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BAPTISTS. 



Herr von Schwegel, one of the heads of de- 

 partment in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 

 subsequently gave explanations with reference 

 to the commercial treaty with Servia, stating 

 that it was not the intention of the Govern- 

 ment to conclude a treaty on the most favored- 

 nation principles, because they considered it 

 more advantageous to adopt the standpoint in- 

 dicated in the Treaty of Berlin. The idea of 

 forming a customs union with Servia had been 

 allowed to drop, as the proposal was not favor- 

 ably received by either side. On April 9th a 



treaty between Austria and Servia, concerning 

 the construction of an Austro-Servian railroad, 

 which is to lead from Belgrade hy way of Sem- 

 lin to Pesth, was concluded. New difficulties, 

 however, arose between the two Governments 

 concerning the execution of the treaty, and, in 

 October, the Baron von Haymerle addressed a 

 note to the Austrian ambassador in Belgrade, 

 severely censuring the Servian Government. 

 This note was soon followed hy the resigna- 

 tion of the Prime Minister of Servia. (See 

 SERVIA.) 



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BAPTISTS. I. REGULAR BAPTISTS IN THE 

 UNITED STATES. The following is a summary 

 of the statistics of the regular Baptists in the 

 United States, as they are given in the " Amer- 

 ican Baptist Year-Book" for 1880: 



Number of associations, 1,095; number of 

 baptisms during the year, 78,924; number of 

 Sunday-schools, 12,407, with 10,869 officers 

 and teachers, and 922,602 scholars ; total 

 amount of benevolent contributions, $3,815,- 

 947. 



General tables of Baptist statistics in the 

 Year-Book " give : 



The anniversary of the American Baptist 

 Home Mission Society was held at Saratoga 

 Springs, New York, May 26th. The total re- 

 ceipts of the Society from all sources for the year 

 had been $213,821, and the expenditures had 

 heen $182,998. The debt had been reduced $12,- 

 229, leaving $18,373 still owing. About 5,500 

 Indians were members of Baptist churches in 

 the Indian Territory, and were for the most 

 part served by native pastors. The mission 

 among the Chinese at Portland, Oregon, re- 

 turned three baptisms and a Chinese Young 

 Men's Christian Association. A new Chinese 

 mission had been opened at Oakland, California. 

 The eight academic and collegiate schools for 

 freedmen returned 38 teachers and 1,191 pupils. 

 Four hundred of the students were ministers, 

 or were studying with the ministry in view. 

 The Society adopted a declaration of its judg- 

 ment that the Indian question could never be 

 righteously or permanently settled till there 

 should be a full recognition of the Indian's 

 rights to citizenship and to hold personal prop- 

 erty, upon the same conditions as prevail in the 

 case of persons of other nationalities ; and in- 

 vited people of other denominations and all 

 good citizens to join it in urging that convic- 

 tion upon the national Government and the 

 country. 



The Woman's Home Mission Society of the 

 West received during the year ending in May, 

 1880, $9,089 in cash and $2,551 in goods. Its 

 cash expenditures were $6,506. It supported 

 17 missionaries in 7 missions among the freed- 

 men of the South, the Scandinavians of the 



* Including the United States, British Provinces, and the 

 West Indies. 



