The Litchfield County Post

DISTRIBUTION OF TRACTS IN NEW-YORK.

At a meeting of the managers of the New-York City Tract Society, many interesting facts were related, relative to the circulation of Tracts in this city. One gentleman belonging to the Hucksters' committee, had directed his attention particularly to Fulton, Franklin and Catharine Markets; and had distributed to the amount of 13,000 pages. Other gentlemen of the Board, not on the Committee for distribution, expressed a desire to receive Tracts, and it was finally resolved that any member of the Board might draw upon the Chairman of the Executive Committee, for whatever amount he might wish to distribute, on condition of reporting to the Board, as far as practicable, the beneficial effects. Should funds be wanted to meet the necessary expenses, it was believed they would be promptly supplied.

The Committee of Steam-boats reported that they had supplied 11 boats, each with 12 volumes of Tracts, neatly bound. In every case they were thankfully received, and assurance was given that they would be carefully preserved, and devoted to the use of the passengers.

The Shipping Committee reported that since their organization, their Chairman had given orders for 113,000 pages of Tracts, nearly all of which have been distributed. It was the united voice of the Committee, that seamen are ready, willing, and in many cases anxious, to receive the messages of mercy. One of the number reported the following incidents:

"I supplied the crew of the ship Huron with Tracts, and among the rest a man who was intoxicated; though I doubted the propriety of giving any to him. Not long after I met this man and had the happiness to find him sober. He took me by the hand in a most friendly manner, and said, The Tracts you gave me are very good things; I was much pleased with them! He offered me half a dollar to pay for them, which I refused. He then insisted on my taking it to give to the Tract Society. I accordingly accepted this donation, and have applied it according to his request."

"I gave a Tract to a man on the evils of excessive drinking. Making light of it he said, "Now do you suppose any one will drink the less, on account of your Tracts?" Some days after, I gave him "Parley the Porter." After reading it, he seemed much affected: and now whenever he sees me, he urges me for Tracts. He lives in Brooklyn. He said to me one day, "My neighbors come to see me and I read the Tracts to them. Last night, while I was reading to them, three were weeping. The Tracts have made such an impression on my mind, that I dream of them by night, and am almost constantly thinking of them by day."

"I gave some Tracts to a mechanic, who has a number of men in his employ. He lends them to his men, who return them after a perusal, and receive others. The wife of one of them informed the employer, that her husband often goes out on the sabbath, and comes home intoxicated: but when she has Tracts for him to read, his associates cannot entice him away."
The amount of money received by the Society since its organization, (19th February last,) is $856.86; of which $844.44 have been paid over to the Parent Society. [Am. Tr. Mag.]