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Do. mission field in do. New Haven co. Ct. Foreign Miss. So. Western district, by T. Dwight, Esq. 97 20 New London, Ct. and vicinity, Aux.

For. So. by Dr. Isaac Thompson, Tr. 25 00 Newark, N. J. The profits of a small piece of land cultivated by a few young men, by Mr. John M. Benedict, Superintendent, Newburyport, Ms. Fem. Elliot So. by

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Miss Clarissa Pomeroy,

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Hadley, Ms. 16 axes from Nathaniel Coolidge, jun. articles from widow H. Dickinson, for Elliot; a bundle from individuals; all through the Hamp. Christian Depository. Hanover, N. H. Mostly from a Society of young women, on Dart. College plain, for Elliot, by Professor Shurtleff, Hatfield, Ms. From benev. females, by the Rev. Dr. Lyman, Hebron, N. H. A bundle from a few females, by Lavinia Pillsbury. Hebron, N. Y. A cask of clothing from the Fem. Char. So, in which were included articles to the amount of $50, collected last winter for the Osage mission, but no opportunity to send, having been presented, they have been forwarded with an addition to Troy, for missions under the direction of the Board, by Ruth H. Darrow,

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Leominster, Ms. For Mayhew. Marshfield, Vt. See Montpelier. Montpelier, Vt. Berlin, Plainfield, Marshfield, and Cabot, three boxes from the asso. chhs. and individuals in the above towns; viz. for Brainerd, Elliot and Mayhew, by Messrs. Goss and Crosby, Newton, Ms. From the Friendly So. for Brainerd, by Mr. Wm. Jackson, 23 41 Northwood, N. H. From ladies, for

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Norton, Ms. From females for Brainerd. Palmer, Ms. From females, by Dr. Anson Moody.

Philadelphia, Pa. A box of clothing, books, &e by the Rev. Mr. Patterson, and Robert Ralston, Esq. for Brainerd, forwarded to Savannah. Plainfield, N. H. From ladies, by Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman,

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WILL OF THE HON. ELIAS BONDINOT, LL. D. IN our last number we presented our readers with a sketch of the late Dr. Boudinot's character. The will of that venerated man, has since been published; or rather those parts of it, which relate to charitable purposes. It will be gratifying to all, we presume, to have in their possession this exhibition of Christian benevolence of the most expansive kind.

It is generally known that this distinguished Philanthropist has appropriated a large proportion of his estate to religious and charitable uses, and as it must beacceptable to all, and particularly advantageous to those concerned, to be correctly informed on this subject, the following summary has been obtained, and may be relied on as authentic. The Testator gives

1. The sum of $200, to be distributed by his daughter among ten poor widows.

2. He gives his daughter 15 shares in the Aqueduct Company of Burlington, the yearly produce of which she is to distribute among "the Friendly Society of Females in Burling

ton."

3. He gives $200 to the New-Jersey Bible Society, to be laid out in spectacles for the use of indigent old persons, to enable them to read the Scriptures.

4. A devise of 4,000 acres of land, in the county of Warren, and state of Pennsylvania, to "the society established in the state of New-York, for meliorating the condition of the Jews," under certain conditious, for the purpose of supplying Jewish settlers with farms of fifty acres each, or at the option of the said society, the sum of $1,000 within two years.

5. The sum of $2,000 is given to the United Brethren of Moravians, at Bethlehem, to enable them to civilize and gospelize the Indians.

6. To the Magdalen Societies of New-York and Philadelphia and to "the institution at Cornwall, in Connecticut, for educating the Heathen," respectively, the sum of $500.

7. To the Trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, three houses in the city of Philadelphia, the rents of which are to be laid out in the purchase of books for pastors of congregations-the first year's rent to be divided equally between the Presbyterian Church at Elizabeth Town, and the Episcopal Church at Burlington.

8. The Testator's library is left, after his daughter's decease, to the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N. J.

9. He devises 4,080 acres of land, in Luzerne County, Penn. to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, the proceeds of which to be appropriated to the education of such students of divinity in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, as are not able to support themselves-each student not to receive more than $200 annually.

10. He devises 4,000 acres of land in the same county, to the trustees of the college of New-Jersey-from the profits of which are to be appropriated $1000 in the first instance, for the improvement of the cabinet of natural history, and the residue for the establishment of fellowships in said college, so that no incumbent, however, be allowed more than $250 per annum.

11. He devises 4542 acres of land, in Lycoming county, Penn. to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, for the purpose of sending the Gospel to the Heathen, and particularly to the Indians of this continent.

12. He devises 3270 acres of land in the county of Bradford and state of Penn. to the managers of the hospital in Philadelphia, for the use of poor and destitute foreigners, and persons from other states than Pennsylvania, to enable them to gain admittance, when nec. essary, into this institution.

13. To Messrs. Matthew Clarkson, Wm. W. Woolsey, Samuel Boyd and John Pintard, of New-York, in trust for the American Bible Society, 4589 acres of land, in the county of Northumberland, and state of Pennsylvania, the profits of which are to be applied to the

general purposes of the institution, but especially to the sending the Gospel to the Heathen.

14. To the mayor and corporation of Philadelphia, 15,000 acres of land in Centre county, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of forming a fund for supplying the poor of that eity with wood on the lowest terms-from this fund a medal worth $10 is to be given to any per son who will updertake the purchase, and distribution of the wood, gratuitously.

15. The sum of $5000 to the General As sembly of the Presbyterian Church, one half of the interest of which sum is to be appropriated to the support of a missionary or Catechist, who is to instruct the poor in the hos pitals, prisons, &c. in Philadelphia, and the other half for a like purpose in the city of New-York.

16. The residue of his estate, the Testator gives and devises to his trustees-and among the trusts, are the following of a public nature, to be carried into effect after his daughter's death.

1. To the trustees of the College of NewJersey, the sum of $10,000, half for the use of said college, and half for that of the Theological Seminary, as directed in the devise of real estate above mentioned.

2. To the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the sum of $5,000, for like objects as stated in the devise of real

estate.

Finally, after providing very liberally for his nearest family friends and connexions, by a codicil, he gives the residue of his estate, after the death of his daughter, and after satisfying his specific appropriations to the use of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, towards the support of such of the members as are of the Synod of New-Jersey, || and whose salaries are insufficient to their support. Or this fund may, at the discretion of the General Assembly, be applied in whole or part to missionary purposes, or to the use of the two Education Societies under the superintendence of the said General Assem

bly.

The Trustees and Executors areMrs. Susan Bradford, of Burlington, his daughter.

Richard Stockton, Esq. Counsellor at Law, and Samuel Bayard, Esq. of Princeton.

Lucius H. Stockton, Counsellor at Law, Trenton.

Elias E. Boudinot, Esq. Newark, N.J.

Whoever attentively peruses the preceding document will be struck with the variety of its provisions, and with the mass of good, which will probably be effected by it, during a long course of future years. How incomparably more desirable it is, to apply property to the relief of human misery, and especially to the rescue of sinners from their danger, than to any private or selfish purpose.

It may rationally be hoped, that many persons, possessed of some property, will dwell upon the subject of making a wise disposition VOL. XVIII.

of what has been committed to them for important ends; and that they will propose to themselves the solemn inquiry, How can I most glorify God with the substance which He has given me.

COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

Is the Herald for October last, we gave some account of the territory obtained for the colony, on the Grand Bassa; and of Mr. Bacon's return to this country. We learn from the London Missionary Register of September, that his late associate, the Rev. J. R. Andrus, has since died. He was buried on the 29th of July,-"a great loss," says Mr. Johnson, "humanly speaking, to the cause of Africa."

The following extract of a letter from the Rev. W. Johnson to the Church Missionary Society, dated Regent's Town, April 27th, 1821, states some interesting circumstances connected with the negociation of Messrs. Bacon and Andrus.

"Last night, I was agreeably surprised at the sight of Mr. Bacon, who has been down the coast to the Bassa country. William Davis also returned; and they were accompanied by the king's son of that country. Wil. liam Tamba is gone again on a visit to the Sherbro people.

"The missionaries have succeeded in obtaining land; they have a sufficient quantity to begin a colony in the Bassa country. It appears that the king of that country is in earnest, or he would not have sent his son; which may be taken as a token of his sincerity, in respect to his promise of the land. I cannot express what I felt, when the news reached my ears. A heavy burden fell at once from my mind, which has been there ever since I heard of the death of Mr. Cates; for he, humanly speaking, died in consequence of the fatigue which he endured in going to that country: and I was the cause of his undertaking the journey; for I first proposed it to him, and then urged a special meeting to be held for the purpose. But now 1 see, that had not Mr. Cates gone thither, the missionaries would not have received land. William Davis produced the agreement which the king had made with Mr. Cates, and which opened the way immediately.

"The people were in the evening school when William Davis and the prince arrived.' I took the prince to the school house; and, had our friends in England seen the sight, they would have wept for joy. His countrymen, who were standing in their respective classes, left them without asking leave, sur. rounded the son of their king, shook hands with him in the most affectionate manner, and inquired after their relatives. Some leaped for joy when they heard that their parents were alive: and the prospect of the Gospel soon sounding in their ears, caused such sensations as cannot well be described. Da

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