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VoL XXXV.]

WASHINGTON, OCTOBER, 1859.

[No. 10,

From Liberia.

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By the James W. Paige, Captain Jones, which left Monrovia on the 3lst of July, and arrived at New York September — , wiih palm oil for Benner &.Deake, we have Libe | rian letters and papers, bearing dates 1 to July 28th. The Paige encoun- j terfd a heavy gale September 1st, : and was struck by lightning twice, ! which so magnetized the mizzen i chains as to affect the compass, jl The man at the wheel was stunned li and unable to see for some minutes. j| By the bearing of the north star, the i needle was found to have varied , three points to the westward, but on | the 3d if. became nearly correct. ii “ The same night, observed a great !; phenomenon. From 8 p. m. till 3 [ a. m., the whole horizon was as light as any sunshiny day; the pe- culiarity of it was that the sky was i completely overcast with very black clouds, and at times it rained in torrents. All hands forward were very much alarmed. Sept. 4, 'lai. 36° Ion. 72°20', passed bark Alice Tainter. hence for New Orleans. — The J.W. P. Was six days north of Hat- teras, with heavy northerly winds.”

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The “Palmas,” from Baltimore, (that had been long detained at St. Thomas for repairs,) arrived at Mon- rovia June 27lh ; the “ Mendi,” from New York, on the 10th of July ; and the “ M. C. Stevens,” after a long passage, on the 13th. We mention- ed in our la&t number the arrival of the “Rebecca,” from New Orleans, with the forty-two people liberated by the will of the late John Mc- Donogh. Cargoes of goods from Baltimore and New York had been sold at good profit.

The Africans, recaptured and sent out by our Government in the “ Niagara,” are doing well, many of them having been placed in re- spectable private families, and all are acquiring knowledge and the habits and customs of civilized life.

“ The intelligent colored people that had emigrated from the United Slates to Liberia, speak in the high- est terms of the latter country. John W. Hohn, a colored New Yorker, writes to the agent of the Coloniza- tion Society as follows:

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“ When I left New York for Li- ’’ New York, and thus far things are beria, it was under the impression going on finely. Never was Liberia that I would not find the place suited ! more on the progressive march than to my desire, which impression arose now.”

from a misrepresentation of Liberia I Dr. h. J. Roberts writes from to me bv a few acquaintances in ! ,^ . r i u

New 1 ork ; but, having been privi- !

le^ed to see and to tread upon the “ Within the last two or three delightful shores of Liberia, I am months we have iiad quite a suc- prepared to affirm, withf)ut any fear ^ cession of arrivals of emigrant ehips : of contradiction, that noplace under, ^^st, the Rebecca from New Orleans, the sun is better adapted to the co- !’ with 41 emigrants of the McDonogh lored man than Liberia.” I estate; next^ the Mendi of New

York, with 45; and next comes the

The Rebecca, Palmas, Mendi, and

good ship M. C. Stevens. Most of

Steven^, had unusually long pass-| the emigrants for this county have ages, while one of our correspond- gone up to Carevsburg ; one family,

ents mentions the arrivs! of the brig! 'h® Stevens company, abont five

. ® in number, remained at Kobertsport,

Ann from New York, having com- 1| Cape Mount ; about22ofthe pleted her voyage in 33 days. ! Mendi company are in Monrovia.

Dr. Delany, who came out in

The Rev. John Seys writes under date of the 27th of July :

“ I am much pleased with the captain of the Stevens. He is a gentleman and a man of fine busi- ness tact. He has done wonders

the Mendi to explore Yoruba and other parts of Africa, is much grati- fied with the Liberian territory and highly pleased with the Republic, and with all he has seen of her operations, both political and reli-

in the tvvelve days he has been here, gious. He has delivered several especially when, (until yesterday, lectures to crowded houses, both in the greed Twenly- sixth,) *it rained i the Capital and in some of the towns

every day. Yesterday he sailed for the leeward, and could not be per- suaded by any body to stay and celebrate Independence Day.

“ We had the Rebecca here, with the McDonogh people — a strange craft, more strange captain, and still more strange cargo for the Congo River, Si. Paul de Loando, and other parts of black Ebony notoriety.” [An attempt, on the part of the captain of the Rebecca, to detain and bring home to the United States a young

on St. Paul’s River. He and nis companions have been warmly re- Iceived. We wish them to regard us as friends and brothers, and united with them in making mighty efforts to establish a nationality for the colored race. Our hearts, our hands, our doors, are open to all of our brethren throughout the world, and we invite them most earnestly and cordially to rally around our Republic. I should not be surprised should Dr. Delanv recommend Li-

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luiilalto girl, one of the passengers, i heria to the people of color as ih< was defeated by the firm and de- ■ fairest hope for themselves and their rilled intervention oflhe Liberians.] posterity.”

The Liberia Herald of Julv 6th

“The whole party,” says Mr. Seys,

“ have gone to Careysburg, are per- , .

fectly delighted, and were soon lol- ij states that tne Hon. A. D. Williams,

lowed by the Mendi company from !' Superintendent at Robertspoit, Cape

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Mount, nnnounces the (iisiurbed jj condition of the entire Vey Country, ! arit>ing from the “turbulence and destructiveness of the people of| Goronamah.” They are represented as having an insatiable propensity for war, rajiine, and robbery. The Veys implore the interposition and protection r>f the Liberian Govern-] mcnt. The destruction of three Vey towns, the murder of some inhabit- 1 ants, and the carrying off many into slavery, had created very unusual fear and commotion throughout tlie |l beautiful country of the Veys. Tlie immediate erection of barricades is recommended to the Veys, and the 'j opinion is expressed that the Legis- || lature of Liberia will, at its coming session, authorize the punishment of the barbarous and cruel authors of all this misery and alarm. Sub- sequently it is stated that these dis- turbances had somewhat abated, but might at any time be renewed. King ' Sandfish, (an aged chief,) had ex- j erted himself most earnestly in be- : half of peace, and even expended , large sums of money to restore this blessing to his county. Says the ; Herald :

“It is gratifying to learn that' many of the aborigines are anxious and desirous to become more licarly i identified with us — some of the ! most intelligent of them have made ; known to the Superintendent at ji Robertsport their desire for the es- ;j tablishment of settlements on the ! banks of the beautiful lake and on the banks of rivers in the neighbor- hood of the lake. The natives are '

convinced that they can never enjoy a secure peace as long as jealousies exist among them ; nor will iliey ever agree among themselves to a combination of interests for self- protection against the rapacity of the Goronamah people. Hence their earnest solicitations for our Govern- ment to form settlements among them. This is a sul ject worthy of much consideration, and it is one which should claim immediate at- tention. There are rivers in the Vey Country equal to the St. Paul’s, and the lands are as good as need be. The formation of settlements among the Vey people, and the in- troduction of schools for the instruc- tion of the native children, would have the happiest effects. The ravages of w’ar and the system of kidnapping, which have always been so prevalent a.mong these people, would be checked; and trade, with all its advantages, would revive and increase; a different state of things altogether would come into exist- ence, and the way would be opened for introducing into the heart of the Vey Country the principles of civili- zation and Christianity.”

We give the follow ing interesting items from the Herald of the 6th and 20ih of July :

ALEXANDER HIGH SCHOOL.

“The examination in the Alex- ander High School took place in the school room on Broad street, on Wednesday the 29tli ult., before a large and deeply interested audi- ence. There were present. His Ex- cellency President Benson, Ex-Pre- sident Roberts, Rev. John Sejs, Rev. S. J. Matliews, and other prominent members of the community. The examination was conducted by the Principal, Mr. E. W. Blyden. The recitations of the first class w'ere in Xenophon’s Anabasis, in the first

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and fourfh Books; the description of the Battle of Cunaxa—a plan of M'hich .was dra A^ii on the black-board by J. T. Dimerv, one of the students, who also translated the whole of the eighth chapter of the 1st Book; and the First. View of the Black Sea by the Ten Thousand Greeks, translated by M. M. Witherspoon. Those who understood, affirm that the transla- tion was critical and perfect. The same class read and was examined in Tacitus, the Germania; also in Algebra, Si mp'e and Quadratic Eqna- tiotts, and Arithmetical Progression. The students manifested great readi- ness in the solution of problems. The second class was examined in Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic Wars, and in Arithmetic and Geo- graphy. The exercises were closed by artdresses delivered by two of the students, Messrs. J. T. Dirnery and David M. Payne, which considerably interested and amused the audience. All left the house well pleased, only regretting that the room was too small to accommodate comfortably the spectators present ; and many who would have attended could not be accommodated at all.

“ There is one gratifying feature in this examination, diiTerent from any of the same character w^e have at- tended in Liberia ; it is this, that the examination in higher departments of Greek and Latin, than we have yet witnessed, w'as conducted by a colored man, and a citizen of Libe- ria. It is encouraging to see our own young men rising up to take the places of their white instructors, when the latter, admonished that they cannot endure our climate, are compelled to leave. May great suc- cess attend the Alexander High School, under the tuition of Mr. E. W. Blyden.”

LIBERIA SCHOONER “ QUAIL.”

“On the 28ih ult., this beautiful Tessel arrived in our roadstead from

riymouth, England, in command of Lieut. W m. H. Monger She had a pleasant passage of forty-ihiee I days. Most of our readers know that the ‘Quail’ was presented to the Liberian Government by the I Government of Her Britannic Ma- ' jf'sty, in the place of the Lark, whi< h I was condemned as unseawmrthy,

I Many circumstances occurred to ! delay the defiarture of the ‘Quail’ ;| from Plymouth for several months; j: and the irregularity of the mails i' from Cape Palmas has kept us •I somewhat ignorant as to the causes I which delayed the sailing and non- I arrival of this vessel. We now take much pleasure in announcing her arrival, and in recording the ex- I pression of our sense of the good- ' ness and magnanimity of the British Government, in thus continuing its

I manifestations of good will and en- : eouragement to this infant nation.

To the Government and the good . and wise of that country, the people

II of Liberia are under many obliga- tions; and if we will in all our

: actions show ourselves vvorthv of the ' confidence of that great nation, we ,j need not apprehend the withdrawal of its favors.

“The ‘Quail’ is fitted up in a I style of magnificence seldom seen ; in a vessel of her size. No expense has been spared in her arrangements,

1 and in the elegance of her accom- modations. Our thanks are partic- ularly due to T, W. Fox, jr., E.-q., ii our Consul at Plymouth, who gave much time in superintending the fitting out of the vessel ; and to his taste and sense of what is right, are to be credited the elegance and comfort to be found on board the i< ‘ Quail.’ Gerard Ralston, Esq., our '! Consul General at London, under 'whose directions the ‘Quail’ was j; fitted out, has on this occasion, as l! on every other, showed himself to ] be the disinterested and worthy rep- i resentative of our Government ; and

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he is weH entitled to the thanks of our Government for his unceasing and unwearied services in her in- terests.

“The ‘Quail’ is well supplied with every description of naval stores. Lieut. Monger had instruc- tions from the Admiralty to take every thing he wanted ; and it is i but justice to the talented young Liberian Lieutenant to say, that he obeyed the orders with pleasure. We are more than pleased to learn that Lieut. Monger conducted him- | self while in England with the j greatest propriety, and by his gen- | tiomanly deportment attracted the j notice and special courtesies of I many of the officers of the British ! Navy and otliers in authority at; Plymouth. He has returned home, ' a talented and well educated officer.” |

ITEMS.

“ Exchange of salutes passed yes- terday, between Her Majesty’s steam ship Surprise’ and Fort Norris Bat- tery.”

“ Her B. Majesty’s Consul and I Lord Edward Cecil had an inter- ! view with the President yesterday, i at the Mansion.” |

** Baptist Mission. — The news of; the demise of Judge Day having i reached the United States, Hon. B. | P. Yates has been appointed by re- : solution of the Southern Baptist i Convention, Superintendent of the Liberia Baptist Aiissions.” j

“JY/ger Valley Exploring Party — : Among the passengers by ihe Mendi j we take great pleasure in noticing j the arrival in Liberia of Dr. Delany, one of the Commissioners under the name of the ‘ Niger Valley Exploring Party.’ We wi^h the Doctor and his friends every success in this their first movement towards assist- ing in the creating of an ‘ African j Nationality;’ and we hope that he j

1 and his coadjutors will meet with ! every succe.'-s in their endeavors to make an exploration of the Valley I of the Niger and other parts of Africa.”

“ His Excellency President Benson left here in the ‘ Quail ’ on the morn- ing of the 14th inst., on a visit to the leeward counties. The Presi- dent was desirous of making these visits months ago, but there was no convenience at hand to enable him to do so. There are many matters among the native chieftains which will require adjustment, and which should be attended to with the least delay. If the weather will permit, we doubt not but they will receive His Excellency’s attention. There are also many oilier things to attend to, apart from differences among the native chieftains, w'hich will require much time in looking into. His Excellency expects to be absent from the capital about one month.”

! “ Our distinguished and indefati-

gable fellow citizen, the Hon. John D. Johnson, with his amiable and interesting family, arrived in this port on the morning of the llth inst., in the bark ‘Mendi,’ of New York — all well. Mr. Johnson is a member of ihe mercantile firm of Johnson, Turpin & Dunbar, and the splendid bark ‘Mendi,’ well fitted up for the accommodation of pas- sengers, is freighted by them with a well assorted and valuable cargo. These gentlemen have entered into arrangements to purchase the Mendi if they find she will suit their pur- pose. Messrs. Turpin & Dunbar came out in the bark, and they are now actively employed with Mr. J. in selliiig their cargo. There also came in the Mendi emigrants sent out by the New York Colonization Society. We are much pleased with the appearance of these emigrants, and we wish them every imaginable

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hiuccess in the land of their fathers. We would be doing great injustice lo oiir feelings if we did not make favorable notice of this new mer- cantile firm. Every Liberian who is | acquainted with Mr. Johnson, will |j join with us in awarding to him the ij character of indefatigability in every )! pursuit in which he ertgages. Nat* |; urally enterprising and persevering, ij the obstacles must be great indeed || if he does not overcome them. His |l entire energies are now enlisted in ' carrying out a plan which he has || long thought of, and which has for ' its object the encouragement of ] every branch of Liberian industry. | This plan he has well digested, and J he has enlisted in the enterprise ; Messrs. Turpin & Dunbar, who are ; his personal friends ol long standing. ' These gentlemen possess capital, I aiid they have engaged it in the I enterprise. VVe are assured that they will do their best to give satis- faction in all their business arrange- ments, and we would bespeak lor them the good feeling and encour- ; agernent of our citizens. It is the intention of this firm to have, in the i course of a few months, a steamer i to connect the various ports of the i coast with Monrovia, which will , have the tendency of facilitating their operations, and of bringing the inhabitants of one part of the coast | in frequent intercourse with the [ other pans, and thereby creating an j additional interest in every thing j pertaining to the welfare and pros- perity of the country.

“There is a peculiarity in the business arrangenienis ol‘ these gen-

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tlemen which should recommend them to the kind notice of every class of our citizens ; especially should our farmers extend to them every encourage riient. They will ! receive in exchange for their goods : every description of African pro- i tluctions. Tliey wish to live and |

have others live. Their intent and purpose is to give an impetus to the industrious man.”

CAPE PALMAS*

“ Matters and things in this coun- ty are going on properly. Quiet- ness and peace prevail in its neigh- borhood. There are some matters, however, between some of the ab- origines which will have to be ad- justed, and which will receive im- mediate attention. Mr. Gibson, the Superintendent of this County, under date of June 3d, writes quite flatter- ingly of the favorable condition of affairs. The attention he has given to the encouragement of cotton planting is deserving of ail praise. This matter should claim the special notice of the Superintendents gene- rally. The Government will take prompt measures to have on hand, ready for distribuiion at the com- mencement of the next planting season, a large quantity of fresh cotton seeds. We liope the friends of agriculture will give circulation to this fact. It has been demonstra- ted that cotton will grow and thrive in Liberia; and from experiment made within the last two months, there remains no doubt but that it can be cultivated to advantage.

“Two gentlemen residing in this county are heartily engaged in the cultivation of coiton, and Irorn a conversation we had witli ihern a few days ago, they are satisfied that they will lose nothing by the ex- penditure they have made in the undertaking. We wish them every success.

“ We make the following extracts from Mr. Gibson’s letter to the Pre- sideni — ‘ I am happy to inform you that peace and quietness prevail among the natives in the immediate vicinity of our seulement, and h.e- iween them and cnr people. The general opinion is th:it we will have

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an abundant harvest. The rice crops 'i ere iooking beaulifuHy. The subject .I of cotton plantin;^ seems to take : very w'ell with the natives all through ji the country, as far as I have been able to communicate with them on ; the subject. The demand for cotton I seed is great, and I regret we have I no means of meeting if. Those ; sent down last year seem entirely ; spoiled. VVe hope soon to hear ofj the arrival of the Quail, and to have} tlie pleasure of a visit from your|' Excellency. I apprehend the ne- 1 cessity of a genera! convention ofj! the chiefs; explanations made and jj treaties or agreements and promises ji made in writing, if necessary. There- i| fore I have made known to a mim- Ij ber of the surrounding dignitaries, !! that on your arrival I think you will j request a general convention of | them, at which they appear well | pleased.’ ” |!

SUGAR MILL. jl

“Our esteemed fellow citizeti, |‘ Mr. Jesse Sharpe, has received by ;i the bark Mendi a sugar mill, sent ji out to him by Rev. John B. Pinney. |i Mr. Sharpe labored under many dis- 1{ couraging disadvantages for the want of a mill, and his loss was consider- able in consequence. A more en- | lerprising, upright and honest man than Mr. S. can scarcely be found ; in any country ; he is highly delight- ! ed with having a mill, and he feels | sure that his present crop of cane ; will yield him a handsome sum. He is unbounded in his praises of ! Dr. Pinney for so readily coming to his assistance, and his appreciation of the Doctor’s kindness is sincere ! and honest. We hope this long- tried friend of Liberia will never have occasion to regret his disin- terested kindness in this matter, and that he may continue to find it con- venient to extend such kindness to some other equally honest Liberian.”

LETTER FROM AUGUSTUS WASHINGTON.

We are favored with a copy of this intelligent and distinguished Li- berian’s letter toThemas Clegg, Esep of Manchester, England, which will appear entire in the Philadelphia Colonization Herald for (his month. Mr. Washington is of pure African descent, well educated, formerly re- sided at Hartford, Conn., and nov/ holds the office of Judge in one of the Courts of Liberia. The Herald justly observes :

“And what an excellent opening Liberia presents to colored men of capital and enterprise to join Judge Washington and his like, who have there entered upon the cultivation of the sugar cane for the manufac- ture of sugar and molasses, and the cultivation of coffee, cotton, &c., thus making that Republic an ex- porting power for these and other valuable commodities!”

We give the following extracts from this letterof Judge Washington, dated Freetown, Sierra Leone, June I8fh, 18.59:

“Those who have carefully ob- served the past, and have the vision to look down the dim vista of time and read the future, will not be slow to hasten to the only permanent refuge left for the black man. In Africa he has a ‘ mind unfettered, and space to rise;’ here he has full scope for the growth of manhood and the development of all his moral and intellectual capacities. As to business attainments, even in this city, we have a class of native men, but partially educated, not twenty years from the decks of the slave vessels, whose instructive knowledge of domestic economy, business tact, and skill in financiering, is said to surpass the Jews of Cheapside. I state this fact not so much to com-

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mend such a principle, as to show !| that while there is an opinion en- tertained by many of the frietids ol the black ntan, that our people in America are an improvident and prodigal race, we have the other j extreme among the Africans in their own native cotintry ; and if there is |j any truth in the opinion of their prodigality and extravagance, it is: rather to be ascribed to their long | intercourse with the Anglo-Saxon : race, while deprived of their free- dom, self-reliance, and checked in their career to a higher stale of moral and intellectual existence.”

It appears that Mr. Clegg, in a letter to certain free men of color in the United States, asking his opinion of the site to be chosen in Africa for a trading station or settle- ment, had written unfavorably of Liberia, but mentioned several other parts of Africa as opening encour- aging prospects.

Judge Washington denies the correctness of Mr. Clegg’s repre- sentation that “ Liberia is a failure,” and sends him specimens of her sugar, molasses, and cotton.

“ You will find enclosed a bill of ! lading for four specimens of our produce, viz: orne cask, 371 lbs. nett, Liberian made sugar ; one bar | rel, 44 gallons, syrup; one small ij bale, 85 lbs. cotton ; also, a speci- men of hemp or manilla, called by ji the Kroomen, caffier. A sack ofP coffee I could not get now. You : will please examine these, and see i what they promise. Whatever their i value may be. you may pass to mv ' credit, together wnh tlm amount of|; enclosed small draft, and remit me i| the amount in 32-mch prints of 24 yards. Should we in future find a ! market in England, I do not expect ;

our sugars will pay anything like the prices I am sellitjg at in this city. These are some of our first productions in a rough state, and we of couise expect you to be char- itable in your judgment.

“ In respect to the sugar, I may say that the Queen’s officers and soldiers at the garrison are now using ibis sugar. I .'■old them seven barrels a few days ago. The de- mand IS increasing. Perhaps this is the first time they have used free labor sugar. The syrup is not ouir best specimen; it was the result of an aitempt to make sugar. The lot of cane had been exposed too long at the mill, and we thought it best to convert the juice into syrup. Many of my Liberian neighboring farmers made much better syrup than I did this year.

“ The cotton is in its roughest state ; some frotn trees one year old, and some from trees five years old. Two years ago, I encouraged the natives around to bring me cotton, intending to ship it. As they had no machinery for cleaning it, I offer- ed them 2gd. in the seed. It soon accumulated on my hands, and hav- ing no market for it, and not know- ing how to dispose of ii, nor where to find a machine to gin it, I had to stop purchasing.”

“If this is a quality that will an- •<vver, we can obtain considerable quantities of such by paying a price sufficient to induce the native and American population to cultivate it more extensively. The natives in- terior from us manufacture annually thousands of country cloths, from one to two fathoms long, with which they overstock our market. They will sell the cloths or the raw mate- rial The certificate of H. M. Consul, that these products were Lii»erian, was retained at this custom-house ; but that these specimens are Afri- can, 1 need only refer you to the

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Hon. J. J. Roberts, H. M. Acting: Consul at Monrovia, or his Excel- ! lency S. A. Benson, our popular; President.*' |

The writer, believing that but few i Englishmen have any accurate know- ledge of the origin and progress and expectations of Liberia, states briefly some leading facts in its history. He alludes to the early trials, conflicts and final success of her people in es- tablishing their free, independent government.

“Like other civilized communi- ties on this coast, they all at first engaged in petty trading with the natives ; but finding from expenencf^ that trade in itself was precarious, and that the only means of securing permanent wealth and prosperity w'as in developing the agricultural resources of the country, they near- ly all, for the past three or four' years, have engaged in farming, and their success has begun to realize ' the most sanguine expectations of | their friends in America. Thena-j tional fairs of 1857 and *58 gave a| ne'v impetus to agricultural industry, j and the farmers now vie with each j other, in producing any indigenous I products which find a ready and ac- i cessible market. Last year 1 know | of only one barrel of sugar being 1 exported from the Republic to the | United Slates. This year our farm- ; ers on the St. Paul’s river, I think, ! have shipped not less than 80 or j 100,000 lbs. to the United States, ; and I have disposed of about 6,000 lbs. in this market.” '

“The American Colonization So- ciety assist in sending them to the country, and give them six months’ , rations and support. There their connection ceases, and the emigrant becomes the architect of his own lortunes. In the event of any foreign difficulty, of internal disturbance

with the natives, they have enough of vegetable and animal food on their farms to sustain them one year without planting. Some of them now manufacture the cloth and clothes they wear. Liberia has no standing army, and needs none; — her militia — her citizen soldiers — are sufficient for any emergency at home. The natives around us have^ com- mon interest in preserving peace. We pay their chiefs no stipends for keeping peace, other than the pro- tection and justice of our laws, the advantages of trade, and friendly and Christian intercourse. * * *

Liberia has not yet any foreign debt. * * * Her citizens were ail poor,

seeking in Liberia what they could not obtain in America — life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If they had only an amount of capital equal to that expended on St. George’s Cathedral in this city, or the amount expended on the army and defences of Sierra Leone for one year, they would turn the whole sum to the growing of sugar and cotton; and if they did not turn out some thousand hogsheads of sugar and as much cotton, they would bear with shame the imputation of having failed.” # # #

“ Liberia has four or five hundred miles of seaboard territory, thous- ands of acres of uncultivated soil at fifty cents per acre to Liberians and emigrants, and free to all the natives. She only asks that the natives of her country may remain at home, and grow cotton and sugar on their own soil, instead of being forced to F'^ench Guiana and Martinique; — that the world will give her a fair market for her produce, and that America and England will say to France, ‘Let us alone,’ as we never will consent to sell our brethren into emigrant bondage. We are expect- ing Messrs. Delany & Co. to visit the coast soon. We do not advise

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them, l)ut vve think that the Mer- jj cantile Ae^socialion of colored citi- zens will eventually conclude, on examination, that some part of Li- beria will be the best field for their enterprise.”

The Rev. John Sets, in a letter | to the Rev, J. B. Pinney, Secretary! of the New York Colonization So-i ciety, says, under date of Monrovia, July 19ih, 1859:

“ The national celebration of In- dependence, which took place on the 26ih, — the levee at the Presi- dent’s mansion, military display, pro- cession of officers of State, foreign representatives, and citizens gener- ally, to the M. E. Church, and the oration, all gave the Doctor much pleasure. He has delivered several very interesting lectures on the ‘political condition and destiny of' the African race,’ and has given ! much satisfaction. |

“The arrival of the Mendi, with; lier most interesting and choice i company of refined and intelligent! persons of color from New York, is | hailed by us all with unfeigned joy. | And as to the advent of the firm of I Johnson, Turpin & Dunbar, adding! another to the several mercantile | houses of Monrovia, it forms a new | era in the history of this country, j Their large, rich, and well assorted |* cargo, is selling off fast, and to good profit. Their method of trade is ex- 1| ceedingly encouraging to the pro- j ducer, and the common people, as |i they take in exchange the produc- j tions of the soil, (thus encouraging! the agriculturist,) and the paper | currency of the Republic. !

“ A large number of the company ! by the Mendi have followed the j people from the Rebecca to Careys- | burg, and are all delighted with the ‘ city upon a hill,’ and the neighbor- ing country., 'i

“ All the liberated Africans of the notorious Echo, are doing well. They are contented and happy. — Many are distributed among private families, and learn fast the habits and customs of civilized life.

“ My health was never better in all my life in Africa. I never knew in many years the long respite from fever which I ajn now enjoying.

“ Never was* Liberia in a more promising condition. Continue to labor for her increasing prosperity. ’

The following letters wdll be pe- rused with interest:

“Monrovia, 29ih July, 1859.

“ Rev. J. B. Pinney,

''Dear ISir : — I am happy to inform you of my safe arrival in Monrovia, after a pleasant voyage of forty-six days. My arrival in Liberia is one of the most pleasing and satisfactory events I have experienced, not only because Liberia confers upon me the privilege and advantages which belong to me as a man, and to the colored race generally, but because of the wide field of operation which It presents to the industrious and the enterprising. When I left New York for Liberia, it was under an ^ impression that I would not find the place suited to my desire; which impression arose from a misrepre- sentation of Liberia to me by a few acquaintances in New York. But haviug been privileged to see and to tread upon the delightful shores of Liberia, 1 am prepared to affirm, without any fear of contradiction, that no place under the sun is better adapted to the colored man than Liberia. I adopt it for my home, feeling that I am greatly privileged in identifying myself with the Li- berians.

“ I have not as yet felt any symp- toms of fever. As I am so recently, from a tropical climate, I indulge the hope that if I do not escape the

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fever entirely, I shall not suffer much ] when 1 do get it.

“ Yours very truly, |

John W. Holm.” i

“Monrovia, July 29, 1859. I “ Rev. John B. PiNNEY, I

“Dear Sir: — The annual exami- , nation of tlie High School took I place last month. I believe that tlie | pupils supported by your funds at | present are M. M. Witherspoon, J John T. Dimery, and Jas. H. Evans. I Witherspoon and Dimery are the i most advanced in the school. They i have, during the year, pursued the following studies : Latin — Odes, Sa- tires, and Epistles of Horace ; Taci- ; tus ; a part of the Germania. Greek — Bullion’s Greek Grammar and ‘ Reader; Greek Testament, and Xen- ophon’s Anabasis. Algebra: through I Davies’ Elementary English Compo- i sition, (Parker’s Aids.)

“James H. Evans has studied! Orthography, Geography, Smith’s j jNlevv Arithmetic, English Composi- 1 lion, Latin Grammar and Reader, ! and a portion of Caesar’s Cornmen- | taries. i

“ As our Board think it best to | restrict the number of scholars to i about a dozen, so that thorough in-j struction may be imparted, 1 shall be obliged to dismiss some who ap- pear promising.

“ Dr. Delany appears to be very much disappointed, and most agree- ably so, at Hie appearance of per- ^ sons and things here. He insists i that a proper representation has never been made of Liberia to the free colored people of the United States. Is. Dr. Delany to be the j Moses to lead in the exodus of his | people from the house of bondage i to a land flowing with milk and I honey ? He seems to have many ! qualifications for the task. Let him ' be encouraged and supported.

“ Yours respectfully, ;

“ E. W. Blyden.”

From the Liberia “ Star” of July 27th.

“The two military companies —

I the Johnson Guards and the Young Guards — turned out in respectable nu libers, the former wearing for their first time this season, their blue jrants with red stripes ; the latter made their appearance in a new uniform, which was highly ap- preciated. On the steps of the President’s mansion. Dr. M. R. De- lany, on behalf of the ladies and gentlemen of New York, presented a banner to the Juvenile Temper- ance Society, bearing appropriate inscriptions. The procession was formed at 1 1 o’clock, in front of the President’s mansion. His Excel- ; lency being absent from the city, on a visit lo the leeward. Vice Presi- dent Yates, Ex-President Roberts, Gen’l Lewis, the Secretary of State, Cols. Payne and Moore, John Seys, Esq , the U. S. Consul, and other distinguished gentlemen, with a number of our citizens, were re- ceived by the militaiy into the pro- cession, and conducted to the Meth- odist Church, where a fine oration was delivered by J. B. Jordan, Esq.”

LIBERIA.

The JSTorth Jlmerican speaks of its pleasure in perusing files of papers from Liberia. Files from Liberia in Africa ! From a colony of blacks !

I Yes: there is literature there, and the colored race are showing them- selves capable of conducting even the higher arts of civilization, and i of sustaining law, order, and free- dom, in union.

I These papers show a freedom of speech, and an abuse of thatfreedom in the political contests of the com- I rnunity, which might intimate that they were apt learners in our own schools, and bid fair to excel their I teachers. They, however, also in-

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dicale great progress in civilization, trade, agriculture, the mechanic arts, literature, and science. They also

speak of a growing desire among the nations in the vicinity to become annexed to Liberia — Advocate.

[From the New York Colonization Journal.]

The Balk Mendi and her Emigrants.

The following account of the emigrants by the bark Mendi, which was chartered by the New York Colonization Society, and sailed from that port the 27th May, with the names of the passengers, should have appeared in our number for June.

“ On several occasions within eight years past, companies of emigrants, varying in number from eight or ten to thirty-five, have lelt the port of New York for Liberia.

“ A small portion of these were New Yorkers, the others coming from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Con- necticut, and Massachusetts.

“The bark Mendi, which sailed from New York on Tuesday, May 24th, had a total company of forty- five colored persons, destined for an African home. Among these were merchants, mechanics, farmers, and nearly all were of New York, several among the most respectable class of New York’s colored popu lation. • !

“They did not go as exiles, nor | as yielding to any oppression, but | as seekers after personal advantages, | or after opportunities of Christian ; usefulness. The interest manifested ; in them by relatives and friends, at- ; tested to their high worth. VVe ! never witnessed more tenderness i between separating friends, nor j deeper enthusiasm among a com- i pany of adventurers. |

“The bark Mendi was not char- | tered by the Colonization Society, j as was the Lamartine, but by a firm i

i of colored men, long resident in this I city, Messrs John D. Johnson, Jo- I spph H. Turpin, and Charles B.

I Dunbar, who have formed a co-part- |i uership for African trade, and take I out a large cargo of goods, of over j $20,000 in value, j “ The emigrant passengers were all on deck — the cabin of the bark being extended forward to the main mast. We have never seen a vessel better adapted to carry second-cabin passengers than the Mendi.

I| “The Mendi having left the wharf Ij on Monday, was taken down to ! Sandy Hook by a steam tug on Tuesday evening, ,24th May, and w'ent off with a fine fair wind. A large company were present on I Monday to see her leave the wharf, and bid tareweil to friends — mani- festing a deep and friendly interest. About thirty of the relations and personal friends of those departing, accompanied them in the tug. Re- ligious services were held on the Mendi in the mornitig, the Scrip- tures read, a hymn sutjg, and prayer offered, commending them to the ! Divine protection and blessing.

I “ When the flag of Liberia was I raised to the masthead, the white I star on its ground of blue, it was ! hailed with cheer after cheer, in ; which those who were expecting to ; live under its protection seemed I scarcely more enthusiastic than were i the friends who accompanied them, j It seemed to all a star of hope.

“ From all the manifestations of this occasion, we gather this con- soling conclusion, that, whatever of prejudice against the Colonization Society may remain, there is, never-

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theless, a pride and interest in the ] Rt public of Liberia, aroong tlie co- j lored population, most promising for its future growth.

“ The names, ages, religions, pro- fessions, occ'ipaiions, &c., of the passengers, as far as could be as- certained, are as follows :

LIST OF NAMES OF EMIGRANTS FROM NEW YORK TO LIBERIA, Per Bark Menui, May 23, 1859.

No.	Names.	Age.	Education.	I I Religion.	1 Trade.	^ Remarks.
1	James R. Roberts, -	30	Good.	Meth. Ep.	i 1 Farmer. 1
2	J. Christian Roberts,	30	do.	Lutheran.	Milliner, j	Norway.
3	W. Edwin Roberts,	13	do.
4	Catharine A. Yates,	35	Poor.
5	Georgiana Yates, -	17	do.	1 ; 1	1 ' I i
G	Harriet Yates, - -	6	do.	[ 1 [ 1	! 1
7	Edgar Yates, - -	3	do.	1 1 j	1 1
8	William 0. Hill, -	30	Good.	jEp. Church	Coachm’kr '
9	William Benson,	50	Poor.	1 African M.	Farmer.
10	Alfred Jacobs, - -	21	do.		Laborer.
11	Sam’l S. Whitney, -	19	do.
12	John W. Good, - -	26	do.	Episcopal.	Carpenter. ; 1
13	Isabella Good, - -	22	do.	do.
14	E L. Jane Good, - j
15	John Williams, - - i Jno. Henry Jackson,	60	Poor.	M.E.Ch ‘	Laborer, j
16	19	do.	1	Cooper, j
17	Charles W. Pervis, i	22	do.	1
18	Wm. W. Pitcher, - !	38	Not much.		i
19	Della M. Pitcher, - 1	16	do.
20	Ch’lotte M’Pherson,	55	do.	1
21	John Holm, - - - : Ellis A. Potter, - -	22	Good.	Ref.D.Ch.j
22	38	do.		Account’nt !
23	Osborne Stanley, - 1	22	Fair. |		Tinner. |
24	J. Alex. Thomas, -	28	Poor. 1	Ref. D.Ch.i	Farmer. :
25	Anna Butler, - -	43	!		i
			CABIN PASSENGERS.
26	! Elizabeth Hill, - - ,	21 '	Good.	i Episcopal.
27	j Samuel T. Ray,	25 ;	do.	Apoth'cary
28	Ann Elizabeth Ray,	20 1	do.
29	1 Cornelia A. Ray, -	Inf.i
30 31	Rev. W. C. Munroe, i Mary 0. Munroe, -	60 36 1	Good. do.	Ep. Church do.	Preacher.	A Missionary.
32	' Rhinard Munroe, -	11	do.	do. I
33	! Blandford Munroe, -	1 8	Not much.	do. j	i j
34	j J. D. Johnson, - -	35			Merchant.	Liberia.
35	1 Frances A. Johnson,	! 28			!
36	Marian H. Johnson,	i 18		1	1
37	W. Henry Johnson,	11
38	Emma E Johnson,	1 9			1
39	Hallios Johnson,	7
40	Godella Johnson, -	3	1
41	Joseph H Turpin, - I Charles P. Dunbar,	30	j		Merchant.!
42	28			do.
43	, Charles Marchall, -	15			Nephew of Dunbar.
44	j Martin Pv. Deiany, .	42	1		Explorer in Yoruba.

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[From tlie Colonization Herald.]

Sugar Culture iu Liberia— Letter to H. M. Schieffeliu, Esq.

Gaudilla, Dec. 31, 1858. jj sell it at forty cents, even in this H. J\I. Sckieffelin: — Tlie steam country; far better to make it into sugar mill is in operation, and ex- sugar, and ship it, if we get only six ceeds my most sanguine expecta- i| and a quarter cents a pound, and tions. It turns out seven hundred purchase abroad the articles used on gallons of juice per hour, the rollers our farms. My predecessor engaged making three revoluiions per min- in trade, but at heavy loss; as, out ute. Tt does not tear the cane to j! of three thousand dollars of debts shreds but, as it leaves the mill, due him, scarce ten per cent, can twenty-four hours drying in the sun

makes it ready to be used as fuel The cane, as I am disposed to think, yields about eighty per cent.,

be collected of the natives. I do not trade. And so many of our small traders have failed in this way, that though, formerly, trading was though in that particular 1 have not ^ the occupation of every one having fairly tested the matter ; but the cane a little capital, a change has now comes out perfectly dry. You de- come, and a majority are going to sired a sketch of the mill, &c. 1 farming, purchasing of the natives

am sorry to say lama poor hand at ; only such things as can be bought drawing; but by the Stevens I hope i for cash, and needed on our farms, to give you a correct sketch of it, ' I have four yoke of oxen, poultry, and of the house over it, forming an L, and presenting to the river a de- lightful appearance. I have had some trouble to get all the kettles to boil. The flue is seventy feet long, ending in a chimney six feet

milch cows, sheep, goafs, tcc. &c., and hope soon to send you some sugar and syrup made at the mill, for which I am indebted to your ex- treme and indefatigable philan- thropy.

high. I I have ground up some cane, and

The cane I have ground ha? been the proceeds are as follows: for neighboring farmers, and I charge I juice. Syrup.

as toll one-fourth of proceeds, de- 1 1 lot, 2 acres, yielded, 4,375 gls. 702 gls. livered at the mill-door ; the Coopers “ 16| feet sq., yielded,

charge one-half. I have not yet ground any of my own cane, owing to the heavy rains, which continue to the present time, seldom seen so late by the oldest settlers.

I have in the sugar-house four coolers that will hold one thousand gallons, with fourglass sash windows, 10 by 12 lights, and two wire, 4 by 6 feet, in order that I may preserve a more uniform temperature, for the more complete granulization of sugar. I have a sugar-maker from

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By this you w’ill be able to form some idea of what our cane pro- duces; and none of the above but the first lot was over eight months old, and all of it ground up under the disadvantage of rain, and our ignorance of the right time to cut the cane, which I suppose we can only learn by experience.

There is no news of importance more than that the State Fair is now I being held in the Government the West Indies, one who has acted Square, under cover of a in the capacity of head boiler-man i one hundred feet long and forty-five in the Islands. | teet wide, in which are exhibited

It will not pay to make syrup, and ■ some of the industry of our citizens ;

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amongst which are some twelve pieces of cloth, manufactured at home, containing about one hun- dred yards, good samples of sugar, I' syrup, cotton, coffee, &c., being the | best Fair ever held, of which I shall ij

send to you a report so soon as pub- lished.

Hoping this may find you in per- fect health, I subscribe myself, your obedient servant,

William Spencer Ajsderson,

[From Ihc Appendix of the Annual Report of the Massachusetts Col. Society, 18o9.]

Siberian Cotton.

(A.)

Six samples of cloth, made in Liberian families from their own cotton, were re- ceived from President Benson. They are about eight inches square, from different webs, and in different styles, plain, striped and grey. Rev. J. Orcutt had also re- ceived a small lock of unmanufactured cotton in a letter from Thomas Howland, who emigrated from Providence, R. I., in November, 1857. It was grown on his farm, on the St. Paul’s river, some fifteen miles or more from Monrovia.

Of course it was impossible, with only these very insufficient samples, to deter- mine the market value of Liberian cotton in the bale. These were, however, sub- mitted to several of the best judges in Boston, two of whom have favored us with the following replies to our inquiries:

Boston, May 22, 1859.

Dear Sir: — The sample of cotton indi- cates that the quality is what is called “ good middling,” worth in Boston about thirteen cents at this time. If the same quality should have in it much leaf, when packed in bulk, it would reduce the price from half a cent to a cent a pound: and if it has dirt also, it might be reduced two cents a pound. But well cleaned, it will be classed as “good middling.”

The price of such cotton was as low as seven cents, about the year 1844; since that time it has usually been as high as ten cents. For .several years past it has been considerably above that, and in 1857 it w'as as high as seventeen cents. Of the quality of the cotton in the samples of goods which you send, I cannot judge, except that the staple appears good. If it is discolored, it will reduce the price one- half or three-quarters of a cent a pound.

I will recommend to you to call on Mr. .lohn Aiken, or on .some cotton broker, and obtain samples of the different grades of our cotton, and send them out; writing on each the quality, and price at this time. Then the growers can tell at once, by comparing them with their own growth, and looking at our newspapers, what the

price is on any given day. It comes in . free of duty.

I Yours truly,

Amos A. Lawrence.

Rev. Joseph Tracy, Joy’s Building.

Boston, June 6, 1859. Rev. Joseph Tracy,

j Dear Sir: — A small lock of cotton, said to have been grown in Liberia, Africa, and samples of cloth, said to have been manufactured in Africa, of African cotton, have been shown to me, and I have been asked to give an opinion of the market value of the cotton.

The quantity of cotton shown me was too small to justify any very definite opin- ion of its market value. And yet from the appearance both of the cotton and cloth, I judge, that the cotton is strong, of fair length, and of good working qualities.

I cannot doubt that such cotton would find a market, at its fair value, to any assign- able extent.

Very truly yours,

John Aiken.

These samples were examined by seve- ral other good judges, all of whom con- curred in the same opinions. All agreed that bales of cotton, yielding samples, fairly taken, equal to Mr. Howland’s little lock, would be worth thirteen cents per pound, and that the cloth had the appear- ance of being made from cotton worth twelve cents or more. The prices of cot- ton in Boston at that time — no sea-island being quoted— ranged from 9j to 13| cents.

This settles an important question. It proves that cotton can be grown in Liberia, adapted to the use of American and Euro- 1 pean manufacturers, and of a quality above I the average of that actually used by them. Liberian cotton has no peculiarities which render it useless till new styles of manu- facture are devised. It is of a character adapted to meet existing wants, and will ^ be taken, in any quantity, as soon as it ; can be placed in the market at current ' prices.

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Whether its cultivation in Liberia can, j for some years to come, be made profitable, ! and as profitable as some other pursuits, ! is a question yet to be decided, and on | which opinions differ. '

AFRICAN COTTON.

As the question of the capacity of Africa to produce cotton has excited some earnest inquiry within a few years, it may be well to state a few of the leading facts in rela- tion to it.

The earliest reference to the subject which we have seen, was made during the reign of Augustus Caesar. Virgil, Georgic II. 120, speaks of nemora ^thiopum, niolli canentia lana; the forests of the Ethio- pians, whitening with soft wool. He is cor- rect in mentioning it as a product of the forests. It grows wild, of several varie- ties, some on trees and some on perennial shrubs. Even that raised from American seed, as there are no frosts to kill it, lives several years. As he mentions the cotton of Africa among products supposed to be peculiar to certain countries, he must have regarded it as indigenous.. In this, too, he was doubtless correct.

Within a few years, attempts have been made to procure it from various parts of the coniinent; for it is well known that nearly all parts produce it. In Egypt it is grown for exportation. The French hope and are attempting to make it profitable in Algeria, and the English in the Natal Cwlony, at the extreme southeast. Trav- elers find it wlierever they are able to penetrate the interior.

Of the qualities of African cotton, the indications are favorable, but our inform- ation IS far from being complete. James Macqueen, the African Geographer, who is rather an enthusiastic man on African matters, said, in his testimony before a Committee of the British House of Lords in 1850, “ There is cotton also, above all things — cotton of a quality so fine, it is finer cotton than any description of cotton we know of in the world.” He probably referred to a well known silky, short-staple cotton, growing wild, which has been thought worthless for manufacturing pur- poses, but from which some of the Libe- rian women have succeeded in making beautiful fabrics for exhibition at their national fairs. He added: “ Common cot- ton in Africa I have seen, and had in my possession, which was equal to the finest quality of American cotton. Egyptian cotton is not so good as the cotton away to the south; but the cotton produced in

the southern parts of Africa is peculiarly fine.”

The Rev. T. J. Bowen, a uative of Georgia, says: “ Two species of cotton, known to us as the sea-island and upland, are cultivated in Africa. The staple is good. There is a third species in the in- terior, with very small pods and leaves, and of an unusually fine staple, the flowers of which are red when they first open.”

I’his is said when speaking of Liberia. In speaking of Yoruba, he says that “both upland and sea-island cotton are planted.”

The London Anti-Slavery Reporter, speaking of cotton procured from Yoruba and its vicinity by agents of the Manches- ter Cotton Supply Association, says that in England it “ sells at from seven pence to nine pence” per pound; that is, from about 14 to 18 cents. This was in 1858.

There is some reason to suspect that a high price was given for it, for ihe sake of stimulating the trade in it. Still it must have been equal to Georgia upland of a good quality. This was cotton procured from the natives.

Little can be ascertained by an exami- nation of the “country cloths,” as they are technically called, made by the natives in the interior, from their own cotton.

J'hey appear to be made from cotton of good length, strength and fineness of fibre, and to be much alike in this respect. The stock appears to be at least equal to the average of American uplands, and, not im- probabl)^, better.

On the whole, the evidence appears to be satisfactory, that uncivilized Africa, ex- tensively, produces cotton of the upland variety, and of good quality; that it pro- duces the sea-island variety, but of what quality we are not informed; and that it produces a third variety, still finer, the value of which, if it has any value, is still to be ascertained. Not improbably, there are siill other varieties.

It remains to inquire whether it can be produced, or obtained from the natives, in such quantities and at such prices, as to be of any commercial importance. On these points, the indications are contradictory, and we have no satisfactory means of re- conciling them.

It is the opinion of some of the most in- telligent Liberians, and others acquainted in Liberia, that the cultivation of cotton may be made a profitable business some years hence, when population and capital shall have largely increased, but not now; and they doubt whether it can ever be made- so profitable as sugar, coffee, and perhaps i

some other productions. Yet some of the best business men in Liberia think otherwise.

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About fen years the Manchester j

Cotton Supply Association, in England, undertook to promote the growth of catton in Western Africa. Seme time in 1850, their agent, Mr. James K. Straw, arrived j at Monrovia, with letters of introduction i from Lord Palmerston, and made arrange- ments for planting fifty acres, as an exper- iment. He made similar arrangements on j other parts of the coast. At Sierra Leone, ! one man, near Preetown, planted forty acres. The American “ Mendi ’* mission- ! aries in the Sherbro country obtained seed and planted cotton. Other parcels Vv^ere planted along the coast, southward and i eastward, for nearly a thousand miles. Nothing of any firactical value has yet ; come of it. The Liberian experiment was i said to yield as promising results as any; ' the cotton being pronounced “ white and i good,” and wortii five pence per pound. | The same Association last year appropria- ted £'2,0 annually for four years, for the four best samples of Liberia cotton, and four medals annually as second class prizes, and the liritish Government sent out “ ten barrels of superior cotton seed.” i Those in England best qualified to judge, i evidently still think the attempt too hope- ' fill to be abandoned. Whether the Asso- i ciation is still urging the culture in any of the other settlements on the coast, we are not informed. i

Mr. Thomas Clegg came to Afrira about ' the same time with Mr. Straw, 1850. He ^ commenced at Sierra Leone, and has la- bored mainly to procure cotton from the j natives, and promote its cultivation among | them. The first year, he was able to col- i }ect only about 235 pounds of clean cotton. He was convinced that Sierra Leone was not the place for his experiment, and trans- ferred it to the Slave Coast. Others have continued the attempt at Sierra Leone and the Gambia, but with discouraging results. Three tons is the largest quantity collected, of which we have heard. It does notap- pear that iliere is any want of cotton in the 1 interior, but the price is not sufficient to | induce the natives to bring it for sale. In i their own phrase, the reason is, “ too 1 rnuch cotton — too little money.” Prob- : alily, they find it more profitable to manu- facture their cotton and sell the cloth. We shall refer again to these cloths. .

On the Slave Coast, Mr. Clegg stationed j himself at Lagos, where he has been vig- orously eided by Mr. Campbell, the British | Consul, who has resided thirty-five years | in Africa, and by the Church Missionary j Society, which has a flourishing mission ' at Abbeokuta, fifty-six miles north ofj Lagot', up the river Ogun, where are seve- L

ral thousand Africans recaptured from slave ships, and more or less civilized and edu- cated at Sierra Leone. Several young Africans wei-e sent to England, and in- structed in cleaning cotton and preparing it for the market Up to March, 1858, he had furnished 157 cotton gins, costing from less than twenty to more than fifty dollars each, besides presses and other im- ‘ plernents of the business, which have been bought mostly by native producers or traders. He has had his agents in the in- terior, with goods ready to exchange for cotton. By such means, tlie exports of cotton from Lagos have been rais<*d to 34,491 lbs. in 1856, 114,844 lbs. in 1857,

I and 220,099 lbs. in 1858. The cost at ' Abbeokuta was |d. per lb. in the seed, j yielding one-fourth of a pound of clean 1 cotton; and more was offered than could I be bouglit. The whole cost at Lagos was ; four pence and one farthing per pound,

I or about eiglit cents. In the table of ex- I ports, however, its value is assumed to be j seven pence two farthings, or about fifteen I cents. From the estimated number of in- j habitants and amount of cotton worn by I each, it has been inferred that the annual product of “ Yoruba and the adjacent I States, is equal to 7,200,000 pounds. ” By j a strange blunder, the under Secretary of ! State, Fitzgerald, mentioned this estimate, in the House of Commons, as the amount exported to Brazil. Mr. Clegg has evi- dently selected the right spot l^r his oper- ations. At Lagos, which commands the boatable river Ogun, with the prestige of British power and aided by the missions and the returned people from Sierra Leone, he has easily established and kept open a J favorable communication with the cotton- , growing interior.

President Benson believes that the same thing may be done from Monrovia. In , his annual message, December, 185G, he : says:

j “ It is an unquestionable fact, that our : interior tribes manufacture hundreds of thousands of domestic cloths annually, which must consume several miliioii.s pounds of raw cotton. Thousands ufthe.se cloths, through much difficulty, find their way down to the seaboard annually. But if the communication was kept ojien and j they could be assured of a safe transit, and were encouraged by discreet and in- i Ikiential agents to increased cultivation of I that useful article, m a very few years,

I millions of pounds would be brought down I annually and ex|)orted.”

C. M. Waring, Esip, merchant, of Mon- rovia, writes as follows;

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Boston, 6th June, 185t>. Rev. Joseph Tract,

Sir: — In reply to your note of ]st inst., making inquiry of me in regard to the production and manufacture of cotton among »he natives in the vicinity of Li- beria, 1 make the following answers, all to tlie beat of my knowledge.

1. How many “ country cloths,^’ to my best recollection, are annually bought and sold by merchants at Monrovia ?

i think, from 2,000 to 3,000; varying in length from two to three and a lialf yard.s, and from a yard and a half to two yards wide.

2. Where are they made, and how are they brought to Monrovia.?

They are made by the interior tribes, called the Mandingoes and Goulahs, and brought down by them in quantities on their backs, or in canoes, or worn on their persons.

3. What do the merchants at Monrovia pay for them ?

The price varies, according to the size and quality; say, from fifty cents to one dollar. That is, the articles given in ex- change are W’orth that amount in the market.

4. Do the merchants at Monrovia buy all that are offered ?

The merchants do not, as there are only four or five of them that buy to .‘■ell again; but citizens also buy them for their own use, as well as the Kroomen and Fislimen who reside in the vicinity of Monrovia, and to some extent other tribes. How- ever, I think an increased demand, and Jiigher prices, would induce the natives to bring down larger quantities.

Yours,

C. M. Waring.

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These “ country cloths” have long been ^ an article of commerce all along the coast, from the Gambia to Loando. American traders frequently buy them to barter for other articles, or to sell at the neighboring ! islands; giving, at the highest estimate we |i have heard from any of them, from a dol- 1 lar to a dollar and a half each. The cotton | is spun by women, and woven by old men i in w’ebs about five or six inches wide; i, ■which are sewed together, to make a j' “cloth” of the requisite width. A man, ■ Mr. Bowen states, will weave forty yards |! a day, equal to about seven square yards. |: One of them, procured at Sherbro by the j. Rev. E. Burgess, D. D., when there with j* Mills as an explorer, measures six feet ! and three inches by four feet and seven | inches, equal to about three square yards and one-fifth. It weighs twenty-nine ounces, or about nine ounces to the square

yard. It is striped with a very excellent deep blue. This appears to be a favorite color; though they are sometimes striped with yellow, and sometimes left undyed.

Mr. Clegg and Mr. Campbell, already mentioned, have stimulated this trade re- .markably on the Slave Coast. According to official returns, there -were exportea from Lagos, in 1857, 50,0U9 of these cloths, and 150,000 from other ports on that coast; in all, 209,000 cloths. They were sent to Brazil, where are many thousands of slaves, natives of Africa. They are said to average 2| pounds in weight, and esti.mated, in ihe leturns, at ten shillings, or about two dollars and forty cents, each. This estimate of the average weight ap- pears to be very high, and the price ex-» travagantly high in proportion to the weight. It is more than fifty per cent, above that usually paid by American traders, and more than one hundred per cent, above that paid by Liberian mer- chants.

If we may judge from these returns, compared with the statements of President Benson and Mr. Waring, it would seenv that the interior of Liberia produces “coun- try cloths ”mucli cheaper than Yoruba,and that equal inducements, offered at Monro- via for six or eight years, as at Lagos, would bring down an equal supply.

Of the yield per acre in different parts of Africa, we know almost nothing. It has been asserted that around the Bight of Benin it is as great as in Georgia; and such has been the general impression made by statements concerning other parts. In most crops, a good quality implies a fair quantity. Yet the Rev. T. J. Bowen says of African cotton generally, — “ The staple is good, but the yield cannot be more than one-fourth of what it is on similar lands in the Southern States.” It is not quite certain whether he means that the land cannot be made to produce more, or that the actual yield cannot be estimated higher. Apparently, the latter is his meaning. Of Yoruba he says: “ Both upland and sea- island cotton are planted; but neither pro- duces very well, owing to the extreme and constant heat of the climate.” Of this, Mr. Bowen, a native of Georgia, must be regarded as a good judge.

This cause of short crops in Yoruba is evidently incurable. It does not exist in equal force in Liberia and its vicinity. Mr. Bowen says: “The average in the dry season is about 80 degrees at Ijaye, and 82 at Ogbomoshaw, and a few degrees lower during the rains. I have never known the mercury to rise higher than 93 degrees in tiie shade, at Ijaye. The

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highest reading atOgbomoshaw \vas97.5.” !’ These places are from 100 to 150 miles | inland. The highest reading ever known | at Monrovia was 90; and that only once i, or twice, and with strong doubts as to the : fairness of the exposure. At Careysbuiig the temperature is lower than at Monrovia.

In the Pessey country, among the cotton weavers, say one hundred miles inland, i from May 7 to May 12, George L Sey- '! tnour found the range of the thermometer to be from 69 to 81 degrees. Tiie tempe- rature of Liberia and its interior, therefore, is more favorable for cotton than that of Yoruba. The soil is at least equal, and ! probably much of it is superior, in fertility. The coast is more easily and safely ac- i; cessil)le by sea. The St. Paul’s is as good for boat navigation, probably, notwith- standitig the rapids, as the Ogun. There ' are tio large organized communities of na- ij tives to crush the new settlements as soon jj as their prosperity presents a temptation, I! and no overshadowing and irresistible ji British influence on the coast, to control i' their movements and absorb the profits of li their labor. |!

We subjoin two extracts from the L^- : beria Herald, received since our Report | went to press. The first is from the “ Re- i' port of the Committee of Adjudication of j the Second National Fair” to President || Benson;

“ There were some good specimens ex- i hibited from stalks of American seed plant- ■ ed seven and eight years ago, the same trees producing good cotton for eight sue- ' cessive years. Other specimens of cotton ' were shown from American seed planted last year. But the principal lots were of native African cotton, and several twenty yard pieces of cotton cloth were manufac- , tured by our citizens from this kind, as j well as many socks and stockings. Mrs. ' Martha Rix, formerly Mrs. Zion Harris, showed some very fine specimens of silk cotton socks made from the cotton of the , large silk cotton tree, which grows wild in our forest from 80 to 100 feet high. ,,

“ This is perhaps the first time that any ' one has attempted to apply this species of cotton to any practical purpose. Of the , common stock of African cotton there are i several varieties, from which the native ' population of the interior manufacture an- ; nually many thousands of country cloths, li which they constantly bring to our mar- ket for sale or exchange; thus showing that less than a hundred miles interior ; large quantities of cotton are grown by ' native industry, which, by a lirtle effort ;i on the part of our merchants and capitalists, ij might be thrown into our market in the I

raw material for exportation. We think that it has been fully proven the last year, to the satisfaction of the Americo-Liberiun population, that cotton, being indigenous to this part of Africa, and perennial for seven or eight years, may be grown to aa indefinite extent in any part of our terri- tory. The only point next to settle to en- sure success, is whether we can obtain cheap labor and cheap goods, so as to afford a good article of well ginned and marketable cotton at five or six cents per pound. The growing of cotton as a staple product, we regard as of primary import- ance; we shall not only recommend it as an experiment to all our population, but contribute our individual quota next year to the national stock,”

The second is a short editorial article in the Herald of June 1:

“ It is strange to us, that our merchants do not pay some attention to the trade m ground nuts and cotton. It is well known that throughout the Vey Country these articles are in abundance. Commencing from Little Cape Mount River, there will be found in every rice field, cotton grow- ing in the greatest luxuriance. Extend your observations to the She-bar, and all along, and for twenty-five miles interior- wards, you will discover the cotton planf. The natives plant it in their farms for do- mestic purposes, and they would, at once, go readily into the growing of cotton, if inducements were held out to them. Con- vince them that they will meet with a ready market for all the cotton they may produce, and very soon it will be ascer- tained that they will bring the article to the trader, in common with other produc- tions. We have heard from a reliable source, that there may now be procured up the Mannah river, thousands of pounds of cotton in the seed; but no one seems disposed to speculate in it. At the town of ‘Firo,’ on that river, cotton may be seen in every hamlet — more than a suffi- ciency for the use of the people of the town, and the overplus is permitted to waste. Ground nuts are also one of the productions of that part of the Republic, but as there has been no demand for them, no more is raised than is required for home consumption. We invite the immediate attention of our merchants and traders to the importance of encouraging the cultiva- tion of these valuable products, if earnest heed be given our suggestions, we have not the least doubt, that, in a very few years, a profitable business will be pros- ecuted in the purchase and sale of these articles.”

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Here, then, the eotton growing country | of the natives is more easily accessible ' than any where else in Africa. It comes down to the coast. Little Cape Mount is only some twenty-five miles up the coast from Monrovia. Its slave mart, called Digby, has long been suppressed. Twen- ty-five miles further is Robertsport, on Grand Cape Mounts beyond which, scat- tered along at about equal distances for another twenty or twenty-five miles, are the notorious slave marts of iSugury, Man-

na River, Solyman River, and Gallinas’, all in vigorous operation till the annexa- tion to the Republic in 1852, and lately the scene of the doings of the Regina Cceli. From Gallinas to She-bar, or Sherbro, i« about seventy miles; making, Irom Little I Cape Mount, 12'5 miles of native cotton I country, right on the sea-shore, with nu- i merous roadsteads and landing places for I trade. The Vey people are intelligent i above the average of natives, and have an i alphabet of their own.

[From the Christian Mirror, Portland, Me., August 9th. J

Maine Colonization Society.

The annual rneelino- of this So- 1 ciety-was held in the Chesnut Street j Church (Methodist) Monday even-

would take this First of An^usi, the 25th Anniversary of West India Emancipation. The happiness of

ing of last week. President, Hon. !| those hundreds of thousands, was a

Phineas Barnes, in the chair. Prayer | by Dr. Shailer. !

Thefollowingofficers were chosen I for the ensuing year : j

President, Hon. Phineas Barnes. | Recording Secretary, Dr.I. T.Dana i of Portland. I

Corresponding Secretary, Rev. John | O. P'iske, of Bath. |

Ex. Committee, Phineas Barnes, of | Portland ; Joseph McKeeii, ofBruns- 1 wick ; Freeman Clark, of Bath ; ! Harris C. Barnes, William Chase, i

question pertinent to this occasion. What is to be the effect in the future of that Emancipation Act on the race.? Are they to become what every race should .? Are they com- petent .? Have they the opportunity } Are their surroundingssuch as insure their improvement ? He rejoiced in j assurances that they were advancing, j How is it with the blacks of the I United States? The 12,000 blacks ' in Liberia are often referred to dis- paragingly, contemptuously, sneer-

Eben Steele, and Harrison J. Libby, || ingly- — this Society is treated not of Portland. i oidy with open disregard, but with

Treasurer, Freeman Clark, Esq., bitter hostility. The speaker could of Bath. not conceive why the friends of the

The President mentioned that no ji black race should not take the same report could be expected from the ' interest in its welfare, whether in

Corresponding Secretary, as he had removed from the State. He re- gretted as much as any the failure of Mr. Latrobe to be present on this occasion. Pie held in his hand lei-

this country, on West India soil, or ill distant Africa.

The Colonization Society is non- combatant — non- political, non-part- isan. Recently there has been cir-

ters which authorized the public an- ' culated, with a good deal of zeal, a nouncement that had been made, fact mentioned in President BensoiPs There were several gentlemen pres- j Message, that some of the native ent who would address the audience. |! tribes of Africa were in advance of For himself he could not recollect i emigrants Iroin the United States.

I But the length and breadth of that I statement, the manner and purpose Society ever waned. .In casting y of its use by President Benson, were about for a text for this occasion, he f not taken into the account. The

the time when he was not a Coloni- zationist, nor had his interest in this

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President was urging his Liberia ! fellow citizens to greater improve- i ment, more effort — and in this con- ciection most ingenuously stated i that there were natives around them who would vie with them, even with ,! their superior advantages. With |i true nobleness he had the magnan- i imity to say that some of the abori- j gines around them are equal to them. ! How different from the boasting of! American statesmen, American Gov- , ernnrs, and Presidents! .!

What Liberia can do for the black | race--what they are capable of be- i coming — may be inferred from such an example as this of President! Benson, whose entire education was | Liberian. His messages are as cred- ! stable as the average of those of ;! Governors of American States — as || accurate in style, as sensible in || thought. I

Have American negroes the pros- ij pect of as auspicious a future.? To ‘j secure it, would }ou scatter them | among a dominant race ? !!

The speaker here alluded to Gov. | Roberts, a Liberia merchant, and others, in proof of the capabilities I of the race. He spoke of the de- | veloprnent of the African soil — the | exhauslless stores of tropical coun- ; tries, and the important part theafe : make in the world’s commerce—- : and especially to the great incenti\’e i and element of improvement, a na- tionality, to be found nowhere else, ’ — this was the impulse the black j race needed. It was the desire of; all nations. W^e had lately seen the ! world alive in interest for Hunga- rian Nationality — Italian Independ-j ence, &c. j

The close of this speech of an | hour, was not only instructive but I eloquent, and we regret the more our inability to give it. We hoped to have had if in full — and therefore neglected securing a full report at the lime. On our return from j

Commencement, we find ourselves obliged to substitute this barren skeleton, with scarcely head, trunk, or limbs.

Rev. Mr. Orcutt said:

In all the interest manifested for the negro, it is pleasant to turn from barren theories, bitter strife, and downright folly, to something which is practicable, something which is reasonable, — something which is peaceful and salutary in all its bear- ings. That something w'e find in the cause of African Colonization.

What has Colonization done .? It has carried science, and arts, and letters, and laws, and civilization, and Christianity, into benighted Af- rica. More specifically and fully, w’hat has Colonization done?

It has suppressed the slave trade on hundreds of miles of the African coast* —

It has introduced civilization and Christianity when all previous ef- forts had failed ; —

It has given Nationality and ele- vation to the colored race, which nothing else has or could. The speaker here referred particularly to the case of the bark E. N. Roye, in New York, with her owner, a Libe- rian merchant, and a cargo of Afri- can products worth $20,000 — and flag flying at the masthead with its stripes and lone star; —

It has furnished the free colored people of the United States an op- portunity of improving their condi- tion ; —

It has furnished an asylum for re- captured Africans;

It has kept the door of emanci- pation open where it w'ould other- wise have been closed.

The great question for us to con- sider as philanthropists, and as a community, is not, shall slavery he abolished ? but, what shall he done j with and fbr the .African people in \jimerica when free! The mo.ie vy^

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look at their social condition and j prospects in the free States, the j more important will this question j become to us. How they are re- | yarded as a political element, may j be seen in the fact that the c^nsti- { ♦ inlions of most of the new States } provide that they shall not be per- i initted to live within their jurisdic- j lions. I say nothing of the justice i or humanity of such legislation — 1 1 only speak of the fact. Nor do I j alfirm that colonization fully and satisfactorily answers the difficult | qttesiion proposed. But there is | sense and force in a speech of Tris- tram Burgess, made in Congress some thirty years ago, from which ' the speaker read the following ex- tract:

“ Africa, like a bereaved mother, | holds cut her hands to America, and implores you to send back her exiled children.” * * * * * '

“The ways of Providence cannot always be seen by man. When the Almighty comes out of his cloud, light fills the eyes of the universe. What a mystery, when the youthful patriarch, lost to his father, was sold into slavery ! What a display of wisdom and benignity w'hen we are permitted to see ‘ all the families of the earth blessed ’ by that event !

“ Shall we question the great ar- rangement of Divine Wisdom, or | hold parlance with the Power, who has made whole countries the en- during monuments of his avenging justice? Let these people go ; they are citizens of another country; — ^ send them home; send them home instructed, and civilized, and imbued I with the pure principles of Christi- anity ; so may they instruct and civi- lize their native land, and spread over its wide regions the glad tidings of human redemption. Secure to your country, to your age, the glory I of paying back to Africa the mighty j arrears of nations. Add another {

' new world to the civilized regions j of the globe.”

j The several statements above were ! fully illu-traled by facts — vvhich.we are unabb' to present in this hurried 1 report. We give only a letter to IVIr. Orcutt from .fudge James (col- ored) of Liberia. This gentleman I was educated in Massachusetts, went i to Africa twenty years ago as a lay j missionary of the American Board, i where he has since resided, occupy- ing high positions in the Liberiatj Government, and is now a mission- ary of the Presbyterian Board of I Missions in Liberia. He spent last I summer in the Uitited Stales.

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Rev. Mr. Opcutt,

! My Dear Friend: — You will see j from the date of this letter that I am home again — yes, thank God, I am home again, at my own Liberiaii [home; and never did Liberia seem more dear to me than now. I arn not blind to the faults of this coun- try, nor the great difficulties to be j encountered here ; but in review of I all, and much more than the reality, this is the only home for the African race and their descendents in Ame- rica. They and their friends may preach deliverance and elevation until dooms day, — « # #

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I — The odds are against them, and I those odds are too great. If they had any where like an equal number, they might contend for their rights with some fair chance for success; but everything is against them — there is no hope I ! !

The following resolutions were adopted :

Resolved, That this Society cordi- ally approves the appoiiitment of the Rev. Franklin Butler as the Agent of the American Colonization So-

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ciety for the States of Maine, New ]) H ampshire and Vermont; that we , earnestly recommend to the friends! of this cause in every communiiy in j our own State, to adopt such rneas* | ures, in coticert with Mr. Butler or| otherwise, as may secure the best] results from his labors in this Stale, i Resolved, That our friends, in any |i places which Mr. Butler may not be j able to visit at present, be requested, > nevertheless, to make collections for ; this cause, and forward the sar«ie, either directly to the American Co- 1

Ionization Society, or to Freeman Clark, Esq., of Bath, the Treasurer of this Society, by whom they wil! be transmitted to the Parent Society.

Resolved, That in addition to thr? other numerous and weighty reasons for making imntediate and liberal contributions to ihiscattse in Maine, it is highly desirable that such an amount should be raised within this State, as will entitle us to a repre- sentation, annually, in the meetings and deliberations of the Ainericao Society.

Missionary Intelligence,

The Association op Missiokarie-s met at Good Hope, (Mendi Country,) in May last. Four persons have united with the I Church since the last report. One native ' (as we understand) has been ordained to : the ministry, and one licensed to preach, j The mission is reduced in numbers, and ' an earnest appeal is made for more la- i borers. The pestilence has been very | fatal at Sierra Leone. j

EPISCOPAL MISSION AT CAPE PALMAS, j

We copy the following intelligence from I the Spirit of Missions for August and Sep- tember;

Letter from the Rev. C. C. Hoffman. — We ; are in receipt of a letter from Mr. Hoff- ! man, dated Cape Palmas, June 13th, 1859, | from which we take the following: “God still preserves dur lives, though our new i missionaries have suffered much and been able to do but little. Mr. Hubbard seems jj to suffer most, and is very much debilita- :) ted. Mrs. Hubbard has had a severe at- tack, but has in a great measure recovered. |i 1 am sorry to say 1 am again suffering j; from my old companion, fever, even while j| i write you; still it is not so severe but [| that I am about my work. Ij

“ We had a very interesting Sabbath i yesterday, Whit Sunday. In the morning p 1 baptized three native youth and an infant at St. Mark’s.' 1 baptized our infant in : the chapel of the Orphan Asylum, and, at i| the same time, a little dumb boy, the p younger brother of the one whom 1 sent jj

to the United States. I have taken him to live in my family, and myself and Mrs. Hoffman and Dr. D’Lyon were his spon- sors. He is an exceedingly intelligent and docile child.

“ Miss Ball is not in very good health, but keeps about her duties. Mrs. Hoff- man is gaining again her health and strength. Mr. and Mrs. Rambo, at Rock- town, have occasional fevers. He bapt- ized a native yesterday.”

Under date of Ifith July, Mr. Hoffman writes:

j “ Our school examinations have passed off, and the schools are in a prosperou.^ slate, particularly, I think, those at Mount Vaughan, under Mr. Crummell’s care.

“ With deep regret we have learned of the death of Bishop Bowen soon after his return to Sierra Leone. He is the third Bishop who has died there within a few years.

“ The U. S. Ship Vincennes left ua Sur- geon Thornley, who is suffering from a nervous affection, and felt obliged to leave the ship, even at the risk of having the African fever on shore while waiting for the steamer of the 16th July. He is a member of our Church, and his sojourn is pleasant to us, and his health has greatly improved.”

Dr. D’Lyon, our missionary physician* writes, under date of 4th July:

“ Thanks to kind Heaven, our march is onward. God has blessed every effort which has been put forth in this land; it may not appear so to the careless observer, but one who will view in a prayerful man- ner our operations will find improvement everywhere visible. It would astonish many children in the United Stales to hear

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our little native cliildren read the Bible. Our school examination came olflast week; it wh.s in tlie highest degree sati.sfactory. The Light of life seems to be shining upon parent.sand children. A visit toourChris- tian village.s i.s truly refreshing, r

“ We have now one hundred and fifty '' ■vi.sitors from the interior; many of them j have never .“^een theorean before; they live several lufiidred miles in the interior, and are .said to be cannibals. These poor crea- ture.s are inviting and imploring the mis- sionary to notice them, and send men to carry God’.s booTc to their country. This is very commonly the case. They are every week begging Mr. Hodman to send them a teacher.

“The health of our missionaries just now is pretty good. Our new friends have had fever, of course; but are now doing finely.’^

SOUTHERN BAPTIST BOARD OEMISSIONS.

Rev. Z. B. Roberts is laboring earnest- ly at Sinou, and preaching to the natives in its vicinity. Rev. J. Roberts writes of a revival of religion at Farmerville in Sinou County:

“ I again beg that something be done for the natives as soon as possible; but for Blue Barrie, let something be done just I now if possible, if it is only an appropria- | lion of one hundred dollars for the balance of the year, until something can be done fairly. I went to my extent for the house and Sabbath school. Ail that liinders me from going fairly into that work I am im- plored to engage in, is the want of money.

I have a man picked out for the school at Blue Barrie. Will you give me orders to b-^gin operation.s ? Tne field is large, truly, but I do not like to see other churches at every native town around me, as they are at Cape Faln^is.”

Hon B. P. Yates writes ofa revival at - Monrovia. Brother Richardson baptized | twenty-five persons, among whom were | several natives. Interesting letters from several missionaries in Africa, of the Southern Baptist Board, appear in the Home and Foreign Journal. The Journal gives the following summary:

“ Yoraha — Missionaries well. Inquirers increasii g. Several conversions at Ijaye. Prospects of Awyaw, a recent station, en- couraging The annual meeting of the mission, at Ijaye, one of peculiar pleasant-

ness. All the missionaries feel greatly en- couraged. Want help. Who will go ?

‘‘Liberia. — A great awakening at Mon- rovia; quite a number baptized. Attention among the natives increas-ing.”

METHODIST MISSIONS IN AFRICA. (From the M. Missionary \civocaJe for September >

Yes, Africa too is sharing in the graci- ous ett'asions of the Holy Spirit. How far-reaching are the prayers and labor.-' of II good met7. A noon-day prayer meeting is !j commenced in New York; it i.s heard of j in Africa; the missionaries start a similar meeting in Monrovia A book is writien narrating the wondrous effects of the Ful- ton street prayer meeting; extracts from I it are read in tliat prayer meeting in Mon- 1, rovia. And now we have before us the gracious record of the Spirit^s presence

I and power among them. “ For two montha we prayed, Christians of all denonrinations

! prayed. One wiio lately brought out fron^ America a bundle of tracts, kindly fur- nished by a friend in Baltimore, scattered ‘ Angel Lilly’ and the ‘ Child Angel,’ and many others, among them. Another, Rev.

Mr. W , would read extracts from the

‘Power of Prayer,’ by Rev. Irenreus

II Prime, and the ihniling scenes of Fulton ’ street prayer meetings. These were effec- tual to convince of the neces.sity of a change of iiearf, and the certainty of find- ing It when sincerely and humbly sought.” At the time this extract was written some seventy-seven per.sons had made a public profession of religion and joined the seve- ral religious communions. Among the converts are six native boys residing in the families of our missionaries: Jabez A, Burton, Levi Scott, Jacobus Seyes, Minor Scott, Ca3sar Freeman, and Charles Scott.

,j Godly women are goingabmu their neigh- j| borhood, to converse and pray witli those “ who mourn, and to rejoice over those wlio rejoice.”

Tk'ree Missionaries are under appointment to sail for Western Africa, in the service of the American Mi.ssionary Society.

This Society seems to meet with the trouble which accompanies the efforts of other missionary societies in their endea- vors to “seek and to save tliat which was lost.” They say they “ find it extremely i difficult to win the confidence of the color- ' ed people of Canada.”

Afp.ica. — Gracious R*>vival in Monro- j| I’ia. — A letter from the wife of Bishop I Burns, (Methodist,) states that a revival • of religion was in progress in Monrovia.

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“ The children and youth, score.s of them, |] have been converted. Forty liave unitetl i with the Methodist Episcopal Church, i seven with the Episcopalians, and others 1 are to unite with the Baptists and Presby- j terians. The work is cxtendin;^ to the i adult portion of the community. Two of. our dauirhiers and a native boy, Levi j Scott, residing with us, have experienced i religion and connected tlieniselves with the church.” I

The Rev. .Tohm Skys, we judge, is use- ful in this work. Mrs. Cunis writes: —

“ Brother S^ys is so full you can scarcely see him without liis eyes full of tears of rejoicing.”

A letter from Mr. Buskxell, (May 5 and 18,) announces that iVlrs. .Tack had lieen very dangerously sick, her life having been despaiied ol; but as she still lived, some hope of her recoveiy was again en- t^*rtained. Four others of the mission circle had also been sick, and our brother says: “ The last twelve days have been a season of trial such as I havt- no recollec- tion of, in the history of this mission.”

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Basle. — The religious meetings of Basle ■ took place this year iVoni ihe :26th to tlie | 29th of last July. Among all the societies : that of the Missions possessed a peculiar [

j interest. It.-< sessions, each ei"ht hows, continued two days. Both day.s the au- j dience filled the largest church in tiie city.

■ The report of the Secretary, Mr. Josen- ' haus, containing imfiortani informaiion, greatly interested the assembly. Four years ago the xMission Society found it- j self, financially, in a critical [losition, and 1 who then could foresee its future.' The d.OOO francs tnen arinuallv received Avere insufficient to meet the necessities of the j work: its progress was retarded. It wa.s then declared that if the receipt."? were not (loul)led, a part of the operations of the Society would be suspended This an- nouncement found an echo in Christian hearts, for the receipts of this year have ! amounted to more than 622,000 francs.

I Now, seventy pupils are preparing ihem- j selves in the Institute for their noble career I as missionaries. Forty children of mis- sionaries are being instructed in a separate j establishment.

I The personnel of the mission is composed’ of 200 members, not including the native evangelists and tutors (instructors) in the service of the Society.

The principal missionary fields of the Society of Basleare, Western Africa, India^ China, and the German population of xA.merica. This year nine missionaries have set out for their various destinations.

Intelligence.

Launch of a Steamer for Liberia. — j At half-past nine o’clock this morning, | there will be launched by Henry Steer.^;, j from the foot of Tenth Street, Ea.-?t River, a side-wheel steamer of almut 70 tons burthen, built by the New York State Co- lonization So -iety, and named after the late Seth Grosvenor, who.s'e generosity has enabled the Society to assume the cost. This steamer is designed to run on the coast of Liberia, from Cape Palmas to Gallinas, stopping at Monrovia and other , points on the route.

I'he requirements of Liberia for a vessel for this purpose have long been evident, and in the early part of this year a mer- i cantile firm in Monrovia suggested to the Society, that if it would construct a steam- er, it would charter her for a term of years, and pay for her in instalments within that ^ term. !

Upon full consideration of the subject, it was concluded that the lacilitits which would be olfered to the local transportation of the produce of Liberia to an exfiort market, independent of the stimulus such : an enterprise would give to the foreign ji

trade of this country, were of a characteir to justify the Society in embarking in the enterprise, and it forthwith entered intox the necessary arrangements to execute it..

The hull of this vessel was built by Mr. Henry Steers; it is coppeied, and the water wheel guards are full sponsoned. She is to be propelled by a marine con- densing engine of the steeple design, hav- ing a cylinder 28 inches in diameter, and a stroke of piston of 3 feet, with a tubular boiler, and Sewell’s surface condenser.

As the fund appropriated to her con- struction will not be fully adequate to the cost and equipment of her, i he Society will have to depend upon the friend.s of African Colonization for as.sistance in this mo.^t in- teresting e.ssay to develope the results of its importance in a commercial point.

The North Atlantic Steamship Company, through WnV. Whitewright, jr., has taken the lead in cuniributing, as it has given the material for such joiner work as" will be required for the cabin, < fficers’ rooms, &c., trorn the cabins, ac., removed in making alterations necessary to adapt their steamers to their new route. — Jour, of Com.

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CoLON’TZATIONr A\’D THE PrESBYTEIUAV ii

(Old i^CHOoi,’) Gkxeral Assembly. — The * Presbyter (tf Cincinnati says: |

Dr. Reed, of Pennsylvania, offered j several resolutions in favor of Colonization, ij and in opposition to the African Slave Trade. They were referred to the Com- mittee of Bills and Overtures, and a report |j made, which, after several amendments, | was laid on the table for want of time to | discuss. The Assembly did not, by any jj means, in laying on the table, intend to ij negative the resolutions. Dr. Thornwell |; l^i'd his peculiar views in an amendment j| olTered by him, and the Assembly were j not willing to give Colonization an indorse- ment so doubtful.” !j

The Presbyter among other things says: , “The Church will continue not only toil teach that the commandments of God must i be kept, and that the will of God is sum- , niarily comprehended in the ten command- | ments, but it will also testify against the sins forbidden in these ten commandments, h “The action, or want of action, of the 'j Assembly on Colonization and the Slave Trade, will excite much feeling in the Church, and we are not surprised at the ' solicitude of the Philadelphia Presbyterian on the position in which things were left by the Assembly. It says:

“ ‘ The only act of the Assembly which || it seems to us there is reason deeply to !j regret, is the laying on the table the reso- , luiions in regard to the American Coloni- jj zation Society. It presents the Assembly to those unacquainted with the circum- stances, in the attitude of hostility to that |i valuable institution. ’ ” i;

A CoKVEVTiON of friends to the colored race, of which the learned Friend Elihu Burritt was a prominent member, was held in Wilmington, Delaware, in March last, when, after discussion, sundry reso- lutions were adopted, in which it is main- tained that as all “ sections and political parties have fully and equally conceded that the States which have planted slavery in their borders have the only and exclu- sive right to abolish it; therefore any plan proposed for its extinction should fully^ and honestly recognize this admitted right of those States to achieve the act by their own unrestrained sovereign legislation.” The Convention further express their ap-

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probation of the proposition of the Hon. Rufus King, subsequently recommended by Chief Justice Marshall, Ex-President AIadisox, and Mr. Webster, to apply the proceeds of the sales of the public lands to any plan of emancipation a»‘'d colonization which might be adopted by any one or more of the States, as one whicii should commend itself to the entire nation. Though the Convention does not mention Colonization, yet it is well known to hav* been embraced in the proposal of Mr. King, and sanctioned by the great men we have mentioned.

The Jimerlcan, printed at Waterbury, Conn., commends the discourse on Colo- nization, delivered in the Fiist Congrega- tional Church of that town, by the Rev. J. Orcutt,to a highly respectable audience. He gave a clear account of the operations of the Society — the difficulties overcome — and urged that the Slave Trade would be most certainly abolished by enlightened emigrants and missionaries from this and other countries. He gave an encouraging account of the present prospects of the Society; showing Liberia to be the most favorable of all lands for the elevation and respectability and happiness of the colored race.

Reported Slave Trade, South. — The National Intelligencer of the 21st ult. says:

“ We hope our friends abroad will re- gard this ‘ Florida African Slave Trade’ tale, as we know it to be, utterly destitute of truth.”

We learn also that no evidence of this trade on the coast of Florida has been re- ported to the State Department.

In a letter from Florida, dated August 12, said by the Journal of Commerce to be from a respectable source, are the fol- lowing words:

“The truth is, that the Wanderer’s cargo is the first and last importation; and the parties to that will have made a poor speculation. People no more desire to buy

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negroes without a good title, than a farmer in New York would a piece of land.

“ The advocates of the slave trade South are to be found among al! classes, but they are few and far between. S urie wish it opened to retaliate on the North; others jj for speculation; and much the largest num- ber have no better reason than to have >1 something new turn up. F ” ||

“Thit the memorial to his Grace the Duke of New Castle, which has been read, be :id -fited by this meeting, and signed in its behalf by the Rt, H«.m Lord Hrougliam, and that liis Lordship be re- spectfully .solicited to head a deputation to oresent it at as early a day as may be con- venient. ”

Among other s'atements the memDrial contained the following:

The Coolie Trade avd Revived Slave | Trade. — A large public meeting wa.s held i at the London Tavern, in the City of: London, on the J3th of July, to hear state- | ments in regard to the Coolie immigration , ! and to adopt a memorial for a Parliament- j ary investigation of the subject. The at- tendance was very numerous. Lord | Brougham presided, and near him were ' many distinguished persons, among whom ^ we observe the name of our highly es- teemed friend Dr. Thomas Hodgkin. In concluding a brief but able speech, the' noble Chairman mentioned a note he had ; received from the Bishop of Oxford. “And ! I cannot,” said his Lordship, “ name the j name of Wilberforce (great cheering) with-

“ That your memoria'isis, without de- tailing the abuses and evil.s of the present j system (»f si-called immigration, consider ' it to be .specially objectionable, because no ! relative proportion between the sexes is I maintaint d, l)ecause no measures are adop- I red for the moral or spiritual welfare of the i immigrants, and because tliere is no elTec- tual government agency to check the ! abuse.s incidental to the procuring of them,

‘ either in India or in China, in the absence of which ilie traffic has degenerated into a i new form of the slave trade. That your memorialists have recently had their at- ; tention drawn to the whole question of ' immigration, in consequence of the sanction I which has been given by her AJajesiy’s , Government to a bill, pa.ssed in December last by the Jamaica Legislature, identical I in its main features with one that wa.s dis- j allowed a year before, and of an official I announcement to the effect that the Empe- ' ror of the French had consented to aban-

out having recalled to my recollection him ji towards whom the feelings of veneration ! and of affection strive in my bosom for thei mastery. My reason for not readingthisi letter from the Right Reverend Prelate is ■ that it is full of kind expressions to myself i personally.” I

The following is the letter;

My Dear Lord Brougham — }

I am grieved that 1 cannot be with you ^ to-morrow nitrht, to show my deep interest ; in that undying cause, which occupied your early energies, and which still owes | 80 mucli to your marvellously unabated j powers. I am obliged to leave town in order to preach on the Thursday morning, at a long distance from London.

1 am most sincerely yours, S. Oxon. i

Lord Brougham and several other gen- tlemen made able and impressive speeches ^ in favor of a .Parliamentary investigation of the whole subject. A memorial was adopted by the Convention, and it was j resolved, unanimoufily, I

j don his scheme for purchasing Africans us laborers for the French colonies, on con- dition of his being permitted to obtain an unlimiited supply of immigiants from India and China, under the sanction of the Brit- ish Government. That your memonalist.s consider it highly reprehensible that Brit- ish ships and British capital should be employed in procuring Indians and Chi- j nese, and conveying them to Cuba — a I foreign colony where slavery exists— and j that measures ought to be adopted to pro- ' hibit the practice; at the same time your memorialists are of opinion, that, so long i a.s the present system of obtaining Indians , and Chinese under contract to serve for a 1 term of years in the Briti.sh colonies, is i persevered in, her Majesty’s Government ! cannot remonstrate with effect with foreign Governments, for following its own ex- ample, even in cases where the admitted 1 evils and abuses of the systeni are more i flagrant. That your memorialists have I observed that the main plea upon whicli a j demand for immigrant labor in the British coionies is advanced, is an alleged defi- ciency in the available supply of Creole labor, sustained by allegations of the in- j dolence of the enfranchised laboring class- I es, and their disinclination to work for

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wages. That while your memorialists possess conclusive evidence that the latter allegations are absolutely untrue, they are nut prepared to assert that, in relation to the vexed question of the supply of avail- able labor, the position of every colony is the same; nor do they consider that in any of them the deficiency is so great as is represented, and more especially in Ja- maica, where considerable numbers of la- borers are in absolute want of employment. Yet being in no wise averse to promote a perfectly free immigration into those cok)- j nies, at the sole expense of those who em- ploy the foreign laborer, they are of opin- 1 ion that the time has arrived for a full and | an impartial inquiry into the whole sub- 1 ject ot the supply of labor, and the oper- j aiion of the schemes of immigratit)n which have hitherto been tried. That your me- morialists, therefore, most re>j'iectfully i pray that you will be pleased to promote the tvppointment of a committee of the blouse of Lords, to inquire into the condi- tion of the West bidies so far as regards the alleged deficiency of labor in them, and the causes thereof, and into the work- 1 itig of the present system of immigration , in those colonies which have leceived im- j migrants, as well as irito the means em- i ployed in the East Indies and in China to : obtain immigrants from those countries.”'

refute, in the mosfconclusive manner, the wild assertions of those who maintain that emancipation in the West Indies has proved a failure.

COST OF COLONIZATION.

The following table will show the an- nual receipts of the American Colonization Society from its organization to the pi'es-

Dr. Hodgkin moved, and Mr. T. H. jl Gladstone seconded, a vote of thanks to '! the noble chairman, which was carried with acclamation.

The Chairman, in reply, said; “ I re- turn you my v^ry liearty and most sincere ^ thanks for the great kindness with which ! you have received me upon the plesent occasion. I have long been a laborer in the cause — I may say for sixty yean*. !.

When you have wished me — as my friend ||

Mr. Gladstone has been kind enough to | do, and you have been good enough to re- j' ceive — a long continuance of life, 1 might | say that it would be no comfort, but great ii misery, to continue that life, were it to be j passed in such frightful scenes as, in con- templation, we have passed through and |j sutfered during the last four or five weeks j

i — scenes of slaughter, wholesale slaughter, |, The Md. S. Col. Society in the fairest part of Europe, which I can- ' '

not refer to without expressing my deepest j sorrow and my hearty reprobation of who- ! ever was the cause of it, and my thankful- | ness to Heaven for its having now ceased.” j (Hear, hear.)

The meeting then separated. '

Years.	Keceipts.
1817-9	,........$14,031 50
1820-2	5,627 66
1823	4,758 22
1824	4,379 89
1825	10,125 85
1826	14,779 24
1827
1828	....13,458 17
1829	20.295 61
1830
1831
1832
1833	37,242 46
1834	22,984 30
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840	56.985 62
1841	42,443 68
1842
1843	36.093 94
1844	33,640 39
1845
1846	39,900 03
1847
1848	49,845 91
1849
1850
1851
1852
lo53
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
	$1,532,849 38

TfiE Edinburgh Review for April con- tains an able article, (said to be from the pen of Mr. C. Buxton ,) which is thought to

has received since its

organization 309,759 33

The N. Y. State and Pa.

State Society, during their independent con- dition prior to 1840,

received 95,640 00

The Miss. S. C. S., ditto, 12,000 00

Making a total, to the be- ginning of this year of $1,950,238 71

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M ESSRS. Delant, Campbell & Co., pent out to see the prospects of their brethren in Africa, were to leave Monrovia for the

Niger the 1st of August. While on the . African coast, Mr. Delany will communi- ;| cate the results of his explorations to the New York Observ»*r. His first letter from Monrovia appears in that paper of the . 15th ult. Mr. Campbell was kindly re- jl ceived in England, and aided to some ex- ’ tent in his purpose to visit Yoruba.

The king of the territory of Bonny, on the Western Coast of Africa, has rerently | liad an interview with tne Bishop of Lon- | don, to ascertain the best means to be taken to spread Christianity over that country, which is of vast extent and very populous. Since the abolition of slavery in 1844, the population has greatly in- creased, for previous to that time 2U,000 slaves were exported every year. The king has received Christian baptism, and while in London was observed attending faithfully on the religious services. — Jir- chives du Chris t iamsm e , Jane 10, 1859.

The*above is very recent and very agree-

But when it came to our notice we were

reminded of the following notice, which we copy from the Christian Mirror, and which is taken from the observations of an officer in our navy. We are glad to learn that his African majesty has been allowed to visit England, and learn from the Bishop of London the truth and ad- vantages of our Most Holy Religion. We trust he will find better motives than he has supposed, in the English mind, towards himself and his countrymen, and that by his exile and wanderings he may be led to Him who is the Light of the World.

An exiled African King, — Whilst taking our walks round about and among the neat one-story buildings used as offi-

cers’ quarters, in their mid.st we came to one in front of which sits a large portly negress, and the whole establishment, from parlor to kttchen, is evidently in posses.s- ion of Africans. We enter. Bow your heads reverently, all ye disciples of Hume, Sir Walter Scott, and Sir Aichibald Ali- son, all ye venerators of divine right, for ye are in the presence of Royalty. This is the residence of the King of Bonny, :n Africa, a state prisoner to the dueen of England, and the portly lady who received us so graciously, is his queen, or tme of them. In court language, he received us grac-iously, and, asking us to be seated, he directed wine to be handed to us and to himself. Speaking English imperlectly, he asked us our names and occupations, and manifested much satisfaction that we had done him or our.selves the honor, whichever it was, of calling on him. He is said to be a man of wealth and influence in his own country, and the British Gov- ernment allows him four thousand dollars ' a year while in captivity. But his majesty does not like the gilded cage; he wants to get out. There did not seem to be any clear reason why the King of Bonny was in captivity. The nearest approach I could make to the cause of it was, that British merchants wanted to buy all the palm oil at lower rates than he would dispose of it, or allow it to be sold by his subjects; theref ne he was imprisoned for interfering with trade. At first he was kept upon the coast, but managing to send an order to his dominions, still prohibiting the sale on any but his own terms, it wa« thought expedient to send him more remote from his dominions. He himself said the Eng- lish were great rascals: they shut the Emperor Napoleon up in St. Helena, and him in Ascension. The truth is, the prin- ciple is the same in both cases, only the magnitude of the Napoleonic crime makes the parallel of his sable majesty ridiculous. The officers at Ascension spoke of his con- finement as an injustice. — Fankwei. By [Villiam Maxwell f'Food, M. 1)., if. S. A*.

Deceased Friends of the Cause.

Death of Hon. Richard Rush.

The Hon. Richard Rush died very re- cently at his residence in Philadelphia. His age was 79. Mr. Rush was Secretary of the Treasury during the administration of .Irtlm U.uincy Adams, Minister to Eng- land and France, and had held other offices of distinction; — A". F. Evangelist.

Mr. Rush was elected a Vice President of this Society at its ninth anniversary,

January 9, I82(i, and gave his great in- fluence to the Cause until the close of his protracted and distinguished life.

, Death of Mrs. Jane Catherine Wever. j We observe, with deep and painful re- jgret, the recent decease of Mrs. Jane j Catherine Wever, the wife of Colonel [■Casper W. Wever, of Weverton, Md.,

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aged 68 years. She A-as one of the best of women, liighly intellectual, of a most meek and ciuiei spirit, full ot charity and ready for every good work. The Ameri- can Colonization Society, as well as other betievoleiu institutions, mourn her loss. 8ome persons in Liberia, indebted to her good httsband and herself for liberty, ami instructed to turn this liberty to advantage, will on that distant shore lament the de- cease of this true friend to their race.

The late Rev. James Alexander. D. D.

In the decease of this eminent Clergy- man, thi.s Society has lost a warm and constant friend. A pai laker of the bene- volent interest of his disfinguished and venerated father in the welfare of tt'e col- ored r.*-.ce, it was his pleasure to do all in his power to enlighten their minds, and bring them to a knowledge of Fiim wlio is eiernal life to the soul. His admirable

j graces shone no' less among the lowly and Libscnre than before congregations of the wealthy and the learned.

The late Miss Sarah Titcker.

AVe learn from the Spirit of Missions that the friends of the English Church Missionary Society are about to found in Tinavillv an institution for training up , native Chri.stian school in.'Jtrnctors, which ■ shall bear the name of this estimable lady,

; as the most fitting monim ent to her mem- ' ory. It appears that the missionaries in ; Southern indm highly appreciate her elTorfs for many year.s in that important field.

; From our know led ye of some of her works, I we are prepared to believe that her “ South Indian Sketches,” her “ Ahoeokutti, or Sunrise in the Tropics;” her “ Rainbow in the North;” her Southern Cross and Southern Crown;” and her “Briar and .Myrtle,” have great merit, and must be I of great benefit to the cause of Missions.

The Ashiuua Institute at Oxford, Pa.

The Pre?b} leriaii B.miierand AH- j vocate publi.shes an ii)terestii)g let- j ter from the Rev. John P. (Barter, ! President of this Seminary, descrlh- j incr the scene and religious exercises ' attending the departure for Liberia of tlie three young colored mis.sion- ; aries who had been educated under' his care. Mr. Carter says : ;

“These young men, Thomas H. , Amotf, Armisteiid Miller, and James R. Amos, are the rtrst iVnif.s of the; Ashmen Institute. Their trials! for licensure and ordination before the New Castle Preshyiery, were more than usually rigid, thorough, and extended, and were in all re- sppct.s such as to encourage, so far as literary and theological training were concerned, the highest Inrpes offuture usefulness. And the prompt- ness with which these first students have devoted themselves to the w’ork in Africa, is the best guaranty that the influence of the Ashmun Insti- tute is in the right direction.

“These missionaries have gone out commissioned by our Board of

Frtreign Missions; and many earn- est j)rayers will follow them, that they may, by Gf)d’s grace, redeem ail the confident expectations of their Irieini.'^. It should be slated, that in addition to the n.'-ual provi- sion made (or them by the Board, many kind friends made them valu- able/^ontrihiitittns in moticy, cloth- ing, Inudrs, &.c.”

We hope a gener<'U'< response w ill he made to the follovving appeal of the President ol lite Institute:

“ Ir w'lll he interesting to the friends of the Institute to he inform- ed that there are sevetal more stu- j. dents in the Institute, of great '! promise, preparing for the work of I the ministry, and applications have been recently received for the ad- ij mission of a number of others, all ji earnestly desiring tin education fi»r jj usefulness among their own people. '! All the students, thus far, are ade- !i(pialely sustained as to their hoard- |j ing, &c , or by the funds of the |! Church. Their iuiiion is. as it should \ be, gratuitous. The Institute may,

I therefore, he regarded as having, by ' the favor of Providence, entered

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upon a career of usefulner?, the ex- ; siruciion. ihere is required annuj.lly lent £11(1 importance of’ which, il ; the sum of ($ 1,200) i welve hundred prosecuted, mav not be oyiimaied dollars. La>i )eiir the cotnriftiitions until the revelations of' the great; lell far sh(»rl of’ tiiat sum, and for the day. There is, however, jiovv sub- ; prespiit year, cofumencing January rnitted a (pjestion fos the tnitnediaie 1, 1859, only ($175) one hundied consideration of the friends of Afri- | and sevenly-five dollars have been can Evangelization, in and (rut of i received to the pres' iu da^e Are our Churcfi, and wliich is one of t here not in all «»ur Church owe /iw/i- very ea.sy .solution, but of vast iin- dred and twenty friends of Africa portance to the best interests of tiie ! willing and able to give to this object, African race, both here and in Ain- \ annually, the small sum each of ten ca, ^ Shall the. Jishmua Institute be .^dollars 1

adequately and 'permanently sustained^} John Pym Carter,

or not V ji President ^Ishmun Institute.

“ To sustain the dejiartment of In- |j “ Oxford, Pa., June, 1859.’'

Wilberl'orce University.

TitE Western Christian Advocate’ gives an interestitig and enctwtraging : account of tlie annual exarninati<tns and exhibition of the VVTIherforce School for colored person^, situated | about f"tir miles from Xenia, in \ Green County, Ohio — a very beauti- 1 ful part of that State. The editor observes :

“ We do not see how a more j suitable location for such a scfiool i could have been found anywHere. ! The building specially occu[)ied for the school is ati immen-e afi’air, ca- i pable of accommodating at least 200 students with boardiiii;, lodging, i and recitation rooms. 'I'he college grounds are not excelled for beauty by any which we have ever seeti. j A plot (}I forty acres, just undulating ' enough for an agreeable variety, and 'j enlivened by gushing springs of'' water, and covered for the most^ pari with beautiful forest trees, forms j| the college campus. If a student, cannot study here, it is not for the, I

want of all that is classic in the as- sociation of academic shades.

“ When we arrived, the examina- tions were in progress; and il is only jiK>tice to say, that the profici- ency of the students, both male and female, wou'd have been creditable to any students of any color, pur- suing the same branches. Mathe- matic*^ and the languages are mas- tered just as in other schools.”

The addresses are highly com- mended. In the performances, 40 in number, all the scholars, to the number of 100, were represented. President Rust and the Faculty are spoken of as deserving the highest praise. Says the editor ;

“ We have never been so hopeful as now fur the success ofWilber- force University. The unanimous opinion of all who expressed thern- .-elves on the subject was, that the condition of the school has vastly improved within the last year.”

Latest froui Liberia.

By the “ Exchange,” ofBaliimore, Rev. John Seys writes from Mon- letters are received at this office with August od .

“ We are all well. Careysburg flourish- dates to the Olh of August. The j’ ing beyond the e.xpectaiion of its warmest

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friends. The newly arrived emigrants are deli^hied with the country and with the people. Several have already been attack- ed with fever: — I mean thct.se who remain- ed in Monrovia; but the paroxysms are very slight.”

Mr. R. L. Stryker, ^Aoent of the Society at Roberisport, Grand Cajie Mount, writes August ,5ih:

“ Our little settlement is still prosperous, and the people improving in many things calculated to make them resftectabie.

“ The hetUth of the place is good. Out of more than five hundred inhabitants we have lost bv death but three adults and one child this year. The recaptives are hearty, and improving in civilization. — Their teacher, Mr. Deputie, fells me they are very apt to learn, and that many have made rapid advancement in the elements of the English language.”

Receipts of the American Colonization Society,

Prom the 20lh of .iugust to the 20//i of Sfptember, 1859.

VbiRMOXT.

By Rev. F. Butler, ($4U,) viz: Briittlehoro — Hon. iN'. B. Willis- lon, M r. Stoddard, $10 each; E. Ivirkland, $3, F. H. Fes- senden, Dr. VV. H. Rockwell, Miss Abigail Rockwell, Rev. George P. Tyler, C. F. j hom[)- .‘'on, Mr Cune, Hon. R. Tyler, and S. Root, $1 each, to con- .stitute the Rev George P. Ty- ler a life member

fVtst Brutlltboro — Collection of the Cong. Church and Society. . . .

MASSACHUSETTS. tSeicbnrypori — Ladies’ Coloniza- tion Society, by Miss Harriet Sanbo-n, Tr., (of which $30 to constitute Miss Emily Horton

a life member,)

RHODE island. J^'eicpnrl — In last number, J. R. Holland should have been J. R. Hazaid, $25.

OHIO.

College Corner, Butler Co. — R.ev. F, Monfort, and John Ruck,

$5 each

A’ nia— The Estate of John Van Eaton, annuity, $10; Fstate of Mary Galloway, annuity, $10. By Pcev. B. 0. Plimpton($lUl,)viz: Williamsfitld — N Forbe.s, $1, A. Forbe.s, $1, Others, $1.50. Thompson — Several peisons,$3. ll'uyne — Enoch Wood, $2. Youngstoicn — Rev. W. Braden, $2 50, Several oiher.<, $5. G«s- farus-Several persons, $3. JVur- rni — Dorcas Gaskel, $10. Ge- rard— H. Hutchinson, Martha M. Barrett, A. L. Battles, $5 each; Others, $6.50. Co^nieaut — Several persons, $2. Chardon — Auiaiillu Parsons, $5, C. C.

I' Field. $10. Rnotsfo-icn — S. Ge- rouse, $5, A. W. Seymour, $2, and others, $4. J^"brlk Eus: —

Emeline Fisiier, Joanna Put- nam. and S. Pettit, $5 each;

and other.s, $7.5(‘ 101 00

By John C. Smckion, E.'^q.( $ 15,)viz: IVnnster — Sundry per.sons,$ 10.25. Bludeiisburg — Sundry persons, i $4 75 15 00

31 00 146 00

9 00 FOR REPOSITORY.

V^F.B.MPxr. — By the Rev. F. Bnl-

40 00 ler, ($5,) viz: — Bnitlleboro^—P.

j| H. Fessenden, $1, to Sept. ’60; li Hon. L. G. Me.id, and D. B.

I! Tho.mpson, $1 each, to Sept.

’60, Putney — James Heyes, and S. W. Haughton, $1 each,

41 00 to*Sept. ’60 5 00

Massachi’Skti s. — iSprlngfeld —

Daniel Reynolds, to Jan. '6U,$1.

. Hingham — R. Lane; in full, $3. t IVeslhoro — Estate of G. N.

j Sibley, m full, $11 15 00

Connecticut. — By Rev. Juhn Orcutl: IFaterbury — C. C. Po t,

10 00 ' to Sept. ’61, $5; L. Trumbull,

to June, ’58, $3; Dr. C. S. Carrington, to Jan. ’60, $1;

20 00 and E. S. Clarke, $1, to Sept.

j. ’59 10 00

r Louisiana. — Rapides — J. K. El-

j| zee, to June, ’64 5 00

■ Tennessee. — SomeiTille — James

■' Findley, to Sept. ’60 1 00

Ohio. — Canal Dover — Mrs. L. C. Blinkenderfer, to Sept. ’60, $1.

i J/j//s6oro— Sam ’1 Linn, to May,

I; ’60, $1 2 00

Total Repository 38 00

Total Donations 227 00

(I Aggregate Amount $265 00

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