s have been the chief data he could obtain.

1. _Baptists._

----------------------+-----------+------------+---------------
| Churches. | Ministers. | Communicants.
----------------------+-----------+------------+---------------
Western Pennsylvania, | 50 | 30 | 2,569
Western Virginia, | 89 | 48 | 3,306
Ohio, | 332 | 175 | 13,926
Michigan, | 60 | 30 | 1,700
Indiana, | 320 | 175 | 15,000
Illinois, | 240 | 163 | 6,741
Missouri, | 180 | 115 | 6,990
Arkansas, | 25 | 18 | 700
Louisiana, | 20 | 12 | 1,000
Mississippi, | 100 | 46 | 4,000
North Alabama, | 125 | 53 | 5,700
Tennessee, | 348 | 292 | 22,868
Kentucky, | 558 | 296 | 38,817

Total, 2447 churches, 1353 ministers, and 123,317 communicants.

_Periodicals._--The _Cross and Journal_, weekly, and _Baptist Advocate_,
monthly, at Cincinnati;--the _Baptist Banner_, weekly, at Shelbyville,
Ky.;--the _Baptist_, a large monthly quarto, at Nashville, Ten.;--the
_Pioneer_, semi-monthly, at Rock Spring, but shortly to be enlarged,
removed to Upper Alton, and published weekly;--and the _Witness_, a
small quarto, published weekly at Pittsburg.

2. _Methodists_, (_Episcopal._) This denomination is divided into
Conferences, which are not arranged exactly with the boundaries of the
States. A large book and printing-office is established at Cincinnati,
where all the society's publications are kept for sale. Another
depository is kept at Nashville.

-----------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+------------
|Circuit |White |Colored.|Indians.|Total number
Conferences. |Preachers|members.| | |of members.
|&c. | | | |
-----------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+------------
Mississippi, | 55 | 6,358 | 2,622 | 727 | 9,707
Alabama, (one District,| | | | |
in the Valley,) | 16 | 3,051 | 492 | | 3,543
Pittsburg, | 156 | 40,155 | 296 | | 40,451
Ohio,