“It exerts an influence upon the mind of the slave, prejudicial to the reception of instruction. Suppose the master himself attempt to instruct his slaves in the truths of religion――what confidence can he have in the man, who deprives him of his liberty, and robs him of his labor? I will state a case: An old slave told me, “Massa bery ’ligious――he bery good Christian. He hab prayers e’vry Sunday wid the slaves――but he sure to read ’em dat chapter what say servants be ’bedient to massa.” RECEIPTS INTO THE TREASURY OF THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY _From May 16, 1835, to June 12, 1835._ Donations received by the Treasurer. Amherst College, E. C. Pritchett, 2 50 “ H. G. Pendleton, 2 50 Boston, Mass., M. Hayward, 6 00 “ Rev. H. Foote, 1 00 “ B. Kingsbury, 5 00 “ Joshua Southwick, 5 00 “ Wm. Loyd Garrison, 1 50 “ Isaac Knapp, 1 50 “ David H. Ela, 5 00 “ Rev. S. J. May, 1 00 “ Geo. A. Baker, 1 00 “ H. W. Mann, 1 00 “ David L. Child, 3 00 “ Moses Kimball, 3 00 Providence, R. I., Female A. S. Society, 25 00 “ A Friend, 0 50 “ Samuel H. Gould, 1 00 Kennebunk, Me., Ladies and Gentlemen, 26 00 “ Dr. B. Smart, 1 00 Hallowell, Me., E. Dole, 10 00 “ Robert Gardner, 5 00 Portland, “ John Winslow, 5 00 Bangor, “ Rev. S. L. Pomeroy, 10 00 Irville, Ohio, Miss Lewis, 2 00 “ Huntn. Lyman, 1 00 Catskill, N. Y., W. H. Smith, 1 00 “ William Adams, 1 00 Albany, N. Y., Timothy Fassett, 1 00 “ A. G. Alden, 3 00 New York City, Jeremiah Wilbur, 1 00 “ Rev. J. N. Sprague, 1 00 “ Michael Flagg, 2 00 “ Andrew Savage, 1 00 “ J. N. McCrommell, 2 00 “ James Linnon, 1 00