BAPTISTS. 



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Southern States separated from the Southern 

 Associations, and either connected themselves 

 with those of the North, or organized, with the 

 cooperation of the Northern missionaries, inde- 

 pendent associations. Thus there was a con- 

 vention of colored Baptists in Richmond, Aug- 

 ust llth, composed of representatives of at least 

 seven counties ; in all 12 churches, of 8,500 

 members, sending 40 delegates. 



At a meeting of the Board of Managers of 

 the American Baptist Missionary Union, held 

 in New York on December 18th and 14th, it 

 was resolved to assume the care and support of 

 the Swedish -mission ; to enlarge the mission 

 work in France and Germany, and to begin it 

 in Italy. 



A Baptist nifosionary in Hay ti, who, for thirty- 

 five years has been a Besident on the island, re- 

 ports that more than 300 natives had already been 

 baptized and received into the little Baptist 

 churches. There are seven churches organized on 

 the Eegular Baptists' principles, three of which 

 have places of worship. These churches are 

 each 'supplied with a teacher and a school, and 

 an exhorter or licentiate from among them- 

 selves. 



The total number of Baptist churches in Eng- 

 land and "Wales is about 2,400. Most of them are 

 affiliated with the Baptist Union. The last 

 annual report of the Secretary of the Union 

 contains the following statistical statements on 

 the Baptists in Great Britain : 



" All the county and district associations in 

 England but one, were now affiliated with the 

 Union; and in all Great Britain and Ireland 

 but four. Twenty churches had joined the 

 Union during the year. The total number of 

 churches now in connection with the Union, is 

 1,332; the number of Baptist churches in the 

 kingdom being about 2,400. Returns had been 

 obtained from. 1,898 churches, and these showed 

 a total of 198,295 members, or an excess of 

 22,063 over last year. This, however, was not 

 the clear increase, as nearly 200 churches had 

 sent a return for the first time. The associated 

 churches reported a smaller increase of members 

 than last year, the increase being 1,416, or an 

 average of 1 per church. As several of the 

 largest Baptist churches in the kingdom sent 

 in no report, it was believed that the act- 

 ual _in crease of the denomination was much 

 larger." 



In Scotland, there are 97 Baptist churches and 

 95 ministers ; membership 5,000. In Ireland 

 there are 37 churches and 24 ministers ; mem- 

 bership, 950. 



In France, the Baptists number 6 churches, 

 with 490 members, all former Catholics. 



In Germany and Denmark, the number of 

 churches, 1,374; of preaching stations, 1,083; 

 of members, 11,275. Of these, 16 churches, with 

 12 stations and 1,678 members, are in Denmark. 

 One church of 211 members is in Switzerland, 

 and one with 883 members in Poland. 



In Sweden there were on January 1, 1865, 9 

 associations, with 172 churches, 6,404 members, 



2,098 children, and 205 teachers in Sunday 

 Schools. 



The Baptist denomination continues to make 

 remarkable progress in the kingdom of Bur- 

 mah. From the last annual statistical report, 

 it appears that the total number baptized in 

 1864, was 941 ; present number of members, 

 14,102 ; pupils in schools, 2,555 ; churches, 252 ; 

 ordained preachers, 43 ; unordained, 302. The 

 theological school during the last term (13th) 

 numbered 45 pupils. At a meeting, held on 

 October 15, 1865, at Rangoon, another step 

 toward an independent organization of the 

 Burmah Baptists was taken by establishing 

 " the Burmah Baptist Missionary Convention." 



BANKS OF THE UNITED STATES. The 

 following table presents a synopsis of the con- 

 dition of the National Banks of the United 

 States at the end of the last quarter of 1864, 

 and each quarter of 1865 : 



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The following tables show the details of the 

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