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AFRICAN REPOSITORY.

VOL,. XXXV— 1859.

V

PUBLISHED MONTHLY

BY THE

AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY,

AT ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM.

W A S H I N G T O N :

C. ALEXANDER, PRINTER, 1859.

INDEX

TO THE

THIRTY-FIFTH VOLUME OF THE AFRICAN REPOSITORY.

Africa, appeal for 332

African missions 274, 257

African colonization, principles and

aims 225

explorations, the Royal Geo- graphical Society and, by Livingstone, Burton, and

Speke 353

Appeal for St. Mark’s Hospital . .218, 219

Africa 332

American Colonization Society 89

officers of. 90

Alexander’s, Reverend Doctor,

opinion 202

Directors, proceedings of the board of. * 97

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R.

Bowen, Rev. T. J., letter from. 23 I

Benson, President, fourth annual jj

message of 129 to 146

letters from 11, 162, 247, 321

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C.

Cowan, Rev. Mr., testimony of. 201 ;

Colonization unveiled reviewed 193 |i

Careysburg, visit to 247 ;

Death of Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth, 61 |

of friends 65 ^

of Dr. Goble 96

of .Tames B. McGill... 123!

of Mrs. Olivia Phelps 222 !

of Hon. Richard Rush, of Mrs. - Catherine Wever, Rev. James Alexander, and Miss Sarah |;

Tucker 317, 3!8j|

of Mr. Anthony Sherman and i|

Rev. Robert Hill .382 ji

E.

Page.

Emigrants, list of. 171

Edinburgh Review 149

Emigrants, list of 379

F.

Fair, national, report of 338

From the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London.. 373

I.

Intelligence —

Vessel for Africa 26

South Africa — The Zulus — Native Africans in Paris^A Heavenly

Home 27

Emancipalion of Russian serfs.... 28 Native African, letter from — The Coolie Trade — A Kentucky Phi- lanthropist 29

Funds raised by Rev. H. M. Mc- Millan— The Wanderer — African Exploration from Zanzibar — Capt. Townsend, of the Echo — Church Edifice Transported to Liberia — Colored Church Mem-

bers 30

African Steamship Company 58

Afrif'a Gaboon Mission — Mission to the Zulus — French African Immigration, or Disguised Slave

Trade 59

Missions Among Colored People in

South Carolina 60

Religious Culture of Negroes 93

Ashmun Institute 94

Dr. Livingstone, letter from — Col- ored Church of Louisville — An American Vessel Burned by a

British Cruiser — Liberia 95

Tlwughtful Benevolence — Expedi- tion for 1st of May 125

1 X D 1-: X .

Intelligence —

Mr. Latrobe’s Address — Wilber- force University — African Slave Trade Disapproved by Louisiana j

— Emancipation not prevented in I

North Carolina 126

j Intelligence —

Singing and Giving-Negro Preacher — Late from Africa — Recovery of

a Royal Slave 350

Another Slave Freed — Cannot we do Something 381

Death of Mrs. Phelps — Interesting from Africa — Manumission of

slaves

Richard Randolph — Uncle Tom’s Cabin — Colored Missionary So- ciety of Charleston — Colored People of New York — Bishop

Burns

Coffee — Great Shooting: — Colored School at Naples — Address for Free Labor — The Negroes’ crop

— Blind Udi’s Prayer

An Antiquity

The Slave Trade — Rev. H. Board- man — Edward Morris — Liberia

College

Departure of the E. N. Roye— Steamer for Liberia — England

and Liberia

Messrs. Burton and Speke

Mr. Latrobe’s Discourse — Ashmun Institute — Education in Liberia —

Capture of a Slaver

Mrs Phelps’ bequest— Negro Pastor

of a White Church

Secretary of the Interior on the Slave Trade — From ourSquadron on the Coast — Our African Trade

— New Explorations

French and Spanish Missions to West Africa — Death of Bishop

Bowen

Call for Laborers — Bridge over the Nile — Miss Bates’ Act of Eman- cipation— The Coolie Trade —

Naval Intelligence

African Eloquence

Launch of a Steamer for Liberia. . Colonization and Presbyterian Old School Assembly — Convention of Friends of Colored Race — Mr. Orcutt’s Discourse — Report- ed Slave Trade South

Coolie Trade, Memorial on the

subject

Edinburgh Review — Cost of Colon- ization

Africa — An Exiled African King.. Dr. Livingstone — Discovery in

Africa

The McDonogh Estate — Testimony

to Missions

Marriages of Slaves in South Caro- lina

155 P

156 j

157 ‘

158 )

187

221 I

222 i

254 i

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255 I

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284

285 '

286 287 I 313

314 .

316 !

317

347 '

348

349

L.

Lines by Mrs. Sigourney on Mrs.

Olivia Phelps 222

on Dr. Alexander 350

Life membership well defined 134

Latrobe, Hon. J. H. B., address, at the annual meeting of the society. . 225 Letters from President Benson 4, 321

Samuel L. Herring, John Day, J. D. Johnson, and A. D. Phillips, 54 to 58 Rev. John Seys, Presi- dent Benson, Rev. G.

L. Seymour. ... 119 to 1.32 Ex-President Roberts 162,325

Rev. John Seys.... 163, 324 Hon. J. H. Paxton .... 164

Rev. Wm. C. Burke 165

Dr. Daniel Laing...l65, 328

Joseph Peacher 166

James W. Wilson 167

Augustus Washington.. 331

Bishop Payne 18.3

Richard Ford 167

Daniel and Allen Barker, 168

S. V. Mitchell ]68

James H. Deputie . . 168, 326

Charles S»arke ]69

Hon. H.W. Dennis, 251, 326

Rev. John Seys 252, 290

Dr. H. B Roberts.. 290, 397

R. A. Payne .328

Liberia, from, return of the Niagara. 1 vindicated — Letters from Ex- President Roberts <Sc Presi- dent Benson 11

vindicated by J. H. B. La- trobe, esq S3

Further Liberian testimony, 24

letters from 21

Russia and 69

climate, resources of 72

postal convention with 97

port regulations of. ]]7

from li<)

general prosperity of 130

relations with the native

tribes of 310

College 133

appeals to the world 143

arrival from 1.58

from 151

list of emigrants to 171

farther arrival from. . .213 to 216

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INDEX

Pa-e.

letters from	...216 to 2!6
interesting from . . .		. 220
latest from
latest from
intelligence from. . .		. 289
from		. 298
extracts from letters from . .	. 298
from		. 321
latest from		. 380

M.

McDonogh People, emancipation of. 174 emigration of... 174

Missions, African 257

Protestant Episcopal 258

Southern Baptist 262

Presbyterian 264

Methodist Protestant 265

American Missionary As- sociation 265

American Board of Com- missioners for Foreign. . 267 Mary Caroline Stevens, departure of. .378

N.

Niagara, return of.

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S.

Page.

Sierra Leone, by G. W. S. Hall, esq.,

175, 204, 238, 258, 334, 366 Stevens, M. C., arrival from Liberia, 159 return and departure of. ... . 169 Secretary of the Interior on the Slave

Trade 284

Society, Annual Meeting of American

Colonization 61, 65

Annual Meeting of New

Jersey Colonization 125

Resolutions of New York

Colonization 153

New York Colonization. . . . 189 Massachusetts Colonization . 219 Connecticut Colonization... 252

Vermont Colonization 371

New Hampshire Coloniza- tion: 253

Maine Colonization 308

Smithsonian Contributions to Know- ledge 377

St. Mark’s Hospital, appeal for 343

Servants, houses for 22

Squadron, African 280

Slave Trade 7

suppression of 82, 82

National Intelligencer on, 151 Sundry notices 382

Ohio State Colonization Society 60 .

p, I Testimony, further Liberia 24

Payne, Rt. Rev., letter from 183

W.

R.

Regulations of Liberia 117

Report, Annual, Forty-second . .65 to 88 Receipts... 31, 62, 96, 127, 169, 190, 222

256, 287, 320, 351, 383 Yoruba

li Will of Hon. H. L. Ellsworth 61

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THE

AFRICAN REPOSITORY.

Vol. XXXVI.] WASHINGTON, JANUARY, 1860. [No. 1.

Late froii:

All recent communications from Liberia go to show a rapid progress in the commercial and agricultural interests of that republic as well as I the growth of education, ciYilrzaiion, and Christianity in her communi- ties. Her Institutions favor the healthy development of the human faculties, and promise rewards to industry, art, science, aod inven- tion. The men formed under the government of Liberia are its best recommendations. Those trained in her school^ and elevated by her 1 Christian civilization will soon cause themselves to be respected and honored thioughout all western Africa; nor can the man of this age set bounds to their future in- fluence and power. Nor by their number are we to estimate their strength, but by their piety, wisdom, ' and valor. They have already opened the way for a large number of emigrants^ and offered to them and their children a wide and glo-| 1

I Liberia.

! rious heritage. In this, our whole country is interested, and all the I nations. To deliver Africa from I Mahomedanism, barbarism — from i idolatrous and cruel superstitions,

I and the dark and shameful degra- ' dalion which has been hers for ages, is most worthy to attempt, and glorious to achieve. Should the people of the United States become the chosen instruments of so divine a v;ork, new songs of gratitude may in all the future attend upon their ! progress, and a liberated continent ’ celebrate their beneficence.

In the New T'ork Journal of Commerce of November 30 we find extracts from letters of one of the most intelligent officers connected ; with the United States naval squad- ron on the coast of Africa. It is I stated by the editor “That the two 1 Cromwell steamers, the Mystic and Sumpter, purchased by the Navy Department, sailed from the Lower Bay, New York, on the 3d of Sep-

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tember. Both vessel^ encountered i lieavy storms for two days, but ar- rived at the Cape de Verds — the Mystic in eighteen days, and the Sumpter in somewhat less. Both vessels ran well, even in rough weather, but the Sumpter leaked badly when she made a harbor. Of

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“ Monrovia, Oct. 11,

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“ I have seen the President and Ex-President, and other prominent black men of this republic, and really think it is the place for any intelligent and enterprising negro. Last Sabbath I listened to two very interesting speakers in the Episco- pal church. Our consular agent,

the performance of tlie Mystic, the ;j Mr. Seys, who formerly was a

ii Methodist missionary preacher, and writer says: ‘ e >

“ On Sunday a gale from south- east set in, and all day Monday until Tuesday 4 a. m. a fierce south and

now employed by our government in looking after the Echoites landed from the ‘Niagara,’ is the only white man in Monrovia. Yesterday a

Boutwest storm raged ; a heavy Gulf i j^ev. Mr. Stokes, blacker than any sea compelled us to keep the vessel i ^oy in our mess, visited the vessel up within two points of their lofty j| lunched with LeRoy, several top; could not, therefore, keep * our wardroom members joining.

canvass on her. I was surprised to see her behave so well; occasion- ally she would fall off into a sea and roll dreadfully, but never once struck heavily a head sea.

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Capt. LeRoy has held re evening sfervice, just as the men as- ;! sembled for their hammocks, down on lower deck ; all are requested to join in prayer read by the captain, i; The influence is a happy one.

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“Wednesday, 28th Sept. Porto Grande, Island of St. Vincent. — We found on our arrival Flag- othcer Inman in the ‘Constellation,’ and the ‘Sumpter;’ the latter ar- rived two days before, having run on a great circle, actually sailing only 80 miles more than the true distance between the two points. We ran due east for eight days, giving the ‘ Sumpter’ great advan- tage of us — at least 300 miles; the ‘Sumpter’ leaked badly, however, when she got in, having been strained in the blow that she expe- rienced.

He was full of interesting conver- sation, and I spent two hours with him on deck talking of the work now in progress here among the black race ; they call the negro the ‘black man.’ There are three jar !’ edited here; I send a speci- ® men. We came from Porto Grande last Saturday, just a week out ; five weeks yesterday since leaving New York; are over 4,000 miles sepa- I rated from you all. in that shorttime , how much seems to have passed. 1 ask myself ‘ how is it at home,* and months must go by ere I can have an answer wafted over the seas. We came here to take our kroomen on board, and fill up with water and wood — i. €., take enough water to , carry us to Prince’s Island, a little north of the line, w^here we go next. We have fourteen of the best kroo- men to be found on the coast; John Toby, head krooman ; then come ‘Tom Nimble;’ after that, ‘Jack Bestman,’ ‘Jack after supper,’ ‘Jack up side down,’ ‘Jim Crow,’ and others of similar character; but they work like good fellows in the surf, getting water off with our small boats; they have filled up in parts

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of yesterday and to-day. Armstrong (with the Sumpter) is here, and leaves for Cape Palmas and Prince’s Island ; he carries a mail to Cape Palmas to meet the English steamer. Armstrong leaves in the afternoon

'sibility in regard to the ship Re- ^ becca. If her character be as repre- : sented, we trust she will not es- : cape capture by our squadron on : that coast.

of to-morrow, and we follow next | day, going direct to Prince’s Island — | water, get fruit, and then up to Fer- | nando Po to coal, where we hope j to get our first letters, provided our | friends wrote by the steamer leaving i New York on the 9th or 10th Sep- tember via England. Tell Captain ; Rowan I have been making a variety | of changes in the fixing up of the. 24-pounder as a pivot gun to make , it work easily; the guns on other' deck are poor things ; but of them I another time. I want to test their firing again first. These steamers no doubt will catch slavers; we in- j tend trying ! but they are miserable things to bear the name of cruisers.” '

The Buffalo Courier gives extracts from a private letter from an officer on board the United States steamer

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Sumpter, James T. Armstrong, com- i mander. The sailing qualities of , the vessel are commended. The writer speaks of a rumor that the ' ship Rebecca, which conveyed from New Orleans to Monrovia some of the slaves liberated by the will of the late John McDonogh, had sub- | sequently gone down the coast and . took there a cargo of slaves. It ; should be stated that these Me- ; Donogh people were sent out to i Liberia not by the American Colo- 1 nizaiion Society, but by the agents j of the cities of New Orleans and i Baltimore, for the estate of Mr. ! McDonogh, and that, therefore, the j Colonization Society has no respon- 1

The Sumpter was to sail the even- ing of October 12 for Cape Palmas, to put a mail on board the English steamer to leave there for home on the 14th. The Mystic would follow ' the Sumpter the next day, and the two vessels would continue in com- pany the rest of the month.

“U. S. Steamer Sumpter,

“Monrovia, Lib., Oct. 12, 1859.

“We found here the Rev John Seys, who is United States agent for liberated Africans, as well as our commercial agent. He has long been identified with the Coloniza- tion Society, and is one of the most enthusiastic men I ever met.

The colonists are paying more attention to agriculture. The cul- tivation of the sugar-cane would in a few years make this a wealthy State. Up to 1856 they all, without a single exception, were engaged ! in a petty traffic with the natives for palm oil and camwood. This = yielded a good profit to a few larger merchants, but did nothing for the ; masses. Now the inland settle- ' ments are thriving, and each year must add largely to the acres culti- vated. I have met many whom I knew out here in 1856, but not a single white missionary. All of those whom I then met have re- turned for their health ; and I am I told it is so at Cape Palmas, where I we propose to stop on our way south. Mr. Hoffman, Bishop Paine, and several others, went home re- cently. Mr. Rambo is now in charge of that mission. ^ #

( We have now a respectable force

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[Januarjs,

out here, and we ought, if properly 1 backed by the courts at home, to suppress the African slave trade i altogether. These vessels, I am con- vinced, will answer well for the pur- j)Ose on which sent, though in the event of war I should prefer a differ- ij ent vessel. We can run 150 miles a day for twenty-five days with the coal we carry, and that gives us a fair chance to cruise some distance I from our coal depots.” |j

[Correspondence of the Boston Journal.] |i

INTERESTING FROM LIBERIA.

Monrovia, Republic of Liberia, October 14, 1859.

I sailed from New York on the ! 25tli of June last in the Liberian brig E. N. Roye, and arrived at ihisll port, Monrovia, on the 1st August; and as I promised to send you a •' line occasionally to post you up on African affairs, I embrace the pres- ent leisure half hour to say some- thing to you relative to African pro- gress. To say that the Liberian re- public has proved a success is not sufficient. That term is entirely too i weak in its meaning, when we wish to convey an accurate idea of the , actual advance those who have set- tled there have made. I do not wish to be understood to say that | all who have emigrated here have done well, for some of them would : not have succeeded in any country : or under the rule of any kind of .l government, because many were j| born in slavery, and remained in |i that state during many years with- \- out receiving any instruction in i| self-government, or acquiring the j| least knowledge of the forces ofij nature, or even of the laws of health. . Some of that unhappy class some- times suffer greatly, not, however, | for the want of enough to eat and j drink, but because they will not ob- serve the necessary rules which all I

who have prospered have strictly adhered to.

The government is firmly estab- lished on a republican basis, and good and wise laws are enacted and enforced with a degree of ability that some Americans would wonder at. Every department of the gov- ernment is in the hands of men who seem to know what they are about. And the honors conferred on some of them do not seem to affect them half as much as I have seen white men affected in America by honors not less weighty being thrust upon them. The interest of the people in agricultural pursuits is far greater than is known to be the case in the United States. There are large sugar plantations, all of which yield their owners immense profits; as the cane is only planted once in eight years, the crops turn out better by 200 per cent, than they do in America, where, I believe, the cane is planted every year. Coffee is indigenous to this climate, and can be produced in great quan- tities. I would not exchange my present home and feelings for any position I could ever acquire in the land of the ever dissatisfied white man.

Mr. B. Castendeke, of Boston, starts from here on Saturday next, ail alone, to cross the continent. He is a German gentleman, twenty- two years of age. He has relatives in Boston.

Fifty thousand dollars worth of English goods have been sold here since I arrived; $35,000 worth of German goods; $19,000 worth of American goods, and the market is not now half supplied.

We publish the following com- munications received by the Stevens. The writer of the first is the son of a venerable colered Presbyte'TiaB

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minister, (who emigrated early to ] Liberia from Tennessee — a man of , great uprightness, ability, and piety, and highly esteemed by Christians of every name in that State.) The son, the writer of this letter, is earnestly engaged in the service of Christ under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis- sions, A few Christian ministers'

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with the enterprising spirit and i| practical good sense of Mr. Erskine, will make their influence benefici- ally felt among those who live under the authority or liold habitual inter- course with Liberia:

From Rev. H. Erskine.

“Clay Ashland, Aug. 24, 1859. i

“You had the kindness to send metheAnrjual Report of your board, accompanied with a bundle of news- : papers, for which I am thankful. 1 1 arn aware that you have a great amount of business to occupy your ^ time, and yet 1 cannot resist the in- ’ clination to tax you with a few mis- .i cellaneous retnarks from this far !' off land. ' I;

“1 am thankful to Divine Provi- dence that we as a church are pro- | grossing. It will be a matter of | thankfulness to you, no doubt, to |j learn the success that has attended ! our weak efforts to establish a Pres- i byterian church in this settlement which numbers 56 members. We have also a day school taught by a '' young lady of our church, and three Sabbath schools; as a mission field | there is great encouragement to i labor perseveringly, trusting in a | covenant God to water and cause \ the seed to .grow and bring forth | fruit. ji

“The government is moving on

harmoniously. With a large ma- jority of our citizens President Benson is exceedingly popular, and deservedly so, I think. Ke is a gentleman of good attainments, a devout Christian, and an able states- man. In all the acts of his admin- istration one can see that he is truly patriotic. I think I will be safe in saying that he lias done more than any one man for the development of our agricultural resources. His mind is imbued with a sense of the great import- ance of a comprehensive system of national industry, and that to become a great nation we must de- pend upon our own exertions. He is therefore giving every counte- nance in his power to all indus- trious citizens to encourage them in the laudable enterprise of creating an export of their own, independent of the aborigines, while at the same time the former class of citi- zens are being encouraged to turn their entire attention to agriculture, such as the culture of tlie cotton and other products. I am quite sanguine that should no unto- ward event transpire to hinder us, in a few years we will export car- goes of cotton, sugar, syrup, and ginger. Your government, how- ever, still holds off from us. We will not pul our trust in the arm of flesh; we will still trust in a kind Providence, wdio has hitherto sus- tained and kept us from a host of foes; and our faith says that if we continue faithful and obedient wo can do very w’ell. Other nations will afford us markets for all and more than we can produce for years to come.

“Our hope of building up a na- tion of independent, industrious, civilized, and Christian people, is not predicated alone on emigrants, by any means, but we are looking to our untutored brethren of theea

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vast forests, debased though they jj be ; not more so, however, than i many of the serfs in Russia and ! many parts of Europe. To teach j them Christianity and civilized arts | is our aim ; to bring in these hun- 1| dred millions into the family of| nations is our mission. j

“Now, you anxiously inquire what I are we doing to effect this mighty ; revolution in the minds, manners, | and customs of this host of nations ?

I answer, the beginnings are small, ; but serve to show that the minds of the churches and the nation are looking in the right direction. We have but one missionary, as yet, supported entirely by the Liberian Christians; but all great events are ' preceded by feeble beginnings. It ' is not the gigantic proportions ofj its first inauguration, but the prin- ' ciples upon which it is based and adhered to. Our faith is in God as I a covenant-keej)ing Jehovah. The | next sign is, the government en- deavors to disseminate among them i the agricultural arts; showing them | the superior advantages of a lawful |

• commerce over that horrible sys- tem— the slave trade. The light of the gospel shining in their midst enables them to see that Christianity i places them in superior conditions. ! This any of them will freely admit. Then there are hundreds who are slowly approaching the light ; thou- j sands seeking the protection of the government, and settling near our towns and villages. Then the eager- ness with which they seek instruc- tion, and imbibe civilized princi- ples, are some among the evidences of their ability and aptitude. But: I have no time now to enlarge.” j

The following letter is from a j sister of the writer ©f the preceding' one — a person eminently devoted to every good work :

From Mrs. Marika Jl. Ricks. “Clay Ashland, Aug. 20, 1859.

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I believe our little country is still going up — up; yes, up, and rnay she go up until she can walk, run, and fly. The farmers all seem to I be going ahead in growing cane, j making sugar, syrup, and many j planting arrow-root. I think pre- Isently they will have sugar, syrup, j arrow-root, ground nuts, coffee,

I and many other things to exchange I for other products. Liberia will not always be down the hill. Arise !

I Liberia, arise! may the day break ! and the sun rise upon us.

“ Spinning and weaving are still going on. Brother and family are well. He is still trying to go on in the strength of the Lord. There is great improvement in building ' churches. The Baptist, Presbyte- rian, Methodist, and Protestants — all have brick churches in the town of Clay Ashland. Receive my thanks for the books, paper, and seed. I received them safely: and the seed are up and growing finely.

I As usual, we are trying to march i forward to the rest that remains for the people of God.”

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From Rev. IVm. G. Burke.

“Clay Ashland, Aug. 24, 1859. '^My Dear Friend and Brother :

been living in Africa for almost six I years, and am happy to be able to say that I have never, for one moment, regretted having come to Africa. We are certainly improving in our little town. We have quiie a herd of fine cattle in our little town ; . some of them fine milch cows; be- ^ sides a number of fine sheep. The

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women have commenced spinning and weaving. Several looms are in operation, and during the last year some very excellent cotton cloth was manufactured by them.

regard to

agricultural operations, I am happy lo be able to say that it seems to be improving daily. There are two steam sugar mills in operation, be- sides four others to go by hand or oxen.

I have not said anything ott this subject before, because I am afraid j always of having two much color! in the brush. But for the last few years there seems to be such a spirit of farming manifested by nearly all of our citizens on the St. Paul’s river, that I think I can safely con- clude that in a few more years sugar and coffee will be raised in such quantities as will greatly increase the prosperity of our citizens. Be- sides these articles of exportation, there are others — such as ground nuts, ginger, arrow-root, &c., &c. — | will also be raised as soon as a place is established where it can be bought and paid for in cash, and in quantities from one pound lo one hundred pounds. |

“You will, I have no doubt, be pleased to learn, by the united effort of my little church, and with the assistance of $200 kindly given ns by the Southern Baptist Board, and $1.29 by our tried and indefatigable friend, Mr. Win. Crane, of Balti- more, we have been able to erect a brick edifice 38 by 28, (walls 15 |i feel high,) with plank floor, and a j* full set of benches, and pulpit, and are now using it for worship. During the approaching dry season we want to plaster the walls and ceil the roof. VVe are now fixing up a small steeple to place a nice I little bell just sent out a present ! from Mr. Wm. Crane, of Baltimore. (i I believe I wrote you in my other |

j letter of the death of Rev. John ' Day. Since then our esteemed j friend, John H. Chdeseman, of I Bassa, with several others, found a watery grave while crossing the river at Bassa. Mr. Cheeseman is truly a loss to both church and State. I received with pleasure the book you sent, and will read it with interest. You will please accept of my thanks for your kind expres- sions in regard to the matter I wrote to you about.” ^ ^ ^

From, Mr. John Barton.

“Greenville, Aug. 12, 1859.

^^Dear and respected Sir : I avail myself of the first opportunity which presents itself, per ship M. C. Stevens ; your kind favor caqye safe to hand ; I am happy to learn yourself and family are enjoying good health ; in it you mention or refer to the settlement on the Blue Barre side ; this we are willing to do if w'e were in the possession of people ; but I would prefer a settle- ment at the Falls, as Mr. Seys wrote, which will open to us an easy way to the interior. I know our advantage for an interior settle- ment. Our lands are as good as any other county in Liberia ; sixteen miles from this to the Falls, and about sixteen miles from thence lo the interior. VVe can warrant as good land as in any county one and a half day’s walk from Greenville ; all v\'e want are men and means. Men of informaiton are wanted in this county, with means; this is the time for them to commence from what we have started. Those emigrants per Stevens, up to this time, are all well. 1 hope this will find you still in the enjoyment of good health. I am quite well.”

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Items from the Liberia Herald.

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Extracts from the Liberia Herald of September 21, 185£>.

Ltbehia. — In 1847 Liberia as- sumed a national existence. She was without resources, and worse I than all there was no telling whether | the nations of Christendom would recognize the assumption of sove- reignty or take any notice whatever of the few weak settlements scat- tered on this coast. But there was no time for hesitation — overtures had to be made, and it was discussed that the sooner our position was officially made known at foreign courts the sooner would our appre- hensions be relieved. There was something to be done to a certainly. If our application for recognition was unfavorably received, we had a hue country — a soil capable of yielding some of the richest pro- ductions ; our trade was gradually increasing; our intercourse with foreigners was steadily on the ad- vance; and although this inter- course would occasionally piesent matters for serious consideration, yet it was hoped that by a prudent policy ill-feelings and prejudices i would subside when the true dis- position and cliaracter of Liberia had been fully understood. British merchants had for a series of years been accustomed to trade with al- most every point on the coa'^t now known as the Republic of Liberia before the first germ of Americo- Liberians budded. It was reason- able to expect that these merchants would entertain hostile feelings to us when they were called upon to demean themselves with propriety and to conform to laws regulating commerce. Previous to the colo- nizing of Liberia they had no such restrictions to contend with, and they were not disposed to submit to any from an impotent colony. Their murmurings grew louder and louder, and eventually British offi- cers interfered, and the colonial

j| government was politely, courte- ously, but in a manner which ad- mitted of no argument, informed that only sovereign States would be allowed the right to tax British ships and merchandise. Our patrons in Mthe United States were consulted,

I but they could afford no relief under ! the circumstances. Matters and I things assumed a gloomy aspect.

I The aborigines knew that questions ! of importance had arisen between the coiony and the English, and ! they had begun to assume hostile i feelings, and they did not lack for prompters. The destruction of the j slave trade along a portion of the i coast had embittered them against I the colony, and their mutterings of j discontent and dissatisfaction were plainly known. The colony, though weak and few in numbers, had fre- I quently been obliged to send armed expeditions among them for the suppression of the slave trade and ' to curb their turbulence. Trade was the chief support of the colony, and they often caused interruption to it British merchants refused to pay duties, and they were sustained in their opposition by armed ships. Questions arose between the colony and the British officials, which could only be discussed and acted upon between sovereign States. The colony had no such rights. She j was not in a position to be heard;

I she was the dependent of an un- ! recognized and irresponsible society. It was under these perplexing and I mortifying circumstances that the leading men of the colony met to- gether to consider, to reason, and ’ to deliberate, [f there were jarring I elements among them, they were I not permitted to rise to disturb that I harmony and good feeling which I were so necessary for the solution I of the question — “What is to he ' done.” After many months of

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anxious solicitude a convention was called and the people unanimously inaugurated a new system. A con- stitution was adopted, and the Re- public of Liberia came into exist- ence. In 1848 overtures were made ■ to some of the leading goverrmmnts j for recognition. England, the most iiol)le and magnanimous of all na- tions, readily received our commis- sioner, and promised to give] favor- able consideration to the claims of ij the new republic. She faithfully i redeemed her promise, and not only welcomed the infant State into the | family of nations, and entered into I liberal treaty stipulations with it, i but she granted liberal material aid. j! France soon followed her powerful ' neighbor, and extended the w^^lcome j| and friendly hand. Liberia was now fairly launched upon the sea of na- tionality; her flag was respected, and she had the right to levy duties and to perform all other acts in common with other nations. Every respect and consideration were ex- tended to the Ltberian Republic by • those two powerful nations. Their : ships-of-war were placed at the dis- posal of our government for the extirpation of the slave trade on our coast, and for the settlement and adjustment of any other difficulties. Well did these two maornanimous governments redeem their pledges!; of friendship ; and the people of Liberia can never forget, and will li ever hold them in grateful remem- p brance. j.

Recognition v;as soon followed by other powers, and treaties have t been since entered into with F ranee, I Belgium, and the Hanseatic repub- lics. England soon sent a repre- sentative to our government, and the commercial intercourse between the two countries w as, happily, soon i adjusted and satisfactorily under- stood. Brazil was for some time respectably represented near this'!

government in the person of a func- tionary of high rank. From his government assurances of high re- spect and consideration have been received. Belgium has just com- pleted a treaty w'ith Liberia, and His Majesty the King of the Bel- gians has conferred the honor on the Hon. Joseph J. Roberts to rep- resent him at the seat of this gov- ernment. The selection of this j distinguished Liberian by His Ma- I j^'Sty for this high trust evinces in His Majesty that he entertains the I most generous sentiments towards the government and people of Liberia, and we feel sure that this government highly appreciates the motives and feelings which in- fluenced His Majesty in the selec- tion.

On the L5ih instant His Excel- lency the President gave a public reception to Mr. Roberts as Belgian consul; and at the banquet, at the mansion, prepared for the occasion, His Excellency expressed his hiah sense of the honor conferred by His Belgian Majesty on the government and people of Liberia in selecting for his representative to this gov- ernment the distinguished Liberian citizen; and he expressed his sat- isfaction at tlie pleasure it afforded him to receive him. Mr. Roberts replied in his most agreeable style, and to the satisfaction of all pre- sent. While we noticed with in- terest, and, indeed, with unbounded pleasure, t.he ceremony bet ween the two most prominent personages; when we reflected that these two distinguished gentlemen were and had been for years the first men in the nation, and that they had been successively preferred by the people before all others to conduct the affairs of the country; knowing, too, that the best part of tfieir man- hood had been expended in the service of their common country

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and also knowing that during their [ entire political life they had seen ; alike, acted, and worked together; j knowing, too, quite well that they ; entertained brotherly feelings and love for each, we were for several reasons, not now prudent (o men- tion, overcome with reflections of no ordinary nature. i

Improvement. — The government ' have contracted for the erection in ; this city of a two-storied stone building, in size 46 feet by 30 feet. ; Mr. Thomas Roe is the contractor, i and he has fairly commenced with I the work. The first floor of this j building is intended for the hall of j representatives, and the other portion of it will be laid off for offices. |

The Hon. John H. B. Latrobe. ; This distinguished gentleman, who i for many years was the president of the Maryland State Coloniza- tion Society, and who is now the president of the American Coloni- zation Society, has on several occa- sions done good service to Liberia in defending and advocating her interests. He seems to be ever on the alert to refute and put down whatever of wrong the enemies of Liberia may bring against her; and his long acquaintance with matters | and things in Liberia peculiarly fit him as a powerful arid successful champion of a weak people. We have read with no little interest, and with much satisfaction, his able and eloquent defence of Liberia on the charge of complicity in the slave trade in the “ Regina Cceli” affair, and his correspondence with Sen- ator Hammond, of South Carolina. Without waiting for full and de- tailed information from Liberia. Mr. Latrobe takes up the French report, and from it deduces a course of reasoning which at once brought projninently before the American |

public the falsity of the accusations which were so industriously heaped upon the government and people of Liberia by the enemies of our race. His defence of Liberia in this instance was masterly and suc- cessful; he left no point unnoticed, and the puny missiles of our as- sailants were blown away by his powerful and generous mind ‘‘like chaff before the wind.” The peo- ple of Liberia will long remember this gentleman as one of their best friends, and on all proper occasions rhey will take the liberty of using his name as Liberia’s able and gene- rous vindicator.

We are also thankful to Mr. La- trobe for his noble refutation of the slander of Senator Hammond. It would not, perhaps, be proper for us to speak boldly our opinion of this dignified senator; but we may be permitted to remark, that while we must express our sense of the gen- tlemanly, courteous, and polite style in which Mr. Latrobe addressed Senator Hammond on the charge he publicly made against the Libe- rians of slave trading ; vve cannot withhold the expression of our surprise at the want of courtesy exhibited by Senator Hammond in his reply to Mr. Latrobe. We would suppose that a gentleman of Mr. Hammond’s position as an American statesman would be happy to be corrected by his equal in any matter in which he was not pro- perly informed, and not in an undig- nified manner to shirk the question.

The President’s Visit to the Leeward. — We collate from notes in our possession the following in- formation of the visit of President Benson to the Leeward counties.

The President left here in the “ Quail” on the morning of the 14th July, and on the same day reached 6rand Bassa. His stay was

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necessarily short at this place, m owing to the urgency of matters |1 which demanded his attention in the |j neighborhood of Cape Palmas. He || visited New Sess and Trade Town, |i and communicated with the chiefs i| of both places. They expressed great regard and attachment for his I excellency, and assured him of their || firm attachment to the government, and their willingness to demean |! themselves on every occasion as i] obedient and peaceable citizens. i| Boyer, the chief of Trade Town, || after the death of Jim Flor, placed :j one of his family over the town of Flor, and he submitted the appoint- ment to the President for his ap- proval. i

Sinou was the next place of visit. i| The natives were quiet, and there j appeared not the least signs of in- | subordination among them. The intercourse between them and the j Americo-Liberians was frequent and j friendly, and would no doubt con- | tinue so. j

Nanna-Kroo, Little and Grand | Beriby, Grand Tabou, Half Cavally, j Bassa, and the towns of the Cape i Palmas tribes were respectively | visited, and the President was much | pleased at the friendly and loyal | treatment he received from the |j several chieftains. They were loud !l in expressions of kind feelings for |i himself (personally) and for the i! government. At most of those |' places the President had to talk || over and adjust numerous trivial ■ misunderstandings and complaints !j against each other, by doing which || peace was restored among them, :! and he left them on terms of friend- • ship. It was with the liveliest sense ' of satisfaction that the President noticed in the natives at the fore- | going places the deep and sincere | attachment .which they manifested | for this government; their loyalty i and respect for it could not be |

doubted, while they with pride pro- nounced it their government, and their whole demeanor made the most favorable impression on the mind of his excellency.

The Middletown, Fishtown, Rock- town, Cape Palmas, Graway, and Half Cavally chiefs received his excellency under arms. They turned out their troops, respectively, fully armed and equipped, consisting of several hundred men, at each of the points visited. They met him and his suite as escorts to their respective towns amidst vol- leys of musketry and roaring of cannon by them. At each place they had sumptuous entertainments prepared, and nothing was spared that they thought would be regarded as a mark of respect and loyalty.

The President vvashighly pleased and gratified at the intelligence displayed by the natives in the neighborhood of Cape Palmas; he had, like many others, put them down as being ignorant, mischiev- ous, and turbulent, and difficult to manage; but, on the contrary, he found them intelligent and reason- able. They were readily made to understand the relation they sus- tained to the republic; the duty they were under to see the laws re- spected, and that they as a part of the people of Liberia were as much bound to see that the laws were not violated as any others. They were told that this was our common country, and that all the people should work and act together for the general good, and for the build- ing up of a fine and prosperous nation. They declared their perfect obedience to the laws and constitu- tion of the republic, and that they would on all occasions show their love and respect for the government and all in authority. They spoke earnestly, and with a full under- standing of their obligations.

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The President was highly delight- , ed with his visit to the Mission ' stations of the Protestant Episcopal church. He spoke gratifyingly oP the good these missions were doing; much penfianent good has already \ been accomplished, and the fruits ; are lo be seen on every hand.

The time spent by his excellency at Rockiown Mission with Mr. Rambo and lady, at Half Cavally Mission with Messrs. Hubbard and Messenger and their ladies, will al- ' ways be remembered by him with the most agreeable pleasure.

The President returned home with renewed confidence in the '' present prospeiity of the country, and of our ultimate and successful j, triumph over opposition in the ad- vancement of Liberia to true na- ' tional wealth and independence. ! He found the people, Americo- Liberians and the aborigines, as a general thing, industrious and ccui- lented, and fully alive to the im- portance of agriculture, and of union ' and harmony for the good of the country. Our own people in the ' three counties were lavish in their kind reception of the President; they extended to him all those jj honors and courtesies which were || eminently his due. The visit, upon the whole, was more generally sat- i isfactory and pleasant than any pre- 1 vious one, and he has returned home more hopeful and encour- 1 aged than ever. ,

Books. — It has been made our duty to acknowledge the receipt of ' valuable collections of books sent j out by friends in the United States! for the benefit of the people of Li- Ij beria. This duty is a pleasant one, and we take much pleasure in ex- j pressing the high sense of gratitude j{ of the President and people of Li- j beria for these liberal donations,!

i! and to assure the benevolent do- ' nors that they have not contributed Uo the wants of an ungrateful peo- pie; but that their munificence is ! highly appreciated, and that the i| names of the magnanimous donors I will be held in generous estimation by every Liberian. The time may come when ihe people of Liberia will be able to tender their acknow- ledgments for the many courtesies and liberal contributions extended ' to them in a more substantial man- ner; but until then we can only j offer thanks, and give assurances I that ail such bounties are highly appreciated. Within the last two ! months the following donations of , books have been received by the President :

Four cases of excellent new ! school books, 3,000 in number, sent out by that highly esteemed and generous friend of Liberia, H. M. Scbeffelin, esq., of JSew York, for distribution among the schools. They were received by the barque “ Mendi” in July.

A donation of books lo the public library from the estate of the late Henry Ogden, esq., through Dr. J.

! B. Pinney, in the barque “Mendi.”

A number of useful volumes from the Smithsonian Institution, by Prof. Baird, and forwarded through the kindness of Rev. R. R. Gurley, cor- responding secretary American Col- onization Society, through whom a number of volumes has also been received from the United States Patent Office, with request that copies of publications in Liberia be furnished them for preservation in their respective departments ; wffiich will be most cheerfully complied with.

We have also the pleasure of ac- knowledging the usual contribu-' tion of books to the public library by those ever gen«jrous and highly esteemed fwends, Benjamin Coates

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and William Coppinger, esqs., of || greatly in demand, they will prove Philadelphia. I highly beneficial. The others have

The school books have already! been carefully placed in the pub- been distributed through the several !j lie library for the benefit of the counties, and, as such books were |j public.

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The brig Palmas arrived in Balti- i more on the 18th ultimo, having | left the coast of Africa on the 28lh j of October. Letters and papers | bearing dates to October 26 are ' received at this office. When the Palmas left the coast the United | States steamer San Jacinto was at ; Monrovia; all on board in health. I She was to sail in a few days. The ; United States steamer Sumpter left ji Monrovia on the 12lh of October i for the leeward. On the 13th the | United States steamer Mystic left ji for the same destination. On the !' 26th the United States ship Consti- |> tution left for the leeward coast. j In coming upon our coast the! Palmas encountered strong head winds, and was blown off for several days. We are pleased to offer to ! our readers the following brief but comprehensive letter from President Bewson: ;

“Government House, Monrovia, Oct. 20, 185^ ; “I feel unwilling to allow the occasion of the Palmas’ sailing for ! the United States to escape without sending you a line, though I have i nothing of much importance to • write of. (j

“ Wjththeexception of newspaper battling, which I regard as mere |[ vapor, and which I hope will soo*f

cease, I believe that everything in Liberia is moving on unusually well and prosperously. This is now con- fessed by all sects and parties in Liberia without exception. I as- sure you, sir, that a great change has gone over Liberia for the bet- ter— a change that is rapidly leading them, generally, to independence and comfort; and Divine Provi- dence seems to be continually open- ing to us, in our country especially, during the year, new valuable sources of wealth, and facilities for spreading civilization and Chris- tianity; concerning which I hope to be able to write more definitely shortly.

“We were much pleased with the arrival, on the 8th instant, of the United States steamer “Sump- ter” and “ Mystic” as a part of the efficient marine corps recently des- ignated for the suppression of the slave trade prosecuted under the American flag on the coast of Africa. From what I have seen of the accomplished commanders of those two vessels, I doubt not that they will diligently and honorably discharge the great commission of humanity with which they are in- trusted. The flag-officer. Commo- dore Inman, is expected here daily.

“ As you will be able to glean all the principal Liberian news from the papers, I need say no more at present ; but subscribe myself, with much respect, &c., &c.”

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tember 7th vve copy the following articles :

Prospect of the Existence of [ Indigenous Coal in Liberia. — i To the Editor of the Liberia Herald. — ! Sir: In redemption of my promise, js I now send you a few lines for in- j! sertion in the columns of your valu- j| able paper, respecting the prospect |j of obtaining indigenous coal in ij Liberia. On the arrival of Presi- | dent Benson at Grand Bassa last j month in the Liberia government S schooner Quail, he was shown by |; Mr. Leonard Williams, residing at;. Lower Buchanan, formerly known I as Fishtown, a vast and interesting i number of mineral specimens he j had been for some^ lime collecting, j among which was a specimen of|' excellent coal (about a gallon) i| which he said he had found at a !: depth of 10 or 12 feet below the surface during last dries, and that I he had been informed by the natives | that they could take him to a place : about half a day’s travel from the | seaboard where, in the dry season, | it could be found and procured | abundantly. The President ob- ' tained a specimen of the coal in | order to make inquiry of the natives II at the different points at which he ; might touch on his visit to the lee- ij ward, as to whether they had any |! knowledge of the existence of such an article in or near their respective |i vicinities. A River Sess man named j Bob, who has been residing as a | laborer on the President’s farm for nearly twelve years, told him, upon seeing the specimen, that the article was to be found abundantly up in the River Sess country, by ascend- i ing the river about half a day’s travel Ij until reaching the vicinity of the i falls or rapids; that he and his countrymen had often found it by digging a few feet in the ground; that it coiuld not be obtained easily!

in the rainy season owing to the water rising too rapidly in the ex- cavation, but that he would conduct any one sent by government to the place in the dry season ; that though he had often seen and procured it he was not aware of its being of value.

Upon showing the specimen to the chief of Cavalla, in the county of Maryland, he told the President, in presence of a number of gentle- men, that it was to be found up the Cavalla river, and described the method of obtaining it in a manner corresponding with the statement made by the River Sess man, Bob. He said he had shown a piece thus found to an English trader some years ago, who pronounced it valu- able, and promised to return and give him further information con- cerning if, but he never returned. These facts I learned from reliable gentlemen during my late visit to the leeward ; and they have been fully confirmed by the President in an interview I have since had with him, and I was pleased to learn from him that he will adopt prompt measures early in the dries to have the matter thoroughly investigated.

Yours, C.

Monrovia, Aug. 24, 1859.

Robertsport. — A correspondent at Robertsport, under date of Aug- ust 24, writes: “I have several times expected to have seen in your paper some news about our little settlement ; but as it seems no one has ventured to communicate any- thing, 1 will do so, occasionally, if it meets your approbation. We are getting along here quite prosper- ously; building, planting, &c., are going on finely. Four years ago, if any one had predicted what we- now see, he would have been called a visionary. Our aboriginal breth- ren have caught the flame, and not

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feeling, from what they see in us, ‘ satisfied with the fashions of their \ forefathers, are assimilating to our i ways. They are becoming tired of their mud and thatched houses, and , some of them are building good and commodious frame houses. There are at this time three or four Americo-Liberian carpenters, and two sawyers working for them.

“Many of us are anxious for a settlement to be planted somewhere up the river. Superior farming land is to be found almost in every direction. The cultivation of the soil must prove the foundation of | our country’s prosperity and inde- ^ pendence. i

“ We also have some “ literati” ! among us; we have a lyceum, two day schools, besides some few who give private instruction ; nor are we behind in matters of religion. There ‘ are three different sects of Chris- | tians — Methodists, Baptists, and ! Cumberland Presbyterians — all three j co-operating together. In all desi- j, rable and laudable efforts we are j trying to keep pace with other and ! older settlements.

“We have received, also, from j the superintendent at this settle- i ment official advices of very recent date, in which we are informed that there is every probability of the war amongf the Veys coming to an end. Mr. Williams communicated with all the principal chiefs of the coun- try, through commissioners especi- ally appointed for the purpose, and the result is a perfect willingness to restore peace to the country. So far as we can learn no objections were raised by any of the chiefs to a speedy and permanent arrangement for the restoration of peace. The government will not permit this satisfactory state of things to sub- side without reaping all the advan- tages which' they present for the protection of life and property, and

for the amelioration of the condi- tion of the weak and peaceable chiefs, who have for years been the prey of their powerful neighbors. We hope soon to hear that Mr, Williams has succeeded in finally arranging the differences among the- belligerants, and that a permanent and mutual understanding has been concluded. This settlement is rap- idly improving. The people are healthy and contented, and their farms are represented as being in flourishing condition.”

Grand Bassa. — Our last advices from Buchanan convey the gratify- ing intelligence that statistics are being made up of the agricultural productions of the country during the year, preparatory to the meeting of the Bassa agricultural association, which is soon to take place. We learn that the meeting will be an interesting one, far exceeding in interest any that has hitherto been held. We hope to be furnished with a report for our columns.

Farm lands on the St. Paul’s are advancing in price. The mania for sugar estates is greatly on the increase; hence the rapid rise in the price for land suitable for cane. Indeed, there are no lands immedi- ately on the river that can be pro- cured unless at exorbitantly high rates.

i Splendid Crops. — During the visit of the President to the leeward he received reports from the natives all along the coast that their rice i crops were good ; that they were better this season and more abund- ant than at any time within the last ten years. And it is pleasing to know that the natives enter quite freely into the spirit of cotton grow-

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nish them uilh seed early in the ensuing year.

From the Liberia Herald of Oc- t^3ber 19 we copy the following :

Proclamation. — By Stephen Jillen\ Benson, President of the Republic I of Liberia : :

Whereas it is incumbent upon nations as well as upon individuals! to acknowledge, with due reverence and gratitude, tlie multiplied bles- sings and mercies which the Divine Ruler graciously vouchsafes to his creatures; and whereas His sove- reign care and goodness have been remarkably manifested in the affairs of our infant nation during the past year in the peace which has pre- vailed in our land, and in the abund- ance which has rewarded the hus- bandman, and all other classes of the people, and in other numerous instances in which His fatherly care l! and protection have been most sin- 1; gularly nrfanifested —

Therefore, I, Stephen Allen Ben- ; son, President of the Republic of!! Liberia, do appoint Thursday, the, 17th day of November proximo, a Day of Thanksgiving to the Most High, to be observed by the citizens i of this republic, and by all others who may be residing in the same; and they are requested to suspend, on the day aforesaid, the duties of ordinary avocations, and assemble in their respective places of wor- J ship to render thanksgiving and praise unto the great Arbiter of || events for past blessings, and to entreat for a continuance of His ii favo'r and protectie^i for the future. ^

I Done at Monrovia this the tenth j! day of October, in the year

ji of our Lord one thousand

Tl si eight hundred and fifty-nine, > ' *•' and the thirtfenih year of

! the independence of the

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' Stephen A. Benson.

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Ii J. N. Lewis,

ii Secretary of State,

I Cape Palmas Natives. — The Dinner. — In our issue of Septem- tember 21 we gave a history of the President’s visit to the leeward counties, and of his flattering re- ception by the natives, especially by those living in the neighborhood of Cape Palmas; we spoke of th^ dinner given by them to the Presi- dent, and of his reception amidst I repealed vollies of musketry, &c.,

! &c. ; but we did not name the ar- ticles of which the dinner was com- posed. In fact, our informant did not particularize. Under ordinary , circumstances this omission would , be unimportant and uninteresting,

I but in this case it is different. We 1 wish it to be known abroad that the , aborigines are fast adopting the ! habits of civilized life, and that they I are not unmindful of the respect which is due to the Chief Magistrate of the country, and of the manner he should be received.

We find in the last issue of the “ Liberia Christian Advocate” a journal of “ A trip to the Leeward,” from which we make the folio vising extracts :

“ On Saturday we had received an invitation from our old acquaint- ance King Yellow Will and his head men to dine with them to-day, (Mon- day,) and, having Rev. T. Fuller for a guide, we set off for the royal residence. The dinner had been given in honor of President Benson,

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who was taking a trip along the | coast with a view of seeing the different chiefs, talking over their misunderstandings, and correcting the abuses of some foreign traders then at Cape Palmas. We started a little early so as to be present at the ‘ war dance' It is impossible to give a description of such a scene, and perhaps it is not necessary. Suffice to say that the natives, smeared over with soot and grease, their heads wildly dressed with feathers, sometimes with bands or headdresses of hideous appearance, and in full war habit, with cutlasses, spears, and knives, engage in a dance. There is very little system about it, but that which commends the most frightening contortions of countenance, the wildest feats and gestures, accompanied with threat- ening attitudes, and the rude sounds of native drums, horns, and other instruments of equal delicacy and refinement. Such was the scene before us for our entertainment.

“An hour or more devoted to this species of amusement, and we were conducted to the dinner table spread at another town a short distance off. His excellency took the head of the table. At his left hand sat King Will; on his right the Hon. J. T. Gibson, superintendent in govern- ment affairs at Cape Palmas. Cap- tain R. Cooper, of the Quail, and his officers, with several clergymen and others, took seats towards the upper end of the table. Then fol- lowed native head men and princi- pal characters in their tribe, to the number of thirty or forty.

“ The table was set under a bower of palm leaves, and covered with an abundance of good things. There was roast pig, roast beef, boiled ham, boiled fowls, roast duck, wheaten bread, with the best cas- sava, rice, and potatoes, and that fine dish, ^palm butter' with slews 2

and hashes. Then came on a sec- ond course of pies and poundcake.

I Everything was conducted in good order, and all were in fine spirits.

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“The landing of his excellency i was soon announced by a deafening I roar of musketry, which continued . in a line of smoke and fire for nearly half a mile.”

Premiums. — We are authorized to give notice that the following ‘ premiums will be awarded to the I successful competitors at the Na- I tional Fair to be held in Buchanan, Grand Bassa, in March, 1860:

1st. The candolabras, from H.W. Schieffelin, esq., of New York, as a premium for some article of Liberia produce or manufacture, will be given, or its value, as the individual may prefer, to the producer of the greatest quantity of the best quality of sugar in this season.

2d. One of the ten dollar pre- miums from T. R. Marvin, esq., of Boston, through Rev. J. Orcutl, will* be awarded to the producer of the greatest quantity of the best quality of coffee in Liberia in this season.

3d. The other ten dollar premium from T. R. Marvin, esq., will be awarded to the possessor of the best live farm fence, or hedge, in Liberia.

The above premiums will be awarded independently of the pre- miums offered by any existing law of Liberia.

The twenty-five pounds per an- num appropriated by the Manchester Cotton Supply Association for five successive years, with appropriate medals, for the encouragement of the growth of cotton in Liberia, will be awarded as follows:

1st. To the producer of the greatest quantity of the best quality of ginned cotton in Liberia this season, the sum of £9.

2d. To the producer of the '

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greatest, quantitv of second quality ginned cotton, £7.

3d. To the producer of the greatest quantity of third quality ginned cotton, £5.

4th. To the producer of the greatest quantity of fourth quality ginned cotton,

5ih. To the producer of the greatest quantity of fifth quaiiiy ginned cotton,

All the premiums herein proffered will be awarded at tlie National Fair, commencing with the ensuing fair to be holden next March at Fuchanan, Grand Bassa county.

U. S. War Steamers. — On the 8th instant two American war steamers ancitored in our port— - the “Sumpter” and the “Mystic.” They are bound for the leeward, and they wdll, we hope, be success- ful in putting an end to the slave trade as now prosecuted under the American flag. We have had the pleasure of an inlroduction to Com- manders Armstrong and LeRoy, and we feel quite sure, from their conversation, that tliey will exert themselves for the suppression of a traffic which is a disgrace to the civilized world. They seem indig- jiant that the flag of their country should be used to cover so detest- able a traffic. Two other steamers are to be added to the American squadron on this coast ; one of them has already passed down.

Corn Meal. — Messrs. Miller j Co., of this city, are supplying the inhabitants with good fresh corn , meal and small hominy prepared at ! his store from corn purchased from our farmers. We learn that they | can easily supply the city with tho e ’ nutricious articles of food, and thatj' they find no difficulty in procuring! a' snfficiencv of corn to enable them to do It. We enjoyed at our break-jj|

fast this morning cakes made of some of the meal, and 0 ! how we did relish them ; they were delicious. We recommend ouv readers to call at Messrs. Miller St Co. and procure a supply of their wholesome pro- ductions.

List of Officers of the U. S. corvette Porismoulh.

Commander, John Calhoun, esq.; Lieutenants, R. B. Riell, H. K, Stevens, Edward Barrett, H. N. Crabb; Purser, John A. Bates; Sur- geon, Chas. D. Maxwell ; Assistant Surgeon, J. E. Semple; Master, Robert F. Bradford ; Lieutenant of Marines, J. L. Broome; Captain’s Secretary, Edw. R. Winship; Pur- ser’s Clerk, J. P. Ferguson; Boat- swain, J. C. Walton; Gunner, W. H. Hamilton; Carpenter, W. D. Toy ; Sailmaker, Samuel Tatem.. All well.

List of Officers attached to the U. S, steamer Sumpter.

.James F. Armstrong, commander ; Wni. B. Fitzgerald, John 6. Stewart, and James A. Green, lieutenants; J. PL Otis, passed assistant surgeon; G. H. Perkins, master; Thomas J. Jones, engineer; Edw. B. Latch, James H. Morrison, and John L. Piumhy, assistant engineers ; Chas. F. Float, captain’s clerk; D. D. Clark, purser’s clerk ; Chas. Evving and Wm.M. Wheeler, master’.s mate.

List of Officers of U. S. S. Mystic.

Wni. E. LeRoy, lieutenant com- manding; D. M’N. Fairfax, Milton Haxton, and PI. M. Garland, lieu- tenants; Wm. D. Plarrison, passed assistant surgeon ; Nathaniel Green, master; C. H. Baker, 1st assistant engineer; James Plumket, Isaac S. Finney, and Horace M’Murtrie, 3d assistant engineers ; Chas. J. Svvett, captain’s clerk; John W. Jones, purser’s clerk; Martin M. Wandall and Oliver }3. Warren, inasier’s male.

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The Ship

It will be recollected ihat certain ’ slaves, liberated by the will of the late John iVIcDonogh, of New Or- leans, were sent, about a year ago, ' by the agents of the cities of New i Orleans and Baltimore, in the ship Rebecca, to Liberia. Those people were landed at Monrovia. In the selection of the Rebecca for the conveyance of these people to Africa the American Colonization Society had no agency or responsi- bility. Under dale of Monrovia, August 28, Ex- President Roberts W'rote:

“ You will observe by my last i letter something of the suspicions i entertained here respecting the character of the ship ‘Rebecca;’' whether well founded or not time ! will develope. It so happened that | an English man-of-war came into | Monrovia harbor the day of the ; arrival of the Rebecca, and the I commander soon got wind of the suS|)icions hanging about her, and, ! though with him hands off, in re- spectful consideration to the disa- 1 vowal of the United States respect-, ing the right of search, he availed

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' himself of the right to give infor- ' mation to her Majesty’s cruisers I near the Congo, and in the Bights,

I of his suspicions, and so described i her that she will be known and closely watched.”

j Under dale of October 25, 1859, Ex-President Roberts says :

“ Before this reaches you, you W'ill have learned, possibly, that our suspicions respecting the ship * Rebecca were too well founded. J'here seems to be no doubt that she has escaped with a full cargo of slaves; whether for Cuba or ' some southern part of the United Stales is not known here. The first notice in our papers of her departure with slaves represented that she was chartered out to the coast by the American Colonization Society. I immediately called Mr. Dennis’s attention to the misstate- , merit, and he was in time at the office to have it corrected in some of the numbers of the Star, as they had not struck off quite all for foreign distribution. At his in- stance the Herald and Advocate have correct statements as to the real charterers of the Rebecca ta convey the McDonogh people to Liberia.”

The Island of Fernando Po.

In the report of the expedition j| terms, and certainly with much recently sent to the Spanish |)Os- j: reason, as it lies at the head of the sessions on the coast of Africa, | Gulf of Guinea, only three degrees published by order of the Queen, i from the equator, and twenty miles a minute account is given of this ij from the continent, near the mouth remarkable and beautiful island, of the Niger and many other con- from which we have made out the | siderable rivers, with bold shores, a following sketch. The author, Lieu- !| good harbor, valleys of extreme tenant Navarro, describes its na- !j fertility, watered by fine streams, tural beauties and its commercial |1 and noble mountains ten thousand end military capabilities in glowing-^ feet in elevation.

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The Island of Fernando Po lies in the bay of Biafra, in north lati- tude 3° and east longitude 15°. The harbor in the bay of Santa Isabel offers a sight of the most impres- sive description to the visitor. Ver- dant hills, sloping to the water, are overlooked by the mountain of that name, 10,000 feet high. Right and left from the harbor the shores ex- tend, covered with a coat of exu- berant vegetation ; northeast are the lofty heights of the Camarones, whose summits are clad in per- petual snows, while eastward are seen the Cordillera of Rumby and the low lands at the mouth of the river Bimbia. The panorama formed by these, remarks Navarro, “ we often comtemplated, absorbed for i hours with admiration, while our hearts rose to the Creator, struck | with a sense of the littleness of man | in the presence of that sublime j spectacle of nature.”

There are two other bays — that of San Carlos on the northwest, much larger and better sheltered, and that of Conception on the east, which affords no protection to ships in the tornado months — that is, in April, May, October, and November, al- though there the first Spanish set- tlements were formed. The soil is of the richest kind, and the pastu- rage abundant, as might be expected in so warm a climate with frequent and copious rains. The most com- mon trees are the cedar, ebony, mahogany, and palm. These are found in all parts; and the buildings are all constructed of native timber. Our writer assures us that cotton, indigo, and sugar cane might be cultivated with success.

Oranges are abundant, but infe- rior in flavor, while the lemons are very good ; and guavas, mangos,

tamarinds, plantains of different sorts, and pines, are produced in great numbers, though not equal in quality to those of the West Indies. But the yams, which are the principal product of the island, and the chief food of the negroes, are pronounced the best in the world, and Navarro prefers them, as cooked by the natives, to any form in which he has seen potatoes. The palm, however, is the treasure of the negro in that island. From that tree, he first extracts crude oil, which, when purified, is useful for many purposes. In the state in which it is sold in the town, in cala- bashes, it is used by the people both I for food and for lights. Then they obtain wine from the same tree by drawing off the juice from its fruit, which IS subjected to fermentation, i It has the appearance of milk, and I a sharp, acrid taste, not agreeable to j| strangers. In a few days it acquires !' considerable strength. The leaves j of the palm furnish thatch for all J the houses, being so laid as to ex- jj dude the heaviest rains. On some ,1 parts of the coast palm leaves are j| made into hats, umbrellas, &c., and j! the more delicate parts of the plant || are converted into a kind of food Ij resembling cauliflowers, i! Strange as it appears, the interior r of the island of Fernando Po is j| almost entirely unknown, being I seldom visited by any of the inhabi- i| tanls in any part. Although it is |i of so small extent, the roughness of j the surface, the vast proportionate j| elevation of the mountains, and the j! thick bushes which cover the ground || in most places, render travelling 1 difficult, and the population is con- |! fined to the borders of the sea. Hence it was that the intelligent writer of the report w'as unable to obtain full accounts of the animals,

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although he heard reports of the I existence of a great variety. Birds i of the fowl kind, he informs us, ! abound; but although he heard of ! plenty of deer, apes, parrots, and pheasants, he did not credit the re- |i ports, and he was surprised to find ^ but few domestic animals — as swine, | cattle, and sheep — in comparison | with the extensive pastures. Poi- sonous snakes are too common, and white ants very troublesome, j with some centipede and scorpions. I Excellent fish and turtle are abund- 1 ant on the coasts, of which the ex- ! pedition obtained valuable supplies, ! and sperm whales frequently made I their appearance in the neighbor- hood, as well as whalers in pursuit ^ of them.

The writer recommends that Spanish agricultural colonies be i planted in the island, by which many valuable crops might soon be I; raised, and large herds of cattle and | sheep. Thus far, the few rich mer- 1 chants, proprietors on the island, content themselves with raising i yams enough to feed their negroes, j who make for them the palm oil, i which is now the great staple of; trade, while they pay exorbitant I prices for various articles, which j would soon be raised in supera- 1| bundance if the needed colonists | were once settled there. With re- i spect to health, while very contra- j dictory opinions have been .ex-' pressed by different writers, iNavarro : declares that the island is salubrious ^ and nearly free from the worst! diseases of the neighboring coasts, | except fevers, which are the pre- ; vailing ones. |

The City of Isabel stands on a j square platform 100 feet above the ! level of the sea, open to the pre- | vailing southwest winds. The ! houses are of wood, and chiefly of i one story, and few of them are visible from the bay. The inhabit- j

ants are chiefly negroes, who, ex- cept the Kroomen, have adopted European customs, and are very polite and civilized.

History. — The island of Fernando Po was discovered in 1471, by a Portuguese of that name, who at first called it Ilha Formosa, or Beautiful Island. Dr. Hensman, on account of its great beauty, called it the Madeira of the Gulf of Guinea. It was ceded to Spain, according to Mariana, in 1778; but in conse- quence of a rebellion which oc- curred the following year among the troops sent to occupy it, and the failure of two or three expedi- tions sent there, which suffered severely from the climate, the island remained unoccupied until 1827, when the English established there the colony, of Clarence, and trans- ferred to 11, from Sierra Leone, the tribunal for the suppression of the slave trade. But in 1833 the British government acknowledged the claims of Spain, and resigned the island to her.

JIppearance of Fernando Po. — Navarro speaks with admiration of the appearance of that remarkable island. “Its elevated coasts,” he says, “ present the majestic aspect of all the virgin forests of America. The richness of vegetation and abundant variety of trees exceed all possible descrijition. The steamer Vasco Nunez de Balboa (in which he visited it) dropped her anchor in the bay of San Carlos, in the western part of the island, in the night, and the following morning set off to examine the coast to Santa Isabel, which we effected, passing along at the distance of pisiol-shot, so bold is the shore and so free from rocks. We ceased not a moment to admire the magni- ficent spectacle presented to our view.”

Congregational Church in Liberia.

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Congregational Church in Liberia.

Our readers may not be aware f that there is at Greenville, in the ; colony of Liberia, a church of the I Congregational order. It was orga- , nized mainly by emigrants from | Georgia, some of whom had been under the leaching of Dr. Preston in the old Congrpgational church at Savannah. Mr. Henry B. Stewart, himself the son of a slave, though inheriting freedom from his mother, was chosen by the brethren of this ' church to minister to them in the ; Gospel, and has for some years ' acted as their pastor, while laboring like Paul with his own hands. Churches of other denominations in . the colony would willingly have as- • sisted in ordaining Mr. Stewart had there been any one in Liberia to > represent the Congregational body. Failing of this, and wishing the i status of a public recognition, he came to this country with a request ' from the church at Greenville that he might here be ordained to the | work of the ministry. A council of churches in New Yoik and ' Brooklyn was convened for this purpose, and Mr. Stewart’s creden- 1 lials being satisfactory, and his ex-' amination creditable, he was pub- licly ordained in the South Congre- gational church in Brooklyn, on Monday evening, November 14.

Rev. Charles B. Ray of the Beth- esda church conducted the opening iservices. Dr. J. P. Thompson,

moderator of the council, preached the sermon upon Christ’s mission to seek and save the lost. Dr. Budington offered the ordaining prayer; Dr. Storrs delivered a charge appropriate at once to the whole work of the ministry, and to I Mr. Stewart in his particular field;

, and Rev. R. W. Clark gave the I right hand of fellowship in an ad- dress full of Paternal feeling, and of the love and hope of Christians for Africa and her sons. The whole scene was beautiful and impressive.

1 Mr. Stewart will soon return to I his field of labor, but lie wishes to j carry hack with him the means of erecting a suitable house of worship. The church now meet in a building erected mainly by his own hands.

, About fifteen hundred dollars would build for them a suitable edifice.

1 Nearly one hundred dollars were ! contributed at the close of the ordi- nation service. We are sure that Christians generally will be glad to j aid in so good a cause, j Mr. Stewart will visit a few of the I principal cities of New England.

I We commend him as a man of in- j tegrity and piety to the confidence land sympathy of the churches. Mr. A. S. Barnes, a well known I publisher of this city, has kindly ■j consented to act as treasurer of this j{ fund, and remittances may be made ;| directly to him at No. 52 John !| street. — JY. Y. Independent.

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British Guiana. — Orders have been issued from the Colonial Office to Mr. Austin, the agent in China for the colony, to proceed at once to collect the 2,200 Chinese la-

The Duke of New Castle insists that two-thirds of the expense shall be paid by the applicants, while the latter have agreed to pay only twenty-five dollars, leaving the bal-

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exchecquer. The planters have 'I management of estates’ hospitals withdrawn their application, refusing has been passed, which it is thought to pay the fourteen dollars extra -will secure to emigrants better cost of passage for each laborer, medical treatment. There was a and ask to have Coolies instead, on I faint show of opposition; but the the payment of fifty dollars towards! governor intimated that if it was the expense of importing them, j not passed he should oppose any

Governor Woodhouse peremptorily || refuses to entertain their proposi- j| tion, and concludes that there is no i :such want of labor as has been rep- 1 resented. The cost to the colony ' of the 5,400 Coolies applied for'! and expected in this colony the present year is $125,000. Should |; the 2,200 Chinese ordered be ob- 1 tained, the colony’s share of ex- 1 pense, taking $84 as two-thirds, ' will be $92,400 ; making a total of ^ $217,400. This does not include h cost of Portuguese emigration ex- j j)enses, of agencies in the colony jj and at the ports of embarkation, li the back passages becoming due., thi.s year, and sums payable in theji shape of interest on immigration | debts previously incurred. These '' items will equal another $100,000 ; '! thus making the immigration ex- |l penses little less than one-fourth | of the revenue of the colony, esti- !| mated for the present year at! $1,252,294. ij

A bill to provide for the better >i

further immigration.

Mauritius. — Immigration to this island proceeds upon a scale which is beginning to excile uneasiness. The “ Overland Commercial Ga- zette” of the 10th September seis down the total number of Coolies introduced to that dale from the 1st of January in the present year at 31,178; namely, males, 21,993; females, 9,180; and requisitions for 23,885, who remain to be forwarded from India, were lying at the immi- gration office, besides 2,520 on gov- ernment demand. The immigration for the current year, if all the immi- grants come, will therefore amount to nearly 60,000. Only 3,771 had returned to India, and the net in- crease to the Indian population during the year had been 28,433. In the budget for the ensuing year government provides for the intro- duction of 10,000 Indians. Th© budget for the present year shows an excess of expenditure over that of the last of £51,955, more than this increase being represented by the immigration service; namely, £35,468 on the general account, and Indian agency £17,371 ; total, £52,839, or nearly £1,000 beyond the net increase in the expendi- ture.— London 'paper.

Liberia anil the Slave Trade.

A writer in the New York Ob-!| terian Review,” on the African slave server speaks of the article from the || trade, as very able, and pronounced Rev. J. Leighton Wilson, D. D., by the “North Carolina Presbyte- published in the “ Southern Presby- i| nan” worthy of careful perusal.

Eminent Friends to African Colonization.

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Mr. Wilson brings before us the wide spread ruin of African slave hunting expeditions, and also the horrors of the middle passage : “Who,” he observes, “that has attended to the history of Liberia for the last twenty years, and has seen her gradually lift her head above the waves of heathenism around her, until she has become a rock and a bulwark for the protec- tion of the weak against the cruel- ties of savage chiefs and savage slave ships, but will thank God, and take courage, that a civilized nation is fast rising up on the shores of that dark land — dark only in its moral aspect, but in the words of Bishop Heber, ‘ Where every pros- pect pleases, and only man is vile.’ “ The young Republic of Liberia has forever driven the slave trade from the confines of Sierra Leone, on the north, to the San Pedro river, 100 miles east of Cape Palmas, on the southeast, being over 600 miles of seacoast. Wherever she be- comes known the natives hail her as their deliverer, as their protector,

as their instructor in civilization and religion, and she is destined to be- come a great nation. The protector of the weak, the light and life of civilization for Africa — not sustain- ed by a distant European power, whose own power may in time be overthrown, like former Portuguese or Dutch garrisons along the coast, but sustained by her own inherent increasing growth and strength, like the onward progress of our own country from its infancy at James- town, Manhattan, and Plymouth, but in her infancy favored by the friendly aid of our own and of Eu- ropean governments.

“Already the prophetic effusion, ‘To her the savage nations round shall bow their servile heads,’ has passed into fulfilment, and become history. And already may be ap- plied to her the words of one of our beautiful hymns:

‘ See barb’rous nations at thy gates attend. Walk in thy light, and in thy temples

bend.’

“ Liberia, we hail thee as the star of hope for thy race. S.”

Early and Eminent Friends to African

Those who remember the Rev. Dr. Finley, principal founder of the American Colonization Society, and Elias B. Caldwell, esq., the first sec- retary, cannot fail to read with in- terest the following brief account, copied from the “New York Ob- server,” of the distinguished family of the Caldwells :

The Last of the Caldwells — The notice of the death of Josiah F. Caldwell, esq., in the city of, Washington, in the 86th year of his age, will arrest the attention of but few beyond his own family and so-| cial circle. He was a truly good !!

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man, and lived to a good old age, and has left behind him a character I without blemish. Beyond this, his I departure will excite but little at- j tention. And yet, iLnot his own, his family name is connected with One of the most thrilling events in the revolutionary history of the country.

He was the last child of the Rev. James Caldwell, of Elizabeth- town, New Jersey, whose wife was shot in Connecticut Farms by a j| British soldier, January 25, 1780, and who himself was shot at Eliza- bethtown Point, November 24,1791. A few years since a monument was erected to these martyrs to liberty in the graveyard of the First Pres-

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byterian church, of which he was for twenty years the pasK'r.

Mr. Caldwell left behind him nine orphan children, with scarcely any provision for theif support, whose history affords a remarkable illustration of the care of God over the seed of the righteous.

Margaret, the oldest, became the wife of a Mr. Canfield, of Mor- ristown ; the maternal ancestor of most of those in that town bearing that name.

Hannah became the wife of James R. Smith, a distinguished merchant of New York, and subse- quently the wife of Dr. Rodgers. She was the mother of the wife of M. St. Clair Clarke, of Washing- ton, and of Mrs. Governor Duncan, of Illinois.

John E. was educated in France by the Marchioness Lafayette, and was subsequently the friend of the Masons and Romaines of New York, and one of its leading phi- lanthropists. He was one of the founders of the American Bible Society.

James B. was for many years a judge of the courts of Gloucester county. New Jersey.

Esther became the wife of the Rev. Dr, Finley, distinguished as a minister, as the founder of the American Colonization Society, and who died president of Athens Col- lege, Georgia.

Elias B. was for many years clerk

of the Supreme Court of the United , States; and because of his zealous efforts in the cause of colonization one of the towns of Liberia is called ^ by his name — Caldwell.

Sarah became the wife of the Rev. John S. Vreedenburgh, for many years the beloved pastor of the Re- : formed Dutch church of Somerville, New Jersey.

Maria married Robert S. Robert- son, a merchant of New York, who yet survives her. She was an in- fant lying on the breast of her mother at the time the mother was shot. These all passed away many years ago.

And now Josiah F., for years the only surviving one of the nine, has i finally followed them to the house 1 appointed for all the living, j Some of these were eminent for : their piety and philanthropy ; and ; all of them, we believe, died in the faith of the gospel. Several of the children of these children of Cald- , well are now in the ministry, and I but few of them have grown to ma- I turity without becoming communi- cants of the church. And thus the j blessings of God have descended upon the third and fourth genera- tion of the pious and patriotic min- ister. His descendants are now very numerous in every part of the country, all of them highly respect- able, and many of them filling posts of influence and usefulness in the State and in the church.

Two Black Crows.

The following humorous article is from the Presbyterian Magazine of October, 1859 :

Crows sometimes fly in immense flocks. Like rumors and anecdotes, they love company, and generally congregate tpgether. Crows some- times fly single, all alone, poor solitary creatures, with croakii]^

voice and lazy wing. Who has not heard of three black crows? Our stcry is about two. Crows will remain black crows to the end of time, whether one, two, three, or one hundred and tv/enty- three.

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very black, but sliii not while*! Our excellent and vvoriliy brethren enough for trmh. of “ The Banner'' in rehearsirig ihe

JVew York Independent yW'Wxoh preceding anecilote, and rebuding is fond ol spoiling, lately went a 'the crow, actually went a>crowmg gunning, at Indianapolis, and sue- themselves on their neighbor’s lot, ceeded in starting up a black crow, according to their own confession, The following account lately ap- 'which followeth on this wise: peared in the thrilling columns of; “ This colored congregation at

that indusdious journal :

“ At a la.e meeiing of die gene- ral assembly of the Old School Presbyterian Church at Indiana[)olis, the coloiefi congregation oesired the assemblv, as did »he oiher con- gregations in the city, to appoint a preacher lor their pulpit on the S'ihbatli. Rev. fVm. L. Brecht a- ridgCy of Keninckv, was appointed to this service. The people o( ihe congregation, no d<»ubf surprised at the want of courtesy in appropri- ating to them a man who was so unacceplahle on the slavery ques- tion, refused to allow the reverend gentleman to occupy the desk. Mr. Breckinridge, claiming his right to do so, it is said, was distinctly in- formed that no slaveholder, nor ad- vocate of ^iavely, would be received there as a minister of Christ. The above fads are stated as reported by a member of the colored congre- gaiion.”

To this the Presbyter gives this reply, which we know (say the editors of the Banner) to be correct:

“• We iiappen to know tliat Dr. Wm, L. Breckinridge was not only appointed to the above service, but actually performed it. A number of the members of the assembly were in attendance, and one of the editors of this paper occupied the pulpit with him. All felt that it was a pleasant and interesting occa- sion. And any one acquainted with Dr. Breckinridge need not be told that he was among tiie last men in that assembly who would ‘ claim a

Indianapolis was much more cour- teous than one in Lexington, Ky., when the assemblv met there. For it is reported that when the mode- 'lalor of that assembly. Dr. Van ’ Rensselaer, who had been apitointed, 'upon invitation, as was supposed, to preach to that congregation, went to the chmch, he was in- formed by the colored preacher who mimstered there, that he (Dr. Van Rensselaer) could not preach that day, as he had a pariiciiiar subject oil which he himself wished to dis- course lo the people at that time. Dr. Van Rensselaer expressed the greatest satisfaction with this ar- rangement, and sat as a respectful and devout listener lo tlie end of the sermon delivered by his sable brother.’’

Now, we thank our brethren for paying sucli a compliment to the moderator of 1857. But alas! like many compliments, it takes the wing when closely looked at and speeds away. We cannot allow such an impeachment of ./African courttsy to go down into history. The black preacher has the crow’s color, but there is really no other truth in the story.

Tbe fact is, that the moderater declined to preach in one of the '( white churches, having received a polite intimation that some people * wished to hear a certain popular and edifying preacher, who is one ' of his own mo&t honored and be- loved friends ; and tbe moderator, conscious of his own inferior gifts,

right’ lo preach where lie was not j did not hesitate a moment to giv

wanted.’

I place, as it became hmi lo do. He

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gladly accepted, and from prefer- ’ first of the many agreeable acquain- ence, an invnaiion to preach lo his lances formeO in that renowned and beloved brethren of »he African I beautiful city. And we have no race, as one “bound wiih them.” ! doubt that our African brother in Having commenced his ministry .the minisiiy would give us a cordial among the slaves, he has been lor- invitation to preach (which we ward to continue it among them should accept) whether or not “be according lo ojiportunity. When ‘had a particular subject on which he went to the church, in Lexing- lie wished to discourse.” ton, according to appointment, he We ought lo add that, after the was greeted by a very afiable and .services of the morning were over, polite gentlemen of African hue, there was a meeting of the congre- who proveij to be the minister, 'gation to receive new members. The moderator was accompanied Our African lirother took occasion, into the pulpit by his sable brotlier, at the examinations, to expound who assisted in the services. And various matters lelaiirig to Christian he feels bound to say that that experience; and, although a black- brother is among the last men who smith on six days of ihe week, he would have tieaied with discounesy wielded with a strong arm the ham- an officer of the general assembly. .1 mer of divine truth on the seventh or the meanest servant of his Lord day. He was a “workman that and Master. Everything on that ' need not be ashamed.” day, and in that house of colored ^ In exposing these sto'^ies of two worshippers, was conducted with black crows, we exhort our leaders the utmost harmony and good feel- , to put little confidence in flying ing; and we shall never cease to rumors of a corvine nature. We bless God for the privilege of wor- 1 set up this article as a sort of scare- shipping with that good man and , crow ; although it is said that the his brethren. If we are ever per- • knowing ones are not easily scared mined to go to Lexington again, away from inviting seed, we shall seek him out among the [

Items of Intelligence.

An African King Crowned ■ election. No foreign influence WITH A Black Hat. — The liev. whatever was used with the people William Anderson sends to the in his favor. He does not hold his “United Presbyterian Missionary office by virtue of an appointment Record” an interesting — though to j thereto by any foreign magistrate. English readers somewhat laugh- ' The Archibong family are a royal able — account of the election and , family, inasmuch as the late king, coronation (with a new black hat) , Archibong I, was one of them, as of a king for the town and district . well as because they are closely re- of Duketown, Old Calabar, Western laied to the family of the great Africa. “I think,’ he says, “I Duke Ephraim. But in point of mentioned to you, some time ago, fact, royally is quite a common that John Archibong was chosen thing in ()ld Calabar. There is King by the inhabitants of Duke- hardly a free family in Duketown town, in the month of March. His which is not, more or less, a royal elevation to the throne appears to family.”

be the result of a bona fide popular il Then follow's an account of the

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coronation, which appears to have been celebrated with all due solem- nity. Mr. Anderson delivered an address on the responsibilities of rulers, and then conducted devo- tional services both in Efik and | English. “ Whites and blacks then | congratulated the new King; the official documents were read by the party who had prepared them, and were duly signed. The second man of the town, Antaro Young, esq., then came forward and re- moved the bonnet or cap which the King had hitherto kept on, and completed the coronation by placing on his Majesty’s head a very sub- stantial, decent looking, black hat, with gold lace band. One of the supercargoes then proposed ‘Three ; cheers for King Archibong the | Second !’ which proposal was ! heartily responded to. Royal sa- j lutes were repeatedly fired from some of the shipping.”

Southern Customs. — A. southern Meth- | odist editor says, in a letter from Colum- | bia, South Carolina: “ It was very like a j conference time — pleasant day, happy { looking people, and churches crowded ^ below with whites and in the galleries i with blacks. This is a marked feature of | the Methodist congregation in South Caro- lina; they have no separate churches or services for the colored people. Another thing I noticed; many of the members and all of the ministers, whether they go into the pulpit or not, on entering the church kneel down and pray silently for a few i moments. The hymns are lined— mostly ; for the benefit of the galleries, I presume — j and the singing pays for the lining; there j is a loud and joyful noise before the Lord. ' The preachers look very like preachers, | most of them wearing white cravats, and ! those who cannot stand straight-breast j coats keep to the straight-collared vests.’’ ! — Pres. Herald. !

Slave Members of the Church. — It is said that about 480,000 of the slave population of the South belong to the Church — about one-seventh of the whole . slave population.

! Arrival of Another Captured Slaver. i The American barque Emily, alleged to be engaged in the slave trade, arrived at this port yesterday, having been captured on the coast of Africa by the United States sloop-of-war Portsmouth. On reaching the city. Lieutenant Stevens, who brought home the prize, repaired at once to the office of the United States marshal, and laid the facts of the case before him, and subsequently reported the circumstances to the Secretary of the Navy, whose orders he awaits, relative to the final disposition of the vessel. The Emily has, for the present, been hauled into the stream off the Brooklyn yard, where she will remain until further orders.

The Emily cleared from New York, June 30, in command of Captain Lindsey, for Ambriz, west coast of Africa. She is 300 tons register, built in Philadelphia in 1848, and owned in New York.

This is the fourth slaver captured within a few months by the United States squad- ! ron on the coast of Africa. The other three were taken by the Marion, and brought home by Lieuts. Dalles, Weaver, and Campbell, of that ship. The Ports- I mouth has been but a short time in com- mission, having sailed from Portsmouth,

; New Hampshire, in June last. Lieut.

: Stevens reports the health of such vessels ' of the squadron as he had met before his i departure to be good. The new com- I mander-in-chief, in distributing the ships j under his command, had carefully studied i the favorite latitudes of slavers, and the Portsmoutli’s prize proves the accuracy of his judgment.

i The Portsmouth’s officers are — Com- j mander, J. Calhoun; Lieutenants, Rielly, Stephens, (who brought home the Emily,) Barrett, Crabb, and Abbott ; Doctors, Maxwell and Temple ; Purser, Bates ;

I Lieutenant of Marines, J. L. Broome. —

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The Synod of Wheeling and African Colonization. — The following preamble and resolutions, adopted by the synod of Wheeling with entire unanimity, will show that the subject of African coloni- zation is again to be brought before the ! general assembly. At the last meeting of that body resolutions, much briefer, but ] of like import, were laid on the table by j a small majority, on the ground that the ‘ church, in her organized capacity, has nothing to do with any institutions beyond her pale; that her province is restricted to the preaching of the gospel, and plainly implied means of effecting it. And, as there is a difference of opinion in relatip/i to

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the principle thus briefly noticed, the subject is one which will probably elicit considerable discussion. The Synod of Wheeling has 79 members; of whom 51 I are in Ohio, 19 in Pennsylvania, and only i 9 in Virginia: i

“ Whereas the American Colonization j Society has many times, and almost 1 from the time of its origin, been earn- |i estly recommended by general assem- [ blies, synods, and presbyteries of our church, and, among others, by this synod ; and whereas this synod be- lieves the society to be eminently worthy of continued favor and support; therefore —

^^Resolved, That this synod, regarding ji the American Colonization Society with |1 deep and unabated interest, as providing a home for the free man of color; as tend- ing to elevate his moral, social, civil, and religious character; as affording facilities j of emancipation to many philanthropic j and patriotic Christian men and women in the slaveholding States who desire to liberate their bond people; as doing more than all other instrumentalities to suppress j the infamous African slave trade; as open- | ing the way for the evangelizing and civil- i izing of Africa and the world, the synod I would renewedly recommend the society , to the favorable regard and active co-ope- ration of all the churches under the care | of the synod. '

^'Resolved, That this synod requests the i; general assembly to reiterate the approval ,| of the society expressed by former assem- ll blies, and the recommendation of it to the !{ churches.

*^Resolved, That the stated clerk of this || synod be directed to forward an authentic !j copy of these resolutions to the next gene- j! ral assembly, and respectfully ask its early | and favorable attention to the subject.” !|

Capture of Another Slaver. — The i United States steamship Mohawk, Capt. j. Craven, has towed into Key West the ;l slave brig Cygnet, supposed to have been commanded by Captain Gunnison, an | Englishman. She was taken by Captain |j Craven on the 18th of November, a few i miles from Sagua. She had got rid of her slaves within a few hours of her seizure, as the fire, still burning in her galley, in- dicated a hasty and recent abandonment. ; She has been taken in charge by “the authorities, and will be condemned and i sold.

Slaves Liberated. — By the will of the | late Lewis Y. Christmas, of Warren ||

county. North Carolina, ten favorite slaves have been liberated, and a sum of $10,000 left to be divided among them when they leave the State. The residue of the pro- perty, consisting of about 100 slaves and a very large quantity of land, is willed to W. D. Jones, esq., the proprietor of White Sulphur Springs, Warren county.

Colored Congregation in Mobile. — There is a colored congregation in Mobile of the Methodist denomination that pay their pastor an annual salary of $1,200, besides giving liberally to charitable pur- poses, as was shown by a collection taken recently for domestic missions, which amounted to $120. There are several other churches of the same stamp, but this is rather the largest. It is called the “colored charge,” and is located on State street. Mobile. — JV*. Y. Obs.

Sailing of Missionaries. — The Port- land Advertiser of the 16th says: Rev. George B. Claflin, a graduate of the Bangor Theological Seminary, Rev. J. H. Dodge, of Andover Seminary, and Mr. Richard Miles, of Ohio, with their wives, will sail to-day from Bangor direct for Sherbro Island, West Africa. The lum- ber and other materials for two houses for these missionaries (to be erected in Africa) have been prepared and put on board the vessel. A farewell missionary meeting was to be held last evening. — JV. Y. Obs.

Discovery in Africa is progressing rapidly, and few mysteries will remain impenetrated. The mountains of the Moon, so long prominent on maps, in which the Nile was supposed to have its origin, have disappeared before the march of investigation, and four large lakes are found to occupy their place. With Barth from the north, Livingstone from the soutn. Burton and Speke from the eeist, the explorers will soon meet, and the in- terior of Africa will be better known than that of Asia. — A. Presbyter.

A BOOK is about to be published giving a detailed account of the cruise of the yacht Wanderer when on her last slaving expedition. This book, says the Char- leston Mercury, will make a sensation. It is brought out by a person who took part in her adventures, and will give a minute account thereof, and will make some developments involving the reputa- tion of many public men of this country.

The Southern Baptist Board of Foreign j Missions have appointed Rev. T. J.

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Bowen, formerly missionary to Central Africa, pioneer missionary to Brazil. They have also sent two colored brethren as missionaries to Liberia.

The Journal of Commerce, of 14th

York. We hope it may steadily increase,

I and that fifty years hence our import of ' these two articles i'rom Liberia may be as i large as they now are from Brazil.

I Yates, Porterfield & Co., advertise a

December, mentions that it is just fifty i Liberian line from New York,

years since the first shipment of coffee '! A. friend observes, “ The first line of

from Brazil was landed in New York. I; ships between New York and Liverpool, This IS the fir^t yeai of a shi[mient of I in 1816, had only two small ships — the

coffee and sugar from Liberia to New ,1 Pacific and some other ship.”

Death of Dr. George P. Todsen.

This gentleman died in Washington city on the JOth of November. He was , a native of Denmark, where he received a thorough medical education, and became intimately icfH-iainted with some of the ancient and several of the European lan- guages. Soon after his arrival, in his youth, in the United States he was em- filoyed ill medical service in the army, and subsequently spent several years on the Coast of A^raia as principal physician in Liberia. He knew and admired the first colonial agent of Liberia, the lamented ,

Ashmun, whose wisdom and courage can never be forgotten. His medical practice in those early and trying limes was very successful. His talents were of a high order. He read much, particularly works on intellectual and moral philosophy, with the various recent systems, of which he was ramiliar. During several of his last years his thoughts were earnestly directed to the subject of rel gion, and his confit'ence in the Christian revelation be- came fully confirmed.

Death of Professor Wm. W. Turner.

We are pained to learn, by a telegraphic despatch to the New York pupe.s, ihe death of Professor Turner, librarian of the Paiem tffiice, Wasbi.'gton, after a short illness Professor Tuinei' was for- merly instructor in the Oriental lauguages in the Union Tneoiogical Seminary, iNew York, and was highly esteemed wherever he was known, not only for h'S urbanity . of ma"ner, but for his extensive acqua-oi- ance with ilie literaiure and languages of' the East. i

Professor Turner was originally a jour- | neyman printer, and having acquireu a i knowledge of Hebrew, was employed j some fifteen years since by the late Or. ; Nordbeimer to print Ins Hebrew grammar j The doctor, though an accomplished 1 scholar, knew little of the English ; and i so incorrect was the Englisli portion ofj Ins grammar wiitten, that Piof. Turner j found it necessary to rewrite the whole. i Tliis brought him into close connection I vvitb NortJheimer, who quickly discovered ' a remarkable sagacity lo ins then young i friend for the correct understanding and | ready acquisition of foreign languages. | The learned German, who was a thorough ' Hebraist, aided Mr. Turner in acquiring | a more complete knowledge of the Hebrew | and Cluildee languages, as well as the | Arabic. This was the beginning of hisd

1 Oriental studies, which he pursued with great zeal while Dr. Nordheimer lived, land v\hich he afterwards continued.

I With the ancient and modern Syriac he also made himself familiar; composed a ' grammar of the former, and gave instruc- ' lion in It w’hile connected with the Union Theological Seminary. The Persian and Ethionic languages he also read ; and by the aid of dictionaries, with considerable study, he was also able to read the Coptic, Samaritan, Turkish, and Sanscrit lan- guages. Of less known languages he had also made studies, and at a meeting of the I Oriental Society be presented an elaborate ! essay on Phoenician inscriptions.

I But it was not only with the Oriental I languages that Prof. Turner was familiar.

! He read French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Prussian, and had a critical knowledge of the Latin and Greek. The large Lat>n Lexicon known as “Andrews,” published j by the Harpers, was translated from the German and prepared chiefly by him ; and ail the examrdes in the German edition of Freund verified, a labor upon which he was occupied for two or three years. The learned Lexicons of Professor Rob- inson also passed through his hands for final revision before they were issued from the press.

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Some fifteen years since Prof. Turner became acquainted with the venerable A'bert Galiatin, who, discovering the re- rriarkable sairacity which his young friend lied for philological studies, induced him to investigate the languages of the North American Indians. Prof. Turner took these up. and was, at the time of his death, more familiar with them than any person now living. These, with his eibnologM-a! studies, brought him in close contact with Mr, Garatin, who entertamed for him a stronji affection. With otlier gentlemen of similar tastes he was in the habit of meeting every Sunday at tJie house of h's venerable friend, when the evening was spent in d'scussions relative to ethnology; but chiefly in tliat branch

of it which related to the American In- dians.

Professor Turner was highly esteemed by the literary and scientific men in Washington, where one of his last works was the preparation of a dictionary of one of ihe African languages, pnnced by the Smithsoniiin T'siitoiion. Late in October he came lo New York chiefly to aitend the meeting of the Oriental Society, where he remained until about a week before his death. His friends there observed a great change in him, but iitile dreamed that his end was so near. Of the precise nature of Jos decease, or of the closing days of his life, we are not familiar. He was only forty-fi/e years of age at the time of liis death.

Receipts of the American Colonization Society,

Fi'om Ike 20i/i of Jfovember to the of December, 1859.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

By Rev. F. Butler, ($22.68,) viz; Francestown — Hon. Wm, Bixhy,

$10, T. B. Bradford, $4, Rev.

Charles Cutler, ?<i3, I.srael Bat- chelder, John West, Mr. Ful- ler, $leach, Joseph Kingsbury,

George F. Petty, K. W. Em- ^

erson. Miss Abby Morse, 50 i

cents each, Miss Mary Twich- I

ell, 43 cents, Mrs. Jos. Kings- |

bury, 25 cents, to constitute '

Ptev. Charles Cutler a life mem- 'i

ber 22 63 i!

VERMONT. "

By r«.ev. F. Butler, ($49 04,) viz:

Brookfield — Sjmon Colton, $2,

David Bigelow, John Bigelow,

J. S. Allen, Daniel Colt, Reu- ben Peck,ea. $1, Luther Wheat- lev, 80 cents, L. S. Bates, A.

W. Wild, C. A. Stratton, Je- rah Edson, Wm. E. Chamber- lin, J. B. Lyman, Wm. Wells,

Abel Bigelow, G. Davenport,

Dea. P. Kellogg, ,60 cents each,

Wm. S. Graves, Mi^s Arabella Colt, Geo. Wheatley, Wm.

Wheatley, H. B. Howard, E.

Haines, Spencer Graves, Lo- renzo Pierce, Mrs. Rufus Adams, Ha'ids Edson, George Edson, Salmon Edson, Miss Ellen Edson, Henry Dutton,

25 cents each, D. A. Loveland,

Mrs. Sophia Lyman, 10 cents each; Collected by Luther

Wheatley, Esq 17 00

Js%\jobtjLry — Collection in Congre- gational Church, $29.04, avails of a gold ring, $1 — to consti-

Ij title Pv,ev. Horatio N. Burton,

' L. M 30 04

I Widdsor — Hon. Allen Wardner, 2 00

i| CONNECTICUT.

!'• By Rev. J. Orcutt, < $224.82,) viz: il Rocky Hill — 0 on. Janes T. Pratt,

$30, to constitute himself a life member. WeUiersfeld — R. A.

Robbins, P. South worth, Miss Wer.b, each $3; Dr. E. F.

Cooke, Mrs. E. B. Andrews,

E. Johnson, S M. Cbesier, each $2-. H. Savage, J. Love- land, W, Adams, D. Morris,

M-'s. F. W. Griswold, S. Gris- wold, M 'ss Churchill, P».. V\ ells,

Geoiga Wells, Chas. Hanmer,

John Hanmer, Joseph Wells,

E. G. Robbins, Miss H. Wol- cott, each $1. Norwalk — A I friend, $10, Judge Butier, W.

I S. Lockwood, C B. White,

I Mrs. .1. B. Woodburv, Rev.

I S. B. S. Bis.«eil, each $5; John j North, A. E. Beard, A. E. j Smith, each $3; S. Curtis, E. j C. Bissell, each $2; Mrs.

1 Tliomas Robinson, $1, South- j port — Miss Julia Perry, $3.

fVinsted—E. Beardsley, $10, i John Camp, L Case, W. S. i Gilbert, N. Adams, each $5;

[ George Dudley, $3. S. B.

Terry, J. T. Rockwell, W.H.

Phelps, each $2. LilchJieLd —

Mrs. Beach, $20, Miss Pierce,

Wm. H. Thompson, each $10;

George Woodruff, Mrs. Ogden,

Mrs. Marsh, each $5; H. R.

M ' Coit, Miss Farmelet, each $1.

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Meriden — J. S. Brooks, ^5.

Enjield — H. Alice Hamilton,

$3, Several others, $/.82 224 82

Durham — Rev. David Smith, D.

D. , on his 92d birthday, as proof of his unfailing attach- ment to the Cause, paid by his

son, Rev. E. G. Smith, in per- ^

son, $3 3 00

Mystic Bridge — M. L. Randall and son, $5, Mrs. Mary E. Ran- dall, $2 7 00

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NEW YORK.

J\1ew York Col. Society — (per state- ment of Rev. Dr. J. B. Finney,) collected and expended by him for passage of emigrants and expenses in Liberia 2,713 99

By Rev. B. 0. Plimpton:

Quincy — John Small wood, $5, Be- zaleel Gates, $5, Chs. B. Brock- way, §10, Moses Tenant, §1,

E. Nason, P. A. Rice, Wm.

Palmer, L. Delany, each 25

cents 22 00

NEW JERSEY.

Jersey Col. Society — For the benefit of the New Jersey Set- tlement 500 00

PENNSYLVANIA.

By Rev. B. 0. Plimpton, (§40,) viz:

McKean — Hester Allen, §10, Elias Brecht, Miron Silverthorn,each §5, Samuel Johnson, and Jos.

Wilder, each §2, Widow Bar- burg Russell, §5. Jilbion — Jer- emiah Wells, Rev. George Stuntz, §5 each, E. Batchelder,

§1 40 00

OHIO.

By Rev. B.O. Plimpton, (§60. 25) viz:

Fairfield -Joseph. Saint, §10. May- field— M. D. Akin, Mary A. Hawkins, Charles Sorter, Eli Gray, Samuel Whiting, A. P.

Akins, Leonard Straight, Milo Rudd, John Nevil, William Nevil, Elizabeth Gray, Jane S,

Gray, Mary L. Jones, each §1,

Harvey Sorter, Geo. Covert,

Julius A. Cutler, 0. S. Mapes,

Mary A. Nevil, Anna Miner, each 50 cents, George Hill, 75 cents, M. A. Nevil, Betsey Straight, each 25 cents, Elijah Sorter, §5. East Cleveland — Benjamin Crawford, §2, James Phillips, §3. Euclid Creek— B.

Cullum, §5, Mrs. Baldwin, §5,

J. B. Mowry, J. A. Mowry,

Helen Parr, each §1, Stacy A.

Tyler, §10 60 25

By J. C. Stockton, Esq., (§35,) viz:

Millwood, §3; J^ew Concord — R.

Proudit, §2, David Proudit,

tl.50, James Patterson, §1, undry others, §2-50. Adams- ville — After lecture, §5. Amity — Jacob Pealer, and Samuel Pealer, each 75 cents, E. W.

Dowds, and Joshua Barnes, each 50 cents. Others, 50 cents.

Kewark — W. D. Morgan, Rev.

Professor Duncan, J. E. Lewis and W. H. Winegardner, each §1, Others, §1. Coshocton C.

— Timothy Emerson, §5, Others

in small sums, §7 35 00

Palmyra — Stephen Edwards, .... 10 00

”^95 25

FOR REPOSITORY.

New Hampshire. — Francestown- j Thomas B. Bradford, §1, to ■ Dec. ’60, P. C. Butterfield, §1, to Jan. ’60, Israel Batchelder,

P. H. Bixby, Robert Bradford,

§1 each to Oct. ’59, L. K.

' Brown, §1, to Jan. ’61, Geo. Kingsbury, §1, to Nov. ’60,

Mark Morse, §1, to Jan. ’54,

{ Herbert Vose, §1, to Nov. ’60,

I Daniel Woodward, §1, to Nov. i ’60. JTew Ipswich — William

j Bent, §2 12 00

{ Vermont. -JV’^Mj6ury-P.H. Ladd, j §2, to Oct. ’60. Windsor —

Hon. Alex. Wardner, §2, to Jan. ’60, Shubael Wardner, by G. W. Dudley, executor, §2.50

in full to Jan. ’60 6 50

Massachusetts. — Mattapoisett —

Samuel LeBaron 50

Connecticut. — West Winsted —

George Dudley, in full 4 00

Ohio. — JYew Concord — John Mill-

holland, 1 00

North Carolina Edenton

Miss F. L. Roulhae, to April,

’61 1 00

i Louisiana. — JTew Orleans — C.H.

i Schwenker 1 00

i Texas. Austin Rev. B. 0.

I Watious 1 00

! Total Repository 27 00

Donations 3,687 78

Aggregate amount .§3,714 78

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