4. Presbyterians.—The following table (with the exception of Illinois) is constructed from the returns to the General Assembly in 1834,—the Minutes of 1835, we understand, have not been printed.
| Churches. | Ministers. | Communicants. | |
| W. Pennsylvania and W. Va. | 212 | 135 | 22,687 |
| Michigan, | 32 | 20 | 1,397 |
| Ohio, | 400 | 255 | 27,821 |
| Indiana, | 99 | 55 | 4,339 |
| Illinois, | 71 | 50 | 2,000 |
| Missouri, | 33 | 29 | 1,549 |
| Arkansas, | 12 | 9 | 390 |
| Kentucky, | 120 | 83 | 8,378 |
| Tennessee, | 121 | 90 | 9,926 |
| North Alabama, | 15 | 12 | 725 |
| Mississippi, | 33 | 24 | 761 |
Total, 56 Presbyteries, 1,148 churches, 753 ministers, and 79,973 communicants.
Periodicals.—The Cincinnati Journal and Western Luminary, published at Cincinnati;—Christian Herald, at Pittsburg;—Ohio Observer, at Hudson, Ohio;—Western Presbyterian Herald, at Louisville, Ky.;—New Orleans Observer, at New Orleans;—and St. Louis Observer, at St. Louis, Mo.,—all weekly;—and the Missionary Herald, republished at Cincinnati, monthly.
5. Cumberland Presbyterians.—This sect originated from the Presbyterian church in 1804, in Kentucky, but did not increase much till 1810, or 12. They are spread through most of the Western States, and have 34 Presbyteries, 7 Synods, and one General Assembly. The Minutes of their General Assembly, now before me, are not sufficiently definite to give the number of congregations. These probably exceed 300. An intelligent member of that denomination states the number of ordained preachers to be 300, licentiates, 100, candidates for the ministry, 150, and communicants, 50,000.
Periodicals.—The Cumberland Presbyterian is a weekly paper, published at Nashville, Tenn. Another has been recently started at Pittsburg.
6. Congregationalists.—In Ohio, especially in the northern part, are a number of Congregational churches and some ministers, as there are in Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois. There are 2 or 3 ministers, 12 or 15 congregations, and about 500 communicants in Illinois, who are organized into an association in Illinois.
7. Protestant Episcopal Church.—This denomination has 7 Diocesses in the Western or south-western States, exclusive of Western Pennsylvania, and Western Virginia, which belong to the Diocesses of those States. They are, Ohio,—Michigan,—Illinois,—Kentucky,—Tennessee,—Mississippi, and Indiana, and Missouri. There are about 75 or 80 ministers, and twice as many churches in the West. Provision has been made in part, for the endowment of the theological seminary at Gambier, O., in England, and Bishop McIlvaine has obtained about $12,600, to be appropriated in the erection of a gothic edifice to be called "Bexley Hall," with three stories, and accommodations for fifty students. A weekly periodical is issued at the same place to support the interests of the denomination.
8. German Lutherans.—We have no data to give the statistics of this denomination. There is a Synod in Ohio, another in Western Pennsylvania, and perhaps others. There are probably 50 or 60 ministers in the West, and 150 congregations.
9. German Reformed Church.—There are 80 congregations in Ohio, 20 in Indiana, and probably 50 others in the West, with 40 or 50 ministers.