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T II  E 


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 


I 


I 


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 

i' 

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 

. I 

255  I 

] 

I 

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 


i 


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. 


0. 


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 


23 


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- 


o 


Laie  from  Liberia. 


[January, 


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 


!!  # 


“ Monrovia,  Oct.  11, 

# S'  # 


1859. 


“ 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. 

» # * # « 


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. 

# # * # # 

“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 


I860.] 


Late  from  Liberia, 


3‘ 


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 

!i 

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 


4 


Late  from  Liberia. 


[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 


I860.] 


Late  from  Liberia. 


5 


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' 

II 

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 


6 


Late  from  Liberia. 


[January, 


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. 

C(  . # # * ^ # 

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.” 


! 

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 


i860.] 


Late  from  Liberia. 


7 


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.” 


8 


Items  from  the  Liberia  Herald. 


[Jamrarj, 


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 


Hems  from  the  Liberia  Herald. 


9 


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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[January, 


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 


I860.] 


Items  from  the  Liberia  Herald, 


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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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[January, 


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 


I860.] 


Still  Later  from  Liberia. 


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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. 


Still  Later  from  Liberia. 


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.” 


From  the  Liberia  Herald  of  Sep- 


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Still  Later  from  Liberia. 


[January, 


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 


I860.] 


SHU  Later  from  Liberia, 


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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- 

Iing,  and  we  hope  (as  we  have  said 
in  another  place)  tb‘  be  able  to  fur- 


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Still  Later  from  Liberia^ 


[January, 


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 

; Republic. 

' Stephen  A.  Benson. 

|i 

[|  By  the  President. 

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, 


I860.] 


sail  Later  from  Liberia. 


17 


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. 

# # * # # # 

“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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Still  Later  from  Liberia. 


[Januarjj 


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. 


I'860. 


The  Skip  Behecca. 


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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 


Rebecca. 

' 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. 


[January, 


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, 


I860.] 


The  Island  of  Fernando  Po. 


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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. 


[January, 


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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. 


West  Indies. 


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- 


borers  applied  for  by  the  planters.  [i  ance  as  a charge  upon  the  public 


I860.] 


Liberia  and  the  Slave  Trade. 


23 


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. 


[January, 


U 


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  !! 


Colonization. 

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- 


I860.] 


Two  Black  Crows, 


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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. 

Two  anecdotes  have  been  flying 
around  in  the  papers,  which  look 
very  much  like  black  crows — not 


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Tioo  Black  Grows. 


[January, 


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 


I 


I860.] 


Hems  of  laielligence. 


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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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Items  of  Intelligence. 


[January, 


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. — 

; J^.  Y.  Cour.  and  Enq. 

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 


I860.] 


Urns  of  Intelligence, 


29 


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. 


3'0 


Hems  of  InUlUgence. 


[January, 


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. 


1660.] 


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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! 

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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 

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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. 


32 


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[January,  I860.] 


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 

234  82 

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 

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Palmyra — Stephen  Edwards, ....  10  00 

”^95  25 

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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 

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