denominations of Methodists in the United States
exceeds three millions.

PUBLICATIONS.--The _Christian Advocate and Journal_, New York city; _Zion's
Herald and Wesleyan Journal_, Boston, Mass.; _Northern Advocate_, Auburn,
N. Y.; _Christian Repository_, Philadelphia, Pa.; _Richmond Christian
Advocate_, Richmond, Va.; _Southern Christian Advocate_, Charleston, S.
C.; _South-Western Christian Advocate_, Nashville, Tenn.; _Pittsburg
Christian Advocate_, Pittsburg, Pa.; _Western Christian Advocate_, and the
_Christian Apologist_, a German paper, Cincinnati, Ohio.

There is also published by this denomination, the _Methodist Quarterly
Review_, New York city; _Ladies' Repository_, (monthly,) Cincinnati, Ohio;
_Guide to Christian Perfection_, (monthly,) Boston, Mass., _Sunday School
Advocate_, (semi-monthly,) New York city; _Sabbath School Messenger_,
(semi-monthly,) Boston, Mass. The Methodists have ten colleges, and thirty
academies.

In the Methodist church in Canada, are two weekly newspapers viz.,
_Christian Guardian_, Toronto, U. C.; _The Wesleyan_, Montreal, L. C.

From the "Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, for the Year 1840," we copy the following table:--

Conferences, Ministers, &c.

Conferences. Whites. Colored. Indians. Total Com. Trav. Prs.
Troy 24,488 78 24,566 144
New England 22,319 235 22,554 157
New 20,084 20,084 151
Hampshire
Pittsburg 35,276 474 35,750 136
Maine 22,359 22,359 145
Black River 15,908 27 15,935 96
Erie 17,860 50 17,910 107
Oneida 22,909 65 22,974 142
Michigan 11,308 12 87 11,407 74
Rock River 6,519 21 45 6,585 75
Genesee 27,931 50 27,981 162
North Ohio 23,594 91 213 23,898 95
Ohio 53,621 662 54,283 168
Illinois 24,607 80 24,687 103
Missouri 12,386 1,224 382 13,992 66
Kentucky 30,679 6,321 37,000 1