of their own industry and enterprise. They seek to gain from them all the knowledge they can-placing themselves under the influence of their example, when circumstances will permit it. There is, perhaps, as much difference between the colonists and the natives, in point of comparative intelligence, as there is between the whites and blacks of this country; and they feel about as much repugnance to intermarry with them, before they are brought under the influence of the privileges of the colonies, as would the whites to intermarry. with the blacks of our own land. Such is the darkness, barbarity, and ignorance upon which the Christian and Philanthropist are called to operate; and no field presents a more certain return of expansive benevolence. Nothing but the salt of civil liberty can save Africa, and it must be sent through the great efforts of colonization.

As an illustration of what may be done among the natives, he mentioned the 300 slaves who were sent back by the Supreme Court of the United States, taken from a slave vessel, 12 years ago. They were then savages in utter barbarism; but they were placed beneath the benefits of the Colony, and, step by step, they were improved, until now they are the owners of their own lots, live in a village by themselves, and enjoy the blessings of freedom, and partake of all the benefits of social and moral privileges.

Before he went to Africa he had heard such terrific accounts of its swamps, and pestilential atmosphere, that he was not a little alarmed upon his passage. He had read Johnson upon tropical fever, who gave a most awful account of its ravages in the swamps and marshes; but when he planted his feet upon the shores, and became acquainted with the face of the country, he was prepared to say that, so imperfect is that author's account, that he never could have been in Africa, nor had he seen an intelligent individual who had. Upon the sea coast there is some low land, but from Cape Mount to Cape Palmas the country is as hilly and undulating as that of New England.There are very few swamps indeed. There are three streams about as large as the Delaware that make through the hills of the interior to the sea coast. As you recede from these and go to the hills, there is no miasma. The only unhealthy part is directly on the coast, and it seems to be particularly unfortunate that the original colony (Monrovia) should have been planted at this very part.

It had been well remarked that the colonies were of incalculable importance both in protecting the missionary, and in crowding out the slave-trader. The slave-trader had indeed been lord of the dominion; he swayed a potent power upon the great theatre of crime and horror. He had reigned in undisputed supremacy for upwards of two hundred years, making a marketable commodity of his fellow-creatures under all the horrors of unrestrained cupidity and merciless violence. If a feeble voice was now and then heard to utter its faint accents against this awful traffic, it was immediately suppressed, even if the individual did not at once fall a sacrifice to its merciless resentment. It is said, that when Lander went through the trackless desert, after burying Clapperton, a Portuguese slave-trader administered poison in his drink, out of fear that he would excite the natives against the slave-trade. But, by a fortunate chance, the.traveller discovered

the attempt upon his life in time to swallow a strong antidote to counteract the effect of the poison. A slave establishment upon the coast was broken up by the influence of a vessel of the colonies. Three months afterwards, it went to sea, and for four years neither vessel nor crew has been heard of!

There is (said Mr. P.) blood upon our country. We are apt to throw all the blame of slavery upon the South. But our whole country owes the debt of slavery. Let all, then, unite in the great work of redemption. If proper efforts are made 50,000 blacks may be colonized in Africa in five years, and at the ratio of those who have fallen under the blessed influence of Christianity in the colonies, 10,000 at least would be Christians, and 100 preachers. What a mighty instrument this would be towards subduing Africa to the light of civilization.

The natives are docile. They live in their mud huts, and hail the approach of the missionary with indescribable joy. They receive his teachings and beg for his presence. Upwards of 1400 natives, perfect savages ten years ago, have been brought under the subduing and benign influence of the colonies. They have a delightful climate, occupy a soil of wonderful exuberance, and enjoy the reward of their industry and enterprise, smiling beneath the exalted privileges of freemen and shedding a right influence over the natives around them. It is thus that in less than half a century the whole of Africa with her fifty millions of people, might be subdued. And bowing beneath the holy influence of Christianity, literature, science and the arts, she would raise one universal peal for redemption from the bonds of ignorance, superstition and idolatry!

LATEST FROM LIBERIA. 1

We make room in the present number for some extracts from the last Liberia Heralds, additional to those given in our April number. Sentiments on Colonization.

At a public meeting held at Monrovia on the 29th of September last, the following statements were made by Colonists:

Sentiments of Mr. David White.-I arrived in Africa on the 24th of May, 1823; at that time, the Colony was involved in war with the circumjacent savages; immediately on landing, I had to shoulder my musket, and do other military duty of atigue, and parade, extremely burdensome to one altogether unaccustomed to such duties. The circumstances of the Colony were trying in the extreme. But never have I seen the moment in which I repined at coming to the Colony. My object in coming was liberty, for which I am willing to endure greater hardships than those I have already encountered. And under the firm conviction that Africa is the only place under existing circumstances, where the man of colour can enjoy the inestimable blessings of liberty and equality, I feel grateful beyond expressionto the American Colonization Society, for preparing this peaceful asylum.

Sentiments of Mr. George Baxter.-I beg the liberty on this occasion, to express my deep gratitude to the American Colonization Society, for the great deliverance effected by them, of myself and family. I thank God, that he ever put it in thei. hearts to seek out this free soil, on which I have been so honoured to set my feet.

I and my family were born in Charleston South Carolina, under the appellation of free people; but freedom we never knew, until by the benevolence of the Colonization Society, we were conveyed to the shores of Africa. My language is tob poor to express the gratitude I entertain for the Colonization Society: I therefore, pray that God will strengthen their hands, make daily accessions to their numbers, and advance to complete success, the honourable cause in which they are engaged. Sentiments of Mr. R. Matthews.--I came to Liberia in the year 1832, in the Brig American, Capt. Abels. My place of residence was the city of Washington, D. C. where I passed for a freeman. But I can now say, I was never free, until I landed on the shores of Africa. I farther state, that Africa, so far as I am acquainted with the world, is the only place where the people of colour can enjoy true and rational liberty. I feel grateful to the Colonization Society for what they have done, and are still doing for the man of colour.

Sentiments of Mr. David Logan-I beg leave to state, that my situation is greatly altered for the better, by coming to Africa. I came out in the Brig Hunter.My object in coming to Africa was liberty and equality, under a conviction, founded on experience, that the coloured man could not enjoy them in the United States. I have been in this Colony about ten years, and when I arrived here, I was without a dollar. Yet, as poor as the country is said to be, I find the industrious can nake a comfortable living, My political knowledge is far superior to what it would have been, had I remained in America a thousand years. I therefore seize this chance, to present my thanks to the American Colonization Society for enabling me to come to this Colony, which they have so benevolently established.After my arrival in the Colony, I had three months support granted me by the Society, since then I have been able to support myself.

Sentiments of Mr. James R. Cheesemun.—Mr. Chairman, I cannot on this occasion suppress my feelings. Animated by the past, and encouraged by the bright prospects which lie before us, let us proceed undauntedly in our noble career. Let us appeal to the pious, the liberal, and the wise; let us bear in mind the condition of our fathers, when assembled on the shores of America, they embarked amid the scoffs and false predictions of the assembled multitude,-and succeeded in spite of all the perils of the ocean and dangers of the forest, in laying the foundation of this infant Republic. Undismayed by the prophecies of the presumptuous, let us implore the aid of the American people, and redoubling our labors, and invoking the aid of an all-wise Providence, let us anticipate the complete success of our undertaking.

On motion of Mr. H. Teage,

Resolved, That this meeting view with regret, the degree to which the Anti-colonizationists of America, carry their opposition. That they regard the opposition of the Anti-colonizationists as detrimental to the true interest of the coloured people generally. That their unmeasured abuse of the Colonization scheme, is unholy and unjust. That the degree to which they uniformly slander and misrepresent this Colony, goes a great way to discredit their profession of disinterested benevo lence, and we beseech them, by all that we suffered in America,-by all we have suffered here, by all the bright prospects before us, and by a regard to their own character, to scandalize and vilify us no more.

MR. HUTTON'S LETTER.

The author of the following letter is the Agent of the Western African Company. He has spent twenty-seven years in Africa, excepting occasional visits; has visited nearly all the settlements on the coast, and in many of them, has resided for several years, filling offices of high trust and responsibility, under the British Government. His opportunities, therefore for acquiring information as to the relative condition of the different colonies, have been great; and his opinion on the subject is entitled to the highest consideration. He has deposited in the hands of the Editor of the Herald thirty dollars to constitute him a life member of the American Colonization Society.

MONROVIA, 28th Oct., 1886.

To the Editor of the Liberia Herald.

SIR - Permit me, as an humble individual, visiting your Colony, accidentally, to congratulate you and its respectable inhabitants on the state of prosperity and happiness, which you now enjoy.

Having arrived in Africa 27 years ago, during which period, I have either visited or resided at most of the settlements on the coast, and have held some situations of importance under the British Government, in this country, my humble opinion of your Colony may perhaps not be unworthy of notice. I will, therefore, proceed to give it to you without flattery or embellishment.

Previously to my landing here, I expected from the reports I had heard, to find nothing but a miserable little town, without either commerce sufficient to detain me a day, or an inhabitant to entertain me a single hour. Judge, then, sir, how agreeably disappointed I was on landing, to hear the friendly voices of the inhabitants requesting me to walk into their hospitable dwellings, and giving me assurances, which have since been realized, of bartering with me for goods to the amount of several hundred "pounds;" and this too, at a time when the trade had long been interrupted by wars in the interior, and the day after, a French vessel had been here, and carried off nearly" 10 cwt. of Ivory."

I was not less gratified to find a picturesque and pleasant little town (fully as quiet, and not greatly dissimilar to an English country village,) with broad well arranged streets, and good substantial houses. Many of them built of stone, with glass windows, and the apartments large and convenient, well furnished, and neatly papered.-These houses are delightfully situated on an eminence, commanding beautiful views of the sea, and surrounding country, and also of a fine river extending many miles into the interior, affording every facility to commerce as well as a safe and convenient harbor for vessels of from 60 to 100 tons burthen.

In addition to these advantages, which few of the settlements on the coast possess, I am desirous of bringing under the notice of the public, the temperature of the climate, the excellency of the water, and the fertility of the soil. In your gardens, which are in good order and well enclosed, I have observed fine cabbages, cucumbers, parsley, beans and other vegetables, as well as the most delicious fruits, such as pine apples, oranges, grapes, guavas, sour-sops, the African cherry, melons and lemons.

I must also do the inhabitants the justice to say, that they are a highly respectable, moral, intelligent people. Their superior intelligence indeed is sufficiently demonstrated in the columns of the "Liberia Herald.”

As I am pressed for time at this moment, (our vessel being on the point of getting under way,) I will only add that the laudable efforts which some of the inhabitants are now making in agriculture, deserve great praise; and if a subscription from me to promote this or any other desirable object in the Colony, will be of any service, I shall most cheerfully contribute it, before my departure.

I am, sir, your obedient humble servant,

W. HUTTON.

P. S. I ought to apologise to you that the shortness of my sojourn here, and my duties as Agent to the West African Company, will not admit of my entering into a more perfect description of Monrovia, and its situation and resources, as well as⚫ to submit for your consideration, some trifling improvements in the Colony, which I think might be made, and which occur to me as very desirable. I will not, however, omit the present opportunity of mentioning to you that I think the great quantity of rocks, with which the place abounds, makes it almost inexcusable in some of the inhabitants who have wooden instead of stone steps to their houses. This I observe is generally the case, although the houses of Major Barbour, Mr. McGill and one or two others are exceptions.

I would also take the liberty of suggesting that a committee be formed, (and to which I would willingly subscribe) for keeping the streets more clear of weeds than they are at present. I am however fully aware that vegetation is so remarkably rapid in this country, during the rains, that every excuse ought to be made for the neglected state of the streets at this season of the year.

COLONIAL ENACTMENTS.

COUNCIL ROOM, September 8th, 1836.

Be it enacted by the Agent and Council, That from and after this date, the Act of the Agent and Council, of the 6th of July, 1885, appropriating five hundred dollars

per annum, as salary to the Vice Agent, be repealed, and the same is hereby repealed. And also that the Act of the 4th of July, 1836, allowing pay to the Councillors, be repealed, so far as relates to those Councillors residing in Monrovia : and that in reference to those that reside in any other settlement, one dollar a day shall be allowed while in session, and one dollar and a half a day while travelling, and that the rates of travelling remain as regulated by said Act.

Be it enacted by the Agent and Council, That from and after this date, members of the Council, duly notified, and summoned, and neglecting to attend the meeting of the Council, shall be fined two dollars and fifty cents a day, during the session of the Council so neglected.

Be it enacted by the Agent and Council, That the renewed Treasury Orders shall be lawful tenders to the Commonwealth, for duties on goods or merchandize, and that said orders, when paid in to the treasurer, shall be no longer negotiable.

Acts to secure the collection of duties.-Whereas difficulties have been found to arise in the way of the collection of duties on merchandize, from the privilege granted to foreigners to transact their own commercial business in the Colony: Therefore

Be it enacted by the Agent and Council, That the act allowing foreigners to transact their own commercial business be repealed; and that the Collector be authorized, and he is hereby commanded, to seize all goods landed from and after the first day of October next, ensuing, that shall be landed and offered for sale unless through the intervention of a commission merchant.

The Act of July, 1836, ordering duties on goods to be paid previous to the landing of the goods, having been found inconvenient and impracticable,

Resolved, That it be repealed, and the same is hereby repealed.

Be it enacted by the Agent and Council, That no goods or merchandize shall be landed from any vessel, but under the inspection of the Collector or his deputy. And that the commission merchant and captain, jointly and severally, shall be held responsible for the amount of duties on goods landed.

Be it enacted by the Agent and Council, That a fine of three dollars be levied on the flag officer for every neglect to signalize a vessel previous to her anchoring in

the harbor.

Be it enacted by the Agent and Council, That four guns be mounted; two on "Fort Norris" and two on Central Fort: and that the Acting Agent carry this act into immediate execution.

MR. EDITOR-I was exceedingly well pleased with the appearance and performance of the troops, on the last general parade.

I have been in the Colony now for eight years, and do not recollect to have seen the troops of the Colony make a more respectable or martial appearance.The various wheelings and filings, &c. were, according to my taste, exceedingly well done; surpassing any thing heretofore exhibited in the Colony. I hope a growing attention is paid to this part of our system, as all experience proves that an imposing military appearance is necessary, and all that is necessary to keep in awe the surrounding savages.

Yours,

OBSERVER.

NOTICE-Is hereby given, that the second meeting of the associated Baptist Churches, will be held in this town, at the Second Baptist Meeting House. The meeting will commence on the third Friday in next month, (December.) All persons favorable to the cause of religion, are respectfully invited to attend.

MR. EDITOR: You will confer a favour on me by inserting in a column of your respectable paper, the following notice of a splendid scene, which we had the pleasure of witnessing, on the 10th of November.-The celebration of the first anniversary of the Ladies Benevolent Society of Monrovia, who have for their object, the relief of the poor and disconsolate of their sex, so far as their means may allow. In order, arrangement, and decorum, it far surpassed any thing of the kind that ever took place in the Colony before. What particularly engaged my attention, was the absence from the persons of the members of all those gaudy and superfluous appendages, which we are accustomed to see among others of their sex. There was a peculiar neatness and uniformity in their dress. The members met at the house of the Directress, at 9 o'clock, A. M. and at 10, the procession was formed, and moved in pairs, with the badges of the Society, pendant on the left