of

Catholics. The first Catholic bishop in the United States, (John Carroll, D.D., Baltimore,) was consecrated in 1790. The Catholics increase rapidly, mostly by emigration from Europe. They have now 16 dioceses, 1 archbishop, 15 bishops, 4 coadjutors; and, according to the "Catholic Almanac" for 1843, 575 churches and chapels, 477 stations, 579 clergymen, 22 ecclesiastical seminaries, 18 literary institutions for young men, 32 female religious institutions, 43 female academies, 60 charitable institutions, and 13 periodical publications "devoted to the cause of Catholicity."

Catholic Ecclesiastical Seminaries with the number of students, as stated in the

"Catholic Almanac :"-Philadelphia, 33; Baltimore, 20; Emmitsburg, 25; Frederick, 20; Charleston, 9; Parish of Assumption, La., 10; Vincennes, 17; St. Louis, Missouri, 6; Rose Hill, N. Y., 31; Richmond, Va., 13.

3. Methodist Episcopal Church.-Bishops-Joshua Soule, Elijah Hedding, James O. Andrew, Beverly Waugh, and Thomas A. Morris.

THE following is a general Recapitulation of the extent of the Church in 1842, as embraced within the various Conferences :

In 1842, the number of travelling preachers was 4244; of local preachers, 7621. Total, 11,865.

4. Lutheran Church.--It appears from the statistics given in the "Lutheran Almanac," for 1843, that there are in the United States, 1 general synod, 19 district synods, 424 ordained and licensed ministers, 1371 congregations, and 146,300 communicants.

During the year ending July, 1842, there has been an addition of 58 to the ministry, of 9022 to the membership by confirmation, of 17,766 adults and infants by baptism, and of 9000 by immigration. Three new synods have been formed, 88 congregations organised, and 76 churches erected.

* Seventeen churches, 16 ministers, and 786 members in this State, are included in the Mississippi Association.

6. The Free-Will Baptist Connexion.-As it appears from their register for the year 1843, this connexion embraces 95 quarterly meetings, 1057 churches, 714 ordained preachers, 184 licentiates, and 50,688 church members. During the past year, there has been an increase of 8 quarterly meetings, 76 churches, 67 ministers, 12 licentiates, and

3371 church members.

7. Presbyterians (old school). [From the minutes of the General Assembly.]There has been an increase of ministers in 1842, amounting to 118, making the whole number 1434; the number of licentiates reported is 183, being 9 less than the number reported last year; the number of candidates is 314, being 85 more than reported last year; the number of churches, 2092, being an increase of 188.

There have been added to the church during the year, upon a profession of faith, 16,354, and the whole actual increase to the church has been 18,519. There have been reported,

Baptisms of adults

4,337 10,483

Ordinations

Installations

New churches organised

147,867 dollars.

51

72

37

8. Congregationalists. [From the "Christian Freeman."] Connecticut.-Churches, 252; pastors, 200; stated supplies, 24; vacant churches, 37; communicants, 35,600; licentiates and ministers without charge, 137.

Vermont.-Churches, 203; pastors, 103; stated supplies, 42; vacant churches, 50

or 60.

Rhode Island.-Churches, 16; pastors, 13; members, 2599.

Maine.-Churches, 200; pastors and stated supplies, 140; members, 18,000. Massachusetts, not complete.-From 19 out of 24 associations, churches, 303; ministers, 255.

New Hampshire.- No statistics.

Then leaving out New Hampshire and a small part of Massachusetts, there are in New England, congregations, 971; ministers and licentiates, 774.

9. Universalists.--The following statistics are published in the Universal Register for 1843.

There are in the United States and territories, 1 general convention, 1 historical society, 13 state conventions, 63 associations, 918 societies, 577 meeting-houses, and 476 preachers.

During the past year, the denomination has gained 1 state convention, 3 associations, 53 societies, 46 meeting-houses, and 48 preachers.

In the state of New York, universalists have 1 state convention, 1 literary institution, 15 associations, 230 societies, 136 meeting-houses, and 133 preachers; showing an increase during the past year, of 12 societies, 15 meeting-houses, and 13 preachers.

EDUCATION.-The census of 1840, also, for the first time, embraced the statistics of

education.

For this purpose, all schools for the instruction of youth were divided into

* In 1841.

Including only a part of New England.

three classes, viz.: 1. Universities or Colleges. 2. Academies and Grammar schools. 3. Primary schools; and the number of each description, together with the number of scholars attending each, in the several states, were given. It also enumerated the scholars educated at the public charge in each state, and the number of white persons over twenty years of age who could not read and write.

TABLE showing the number of Universities or Colleges, of Academies and Grammar Schools, of Primary and Common Schools, in the United States, with the number of Scholars of each description, the number of Scholars at public charge, and the number of White Persons over twenty years of age who cannot read and write, according to the census of 1840.

TABLE showing the Ratio which the Number of College Students, of Scholars in the Grammar Schools and in the Primary Schools, and the Number of the Illiterate in each State bear to the White Population of such State.

"The preceding table shows that the number of college students amounts to somewhat more than a ninehundredth part of the white population; that the scholars of the academies and grammar schools are ten times as numerous as the college students; that the scholars of the primary schools are near twelve times as numerous as the last; and that the scholars of every description were equal to one-seventh of the white population; and that the relative numbers, distributed in centesimal proportions, were as follows:

"If the free coloured be added to the white population, as that class furnishes a proportion of the scholars in the primary schools, the proportion which each description of scholars bears to the free population would be thus reduced; viz., college students, 1 to 8.98; scholars in grammar schools, as 1 to 88.7; scholars in primary schools, as 1 to 7.1%; and the scholars of every description, as I to 7.700.

"The diversity among the states, as to the proportion of scholars, is principally in those of the primary schools. In the number of college students, no division of the states has greatly above or below the average of 1 to 874 of the white population; and in the scholars of the grammar schools, the north-western states differ widely from the other divisions. But in the primary, or elementary schools, the proportion in New England is nearly double that of the middle states, nearly three times that of the north-western states, and between six and seven times as great as those of the southern and south-western states. The difference as to the number of illiterate, is yet greater. If the other divisions be compared with New England, the number who cannot read and write is three and a half times as great in the middle states; seven times as great in the north-western states; twelve times in the south-western states; and nearly fifteen times in the southern states.

"These diversities are attributable to several causes, but principally to the difference in density of numbers, and in the proportion of town population. In a thinly-peopled country, it is very difficult for a poor man to obtain schooling for his children, either by

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