.
NORMAL SCHOOL.
Principal.
Rev. W. H. Thrall,Derby, Ct.
Assistants.
Miss H. L. Fitts,Candia, N.H.
Miss E. A. Warner,Lowell, Mass.
Miss Ella F. Jewett,Pepperell, Mass.
Miss Ernestine Patterson,Providence, R.I.
Miss Mary D. Hyde,Zumbrota, Minn.
Miss Kate A. Shepard,New York City.
Mrs. Janet Dodge,Nashua, N.H.
Special Missionary.
Miss A. E. Farrington,Portland, Me.
RALEIGH.
Minister.
Rev. Geo. S. Smith,Raleigh, N.C.
Special Missionary.
Miss E. P. Hayes,Limerick, Me.
DUDLEY.
Minister and Teacher.
Rev. J. E. B. Jewett,Pepperell, Mass.
Mrs. J. E. B. Jewett, Pepperell, Mass.
McLEANSVILLE.
Minister and Teacher.
Rev. Alfred Connet,Solsberry, Ind.
CEDAR CLIFF.
Minister.
Rev. J. N. Ray,Cedar Cliff, N.C.
WOODBRIDGE.
Teacher.
Mrs. G. A. Rumbley,Phila., Pa.
BEAUFORT.
Minister and Teacher.
Rev. Michael Jerkins,Beaufort, N.C.
Assistant.
Miss Lydia Hatch,Beaufort, N.C.
LASSITER’S MILLS.
Minister and Teacher.
Rev. Islay Walden,Lassiter’s Mills, N.C.
Mrs. Islay Walden,Lassiter’s Mills, N.C.
TROY AND PEKIN.
Minister and Teacher.
Rev. Wm. H. Ellis,Southfield, Mass.
DRY CREEK.
Teacher.
Miss C. E. Smitherman,High Pt., N.C.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON.
Minister.
Rev. E. T. Hooker,Castleton, Vt.
AVERY INSTITUTE.
Principal.
Prof. A. W. Farnham,Hannibal, N.Y.
Assistants.
Miss Hattie E. Dowd,Oswego, N.Y.
Miss E. A. Huntoon,Wallingford, Vt.
Miss Addie M. Phelps,Moravia, N.Y.
Miss Lizzie S. Hayward,Red Bank, N.J.
Mr. J. C. Whittaker,Charleston, S.C.
Mr. E. A. Lawrence,Charleston, S.C.
Miss Etta E. Abbey,Hamlet, N.Y.
Miss M. H. McKinley,Charleston, S.C.
Miss H. E. Wells,Middletown, N.Y.
Mrs. E. T. Hooker,Castleton, Vt.
Mrs. A. W. Farnham,Hannibal, N.Y.
ORANGEBURG.
Minister.
Rev. T. T. Benson,Orangeburg, S.C.
GREENWOOD.
BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL.
Mr. J. D. Backenstose, Geneva, N.Y.
Mr. Wm. Clark,Greenwood, S.C.
LADIES’ ISLAND.
Miss M. H. Clary,Conway, Mass.
GEORGIA.
ATLANTA.
Ministers.
Rev. C. W. Francis,Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. Evarts Kent,Chicago, Ill.
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY.
Instructors and Managers.
Rev. E. A. Ware,Atlanta, Ga.
Prof. T. N. Chase,Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. C. W. Francis, Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. Horace Bumstead, D.D.,Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. H. M. Sessions,Hampden, Mass.
Mr. Chas. P. Sinnott,Marshfield, Mass.
Prof. Wm. M. Aber,Newark, N.J.
Miss Emma C. Ware,Norfolk, Mass.
Miss Mary E. Sands,Saco, Me.
Miss Carrie H. Loomis,Hartford, Conn.
Miss Ella W. Moore,Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. Lucy E. Case,Millbury, Mass.
Miss Mary L. Santley,Wellington, Ohio.
Miss Rebecca Massey,Oberlin, Ohio.
Miss Sarah E. Marsh,Lake Forest, Ill.
Miss Margaret Neel,Livonia, N.Y.
Mrs. Lucinda F. Vache,Harrisburg, Pa.
Miss Jessie E. Smith,Northfield, Mass.
Miss Virginia F. Smith,Northfield, Mass.
Mrs. A. S. Newman,Deerfield, Mass.
STORRS SCHOOL (104 Houston St.).
Principal.
Miss Amy Williams,Livonia Sta., N.Y.
Assistants.
Miss Julia A. Goodwin,Mason, N.H.
Miss Amelia L. Ferris,Oneida, Ill.
Mrs. C. G. Ball,Palermo, N.Y.
Miss Alice M. Field,Bachellorville, N.Y.
Miss Nellie L. Cloudman,South Windham, Me.
Miss Carrie J. Parrey,Chicago, Ill.
Special Missionary.
Miss Lizzie Stevenson,Bellefontaine, O.
MACON.
Minister.
Rev. S. E. Lathrop,New London, Wis.
LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL.
Principal.
Mr. W. A. Hodge,W. Rosendale, Wis.
Assistants.
Mrs. W. A. Hodge,W. Rosendale, Wis.
Miss Alice W. Lindsley,Avondale, Ill.
Miss Jennie M. Woodworth,Clyde, O.
Miss Ella B. Pickett,Norwalk, O.
Miss Emma L. Sprague,Fitchville, O.
Mrs. S. E. Lathrop,New London, Wis.
MARIETTA.
Minister and Teacher.
Rev. E. J. Penney,Marietta, Ga.
FORSYTH.
Teacher.
Mr. O. A. Combs,Atlanta, Ga.
AUGUSTA.
Teacher.
Miss S. A. Hosmer,Ashley, Mass.
THOMASVILLE.
Teacher.
Mr. W. H. Harris,Savannah, Ga.
ALBANY.
Teacher.
Mr. W. C. Greene,Albany, Ga.
HAWKINSVILLE.
Teacher.
Mr. E. P. Johnson,Hawkinsville, Ga.
WASHINGTON.
Teacher.
Mr. E. J. Stewart,Washington, Ga.
CUTHBERT.
Teacher.
Mr. F. H. Henderson,Cuthbert, Ga.
STONE MOUNTAIN.
Teacher.
Mr. Eugene Martin,Atlanta, Ga.
BAINBRIDGE.
Teacher.
Mr. H. H. Williams,Atlanta, Ga.
ATHENS.
Minister.
Rev. Geo. V. Clark,Atlanta, Ga.
Teacher.
Mr. P. E. Spratlin,Athens, Ga.
BYRON.
Minister.
Rev. N. B. James,New Orleans, La.
SAVANNAH.
Minister and Sup’t of Missions.
Rev. Dana Sherrill,Forrest, Ill.
BEACH INSTITUTE.
Principal.
Mr. H. H. Wright,Oberlin, O.
Assistants.
Miss Ida M. Beach,Vernon, Ct.
Miss Edna F. Connor,Henniker, N.H.
Miss A. F. Daily,Fredonia, N.Y.
Miss Georgiana Hunter,Brooklyn, N.Y.,
Miss Mary F. Lord,Fredonia, N.Y.
Mrs. Dana Sherrill,Forrest, Ill.
Special Missionary.
Miss J. S. Hardy,Shelburne, Mass.
WOODVILLE.
Minister and Teacher.
Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke,Savannah, Ga.
Assistant.
Miss E. A. Thompson,Savannah, Ga.
MILLER’S STATION.
Minister and Teacher.
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LOUISVILLE AND BELMONT.
Minister.
Rev. Wilson Callen,Selma, Ala.
EAST SAVANNAH.
Minister.
Rev. J. H. Stephens,East Savannah, Ga.
McINTOSH, LIBERTY CO.
THE GROVE.
Minister.
Rev. Floyd Snelson,McIntosh, Ga.
Teachers.
Miss Rose M. Kinney,Oberlin, O.
Miss Carrie I. Gibson,Boston, Mass.
CYPRESS SLASH.
Minister and Teacher.
Rev. A. J. Headen,Talladega, Ala.
FLORIDA.
FERNANDINA.
Rev. George Henry,Brooklyn, N.Y.
ALABAMA.
TALLADEGA.
Minister.
Rev. O. W. Fay,Geneseo, Ill.
TALLADEGA COLLEGE.
Instructors and Managers.
Rev. H. S. De Forest, D.D.,Muscatine, Ia.
Rev. G. W. Andrews,Collinsville, Ct.
Rev. O. W. Fay,Geneseo, Ill.
Mr. Geo. H. Howe,Orwell, Pa.
Mr. Geo. N. Ellis,Olivet, Mich.
Mr. C. B. Rice,W. Brattleboro, Vt.
Mr. W. L. Hunter,Elizabeth, N.J.
Miss L. F. Partridge,Holliston, Mass.
Miss M. E. Carey,Huntsburg, O.
Mrs. Clara S. Rindge,Homer, N.Y.
Miss F. M. Andrews,Milltown, N.B.
Miss J. C. Andrews,Milltown, N.B.
Miss Frances Yeomans,Danville, Ill.
Mrs. H. S. De Forest,Muscatine, Ia.
Mrs. H. W. Andrews,Collinsville, Ct.
Mrs. Geo. N. Ellis,Olivet, Mich.
Mrs. O. W. Fay,Geneseo, Ill.
Mrs. Geo. H. Howe,Orwell, Pa.
KYMULGA.
Minister.
Rev. Spencer Snell,Talladega, Ala.
SHELBY IRON WORKS.
Rev. J. R. Sims,Talladega, Ala.
CHILDERSBURG.
Minister.
Rev. Alfred Jones,Talladega, Ala.
ANNISTON.
Minister and Teacher.
Rev. H. W. Conley,Talladega, Ala.
Assistant.
Mrs. H. W. Conley,Talladega, Ala.
LAWSONVILLE AND COVE.
Minister.
Rev. Peter J. McEntosh,Talladega, Ala.
ALABAMA FURNACE.
Minister.
Rev. J. B. Grant,Talladega, Ala.
TECUMSEH.
Minister and Teacher.
Rev. Milus Harris,Talladega, Ala.
MOBILE.
Minister.
Rev. O. D. Crawford,W. Bloomfield, N.Y.
EMERSON INSTITUTE.
Principal.
Miss Emma R. Caughey,Kingsville, O.
Assistants.
Miss Josie Miller,S. Saginaw, Mich.
Miss Isadore M. Caughey,Kingsville, O.
Miss Carrie E. Ferris,Passaic, N.J.
Miss Ruby A. Smith,Belmont, N.Y.
Miss Helen D. Barton,Terre Haute, Ind.
Miss Mary F. Felt,Temple, N.H.
Mrs. O. D. Crawford,W. Bloomfield, N.Y.
Special Missionary.
Miss Eunice M. Clark,Elgin, Ill.
MONTGOMERY (P. O. Box 62).
Minister.
Rev. R. C. Bedford,Watertown, Wis.
Special Missionary.
Miss R. G. Jillson,Providence, R.I.
SELMA.
Minister.
Rev. C. B. Curtis,Burlington, Wis.
Special Missionary.
Miss Mary K. Lunt,New Gloucester, Me.
MARION.
Minister.
Rev. A. W. Curtis,Crete, Nebraska.
Teacher.
Miss Elizabeth Plimpton,Walpole, Mass.
ATHENS.
Minister.
Rev. H. S. Williams,Wetumpka, Ala.
TRINITY SCHOOL.
Teachers.
Miss M. F. Wells,Ann Arbor, Mich.
Miss Helen M. Woodward,Albion, N.Y.
Miss Mary E. Wolverton,Easton, Pa.
FLORENCE.
Minister and Teacher.
[A]Rev. W. H. Ash,Florence, Ala.
Rev. S. G. Norcross,North Conway, N.H.
Mrs. S. G. Norcross,North Conway, N.H.
TENNESSEE.
NASHVILLE.
Minister.
Rev. Henry S. Bennett,Nashville, Tenn.
FISK UNIVERSITY.
Instructors and Managers.
Rev. E. M. Cravath,Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. A. K. Spence,Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. H. S. Bennett,Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. F. A. Chase,Nashville, Tenn.
Prof. J. M. McPherron,Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. C. W. Hawley,Amherst, Mass.
Miss Helen C. Morgan,Cleveland, O.
Miss Anna M. Cahill,Binghamton, N.Y.
Mrs. L. A. Shaw,Owego, N.Y.
Miss Laura A. Parmelee,Toledo, Ohio.
Miss Juliet B. Smith,Scotland, Mass.
Miss Mary E. Edwards,Westhampton, Mass.
Miss Hattie Curtis,Vermontville, Mich.
Miss Henrietta Matson,N. Bloomfield, Ohio.
Miss Martha A. Perry,Holden, Mass.
Miss Margaret M. Foote,Norwich, N.Y.
Miss Addie L. Clark,Amherst, Mass.
Miss Fanny Gleason,Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mrs. A. K. Spence,Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. E. M. Cravath,Nashville, Tenn.
HOWARD MISSION.
Minister.
Rev. Wm. A. Sinclair,Washington, D.C.
CHATTANOOGA.
Minister.
Rev. Jos. E. Smith,Atlanta, Ga.
Special Missionary.
Mrs. A. S. Steele,Revere, Mass.
MEMPHIS.
Minister.
Rev. B. A. Imes,Oberlin, O.
LE MOYNE SCHOOL.
Principal.
Prof. A. J. Steele,Whitewater, Wis.
Assistants.
Rev. B. A. Imes,Oberlin, O.
Miss Frances D. McNair,Brodhead, Wis.
Miss Ruth E. Stinson,Woolwich, Me.
Miss L. Ada Lyman,Oconomowoc, Wis.
Miss M. M. Miller,Madison, Wis.
Miss Mary A. Cornes,Medina, N.Y.
Miss Minnie A. Fowle,Milwaukee, Wis.
Mrs. B. A. Imes,Oberlin, Ohio.
WHITESIDE.
Teacher.
Mr. G. W. Jackson,Tougaloo, Miss.
KENTUCKY.
BEREA.
Minister.
Rev. John G. Fee,Berea, Ky.
BEREA COLLEGE.
Instructors and Managers.
Rev. E. H. Fairchild, D.D.,Berea, Ky.
Rev. John G. Fee,Berea, Ky.
Prof. L. V. Dodge,Berea, Ky.
Prof. Walter E. C. Wright,Berea, Ky.
Prof. P. D. Dodge,Berea, Ky.
Rev. B. S. Hunting,Sublet, Ill.
Miss L. A. Darling,Akron, O.
Miss Kate Gilbert,W. Brookfield, Mass.
Mrs. H. F. Woodruff,Grand Rapids, Mich.
Miss E. F. Moore,Wattsburg, Pa.
Miss Annie M. Johnston,East Trumbull, O.
Miss Jennie Lester,Berea, Ky.
Miss Ida M. Clark,Berea, Ky.
Miss Eurie J. Hamilton,Berea, Ky.
Miss Maria A. Muzzy,Romeo, Mich.
LEXINGTON.
NORMAL SCHOOL.
Instructors.
Prof. Geo. F. Jewett,Peperell, Mass.
Mr. Charles H. Jewett,Pepperell, Mass.
Miss Hettie C. Minton,Bowling Green, O.
Mrs. G. F. Jewett,Pepperell, Mass.
CAMP NELSON.
Teacher.
Miss Juan R. Kumler,Oberlin, O.
LOUISVILLE.
Minister.
Rev. J. D. Smith,Louisville, Ky.
WILLIAMSBURG.
Minister.
Rev. A. A. Myers,Williamsburg, Ky.
Teachers.
Mr. W. E. Wheeler,Marshfield, Wis.
Mrs. W. E. Wheeler,Marshfield, Wis.
CLOVER BOTTOM.
Teacher.
Miss M. R. Barton,——, Ohio.
BEATTYVILLE.
Teacher.
Mr. A. W. Titus,Berea, Ky.
KANSAS.
TOPEKA.
Minister.
Rev. R. F. Markham,Twelve Mile, Kan.
Missionary.
Miss Alice Braman,Wayland, Mass.
LAWRENCE.
Minister.
Rev. H. R. Pinckney,Lawrence, Kan.
EUREKA.
Minister.
Rev. W. W. Weir,Eureka, Kan.
ARKANSAS.
LITTLE ROCK.
Minister.
Rev. Y. B. Sims,Talladega, Ala.
Special Missionary.
Miss Elizabeth M. Keyes,Unionville, Ct.
FAYETTEVILLE.
Minister and Teacher.
Rev. B. F. Foster,Fayetteville, Ark.
Mrs. B. F. Foster,Fayetteville, Ark.
MISSISSIPPI.
TOUGALOO.
Minister.
Rev. G. S. Pope,Strongsville, O.
TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY.
Instructors and Managers.
Rev. G. S. Pope,Strongsville, O.
Rev. E. C. Stickel,Oberlin, O.
Rev. Azel Hatch,Oberlin, O.
Miss Kate K. Koons,Sulphur Springs, O.
Miss Mary H. Scott,Amherst, Mass.
Miss Fannie J. Webster,Berlin, Wis.
Miss H. M. Hegeman,Island City, N.Y.
Miss Josephine Kellogg,Clyde, O.
Miss Jennie L. Hollegreen,Fredonia, N.Y.
Mrs. G. S. Pope,Strongsville, O.
Mrs. E. C. Stickel,Oberlin, O.
Mrs. Azel Hatch,Oberlin, O.
Miss S. L. Emerson,Hallowell, Me.
Miss Anna Coffin,Haverhill, Mass.
CALEDONIA.
Minister.
Rev. M. J. Witherspoon,Caledonia, Miss.
MERIDIAN.
Minister.
Rev. J. L. Grice,Washington, D.C.
Teacher.
Miss Rosa McCutcheon,Tougaloo, Miss.
LOUISIANA.
NEW ORLEANS.
Ministers.
Rev. W. S. Alexander, D.D.,Pomfret, Ct.
Rev. Isaac H. Hall,New Orleans, La.
Rev. Henry Ruffin,New Orleans, La.
STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY.
Instructors and Managers.
Rev. W. S. Alexander, D.D.,Pomfret, Ct.
Mr. R. C. Hitchcock,Thompsonville, Ct.
Mr. W. J. McMurtry,Wayne, Mich.
Mr. J. B. Cannon,West Suffield, Ct.
Miss Florence L. Sperry,Topeka, Kan.
Miss Katherine T. Plant,Minneapolis, Minn.
Miss Thirza J. Miller,Pepperell, Mass.
Miss M. M. Jewett,Pepperell, Mass.
Miss Flora A. Austin,Nashua, N.H.
Mrs. Hannah A. Lord,Centre Lebanon, Me.
Mrs. R. C. Hitchcock,Thompsonville, Ct.
Special Missionary.
Miss A. D. Gerrish,Leetonia, O.
NEW IBERIA.
Minister.
Rev. W. R. Polk,New Iberia, La.
FAUSSE POINT.
Minister.
Rev. William Butler,New Iberia, La.
TEXAS.
AUSTIN.
TILLOTSON INSTITUTE.
Instructors and Managers.
Rev. W. E. Brooks,W. Haven, Ct.
Mr. W. L. Gordon,Austin, Tex.
Mrs. W. L. Gordon,Austin, Tex.
Miss Helen C. Montague,Kalamazoo, Mich.
Miss Adelia Hunt,Elkhorn, Wis.
Miss Alice F. Topping,Olivet, Mich.
Mrs. M. E. Garland,Austin, Tex.
Mrs. W. E. Brooks,W. Haven, Ct.
GOLIAD.
Minister.
Rev. B. C. Church,Goliad, Texas.
Teacher.
Mr. J. R. S. Hallowell,New Orleans, La.
HELENA.
Minister.
Rev. Mitchell Thompson,Helena, Tex.
CORPUS CHRISTI.
Minister.
Rev. J. W. Strong,Talladega, Ala.
FLATONIA AND LULING.
Minister.
Rev. Thos. E. Hillson,New Orleans, La.
Teachers.
Miss M. E. Green,Flatonia, Tex.
Miss H. Cunningham,Tougaloo, Miss.
PARIS.
Minister.
Rev. J. W. Roberts,Savannah, Ga.
Teacher.
Rev. Byron Gunner,Talladega, Ala.

AMONG THE CHINESE.

Berkeley—Miss A. M. Fulton
Marysville—Miss M. A. Flint. Joe Jet.
Oakland—Miss Clara M. Fisher.
Miss Mattie L. Sanford.
Miss Margie L. Brewer.
Petaluma—Mrs. Carrie L. Ross.
Wong Ock.
Sacramento—Mrs. S. E. Carrington.
Lem Chung.
San Francisco Central, No. 1—Mr. D. F. Sheldon.
Jee Gam.
Miss J. S. Worley.
Miss Anna L. Snook.
San Francisco, Central, No. 2—Miss M. C. Waterbury.
Miss E. D. Worley.
Lee Sam. Yong Jin.
San Francisco. Barnes—Mrs. C. A. Sheldon.
Miss J. M. Sheldon.
Lu D. Luce.
San Francisco. Bethany—Mrs. J. C. Snook.
Hong Sing.
San Francisco. West—Miss F. A. Worley.
Lon Quong.
San Francisco. North—Mr. J. J. Mason.
Chung Won.
Santa Barbara—Mrs. H. C. Hough.
Woo Young.
Santa Cruz—Mrs. M. Willett.
Stockton—Mrs. M. B. Langdon.
Him Wong.

FOOTNOTE:

[A] Deceased.

RESUMÉ OF EDUCATIONAL WORK BY BENEVOLENT ORGANIZATIONS FOR FREEDMEN.

EXTRACT FROM AN ARTICLE OF SECRETARY STRIEBY IN THE FORTHCOMING VOLUME OF THE SCHAFF-HERZOG ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE.

WORK OF A. M. A.

The first school for the Freedmen was established by the American Missionary Association. On the 17th of September, 1861, only five months after the beginning of the war, that school was opened at Hampton, Va., where many fugitive slaves had congregated under the protection of the guns of Fortress Monroe. The spot overlooked the waters on which the first slave ship entered the American Continent. The Association steadily extended its work, until it had founded chartered institutions in every large Southern State;—Berea College, Berea, Ky.; Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.; Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga.; Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.; Talladega College, Talladega, Ala.; Tougaloo University, Tougaloo, Miss.; Straight University, New Orleans, La.; Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute, Austin, Texas. Land has also been purchased for the Edward Smith College, in Little Rock, Arkansas. It has 49 other schools of different grades. Connected with some of its chartered institutions are Theological, Law and Industrial Departments. Those at Hampton, Talladega and Tougaloo, have large farms. Chartered Institutions, 8; Normal and High Schools, 11; Common Schools, 38; Total, 57; Teachers, 241; Students, 9,608. Howard University, Washington, D.C., established by the Freedmen’s Bureau, in 1882 had 29 teachers and 349 students. The theological department is sustained mainly by the A. M. A.

FREEDMEN’S AID SOCIETIES.

The “Freedmen’s Aid Societies” were early organized. The first was formed in Boston, Feb. 7th, a second in New York, Feb. 23d, 1863. Others followed rapidly—in Cincinnati, Chicago, Cleveland, and elsewhere throughout the North, and in 1865 the teachers employed by all the societies numbered 634. With a view to economy and efficiency they were consolidated in 1866, in the “American Freedmen’s Union Commission.” These societies devoted themselves in large part at first to physical relief and the organization of labor. But ere long, the education of the Freedmen became their chief endeavor and they accomplished much good in the line of secular education. But the several branches were at length abandoned or became absorbed in the societies of the religious organizations. The Commission itself closed in 1869.

THE BAPTISTS.

The Baptists, who conduct their work, both educational and church, among the Freedmen, through their Home Missionary Society, entered early into the establishment of schools; beginning in the Spring of 1862 with schools at St. Helena and Beaufort, S.C., and afterwards adding others at Fortress Monroe, Washington, Knoxville and New Orleans. Missionaries were appointed to preach, and to teach day-schools, and assistants, both male and female, were sent out; from 3,000 to 5,000 pupils were taught yearly, until about 1872, when the secular or day-school system was given up, and efforts concentrated on permanent or higher institutions, some of which had been planted in 1865. In 1882, the Society has under its care 12 schools as follows: Wayland Seminary, Washington, D.C.; Richmond Institute, Richmond, Va.; Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C.; Benedict Institute, Columbia, S.C.; Atlanta Seminary, Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville Institute, Nashville, Tenn.; Leland University, New Orleans, La.; Natchez Seminary, Natchez, Miss.; Alabama Normal and Theological School at Selma, Ala.; Florida Institute, Live Oak, Fla.; Bishop College, Marshall, Tex.; Louisville Normal and Theological School, Louisville, Kentucky. Normal instruction is given in most of the schools; industrial education in several; and Biblical instruction in all. In four institutions a collegiate course is pursued. Five are chartered institutions. In 1882, Schools, 12; Teachers, 79; Pupils, 2,397. The Free Will Baptists have an excellent institution, Storer College, at Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., with 5 Teachers and 245 Students.

THE FRIENDS.

The Friends, true to the principles of the founder of their denomination, George Fox, entered at once the opened door for relieving the physical necessities of the Freedmen, and at length established schools among them; but when the public schools furnished the education, they gradually withdrew. They now maintain Southland College, Helena, Ark., with 277 Pupils, a school in Maryville, Tenn., with 13 Instructors and 211 Pupils, and one in Philadelphia with 291 Pupils, with the supervision of 22 other schools in the South sustained for several months in the year. The Friends (Hicksite), entered the work in 1862, furnishing supplies at first, afterwards sustaining schools numbering at one time 25. They now have one school with 150 scholars.

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

The Methodist Episcopal Church had from the first co-operated with the undenominational Aid Societies in the care of the Freedmen, in relieving physical suffering and in giving instruction in primary education. But it concentrated its efforts by the organization, in Cincinnati, Aug. 6, 1866, of “The Freedmen’s Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.” This Society now reports six chartered institutions, viz.: Central Tennessee College, Nashville, Tenn.; Clark University, Atlanta, Ga.; Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C.; New Orleans University, New Orleans, La.; Rust University, Holly Springs, Miss.; Wiley University, Marshall, Texas. Four theological schools, viz.: Centenary Biblical Institute, Baltimore, Md.; Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga.; Baker Institute, Orangeburg, S.C., and Thomson Biblical Institute, New Orleans, La. One medical college, viz., Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn.; and 14 institutions not chartered. Total number of institutions, 35; teachers, 95; pupils, 3,506. It gives special attention to Biblical instruction, and at Clark University a Department of Industry is established. The African Methodist Episcopal Church founded and sustained Wilberforce University at Xenia, Ohio, with 13 teachers and 170 students.

THE PRESBYTERIANS.

The “Presbyterian Committee of Missions for Freedmen,” was organized by the General Assembly in 1865 and began its work at once, by sending preachers and teachers to the South. Its efforts thus far are confined to the two Carolinas, Virginia and Tennessee, with a few missions and schools in Georgia, Kentucky and Florida. It has under its care three chartered institutions: Biddle University, Charlotte, N.C. (with a Theological Department), Wallingford Academy, Charleston, S.C., and Scotia Seminary, Concord, N.C.; 2 normal schools; 3 graded schools, and 50 parochial schools. Total number of schools, 58; teachers, 108; scholars, 6,088. Lincoln University (Lincoln University P. O.), Oxford, Pa., has an able corps of 13 professors and 200 students—18 theological, 100 collegiate, 82 preparatory. The United Presbyterians have two schools, one in Abbyville, Va., with 4 teachers and 245 students, the other in Chase City, Va., with 3 teachers and 251 students.

THE EPISCOPALIANS.

The “Protestant Episcopal Freedmen’s Commission” was organized October, 1865, and in a few months it opened schools in Petersburg, Va., Wilmington and Raleigh, N.C. The first year the teachers numbered 23, and the scholars, day and night, 1,600. The Committee for Domestic Missions (under whose care this work now is), reported in 1882, 2 normal schools with 8 teachers each, and 11 schools with one teacher each. The normal schools are at Raleigh, N.C., and at Petersburg, Va.

THE ROMAN CATHOLICS.

The Catholic Directory for 1882 reports for the Archdiocese of Baltimore 1 academy for colored girls, with 60 pupils, and 4 other schools with 693 pupils; total, 753; Archdiocese of New Orleans, 7 schools, 330 pupils; Archdiocese of St. Louis, 1 school, 120 pupils; Diocese of Louisville, 6 schools, 332 pupils; Diocese of Natchez, 3 schools, 80 pupils; Diocese of Natchitoches, 2 schools, 40 pupils; Diocese of Savannah, 2 schools, 75 pupils; Diocese of St. Augustine, 6 schools, number of pupils not given. Total schools, 30; pupils reported, 1,730.