THE LIBERJA HERALD IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN MONROVIA. J.C. MINOR—pnrintsr. TERMsS—ONE Doar avuble in advunce. 42 : All communications €lating to the Herald must he addressed to H. Teaggy Monrovia. , All communications {df insertion niust be post paid, ; 1) ? Colour! aubserivers will ee H. ‘Teege, Mon- rovis, Genis Sheridan) eat as H neon, Sivoes and to Rev.-John Revy, Harper, Cape Palmas, . : : : Subscribers in America will order the paper, through, and pay: to the, fullowing AGENTS FOR THE Crier HERALD, Rev. Jouv 4. Pisxev, $en. Agi. Philadelphia, Rev. WV. Myine, Richmond, Virginia. W. De Laey By. & Norfolk, “ Won, Cran, * Baltimore, Md. Rev. J. M. Ancey, Philadelphia, Rev. S. He. Cens, New York, De. A. Paouprir, “ “ LotR IA EA ————— anp Firty Crnrs a year LOSSES BY KELIGION. The followingis a well authenticated fact. ' than to publish it. ove, Judge . An aged couple in the vicmity of Londun, | wh» in early part of life were puor, but who by the blessings of God upon their indusiry, enjoyed a comtoriable ingepeniency, in their old age, were ca}leuv-uponsby a Christian min- ister, who solicited their contributions to a charity. The oldTady was disposed to make out some -excuse and to answer’in the nega- tive, both for her“husband and herse!’: and therefore replied, “‘Why sir, we have lost a deal by religion since we began; my hus band knows jhat vagy well. Have we not, Thomas ?? ‘Thon@, after a long and solemn peuse replied, “Yes, Mary, we have lust a dea: by our religion! | haveglolt a deal by my region. before 1 had got-reiigion, Ma- ry, I had got a water pail in which I carried war, and that you know, | lost many years ego. And then | had an vid slouched hat, a patched old coat, and mended shoes and ivckinzs; but ! have lost them also long a- go. And Mary, you know, that poor as | wes, I had a habit of getting drunk and quar- reiling with you; and that you know J have Jogt = AnI then I had a burdened conscience afd a wicked heart; and then | had ten thousand guilty feelings and fears—but all are lost —comepletely lost, & like a millstone cast into the depths of the sea. And Mary, you have been a loser top, though not so gréat a loser us myself. Before we got reli- gion, Mury, vou had got » washing tray in which you washed for hire—cud God Al- mighty bleased your industry. But since we gt religion, you have lost your washing tray—aal vou had got a gown and bonnet much the worse for wear, thouzh they were all you had to wear—but you have lost them long ago—and you had many en aching heart concerning me, at times, but those you haaoily have lost. And I cou'd even wish that you had lost as much as I have lost, and even mre; for what ‘we lose by our reli- gion, Marv, will be our eternal gain” 1 nied no’ ald that the preacher did not Re : way without substantial proof that both Thomas an! Mary, dened their losow ‘or - revigion their most weighty obligations to the goodness of Almighty God.—Ct. Obs. On Every One Minding His -Own Business. “Mind your own business,” is an expres- sion very often in use, and not unfrequently it would be as properly applied to the speake eras to the person to whom it is addressed. Sometime: it 18 spoken very opportunely, an. soinetimes ‘it had much better be with- he'd; for thos: who neglect their own busi- ness ur®h ex-ctly the proper persons to correct oth ts for disregarding theirs. Yet still, with >t reflectins whether we are fay!- ty in this respect or not, we are all too Treacy 'v cry out to hose who in:Fude upon, or a- monz us, “Mind your own business -” for tras it is that we see a small hole in our nsichhour’s cox! plainer thas we doa large one 10 our own. We are, inle-d, most of usa great deal disnosel to asglect our own business, as wall as to intermeddle in the business 6f oth- ers Whanover we Spread an evil report, the tra‘h of which is doabtful, but which must by ita “icity do some one an injury, we are ‘rivaling out of our way to do miachief. rry “wwe Ao enact aspersin tongue Wi As von weak pepple do, a “may But ever hope that story wrong Which ought not to be true.” Tt would be a better deed to hide a fault It would be Letter to cor- rect faiungs of our own than to make known those of “our neighbuurs ; spreading an evil report, we are not minding our own business. Whenever we engage in quarrels, under- take to settle diherences without being asked, or Waste our time in pursuing idle and vi- sionary projects; ib exch und all these cases, i We are hot minuing our own business. Every one hus business of some kind or other, which he ought to attend to; and Whether it be a family, a town, a country, or FEBRUARY 24, 1842. NO. 4, , Sweden—Charles John 1. (Berriadotte) XIV. | therefore, by , born 1764, wuge y—Abdel Mehed. the Unfortunate, born Holland—William I. born 1776. A Harry Disposition finds materials for en- joyment every where—in the city, ur in the . Country—in society or in sulitude—in the thea- | . tre, or the forest—in the hum ofthe multituce, | a kinguom, it is sue to be under better mans | agement when every member of it minds bis own business. ; When is it that we are dissatisfied with | ourselves ? that our affairs pet intu confusion? that we are behind-hard mw what we have . undertaken to co? Why, when we have been idle, thoughtless, or foolish; when, in short, we have not wi ness. : Look at the world around you; there are, nded our own busie | knowledge of cliemistry. An immense pite of doubtless, many instances wherein sickness, accident, and misfortune, have brought down | the richest, the wisest, and the most indus | eae t : , for it. So large a price excifed Mr. H's. suse trious members qf the cummunity to poverty: buiif all those whoare in circumstances of comfort were tu bé placed cn one side; and all those who have been reduced to rags, want, and misery, on the other, the greater part of the distresses of the latter, were they inquired into, would be found owing to this —that they have not minded their own bue ainess. Depend upen it, it is an excellent thing to thind your own business; Ly doing this you more Tespecied, Mule uselul, more bencvuleni, agtT@n times more hap;-y. Do thix, and th.ngs will goon right; neglect it, and every thing wil goon wiong. 31 you have any iove w your neighbour, or any rese pect for yourseli, wind your own Lusiness. Drunkards, and ,umesters, and libertines, are sure, one day or other, to Le overtaken: by the dreadful enects oi their to'ly, intem- perance, and. wicaecness ; Lui is this to be wondered at? Nu: it i the natura: consee qucace of not minding ther own Lusiness, How is it likely chat if we do not mind var own business, any one will mind it for us? If neither we nor other people attend to our affairs, disoruer and ruin will soon be written legibly upon then: ; and whether we read it or not, disorder und ruin will inevites bly follow. Show me a man who does not mind his own business, and | will show you on: who will soon be in trouble: But do you usk me il it be. wrong todo a kindness to another? to beer the burden of the weak? to watch by the bed-side of a sick neighbour? to relieve the destitute? ww in- struct the ignorant? to warn the cereless? and to reud the Bible to the blind and un- learned ? I reply, that 16 2 part of your busie nexs 0 do these things according to your as bility ; tor it is ihe business of every one to do what he can for the glory of God, and tor the weliare of mankind ; thereivre, in coing these things you are really minding your own business. It ought to be considered by every man to be a part of his business to make others hape py. “A man that hath friends must show himself friendly ;” and a Christian man cane not but feel interested in the temporal and spiritual prosperity of his neighbours. You may reprove your neighbour, encourage him, serve him, and love him, end yet mind your own business. Fail not, then, to follow His bright exame ple, who when he wus on earth “went about doing good,” Acts x. 38; t -nen.bersng that it your busmess on earmh .o prepare for heaven, Employ every tient you possess usefully; prey in the Saviour’. name fere “vently ; read the, Scripture trequently, and conde in its promises fimly. these things, and you shall not fuil to find in life und death, in time and eternity, the advant- ages of having minded your own Lusivess. SOVEREGNS OF F.1F WORLD Eagland—Viev ral bora 1819, Fraace—-iouw rhiilippe I. born 1783 Caiia—Tera.Kwa \ Rursia—N.:.so.ne 1. bern 1720, Be} gium—ias-polo i. bora PLO Prussia—VW iia TV. born Le Austria—fcrdinand 1. icrn 1793, - Spain—Maria Isabeli, Louisa !. bore 1890, Portugel—Marig de Gury J.iy}u,i926, orthe silence of the mounia'n:, ure all alike materials of reflection and elements of pleasure. It is one mode of pleasure to listen to the music of Don Giovanni: in’a theatre, glittering with light, and crowded with eleyance and beauty ; ‘it is another to glide wt sunset over the busom | Yon. ‘ ofa lonely lake, where no soutds disturb the | silence, but the mo:iou of the boat through the } waters. A happy disposition derives plersure from buth; 2 Te eaatelited temperefrom neither. | ADVANTAGES OF SCIENCE.—Mr. Hetbrook, of | Medway, the ceiebraten beli-‘ounder, who has | put up a clock upon the Baptist church on this | town the present week, gave us a little incident of his life, which is*yworth relating, if for no- thing more than to show tie importance of a cindera and dross had accumulated near bis foundry which was supposed to be entirely worthless, and was used to fill up stone walls, &c. A foreigner who happened to be in tcwn, examined -the pile one day, and offered $160 picione, that the cinders miglt contain vaiuabie metal, ond he declined seiling it. The man then offered $200, which of course contirmed hia opinion, and aera little parley, the stran- ger acknowledged that he was acquainted with a process by which valuabie metal might be extracted irom ihe cinders, which he offered to divulge for akmall compensation. A furnace aud apparatus were constructed according ta his Ciection, and when the whole pile wae sun tarough, the-mass o: neglet'ed rubbish yielded a nett profit oi thireen t! ctieand dollars, So vauch for knowing ‘how te de ith ; Lynn Freeman. ERE ee Licnt Diet.—A doctor ailvwel oe of his atiente to be very abetem tie in iis minds, of iving, and to take nothi: (tor a certain time but harley water. What vas ie astonisime:.{, ove day, when he entered ths rom oi the als: onaid patient, at finding him: cincursing the mentite o1 a bottle of Scotch als. : “Did I not tell you,” aid, the phyzicien, “to take nothing but bar ey vaver?” r “I don’t know wh.ai you cal barley water, | “gaid the patieo, “I but oci. it, ure barley wae —_—— ter,” . SS Remurkiile Rescue from tie Grave. The following instance of Prov dential ‘inter. ference ig wact.bed on 2 Wuiddioue at Green ones ®p:EU suR TOUT.” (Gud over ai.) | “Here lies the body o: Lewis Galdy, Esq. who departed thie Jie «t Fort heya. the-2zu of Decemle', 1736, aed &0. Lie was tire: at monte pelier, in France, but Ieit that cvuniry for his religionsand came and settied in this ts atid, where he was sweilowed up in tue yreat earth. | quake in the year 1692, anu by the pros dence of .God, wae by another shock thiown io tie | ea, and miraculously saved by svuntun.. anti! a boat took him up. He lived mony years ater in great reputation, be:oved by al: who kucw him, and much lame:tea ai hir dean,” The Life Hat-—At Dover, a nove. exnivition took place atthe meuth ct the naibour, when hats of the above wescription were given by a entleman of this tuwn to sume ten or twe.ve Sherine: who jumped into tie water with them to test their utiiy. ‘I'he men remained is. the water about 4 quarter of au hour, ruling about like #o many porpoises in periert securit Ys to the manifest amusetent vi a consicerabie concourne of the inhabitants anu vi-itere, who tad assem. bled on the pier heads to witiess 116 exhibition. The hat is attached to the person ol ihe wearer by a ribbon, and-iy taken hoid of Ly bin, and held or fastened under his’ chiu, or over ins chest, and thus he floais with tuc yrenies: ease. om Kins Merald. — Awrcpors or Joun Avans. We tii in Whitney's History ‘of the town of (utuacy, Mase. the following anecdote of tue buy lietnt oF the elder Adams, which may provose ‘a emi!" as well as illustrate the economy and simpicily af those early times in New Engiand. The public echool in Quincy was tausht for many yous by a Mrs. Belcher—«It was custom. wit, rto carry her corm to will herseil, exi ey: when soe one of her scisoiars veut per a heip. ing band. John Adams, (0.8 of the number) alterwardg Prewident of tue Uniied States, Wao '@ favorite anyony the xes:, aud wien he ‘carried the corn, she guve hin as a reward three cop- ere, and charged hint ai Wie Baie time to keep Ie Monsy ts voy aud witu. - It is unuecessary to add auw wwii we proiiied : by, Girly, ite, » ‘Who had accompanied him te hevis averaged about halfa mile ‘five miles an hour; | #U .te way by the 1d, Of Lise ‘Wye ole t ee — PESiLOUS SITUATION. Dr. Judd, of Honolulu, whe accompanied the Scientific Corps of the Exyloring Squadron’ in their excursicns of Hawaii, had a most Wonders ful escape from an awful death: He had déss cended into the crater of Kilauea, to obtain suine specimens of the quid lava. Not sue cceding iu procuring apy at the great lake, (as itis caled.) he approached one of the miller Obes, or Chimueys, and descended a few leet ine : loit. While parhering specimens, the lake bée came sudsenly active, and discharged a jét of lava lulo the air far above hig head, but which most fortunately fell in the+ opposite diredtion froinhim. He then conmenced ‘thahing his Way out, belure another should follow, Lut the aecunt was iar more difficult than -the deséert He became alarmed, and called on five natives the spot foF degine tance, The heat had become au eraat Hh they vere frigliened and retreated with’ the EXCC Pe tion of oue man, Whu threw himself fut Ufon tue bak, and reaching over his right hard, en- abled the doctor to reach the top. But belore ue reached the brink, his clothes was burnt by het aw, and he would have been scaldéd liad he vot Leen protected by weolien gurmeite. The Hative in stooping over, had his face and harids blistere:'. ‘hey both had barély t.me to leave the spot, when the lake filled up and potired out @ stream of liquid Java, Grea Lruption of the Veieune Latucich dslands,’ On the 0th ot May the -people of Putia Obes served the appearance of smoke und fire iu tlie MLETION, @ Lountainoue and deedlate région of thai district. ‘hinking that the’ Sire tight’ ke the Luruiag of some jungle, they tok little noice of it until the next day, Sabbath, when the meetings in the diferent villages were throw into confusion by sudden and grarid dx. libitions of fire, on a scale so large and fearful we lo leave thein 10 rovm to doubt the cause of ihe plenumenon, The fire augmented’ during tue lay aud night; but it did not seem to fow of reply in any ciscticn. Ali wero in con. Blernetion, as it Was expected that thé molteg floud Would pour itself dow fiom ita height of luur thoveand feet to the coast,’ atid 1i0' One Kuew to Wai point it would flow, or what de. yasiétion Would’ alterd iis fiery course, On’ June si, the stream bezgen wow off'in 9 boliheasterly duection, aud on June tle 3d, at Sveutyy tue bung mer reached tho bea, tis progress. ‘Whe rapid.ty ot edie ee very Unequal, Leimg uisained by the inequalie Wes Ul Lue Buriace, Over Which the bledin pase sed. Sometimes it ig Pedra tu have moved ang al other tuys i to obstructions, inakipz ne apparout prorat except in tilling up deep vaileye, and in bY Gilbe lng over or breaking away hbilis aud precipices. But I will return to the 5UUrCe U1 Lhe Brupe tion, This is in a forest, aud in le buttou of an ancieut wooded crater, abuut icur huudred feet deep, and probably Cight wLere@ast tro Kilauea. ‘I'he recion bevy Uniihibied, aud covered with a thicnel it was sume Lite Ueiure tue piace was diecovered, aud up to thie tine Unvugh several! 10.@ ohers have alempled it, no Oue, OXCepl WY... Las read ued Lue spot, From Kijauea to th & Pidee Lue java Hows in a subtere Yalan xailery, proveuy al lise Uepil: Ul a thoue’ balu 16G!, DUL Ils Cuurse Lau be Goluucuy traced Crust ui’ the Cate ILO IuuMerAbIe Agsurery aud by the Hhe31CN" Ui Stiuxe, KLeaIN, and Zassusn ‘Lhe ruption iu this old Crater 17 Buaty aug ead Wiis place he wlieain disappears gain 1UF Lue disiauce of amile or two, 4 he. the daVa dian gusued up aud eed over aa area Ol suuUL Wy acres. Again it passes uiiuer efuund jor two or three ines, wuen jr Teeappals 11) die ote. oid wouded crater, COUBUMUIS Lis Iurest,° and partiy Nlung up tue busin Uuce Muse It disappears, aud lOHOW INS 1 4 pauterranean Cuae Neig Gt 6.8 Aud breaks Lue Cdtiby Opes Lise Sures [ruil WX inCues to leu of Weve feet in Width, and soMmetines Byuluie we Uuuuk on e 'r6@ BU @xacliy that its 1€58 cluud Apijius ab Lhe ssure. A. sume places i jy 1UipUssiule to trace (ne wi. berrauesn BTedidy Ol ACLOUAL Ul Lhe Mopeueurabie Wicket under: Wuah passer, Alver toliowins under brouad severai wes pers Maps IX OF elyin, it 4,4) bFOhe Cul ine an OVerWheiuin’ sou, and eWeupin 1Cig atilaliudy, aii evury YOWH) WILY rebiol ite Chey (UW tue eda, Wiele leaping a PIECI pice x HONY OF any eee iL posited : No@8i 10 One Vani Gdedtack’ on dite: ‘iw bile use, beiow, With ivud UE wud ULE, wea. ul iBolas ee and @ (housaud UiledPulnyY duu iWidesr ripe Sounds, dinasine Ww youreli a Mverui lused tuuerals, OF Wie wieadin auu Uepla ol dvidparg and Oi a deep sory rei, fais iu one ulitiiaae ed Sued yeue Pag torien, ite the Cue@ap t £06 BUete, a8 deserved DY Ye Willtooun, vas varriyny Buvule. Wo unigsuty USencies 1 (4 de ‘sion! Pwo anlas mist aud Bethe lolces i. Coua ty nd POUUCINS eiluciy vag Beale | GOUCEIVauy sislu! j'ye SlulGepiere ly au ue rectious Was Nuied wii BbuGry wBLldy, Gao w.; while tue buruing laVag do IL jes tne uP Walely Was suiVered ily ludiliuus Us Miuule pale cies, wud, veiny thrown vack uw ube al, ied) 10 suOWers-Or Band Un ul) LUB BUFTOUNUIUY COU COW Was CALONWYY UntY bud woe dur of Kiicuea, ip 1Uleo y die VM UELUB ly ce & quarter of a mile, and a new cape were formed. Three hills of scoria and eand were also formed in the sea,the lowest about two hundred, and the highest abeut three hundred feet. f For three weeks this terrific river disgorced itself into the sea with little abatement. Mul- titudes of fishes were killed, and the waters of the ocean were heated fortwerty miles along the coast, The breadth of the stream, where it fell into the sea, is ahout half a mile, but’ in. Jand it varies froin one to four or five tiles in width, contorm ny itaelf, like a river, to the face of the country over which it flowed. Indeed, i you can imagine the Missiasippi, converte} inty liquid fire, of the consistency of fused iron, and moving onward, sometimes rapid’y, some. tines slugyish'y ; now widenmg irtto a ses, and avon rasiung through a narrow defile, wiutliny is vay through mighty forests and ancient soli- tudes, yon will get some idea of the spectacle here exhibited. The depth of the stream will probabiy vary from ten to two hundred feet, ac- cording to the inequalities of the surface over Which it passed. During the flow, night war converted into day on the eastern Hawaii. The lignt rorse and spread like the morning upon the mountams, and its glare was seen onthe oposite side of the island. It was also distinctly vistble tor more than one hundred miles at fea; aid at the distance of forty inilee fine print could be read at iidnight. ‘The brillianey of the light wae like a blazing firmament, andthe ene is said to have been one of unriva!led sub- imMiiy. ‘The whole course of the atream fram Ki'auen tu the sea is about forty miles, Its mouth i- about twenty-five miles from Hilo atation. The ground over which it flowed descende at the rate of one huntred fer tothe mile. ‘The crue’ 48 ow cooie:!, and may be traversed vith care, thongh scalding streains, pungent gasses and smoke are stil] emitted in many places, In pursuing my way for nearly two deys over this mighty, smouldering mage, 1 was mare and more unpressed at every step with the wonder- ful scene. Hille had been melted down like wax; ravines an? der p valleva had been filled: and mnjertic forsete -had’ dizappeared like a feather iu the fines. In some places the mol. ten stresm puri J and tlhewed'in separate chan- Nels for a cons:derviic distance, and then re-n- niting, formed igivcads of vasious cizes, from ane to fifty acree, with treek oils stavting, but seared end blighted by the jstense hew. On the oniter edge of the lava, where the stream was more shallow and the heat less vehement, and where of course the liquid mass was cocled aoonest the trees were mowed down like wrasse before the scythe, and and only half consumed. Aa the lava: flowed around the trunks of large trees on the outekirta of the stream, the melted mass stiffened and consulidated before the trunk was consumed, and when this was affected, the top of the tree fel!, and lay unconsume’ on the crust, while the hole which marked the placé of the trunk, remaina as smooth and perfect as the calibre of a cannon. Tisese hoies are innumerable, and [ found them tu inereure from ten to forty feet deer, but as | semarked before, they are in the more ehallow parts of the lava, the trees bein entirely con- euined where it was. d-eper. During the flow ef the erup'ion, the great crater of Kilauea sunk about three hundred feet, aud her fires became nearly extinct, one lake cnly, out of many, he- ing leit active in this mighty caldron, This, with other facte that have been named demon. strates that the eruption was the disgorgement ef the fires of Kilauea. The open lake in the old crater, ia at present intensely active, and the fires are increasing, @s ie evident from the glare vieible at our station and froin the testimony of Visitera. During the early part of the eruption, slight and repeated shocks of earthquake were felt, for several successive days, near the scene of ection. These shocka were not noticed at Hilo. Through the directing hand of a kind Provi- dence no lives were lost, and but little property was consume i during thia amazing flood of fiery ruin. The stresm payeced over an almost un n- habited desert. ira of the Life of Roscoe, the follow- iw? very curious account of ahuman phenomen- on, which has no equal in the records of philol- “ Vv . Noor'v at the same time with the illustrations othe Life of Lorenzo de hTedici, the little inet. airof an exteoordinary person anneared, under the title of 9 “\omeir of Richard Roberts Jones, of Aherturon, in the country of Caernarvon, in North Wo'ea, exhibiting a remarkable jnstence va partial no er and. cultivation-of intellect.” This moat xinay'ar person, who is still living, | and who continves te display a love of learning and an extent of erudition seldom exhibited within the wal's of achon's or universities, united : witha want of common sense amuvating almost to idiocy, and a squalor ind wretchedness’ of anpearance of which a common medicant would | he ashamed, was firat intretoeed to the notice cf Mr. Roscoe in the early vart of the year 1806, The imoression which his evtrnordinary apnear- ence and acquirementa mate upon Mr. Roscoe at this time is deserihed in the follawing letter to Br. Parr, who had unfortunately left Aller. ton just hefore the appearance there of the Welsh echolar: “Your letter found mein conversation wit! occurred to my notice, a poor Welrh fishman, as ragged asa colt, and as unconth aa any being that has a sembiance of humanity... But beneath such an exterior is a mind cultivated not only beyonid of th. Church« Bog. land, norof the £20000 a year of the Archbieh. op of: Canterbury. Butae an instance ta show how the c mfortabie fat livinvs ™ the church are bought and sold upon speculation, like shir, cargoes, we quote the following advertiseinen’ from the Lond in Timex:— “To THE CLERGY.—Aji incumbent would rc sign directly, with patron’s. consen!, to one not under 46 years of age, beautiful living a per- fect gem, one of the prettiest things in Engiand, with excellent new tree-stone-front house, facing a park, in the county. of Somerset, at the skirts o! a small market town, with every necessary of life cheap; productive garden, lawn, pleasure- ground, wall-fruit ;—rix gcres of pasture adjoin. ing, coachehouss, etubling for six horses, out- Houses t—eno trmibie a8 to income—duly: easy, aywt healthy, roade and society good——the whole werh £280 4 vear. Terms—Incoming incum- best t» pay down £1900,—to indemnify presen incnn.bent’s outlay on the spot,and for his fix- tures, snd hie old wine, worth (£180; also, for ive wock, including three ¢epws, horses, ani pony-rarrizye t—piano forte, by/Stoddar , cost 85 guineas ; hand-crgan, by flight, coat £39; piate and iinen, and a tew pictures.” This is about as comfortable a picture as we ever saw, of ministerial labors. Who ©: won- der at the total absence of reiigion in this be- nishted western region, where wo, have no fat voluptuaries to teach us the wav we should fo, with their * perfect gema”—*“plearure-srounds” —“wall-fruit”——" easy duty"—_“nld wine —*po- ny-car" egen"-—Mpianc”™—and “handoryan by ight? THE WONEST MAN. He looks, not to what he might do, but what he should do. Justice is the first guide ; to which he makes expediency always sub- servient, although the latter is the second law of his actions. He would rather com- plain than offend ; and hates sin more for the deformity of it than its danger.” His simple uprightness works in him that confidence, which often wrongs him, and pives advant- age tothe subtle and designing; when he grieves more at their faithlessness than at his own credulity. He hath but one heart, and that lies open to sight; und were it not dise creet he would not avoid a witness of his thoughts. His word iv his bond, and his yea his oath, which he will not violate through fear, or to avoid loss. The untowardness of events may cause him to blame his want of prudence, but can never cause him to eat his promise; ne:her saith he “This I saw not,” but rather, ‘This I ssid.” When he is made his friend's executor, he defrays debts, peys legacies, and sconeth to gain by widows and Orphans, or to ransack graves ; and therefore , he will be true to a dead friend, because he ‘universal prevalence of good ten; +1 by ‘chance he have omde. He esteems & bribe venomous, though it come gilded over with the color afd gratuity, or the usual com- pliments of office; without which he is al- ways ready to perform the duties of his sta- tion, satisfied with the lawful remuneration it yields him. His cheeks are never stained with the blushes of: recantation ;—neither, doth his tongue falter to make good a lie with the secret glosses of double or reserved senses: and when his name is traduced, his innocence bears him out with couruge ; then, lo, he goes on in the plain way of truth, snd will either triumph in his innocency, or suf- fer with it. His conscience overates hig providence, so as in all things, good or ill, he regards the motives of his actions rather than their immediate effect u:on his tempo- ral interests. Ifhe sees what he ought todo, he leaves to God the care of what shall fol. low. He never loads himself with burdens above his strength, an‘ n> cons‘ceratiun of apparent advantage can induce him to une dertake a business which his friends do not give the means of fairly ceriy:ing on; and once bound, what he can he will do; and he is careful not to will or wish what he csn- not do. His earis the sanctuary of his al < sent friend’s name, of his presen: friend’s se. -cret: neither of them can miscarty in his trust, and he is faithful to wineierts he he n= or of his friend. If he bes committer wronog in his youth, he remer-bers torero. the rr with that interest whch he weuie not him self accept. He woul! rather wont chen bore row, and beg than no! pay. He rememlers “the wicked borrow, end pay not aeain And if, from unforseen circumstenees, Le becomes inso'vent, he is not satified tbat bankguptey should discharge b’'m firm alk obligations to his creditors; ner is he content with fruitless wishes, but uses every effort to pay those debts which are justly due from him. His fair professions ere without dise sembling; and he loves actions above words. Finally, he hates falsehood in words or deeds worre than death; he is a fathful defendant of truth; no man’s en my; and it is aquese tion whether he is more ano.her n an’s friend, orhisown. And if there wee no heaven, vet he would be virtuous —Eishep Fall. TEMPER How inconceivably would ihe tec's) ond public happiness of man bé prev hy the The principal evils of life are not inevislle They do not arise from poverty which cannot bs averted, or pain and sicknesY whi h cannct be avoided, but from the affliction of bad temper. We suffer from the ebulliiicns of others, and, what is worse, we sufer from our own. The passionate, the. fretiul and peevish, the irritable, the provol ng, the ene vious, not only scare peace tron their own™ bosoms, bet «rive it from their fresicer, and ne'ghborhoods. Like the ocean, they aré never at rest, but foaming, roaring, & “caste ‘ny up mire and dirt.” Evil temyer is a fien’, which on its entrance, has converted 4 happy heuse into a Fedlam, alienated the dearest friends, anc elouded the most please ing prospects of worid), enjovment “How happy,” said Lorenzo, “must Phie lander be ; his estate is large ; his house, gare den, and perk are furnished with every lux. ury which invention could suggest, or wealth purchase; his wife is beautiiul and int!!i- gent, and his children are growing up ar und him in health and manly beauty.” Fut how mistaken was Lorenzo; true happiness wes a strencer to Philander’s house; passionate and fretful, he would neither be harpy hime self nor enffer those around him to be happy. His servants hated him, hia children feared and avoided him, and his wife was rendered discontented and peevish by his unreasona- ble petulence. e inevitable ills of hfe. might be endured with comparitive ease, were it not for the perpetual annoyances fr: mi this source. What is poverty toa mind which is exempt from envy and peevishness? And what is pain to one whose find in at peace? But evils of this kine are in’ efnite. ly increased in magnitude an’ rungency, where they fa!l upon one who kas noi 'earne ed to-control and subdve his cvm teaser. Serenity of temper beautifies the cctuntes nance, and counteracts a mere defect in fea~ tures, it beams forth so pleasant'y an tn et. tract general admiration; while cn be con trary, the most recular and beatiful ‘earures are distorted by the scow!] which # tad tens r imprints upon them Pwhe then wishig to he beauti ul end tes loved, a blessing to themselves in‘ taal! o- round them ? let ther cv!t’s:: Veer, per, which shall neither srr ov bere x nor disturb their neighti rs; on ret: be forgotten, that in or'er-e success. > - | holy aids to religion must be svught.— Pr ne | 8“-> hm not, and abhors to take advantere of the incapacity of those who cannot cal! it is,”” renlied he. [addressed myse!f to a ladv h'm to secount. All his dealings arosquare, on the other side of me, “it gives me the exquite | 88: above board: he suppressess not the pleasure ‘o enjoy your hospitality.” “I should | fruit of what he sells, and restores the over. thunk it had ought,” ehe replied. The reply of seen gain of an exroneous reckoning which 2 common pla-e remark, to one of the entle- VANKERA "| mer, *a very unpleasant day,” “f should xnees Brother Peck :—A"\ :he New Engiand States, ' (a tenve ont Mane.) Lave not so ‘much territoe Ty a8 Lindi § wuca of Ue territory of these | GN THE MORALS .1/) LITERATURE OF THE | | a Srensh cook having eprint’? 3 or much peper on a favorite h lunwels in int soup, hung ‘ PUBLISHED BY) VOL. XI. THE LIBERIA HERALD 1s PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN MONROVIA. J. C. MINOR—PRINTER. ‘eeRMs—ONE Donnan aNd Firty Cents a year ayable in advance. Z All communications relating to the Herald must be addressed to H. Teage, Monrovia. All communications for insertion must be post aid. # Colonial subscribers will pay to Il, Teage, Mon. rovia, Louis Sheridan, Esq. Basa Cove, Judge Hanson, Sinoe, and to Rev. John Revy, Harper, Cape Palmas. Subscribers in through, and pay to the following AGENTS FoR THE LipEeRiA HERALD. Rey. Joun B. Pinney, Gen, Agt. Philadelphia’ Rev. W. ALYLNe, W. De Laey aq. Win. (Rane, Rev. J. M. ALLEN, Kev. S. H..Conr, Dr. A. Prouprit, SA NIN ALD Richmond, Virginia. Norfolk, wo Baltimore, Md. Philadelphia, New York. “ “ i'n che Christian Watchman, LETTER FROM EUROPE. Great Meeting on the Corn Laws—Number of Ministers present--Great public interest—Char- ceter of ihe Discussions—Suffer ings of the poor deveribed, illustrating the oppressive nature of the Corn Laws—Means proposed to effect. their vrezwal. Lonpon, Sept. 3, 1841 {n my last communication, | was just able to announce the meeting of the conference of christian ministers on the Corn Laws, in Manchester. ‘That remarkable convocation has since performed the task assigned: co it, and, in the opinion that an assembly so en- tirely unprecedented with respect to Its com- ‘ pocition and its objects, must possess an in- { it bounded only by the limits of the globe iivelt, 1 proceed to make it the subject of the present communication. ‘Che Conference was held in the town of ]unchester, ina beautiful und spacious build- ing, which was appropriately fitted up for the eccasion. The sittings commenced on ‘Tues~ duy morning, August 17, at ten o’clock, and closed on Friday evening, August the 20 ; so that thanks to our railways and locomo- tives, those of the ministers who came from the remotest parts of tho kingdom, were en- abled to perform their usual Sabbath labors. The number‘ol ministers present was 636, of “whom, on analyzing the list, I find 276 were Independents, [82 Bapusts, 52 Presbyteri- ans, (Scottish and Knglish,) 69 Methodist, (of various sorts, but including two only of the old Wesleyan body,) 23 Unitarians, 10 Roman Catholics, 2 Church of England, 2 Church of Scotland, the rest belonging to ‘ various minor sects. Nothing, you may be sure, but a very urgent case, could have brought together so diverse a collection of men. You will observe, however, that the great bulk of the Conference consisted of truly evangelical ministers. But the 636 who assembled, numerous though they were, aiford but an inadequate notion of the feeling which is abroad amongst ministers of the ospel on the subject of the Corn Laws. ‘here were not fewer than 1500 answers to the invitation, all which, with the exception of half a dozen, (including the Rev Doctor Chalmers, and the Rev. Hugh Mc Neil, of Liverpool,) were fovorable to the design. Nearly 700 pledged themselves to attend ; the other 800 were prevented from attending by various causes, but principally by the in- ability of their churches, through these very Corn Laws, to pay their expenses. From 460 ministers, were received detailed written an- swers to a string of practical questions, relat- ing to the operation of the Corn Laws: the valuable information thus accumulated, will, when carefully digested be published. The members of the Conference were en- tertained at the houses of the leading inhabi- tants of Manchester, without distinction of sect, either in the hosts, or their guests. A particular friend of mine was at the-house of an Alderman of the Borough, a Churchman, who assigned as his reason for adhering to the establishment, that it required cleansing too much for him to leave it yet. This gen- tleman began life asa working weaver, and is now with a million of money or more. He told my friend that he had never less than between £200,000 and £250,000 in cotton gvods afloat upon the sea, and that the re- peal of the Corn Laws, would not add less than £6000 or £7000 a year to his clear in- gome.-—This m@y serve to inculcate the vast MONROVIA, LIBERIA, . America will order the paper, , PusLicUM BONUM PRIVATO EST PRAEFERENDUM (WEST-AFRICA) extension of the field of employment, which | poer, and contended that to do so was to be would be consequent on the repeal of the Corn Laws. Manchester was full of strangers during | the Conference, bnt thousands went away | unable to get into the hall, which overflow- ' ed the whole time.—Amongst the working men the sensation produced was remarkable ; all looked upon the members of the meeting as so many angels from heaven sent for their | deliverance. The moral eflect of the move- ‘ment upon the minds of the poor will be highly. beneficial. The Conference sat twice each day, from 9 to 1, and from 4 to 9 or 10. The Rey. Dr. Cox, the leading minister , ' of our denomination was chosen provisional _ chairman, and for each of the successive days, | chairmen were appointed in the following or- ' der:—the Rev: Thomas Adkins, of South- i amton, a highly respectable Independent minister, eloquent, warm-hearted, and well informed; the Rev. William Chaplain, of Bishop Stortford, an aged taking large views possessing the tenderest sympathies, and well-knowp and highly res- | pected by many of our leading Whig states | men, ahd lastly, the Rev. Thomas Spencer, M. A., a beneficient clergyman of the tablished Church, who has distinguished himself by his firm and diseriminating attach- Each of : ment to the interest of the poor. them made a speech on taking and another on leaving the chair, and.all of them acquit- | ted temselves with eminent tact and discree | tion. The first day was occupied in settling pre- | liminaries, and ee speeches on the gen- eral question, but chie rience. from Mr. Curtis, from Ohio, resolutions were moved, discussed, and carried. day passed in receiving deputations frofn the Mancherter operatives, and in eliciting from them the facts of their case, and in adopting resolutions, petitions and addresses. and a deputation from the great Anti Corn Law league was received Perhaps never was more business done in so short atime and with such perfect una | nimity—The only question on which the slightest difference of opinion was mapifest- ed, r@lated to prayer. On taking the chair provisionally, Dr. Cox, called for a prayer from the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, cur accomplish- ed historian, and the Independent minister of Kensington, upon whose ministry several of the Whig nobility are occasional attend- ants Dr V. obeyed, after which it appear- ed that the Roman Catholic priests and the Ynitarian ministers objected, and in defer- ence to them it was agreed that in future de- ‘yotional exercises should take place else- where. With this exception, there was not a jarring vote in all the proceeding of the Conference. I will just indicate the prominent features - in the four days’ discussion. The venerable and learned Dr. J. Pye Smith, read a mas- , terly paper in indication of the cai':ng, cone . stitution, and objects of the Conference. The | ) olist itself. ' Robert Peel, who has this day received the Rev. J. W. Massie, who was mainly in- strumental in convoking the meeting, gave an account of what had been done by the provi- sional’ committee, and stated facts as to the results of their labors. Mr. Richard Cobden, Mr. P. J. Stockport, was introduced to make a speech, exposit ory of the general ques-~ tion. The Earl of Duice,a large land pro- prietor, was present during the whole pro- ceedings, and declared that he had no idea till then ef the powerful bearings of the ques- tion on morals and religion, although previ- ously convinced of the impolicy and injuri« ous character of restrictions on importation of foreign corn—Mr. Curtis, from Ohio, strikingly illustrated the baneful influence of the Corn Laws upon the commerce of Eng- land and America: Dr. Vaughan, distin- guished himself by an admirable historical) speech on the futility of apprehensions from a state of dependence for food upon foreign countries, instancing Phenicia and Venice in their palmy days. The Rev. Thomas Spen- cer made some admirable remarks in de- fence of ministers of the gospel carigg for the Independent , minister, possessing much weight of charac~ , | ter and sound intelligence, and, as comiig ’; "out of the great agricultusal country of Rs | sex, peculiarly well acquainted with tke | ‘ state and feelings of farmers and operative | husbandmen; the Rev. Dr. Cox, of Hack- : ney, an accomplished scholar, capable of , Ess | y with details of facts derived from personal observation and expe- | On the second day, after a speech ; The third . On the ' fourth day, other resolutions were adopted, ' ‘ in the patriot and other English juornals. I “a successor of the apostles indeed.” The ‘Rey. J. E. Giles, Baptist minister of Leeds, handled in an effective style, the commercial view of the question, as did the Rey. Dr, ‘Payne its relations to the science of political econmy, of which he maintained it was the duty of every minister to be » student. Ma- ny other speeches of singular excellence were delivered, but I have not space to enume~ rate them. Suffice it to say, that the mem- bers of the Conference’ fully proved their ‘ mental competency to the task undertaken. I must not omit, however, tomention that on the last day Mr. George Thompson ad- dressed the! Conference with electrical effect. But the most important part of the pro- ceedings consisted in the facts detailed from the persona! experience. So full were the ministers of information as to the distress in their several localities, that it was found im- possible to hear a tithe of what they had to offer. Nearly a bundred of them, however, made brief statements, which drew tears from every eye. It appeared that in many instan- ces whole families had not tasted flesh for years, that 3s. to 5s. a week was frequently a family’s whole income for full work, that multitudes of children were detained from Sunday schools, and multitudes of adults from public worship, by want of decent clothing, that contributions to religious insti- tutions were rapidly declining, and that a- mongst the masses the difficulty of obtaining a bare livelihood had wholly suppressed all cohsiderations of eternity. And besides all this deep and deplorable distress, it was sta- ° ted that in many of the manufacturing dis- | tricts, theres were thousands wholly devoid | of the means of living and exposed to inevi- | table starvation. And this was clearly trac- ed both by the sufferers themselves, and their advocates, to the Corn Laws.—The state- ments of the ministers were effectingly con- firmed by those of a deputation of Manches- ter weavets, who stated that several thou- sands of their body were entirely without employ, and that when emyloyed they had but a shilling a day for fourteen hours work. Such being the state of our working popu- lation, especially in the manufacting districts, you will be able to anticipate the tone adop- ted by the Conference in its address to the Queen, its petitions to Parliament, its ad- dress to the people of England, and its vari- ous resolutions. You will find them at length must content myself with assuring you that the members of the Conference have con- cealed from no party in the state its convic- tion and its intention. They have plainly declared that in their deliberate jucgment, the Corn Lows are incompatible with morale ity and religion, that without their repeal the people cannot live, nor the public peace be maintained, and that they, as ministers of religion, shall fecl it to be their duty to in- sist until a free trade in corn has received the sanction of the legislature. And they are in earnest. . In conformity with the sugges. ; tion of the Conference, Monday next will be set apart, in thousands of churches, as a day of humiliation & prayer on account of our na- tional sins and our national sufferings In the | mean time the members are kindling in their severa! localities the holy fire ofa benevolent patriotism ; petitions by thousands will flow into Parliament, and, before many months,a socond Conference, four times as numerous as the first, wil! be convened in the metrop- These are movements which Sir seal of office from his predecessors, will not be able to resist, and although the Tory pae | pers affect to pour contempt upon them, their effect will soon be seen. Once let the reli- gious public of Englanc be fairly roused, and no prudent government will fail to yield their just and reasonable demands. 1 confess that I look forward to the repeal of the obnox- ious Corn Laws, at no distant period, as an event which shall bind England and Amerie ca by a chainof mutual interest, which noth- ing will be able to dissolve. Brethren, pray for us. InrormaTion Wantsep.—The editor of the Boston Daily Mail ask the following questions of his readers. Did you ever know a lady with white teeth to put her hand-over them when she laugh- ed? Did you ever know a gay lad and a sprigh- iy nee who could’t pick berries into ene base et - MAKCL ~ of his rods to fish with. a (HILARY ThAGH GDIVOR AD PROPRIB' 1 17, 1842 NO. 5 Did you ever know a woman that never had any thing stoien from her clothes yard? Did you ever know a-young lady who was too weak to stank up during prayer time at church, who could not dance all night with- out being tired at all ? Did youever know.a young man tuhold a skein of yarn for @ts faverite to wind, with- out getting it stranegly tangled ? _ Did you ever know a men with u shock- . ing bad hat, a long beatd, and a ragged coat, who could find a respectable hotel that was not full ? Did you ever know a very prettey young lady that had not cousin to wait vj on her to lectures and parties ? : Did you ever know a young lady that did not have some very curious piece of sewing, that she wouldn’t let the yourg gentleman see? : VERY Dgar.—Cne day Jast week, a man was fishing in a pond near Chichester when the ow- ner came up tonim, and ordered him off; the men playing the deaf ear, answered in return, that the fish would not bite, and that he did not think there was anything in the ;ond but carp. The owner was so enraged at the fellow’s an- swer that he threatened to throw him in the pond, when the intruder offered to Jend him one Unable to suppress his anger, the proprie'or ran up to him for the pur- pose of giving hima ducking, but ot the. mo» ment the deaf man bobbed his head down, and the inoensed gentleman’s toot slipping, he fell _ headlong into the water,a depthof6 feet, and was obliged to call upon the deaf man to assist him in getting out, who told him he did not ex- pect t6 catch sucha large fish in the pond, or he would have brought a larger line. - READING. Mr. Epitor,—The age in which we live, is often spoken of as a reading age: and yet when we reflect upon the smaii amount of information acquired, we are led to the supposition that there ie something wrong some where. lt may not be altogether unprofitable if we inquire briefly, where lies the error! Inthe first place; to ac- quire information, sufficient time should be ailotted every work, to give ita fair, and tho- rough perusal. ‘The amount of time usually spent in reading, (or rather looking over,) pages to the-amount of one hundred, should all be spent in the perusal of twenty-five. A work should be read,.wheth- er aioud,or silently, in a slow, and cautious manner; every word should be correctly pros nounced ; every stop faithiuily regarded; every emphatic word, or sentence, distinctly observed, and the meaning of every word decpiy impress sed on the mind. ‘The reader should always have by his side a Dictionary; and when a word of which he does not understand the defie nition occurs, he should turn to’ thé word, and endeavor to fix the meaning of it in his mind; by this means a greater amount of. information would be attained, in one quarter the number of pages, which are now to so great an extent, merely looked at, and hunied over, as though lite, and death, depended upon the number of pages to be read ina. limited Space of time Kivery idea oi the author should be. examined. and the reader should inquire whether the idea, correspond with sound philosophical truth; ‘if so they should be cordially received, and if ‘not they should be peremptoriiy rejected, In the second place, readers should choose works of standard merit. Too much time is thrown away in reading those works, which con. tam not one particle of truth, or literury informa. tion, andjare only circulated to detraud the ignorant and unwary of their money, and what is far worse of those golden momeats, which should be better, und more profitably employed. ‘The money algo thut flows tree as water, for novel and useless works would furnish an amount of literary information, hardly credible. Works of standard merit are in circulation, and at prices which bring them within the reach of ulmost every individual ; if these works were encouraged as they should be, and to the ex. tent they justly merit; other works would be circue lated, and the pens of able and distinguished men would be cheerfully employed to increase the stock in the market; and we should soon have an asgort. ment of literary works in circulation, that would ag. tonish even the most enlightened, and refined. f Who will set the example in bringing about thie desirable state of things in the reading community ? I would Suggest that it commence in the church among Christians; I speak of the ecliurch and of Chirisuans universally. Choose tor your own use and the use of your families, (I would not say al. ways religious) but always valuabie books, Books of standard merit, Books trom which may be ob- tained information profitable to yourselves, to your families, and that will enable you to be usefin to your fellow men around you. Choose such works when you would make a present to a friend; works of sterling value, that will enlighten the mind, and shed abroad a healthful, and delightsome influence. I have suggested that this work commence with Christians, because they are the light of the world and the galt of the garth. Amicus. — eeeeeeseseeeSFs How many sensible men of thirty there are in the world, wha have not yet discovered that th are not men of genius! eae " rm ' e HERALD. 18 mt ee ae me te te ee ee eer COMMUNICATIONS. For the Liberia Herald. @ A GHOST STORY. ~ It has been said ‘There is a tear for all who die,” Who that has seen the weeping train following a departed friend to his long rest in the tomp—who that has heard the overflowings of grief from a herrt that fecls as ulone a mother’s heart can feel, when her offspring has been taken suddenly away, and heard the cry, “Give, O pive me back my child”— who that has seen and heard these things, can donb: the sentiment is true.—And particularly when we have been led to observe, that where the warmes' affections cluster around an object, the hold of that darling object on life seems lessened, the powerfu! hand which is over all agitates but the frame and the spirit has-gone, as the early dew drop talls from > the shaken flower, - *Tis consoling thus to think; tefrs shal! flow for us when we are dead.. This cheers the :dventurous sea-boy .when’he wates froma startling dream that he is dying in a stranger land. He sits heneath and above the starry sky—or perlmps among the olouds ‘that are bursting thunder about him, whose lurid streams roll harmless from the rigging, and how Nurdly at such times, can he help turning to his long forsaken home; and his fond, his doating mo. ther 1s 19 @ moment ptesent to his view, he sees the big tear trembling in her eye, and facies he hears the fervent prayer for her wandering sea-faring boy, then can he feelingly shy “Yes a mother’s tears atream for me who ain as dead to her.” There i+ poetry in real life, and there is too, . good reader, rs) life without poetry. The senti. ment et the head of our sheet is beautifully poetic, and when we use it we should speak of the povtry that is in real life, but I shall endeavour to give you an instance of real life without poetry. ~ Itis a mistaken opinion that hospitals furnish 90 greatly enhanced advantages to the recovery of invalide. In this remark I allude'more particularly to the part performed by the attendands.—That in institutions of the kins, the first and ablest medical advice is rendered there cannot be a shadow of doub; —Those who have beef 8. unforunate as to be obliged. to seek in hospitals, relief from the va- rious ad complicated ills, thet flesh is heir tu,.on well as those who have heen in any way much connected with them, know that there a place i+ found where sympathy seldom comes—where m'2 ry reigns, and death is a frequent visitor. This re- mark is sustained by fac’n:—who has the unhappy Maniac to care for her wants, but a strong and heartless man who rudely secures her in her cell? who ‘hat aged female to watch her knawing ulcer? —or who that tall well.furmed youth, to urd the progress of his intensely burning fever ?—The cha- Tacter (ar it is not unfrequently found) of attendants employed in these public institutions, and also some other interesting facts may be illustrated in the ful- lowing brief «4ry, he narration | take from the individual to whom it happened, ofits authenticity there can be no ques. tion. Beside the character of the individual, for veracity, I rely more on its truth,, from,the b-lief with which I am impressed that similar cases haye not unfrequently oceurred, and perhaps with at more unhappy results: Perhaps I may at some fu- ture cay furnish you. with another. A poor man. was admitted to the Reval Hospital in Dublin.—His had not always been the Jot to be presse) hard with poverty, he once moved among those reputed rich, and received the homage so.lavishly bestowed on those who can boast a !ar- ger vhare of thisy world’s vanities thun many a. round them. His ships had gone, and returned a- gain and again laden with the rich products. “From india’s coral strand :” ‘and «Where Afric’s sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand.’ But in an il) starred tour, misfortunes came one af- ter anuther, till he wis reduced to less than many a Deggar’s portions-—And as afflictions come notsingly, he saw one and another & another of his friends die around him.—Those false triends too, who reflected only the glitter of his gold, but had no spmpathy in the hour of trouble, - all fell off to dance their attend. ance to some one legs unfortunate than he. Ships returned from bankrupting voyages, commissisne’ agents proved recreant, bills were protested, and ali the sequelae of writs, judgments, executions and thr Dailiffs hammer wound up the once flourishing con - cern. From long and close application to business «8 frame seemed little able to withstand go severe a shoes ;—He was soon seized with an inflamation, which threatened rapidlyto carry him to his grave. After a Tew dave of rage fever, he died. For tose unuequuinted with Hospital regulations, 4 riay briefly etate it is common to have a place cf temporary deposit for the dead, where friends mar com- aud claim them, to render the last tribute re- quired by the body, that of burisl. The coffin lids are no! firmly fastene4, :1 order that they may he Tenuily sieved one side to expose the deceased t+ those who seek to recugnize their friends, It is u)- fo cusi-mary to guard this: dead house, as it is cal. led, tan ue boties shall be siolen away. ‘ The man we have said, died as soon as his eyes were closed and ' efore the feverish heat had radiated from‘his body the sympathizing at- Pendants divided amofig themselves to cyery one a portion of his scanty vesture. His coat—his vest, Nis hat, in fact every item of clothing was ap} ortioned by some oneto his own use,’ and the denuded man wrappedin anapology fora winding sheet, was thrown into a coffin and put in the dead house, Dark night always fearful fo the timorous came on, and withit came the ®irn of the person who related the story to stand gentry at the dead house. At the appointed Rour ve took his wonted stand and resorted to all the common methods by which the timid and superstitious are prone, to while away the @ark hours, and keep up their courage. He al- ernately whistled and sang, then listened in- tently with an ear all ulive to even the spring of acricket, then walked and whistled again till @ie hour ofhis watch had well nigh passed, « We was standing in his guard box looking eut of a small window through which he could ace full before him the door of the house, when Be observed the door to move a little way open, agein it moved alittle farther and init etood ‘ A the man in his winding sheet, who had been plac- ed there during the day Fear and sudden trem- LIBERI a ee te en eee bling now seized on every tissue of his body—. yet still he reasoned, he only fancied the ghostly form and rubbed his cyes to dissipate the illusion; a moment more, and he was ~doubly terrified by a voice crying “halloo’ “thalloo guard don’t be afraid, giveme my cl thes Tam cold.” Feelin his strengti. giving away, the cuard new rushe out and quickly passing the door, ran as for his life while fear gave slowness to the rapidity of his flight—The appartion followed as closely as possible upon his heels till both reached a large apartment in the main building where num- bers of sleepy guards were waiting the hour for duty. ‘he guard «tumbled in, uttered a shriek and fell b eathless ; the man behind tottered in and fell over him on the floor. The unusual and sudden intrusion alarmed the inmates, ana heing eqi:slly horror struck with the affrighted zuard, tiey could no more ask tlian he could giv. any explanation of the scene before them— whenthe ghost took upon himself to request them not to fear, it was himself in reality, that he only wanted his clothes, he was shrivering with the cold. If possible reader you may im- agine, forI shall not attempt to describe the terror—the almost annihilation of these attend- ants when the pale form inthe winding. sheet, said to one ‘‘give me my coat—you have it” to another ‘“‘where is my vest’? toa third ‘you havi my stockings” and ‘my boots are on the feet of Mr - —Thus he proceeded to designate withor® on -fror the very men who had taken his clot'ing and to claim of each the identical article he had chosen or that had fallen to his lot, Strange and impossible as the relation may sem it is indeed true. - This is probably the nearest mortal man ever came to seeing aghost. It is however not. ne- cessary to suppose this. was the ghost of the cofined man—nor to argue from it that de- parted souls are conversant with all that is trans- acting on the earth, and that they may act as guardian angels or tormenting spirits. Yet I am fir from being disposed todeny that depart- ed friends may be as fully acquainted with the ivys and ills of earthly sciourners as we are, on the contrary it is indeed a consolation to feel that this may be so. y It is scracely worth the while to detain you inv readers by such reflections. I am_ satisfied the truth as it was has already impressed itself on your fninds. That the man exhausted from the violence of his disease, had fallen into a stu- por in which he was perfectly conscious of everv word spoken, and every act concerning the disposi- tion of his body, and ‘though thus conscious that he was laid out, cuffined & about,to be buried, every effort to move a muscle, or emit asingle sound prov- ed unavailing. But after he had lain in the dead house several hours he recovored his powers aud he scene followed which you have been readins- * * & meee ee ee For the Liberia Herald. Mr. Enrtor:—Sir, if you please, you may give publicity to the following amusing anec- dote. There lived some. where in the world, not ma- ev years since, a wealthy sage.—He and his. partner in life kad lived many years together, ond had accumulated much of this world’s goods; and were the parents of several very promisinir -hildren. Among them was a favorite son. ‘Uhe yd man desirous of seeing his son do well in ‘ife, and also being anxious to give him a trade by which he thought his son could obtain a live- lihood, placed him under the tuition of a nota- ble rouge, to learn perfectly tue art of stealing. So when the days of his apprenticeship were ended, the sun returned home to his parents, a complete master of his thieving trade. Not many days after the return of this youth to his father’s dwelling, a market-man war seen passing along the road, (for the sage’s dwelling stood near the main road), with a very iat hog on his shoulder, wending his way to the market of a neighboring village, not far distant from that place. The father said, son, “Have you learned your trade?” “ves, sir replied he!’ “there goes a man with a very fat hog, can’t you ro and steal it from him?” “yes, gir,” says he, “I can steal 1: from him!” “Well,” says the father, “if you can, I will give you five thousand dollars. Now, the great question agitated by the fa- ther, and all the by-standers, how was this theft to be effected without a detection of the perpe- trator; for thére was no apparent way of effect- ‘oy it without going directly up to the man, and take the hog from him by main force. The sun was shining in its meredian splendor. The youth being an adept in the art of steal- ing, suffered the market-man to pass on a head ; he then put ona gyiendid pair of shoes, and by A near cut through the woods, (in disguise of vourse), preceeded the market-man some’ dis- tance, and then he took off one of his shoes and threw it into the road. He then secreted him- self in the thickets to await the arrival of the traveller, and to hear what he would say about the elegant shoe lyinjr in the road. When the traveller arrived where the shoe was, he said, ‘dear me, liere is a very good shoe, I wish‘ had.the fellow to it; but it is not’ worth while to pick this up, for I expect some person has lost it.’ The man passed on without car- rying the shoe. The youth hearing this, as soon as the man had gone quite out of sight, came into the road and picked up the shoe which he had thrown there; and again by a direct route, preceeded the weary hogman and threw the fellow shoe in- to the road, and in like mnanner secreted himself to await the traveller. Here his project was to end:—duck or no dinner. Soon after the man arrived, wagging under his heavy hog. “Oh!'? “dear me,” he exclaim - ed, “here is the fellow shoe to the one I have _just left behind me; how sorry I am that I did that shoe along with me:” “I will not Se ah go get it,” saye he. So the hogman down back’an My uv wnmawered., with his hog along side of the road, and the shoe, and started in search of the one he had left be- hind ‘him; well pleased with the luck he had met. So while the market-man was gone off in ‘search of the shoe he had Jeft behind, the crafty youth availed himself of the opportunity, crawls forward from bis place of concealment,—shoul- ders the. hog,—stalks most majesticaliy off through. the woods, and arriving at his abade, his father said, “my son have you got it?’ “yes father, did I uot tell you that I’ am master of my trade?” His father immediately srave him the $5000, and off he went forth to the world, with a good bulk of ill gotten gain, after having deprived the poor market-inan of his hard earned property, as does a many a one is this day and time. So much for being master of his trade. Tue. Writer. Monrovia, 9th, February, 1842. ERRATUM. To the readers of the Liberia Herald. “Please read, in the Jast seinber of the Liberia Iers!d, under date of February 24, 1842, in the Ma- rine List, under head. of deyartures, instead of “Pel. 3. Colonial sloop Hope 'T. G. Barbour master, for the winward, passenger to Cape Pal- mas, Rev. John Revey:” Feb. 6. American brig Mary Paulina, Hunt, master. for the lee- ward: Rey. John Reveyv’ passenger to Cape Palinas. r. For the Liberia Herald. The American schooner Kevulus, Preston master, arrived in our harbor, on the 2th ulti- mo, from the leeward, having the fol!owiur named passengers ou board :— His Excellency Csvernor J. J. Roberts. and lady; Rev. Mv. Constantine aud lady, of the Baptist mission; Mrs. Rachel. Johnson, Mrs. Susanah Lowis, -Mre. Rebekah Moore, Mre Cecillia Johnston; and Rev. Francis Burns and lady. of the M. BE. Mission,— Com. For the Liberia: Herald. tyes American brig Greciin, Lawlin « aster, arrived in our harbor on the 25th instant, frora Vhiladelowce, having the following famed pase sengers on board; vizi—- Rev. S. Chase, Svuperintendant of the Lihe- ria Mission of the Methodist, Episcopal Church ; Rev. Joho Huge, Rev. GS. Brown and ce Wilkins. of tue M. E. Missio.: Re. J. Payne and lady, ‘ind Miss Chapin, «nd Mies Coggeha!). in.erthe patronage of the Potestart Board of Moreign Missions, boun? for Cape Pal- mae ; and Ductor R. Mc Dowell.—ZJ0. Een ccna The following letter from honorable 8. Wilkeson, came to hand afew days ago, but without dete. —rD. Mr. Tear. Permit me thiough your paper to present my respects to the several colonists whose coun: : nications to me, the past year hayy,/rema ned ‘They may reét assured that this seeminz neglect has not arisen frem a want of respect, but from a continual press of business, greatly increased by the late ditiicuities in the colony, on the happy settlement of which al- low me to congratulate all the colonists. Yours Truly. S.. WILKESON. EES RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY. Colonization Rooms, ' Washington City, December 14, 1841. At a meeting of thé Executive Committee and several members of the Board of Direc- tors of the American Culonization Society, now in the city, held at the above place and time, the despatches of Lieut. Governor J J. Roberts, detailing the circumstances of the death of the Jate Thomas Buchanan, Gov- e:nor of the Commonweaith of Liberia, hav- ing been read, the following preamble and resolutions were passed unanimously ; viz.— Wuereas, God inthe wise administra- tion of his government, has seen fit to re- move by deaih the late Thomas Buchanan, Governor of the Commonwealth of Liberia, in whom centered the hopes of the friends of Colonization in this country, end the ex- pereen and confidence of the citizens of uiberia, and has thus left a nation and a race to mourn his irreparable loss; Resovled,—That with humanity and rev- erence, we acknowledge the hand of an All- wise snd overruling God, in this afflicting dispensation. Resolved,—That we sincerely condole with the afflicted mother and relatives of our late Governor, and that asa testimony of our sympathy and sorrow, we will wear crape on the left arm for the space of thirty days. Resolved,—That we deeply sympathise with the citizens of Liberia, in the loss which they have sustained, and that we commend them to the protection and kind care of “Him who tempers the wind to the shorn Jamb,” and will not forsake any who put their trust ia him. Resolved,—That ' we fee! called upon to redouble our diligence and zeal in the prose- cution of that sable cause for the promotion of which Governor Buchanan gave his valus; ble life. Resolved,—That we assure the American public of the great confidence which we re- pose in the Lieut. Governor, General J. J. Roberts, on whom the administration of the government of the Commonwealth now de- volves, for the time being, and that we trust the colony will steadily advance in prosperis ty and general improvement. Resolved, —That the Rev. George W. Be- thune of Philadelphia, be respectfully reques- ted to deliver a funeral discourse on the death ot Governor Buchanan, at the anniversary of the American Colonization Society, on the 8th Proximo. Resolved,—That it be recommended to all the clergy friendly to the scheme of coloniza- tion, ta preach a sermon with reference to the death of Governor Buchanan, on Sab- hath the 23rd, of January next, and take u a collection in aid of the cause to which he was so much devoted — Resolved,—That a copy of these resolus tions be transmitted.to the friends of the late Governor Buchanan ; and that they be pub- lished in the various newspapers in this country, and sent to the colony for insertion | in the papers published there. A true copy from the records. W: McLAIN Secy: of the Board Directors, ° of the Am: Cob: Society, SS LIBERIA HERALD. — a ee MONROVIA, LIBERIA, MAR. 17, 1649. oe HIS MAJESTY PAI-KO-ROO. His Majesty, King Pah-ko-roo, has been pleased to honor ts with a commission. He has sent his insignia of royalty—his sceptre. Thisemblem of Af. rican Royalty, (unlike that of other countries, which we believe is always straight), is nothing more nor Jess thani the tail of an Elephant. The one in ques. tion, is tricked off in the best stile of native artists, The long bristly hair is stripped off nearly to the eml, where it is suffered to semain, and the mere thick and profuse the greater the value, & the reat. er the integrity of the emblem. The denuded*bone is then encased about half way in the strong cartilo. genous dermis of the crocidile, encircled at inter. vals by bands of plaited party-colored leather. The upper end to the extremity is enveloped in scar. let velvet, stitehed with black and red leather, ant in such a manner as to let the brusiles project from the npper and under sides ag well as from the enc. The whole is surmounted by a stout leathern eap in shane of a cone. A cord of plaited leather with u sliding Joop to attach it securely to. his Muajest: "9 wrist, coinpletes the emblem. The inessage accompanying it, was j—"King Bay you must send em white man country, and put all him hand (handle) for silber, (silver), and put king name dare, «J! same King Boson betore. now, I want do King fash. Ican pay you.” I be King Any money he ketch We intend doing ouraelves tho honoreof sendinr cit to Lny'and, and having it mounted and inscribed as requested. ° —_———— Sa ee ae ee ee ARRIVAL OF MIS FXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. On Monday, the 28ih, ultune, His Excellency, Gov. J, J, Roberts, arrived in :he colonial schooner Regulus, from his tour of inspretion of the leeward setilements, His departure from the Regulus was announced by a salute from the vessel,and at / o'clock the succeeding morning, he was congrati- lated on his appointment by a salute of 21. guns trom Central Fort. Ch ee DINNER TO GOVERNOR ROBERTS. When the Commission reached this, place, His Excellency was at the leeward, as soon as the news of its arrival transpired, proposals were made by sume of his political and private friends to invite him to a dinner on his return. Preparations were accordingly made. A subscriptoin was opened und tickets issued at four dollmrs-each, Each subscrib- er was allowed to take two ladies to a party to be given on the evening of the duy.of the dinner. Qn: Friday the fourth instant, the gentlemen sat down to a substantial and clegant dinner. The table was laid in the government garden, under a canopy formed for the occasion. In vain did So! assay to durt his askant rays beneath the cool retreat. The managers all provident of comfort, had provided a. gainst every annoyance. Fora defence again t the burning phase of the sun, a screen compused of A. merican and Colonial flags was suspended varcless- ly from the canopy, which while it effectually pro. tected from heat, waved gracelully to tho passing breeze and formed a tasteful drapery to the whole. Here, protected alike from gazing eyes and long. ing throats, with ample room, the gentlemen appear- ed torise to the very acme of enjoyment in tho “feast of reason and flow of soul.” Colonel John N. Lewis presided, supported by Mejor Yates on his right. There were some toasts drank, one of which is so good, we will venture to record it. It was by Mr. Ciples, Pointing to the American and Colonial flegs at his back, he said; “The Stara and the Cross. The stars antiouneed the birth of Christ, and the Cross the Redemption of mankind.” It will be re- collected that the Liberia flag bears the ¢ross. The gentiemen arose at 6 o’clock FP. mM. and at 7 reas. sembled..with the ladies at government house. The purty was. large but highly agreeable. The inspi- tution of the presence of ladies, kept as usual the the ball of iamocent mirth and gayety constantly moving, and it was eleven o’clock before the party commenced to retire. : AN AFRICAN EDITOR. To perpetrate an editorial, he seats himself—not n the cushioned boidoir of the literate idler—nor in he fashionable bower of the poet, but in a little soo- ty. apartment of six by eight. Beneath his dingy ‘oolscap a portionof deal, lies supinely on an empty barrel. A few odds and ends of books and news. papers lie in hopeless confusion around. At his side an inkstand—not of china—nor of bronze, but the amall end of a cow’s horn—on his left a quiver of quills rifled from the upper surface of a porcupine. In one corner stands a billet of camwood, its op- posite is occupied by what once contained flour. The walls are duly chalked—noét with mechanica! designs—nor geometrical diagrams—but with math. ematical mementoes of the kroos of potatoes of which he has relieved the farmer. This is his blot. ter ledger, he keeps none. But the boy comes for copy, He draws tfp a well hacked trestle, for which he is indebted to the care. lessness of the carpenter, and seats himself in front ofthe barrel. Seizing the fearful quill, he thus be. gine.—The press the omnipotent press is the most powerful engine which it has ever been the lot of mortals to possess.—It is the scource of tyrants— the pillar of religion and the rarLapium of civil lib. erty. From it as from an impregnable rampart the fearless independent, editor—There is no catsado tor breakfast sir.—Well go, and get some and don’te bother me. Ihave no money sir—don’t I know that—tell Crako to. let you have a kroo. He says he won’t. We have not paid him for the other yet, and he wants the money. Plague the fellow what ean he mean. Can’t you borrow some ?—No, sir : \'ve tried, and they say we owe now more than we'll ever pay. Well go and collect some money. I have carried out the bills sir. , Have you collected any money ? No, sir: Why? Mr. says he has to money, and you need not be afraid of the small amount. Mr.———says he don’te like the paper i1ow—you are too polite with the Mr..——says your paper is scurrilous Mr.————says. there is too much religion in it, & too lite politics Mr. says there is tou much politics and too little religion, and Mr.~———-says you have insulted hig father’s tenth cousin. They say they will not take the paper any longer, and they will pay when they get the money.—That will do, go and call again an hour for copy. The editor resumes.—And though there is no clads of men to whom the world is under more im. mense obHgation, yet there is none—Jumbo has" come to gethis pay for the palm oil sir—Be gone sir, don’t you see 1 am engaged—there is none we repeat that is doomed to a more hopeless. The rats have gnawed the roller sir.— Well cast another, We have no molasses sir.—Wellghut up the office, and go to dinner. —————— Clerical Refinement.—A Liberia parson (whom we will not name) was called on to fasten a couple in the cords ef wedlock. He attended; and after spelling out the ceremony asa child would the fable of the wolf and the kid, by way ot addition said to the groom, ‘dare is you wife, now buss her.” in \ A Novel case.—Not long since a hopeless scape. grace applied to the clerk of the court for license to marry. He paid the fee, andhad scarcely re- tired when a matron some thirty years, his senior, called to make some inquiries on the subject. She found the license had been issued, but to her dis. may, that not hers, but the name of another had been inscerted. She immediately gave chase after the faithless swain. She found him, and commen. ced at the top of her lungs a full diapason of re. proach for his treacherry. It was long, she rattled away before he could prevail upon her to say ‘yes.’ And then after courting her so long and borrowing from her the dollar to pay for the license, for him to try to marry another woman, shows, said she that you are the grandest rascal that ever lived. Not a word did the youth reply, but with the utmost nonchalance went on incorporating into bis phvsi- cal'man a hugh sour-sop which he had filched from some tree. Delivered of her bile the enraged spin. ster turned away, when the ungallant lover plan- ted the remainder of the sop full upon the neck of his mistress. ‘This was the signal for another con. cert which she exceuted to the infinite satisfaction of a rabble of boys, which by this time had collec. ted around. z nn aS Yann eo Millebur g.— This settlement is progressing. We paid it a visita few days ago, and were pleased to note the evident favourable improvement in the LIBE ‘. ' manner ald means of living. Allowing for the extra effort which had been most probably made to meet the occasion (it being quarterly meeting) there was certainly a greater profusion of the neces. saries and comforts of life, than we ever witnessed befor¢g on a similar accasion. Tle people are bet- ter contented ond more elated-with hopes of the future, than in any past time. As far as their meane) will allow,. they have gone into the sugar business and from the success of their inexperienced effurts the pastycar, they seem confident of hereafter doing the thing handsomely. Rev. Mr. Wilson at the manual labour tarm of the M. E. Mission at White Plains will make 4000 pounds, aig Mr. Wil- liss has made 1000 pounds. All this has been done with an inefficient temporary affair of a mill which they borrowed from Mr. Moore. Other porsons have inade enough for their own use during the coming year, and they have all reserved enough — cane for the next planting. The sugar is of good quality, well granulated and heavy body. This much will. be suved to the colony. TIGHT LACING, It is suid that the French fashionables have dis- carded tight lacing; and .that the Grecian: models which are only the fair and beautiful proportions of nature, are henceforth to be standards of fashions for ladies’ waists, instead of the wasp, hour-glass &c. found the ‘oud timbre/ o’er hill, valley and sea, Tie tape strings vre broken, and the women arc free. { F PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, From the tone of President Tyler’s message we learn that.a demand will probably be anade on the British government, for reparation or for satisfation fur insults offered by English cruisers in searching and detaining “suspected American vessels on this coast.” eerie Sener et theme clea oertespesheneennnantesteeunsnay eanasanhincmnamgpsoee-srutsenteliens aaeemnetein A CARAVAN. A caravan of Kondalis and Mandingoes has lately peid usa visit. Lt brought a fair ‘quantity of wood They say a koffle of sume 20 or 30 slaves sent from Boporah has been waiting at Cape Mount inore than a month, but has been uaableto finda market. | They assign that as the reason why they have come in with wood and ivory to look little tobacco for | cases, to be a pecuniary loss, it is always in the smoke and powder for kill meat. MURDER AND ROBBURRY. ‘I'wo Amoricans, resident at Sinoe, had been en. gezed by Rev. Mr. Canfield to saw timber for his contemplated mission house at Settra Kroo. While ou their way by land, they passed through an inter- miyditte native hamlet, and’ rather incautiously ex- pused a parcel of tobacco, which they had taken to defray the expenses of their journey. Three natives, larve hereulean fellows, left: the town in company with them, professing to be journeying to the same pluce. ‘hey kept together for about six miles, when the natives suddenly hulted and demanded their tobacco, axes &c. The Americans remon- atrated.. The natives leveled their pieces and fired. One of the Americans, Shuman, fell, and Wil- liams dropped his baggage and tuok to the. bush. Shuman. was killed dead. Williams, though seri- ously wounded, made his way home through the wouds, and arrived in a state of complete exhaus- tion. ; An alarm was given by the Americans, and the natives of Sinoe ‘joined them in pursuit of the mur- derers. They were found to be Neffoos, and were arrested by the Bloo-Ballees, (Doin, the native dialect) and delivered over to the Americans, His Excellency, Governor Roberts, happened to be there at the time. To redeem them from death, which the Ameri- cans were strongly inclined to inflict upon them, their tribe has agreed to pay in twelve months, the sum of One Thousand Dollars, and to defray the expensce of the prisuners’ confinement, until that time. In default of payment, they are to be dispos- ed of according to the pleasure. of the Governr. AFRICAN COFFEE. It is stated, we believe, by our friend Doct. Johnson of Basa Cove, ina letter to Honorable &- Wilkeson, that the average production of the Afri- can tree is five pounds. ‘This may be the average production of one species of the African tree. Therg is another apd the best kind, which yields triple quantity. Our friend Mare, has a tree standing near his house, from which he gathered in one season, two and a half bushelsin the husk, which weighed when cleansed and dried, seventeen pounds and two oun- ces. Can any one inform us what isthe average produce of a tree in the West Indies? Not Quite——In an American paper of late date, ‘we find ‘Mr. Teage died at Sierra Leone, on the 13th of August last.” We admit that we are some. times fond of notoriety ; but we are not dead yet, al. though much exhausted from depletion. It rests with our subscribers to revive ‘us by timely applica- tion of their arrearages. RIA | He HERALD. SELECTED EXTRACTS. Domestic Economy. In looking over my returns, I was’etruck with the rematk of a man of much practical wisdom, and one of the best farmers in the Commonwealth. -says “that a farmer should produce upon his farm all those supplies for his family which the farm can be | made to yield.” In this case, this is done within doors and without; for there the spinning wheel has not forgotten to turn round, nor the shuttle to speed its flight. In this cottage, whose neat and beautiful arrangernents cannot be suppassed, the clothing, the bedding, and the carpeting were all the product of their own fields and flocks; I shall not soon forget the unpretending and hearty hos. pitality of these enviable dwellings. I have slept many atime undera silken canopy, and trodden many 8 carpet as soft as the pride of eastern lux. ury could make it; but never with anything like | the sentiment of honest pride and independence with which I saw: here the floors spread with carpet§ made’ from their own flocks, which for fine- ness and beauty the foot of a princess need not disdain; and on a cold night slept in woollen sheets from their own looms, as soft as the shawls of Cashmere; and wiped my face with towels spun with their own hands from their own flax, of a whiteness ag transparent and delicate as the drifted snow. In such beautiful examples of domestic management, it is delightful to see with how limit- ed means the best comforts and luxuries of tife may be purchased. Nor¢twere these instances few. The country of Berkshire abounds with examples of this domestic comfort andindependence. Much to be regretted will be the change which has already invaded many parts of the State, when under the pretence of superiur cheapness, these household | ' fabrics shall give place tothe more showy but flim. sy products of foreigy industry; and the healthy | exerciso of domestic labor and household cares shell be deemed degrading in our wives and daughters, and exchanged for the idleness and fri- volities of pride and luxury. .I agree ehtirely in the sentiment ahove express. ed, that every farmer should, as far os possible, supply the wants of hie family from kis own farm. shou'd supply himself with bread, meat, vegetables, milk, butter, cheese and clothing, as far as his farm can be made to doit. He can al. ' most alwavs do it ata less expense than he can purchase there supplies. The labor requisite for: this purpose may often be given at times when it would not otherwise be occupied; and by hands for which there mizht otherwise be no embloy- ; ment. -The sentiment of self respect and self-de- ivory and cloths. The Kondalis, especially, com. | plain loudly of the impediment, throws in the way en: of the slave trade at Cape Mount and Gallinas. | pendence inspired by sucha course, is a preat The stisfaction of eating bread raised by one’s own labor ig not small; and various and important moral influences, which I shall not now discuss, render it altogether desirable ; thaugh in some cases the same amount of Iabor consumed in their production, if applied in other weys, would purchase a larger amount of the same supplies: Though the supply of our own great wants from our own farms might seem, however, in some end a moral gain with which the pecuniary loss - is | not to he put in competition.—Colman,s Survey. Mrs. Jones the Female Impostor.—All our rea- ders without doubt remember the performances of one Mrs. Jones, in Rochester some months ago, who by large stories of high connections in England induced a young man named Hunter to become her husband, whom she plundered of what little money he had, involved him largely in debt, and then decamped. A communication in the Rochester Evening post states that she has been performmg similar impositions in ‘To- ronto. She there represented herself as a head cook in the late Sir Astley Cooper's establish- ment, who she said had left her an aunuity of £100. This soon increased to £300, and a man named Lanesboro, believed her story and mar- ried her. A letter trom Toronto to the Post gives the following summary of her exploits, and .adds that she has since been heard of at Alba- | ny. “After having deceived her hushand by sto- ries about £100,000 being left her, and that Tord Liverpoo) had sent over his steward ‘to bring her home ; after having got a number of others to credit her story and trust her with mo- ney; after having, in the midst of sickness, given assurance to the attending minister, of her Christain resignation and pious trust in her Redeemer; after having enjoyed herself by driv- ing in a carriage, under a contract to-buy it; af- ter having prepared her husband with the neces- saries to.go to London, to attend to her business; after having vorrowed a pair of boots of the wife of the tailor that made her husband's fine clothes; after having gulled every body, she decamped quietly by the Transit one morning in the first of this week, just before her husband was to have started for England. I suppose she has carried off about £300, and has gone to play off the same game of cheating on the gullables of some other place.” é A Brilliant Stucco Whitewash—Many have probably often heard of the brilliant and lasting , whitewash upon the east end of the President's House at Washington city. ‘The following is a correct receipt for making it. Take clean lumps of well burnt lime, (say five or six quarts,) elack the same with hot wa- ter in a tub,—covered, to keep in the steam— passitin the fluid from througha fine sieve ; add one fourth of a pound of whiting or burnt aluron, pulverized; one pound of good sugar; three pints of rice flour, made into a thin and well builed paste, and one pound of clean glue, dissolved by firet soaking it well, and then putting it into a small kettie, which should again e put into a larger one filled with water, and laced over a slow fire. Add five gallons of ot water to the whole mixture. This wash is applied where particular neat- ness’ is peuired: with a painter’s brush. It must be put on while warm, if upon the outside of the building—if within doors, cold. It will retain its brilliancy for many years. There is nothing of the kind that will compare with it. About one pint of this mixture will cover He | = ee ee a square yard upon the Outside of a house, if properly applied. Ifa larger quantity than five ' gallons is wanted, the same propotions must be , observed in preparing. Colouring matter may be added to give it any required shade—Gen- essee Farmer. RETQRT. Madame D. had a magnificient cat. M. de C. amused himself one day by shooting it for want of something else to shoot. Madame D. caused to be set in her own houre, and in the houses of her’ friends all sorts of mouse traps; and when three or four hundred mice were caught, she had them put into a box, which was forwarded to Madame de C, at her county house. The lady eagerly opened the box heraelf, expecting to find in it some new modes, the mice jumped out and presently filled the house ; while at the bottom of the box was found a note addressed to Madame C.—Madame, your hus- band has killed my cat—I send you my mice. Which is Nobler ?—It is easier to be a mart than a Christian, Men can suffer death for conscience sake, when they are fully persuad- ed that the momentary pangs they must endure are.but the precursors of unsullied and endless happiness: And some, there is reason to be- lieve, have gone to the stake with firm and ex. ulting heart, when the true @pirit of the gospel: was hot in them: for they were sustained by the thought of the glory of martyrdom. But te bear the cross daily; to endure the pangs of insult and scora and self-denial; to resist the temptations of sin in its thousand alluring forms ; to keep the heart with all diligence ; to love our enemies and bless them that curse us; to show forth at all times meekness and gentle- . ness and temperance and patience ;—this is not easy although itis a nobler achievement. Yet men sing the praises of the martyr; and the Christian navn trod a lowly path, where the thorns pierced his feet and the storms beat on his head, yet turned him not aside, goes down to the graye unsung. There is one, however, who records his name, and at the great day it in the Book of Life.— will be found written Ohio Observer. “Use moderation in your manner of living, and in this way seek relief from the increasing expense of the times in which we live, rather than by engaging in more extensive and often hazardous schemes of trade. By these latter means the mind becomes encumbered, and un- fitted for religious service, yea often for reli- gious thought, and for breathing daily afte spiritual riches, which are to be enjoyed in Close communion with God. Consider how distant that state which would give up all to Him, if required, is from that which indulges itself in ease to the full extent of its power, or is endeavouring by multiplied adventures in trade to acquire that power which it covete for the purpose of worldly enjoyment.” “An humble mind seldon exercises itself ,in great matters ; its attention is to real requir. ing ; and these relate, for the most part, to the day of small thing.s” Notice. All persons having claims against the esta of Richard Sandere. devenasee are hereby < quested to present them for settlement properly authenticated, on or before the 2nd, day of May next. And all those indebted tothe ‘said estate are also requested to come forward on or before the day above mentioned, and make payment, otherwise they will be proceeded: against according to law. J.J. ROBERTS, D. MOORE. Executors, —_—— . Monrovia 14th, March 1842. MARRIED, In this town on the 3d. inst. by the Rey. J. W. Roberts, Mr Neptune Bradley of Caldwel to Mrs. Sabry Trueblood. 7 hie On the same evening, bythe Rev. A. W. Anderson, Mr. John Madison, to Mrs. Cathar- ine Brown; both of this town. ~ MARINE LIST. PORT OF MONROVIA. ARRIVALS. Feb. 25. American ship-———Britan master, froin Providence. * 28. Colonial sloop Hope, T. G. Barbour inaster, from the winward. ++ Colonial schooner Providence, E. Carroll master, from the leeward. «46 American schooner master’ from the leeward. March 9. Colonial sluop Nathan Banga J. How. ard master, from the winward. 13. French schooner La Rece, Dolphon master. from Go-Ree. «© «French barque——,———master, from the winward. ; ‘© 15. American brig Grecian, Lawlin master, from Philadelphia, via. Sierra Leone, having on » vard the passengers, whose names are mentioned another article in this paper. DEPARTURES. Feb. 34. American ship————Britan master, for the leeward. : * 25, Dutch sloop Deby, T. Leewrick mestcz, for the leeward : peneeneers to Sinoe Mr, James Byrd, to Blmena, Mr. F. T. Weesendorp March 7. Colonial sloop Hope, H. Boston, mas. ter, for the leeward. ‘© «+ American schooner Regulus Preston mas. ter, for the leeward. “8. Colonial schooner Providence, E. Gar- roll master, for the leeward: passenger, to Grand Basen W. H. Payne. Regulus, Preston POLTAY. eee DAs wuteoys apes ve From the Forget Me Not, fur 1842 THK SCENE ON MOUNT TABOR, At the Transfigu ration. ‘Tis evening upon Tat. 7s hill; ~ And, like a sheet 0; vold beneath,’ Refi: cting forest, etat and rill, S.ccps, bre ad anc bnght, Genesar-th, Yet still four way-woro pitgrima climb, Tabor, thy precipice sublyne. " And now, wiih. fainting -teps and slow, The tour crve reached the crurmit plain And now heir wearied limbs they (hu Amid the hnryeet’s pellow grain— But inealone is kneeling there _ With lip and heart in mighty. prayer, Ant now hassunk the last fed beam; —Still on the ground the three ¢rown, In the veep sleep that knows 0 d .am; Sull one 1s kneeliny there, alone, Bull fix’d beneath che cark’ning sky, With clasping hands aad heavenward eye., ATis we g and silence o'er ‘he laud; ki. and palace all is sleep, Tor.» ‘> towers to Myria’s rend, £. ay nce glows on Tuboi’s steep} - iste ut scld and. purple wing, avy ’cwure to their pilgrim King Aud iwe, 0. spiendor’s riches:stide, Are flowurs o'er the mountain’s brow, Aud uow they worship at his side. . Are these thy vassals, Man ot wo! Ligh! 1ulde thee like a Tega! robe, Bight crowns thee, Monarch of the glob: | Bhey epenk the uving words of-heaven, O. deutn absorbed in victory, @: 5 cn cuamed, and pin forgiven, Gi sui cedvemed, and na‘ure free, @: se cy’s s.vcery diadem, + dae carh uiwmusd by its beam! Ti sleepers wake, their startled gaze S.-» cup of more than star or sun, Ay, ti any w its ceniral blaze, f...:,1 no more the Mighty One z iv: ers chet, and Israel's seer, “B , Moses, bending. ihe:+. Ave ibose the forms o1 he: By ime, Toe wanderers in ou: vile. tears? hey stand in manhowd™ 1. .t st prime, Unwamed by wo, unweit by y. are— The cherub crown, the cherub pwn, Their trophics o’er the mortal .v nts Veiling 1: glory-dazzling eyes, Cries Peter’s heart in ecstacy, Here je: -hree tabernacles rise, The first ana miginies:, Lord, to thee 7” But bork! the thunders awful roll Bows .o the dust bis arden: soul, own sioops the ciuudy cunopy, And all are wrapp’d in light divine} Aad shall not faith’s exuliing eye ‘Thus see the second advent shine, And waking in the world alune, Behold the pomp, the Kung, tue ‘hione! ” rr A GiSIER’S LOVE. : [ The wo.da adopied to ihe air, “Hours there were, Alby: brother, since we porcd, Trou, cv cek some foreigi: snore, Mai. » 2h toy nes: haa stared, For tne saya 1 now deplore; ¢ Dore vi whien ‘hy love alyrced, * wu atieciion’s altar iree— But elas! thy awier anzuced Sigks in vain for them ad thee, ~ Yot,intancy naugh ib swselery ‘Los to meek the ocean Wut, J..4- shold thy unage yree. ier, Mei ic ces When by fet sites . (Poe.e revive and tundly cuerisb Byers pes, tratcnar scene, re Secures thu’ gone, yetne’er wil periab while they iv) ou mewm’ry green. Witea wne ee ewes, war taken, .. Aco” | +.ice waa heard nu mere, dui ek oomk tt would waken “ky ever felt belive; Hope vai ove are ever turning, Wucie +a looks towaru tne sea, oy vuxXguus heart is yourning— Is it, brother, wel wa. tuee t Ja thy.bec upoa the billews, Sor and jriaat o Bb. orcast, Or, dos ciou for ny home-pillow, Vitaly sigh ior iis sweet 212 Frein sas d:ep aves fond emotion He: v unheard ihe lunging sighs feouad apo the uccan a ae a BG no moiner nigh? Or, so ei ve tone hour, — We ay ee upon thy bend, . Feluoov. 23. was God's own power, © So ltvig thee, thouga tar trom i oud 5 Aaa wheo cre yiskies were abining, Au - home waa fur aad dm, Way ice suea no sweet entwinnag Ro: vay heart, of iove ty Alig? Pai » Od: sup unte our sh re; las 04, dro uer, aearta are burning For iv (4f reuarm vace more 5 "Bom:, tna cain a household greeting. Coeerara oy fi aera sight, le 4. — us Jays ae fleeting, Mon cone weetns sieep + mle WL A, DO From one chm-uan Vachuap. ” * THE OCEAN DEAD. ravereev the dark heaving waste of t:« Oseun, - W ..ugh? mst my gaze guve the deep ard ts gcles, Vhove cen itin 4 varere t wow TL wait the turnisaz Jive 'm, and in fearful uze billows mer, Now evi, vaie, the proud ship's cousse Wae Wenung, JIMA, Tait Bei DER A BERALD SR ET A While closlely around her the waves were “eon. tending, And hi sb o'er the bulwark in mad rage descend. inv, Their dash mingled in, with the sailors lou! cries, : Oh! when the wind.god, through the shrouds hos been sbriekinz, Ani the dark clouds flow quickly along * . Concave; When the masts inthe hurley have kept co~- stant creaking, é T have thourht of the dead, ‘neath the dar. stormy wave; ‘ All lonecly,—deserted,—-theif names are unnur- bered ; . ev effin or tomb, sheir clay -unincumbered 5 ee mony, alex} in dexth’s cold arms have sluiie pare jomns Th. dork yawniny ocean alone for their erny Tic Pve telt for the cad fete of thuse cond), Cherie edy A.d oft} have followed :em o'er tlic w - main; e sunshine,—the storm=*'e> they perished, . Have swept oer my favey devin and again. 1 have seen the lone barque threush the mad bi lows sieering, T saw her hard struggiins, the high wave care: ing, 3 Bat ne’er—again, to those Ww’ heights: anpe ing—, etre bosom of the otean her wreck is |. w ain. the momen Then! ah then! who ceuld paint the deep thor- ror and anguish, As the angel of death flew exultingly by: The pencil must falter, and its vigor mist lan- guish, : When it strives to depict the dread scene the eye. sian The rush to the deck,—the emprare and dec: sighing, Tne still, death appalied,—the wild yell of - 9 to hink thee “e:.r'ing, How blest ial). be mo ich an emi ‘> chu. Yet what tins mova ec... cm Sacer othe thee And n» friend sould cutoab iy cold clay in the sod, Tiosly seraphs were niy'. in thy las: our, that saw. ° theo, 4 To herald thy.ca:n’. io the couria cf their Goud. 4 And where’er thou wert lain, neath the nlue sur. rv biilow, - Wh the sen fluwers around the, the rock for thy | pillow, Or celmly resposing beneath some green willow, Tae spint alice would tise trom its c}.u, But-ge aot, tond meurner, thy mind wre ig wits madness, To sit and :o watch on the wave. ssbin sures i Other svils for nwhiie may ielieve thy acep sad. nce, Bu. tha wiin thy loved one Mule. ¢ Far away in iid ocean, wh. e the. petri! is awe ping, ; Deep down with the corat that loved one’ is sleeping, Avdthe Peris sing o'er him, their tond vigils keeping, Thev sinz o’er the lost one w..sse fate you epiore, shall ne’or return ! . W . B. . ———— MISCE.;LANWEOUS, | THE “an rl’? MAN. U his des.piauon be » novel oue, it will, | BeVerheiess, be revaiy recognized. There are such men. They are noi to be tound just DuW 1D as greal Dum ers, as ef igw years vine’; out enough, ivo many by fu, aide univ O18 jresem cay. Vhose wav are seit are the r-¢resepiaiives: « those who have ‘ Gisappearec; 4M. goinbining their own Anu- isin with ba. oO: their predecessors, are even Mwre uneasy and mischievous. The Ani” mina of the !'neage o Ishe roael, His hanu :s azainst every man, He hoius ieiluwship with none but Ishmaelites= he. own seci. He ts never at pesce, but when he ist war. Souhing is rit, uniess every thin; is weon.e i. i, aiwa’s unhappy, but ue v.ev less so ban woen in deepest distress. Where others see nv occasion for sorrow, he fin. the inosi. His eyes are magnifiers, and hite hays necone great, and great things ' mountains. His ‘ancy is creative, and trous | bles are made when they cannot be found, | ani evils cunjured omiy (hat they may be | laid. ’ The “Anti”? nan is not confined to any one proiessioa,.r department of society. He is in church or state; in public or private walks; tn iue quiet village, or the stirring citv; wherevér any thing can ve jound with two sijes.v it, he is on the one where he can he the most alone Seah.» \consress. His eve speedily | digoovors Wnadevery thing is wrong, and must i be reformed. His own frie nus fre as far from being right as his foes; and forgettul of the better part of valor, déscretion, he declares war vn every thing, or any thing that comes up first. Are appropriations asked to put the country ina state of defence; he opposes the extravagance of the Administration Are ‘none desired, he is shocked at the improvi- dence that takes no thought tor the tuture. He must be in the opposition come what wiil. He is an “Anti? man, anc might with the Roman, at the opening of t-very speech, cry ou., “My voice is still for war.” He nev- er sleeps in a majority If the adjournmen: leaves him in one over night, he embraces the fivst opportunity to “defin® his position,” and satisfy the world that he was opposed to the measure for which he was coripelled to vote : Send him to an ecclesiasticai court. He finds a fiel} broad and abundan — Evils in the church are go numerous and great tha ne is aniazel at the indiflerenc. which has slept over them until he waked up. He finds trouble wier- nobody ever saw it before ; nd danger: stand thick where all was ‘r.t as cam as summer sunset An aposile vould noi be more zealous tor reform. The “church,” says he, “is an Anti-Sin Society,” ond therefore must make war on every thing ceong Resolutions are ihe patent modem neins oF putting down sm; and therefore, me» trusting to the gospel preached in seve, a the remedy, he would resolve it out ot the «church, and out of the world. In the - tit, the * Anti?? man is at hom: He can iuee fight an’ always be sure «. victory: INv one oppns sy and he eam rai a Hydra and stamp bis heaws one Ly one to the dust, until his people are aniazed at his fervor ; and think {Heir minister ise oa trech a Boanerges. {/e can form societies, with an “Anti” as their prefix ; and these he can multiply to his heart’s con'ent ‘Lf he is op- posed, so much the better The more cp- position, the more evidence that he ismgke. Even if he is overthrown, he cun he on his back and cry persecutiun, till ihe tables turn. Make him an Editor. From the heigh. on which he stands, the world is spread out beiore him, and to his.d:storted vision it is all wrong. He must write it right goes io work valiantly and selects his objects of attack. These are rapidly muitipiied a roun! him, ashis boldness ani eye-sight in- crease He first makes war on the cominon enemy ; but finding tha: in this he is not pc« culiar, he turns his arms ugainst his frien: » Tv isnot enough for him to pu down ws : knowedged evils; to overthrow the infidel ’ Socinian, or Universalist. Others huve won such victories as wel} ashe. ‘!is organ oi combativeness indicates the destiny for which he was born. He nurst be a refor- mer anc overturn old things, and introcuce new schemes that shali call him futher. True, the wise and good are saiivfed wath things aw they are; the cause of truth anc righteousness is on the advance, and sculs are da'ly added unto the church. But the good might be done better, if it were done in his way. And so he fights His friends and Christ’s frienvs remonstrate 3 they tell him chat the gospel is peace on earth; that the Spirit flies from the reain. of noise and strie; «hi. the wicked triumph when the pious quarrei; but what is that to him. How can he se any thing as it ought te be seen, withsuch a beam in his eye. He hones to. ride on the waves of discord: to influence and power, and perhaps a more sordid motive than this may be in hs heart. ; But. whatever be the motive, ibe “An‘)” ‘ man must make. mischief wherever he: is As « private member of » choreh he ts a source of continual trouble, embroiing the | congregation incessantl, ; ax an ofeer ho makes more, because he bas mofe powers as » min'ster he is even worse,as his Hing + en! conse yuence offer wider fie'ds ; and as » an Editor his power for evil is bounde! on- 'y hy -the extent of his intellect, and the numer ot his readers. W have had no one in ‘articular to sit for bis oortrait; but unless we are greatly m.ken ot is notaltogether a fancy sketch. —N>- Vark Observer —_—_— —. Oe a a a Frouithe Rel'cus Here , ANCIENT MONFY. Before the invasion of Julius Cesar, the na- *'ves of Enoland had tin plates, iron plates an!” ers, ‘vhich were money, and their only money. {a the anthority of Seneca, a curious accuun ‘4 riven of a neriod when leather, appro: tiate!y stamped to give ita certaim legal character, waa the ony eurre t morey. Ata couparst.. v re. cent date a ale) Eurove. “ed = thr second, who fradia 125), at the age of Milar, actua!:y par! his troops with leather money.— Nearly the some circuinstance occurred in inv. land during the’vreat wars of the harons, In the course of 1350, King John, for the ransom of his roya’ person, prorn’se? to pay Edward t:e Third of Enland 3,000,000 of gold crowns, In order tu fulfil! the oblivation, he was reduced to the mortifying necessity of paying the expenses He of the palace in Jeather money, ‘1 th -entre o ench piece there being a little bright :iar cig yer. In that reign is fov.nd the oriviv vt the ‘a. vestiad honor of boyhood, called—conierring a leather medal. The Imposin, ceremonier ace, companying a presents*.cn, gvve full force, dige nity, and value to a leather jewei whic}: nobles inen Were probably proud end gretified to ree ce-ve at the hand of majesty. So late as 1574, there vs an immence: issue ot nuney ip Holland staron don sma!! sheets of paste board, But further back in the veta of yeara, Numa Poinpilius, ‘he seer’ Kine of ‘ ane, who ceignetl 672 yerrs be ore the Chrige tian era, made money out of wood ar we!l ag lea her; a knowledge of which nyght have ine fnenced King John in the bold project of subs atituting the tanned hide of an animal for gold 1 silver, well known to his subjects to be exe “eedingly precious. i “eth gold and silver appear to have been in xionsive circulation in Egy: t, soon after their © @ney was unders ood in Asia. From. thence Loey were istred:. @d ints Carth:ge ard Greece; ue finally tray’ oc. further and turher ina wester y direction, the city of Rome discovered . the importance of legstising their circulation, Weight having alway: been of the first ime, portance in early times, the shape of money aye sears to have been reg rded with perfect indif. ierence for a series ©. “pes, When the bits and pi it':} 5 of metal recei we ua precious, were extersively creulates, it } ruite probab‘e the* each possessor shaped th :» spit his own conception as practiced to ao oxte:it at this-time in rente places in the Bast iomiest—the payer away cut- off parts ‘vith sears, till he obtains, hy exact weiyh', the stipus « ' amount. It was thus that men. trave!led .) tis evidence of their possessions in a sack, But great inconvenienve mist have resu ted from cus often tedious nrocess; and as nations ade vance. in cis. zation avd (he economic artr, a evain anerk or impresso, on certain sized pieces in ackno.w edged to be the signol a ‘sta weigh. Thit facilitaced nevotistions, and var. edo furvher imprevements, both in ve share, weigh, and beauty of the ex:ernal EVGA. and by the profile o° the king, the date of sage, ald the recor’ Oo. important events, oe rth mere completenes, «nd character to croaiatiny -articie ot exchanve. se ’ Rivi ite ce proprietor of which would be at New Soace i weck if vind and weather permit, aad vome to the old ship.” In 1744 the stage wagons between bru wick and ‘Trento rar bwiee a Work. New ntown was Ustablivhed, running from South + In Oetober, $750, a new dine was established the owner ol which fesidtd at Perth Amboy. He otormed ail ventlemhen dad Jadies “who have vceasion to transport themselves, goods, wares, | onus chandise from New York to Philadelphia,” | (hat ne had a Sstayge boav? well titted for the pur- poo, which, “wind and weather permitting,” (thie ney cr forgotten proviso, ) would leave New York every Weduesday for the ferry at Amboy on Thirsday—where, on Friday, a stage wagon would be realy to proceed immediately to Bor- dente «n—where they would take another stage hoai lor thiladelphia—nothing being said (very winter; and this continued to be the case till 1754, when Dr. Franklin became superintend- ent, and improved the condition ofthe post office materially. In October, notice is given that un- til Christmas, the post would, leave the two ei- ties three times a week, at 8 o’clock, A. M., and arrive the next day atabont 5 o’clock, P M., making 33 hours. After Christmas, “heing fre- quently delayed in crossing New York Bay,” (the route was vid Blazing Star Ferry,) would | leave only twice a week. Further improvements were made in the following years, & in 1764, ‘if | weather permitted,” the mails were to leave ev- ery alternate day, and go through in less than twenty-four hours; and such was the rate at | » which they travelled until the Revolution put a wisely) of the time when they might expect to | arrive there — He states, however, that the pas- sages are mide in forty-eight hours less Gme than xy any other line. This was probably the case, or the route was so well patronised, that in 1752, they carried passengers twice a week, in- steari of once, endeavouring ‘to use people in the best manner ;”? keeping them, be it observed, from ‘ine Lo seven days on the way! The success of this line seems to have led to opposition in 1751, orivinating in Philadelphia, . which professed to go through in twenty-four or thirty hours, but which nevertheless appears to. have rejuired the same number of days as the | other. Great dependence was placed upon the | attraction of (he passage boat between Amboy | ind New York, described as having ‘a fine com- modious cabin, fitted up with a tea-table, and sundry other articles.” In 1756, a stage line between Philadelphia and New Xork, via ‘Trenton and Perth Amboy, was established, intended to run through in three days. This was followed in 1765, by another, | furnished apartment. to start twice a week—but nine years had work- | ed no increase of speed. The following year, a third line of ‘good stage wagons,” with “the seats on springs,”? was set up, to go through in } two days in summer, and three in winter. These | was the eldest. . wagons were modestly called ‘lying Ma- chines,” and the title soon hecame a favorite with all the stage proprietors. These lines ran, | be- lieve, by the way of Blazing Star Ferry, and put an end to the transportation of passengers on the vld Amboy route. . Krom 1765 to 1768, attempts were made by the legislature to raise funds by lottery for short- ening and improving the great thoroughfares, but without success. Governor Franklin, alluding to them in a speech to the Assembly, in 1768, states that “evey those which lie between the stop to their regular transsition. In 1791, there were only six offices in New | Jersey—Newark, Elizabeth, (now Rahway,) Brunswick, Princeton, and Trenton The total of their receivts for the year ending October 5th, 1791, was 4530, of which the post-moster re ceiyed $108 20—leaving $421.80 as the nett revenue. What achange, Mr Editor, hes come over the face of the country since the tire 1 referred to; and with so many more facilities than were possessed by our forefathers, how great should he our improvement in all things connected with the diffusion of knowledge and intelligence a- mong the people! Gi.P: THE LESSON: A TALE OF DOMESTIC LIFE. BY SKETCHER Three young ladies were seated in a richly They were the Misses A- manda and Emma Ellis, and their cousin Deliah Carleton. The latter was engaged in the wo- manly occupation of sewing; the two former in discussing, critically, a ball at which all three had, been present the preceding evening. “} don’t Kke that Mr. Barton, at all,” said Miss Amanda, continuing the conversation, ‘Nor | either,’? responded Miss Emma, who ‘And why not, cousins?” asked Deliah, “1 am sure he is handsome enough is he not ?” “Yes, but—” “But what coz :”’ said she to Emma, who had spoken last. “Surely his manners are pleasing | and language polished—without affectation.” 4 “Yes, yes, but for all that, he is vulgar,” said Emma, pettishly, ‘vulgar in his ideas.” ‘Vulgar!’ exclaimed Deliah, ‘you must again allow me to differ with you coz,’ she continued looking into her cousin’s faca with a smile, ‘I think he is quite refined—more so than Mr. Price (WEST-AERICA) (HILARY APRIL: or Mr. Brown, and many of the’ other gentle- men.’ ; ‘Only think of comparing Mr. Barton with Mr- Price or Mr. Brown,—to gentlemen !” exclaimed Miss Amanda Ellis. ‘Why, Mr. Barton is a me- | chanic -tion that passengers would arrive in Philadephia | ‘Well, suppose he is, dear,’ said her cousin, ‘does that make him vulgar, or less respectable ! For my part I think a mechanic can be as much a gentleman (in the true sense of the word) as ° a milionaire.’ ‘Well I declare, cousin ‘Lile, you do have ° some of the funniest notions; said Miss Amunda, ‘just for all the world like pa; he thinks one man: just a@ good as another, even though he be a la- borer.’ ‘Yes,’ said Emma, ‘1 do wish he would be a for his daughters than mechanics. that Mr. Barton comes here: he gives such press- ing invitatious. I suppose he wants me, or you, Amanda. Would n’t it make a fine paragraph for the paper*’—Miss Amanda, (or Emma,) daughter of James Ellis, merchant, to Mr. Chas. Barton, mechanic. Oh, dear! and the spoiled beauty (for both sisters possessed great personal attractions) threw herself back upon the:sofa and laughed heartily, as also did her sister. ‘Well well, girls,’ said Mr. Ellis, who, hidden by the half open door of the apartment, had been an unobserved listener to the conversation, and who now entered the room, ‘you may laugh now, but you may live to regret that you did not try to obtain Mr. Barton fora husband.—Mark that,’-—and the old gentleman taking his hat left the apartment. ‘Who would have thought that pa was listen- ing !? said Miss Amanda, ‘but I do n’t care ? ‘I declare, if there is not Mr. Barton on the steps!’ exclaimed Emma, who was looking through the blinds. ‘Come, come, she continued, addressing her sister, let us go up stairs to the other parlor, and leave cousin Lile to entertain him: it will bea pleasure to her, for she is. par- tial to mechanics,’ and the sisters left the room. The object of the foregoing conversation was a young man whom Mr. Ellis hdd introduced to | his daughters, and neice, some months before, as | | a master mechanic. But unlike their father, who valued a man for his character, and not for his money, the Misses Ellis were great sticklers for respectability—their standard for which was rich- es—and the consequence was, as we have seen, that Mr. Barton did not stand any too high in their good graces. Mr. Ellis knew that a false estimate of respectability was a predominant fault in his daughters’ characters, and he deter- mined to vive them a practical and salutary les- son. How he succeede’, the sequal of onr story will show. A few moments after the sisters had lett the room, Mr. Barton entered. He was ahout the middle heicht, witha fine figure, regular features, and intelligent countenance. black hair was pushed back, displaying its fine proportions which fact, even the Misses Ellis did not at- attempt to deny, and the ease and politeness with which he greeted Miss Carleton, spoke his claim to that which that lady herself had awarded him —the title of gentleman. Ye was soon seated, an|in conversation with Deliah. Deliah Carleton was a charming girl. It is true that she did not exhibit the exquisite ' proportions, and the regular features of her two cousins ; but there was ever a sunny smile upon her face, and cheerful sparkle in her clear light | blue eye, and she had such light and bounding spirits, that made her appear, if not as beautiful as her cousins, at least more bewitching ; at least so thought Mr. Barton as he gazed upon her lauthing countenance. How much better, thought he, would it be to possess her for a wife depend- ant as she is upon her uncle, and dowerless us she would be, than either ofthe Misses Ellis with their spoiled tempers, and their fortunes. ; Thinking thus, is to be wondered at. that he left | her with a half formed determination to win her | love if it lav within his power. When Deliah appeared at the dinner table that day, many were the meaning and inquisitive glances her cousins cast upon her. At Jast, una- ble to restrain their loved habit of ‘running’ their | cousin, they spoke. ‘] hope you spent a very pleasant morning, cousin, said Miss Amanda, with a mock, arch look. ‘A very interesting tete-a-tete, was it not ?? whispered mma across the table. ‘I spent the morning very pleasantly,’ answer- | ed Deliah, blushing slightly. a ‘Oh! I dare say,’ said Emma sarcastically, ‘I | _ Suppose he gave you @ dissertation on mechanics, ceptable. He was certainly a handsome man, | THAGE EDITOR AND PROLiiWTOK., aks 29. 13812. NO. 6 did he not coz.’ : ‘Well, and suppose he did?’ said Mr. Ellis, who had been listening patiently, but:into whose hon- est face the color now rose. Js it not better to listen to that, than:to the senseléss conversation of the foplings, half men, half monkeys, who disgrace humanity 2? and the old man cast such a lovk upon his daughters as made them quail beneath it f ‘But never mind, Lile,’ he continued in a solt- er voice, and patting his neice’s rosy cheek, nev- er wind, Mr. Barton is worth three or four such - would-be-gentlumen as Mr. Price, & Mr. Brown, and in more ways thai one. Mark that girls! | He is worth two or three such in more ways than one” ‘The last sentence he addressed to his daughters. little more circumspect, and find better company | It is his fault | Days, weeks, and months rolled by, and Mr. Barton had become a frequent visitor at Mr El- lis’. It was very evident that he was paying | ‘particular’ attentions to Deliah Carleton, and it was also plain, to see that they were not uuac- This fact furnished an ample subject - for the sisters’ sarcastic remarks. As for ihe father, whenever they indulged in them iu } presence a knowing smile would play upen i» face, and he would repeat to them his assertivi , that they would some day wish they had obtain. ed Mr. Barton for a husband. Thus things continued for sometime. A: length one morning about three months subse quent to the period when our story commen. Mr, Ellis entered the parlor where his Ga’: were silting, with a light step, and spark jue ‘Well, girls, what doryou think of it 2? san: : rubbing his hands in glee. ‘What ?? asked both the youny ladic» breath. i ‘The wedding we’re going to have ‘The wedding! what wedding ?? ‘Your cousin’s.’ ‘Deliah’s.’ ‘Yes. She is going to honor the se: /« with her hand. What du you think of it ji ‘} don’t think much of it, saa Miss brs. with a tuss of her head.’ ‘Nor 1,’ said Amanda. ‘You don’t eh: Well suppose 1 was you she is going to marry aman worth two ! dred thousand dollars, would that alter you positions ?? ‘Why, what do you mean, pa?? ‘Listen and | will tell you girls,’ sai gentleman bending upon his daughters 4, and somewhat stern luok. The father «. Barton to whom your cousin is soun wii ried was an old triend of mine; We wei, mates in boyhoud. _ He was aj preot ice carpenter’s trade about the sane Vue tuged the counting lictsc. Soowa finished learning his uace he went « that Baltimore, and there started t asuwess * ‘and Where he mariaca His eyes were of | deep blue—his eye-brows finely arched, and his | forehead high and white, from which the jet | Being pOse? ius, ane havin a ZOOd COUCatOu, ied mechanic and builuer he svon becaun tect; and so subsequently amased a ini; Knowing the reverses of torvunc we whe! ure liable, he resolved to make hes or: good architeci, so that ut ever: should desert him, he would have wheres) earn honestly his daily breac, He succeou year or two ago he died, leaving hi. whole fortune—his wife being already ¢ Charles being an only child. Abcoreix an avo Charles came ic this city ona vis.t led upon meas his father’s friend? by the Go uece of conversation Lasked bin why he was uot ucr- ried. He said thathe never yetmer woh a young lady that he thought worthy of caitmy his wate, that he could find enough who wouic Inarey him for the sake of his moncy, but thatsucha ene he would never marry. 1 to.d bin T would intro- duce him tosome of our city ladies, and see i he could not find one among them to suit him He BAtlas aatanle? Oebs | required then that I should coneea: his wealth, and introduce him only as a masier mechanic. I acquiesced, and knowing your false estimate of respeciability, [embraced the opportuniy of teaching youa salutary lesson. I knew when 1 brought him home with me, and introduced him, that neither of you would be his chosen, because | was certain that you would not sloop so low as to marry a muster mechanic, but the event which willsoon take place, Léasily foresaw. Your cousin knew nothing of his wealth until to day. I see you look surprised, girls, but did I : not tell you that you would be sorry son.e day you did not obtain him tor a husband? And did I not tell you he was worth two or three such _ninny-hammers as Mr. Price and Brewn, in more ways than one? Remember, iris, that wealth is a false standard by which to judge of res- pectability & worth. Not that arich man may not be respectable, but that very often he who earns his daily bread by the sweat ofhis brow, is more *. 22 ofa gentleman than he who counts his thous- sands.’ And they did remember it. For in after years they showed in their choice of husbands that they had not forgotten their honest olil father’s lesson.— Portland Tribune. ‘ GOVERNOR'S MESS SK. Government Louse, Monrovia, Apri 4, 1842. ‘lo the Honorable, The Members of the Legislature of the Com- monwealth of Liberia, GENTLEMEN :—You are now assembled for the discharge of the duties, with which the people of this Commonwealth have charged you. We find preat occasion to rejoice in the general welfare of tue Colony: we are in the enjoyment of the blessings of peace; civil and religious harmony exist, and future prospects are opening before us: Se through the past year, ard up to the present tine, - peace has been in our borders, Our civil and relig- ious institutions are exerting a most happy influence over the natives around us, they acknowledge our superiority, and are daily adopting our Custoins. Although diseases within the last few months have visited our land, and deprived us of some yalua- bie citizeas, (and with them our most excellent Chief Magistrate); at present the general health of the people is good, and we are called upon to re- new our thanks and our devotion to our Heavenly Parent, who has continued his mercies and blessings towards us. [ft we find ourselves increasing in wealth, (for the past season has been one of unexainpled sic- cess to our merchants & agriculturalists), in knowl- edge (which I sincerely hope is the case), and in every thing which promotes human and social happi- ness, let us ever remember our dependence for all these blessings on the inerciful dispensation of Di- vine Providence : remembering that “righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any peo- ple.” Since the last session of the Legislature, nothing special has occurred to disturb our friendly relations with toreigners or the native tribes around us. Some little difficulty has arisen between the Colenial Authorities and ne Britist traders on this coax, on ihe subject ot jurisdiction over, and proprie- ty of clam to the territory of Bassa Coye in the County of Grand Bassa. Captain Denman, R. N. Sometime in October last, commenced a correspondence with ine on this subject, which correspondence with one subse. queniy between honorable L.’ Sheridan and Lieu- tes i Seagram will be iaid before you C..sin Denman in his correspondence claims Bas*: Cove on the following prounds : 1. Lan: Mr. Spence a British trader, purchased Bas*. Cove prior to any purchase made by this Goveruuent 5 aud 2, “natas British traders had for a long series ot years, carried on an undis.urbed trade with the na- tives of ,.nat place, we have no right now to insist upod ther conpiance with any regulations made by the Government of Liberia.” The position taken by Captain Denman, seems to me altogether untenabie. Iu the first place, Captain Spence’s executors have failed to produce documents to estabiish the right of property ; and secondly, Tam fully convinc- ed un: Mr Shane can have no territorial! claim: Aalto} ‘ners be any claim at all, it is only such as is Bones! h3 Y.seu to “oreigners by the natives on this coast, viZi—the nei to occupy a simall lot of land for the time being, o:. which to erect factories to fa- cilitate their trade, Now admit that Captain Spence had such aclaim, or even admit that he had pur- chased* the land he orenp ed in fee simple, will it be pretended that he exercised political power by estabisning a government over the territory! Or will itbe insisted upon that any such power was ceded to hii by the natives? .No! I think not. But on the other hand, the natives of that county have not only ceded to us the territory, but alsu the right to exercise political power and control over the persoue and property within its territorial limite. New. ii soilows that if Captain Spence or any other fore (ier, Gave property within that territory, they are ud to subscribe to the regulations of the’Gov- erument, that is entitled td exercise political juris- dition overit. ‘That the right of soil may he in ene. oid thai of politic: power in another. Whiie the onioyiaent of the former is not inconsistent with athe sserie of the litter, iga principle generafly agunistec. This subject is one, zentiemen, of vital impor- tance to our very existence, and deserves your se- rious attention. Not that tue trade at Bassa Cove ig OF auch Unportauce ; nor that we wish to exclude British more than oter traders, from any intercourse with the natives of that place for the purpose of trade. This is not the case. But carry out the princi ple, Jet it be once seiabiished that these men are ad- mitted into our territory above the aw, beyond our judicial contro}, and the axe is laid at the root of the tee. Our political existence is at an end. It will be the menns firet, of opening a thoronuh- fare ‘ur the clandestine introduction of foreign imer- chandise into other parts oi the colony, without any poss.bility of controlling it, Se-ondly, it would close the door to the supprecsion of vice and immorality ; the peace & youd order of our community would be destioved, and the government soon annihilated. And tuirdly, could: not the lawless slavers claim this very spot up to the year 1822, on the same principle of “undisturbed trade for a long series of years ?”' Certainly they could. ‘These, gentlemen, are soe of the results that would grow out of such an ad- Mission. But may wechuritably hope these are not the re- gilts aimed at by these claimants. Bat it must be considered that Bassa Cove is one of onr reguliriy coustituted ports of entry, where vess’is of ail nations (engaged in a legitimate trade) are verinitted ty ez.er and carry on a peaceable and undisturbed traffic, ouly being required to. conform to the laws of the commonwealth, and a compliance with the regu.aious of the port, which impose no h@rddetiog, e’rnteducpies of the port regn!ations are ELIBERTA vefore the public. Tsay whence sagider this, itis difficult to determine what can be tie presen oral. timate wish of these traders. Can it be that they think thus to tamper with us, because they think we ire too. wenk to enforce our laws! Or, can it be: that they think the .British Government. will counte- nance this interference ? Let then think what they piease on. this subject, I vaunot believe, gentiemen, that the -British Gov. ernment will toierate such conduct in her subjecis. No! the British Government. is too Maguaninieus 5 thev have no wish io oppress us. I would, there ore, recommen’! (rarher than come into collision with any of Her Majes'v's subjects, which we have hereto- fore studiously avoided) ‘That we through the Ame- rican Colonization Society, lay this subject as spee- dily as possible before Her Majesty’s Government, begging that Her Majesty’s naval. officers an this coast, be instructed to protect us front this improper interference of British traders, and that we be left in the peaceable enjoyment. of our territory and po- litical jurisdiction. JI would next call your attention to our judiciary, Which in some particulars, is detective. First, that there are difficulties likely toatise be- fore the Courts of Quarter Session, for the want of more definite distinction between the proceeding of these Courts as Courts of law; and a Court for the Probate of Wills, &c. &c. Secondly, that many cases of offences against the Commonwealth must originate in the Superior Courts; this arrangement (in such a comMMwenity as ours) is caleulated to delay justice and create wine- cessary expense. Vor persons charyed with larceny Ge. &c., however vague and uncertain, are bound either to find security for their appearance at the next Session of the Superior Court, or be iinprison- ed at. the charze of State. And as this Court only meets semiannually, should an accusation be brouglit against any individual immediately atter its adjourn- ment, however innocent, he musi undergo the em- barrassment of finding security or remain in prison for several mouths. At present many of our laws are varrue and indefi- nite. And as it is important that they should be vo constructed as to meet the poorest capacity, [ would recommend that the Acts of the Legislature for 1839, 1840 and 1841, be compile! (striking out such as have been abrogated) and :epublished with the Acte of the present sessions in one vol:une. I would further reconmend that the flurd section of an Act passed Janpary 1841 to establish a curren. cy in the Commonwealth of Liberia, be so amend- ed as to make engrayed biiis redeemable with spe- cie, camwood, ivory, or good bills of exchange. ‘his recommendation is made Gentlemen, after a mature and deliberate consideration—I have seen with re- gret the embarrassment of some of our merchants the past season; several of then: have not been able to meet their enravements with the Collector, for the want of a sufficient circulation of these bills, (the only legal tender.) This arises tram the fact that they are oniy redeemable with specie—con- sequenily che Society's Agent have been compelled to linit their circulation by the meand within his reach to redeem them. . Whereas if they were redeemable Witt specie, camivood, ivory, or good bills of ey- change, merchants or others having produce ,could lave it exchanzed for these bills, either for their convenience, or to meet their demands at. the 'Trea- sury, without embarrassing the means: provided ‘or their redemption. Situated as we are it is imios-' ble for any length of time to back ourissue. with specie, ‘The small remittances trom America iii hot meet our demands when scarcely a foreivi vesse, leaves the colony without taking away more or les. a quantity of specie, which is exchanged tor iwer- chandise—which merchandise is again exchanuecd with the natives for African produce, thus jeavin,: us Without any meaus to replenish our specie ‘Fre: s- Urys I have heard with some surprise that an aiteuj: will be made at this session of the Leyislature i reduce the Tariff, in this I hope I have been misia- formed. For to reduce our revenue 1: this time would at once paralize our efforts io erect Public huildings, and such other public improvements as our situation at present demands. It is true our ‘lreasury at presenti is aot Bauk- rupt ; we are able to incet our cow'invent expenses, but, very. soon, we shall have amore tain this todo, Public buildings are now about bein: erected, The light touse on Cape Messurrass will be completed in a jew days; forthe erection — waieh the Legisiature in 1889 appropia «i 8500-- ani up tu this tine not one dolar vrs! s pose by. been dravn from the pablie Tieaury. A it house has just been commenced, wine id desired to be a aeat and cummodeus editice, 5G ict 34 tee! wide and two stories ig. aud will resure an appropriation oF at foast tnvee. tiousand dow: In addition to this we need sauadiately a Jail heuse, aud other necessary pul!’e nnprovements, blew gentlemen, can these ‘ings ot aecompusned, or even the absolute, aii necessary expenses of the officers of Government ve discharged wihout oo adequate revenue (Which at present is scarcely invre than sadimenut.) Our annual revenne ace mi. ing tu the ‘Preasnrer’s, last acesunt rendered 3Lst Mareh, may 0+ estinated at about %2000—the or. idnary expenses of the Governurent according to the present system will require annually about $1500 leaving an annual balance of $500 to-he applied 10 improvements. Since the Jast session of the Legis!a- ture, some acquisition of territory lave been inside io the Colony—we have purchased trom the Niivwes, and they have forinally ceded to this Commonwea: ts the territorial right, and judicial contra! over two sectons of country south east of this, known as Grand Battoo and Barbarra, and we are now 1 trea- ty with the natives for two other valuable ycints ; eee * * Teonay be proper to mention here thy some time in the early part of 'ast year, aun ment was entered into betwee. ae Board «i rectors of the American Coienisction Socwery the Mississippi Colonization Socieiy, ¢ Die yah oustituling .Sinoe an integral part. of this Commonwealth, con- t sequently subject to the constitution and jaws of | the colony, and entitled tu representation. ‘ Having thus onmefly hinted at a tew of the most ituportant subjeci:s thal may claim your attention.— T would in conclusion remind you, Gentlemen, that — HEX AZ D. —_—_—— sr oe eee rem a | you are now: asseinbled to deliherate on matters ot the highest importance, for the wellare oi (ins 1 fant Republic, on you in a very great devree de os the. future happiness of ow fellow eitizer. should you be moved by any inean, and bases rei. ple—and have so imposed on your constit.tents a8 to have yourselves returned to thie house jor any sordid, or avaricious purposes hundreds may rise up to curse you—this T hope will not apply to any gen. tleman before me. No! I feel axsured that. every member of this house-is actuated by higher end nobler feelings : Though some ofour citizens have thought proper to impugn our motives by circulating insiunations, that some of you have procured your electibn to his house, and will prolong this session to the utnost extent, for no other purpose than to procure the amount allowed their representatives. Now Gen- ‘lemen is the time to show your mMagnanimity— throw this foul »sperbion back in their teeth by your first Act. Pasa a resolution reducing your pay, or that yon will only receive pay for a stated time. Above all, Gentlemen, let moderation, and decorum mark all your proceedings, in which may you have Divine assistance—that the Acts of this session may be a blessing to mankind. ‘ £ ain Gentlemen, Ss sur Your obt. servant, JOSEPIT I. ROBERT, ~ COMMUNICATION. VOR THE LIBERIA HERALD. Marshall, Mareh 12th, 1842, Mr. Emror: In perusing Attieute Luminary, ander date of the 18th of Febriury last; L happened to east iy eye oO, the sketeh of a lever pubiisted, and whieh is said to be trom 5. Wilkesou to Doei Johnson, requesting: him to pave all possible intonation of the success ot the farnacrs in Laberiag particularly their improvement in raisins collie. Lalse saw. published Doct. Ss answer to SW. and under ita small piece of editorial, headed “Remurk« contradicting Duct, J's. favouralile observations On durin. mg.” Ln this piece of editorial, tis suid “hat Docr. Is. views.on the prevent state of agrienlure in the Colony are altogether incorreety and that toclearan aere of land and planta, would cosi trou tweniy-live to tity dollars, and to make jhe lowest ealeulation, it would not be Jess than fitteen dollars.” Now Mr. Bditor, Twill, endeavour ta give the pabtie -ome idea of the expenses of armies iu itis Colony 3 but modaing this, itis notiny object to exalt one niaa's 0 pinion and throw away the other, but merely to juform your roaders of the state of things ina true lieht. In £838) Linade an attempt to. farm at Litde Bassa, (waile residing there) aeeordingly Leleared off even a- eres of Find aunt planted itdewi ins rice, aud whea I aad gathered in ny grain, 1) found that the whole ofany expenses in malang the crop amounted to fifiy bars 3; equal in-valne (to te natives) to fifty dollars, In 18390 made another. arrempry and cleared cif ten acres; five of which I put down in rice, and the other | tive in cassadoy but in cosequenee of a war beuveen the natives aud Aimeri¢aus, Dhad to abandon ny tirme and eve Weaver to cestruetion. done amounted to torty bars, -equal to ovelye doflars. The thid attempt: | anade to farm, was in Ls4l at Marsnali, i then cleared tourreen and Wobaifacres; sev. ead hall bput down in riee—tive. in enesacd: span che romander of the peround cleared I plaiied werk Weel potatoes, The prodaess ot whieli, 2 have heon ior the lagteivht months and am mow subsisting pons Phe planting of these fourteencand a halt aeres eos me tatee hundred bars, equal an value to liuudred cellars. one T have now this season. exclusive of lust Vears furin, cleared Off, but not yet planted, The. cost of whien is one hundred bars, or forty-five dol. lars. about twenty acres, Tas, Mr. Buitor, is what dT have ventured to du mv. ey and it is whath beg you to publish, 20 thar those who nay have a desire to make atrial. ef the virtie of yur fertile soil, nay he eneournsed 3 -hall hear that scores are forsukine billet of eanwwood, and a tooth of ory, and are expect. Ing ya few gears with we sheave os their hand to liatloo With o prevaiiiie volee to their friends to come over and help therm. and by and by vou Mircnen Esauy. Sey eet ee eet eee ISI. TO AID, me : 20 ageserdease naan tam verempey rere MONROVIA, LIKURIA, APRIL 29, 1842. LEGISLATURE OF LIBERIA. Tie Legislature to whose convention we ‘had looked ! tsrward withso much anxiety, has convened and dis. missed, and of their matchless achievernents, each one may say with Cusar, vini vidt vici, for as they met dif. | ficulti-s they bowed obeisance and passed them, leaving them tu provide for themselves. Some things wero, itis true attempted. An alteration was made in some branches of the Judiciary. The Su- perior (?) Courts were abolished aud a Circuit Court us- tablished. ‘Tho matter was,however, reeunsidered, and in ashort time by a fell swoop, th Circuit Court was swept away and the Superior Courts again by a unani. mous vote given a local habitation and a name. Some bubyish efforts were made to raise a revenuc— or in other words, tq crush the commerce of the calony, and drive away foreign traders, by a resolution to in- ‘reuse the ulready intolerable, duties of five per. cent. to eight per. cent. This resolution, as of right it ought, went to the right-about, and we are still permitted to ' breathe with the galling yoke of five per. cent. advalo- em. And as advalorem in Liberic means 100 per. cent, au the cost of goods, we are graciously permitted. to trade by paying 10 per. cent, direct’ duties with all other cost and charges asa mild addendum. We have neither room nor leisure at the present to discuss this matter; we shall however, avail ourselves of the first spare moment to demonstrate the foolishness and the ruinous tendency in both a political and moral point of view, of these Anti-Republicam and unjust bur- ° The expense of what 1 had “the prusuit ofthe, nr he nt TC - ae o dens. There has heen a change made in the cireulatiag m: dium ¢i the eolony. The engraved bille which before were redeemable in epecie, are now redo@mable in cam. wood, This, although not. a complete reform, if @om2what better than before; as the merchants can now poy ther duties, which before they could not do. This will ales enuble the Governor to put a larger amount in circule. tion, witha more ready means of redemption. Tho iden ot making silver the circulating medium, is prepoe- terous. We have no mint, and no commerce to com. mand specie. Those veseels that come here are in search of the article. They seldom think of bringing it to exchange for produce. . The Legislature dismissed, wo believe, with pretty rood feelings. . te EXCURSION, We treated ourselves a few days ago, with an excur= sion to Miuna's Town. Our good folks here have not arisen to the full perception of the benefit of an ocea- sional aquatic excursion. After weeks of duil rounds of ordinary camwood and similar deadening ayocations» mr excursion inthe country is. truly exhilarating and refreshing. Olt Mama, was as usnal ccremonious and formal: We saw her as we approached the landing, cautiously eyeing the boat from the angle of a house. We rio gouner sttuck the landing than she precipitately retired, find when we nextsaw her, she was gravely seated in , her hall of reception. To riae on the approach of Ln. dies is no part of African disnity, she therefore Btolidly kept her svat although the ladies were in near approach of her. Assoon, however as we appronched (being a favorite of old Mama's) she arose cate forward, und gave the cordial African welcome, by pressine our Then followed the suap ofthe finger with «I the party. This concluded, the old woman) conducted us to a. house which she had allotted for our occupation. right hand betweens both of liers, Notwithstanding our up- proach to the town was rapid, this house the beatin. the town was ready cleared and prepared before we were ready 10 enter upon its oceuparicy. This house, we are inclined to hetieve, was orected I: i + . fur the express purpose oi accommodating Stranprors. is finished in the best style of native workmanahip, contains two apartments, In both there are ottomane— that is banks of earth thrown up in form of sofas, whies are intended for an vecasional lounge, or for'seoping at night. ‘The ceilings are in the finest style of taste ané ‘fashion, arehed and fluted with bamboo. ‘I'he walis and floor like the couches, are of a greenish colored clay, rubbed hard and smoth, In this iraperteedy ceseribed aparnnent, we deposited ourselves. and our stores: and atter refreshing ourselves with « few inuments rest, we farther refreshed ourselves with the contents of our baskets. The natives as usual stuod armund, extremely surprised at our burdening our. selves with the Inenumbranecs of knives and forks, when each of ue was blest with nature’s own production of two hands and ten fingers. Old Mama was summoned to join in our. repast, bu, refused to fatin our presenre, she wos ther.fure sup. pled separateiy with a portion which she took away, and served outin small poruons to her dependants, leaving only a meagre share for herself, The situation of Muma’s town is one of the handsomt est that we have seen, It stands on the exireme point of the island, about a half mile froin the bar. Ihe no- ble St. Paul sweeps gracetully aroundit. ‘Uhe water is clear and deep, and embosomed by uoble trees whieb dip their green foliage in the retreshing stron. ‘Chere ig almost’ always a pleasant breeze from the sea, which sweeping over the waters is sufficiently cool sor one whe has been twenty years in the climate. We rowed down to the bar, back again up tia stream iad landed on the opposite side, On approaching tho, Jan lings the boys espied a tree burdeued with fruit, (mon. key apple) bending down to the surface of the water, as if to keep it cool aud ready for use.. As soon as we struck the shore, a general rage commenced, and soon like inonkeys tach one returned with a modicum of the spoil, The Indies made an excursion some distance up the “path” gathering flowers, wlilc we contented our. selves with joining the boys in devouring the fruit. We arrived home avout 7 o’clock in the evening at: ter a-day of pleasant and refreshing recreation, a RAINY SEASON, The rainy season: 13 fast approaching. Tho natives we have heard, are profiting by the sad experience of the past year, and have determined not to neglect their crops th:s season.” The dense and murky. clouds of sinoke that we occasionally see curling up the heavens» proclaim their attention to the: farms. There is one thing, and onl; one that we foar. = + eee The great seeurity that is given to the slave trade by the use ofthe American flag, and the refusal of the United States to grant the British Cruisers the rightof search will, we are almost confident, lead'to the ostablishment of «baracoons and slave facto. ries in every part of the country, and by consequence to general confusion and war. Itis impossible to kecp the country quiet while the slave trade is actively carricd on, and it 1s impossible to put it down while the flag of America protects it. The whole British navy would be inefficient far the purpose, for all that the aluver has to do when he is pursued isto hoist the American flag, and thatsecures him asafe trangition fo: fue cstge 9 flesh and blood, SS SE a Tg ere rere rete ge ren eee =: ‘ LIBERIA PAS oh Ct A rN ti ee pe ny penn eee THUNDER STORM. To day (28th,) we have been visited with the most ewwful thunder storm, and furious tornado that we have ever Witnessed. ; The cloud arose in the east black and murky, and advancing around to the North, broke with a violence that uprooted trees, twisting the tops from others, bear. iny them along: like feathers on the gale, prostrating houses, & burying the inmates under the ruins, Most ture Nunately no fatalities occurred. The loss of household eiuff and afew bruises were the worst accidents. ‘The escapes were truly miraculous, LAUNCH, On Saturday the 16th, inst. the fine coppered and copper fustened schooner ‘*yEDLAR” was launched from the ship yard on ‘Spice Island.” She is own by Messrs Payne and Yates, whose sagacity first discovered this jsland as the most suitable for building. Our old friend Draper is the architect, who in this instance, has. sus- tuined his reputation as a good workman, She mea sures about 19 tons. As soun as was convenient after she pluuged into her nutive element, we stepped on board and united in, to us the most interesting part of the eerviecs, Viz:—in. the discussion of numerous articles whieh vo by the sobriquette of “pies,” “cakes,” “oysters,” hams,” &e, &e. whieh fact we would have all our friends remember. ——— This tact has lengthened the notice, DEATH OF REV. JOUN REVEY. Vhe following letter announces the mourntul tidings of theodeadr ofour leloved brother Revey. Ino respect tothe character of the deceased, ditthe need be said, [lis inoffensive and gentle manners, bis meekness, piety and strict integrity hau endeared him to all who knew him. Vie Wes known tocall in the colony. Brotuer Revey Jere this place a iew years ago, and ber eume i inemberot the povernmentol Cape Palmas. His eonduet rendered perfect suuistiction te those inte. Tested, ape he reviined his office until dus death. {le was conored of tus muster, to eather a ehdreh in that pluee; Whielh was compuscucg! Bapust imran’ jromn chine ea, wna at soto Whom te) bapused there on a profession of their lathe Over ' Jlow die loved iter, and how nis alleeuon these lew le beeame thi Paswer. wus tecuprocaiod, wail be best seen tvoi the tollowing beet aibs Harper, Patnas. March 28th 1842. Brornen Trace. Dear. Sin :—Piease favour me so much as to publish the mourntul tidings of the death of the Ktey. Jno. Revey. Irom your long and inu- mute acquaintance With him, you can but feel that im lus death the Church and colonies have sustained an inestimable loss. The Rey. Juin Revey late founder and Pas- tor of the first Baptist Church in this «place, de- parted this ite on Monday 14th instant, at 12 Weluck, aged thirty eight. It is notior me to eniatye on the life and worth of the departed sunt; nor do J teel the least Nueasiness in being compeiled to resis that intu the hands of his nearest tries, which duty wnd ailection urge me to perform. No, lor um fully pursuaded they wiil do justice tu his INCINOLy. g But to be altogether silent might subject me to the censure of the inquisitive ; to avoid which; Lhave only to remark, that his end was that peuce und composure in death which chuaracter- ive the faithful; thatas he hved,so he died. He had not to prepare upon a bed of aflliction, to ap- pear vefore the Judge of all the earth, for he lived prepared. He said “ithe had to prepare for death while aiflicted with pain ashe was, he feared he would never be prepared—that the bed of aliliction was no place to pray.” Ilis daily deportment was such as secured him the esteem of all with whom he becaine acquain- ted. For his humility, patience and inoffensive- ness, he was admired by all. When he became concious that his dissolution was at hand, he ‘was nut dismayed. He could look forward to that moment with perfeet resig~ nativ to the will of God, and say, “my taith is upon Jesus Christ; lama sinner, und as such | merit nothing. If ]am saved, it will be purely of grace, tree unmerited grace !” Onthe Saturday night before his death, he called the members of his Church who were in the house, and bade them seat themselves by his bedside, and hear what their Pastor had to say to them. (Oh! the thought of parting with a Pas- tor; an only speaker in the Church of Christ! he is going, ayd there is none to succeed him ; none to whom he could say, ‘feed my sheep !?] He spake as far as I can at present recollect, as fol- lows. “Ihave something to say to you, but I fear I have put it off too long. Your Paster is going to die and leave you; live in love with each other. I atn certain the Church was planted here by Jesus Christ, and Fam sure he will take care ofit—-Nowam I receiving the consolation of that gospel, which 1 have been endeavonring topreach to you weekly. The work which God gav.: me to do, is finished, and nowl am prepared to die.” “Weleome death the end of fear, T ain prepared to go.” Upon being asked on Sunday night, how he tult, he replied, “1 feel quite comfortable in death.” At noon seizing his wife by the hand and pressing it with a smile, his spirit took its everlasting flight, leaving upon our minds the fol- | lowing impression Now | calinly “die and leave you T's the guardian care of God ? He'll support, and he'll defend you; Though | lie beneath the sud. Much more might be. given to show the state of his mind at this critical period, but I presume enough has been said to satisfy the minds of those who inquire, that his death was that of the right- eous ; that his spirit isnow an inhabitant of that celestial mansion which Jesus had prepared for him ; and that he is one among that number who have gone up “through great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and fhade them white in the blood of the Lamb.” A. L. J. oe SELECTED EXTRACTS. From the Portland Tribune. Occupations. There is not a more foolish notion afloat in the world, ‘than the one that it is the occupation that gives character to the man, One’s occupation, as the means of ‘getting a living)’ as the phrase goes; is precisely as high and creditable as another, provided that it be honorable and in accordatte with the laws of Godand inans ‘The man who holds the plough, hammere his. iron, or drives his peg to suppott his family with the necessaries and: comforts of life, is not a wit below the one: who measufes tape behind the counter, miystifics the Jaw at the bar, or presides at the councils of the nation. here is a vulear and most pernicious feeling abroad in the conimunity on this subject. Fathers must educate their sons for one of what is called ‘the learned professions.’ Daughters must niarry a lawyer, a doctor, a clersy-— man, ora merchant. Horror! the good lady would assoon think of marrying her daughter to a Winne: bagoo, as toa Lonely. industriotis, aid honorable mechanic... Why, the family would be disgraced, the name dishonored. No! no! The business of a sarpenter, a blacksmith, ora farmer, is not go res: pectable as that of shaving notes, drawing stolidity from the desk, pedling totten wood ‘or pills; or gel.” ling snuff and tobacco, And yet, the duties of all the learned professions, as well as those of a mer- chantile, are performed tor the same reason that a shoemaker waxes his thread, and the farmer plants his potatoes, viz: to obtain a living! Still aset of miserable, upstart tocls, who are almost universally low bred people theiuselves, people who have begun life in the ditch, endeavor to establish in society arti- ficial distinctions which they hope will elevate them above the comuon inass from which they were tak. en; and give to them an iniportance when innate worth and honesty could not commend them. La- hor,is labor, Lonest labor is honest Jabor. Honest and hotorable Jabor are the same whether pertotined by the King or the beggar, and is just as honorable in the one as the other. it is true, that ail men by habit and by taste are not fitted to pursue the same vocations, and there are natural divisions not distinctions; as the word is commonly used, created by harmony ani taste: This is as it. Bhould bo; and fits is tot ti dischatre of all the veculiat duties that devolve upon us as inem- bers of society, But to say that because a man per- forms any given duty, however huinble; though ne- ceseaty, degrades him or renders him less meritor. | lous than his neighbor; who performs. another duty, yet hot more faithtully;-is to say that we still adhere to the monarchial principles of the old world. Let the futher educate his son tosome honorable callings ane if he has predilections tor any patticular business, as is Often the case, let him follow it; if it he possible-—it is the man that ennobles the business, not the business that ennobles the man? and not spend a thought apon the distinctions in occupations, honorable and honest; that teols have allémpted to build ups Let children be taught tobe honerable, honest, and upright, to set. # proper value upon the riches ol a world which is only at best, but a bubble, bluwn into existence to-day to burst to-morrow, and io understand that the only true and real distinctions in society are those of virtue and vice, and that the ouly true and énduring riches are an intellect duly — that | culuivated, aflections schooled, and a heart knows ho guile. [Spirit of the Age. ee *t THE MUSIC OF NATURE, Nature, thro’-all her depths, is replete with music; Varied iw its tones and rich in its melody. 'I'here ismusic in the stillness of the twilight) hour—in the voices of the balmy breeze as it sighs amid the | sufring leaves of the star-iit_ grove, or sleeps upon the calm bosom of the reposing waters; in. the bub- bliug of the island fountain and the thunderings of | the foaming cataract—in the riplings of the moun- | tain rill aud the majestic Vaice of the storm-stirred | sea, ‘There is music in the joyous symphonies of the glad songsters of the grove beneath and the mutterings of the pealing thundérs above. Inhea- ven—on earth—in the out-spread skies and the in- visible air;—in. the solitary dell and jon the high mountain’s cloud-veiled top where human. footsteps have never left au echo—in the deepest. celis of the passion-stirred heart and the inanimate depths of the material world, in the dim rays of earth and the beam of those Celestial Lights which.gem the high tirmament and light the Angels to their even- orisons 3 in the tones of woman’s voice on earth and the devotions of the pure spirits of the better jand ; inal, thro’ all and over all, and forever vibrating the rich music of universal harmony and the deep tones of undying melody! ‘Thousands of invisible harps are pouring their united melody through the depths of air and earth, millions of archangels touch their heaven-struny lyres and send celestial. harmo- ny through the vast halls.of the temple of the liv. ing God upto the burniny throne of the Dread Eternal One! It is the air of earths it is the atinos- phere of heaven !—The unbounded universe is one sleepless lyre, whose cords of love and hope and pur- ity and peace are fanned inioa dreamy and mystic inelody by the breath of the hrvieible God !—[ Morn- tog Star. | powerful animals. SSS Se ee WER A LD. DESLRKED AWKTICLES. liydro.rrygen Microscope—T his extraordinary in- srument Which is exibiting «t 108 Broadway, has te power of magnifying a single drop of water 2.400- 640 times, occupying the surtace of a dise of 240 square feet. ‘The etill sinall drop ot water; which to ‘ur ordinary optics appears to be perfectly pure and nelluced, entirely too mimute to cdntain any liv.ug ob ject, and, even if it did; too clear and transparent to couceal it from our sight, whén viewed throush the mediam of this instrument. appears an extensive, iur- tnd pond, in which thousands of living animals are swimihg about, sportinie and preying on each other, and pursuing the bent of their nature with as much eagerness and animation as the mightiest monsters of the deep. Here we have the secret of how fishes live in glass vases, where they have apparantly no- thing but the pure elément to subsiston. But though beyond the power of human vision to. behold their a+ liment, Providence has supplied it them in a bund- ance. It-is not, however, on water alone that the powers of this extraordinary ,instrument can be ex- eicised. The leg of aspider, or the wing ofa gnat, when magnified by this microscope, instead of being apparently composed of such ligut, unsubstantial, tinaterials that the slightest breeze of wind might destroy them, appear, as they really are, put togeth- er with as much firmness and strength, compared to the weight of the animal' they have to suoport, as Wings of the largest birds, or thé limbs of the most This exhibition ‘niust be a rich treat both to the man of science and thé mere cur- ious observer, and is well calculated to incréase our wonder and admiration at the works of the great Cre- ’ ator—J, Com. INTELLIGENCE oF Birps—A gentleman resid. ing in Catskill, relates the following—*A son-of his, in the early part of the season put up a cage i his garden, intended for the blue bird. Soon af- ter it was completed, a pair of wrens paid it a vis- it, and being pleased with the tenement took pos- session and commenced building a nest. Before liowever, the nest was completed, a pair of blue virds arrived, laid claim to the cage, ard after a hard battle, succeeded in ousting the wrétis, and forthwith completed the neat on a plan of their own. But the male wren was bird of spirit, and not disposed to submit tamely to the injury. Some days after, watching his opportunity when his antagonist (vas away, he entered the cage, and commenred rolling the eggs out of the nest. He had thrown out but one, when the blue bird discovered him, and with loud cries matle an inme- diate attack.—The wren sought. safety in a neivh- boring currant bush, and by his activity in dodging about. among the branches, aud ground, succeeded in eluding his enraged adversary.—The blue bird gave up the chase and returned to examine the condition of the nest. ‘The ege had luckily fallen on a soft bed, and had not broken. After a care- ful examination he took it in His claws, and return. ed it safely to the nest. _————— Par’s Prayer. Au Trishman was brought up in the Police Court at New York, a short. time since, and after being questioned he was réleased. On understanding this, says the Sun, Pat gracefully re- tired back a few paces, and flinging his tattered hat upon the floor, dropped as suddenly on his knees as it he had been shot, then convulsively clinching hie hands togethet and looking upwards, he poured forth his gratitude in the following extempore- eup- plication :—*May the saints in heaven purtect you, yer reverence! and may every hair on yer lead turn to a mowld candle to light you to glory.? esi I a Se a ease ce A Savacr Trrat. Two gentlemen met yester- day in Canal Street. After shaking hands oné of them said.— ‘You must tell your brother, Mr: Sinith, thai | he must be careful how he regulates his conduct towards me, Hemet me vesterday in the Mer- | chante’ Exchange, and in the’ presence — of many gentlemen, called me a_ liar, thief, puppy, scoundrel and coward, aml then pulled my nose ‘and kicked me to the door++You may tell your brother that if he carries the thing mach further he wil! arouse a spirit which is not so easily put to rest. } shall not submit to every provocation.—[New Orleans Pica- yune. ‘Come Jolin, sit down and eat these potatoes and let your whiskey alone, for it ia poor stuff’ to live upon.’ ‘Ah Caty, my jewel, I would take your advice, but the * tateré are so. corky. * All the bener John, tor stopping your bottle. Vice is infamous; though ima prince ; and virtue, honorable, though in a begger. cen orem enema igen meee wpe eae ee ee, MARRIED, At murshall on the 15th ult. by John. Be Wooolans, usq. Mr. Davids M. Mutien, 10 Miss Barbary Borly, ai! of that town, In this town, om the 24th ult. by Win, W. Stewart Esq. Clerk of the Monsterado County, Quariv on. Su perior Courts, Mr. Augustus Hopkins to Mies J sans Bishop; both of this place. In this town on the 7th inst. by Rev. He Tease, Mr. Moore James, to Miss Dinnal R. Skinw-ti of this place. ; In this town, on the ldth inst. by Rev. H. Vesa, Mr. Charles Washington, to Miss. Maryarett, Gibory, both of this: piace, Ss APRA OEP Ys EE TW eh TANI AS PbS AN DIED — =— 7 Oly Atllarper, Cape Palmas, on the 15th of Maren inet | Mrs. Sarah Harmon, after an illness of a teow days, M¢: Harmon was a menber of the M. Ey Churel ii ‘ha Place. She departed this life in the miumple ot fail. An the sume tuwn, date unknown, jewel: ly, after a lingering illness, Mr. Benjanua J hws Ma. J, was ainember of the M. E. Chureli in cio Iie died in the faith, Tn this town on othe 8rd inst. aioe nv, lingeriny illuess, Mr. Moses Jacobs ir ds. menber of the M. b&. Chureh ino duc plese. ie de. parted this lite, after laving finished lis course, in uu glorious hope of a never ending and biessed iamotaliv. In this town, on the Qlsiy inst. Benjamin Ward, atter 6 6evere illness. re paree a vud | a. WHOLES 'LE PRICES CURRENT. +’ em tee eee ‘vs egy ARTICins, PE Ey one erga Bacon. m . ‘ 2 Lip, i- Bends, pound, : “ { ‘ Bect; cureo No, 3 bh. . F118 Py. nowt fe i ie Blue Bafts, 3 Bricks, 3 : 100. pre Butter, - . ‘Virkta tL 3) Cand): Sperm, Lb, }| none Chersi, : ; “ none ‘Corn meul, -! Bhl. none Checks. dumestie; Ps; hone Cotton white, Pste 16 Culicovs, assorted, urious {} none Flour superfine Bbl. 12.50 Guns; ; : Box. |} none Iron, bars, 5 Cw, + 00 Lead, pig, : none Lard, . 13 Line; Z norie Molasses nove Mackerel noue Nails z 12°00 Oi! print Gillon Jj) 1 50 Oi! palm “ 46 Pork Bbl. 15 00 Pots iron Cw none Powder Bll. none Padlocks ; ‘Dozen {} none Porter: g “ none Pipes gumbo Box none Prints assorted Various none Roumauls : Ps, ° I] none Salt 3 £ Ton 14 00 Suga? loaf Lb. 13 Sugar brown ‘4 none Shoes t 5 ; ; Box none Slippers “ none Soap : - none Shad ° : none Satin stripe 3 Pe, none Tobacco i 100/bs {14 00 Washhand bowls Dozen: |] gone Wines 4 . i “a none La Ou ~MARINB LIST. PORT OF MONROVIA. ARRIVALS. Maren 17. British briganiine Emma, Aug" rson.mat tor, trom the leeward: pussengcrs, trom) Grand Basa, Messrs John White and Micajah Jones, and Miss Lucin- da Jonas, trom Marshall; his honor Nathanial Grander, and Mrs. Sarah Oliter. 19. Colonial Cutter Termagant, Cooper master, from the leeward, “21. American schoorier Mary Carnor, Ebon Fare. well anaster, ftom the Jenward Seated lem Mass, 6; leeward, 29, Colonial schooner Providence, E. Carroll mas. ter, from the leeward, ‘© British brigantine Ellenoi Jackson master, from the leeward. April 3. Colonial sloo ter, from the leeward, 4. Ainerican schooner Reyulus, Preston muster, trom Grand Bassa: passengers, Honorables J. Haneon W. W. Davis, and S.A. Beason, ember, of Gouncif and Mrs, Elizabeth J. Washineton. ‘7. British brigantine Elfenoi, Jackson irom the winward : Tacodpre Canot. “ 19.) British echuoner Tinker leewurd. “14. Aineriean schooner Herald, Goldsmith master, Irom the leeward : passenger trom Cape’ Palmas, Rev. Duet. Barron, the Roman Cathohte Priest, “15. Aimeriean brig Grecian, Lawlin master, from the leeward : passengers. from Cape Palmas, Doe. B Me. Dowel, Mrs. Wilson, wide w of the late Wilson, of the Presbyterts, mussion, of the M. | Da Colonial Cutter ward, 20. British sloop—, mastet, from Sierra Leg ones passeuyer Mr. J.C. Ross: sailed same day. “21. American bri: Harret:, Champort master; om the lecoward: pusenszer hou. J. D. We hington, Mtomal stoop Nathas fanys, Howard ms er, from tie wanward, & 97. — Aterican brigantine Ingroll master, from Sa- Colonial sloop Hope, Boston master, from the p Nathan Bangs, Howdrd mag. master, passenger, from Cape Mouni, Mr. » Day. master, trom 1 Rex. Doct, and Mrs, S:ucker, mission ; trom Grand Bassa, Mr. Byour, ‘Lernuggan', Cooper master, from the lee. British brig , Tilby master, trom the ‘coward, 28, British schooner Libya, Owen minster, 36 ways trom Liverpool. 29 Colonial schooner Providence, Carroll master, tron the leaward, : DEPARTURES. 19. Freach ship 1——master, for the Americay brig Greciany Lawlin master, for the cecwarn s pussengers for Cape Palmas, Rev. J. Payne dost lady, Mies Chapin, and Miss Coggshil’. Amcrican echoucer Regulus, Preston mast 'r, for Grand Bassa: pas. tengers, Mrs. Candice Preston, Mr. D. Brown and lady. 29. French schooner Dolphin La Reee master, Sierra Leone, Anierican brigantine Permeria, Ine whol aiiistes, for the leeward: Dassenver, for Grend Bag. ty Mle J. ee Daily. Aimirioun teennnne Mary Carnor, Hoot Parowvell master, for vie eewara. : Apes 8 Colosini sloop: Nathan Bangs Howard mas xr othe jeaward. %. Colonial selacuer Providence Cirre)) Tooke mic ster, ‘ ys “ott the I ewe, Vt, British Urazanine EMeaoy f' r Verve: Gcoper Caltopia) Sloop Hope Boston Mareh leeward. lor ny Us. mas. forthe leeward. Colonial Cun inaeter, for the Leeward! waster, for the leewars * V0 America schooner Herald, G Idemith mag- voy, fer Providenes Rhode Ishind : passengers, Rey. Mr. Comecanne nud Indy, Rev. Doet. Barron, of the Romana Catheloe missran, : 21. British schooner Tinker, Day master, for the Wilideranils Colon’ Cuter 'Pormagant, Cooper master, for Cape Mount: passengers Mr. Theodore. Canot wad lady, and Miss Christiana Smith. American brig tevejan, Lewhr master, for the leeward : pussengers te Crowd Bacay Mi lohn White, to Gape Palmas, Mr. 8, W. Wie ler, Mrs. Stocker and Mra, Wilson. Amerie wuer Reunlus, Poston master, for the leeward: US eters fo Gratit tt rey J. Lawrence Day, M. D, Col Mrcsician, } So) Uns v ' W. Roberts, & amuy, hon §. De Voir sa aia ludy, & Mr. Jinks, v0) Aunercon hog Hemet, Champoin maaier,. for the leeward. 28, british orc emma, Aurhtersor. map; ter, for Taverpoul, via. Sierra Leone. 98 eid wey, ~~, Tilby master, for the windwerd. on es. srt ryan nysel " Woo From the Curva tnvelline The tollowing lines ov West India Emancipation ote from the pen of Lorp Morretu, who is now ond visit to this country. ODE ON THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. Proudly on Cressy’s tented world The Lion flag ob Buatanl flew 5 As proudly gleamed t's erimsen fold O'er the dun heights of Waterloo : But ether lyres shell greet the brave j > Sing now, that we hive freed the Slave. The ocean plain, where Nelsen bled, Fair Commerce plies with penceful oar, Duteous o'er Britain's chime to shed The gathered spoil of every shore 5 To-day across the Atlantic sea, Shout, shour ye, thai the Slave is free. And Elequence, in rushing strenms, Has flowed o’er halls and ccurts along, Or kindled mid yer Joftier dreams The glowing burst uf glorious Song: Let both their noblest burthen pour, To tell that Slavery is ne more, Bright Science, through each field of space, Has urged her mist-dispelling car, Coy Nature’s hidden reign to trace, To weigh each wind, and count each star; Vet stay, thou proud Philosophy, First stoop to bid Mankind be Free. And Freedom has been long cur own, With all her soft and gencrous train, To gild the lustre of the throne, And guard the labors of the plain; Ye heirs ofancient Runneymede ! Your Slaves—O could it be ?—are freed. Ah! for the tale the slave could speak 5 Ah! for the shame of Britain’s sway, On Afric’s sands the maddened shriek, ‘Neath Indian suns the burning day : Ye sounds of guilt—ye sights of gore— Away! for Slavery is no more. ‘Mid the dear haunts of Force and Strife, The Ministers of Peace shall stand, And pour the welling words of Life Around a parched and thirsty land ; While, spread beneath the tamarind tree, Rise “happy homes and altars free.” Ye isles that court the tropic rays, Clustered on Ocean’s sapphire breast, Ye feathery bowers, ye fairy bays, In more than fable now—"“the Blest :” Watton each gale your chural strain, ‘Till every land has rent the chain. O! England empires’ home and head, First in each art of peace and power, Mighty the billow crest to tread, Mighty to rule the battle hour— Bur mizhtier to retrieve and save, Rejoice that thou has freed the Slave ! Erivarn on A CANDLE. A wicked-one lies buried here, Who died in a decline ; He never rose in rank, I fear, Tho? he was born to shinc. He once was fat, but now, indeed, He’s thin as any griever; He died—the doctors all agreed, Of a incst burning fever. One thing of bim is said with truth, With which I’m much amvecd ; It is—tha' when he stoud, forsouth, A stick he always used. Now winding-sheets he sometimes made, Bu! this was not enough, But finding it a poorish trade, He always dealt in snuff. If e’er you said, ‘Go out, I pray,’ He much ill-nature show’d ; On such occasions he shouid say, ‘Vy, if [ do, I’m blow'd.’ In this his friends do nl] agree, Although you'll think I’m joking, Wren going out *tis said that he Waz very fond of smoking. Since all relition he despised, Let these few words «uffice, Before he ever wae boptised They dinn'd bis See MISCET.LANEOUS. Se None Se On etree AnecpoTs oF Mr. Westry.—lIn the course of the voyage to America, Mr. Wesley, hearing an un- usual ‘ioise in the cabin of General Ovlethorpe, (the Governor of Georgia, with whorn he sailed) stepped jn to inquire the, case of it; on which the General | mediately addressed hum: “Mr. Wesley, you ust excise me, ] have inet sith a provocation too wreat for inan to bear. You know, the only wine { drink is Cyprus wine, as it agrees with ne the best of any. I theretore provided myself with sever- al dozens of it, and this villian, Grunaldi, (his for- eign servant who was present and altnost dead with fear,) as drank up the whole of it. But I will be revenyed of him. I have ordered him to be tied hand and foot. and to be carried to the man-of-war, which saila with us. ‘The rascal should have taken care how he used ine so, for I never forgive.” Then Tho. Sir, (said Mr. Wesley, looking calmly at hitn,) You never sin.” The general was quite con- founded atthe repreot; and: putting his hand into his pocket, took cata buneh of keys, which he thre vy at Grimaldi, saving, “there villain, take iny keys, and behave beter vor the future.”—Brantford Courier. ee raunene, ee I ———— ee ! life as frankly in the cause of the helpless, i tory conveyed by the THe Drunkarv’s Wit—l leave to society a | ruined character, a wretched example, and a mem- | ory ths! Wilfsoon. rot. Lesve too tay prrents, lives, as muck forrow as humanity during the rest of their | ina decripitand 1 LIBERIA feeble state, can . sustain. I leave to my brothers and sisters as. much moi. tification and injury as I could conveniently brin,: upon them. a I leave to my wife a broken heart, a life of wrets h- edness, a shame to weep over me, and premature | death. I give and bequeath to each of my children, pov- erty ignorance, a low character, and the remen- brance that their father was a monster. The ambition of a man of parts is. very often disappointed for the want of some common quality, by the assistance of which men with very moderate abilities are capable of making a great figure.— Armstrong. en nS INTERESTING ANECDOTE. In the year 15389, when London bridge was cov- ered with houses, overhanging the pent-up turbu- lent ‘stream as if the ordinary dangers of life were not sufficient that men ehould, out of their ingenuity, invent new ones, desert terra firma, and, like so many beavers, perch their dwellings on a crazy bridge, Sir william Hewitt, citizen of London, and cloth-worker, inhabited ene of these temptations of Providence. His only child, a pretty little girl; was playing: with a servant, at a window over the water, and fell into the rapids, through which, even now- a-days, it is-counted a_kind of feat to shoot. Many a one beheld the fearful sight, in the Jelplesness of terror, without venturing into the stream. But there was one to whom the life of the perishing child was dearer than his own, and that, was the apprentice of Sir William Hewitt. He leaped into the water after his youthful mistress, and, hy’ the aid of abold heart anda strong arm, bore her in safety to the shore—and he had his reward, Years rolled on, and eachsuccediing one brought wealth to the father, and grace and loveliness to the noble- minded daughter. Such was the fame of her beauty, that even in that. aristocratic age, the gallant au’ far-descended chivalry of the land were rival suitors for the hand of the merchant-queen of hearts. But fairer in her eyes was the ‘prentice-cap of the dar- ing youth who had snatched her from the wriling waters, than the coronet of the peer; and, with the single-minded disinterestedness of a genuine Wo- man, she gave to ler untitjed preserver, Edward Os- borne, the hand and the heart which the Earl of Shrewsbury, the heir of the lofty house of ‘Talbot, had sighed for in vain. Well did her lover vind. cate her choice! Ebward Osborne was a nobleman born of God’s creation, not man’s.. He rose, hy successful industry, to the highest. honours of that. city whose merchants are the paymasters of the rulers of the earth. And from the city beauty, !9 whom faith aud love were dearer than titles and wealth, and the merchant ‘prentice, who periled his and for the sake of humanity, as ever did highboru youth for fame, and grlory, and golden spurs, descends, by a lineage more truly noble than if he sprung from the most heroic stock of crowned robbers that ever troubled the world with their achievements, George William Frederick Csborne, Duke of Leeds !—New Monthly Megdrine. (ake ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF THE SEVERAL STATES¢ Maine was so called, as early as 1628, from Maive in France, of which ‘Tenrietta Maria, Queen ol fingland was at thet fest proprietor, New hampshie 8 he name river the ter. Plymouth Company to Capta:. John Mason, by patent, November the 7th 162°. with reference to the patentee, who was. Governor of Portsmouth, in {lampshire England. Vermont was so called by the inhabitants iu the Declaration of Independence, Jan. 16th, 1777, from the French, ver mont, the green mountains. Massachusetts tribe of Indians in the neigh + hood of Boston. The tribe is thought to have | rived its name from the Blue Hills Milton. “Th learn’t,” says Rover Williams “that Massachuses's was so called trom the Blue Hills.” Rhode island was so called, in 1604. in re‘erence to the Islands of Rhodes, in the Mediterranea. Connectiett was so called from the Indian nin of its principal river, Connecticut 1s a Mohe.k neew word signifying long t ver. New York wus so called in| 1664, in refe-en: | the Duke of Yor! and Albany, to whom this: terr ry was granted by the King of Envland. New Jersey was so called in 1664, tron thy: Js land of Jersey, on the coast of France, the residence of the family of Sir George Carteret, tw Whom this territory was ranted. Pennsylvania was 8° called in 1681, after Willis Penn. Delaware was so called in 1703, from Delaware Bay, on which it lies, and which received its name from Lord de la War who died in this Bay. Maryliid was so called, in) honor of Henrie:'4 Maria, (gueen of Charles ]. in his patent tof r Baltinere, June 30, 1682. Virginia was so called: in 1584, after Mlizabeth, the virgin Queen of England. Carolina was sv called by the French in 1564, in honor of King Charles IX., of France. Georgia was so called in 1732, in honor of King George If. Alabama was so called in 1814, fronr its princina! river. Mississippi was so-called in 1800, from its» est- ern boundary ; Mississippi is sud to denote ti whole river, i e. the river formed by the union of many. Louisiana of France. {ounessee was so called in 1796, from its princi- pal river. The word Tennessee is said to signify a curved spoon. Kentucky was so called in 1782, from its principal river. Iianois was so called in 1709, from its principal river. ‘The word is said to signify the river of men, Indiana was so called in 1809, from the American Indians. Ohio wav so called in 1802, boundary. was so called in honor of Louis XIV., from its southern HERAL® a ns me ny} ; T~ Mead its bo M asours var 80 21, froin its. principal river. ' Mich van was so called i: 1805 from the lake on its border. Arkansas was so called in 1812, from its principal river. Florida was 8) called py Juan Ponce de Leon 11: 1572, because 3! was discovered on Raster Sunday in Spanish Pascua Florida. Coimbia was so called in remembrance. of Co- lumbus. Winconsi was so called trom its principal river. Tova was called from its principal river. Orreon is so called irom its principal river. New Haven Palladium ee ot oe es qe i Sere wem —- DESPERATE REMEDY FOR A DESPERATE DISEASE, They tel o weod story ol old Dr. Rand. He was called to visit a hyp vendrac patient, who fancied she had swallowed a muse. On entering the mpom, the lady exclaime:, “Dear doctor! Tam so glad to see you—I am in such distresse—such pain! Oh doctor, I've swallowed a mouse 1? “Swallowed— nonsense,” replied the doctor, in his mild and plea- sant manner. “Oh, no, doctor!” said the ‘patient, “if is net me lsense—il is a mouse—a live mouse— he ran into my throat when T was asleep, with my mouth open; and-T fee! him new, creeping about ws stomach, ind tring fe guaw. out. Oh ! doctor, a: preseribe sore! hing quick, or I shall die.” “Pre- scribe,” so. the doctor, “yes, I'll prescribe sorne- thing that wise, pom a minute.” “What 1s it doctor? wha! is it? Vil take any thing you order.” “Weill, ther, my dear madam, swallow a cat—if that don’t cur: you. nothing will?” It was effectu- al. Se ee eae SannEnNOS W.—An English miser, John Vleech, Singular following will: rately died in Toudon, ieaving the J give and bequeath to my nephew, my old black ooat: J give and bequeath to my niece, the flanie: ~ aisteoat | now wear; [give and bequeath to each one of my sister's grand-children, one of the earther pots on the top of my wardrobe ; finaliy I give and hequeath to my sister. a8 last token of the affec- tion | have always felt for her, the brown stone jug at the head of my bed. The disappointment of the leratees, ‘shen this stranye will was read, may easi« ly be imagined. ‘Phe deceased was spoken of by all is. c. Way by no means flattering to him, and his sister, ina fit of ancer, vive the brown. stone jug, her legacy, a kick which broke it in’ pieces, when io! a complete stream of guineas poured out of it, and the genery) disappointment gave way fo joy. Rach hurried to examine his or her legacy, and the Hanne) waistcoat and little earthen pels were found equally wel ti. ed, the testator having only wished to cause t .© agreeable surprise. Screntrric.—An old lady who had been read- ing the Sun’s. famous moon story, very atten- tively, remarked with emphasis, that thy idea of the moon being inhabited was too incredible to believe ; for said she, ‘what hecomes of the peo- ple in the new moon, when there is nothing lett of it but a little streal.,’? And another picus old lady, agreeing, with her, acced that it was not at all likely that the Supreme Being would have people so near him2—N. Y. Sun. A Surewp Grrss.—A skipper who sailed a fieh- ing seooner from Nantucket, boasted that he could tell prec:sely in what part of the world he was, by the appearance of his ‘lead,’ whenever he could et coundines. Being one day confined to his cabin’ by sickness, he directed that the lead shonld he hreneht to him for inspection. The mate being ra- ther waggish, having greased the bottom of the Jead, ‘netend of sounding as usual, dropped the lead: in seme sand whieh had been taken as ballast: from - hil} side in Nantucket, and then showed it to the skipper, who instantly inquired, ‘did you get this hy sounding?” ’ Yes Sir,’ was the reply. Then hy heavens sir.” continued the skipper, ‘Nantuck- ot is sunk, and we're now right over ‘Tupper’s win n ‘J see,’ said a young lady yesterday, teoksetiers «dvertise blank declarations cor sales Pwich Teou'! -et one” ‘Why? asked’ the yother, ‘Bea am, Mr. G is too modest +) nek me? scarry him, ond) perhaps af J could ‘fill A ank deet satin awwith — the ‘question,’ he would Big ‘To Dorrt her sare ANSP es SS eee RELIGIOUS. ~—_——— ee a CHRISTIAN MAXIMS. Sell uot another person’s vredit at a low matey it will set the market for another to buy thine at the same. price. Wine is such a whet-stone for wit, that init he often set thereon, it will quickly grind #l! the steel out: and scarcely leave a back where it found an edye. To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense, is like attempting to hew biocks with a razor. Truth wears well, and sits easy on the wearer ; while vew-fangled errors, like new-fashioned cloth- es, please for a while, but pirch men hard for the auilte of the fashion. A friend cannot be easily known in prosp@rity ; nor ean an enemy be easily hid in adversity. He that parts with one reigning sin, and falls un- der the dominion of another, doth but, like Benhad- ad, recover of one disease, and die of another, “The life of the wieked,” says one, “is a practi- eal protest. that they will bear the prison of hell, the torment of fire, and that for the space of eter- nity, rather than be friends with God.” Ifa sinner could be taken upto heaven; when he saw what it was, he would not enter, but fly back, and be far more unwilling to take glory «above tha he is to accept of grace here. Those saints whom God employs in winter sea- oh’, he always clothes in winter parimen's. . Meme PE EET NG RTC OR ar SAIS LEN SD. — f | : | Thou mayest he more hripy ther ever ver Cine: sar or Solonon, if thon wilt be more virtuous. Des; ixe no enemy merely because he +remey veak, the fly and joenst hievedone more her: han bears and lions ever did. Slanders, like soapy, mey besmear ane sully for the present, but they viten make way fer» hiteness in the end, : : Sometimes: the hes: way to check & ecandalous report is to despise ii: it we go about to sfop it, it will but ron the faster. 2 A fault once excused is twice committed. With reference to jutere events prepare for the worst; but hope forthe best. ‘Te distress our minds with imaginary fears before a trouble arrives is (as the Spanish preverh words it) “5 jee! our evils twice over.” Why should we Gali in supenumes rary ills, and destroy the dity and happiness of the present time with superfluous fears of futirity ? Those inactive and diatory creatures who are still essaving and purpesing, but never acting and proceeding, resembe St. George, who is alw ays on horseback, but never rides forward. King Lewis X!. used to say, “When pride rides in the sa ld'e, mischief and shame sit upon the crup. per” Aristolle observing a proud and self-conceited, bat empty youth, strutting along with an aifected watt dnd jetty looks, stepped upto him, and whis- nered these cutting an! heart husablingy “words inte lis ear:— "Friend, such as thou. thimkest vincels to he, ] wish I were, but to be as thou ari, | Wikis only to mine eneinies,”’ Knvy isa friend which never totally dies out oj this world, ‘and but seldom gieeps 5 however, ast! sometimes talls into slumber, it is highly impruden to awake it, either by loudly trumpeting lorth our own praise ; or by doing connnendable actions with bestie and noise, Beas deal to the fatterer as to the raver: for | the latter occasions more smart, Lie jormer often cunseth more hurt. Diogenes, being asked what beast bites the serest answered, “Of wild heesis, the flatterer. tis sefertoolsiba prey.to ravens than raiders; for ravens Wilh eat ene but the deady wher these will deyour a man while le beasts, die Lackbiter;,of tame is alive. i { s it ' e titu k without s sense withe justion is craft; and jusiice without mercy is cre eliy. f Phesincerity of the heart discovers itself in the end aimed at by an cetion, more than in the action eu. ye . ? ; self. ‘Che chief! nud honest traveler anny the sine road; bis they have aievent ars sand. t! distinguishes? theo Wisdom ts rashucss le PUPTIC WORSHTY Mr. Editon—Duvien a date vis, te passed five Sabbaths inthe Enelisu Abetro oe > oR o . altonted miblis worship places, and x several denominations. Seme things ar. their. ser. vices J did vot wreativ. admire; with eo cois J jvorably isspyens INO L NDON IOUS, ol, at diferent Was creed and b wend resecetheny mich. tion When: tar the conmideretion of your reagers on z 1 ° . J. Veber the peorie entor their pews, they at once CUE, LOL End or LWO ininuies, io silent Episcopalians kueli for the puipose : Dissenters bowed their heads the tients of ihe rar Vhis gave is the whoie scene en wr of befittine the day and the pray cr aoe itiat ’ AQIS ety . sic ianily place. ; 2 They lave dheit pews ar weil suppticd with Bibles as with tym bocks, and a 5 Lures Were read trom ihe poly, Jitie and tollewed the reader. when ia enc Aud when tie Was Hamed, or, in the course of the sermicc, a ae Ol Scripture was cit dy atl cote ate 2. S501 Te Perey Wea io the place, and cheery, not ony Uke the cannes 3. 1 huis bi canetane Lion. : MTS of the dis fixer) att thoug lit. Waa, Ud sty. yuu oOurses, iid therelore. { ¥ arr ¢ Kb TW laa thet Lig Gust enuoh, us ‘The congregation was or Warkilie quiet attentive. Preaching chinederate svc ot ed to without any indjcations of restless: temipt. ; 5. When the benediction was concider the wi ister and people remained for» halfa minute in lence. Not a pew dyor was Gpened, not a hat wlove taben, nut a fect raeved. : 6. They were exccedingly mederite in lea, oy the house. Inno inevenee did [see the aisles ores ils ed, They seemed wong to wait for one anotiies, 7. Gentlemen retited from the house of God as respectiuily astrom the house of a friend j—they dd pot puton their hats unu! they reached the dour, 4 RB. After retiriny from the sanctuary, ge; emer wert home. The Post Gifice was i pen, and i i tiers or papers were delivered on thes 4 a ey] ree rv. the le OSH uf Coie ¢ ’ i as wel as ladies 4 SPANZES. * BY WH. W. LONGFLLLOW. ] know a muiden fiir to see, Taku ‘eure! tae Cale, She can both false amd driently be | Beware | beware ! Prdst her nes, She is t oling thee! She hag two eves susoft ane brows, Take care! She gives a side glance Deware! beware! Trust her not, She is ftooljug thee! {-} id looks down, She has an bosom white as snow, Take care! knows how mueh i! best ty Beware ! beware ! Vrust her not, She is fooling thee ! 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Herald must be We have received from Moscow the subjoin- vi detaily ofa horrible event, which shows what the condition of the serfs continue to be in Rus- Sia: M. Micrzaloff, a young lieutenant of the Sta- rodaburo regiment of CuITassier's, twenty-two years of age, inherrited, in the first month of this year, by the demise of his uncles, a large fortune, consisting of lordships and property sit- uite in the government of ‘Tambof. Fager to enjoy this fortune, the young lieutenant imme- diately resiued his commission, and took leave of his fellow officers, promising to see them a- rain, and seitled in the ville of Sokolin-Slaw, the pleasantest and best situated of the tmany which has just become his property. From that moment youny Mierzaloff, with all the warmth of youth, entered upon the life of a Russian lord, the owner of 2,099. souls, that is tokay, 2,000 peasants, half of whom usually cousist of young girls, to whom, it is true, the Jinperial ukases deny the possessicn ofa soul, but whe we net. the less among the worldy gous ofa lord and master of twenty-two, those, mavhaps, he sets the highest value on. Meirzoloff, fike most of his birth and fortune, led in his chateau ot Sokolin-Slaw, the most dis- solute and Jicentious life, when inthe month of Jiily, the fete day of his revered patron, Samt Alexis, approaching, he invited twenty old com- rades of his regiment of S arodahora to come and celebrate it with him. The officers, whose corps was transiently cantoned at a short dis- tance, hastened to comply with the myitation on the 17th of the month, the hely patron’s day ; the morning commenced with a grand breakfast, brilliant cavalcades, pistol and gun shooting, and above all, a copious consumption of champaigue. At the dinner, which displayed oriental) magni- ficeuce, and every course of which was brought by young girls singing in chorus their native aus, What sense the light brains of the lord of Sokolin-Slaw and of his comrades still yielding entirely vanished. At dessert the male servants were dismissed, and Mierzaloff, declaring his wish to do the*honors of all he had to his. for- mer comrades, urged thein to choose among the chorus of young singers such as pleased them. Aecustomed from the cradle to blind obedi- ence, and quite certain of obtaining neither pro- tection nor defence among the serfs of Sokolin- Slaw, the poor girls on whom the chance of the officers fell submitted to their fate, save one, niumed Maryna, perhaps the handsomest of them, who availing herself of a moment when the doors were not as yet closed, took to’flight and has- tened towards the country. As soon as he heard of her escape, Mierzaloff roared out, ‘‘ike)ivan, Alexis! —hasten in pursuit of Maryna———let her be brought back forthwith !”” Of the two men whom he gave this order to, one was Naryna’s brother, and the other was betrothed to her! And yet they obeyed with the blind ardour of the hound in the pursuit of the flying game, and before many minutes had elapsed they brought back the trembling and weeping Maryna to a, master, whom, in their superstitious credulity, they deemed at liberty to dispose, not only their lives and mortal re- mains, but also of their souls. The moment Maryna was brought up, she was, as well as her companions, magnificently dressed, and covered with flowers and trinkets ; and when evening came on, one of those brutal orgies commenced, which the Russian lords, in their semi-savage manners, call “Eden Sup- pers.” nN PusLICUM BONUM PRI‘ ..10 ES‘T-QRABFERENDUM ob SST OME & ———— ‘ At midnight the music, sougs, and drinking had subsided in the mansion; the serfs, whon their duty did not keep to their post, had dis- persed in the village; among others, Kej’ivan and Alexis, Maryna’s brother and lover, had retired to a public house, and indulged in cu- pious draughts of grain brandy, both to disp! the painful thoughts that oppressed them, and to recruit their streng.h after the day’s fatigue Meanwhile, in the most retired part of the Sokolin-Slaw residence, and whilst the lights were successively vanishing and making wey for repose, a woman was.on the watch, « j 4 to jealousy and fury. It was a young and hi - some girl, named Marfa, who had been for a year past Mierzaloff’s favorite, and whom he had taken good care not to introduce to his guests, and above all, to keep away froi the scenes by which he celebrated their visit. A slave, at- tached to the young woman, had, by her com- mands, watched all that had passed; she had thereby heard of Maryna’s flight and return; | and also that Mierzaloff, fascinated by the young girl’s beauty and resistance, had appropriates! her to himself. Resolved on revenge, the jealous Marfa sal- lied forth unperceived, sought in the village for Maryna’s ‘brother and lovert and found them, at about midnight, in the aforesaid public house. She reproached them with their infamy and cow- ardice, kindled in their breasts the feclings ¢f revenge which her’s could not restrain, and su’- ceeded in rousing them from their apathy, and inflaming them to such a degree, that they dash- ed their glasses to the ground, and putting their forefingers together in the shape of a cross, kis- sed it, and swore to be avenged. After this oath, the most solemna Musvovite boar can make, Kej’ivan and Alexis left Marfa, and wet to every house in the village, exciting ther countrymen and telling their design. About three hours after this scene, just ct dawn when the inmates of the chateau were slumbering, a band of near four hundred peas- ants, each carrying a large bundle of dry stray, spread round the residence, which, like most .f those in the district of ‘Tambof, was built of wood. Ata given signal, and before any wit! - in could give alarm, the peasants set fire i ail directions to the straw which they had heaped up close to the sides of the building, and then reiiting to some distance, they waited, armed with guns, axes, pitchforks and scythes,etill the illumination roused the Lord of Sokolin-Slaw and his guests from their slumbers Mierzaloff was the first disturbed. ‘Terrified at the sight of the encircling fire, he rushed in- to the court, and attempted to make his way through the gate. A shot which brought bin tu the ground, taught him what fate awaited his guests. These soon made their uppearance, sword in hand, and strove to open themsclves a way through the flames, and to close ranks of the Peasants. A tremendous struggle ensued, in which, however, the ollicers were fortunate enough to lose only one of their” comrades, a captain named Dranberg. Harassed with fati- gue, haying their hair and clothes burned, they succeeded in reaching alittle wood, where, be- yond the grasp of the peasants, they were en- abled to give some assistance to four of them who had been dangerously wounged. The moment the peasants had seen their lord, all were aware that they would pursue the ofli- cers in vain, they had rushed into the chateau to save the poor girls, the innocent victims of their master ; as for the latter, after raising him, bathing in his blood, they gratified their long- restraining hatred, and inflicted on him atrocious torture, an immense wood pile was set fire to and Mierzaloff was cast into the furnace. In vain did Marfa, repenting too late the revenge she had kindled, implore in behalf of her unfor- tunate master, whom she believed still alive; she was herself seized and thrown into the fire, with reproaches of her having'loved her oppro- brium. This terrible execution being over, the pea- sants fury raged against every thing that had be- longed to the lord of Sokolin-Slaw. The house was burnt down, along with the stables, barns, and breweries, and lest anything that Mierzaloff liked should survive, they distroyed his horses and hounds. Three days after this tragic occurrence, ati is- prawnick captain (the police chief of the dis- trict) arrived on the spot, commissioned to in- quire into the affair. He was accompanied by two companies of infantry and cavalry, to ena- ble him to quiet the rebellion. His surprise may be imagined when, instead of having to deal with rebels, he heard on his arrival that the | whole population of Sokolin-Slaw were congre- gated in the church, wherein twelve marriages were being solemnized between the twelve (W bs T-AFR WA) IRALD. AUGUST young victims of the lord?s last orgies and the young men betrothed to them previous to the , ‘ . ; i dreadful occurrence, the opprobrium of which | S°* | in very bitterness. } f ; ah” that seemed as if drawn pieceineal from the in- The evidence of the murder and fire was pal- | jiost recesses of a crushed heart ! pable, and all the peasants confessed their guilt. | Two hundred and eighty-three of them, includ- ” they thus hoped to obfiterate. —- ing Kej’ivan and Alexis, were arrested and thrown into the Tomb of Prisons, where the criminal tribunal continued the investigation. On the 12th of September sentence was pas- , sed on the prisoners of Sokolin-Slaw. The two | hundred and eighty-three, whether old or young, | were indiscriminately condemned to receive each a hundred stripes of the knout, and such as might survive the punishment were to labor for life in the mines of Siberia. The Judges, never- theless, after passing this sentence, Fretated by the inflexibility of the law, addressed a peti- tion to the Czar, wherein, after impartially sub- mitting the whole affair, they implored of his wisdom and mercy a commutation of the pen- alty, or, at least,.a mitigation of the rigors they were doomed to. The Emperor, after consult- ing the Council of State, issued a ukase, in pur- suance of which the whole population of Soko- lin-Slaw was to be sent to the colonies of the Caucasus, wherein the men were to be incorpor- uted with the regiments of Cossacks of theline. The Imperial Ukase, which has been hailed with satisfaction and gratitude by all the enlight- ened men of Moscow, has, on the contrary, ex- cited great discontent among the whole nobility, who cling to their privileges so much so that the governor of Moscow, General Nej Hart has ordered the decrees to be carried into execution, without the usual publicity.—- Gazette des Tri- bunaux, 9th Feb., 1842. From he Bia badus Mercury: MARIA. GRACTAS. From the “Reminiscences of a Medical. Student.” “She was found;’’ continued iny fellow-student, as we werged from the gate way of the hospital, “gle was found sitting ona doorstep in’ a narrow alley, somewhere about the Seven Dials, It was considerably past: midnight, and the sound of her moaning attracted the notice of the watuhman, who had just teturued to his beat, basic: been draww a- way for some tine by an alarm of fire ina neigh- bouring lane. When addressed, she continued her wroans, in the intervals uttering some words unine tellioible to the man, who, in the belief that she was drunk, had her conveyed to one of the police officers ova hurley. [ler condition being: at once evident there, she was forthwith conducted to the hospital} and the muatron sent tomeé to let me know it was iny turn,to have the case. Ou entering the ward I perceived she was asleep, and turning on the gas, J) stcod looking at her for several minutes, fixed to the spot. She was a most beautiful woman. Not even the wan and anxious look, nev the other peculiarrities to be expected from her Kituation, could) for one moment conceal even a trait of her extraordinary loveliness, And it wag a style of beaufy, tov, ] had not seen for many years. She lav ina tranquil sluniber, with her face turn- ed toward me, ‘and one arm laid over the bedelothes. ae tlean cap which the nurge had hastily placed ou herhead, was too large and Irad come otf; it now hunground her neck by the string, partly confined lier beautiful black hair, which however’ bursting fort, above aud below, wanhtoned in rich curled and wavy waskes allover the pillow. Her eyes were closed, the large black pupils appearing i a_ soll shade through the thin, delicate lids, beneath which their glances of paesion or feeling were now slecping, while the long dark lashes mingled togeth- er like fringes of silken filaments. Her skin was soft and velvet-like, beautifully pale a shade of brownish red on each round cheek, altering in rich- ness of tint with every breath she drew, Ter lips were of the fincet cherry red, and were slightly par- ted, disclosing an even row of teeth. Methought while J looked, a faint simile played over them,—yes, it was so. Alas, poor girl, her mind had travelled inany a Jeane, and was.far away in her own sunny land! My eyes now wandered to the arm that Jay on the counterpane. Tt. was beautifully shaped ; the hand was se particularly ; it was. sinall and plump, with long tapering fingers, and a tiny dimple over the knuckle at the root ofeach, ‘The appearance of the hand and elbow at once made it plain to me that they had never been employed at any menial Jabour. Anon as Tooked, a twiteh rnaabe over her face as if frominternal pain; it was off} aud the saine placid expression returned; it lad disturbed her, however, and slowly and indolently she opened her eyes, and gazed around her. ‘There was in them at first an expression of surprise, then wonder and lear, us traveliing round the still, quiet ward, they at Jenyth rested upon me, as [ stood leaning over the Jow iron bed-steed, and hanving on with my aris to the cordo ver it.* By and bye, recollection seem- ed to dawn slowly and gradually upon her ; a teel- e * Jiu must hospitals there is a strong cord that hangs from « book in the ceiling over each bed 3 it has a cross stick at the end of it, by grasping which the patent, if weak, is enabled more reudily tu change his position uy bed, or even materially to alleviate the feeling of pain, (HILARY TEAGE EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ol, 1842. NO. 10. - , ing of where she was, and why she was there, seem-» ed to. come full upon her: she turned to the wall covered her face with her hand, and groaned aloud Oli the deep, low, prolonged “a- I was with her at intervals throughout the day and the following night, and next. morning placed a beautiful infant in her bosom. The short time she was in the hospital, shé had won her way into the hearts of the matron and nurse. At first they thought her stubborn, from her not anewering their questions, but when they found that she understood no English, ‘he sympathies of their woinanly hearts were excited in a tenfold des gree, in favour of this poor lone daughter of the south, alone and unprotected in a land of strangers; and that too ata period of her being when friends and protection were must in need; and again and ayain to their oft repeated little kindness would the dulcet \gracias,—muchas grocias” of the beautiful Spanish woman float around in the full golden tones of her own. magnificient language, I was convinced of her country from the first, and bevan hammering up as much Spanish as threé months in a counting house at Seville had given me; with a view to find out something of her history: All my attempts, however, were fruitless, J séem. ed by my inquiries but to augment the mental agony she waa-evidently suffering, while the sweetness of temper with which she bore it 60 excited my com- passion, that at length I ceased to importune her. The day [ was called to her I uranaged to ask her if she was not. from Spain! “Eis verdad, senor.” “And what made yo ‘ey vil? made you leave your home, my good She buried her face in the clothes, and sobbed as if her heart would break; alas, poor thing, it was already broken! . ; When her child was laid beside her, she became more calm, and siniled upon the little creature with a look of such forlorn affection, that I saw the teara rising in the eyes of the worthy Mrs. Bland, and When she lavished upon it words of endearment iu her own tongue, and pressed it fondly to her, upon: uy life {thought | had caught the infection. During the two days she had been with us, she had taken no food, refusing everything the kindheart- ed nurse offered her, save one wine and water, with Which she moistened her lips occasionally. I was a little troubled at this. . 1 asked her why she did not eat—she made no reply, but covered her face and cried. I pressed some. food upon her, announcing to her the siinple saet, that ifshe did not eui she sould dic. “Bueno, senur,—rada deseo sino morir,—I only want to die.” “Why, my poor thing, may T ask ?”? “O gran Dios !—Francisco ha me bandonado— Francisco has abandoned me !” “And who is Francisco?” but ny question was lost in the paroxysin of grief to which she gave way. | waited for a while, and then told her that if she did not take food, she could have no nourishment for her little daughter. As soon as I cduld make her understand me, she appeared struck with some thought, and, quietly tovk the food T offered her. She was now getting on tolerably well, and I was flattering myself upon working out, a speed elucidation of the mysteries with which I had been bothering my brains, when the second night after, I was called to the hospital, and found my interesting patient about to go’ from me tor ever. Syiptoms had occurred which I need not explain; and on my arrival { found she was sinking rapidly. Dre A ——-——lhiad been seut for, and was already there, doing all that mortal man could for lier, but without avail. [told bim-her brief story. He was much moved. [ bent over her, she was wurmuring something. I listened,—she was praying. “QO Maria Santissima !—inia hija—O Dios nio!— no la abandones jamas—Ieavenly Father, be thou a father to ny poor infant !’ A tew minutes passed,—what was that? I shud. dered as 1 lieard it—it was that fearful sound that tells us hupe is gone. She spoke again! “Adios feliz Espana!” I lis. tenpd attentively; “Adios Francisco—mi a—ina— dou—Ad—i—!” Oh woman, woman, is his name the Jast sound on your living lips !—his, who has been your utter ruin in this world; aud who, we pray Heaven, may not be your eternal condemnation in the next! Such is Woman's love 1” ofr ceeeeerspen soba eneenenspaseyeaoypenrarscopmeany: Aessteenstoanisenen errr ge eet A SCOTTISH LEGEND. A married couple of the Scottish Highlanders had thrive lost their only child, each dying at an carly age. Upon the death of the last, the.futher became bois. terous, and uttered his plaints in the Joudest tones, Vhe death of the clild happened late in the spring, Wien, in the morg inhabited straths, sheep were abroad ; but, trem the blast in that high and stormy regions, they were still confined in ‘the cot, In a dismal, stormy eveuing, the man, unable to stifle his anguish, went out Jamenting aloud, tora lamb to treat his friends at the witke (or tuneral feast.) At the dour of the cot.he found astranper standing before the entrance. He wus as. tunished, ino sucha night, so far froin any frequented place!! ‘he stranger was plainly attired, but he had a countenance expressives of singular imildness and be. nevulence ; and addressing the father in a eweet impres. sive voice, asked what he did there, amidst tempest. He wus fillud with uwe which he could not account tur, and said be came tor a lam), “What kind of adamb do vou mean te take? paid the stranger, “The very best that I can find,” he replied } ‘‘as it is to entertain my frienls} and I Nope you will share of 37,7? “Do your sheep away the lambs?” “Never,” was the answer. ‘(How differently am I treated,” said the traveller, “when I come te visit my sheep-fold, I take, as 1 4m well entitled to do, the best lamb to myself, and my ears mnke any resistance when you take are filled with the clamor of discontent by these ungrate-— ful sheep, whorti I have fed, watched, and protected.” He looked up in amazement, but the vision had fled, ——————————— eee From the Sunday School Journal. PRIVATE HISTORY OF MR. OWEN; ' Robert Owen is a native of Wales, and of very humble extraction, Early in life he made his way to Manchester, where he obtained employment in one of the cotton factories, Possessed of more than _ ordinary endowments of mind, he was not long in making himself master of the “craft and mystery” of cotton spinning, and being of a very enthusiastic turn, and noted for some speculative ingenuity, he succeeded ere long in ingratiating himself in the good opinion of his employers, whose processes he was enabled, in some instances, to simplify in a me- chanical point of view, and otherwise diminish their expensiveness. At. last; he succeeded so well in the contest of life as to obtain the charge of the factory. About the commencement of the present century, the universally-respected and beloved David Dale, one of the best men that Scotland ever produced, and the founder of that New Lanark of which so much has been heard, having lost: hie only son, the solace of his age, and being blessed with an abun- dance of the gifts of Providence, disposed of his establishment of new Lanark to a company of En- lish merchants, who gladly availed themselves of r, Owen’s services, and sent him down to New - Lanark to superintend their establishment. Owen was here distinguished by the punctuality of his at tendance at the Independent chapel of which Mr. Dale was pastor, and in his entire demeanor, he was religious,—-nay, even to all appearance, devout. David Dale had a daughter, distinguished, like her father, for religious zeal, charity, aud, in short, every moral quality that can adorn either sex.: It is quite plain, that no man, whose abstract opinions or con- duct were at all at variance with religious convic- tions, could have the slightest. chance of obtaining this lady’s hand. Robert Owen was successful in his suit, and Miss Dale becaine his wife. i At the period to which we refer, the inhabitants of New Lanark were noted, even amongst the Scottish population, for their zeal in the cause of religion and morality. . During the entire period of Mr. Dale’s proprietorship, they had been taught to regard them- selves as one great fainily ; and mutual kindness and brotherly love was. the lesson which he was never done inculcating. His instructions were not thrown away. Theexample which Mr. Dale individually set, le endeavoured to multiply by the care which he employed in the selection of men, of tried moral worth and religious principles, for his overseers and managers, An excellent school was established under the superintendence of the late Mr. Lyon, “who never forgot to impress upon his pupils the principles and practices of religion, or to invoke the blessing of the Almighty upon the commencement of his daily labours.” The children, under their respective teachers, were regularly taken to church every Sabbath. Family worship was performed in almost every house once, and on Sabbath, twice a- day ; and the most beautiful morality, order, peace, ane harmony prevailed for many years al New Lap- ark, At the death of Mr. Dale, Mr. Owen came into possession of his wife’s fortune, amounting to nearly 30,000/.; and then it. was, that he avowed amongst his friends his direct hostility to the institutions, both social and religious, of this every-day world. At first, he prudently shrouded his hatred of revealed religion, and applied himself solely, in appearance, to the melioration of the social condition of mankind, He speedily, however, manifested a desire to work out his real principles, by endeavouring to coerce the schoolmaster -appuinted by his deceased bene- factor to discontinue the teaching of the Scriptures ; and because he would not consent, this poor man felt obliged to resign his situation. The eyes of his doting wife were at length opened, and she remonstrated, but without the slightest ef. fect, except in throwing over her husband’s projects, for a time, a thin veil ot hypocrisy. Prudential con- siderations rendered this desirable. Had he broach- ed, at that period, the infamies of his “New Moral World,” the bubble would have burstat the outset ; aud the co-operative, self-sustaining system, with its _ accompayning infidelity, kept in the back-groud imposed fora time, upon Mr. Wilberforce and other philanthropists. Upon a closer examination of Ow. en’s doctrines, however, Mr. Wilbertorce detected and repudiated their irreligious and scandalously im- moral tendences, as appears by a passage in the fifth volume of this interesting diary. For a very long period Mr. Owen kept the pseu- do-philanthropic portion of his scheme merely before the eyes of the public, and it was not until he was fortified by the deep root which his system struck in the soi] of the United States of America, and its more extravagant features were adopted, and publi- cly professed, by the Saint Simonians in France, that he laid aside the last shred of the mask which he had hitherto worn. Ever since that period his system has been undergoing modification after modification, until at last itcame forth as “The Universal Com- munity Association of Rational Religionsts.” Hun- dreds of thousands of paimphlets and other writings have been disseminated under Mr. Owen’s immedi- ate inspection, in which the notion of a Deity and the inspired word of God are alike scoffed at and revil- ed; the marriage tie has been described as a Satan- ic invention ; lecturers have been appointed to make plausible statements in all the principle cities and towns throughout England; brazen-fronted fenales have had the audacity to assail_ the Gospels of God and the Divine institution of marriaye, in the me- tropolis, a6 Well as in the provinces ; professed lec- turers upon pliysiology have been the convert and well-paid udvucates of Socialism; and, to faciliate LIBERIA thesproposed “melioration of the condition of society ,” numerous works have been disseminated, some of uhblushing obscenity, and all of the inost demoral- izing fendency. a If David Dale could but sce to what uses his wealth has beeti applied, he would curse the day upon which his misled bounty conceded the means of setting the world ina flame, to miniater to his de- praved appetite for distinction ! From the National Anti-slavery Standard, ANECDOTE OF CATLIN. AND KIS. MORSE, CHARLEY. “On his journey, while he and I were twenty-five days alone, we had much time, and the best of circum. stances, under which to learn what we had as yet over. looked in each other's characters, as well as to draw great pleasure und real benefit trom what we already had learned of each other in our former travels. “f generally halted on the bank of some little stream, at half an hour of sunset, where feed was good for Char- ley, and where I] could get wood to kindle my fire, and waterfor my coffee, The first thing was to undress ‘Charley,’ and drive down his: picket, to. which he wus fastened, to graze over a circle that he could inscribe at’ the end of his Jasso. Jn this wise he busily fed himself until nightfall ; and after my coftto was made and drank, L uniformly moved hiin up, with his picket by my head so that I could lay my hand upon his lasso in an instant, in case of any alarm that was liable to drive him from me. Onone ofthese evenings, when he was grazi as usual, he slipped the lngso over his head, and ‘oil erately took his supper at his pleasure, wherever h chose to prefer it, as he was strolling around. When night approached, I took the lasso in hand and. endea- voured to catch him, but I soon suw that he was deter- mined to. enjoy a little frevdom; and he continually evaded me untill dark, when I abandoned the pursuit, making up my mind that I should inevitable loge him, and be obliged to perform the rest of my Journey on foot, He had led mea chase of hulf'a mite or more, when I left him busily grazing, and returned to my little solitary bivouac, and laid myself on my bear-skin and went to sleep. “In the middle of the night ITwaked; whilet I. was laying on my back, and on half opening my eyes, 1 was instantly shocked to the soul, by the huge fizure (as | thought) of an Tadian standing over mic, and in the very instant of taking my sealp! The: chill ot horror that paralyzed me for the moumet, held ine still, till 1 saw there was no need of my moving—that my faithful horse ‘Charley? had ‘played shy? till, he had ‘filled his belly,’ and had then moved up, from feelings of pure aflectio or from instinctive fear, or possibly from a due share oF both, und taken his position, with his fore-feet at the edge of my bed, with his head hanging directly over me, while he was standing fast asleep ! “My nerves, which had heen most violently shocked, were soon quieted, and I fell asleep, and so continued until sunrise in the morning; when I waked, and beheld my faithful servant at some considerable distance, busily at work picking up his breakfast amongst the cane- brake, along the bank of the creek. I went as busily to work, preparing my own, which was eaten; and af. fer it, I had another half-hour of fruitless endeavors to catch Charley, whilst he seemed mindful of success on the evening betore, and coutinually tantalizing me by turning around ‘and around, and ke ping out of my reach. I recollected the conclusive evidence, of his at. tachment and dependence, which he hud voluntarily givenin the night, and T thought I would try them in another way ; soT packed up my things, and slung the the saddle on my back; trailing my gun in. my hand, and started oniny rowle. After 1 had advanced a quarter of a mile, I looked back, and saw him standing. with his head and tail very high, looking alternately at me and at the spout where 1 had been encamped, ond jetta little fire burning. In this condition he: stood and sur. veyed the prairies around fora while, as [continued on. He atlength walked witha hurried step to the spot, and seeing every thing gone, began to neigh ve ry violently ; and at last started off at the fullest speed, und overtook me, passing within a few. paces of me, and wheeling about ata few rods distance in front ofme, trembling like an aspen leaf, F “I called him. by his’ familiar nome, and walked up to him with the bridle in’ my hand, which I put over his head, ashe held itdown for me; and the saddle on his back, as he actually stooped to receive it. I was soon arranged, andon his back, when he. started off upon his coure, as if he was well contented and pleased, like his rider, with the man@uvre which had brought us together again, and afforded us mutual relief from our awkward position, Though this alarming freak of Charley’s passed off and terminated so satisfactorily, yet I thought such rather dangerous ones to play; and I took good care after that night to keep him under my strict authority; resolving to avoid further tricks and experiments, till we got to the land of cultivated ficlds and steady habits.” From The Anti-slavery Reporter. A Prize Essay on the abolition of the prejudices of white men against negres aud other coloured peo- ple. By S&S. L’'Instant (of Hayti). Paris, 1842— 170 pp. ° Tue good Abbe Gregoire founded a prize, which, in 1840, M. L’Instant, an advocate of Hayti, gained by this essay, against five competitors. One of the other essays has reached a second edition; but the superior merit of this production of a coloured man, is an apt reply to those who, against accumulated evidence to the contrary, persist in. asserting that the gift of intellect, and the verms of high civiliza- tion, are confined to the white race. We can only glance at the extremely important contents of M. L’Inetant’s work, and furnish an in- . dex to its topics. A copy ought to be in the hands of every one really concerued to understand the whole question which it opens; and by the extensive sale of this pamphlet, which indeed only opens many of the topics, the author ought to be urged to per- severe in his studies, so that he may hereafter ex- tend an excellent essay into the great work wanted to do the subject and himeelf justice. Perhaps, in preparing such a work, M. L’Instant may find rea- son to modify some of his opinions, or at least to | supply omissions occasioned by the necessary bre- vity of this essay ; The preface offers a satisfactory explanation of what is often called the slow progress of Hayli since ite independence, which we shall insert in a future number. This special vindication of the honour of his countrymen, foring a fit introduction to the larger defence of the negro race, which constitutes the substance of M,. L’Instant’s essay. That essay is replete with curious Jearning, & with elevated views. HERALD. | He sets out with aclear statement of the antiquity of slavery—of white as well as of black slavery. Hence he infers, that the condition was not among the ancients, exclusively the lot of negros, as it is now. He then traces the course of the negro slave-trade in Europe to its extinetion befure the fourteenth century. During the time of its preva- lence the most esteemed of the two races were the blacks, being the tewest in number; and the pre- judice against them was then unknown. The revival cf negso-slavery M. L’Instant fixes at 1442. Its extension to its present state is then followed out in a variety of interesting speculations. The origin of the modern prejudice of colour is marked with great precision; and we think that few more conclusive arguments are to be met with in the records of the anti-slavery cause, than this of M. L’Instant on this point, founded on the laws of the French West Indian colonies. It would be difficult to abridge this capital part of the essay, if we had ‘space fpr even the abridgment ; and we can only point it out as especiaily worth perusal in the original. Agdinst the opinions ef those who hold that tlie negro race is essentially inferior to the whites; M. L’Iustant relies upon powerful general reason- ing, and upon some individual cases which will be new to most Englich readers. Lannibal, a general In the Russiau service under Peter the Great, was a pure negro. He married a Russian lady, and his son Was distinguished Russian officer; and his grand. son a more distinguisiied writer. Amo, a German professor of much wmerit, was a pure negro, Ju- sien Raymond, L’Islet Geoffroy, G. Lethierre, and the two Dumas, all adinitted by. the aciwemy and institute of France «mong her, most. illustrious philosophers, soldiers, artists, and men ot letters, are all recent names to be added to Abbe Grepoire’s list of negro Jauuus men (p. 77). M. L’'Iustant passes to the means by which he proposes to destroy the prejudice of colour. They ure expressed in the following enumeration :—1 Education, religious aud civil; religion taught. by deeply learned and highly enlightened ministers, and civil instruction extended to ail ranks, and over all ssicnce. 2, The extension of all rights to people of coluur.. 8. The election of the deputies sent from the colonies to Varis by the general voice. 4, The appointment of a sufficient number of blacks to civil posts. 5. Marriage to be encour- aged by all not myrried heing refused employment. 6. The equal admission of people of colour to ail the ranks of the national guard. 7 Mixed juries. 8. The admission of colored people on the bench as judges. 9. Appointing protectors of slives. 10. The abvlition of the whip and ather corporal pun- ishuients. 11, The appropriation of the slave's personal property to his own use. I. Savines’ banks. 13. ‘The emigration of white labourers of a superior sort. 14. Moderation of tasks. 14. Amuse- ments, such as music. 16. The encourayenent of the marriage of slaves (p. 107—149). M. L'Instant distinguishes the prejudice of col- our from slavery ; and, without suspending his zeal against the latter, he maintains that, whilst. all bis measures would prepare the way for its’ abolition, they are also youd in themselves. He wisely adds, ual, even. if, slavery ‘be abolished, old prejudice will long survive, requiring especial provisions of law to protect its cljects against injustice. M. L’Instant concludes his essay with an ubser- vation that deserves to. be well weighed by those who meddle with these subjects. Bach measure, says he, proposed above tor the extinction of pre- Judives against coloured people, may unquestiona- bly be adopted separately with advantage: but, to produce the grood anticipated from them, they must be executed as a whole. It is a complete ‘system thnt is wanted, and it is the government that must take the lead in executing it, These words should be engraven on the mitds of cur Anti-slavery committee-men—our Abori- gines Protection Society committee-men—our At- rican Civilization Society conmittee-men—and, a- bove all, the ministers of the crown and the mem- bers of the legislature, should adopt these opinions as their rule, in whatever is attempted for the im- provement of the coloured race connected with us. inn More Hoarpine or Specige.—We made mention in the last Record, of a large sum of specie found in_ possession of an old German of this county, at his decease, which occurred late- ly, and stated that it went to prove that no in- considerable portion of the specie of the country was locked up. A deposite of between 1100 and 1200 dollars of gold, all in eagles and half eagles, was made at the Bank of Chester county last week, belonging to the estate of Mrs. Mar- shall, widow of the late John Marshall, of Penns- bury Township. _This gold was found after a long search in ay old desk, which had in it sey- eral secret chainbers, and is supposed to have been secreted by John Marshall, sometime prior to his death, twenty-eight years ago! The desk was curiously constucted, of great antiquity, and it appears on raising the lid, presented a series of PRsontnles: The desk and its contents were equeathed by the old man to his wife, and at her death, she left it to her friend and relative Mrs. Way, 8 a family relic, and without any idea of its contents, as is supposed. A few days since, but many months after the death of Mrs. Marshall, the desk was carefully examined in search of treasure, as it was an old belief in the neighborhood, that the old gentleman, Mr M., had a “‘tin-cup full” of gold ; but after his death no one knew what had become of it. The desk was ransacked ; asmall crevice in the bottom attracted attention—on inserting the blade of a knife it flew open, and several hundred dollars of silver were found! This magnificent discov- ery stimulated curiosity ; and farther search was made. The pigeon holes were tried—they drew out !—and behind them was a series. of secret boxes. On examming these boxes, lo! the long- talked of gold was brought to light.. The FE] Dorado, after the lapse of more than a quater of a century, was discovered, and a great mystery revealed. In connection with the above, it is worth of note, that among the effects willed by Mr. M., were from three to four thousand dollars of personal property,in bank notes. They had been in her possession during the late suspension, and on the appraisement it was found, that not- withstanding the depreciation of currency and. the crashing of banks, they are all on institutions that now redeem their notes in gold and silver, — Village Record LIBERIA HERALD, nergy MONROVIA, LIBERIA, AUGUST 31, 1849. On the 21st the ship ‘‘Maripasa” arrived here with 242 immigrants from different sections of the old coun. try. Eighty six of these immigrants were emancipated by a gentleman in Tenneseey and are said to be fitted by some years of preparatory training for the boon thus bestowed upon them. May they prove useful and enterprising citizens of their new home. It cannot be too deeply impressed upon the friends of the colony, and of Africa, that other than industrious persevering colonists will be a curse rather than a blessing. Send out good sturdy ahead-going men with a little menns and the colony will resuscitate and advance in the Wish. ed for course, These immigrants‘are to be located at Greenville Mississippi in Africa, alias Sinos, ‘Tho remainder of the number will settle here. We are reul. ly pleased to find that the Governor does not intend to send them to Caldwell, . They are for the present locnt. ed here. For notwithstanding our prejudices of resi. dence, none we are sure, can be so blind, ag not to know that the facilities of comfort, and accommodation are tenfold here to any place up the river. Caldwell from some inexplicabe cause (as some seem to think, though to us it is evident) has proved the grave of near. ly all the residents of its lower sections. Higher up the river the people have partially escaped the deathful in. fluence, and at Millsburg only 8 miles above the settlers are Healthy and comparatively happy. There can be but little doubt that the country would be more propitions the farther we advance into. the ine terior, This we think is cleaily. proven. from the in. stance just mentioned. Itis also farther indicated by the production & face of the country. The water of the river ie never salt, nor even brackish at Millshburg., The land gradually risesas you recede from the const ; the banks of the river are high, and ateép, affording no room for those fetid murshes and loys in whieh man. grove and other rank aquatic vegetation delight to There eon he tending our settlements mto the interior di fientty of revel, only. two objections against cx. transportation, and exposure to the derredations af the natives. Asan offsetto this is the. consideration that a line of settlements along the St. Pauls would S000 reach the camwood country, and were we not ufraicd ofexposing the lives of our friends whove jenornuce of native habits might render them too easy o prey, would qn the mere score of selfishness advocate the The induced to reach the happy place by such easy stages, although all past en. treaty haw failed to prevail on them to proceed by a rapid march. measure, society mizht be Among the number of passengers we espy our old friends Jas. Brown and S Harriss. Up to the *'me of Writing we have not yet spoken to then—we wish them out of pure friendship to recover n little from the fatigue of endless talk they must have hud in America. By this vessel we have received more than our ordin. ary share of friendly Epistles and p:pers, and for them we feel more than ordinary gratitude, seeing we have been so shamefully slighted of late. We have not time to make large extracts as our interesting sheet is already made up. For the benefit of our African friends we will hastily condense a— SUMMARY. We bexin with the subject dear to the heart of every friend of his race—namely human liberty. Our readers will judge by this of the signs of the times. ; A Petition has been handed in to Congress from the northern part of Virginia praying for the abolition of slavery in the district of Columbia. Gov. Seward has refused to regard any portion of the human family as goods, chattles, or things though earn- estly requested todo so by a part of the Legislature. He has certainly set deeply the seal of reprobution on all concerned in that disgraceful bill. A correspondent of one of the northern neutral papers speaking of the uncerimonious manner in which Mr. Giddings was treated holds this Janguage : “Tam not an abolitionist—perhaps I ought rather to say I have not been till to day—but 1 dg. assure you, as the result of long experience and obeervation here espe- cially as well as elsewhere,,.that my deep and clear con- viction is, that slavery must give way, or the country and its institutions will be prostrated. THERE Is Now’ NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE. A piece of mechanism called the rotory knitting Loom has been invented by an American Yankee of course, which it is said turne offa thousand paira of stockings or gloves a day, and so simple and easy in its operations as to be keptin motion by a dog. Ifthe inven. tor will only add an appendage to make the raw mate. rial the thing will be complete. Another one has ascertained that it is electricity evolved in the boilers of steamboats that causes them to explode. He has contrived a simple method to cun. duct off this devouring fluid, and therefore it ig to be hoped that the age of steamboat disasters has gone by. ee A revolution is reported to have taken place in the Island of St. Domingo, and President Boyer is suid to have been put to death. . Correction. In ourlast we made a foolish mistake, on the sub- jection of the weather. We said tropical autumn, instead of autumn in the temperate regions. In endea- vouring to be brief we became foolish. Our friends we hope will forgive us;—as freely we do the printer or proof-reader of African Repository, for his some dozen mistakes which he has made ‘in our remarks on the death of the late excellent Gov. Buéhanan—published in his No. for January 15th. Unirep States Stoop oF war VANDALIA. On the 18th inst. the U. States sloop of war Vandalia William Ramsay Esq, commander, arrived at — this place. The Vandalia with two or three other U. States vessels it is seid are to be stationed on the coast to pro. tect American commerce, to prevent the prostitution of the American flag, and to give all allowed countenance and assiatance to the American colonies. This great fnvour to us is the result of the good will of the Freel. - dent, and the Secretary of the Navy. We trust this is the begining of better days fur us, and tat our case will yet bea realization of the old adage that justice although aluw is yet certain. No human laws or regula. tions are inflexible, even those of the Medes & Persians were not; as could be easily shown, ‘Those who are indisposed to aid us may eternally harp upon the impe- dimeuts which the constitution is supposed to throw in . the way! and it qany be a fine covert for indifference. But justice and humanity are paramount, with which all lasve and ingtitutions should be made tu accord. The mensure of ussistance that would at once burat the chains that now bind us down iu the deadly marshes of pov. erty and helplesness, and enable us to bound with new life md vigor. would scarcely be felt by the United States, while it would be but wiping offa part off the score that justice has marked against them, and disprove the allegation that the only motive in’ sending us here was to pot rid of un. We the resourées of the country, and. protection while we ure Wenk; and then voluntary emigration would flow require means to develop in, in a-ceaselese stream, Orricurs OF THE VANDATLIA. Winuiam Ramsay Esq. Chas, H. Pour, J. is, Rive, J. M Lockanr, R. & Tencueney, R. S. Vararnr. Surgeon. D. S. Creen. Mueter of Marine, M. G. Marine. Profossorot Matis. BL Me Ganagn, Moaishapiae ay AW... Hopkins, 2. MeGany, SAURENS, | I. ‘T. Lewis, PR. Junts, Ocur.TRer, A. Semmis, k. De Harvey, Jounson, SUEPHARD, Lyous. Owens. Woon. . Leckie. S. Moose. Commander. Lieutenants, Boutsmain. Gunner. Sail Maker. Carpenter. Purser. « J. R. G, D. A. J. J. J. E. J, J. AWFUL OCCURRENCE, . In firing a sulute on Thursday the 19th inst. from Fort Norriss, one of the guns not being preperly spong- ed exploded while the men were in the act of ramming the cartridge home, aud H. Whitfield wnd G. Thomp. kon, had each his right arm blown entirely off just above the wrist. Thompson was blown some distance into the air and fell onhis face on a ledge of rocks just outside the wall. The unfortunate suffers were imme- diately taken to the residence of Dr. Day the colonial physician, where they received all the attention that humanity and professional skill could. afford them. Doctor D. was assisted in his surgical operations by Doctors Prout, and W. W. Davis. : Thompson has since died. Whitfield is said to be doing well. Thirteen months ago two men under similar circum. stances were similarly injured at the same Fort. We trust the propper officers will look into this mat. ter. If we cannot salute without annually losing some from our smal] number of men we had better fire no salutes atall. Thompson was a useful man, and we know no man inthe colony of more moral worth than Whitfield. He has a family that looke up to him for support. How now shall he feed and clothe them? Thompson had no family. Our letters from America are of the most cheering character in respect of Colonization and its progress. Mr. Gurly—that veteran colonizationist—than whoin the cause has no abler nor more eloquent advocate +-none better acquainted with the minutie of ita history and the details of its operatjons—none more ardent in his zeal nor firmer in his attachment, has again resumed the chair of its correspondence. This augurs favorably, for we know of none better able to impart an impulse to the sluggish car. We rejoice in the success of colonization, j Mess. Colonization is but another term for liberty { { { as we do in the advance of (what is conventionally term. ed) abolitionism, and as we evermore shall in every en- terprise that contemplates civil liberty and human happi- tu all those who avail themselves of ita offers. Slavery in all its forms—whither it binds its dupes with silken curds, ur grinds its despised victims with iron yokes we abhor with all the intensity of perfect hatred ; and. we are therefore prepared to look with interest and to yield dur best wishes to every ameliora. ting process. Our mottois “all men are free and equal.” We could no more look with indifference on the sluvery of another race than on the thraldom of our own, It would be enough for us to know that the enslaved is inan, and irrespective of cast, color or clime, ut once recognis. ing a being robbed of inherent and inalienable rights he would call forth our tenderest aympathy. ‘ The love .of liberty is the heart, and although we are not inclined to contemplate the length of desperation, nor the mode of combat to which as a Jast resort we might be urged, to reseat the goddess upon her throne & to maintain her in undiaturb. ed authority, yet we would infinitely prefer the opps. ing interesta would test their strength and their rights in the open field of manly and dispassionate diseussion, Truth rejoices in the light, error seeks to conceal iteelt under the shades: of obecurity—truth urjres principles, error pleads prescription and immemorial usage. ‘Truth has native strength and native majesty, error dazzles with-a glare, & deters with the aspect of desperation, but its heart isrottenness. The advocutes of liberty should proceed cautiously and draw the Hydia of slavery” from his den, for the moment he is in the field he is overcome . In this however they may fail, Vice and punishment aro inseperably connected, and a part of the punishment of the gigantic sin of slavery may cunsist inva determined reristance of all argument and entreaty, until argument and entreaty, retiring in despair, the field may be taken hy another and a different power involving at once the oppresaor with the oppressed in a common ruin. The fiat has gone forth, The Genius of Universal Emancipation is uttering her high behest, & the Coloni- zation, the abolition, the African civilization and ather kindred societies are but so many echoes of the univer. sal edict—they are butso many streams uitiman ly to combine and swell the tide of liberal opinion, deepening and widening as it rolls until slavery and oppression shall be swept from the earth, Strongest. passion. of our A week or two since we received by the politeness of His Excellency Gov. Roberts, a package containing letters from our friends, Rev. J. B. Pinney and Rey. S. H. Cone, with a presentation from the latter gen. tleman of Jone's’ Church History and various other minor publications and papers. The letters were dated somewhere iu 1840 and of course the papers and publications ot no later daté. We thank these gentle. men for their notice of us. The communications had sustained no physical injury as they had been silely en. rconced from the time of their arrival ina case in the Socicty’s store. We shall reply by the first conveyance and trust the tardiness of replication will pot ed to remissness in us, other be imput- In our notice of the death of Rev. Mr. Canfield we uttered a sentiment which has called for h fron a broth. er Editor a few. editorial pleasantries, The remarks are so kind and courteous, and in 80 mild ani concilia- tory a spirit that not to notice them, would betray the vilest ingratitude. It would however be amusing to those who have the inclination, to analyze them; and it would be no difficult task to show: in the same way vf pleasantry that the friendly critique is by far more inconsistent with the history and doctrines of scripture, und the dealings of providence, than the sentiment on which they were intended to bear. But we have neith, er leisure nor disposition for angry controversy ; we think it would be ill.placed here: but we fear there is abroad in the Innd a. spirit, which, presuming transcendental ability to bear down ‘ull Opposition ex- ceeding desirous to kindle the flame of sectarian dispu- tation. , The sentiment we advanced, and which stirred up his editorial bile was in substance that, “The Lord fre- quently frustrates plans honestly and piously formed to advance his own glory that he may assert his sovereignty,” and in amplifying our remark we used scripture phrase- ology. Our brother pounced upon .the remark and ex. pended @ fund of editorial and phililogical energy to prove us mistaken, and ranged at once through the an- cient world of gentiles and jews to teach us where the words were intended to apply. We feel grateful for the information, although we had heard of it before. Now it will hardly be supposed that we regarded the apostle when saying “twho worketh all things after the council of his own will” to be roferring immediately to Mr. C's: death? The words we regarded asa fitting vehicle for the sentiment we were about to utter, without reference to their original application—a practice for which we have at least as high authority as any inthe colony. After penetrating the arcana of nature and ascertain- ing infallibly the cause of the death of missionaries &c, upon its ' and publishing them so magisterially, if they should fail to keep soul and body together, they will have themselves to blame and surely: none will be more reprehensible than our brother Editor. He intimates an intention of pursuing the subject fur. ther—should he do so'and favour as with the result of his disquisitions, regardless of the spirit—whether hec- toring & bullying, or kind and conciliatory, in which it may be done we shall give it a patient and respectful attention. But until in our judgement the bitterness aud acrimony of newspaper controversy can be of service to us here, we shall leave the: discussion entirely to him, which we have no doubt he will conduct with ‘all the ability, meekneas and courtesy which mark his first effu- sion. We are obliged for want of room to defer two obit. uary nolices, They will appear in our next. oe — —————————eEeEeee SELECTED EXTRACTS. A Yanxer Srrmon.—My respected Hearers,— The difference that exists between men of the pre- sent day is nut so great as that between men and monkeys, by alowg chalk. I consider that: man to be a gentleman who has in his heart the true prin- ciples of honor and integrity—I don’t care whether or not he be shod, shaven, shorn, or skirted; and! conrider that gentleman to be a man, whose interior recommendations correspond with the niceness of his outside arrangements. But virtue, vice, con- cient, corruption, integrity, and confirmed rascality, have of late, become so confounded together, under the garb of pretended piety anda whole pair of breeches, that it is difficult to determine the man from the monster. Ancient Esau, the favourite of his blind father, was a hairy man; yet his cunning and jealous brother contrived to dress hizoself in ‘coon skins, to pass for Hsau in the presence of the unsuspecting o!d gentleman; but, let me tell you, iy friends, that if a scoundrel thinks a suit of good clothes and a false collar of religion are going to pass him safely within the walls of salvation, he will find himself as much deceived as the philoso- pher who undertook to amaigamate moonshine with metaphysice. My dear friends, when I see man braving the bitter blasts of poverty, with Christian like fortitude and without a murmur who had rather pick his precarious food from among the thorns of penury, and subject himself to the contumely of the proud, than dishonestly trespass upon the fields of Wealth and plenty—T say; that man’s a man for all of that; and when I see an_ individual, rolling in atHuence, revelling in the sweets of luxury, and al the same time robbing the widow of her mite, and snatching the bread from the mouth of poor or- phans—lI say, that gevtleman’s no entleman, no. you can fix it, The world, dear friends, is growing corrupt, and inore corrupt as each revoly- ing yearrolls round. Vice anc venality are pro- gressing with the march of intellect and refinement ; and you. might as well attempt to extinguish the fires of endless torment with a schoolboy’s squirt gun as to prevent their ravages. Everybody is a gentleman who has mioney at his controul—every. body is aman who will allow himself to he robbed ~-and everybody is a loafer whose coat has been worn thread bare by industry. But, my hearers, act well your parte, as Mr. Pope says, for there all the honour lies ; and though the world should not grant it, you will still have the yratification of know- ing that you hold a mortgage upon the good-will and respect of your fellow-men. es ANECDOTES. Iirrinc a Goosr.—Put that away, Jim; you don’t know anything about.a gun.” “Why, yes I do; the first time I shot, 1 liked to killed a roose.”’ “You inust have stood at the wrong end of the gun,”’ was the reply. Harp Writinc.—An Irishman wrote.as follows to his friend, during the rebellion of ’98. “To give you some idea of the state of the country at present, | shall only say, that I am writing with a sword in one hand, and a pistol in the other. SaTisractory Drrinirioy.—A little girl asked her sister “What was Chaos, that Papa read about ?” The older child replied, “Why, it isa great pile of nothing, and no place to put it in.” Empnasis.—A writer on English grammar gives the following example of wrong emphasis ;—A clJer- gyman, on reading the 27th verse of the eighteenth chapter of the first book of Kings, generally placed the emphasis on the words denoted by italies. “And he spake to his sons, saying, saddle me, the ass, ond they saddled him. Driving anp CaLLinc.—“Ho, neighbor! how is it that you are all in a reeking sweat this cold knowy morning?” “I have been hard at work, driv- ing my sheep under shelter,” “Have you succeed- ed?” “No. The harder I drove, and the louder I shouted, the more determined they were not to enter. I have provided fur them a warm, dry shed and plenty of good food, but the foolish creatures prefer to remain out in the wind and snow.” advise you the next time to call your sheep, in- stead of driving them.” Lorv MorretH.—When this gentleman visited the almshouse, in Philadelphia, considerable anxiety was inanifested to obtain a sight of the distin. guished stranger. After he had departed, a little boy, who was present, remarked to his mother that “he ~ did not know there were two Lords—he thought . there was but one, who lived up inthe sky. Woman’s AFFEcTION.—The following exquisite anecdote, illustrative of woman’s undying affection, is from @ late work published in Great Britian, sty]. ed “The English Maiden.” “Sir Robert Barclay, who commanded the British squadron in the battle of Lake Erie, was horribly mutilated oy the wounds he received inthe action, having lost his right arm and one of his lege. Previously to his leaving Eng- land he was engaged to a young lady, to whom he was tenderly attached. Feeling acutely on his re- turn that he wasa mere wreck, he sent a friend to the lady, informing her of his mutilated condition, and gencrously offering to release her from her en. gagement. “Tellhim,” replied the noble girl, “that J. will joyfully marry him, if he only has enough body to hold his soul!” ON BACKBITING. The word explains itself better than most words do, It gives you the idea of one who comes behind a ets on Ae cna = a eens _ another and inflicts a wound, from which he cannot defend himself because the approach of the enemy is unseen, and he may also hide himself before the injured party fan turn round. Thus the sufferer feels the effect of the wound without being able ta discover how, gr from what quarter, or with what assistance the wound is given. Among the solemn denunciations of the law it is written, ’Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour secretly ;’ and backbiting is the secret blow which the tongue can sometimes give more fatally than the hand. ‘I should say that backbiting inal uides every remark likely to lower the person spoken of in the opinion of others, when that person is absent—such as the representation of any story that we may have heard respecting him, or any unfavourable constructions that we may ourselves have put upon his words and actions. Or even sup- posing real faults in both to have come under our observation, still to repeat thei to others, instead of telling him of them in the spirit of love and faith. fulness, is also backbiting. And Jet us remember, that nothing so rouses and seeins to justify the pride of the heart as being told of ungenerous thinge hav- ing been uttered concerning us to others. Tdoubt whether a single fault was ever cured in any person by means of backbiting, while many have been occas sioned by it. He who hears that he has been so - treated will become mistrustful of others, and be exposed to one of two great snares—cither he will suffer that anxiety concerning the opinions of others which is a dangerous “lear of man,’ and. above which the Christian ought to rise; or else he will be pro- voked into an unbecomin contempt of what others may think about him, Bt #0 neglect the command to ‘abstain from every appearance of evil,’ and not to let his good be evil spoken of. As an individual, the true Christian will count it a small matter to be. judged of man’s judgement; put as a mémber of Christ’s body, the Church, he ought to be very care: ful that no offence be given through him tothe oth: er members, lest he grieve the glorious Head and cause his holy name to be blaspheied among his en emies.—Charlotte Elizabeth, ‘ S CURRENT. ARTICLES, j Lb. PER FROM TO Bacon. é a Beads, pound, = Beef, curgo No, 3 Blue Bafts, Bricks, Butter, s Z Candles Sperm, Cheese, ¢ Corn meal}, Checks domestic, Cotton white, Calicoes, assorted, Flour superfine Guns, . $ Box, Tron, bars, 3 Cwr, Lead, pig, . “ Lard, Keg, Lime, : Cask Molasses Gallon Mackerel Bbl. Nails 3 1001bs. Oil paint Gallon Oil palm ae Pork A Bbf. Pots iron Cwt. Powder BIl. Dozen various Bb. none none none none none Padlocks Porter. R “6 Pipes gumbo Box Prints assorted Various Romauls 5 Salt 2 : Sugar loaf Sugar brown Shoes $ Slippéra Soup : Shad . ; Satin stripe ; Tobacco é : Washhand bowls Wines “ A MARINE LIST. eo a er ag ce oe ee re PORT OF MONROVIA. ee. rrr ns ARRIVALS. July 31. British brig ——,——-master, from the wind. ward, Aucust 6. British brig Ellen Jenkenson, Brown mas- ter, from Liverpool. “Colonial Cutter Termagant, T. Canot mas. ter, from Grand Cape Mount. “ 7. H.B. M. brig Ferret, Ooke commanding from the windward, ; “11, American brig Grecian Lawlin master, from the leeward: passengers, from Cape Palmas Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Stocker, and Mro. Canfield; from Grand Bassa Mr. William Roberts, : ‘* 13. British brig Tompson master, from the leeward : passengers, from Cape Palmas, Mr. James Denis and lady; from Grand Bassa, Mr. James D. Washington and lady, on a viait to Sierra Leone : sailed same day. “18. United States sloop of war Vandalia, W Ramsay Esq. commamding: trom the winward. “19. American brig Atalanta, Brown master, from the winward. “ 27. British brig Nestor, from the leeward, J. L. Merrett master, DEPARTURES. Auguet 15. British brig Ellen Jenkenson, Brown master, for the leeward. “17 American brig Grecian, homeward bound: passenger, Canfield. Lawlin master, Mrs. Wilson and Mre. Colonial Cutter Termagant Cooper master, for the leeward. «25° American brig Atalanta, the leeward, * 28. United States sloop of war Vandalia, W, Ramsay, Esq. conimanding for the leeward, Brown master, for LIBERIA’ HERALD. PUBLISHED BY) VOL. XI. THE LIBERIA HERALD 19 PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN MONROVIA, LEVI D. JAMES—rarinter. » tenus—Onx DonraR anp Firry Cents a year pay” able in advance. : All communications relating to the Heruld must be addressed to H. Teage, Monrovia. pe Ail communications fer insertion must be past paid. Colonial subscribers will pay to II, ‘'eage, Monro- via, Louis Sheridan, Esq. Busa Cove, Judge Hanson, er ainlassthers in America will order the paper through, and pay tothe following Avents ror THe Lineria Hera. Rev. Joun B. Pinney, Gen. Agt. Philadelphia, Rey. W. Myune, Richmond, Virginia. W. Do Laey Esq. Norfolk, “ Win. Cranr, “ Baltimore, Md. Rev. J. M. ALLEN, Philadeiphia, Rev. S. H. Cone, New York. Dr. A. Prouprit, “ “ LIBERIA HERALD. From the African Repositery. AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. Tne TREATY below is one of such great inter- est, and at present, a matter of such animated discussion, that we are certain our readers will ‘be vlad to see it entire. Tue QuintupLe TREATY. Signed at London, Dec. 20, 1841. Art. 1. Their majesties the lmperor of Austria, king of Hungary and bohemia, the king of Prussia, aud the ismperor of all the Rus- sians, engage to prohibit ail trade in slaves, el- ther by their respective subjects, of under their respective flags, or by means ol capital belong- ing to their respective subjects, and to declare such trailic piracy. Their mayesties further de- clare, that any vessel which may attempt to car- ry on the slave trade shall, by the: fact alone, Jose all right to the protection of their flag, Arr. I. dnorer more completely to accom- nlish the objcet-of the present: treaty, the high contracting parties agree by conunen Consent, that those of their ships of war which shall be provided with special warrants and ordets, pre- pared according to the forms of the annex A of the present treaty, mray search every merehant vessel belonzing to any one ui the high contwact- ing parties which shail,on reasonable grounds, be suspeciat of being engaged in the traffic in siaves, or ol having been fitted out for that pur- pose, or of having been engaged in the traffic during the voyage in W hich she shall have been met wiih by the said cruisers; and that such cruisers may detain, and send, or carry away such vessels inorder that they may be brought to trial in the manner lhereafier agreed upon. Nevertheless, the abovementioned right of searching the merchant vessel of any one or the other of the high contracting parties shall be ex- ercised only by ships of war whose commanders shall have the rank of captain or that of lieuten- ant in the royal or imperial navy, unless the command shall, by reason of death or otherwise, have devolved upon an officer of inferior rank The commander of such ship of war shall be furnished with warrants according to the form annexed to the present treaty, under letter A. ~The said mutual right of search shall not be exercised within the Mediterranean sea, More- over, the space within which the exercise of the said right shall be confined shall be bounded, on the north, by the 32d parallel of north Jatitude ; on the west, by the eastern coast of America, from the point where the 32d parallel of north Jatitude strikes that coast, down to the 4oth par- allel of south latitude: on thesouth, by the 45th parallel of south latitude, from the point where that parallel strikes the eastern coast of America to the 80th degree of longitude east from the. meridian of Greenwich: and on the east, by the same degree of longitude, from the point where jt is intersected by the 45th parallel of south lati- tude up to the coast of India. Arr. III. Each of the high contracting par- ties which may choose to employ cruisers for the suppression of the slave trade, and to exer- cise the mutual right of search, rescrves to itself to fix, according to its own convenience, the number of the ships of war which sha!l be em- ployed on the service stipulated in the second article of the present treaty, as well as the sta- tions on which the eaid ships shull cruise. The names of the ships appointed for this pur- pose, and those of their commanders, shall be communicated by each of the high contracting parties to the others; and they shall reciprocally apprise each other every time that a cruiser shall MONROVIA, LIBERIA, | | PuBLICUM BONUM PRIVATO &~. be delivered by the governments authorising , the search, and returned to those governments | by thy government which has received them, when those warrants shall no longer be neces ; sary for the execution of the present treaty. Art. 1V. Immediately after the government, which employs the cruisers shal] have nutific, tothe government which is to authorize th search the number and the names of the cruiser which it intends to employ, the warrants author ising the search shall be made out according to the form annexed to the present treaty, under letter A, and shall be delivered by the govern- ment which authorises the search to the govern- ment which employs the cruisers. In no case shall the mutual right of search be exercised upon the ships of war of the contract- ing parties. ‘The high contracting parties shall agree upon a particular signal, to be used exclusively by those cruisers which shall be invested with the right of search. Art. V. The cruisers of the high contracting parties authorised to exercise the ght of search and detention in execution of the present treaty shall conform themselves strictly to the instruc-’ tions annexed to the said treaty, under letter B, in all that relates to the formalities of the search and of the detention, as well as to the measures to be taken, in order that the vessels suspected of having been ‘employed in the traflic may be delivered over to the competent tribunals. The high contracting parties reserve io them-~ selves the right of makingin these instructions by common consent, such alterations as circum- stances may render necessary. The cruisers of the high contracting parties shall mutually afford to each other assistance in all cases when it may be useful that they should act in concert. Art. VI. Whenever a merchant vessel, sai!- ing under the flag of one of the high contracting , parties, shall have been detained by a cruiser 0 ihe other, duly authorised to that effect, con- formably to the provisions of the present treaty, such merchant vessel, as well as the master, the crew, the cargo, and the slaves who may be on, board, shall be brought into such place as the high contracting parties shall have respectively designated for that purpose, and they shall be delivered over to the auihorities appointed with that view by the government within whose pos- session such piace is situated, in order that pro- ceedings may be had with respect to them be- fore the competent tribunals in the manner hereafter specified. When the ecinmander of the cruiser shall not think fit to undertake himself the bringing in and the delivery up of the detained yessel, he shall intrust that duty to an. officer of the rank of lieutenant in the royal or imperial navy, or at least to the officer who shall at the time be third in authority on board the detaining ship. Arr. VIL. Ifthe commander of a cruiser of one of the high contracting parties should have reason tu suspect that_a merchant, vessel sailing under the convoy of, or in company with, a ship of war of one of the other contracting par- ties, has been engaged in the slave trade, or hes been fitted out for that trade, he shall make known his suspicions to the commander of the ship of war, who shall proceed alone to search the suspected vessel; and in case the last men- tioned commander should ascertain. that the suspicion is well founded, he shall cause the ves- sel, as well as the master, the crew, the cargo, and the slaves who may be on board, to be tak- en into a port belonging to the nation of the detained vessel, to be there proceeded against before the competent tribunals,in the manner hereafter directed. Arr. Vill. As soon as a merchant vessel detained, and sent in for adjudication, shall arfpwe at the port to which she is to be carried in con- formity with annex B, to the present treaty, the commiunder of the cruiser which shall have de- tained her, or the officer appointed to bring her in, shall deliver to the authorities appointed for that purpose a copy, signed by himself, of all the lists, declarations, and other documents spe- cified in the instructions annexed to the present treaty, under letter B; and the said authorities shall proceed, in consequence, to the search of the detained vessel, and of her cargo as also to an inspection of her crew, and of the slaves who may be on board, after having previously given notice of the time of such search and inspection to the commander of the cruiser, or tothe officer who shall have broveht inthe vessel,in order that he, or some person whom he may appoint to represent him, may be present thereat. . A minute of these proceedings shall be drawn upin duplicate, which shall be signed by the | be placed on a station, or shall be recalled | persons who shall have taken partin, or who thence, in order that the necessary warrants may | shall have been present at, the same ; and one (WEST: AFRICA) PRAEFERENDUM SEPTEMBER of these documents shall be delivered to the commander of the cruiser, or to the officer ap- pointed by him to bring in the detained vessel. Art. IX. Every merchant vessel of any one or other of. the five nations, which shall. be searched and detained in virtue of the provisions of the present treaty, shall, unless proof be given to the contrary, be deemed to have been engaged in the slave trade, or to have been fitted out for ' that traffic, ifin the fitting, in the equipment, or on board the said vessel during the voyage in which she was detained, there shall be found to ave been one of the articles hereafter specified, that is to say— 1. Hatches with open gratings, instead of the close hatches which are used in merchant Ves- sels. 2. Divisions or bulk-heads, in the hold or on deck, in greater number than is necessary for vessels engaged in lawful trade. 3. Spare plank fitted for being laid down as a second slave-deck. 4. Shackles, bolts or handcuffs. 5. A larger quantity of water, in casks, or in tanks, than is requisite for the consumption of the crew of such merchant vessel. 6. An extraordinary number of water casks, or of other receptacles for holding liquid, unless the master shall produce acertificate from the custom-house at the place from which he cleared outward, stating that sufficient security had been given by the owners of such vessel that such extra number of casks or of other recepta- cles. should only be used to hold palm-oil or for other purposes of lawfnl commerce. 7. A greater quantity of mess-tubs or kids than are requisite for the use of the crew of such merchant vessel. ? 8. A boiler, or other cooking apparatus, of an unusual size, and larger, or capable of being made larger, than requisite for the use of the crew of such merchant vessel ; or more than one boiler, or other cooking apparatus, of the ordin- ary size. 9. An extraordinary quantity of rice of the flour of Brazill manioc, or cassado, commonly called farina, or of maize, or of Indian corn, or of any other article of tood whatever, beyord the probable wants of the crew; unless such quantity of rice, farina, maize, Indian corn, or any other article of food, should be entered on the manifest, as forming a part of the trading cargo of the vessel. 10. A quantity of mats or matting greater than is necessary for the use of such merchant vessel, unless such mats or matting be entered on the manifest as forming part of the cargo. If it is established that one or more of the ar- ticles above specified are on board, or have been on board during the voyage in which the vessel was captured, that fact shall be considered as pri- ma facie evidence that the vessel was employed in the traffic; she shall in consequence be con- demned, and declared lawful prize, unless the master or the owners shall furnish clear and in- controvertible evidence, proving to the satis{ac- tion of the tribunal that at the time of her deten- tion or capture the vessel was employee ina lawful underinings and that such of the difler- ent articles above specified os were found on board at the time of detention, or which might have been embarked during the voyage on which she was engaged when she was captured, were indispensable for the accomplishment of the law-’ ful object of her voyage. Art. X. Proceedings shall. be immediately taken against the vessel detained, as above stat- ed, her master, her crew, and her cargo, before the competent tribunals of the country, to w hi h she belongs; and they shall be tried and adjudg- ed according to the established forms and laws in force in that country; aud if itresults from the proceedings that the said vessel was employ- ed in the slave trade, or fitted out for that traffic, the vessel, her fittings, and her cargo of merchandise, shall be confiscated ; and the mas- ter, the crew, and their accomplices, shall be dealt with conformably to the laws by which they shall have been tried. In case of confiscation, the proceeds of the sale of the aforesaid vessel shall, within the space of six months, reckoning from the date of the sale, be placed at the disposal of the govern- ment of the country to which the ship which made the capture belongs, in order to be employ- ed inconformity with the laws of that coun- try. That XI. If any one of the articles specified in article 1X of the present treaty is found on board a merchant vessel, or if it is proved to have been on board of her during the voyage in which she was captured, no compensation for losses, damages, or expenses, consequent upon the detentign of such vessel, shall in any case be granted, either to the master, or to the (HILARY TEAGE EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. 21, 1842, NO. 11. owner, or to any other person interested in the equipment or in the lading, even though a sene tence of condemnation should not have been pronounced against the vessel, as a consequence of her detention. Art. XII. In all cases in which a vessel shall have been detained in conformity with the present treaty, as having been employed in the slave trade, or fitted out for that traffic, and shall, in consequence, have been tried and core fiscated, the government of the cruiser which shall have made the capture, or the gevernment whose tribunal shall have condes#”%*- 4 vessel may purchase the condemned ve.+« 2 the sere vice of its royal navy, at a price fixed ya come petent person, selected for that purpose by the said tribunal. The government whose cruiser shall have made the capture shall have a right of preference in the purchase of the vessel. Lut if the condemned vessel should not be purchased in.the manner above pointed out, she shall be wholly broken up immediately after the sentence of confiscation, and sold in separate portions after having heen broken up. ArT. XIII. When by the sentence of the competent tribunal it shall have been ascertaincd that a merchant vessel detained in virtue of the present treaty was not engaged in the slave trade, and was not fitted out for that traffic, she’shall be restored to the Jawful owner or owners. And if, in the course of the proceedings, it shall have been proved that the vestel was searched and detained illegally, or without suflicient cause of suspicion; or that the search and dentention were attended with abuse or vexation, the come mander of the cruiser or the officer who shall have boarded the said vessel, or the officers wlio shali have been intrusted with bringing her in and under whose authority, according to the na. ture of the case, the abuse or vexation shall have occurred shall be liable in costs and damages to the masters and the owners of the vessel and of the cargo. , These costs and damages may be awarded by the tribunal before which the proceedings a- gainst the detained vessel, her master, crew, ard cargo, shall have been instituted ; and the gove erninent of the country to which the officer who shall have given occasion for such award shall belong, shall pay the amount of the said costs and damages within the period of six months froin the date of the sentence, when the sentence shall have been pronounced by a tribunal sitting in Europe ; & within the period of one year when the trial shail have taken place out of Euroye. Art. XIV. When in the search or detent.on ofa merchant vessel effected im virtue of the present treaty any abuse or vexation shall have been committed, and when the vessel shall not have been delivered over to the jurisdiction of her own nation, the master shall make a declar-’ ation upon oath of the abuses or vexation of which he shall have to complain, as well as of the costs and damages to which be shall lay claim; and such declaration ‘shall be made by him before the competent authorities of the first port of his own country at which he shall arrive, or before the consular agent of his own nation at a foreign port, if the vessel shall in the first instance touch at a foreign port where there is such an agent, This declaration shell be verified by means of an examination upon oath of the principle per- sons amongst the crew or the passengers who shall have witnessed the search or detention; and a formal statement of the whole shall be drawn up, two copies whereof shall be delivered to the master, who shall forward one of them to his government, in support of his claim for costs and damages. It is understood, that if any circumstances be- yond contro! shall prevent the master from mak- ing his declaration, it may be made by the owner ot the vessel, or by any other person interested Wie equipment or in the lading of the ves- sel. On a copy of the formal statement above men- tioned being officially transmitted to it, the gov- ernment of the country to which the officer to whom the abuses or vexations shall be impute ed shall belong, shall forthwith. institute en inquiry ; and it the validity of the complaint shall be ascertained, that government shall cause to be paid to the master or the owner, or to any other person. interested in the equipment cr lading of the molested vessel, the amount of ome and damages which shall be due to im. Art. XV. _ The high contracting parties en- gage reciprocally to communicate to each other, when asked to do so, and without expense, co- pies of the proceedings instituted, and of the judgments given, relative to vessels searched or detained in execution of the provisions of this treaty - Arr. XVI. The high contracting parties a- gree to insure the immediate freedom of all the slaves who shall be found on board vessels de- tained and condemned in virtue of the stipula~ tions of the present treaty. Art. XVII. The high contracting parties a- gree to invite the maritime powers of Europe, which have not yet concluded treaties for the abolition of the slave trade to accede to the pre- sent treaty. Art. XVIII. The acts or instruments anenx- ed to the present treaty, & which it is mutually agreed to consider as forming ah integral part are are the following. A. Forms of warrants of authorization, and of orders for the guidance of the cruisers of each nation, inthe searches and detentions to be made in virtue of the present treaty. B. Instructions for the cruisers of the naval forces employed in virtue of the present treaty, for the suppresssion of the slave trade. ; Art. XIX. The present treaty, consisting of nineteen articles, shall be ratified, and the ratifi- cations thereof shall be exchanged at London at the expiration of two months from this date, or sooner if possible. . In witness whereof, the respective plenipo- tentiaries have signed the present treaty, in Eng- lish and French, and have thereunto affixed the seal of their arms. Done at London, the 20th day of December, in the year of our Lord, 1841. ABERDEEN, KOLLER, ST. AULAIRE, SCHLEIN ITZ, BRUNOW. a a eer ee From the Christian Observer. ° LORD BACON, It will be interesting to the reader to look over ‘the following scattered anecdotes relating to an ex- traordinary man, “over whose mighty mind and cor- rupt heartthe Christian lingers with sorrow, the moralist with wonder, and the world at large with regret—a man whom it is now difficult to praise, yet whom, but for some Jamentable weaknesses, it would have been almost as difficult not to idolize.” Lloyd says that ‘he was a courtier from his cradle to the grave, sucking in experience with his milk, being inured to Lag asearly as to his grammar. When a boy, Queen Elizabeth took much notice of him, admired his ingenious answers, and, alluding to the post held by his father, used to style him famil- iarly her young Lord Keeper. She once_ inquired the age of the gifted boy, to which he replied readi- ly, that ‘he was two years younger than her majes- ty’s happy reign.’ It was remarked by the famous Earl of Salisbury, that Raleigh was a good orator, thouglra bad writer —Northampton a good writer, though a bad orator— but that Bacon excelled in both. Howell, who must have often listened to his oratory, speaks of him as the eloquentest that was born jn this isley, * * His information on all sujects was astonishing. ‘l have heard him,’ says Osborne, in his Advice to his Son, ‘entertain a country Lord in the proper terms relating tohawks and dogs; and at another time out-cant a London chirurgeon.’ Of money, he eaid, it was, like manure, of no use till it was spread. a How extraordinary and how humiliating to human nature must have been that scene, when the great philosopher stood a cringing suppliant to his peers, ‘prostrating himself and sins,’ craving pardon of God and his fellows, and promising to amend that life, which, apparently, but. for such exposure, would have been transmitted to posterity as proud and jaultless as his genius. When he delivered the great seal to the four peers who had been commis- sioned to receive it, ‘it was the king’s favor,’ he said, ‘that gave me this; and it is through my own fault that he has taken it away.’ When the instrument was delivered to James, he muttered some words respecting his difficuly in selecting a successor—tAs to my lawyers,’ he eaid, ‘they are all knaves.’ Bacon was apparently little distressed by his fa}). Gondomar, the Spanish Ambassador, happening to encounter him immediately after that event, with equal bad taste and bad feeling, wished him, ironical- ly, a merry Easter ! ‘And to you, signor,’ replied Bacon, ‘Ll wish a merry Pass-over!’ The reply not only comprehended a wish that the ambassador were well out of the kingdom, but alluded to his supposed Jewish origin, the greatest insult which could have been offered to a Spaniard, * * * The degradation of this wonderful genius, while it distressed the good and gratified the evi), could even afford merriment to the wretch punsters of the age. Alluding alike to his misconduct and his poverty, his new titles of Verulam and St. Albans were ea- pily. converted into Very-lame and St Allbones. yt ‘Wilson describes Lord Bacon as of a middling stature, his ‘presence grave and comely;’ but adds that he early wore the appearance of old age. Au- brey says the had a delicate, lively, hazel eye. Dr. Harvey told me it was like the eye of a viper.’ ‘The game writer relates one or two characteristic anec- dotes of this extraordinary man. He was once watching some fishermen from the garden at York House, and offered them a certain sum for the results of their draught, which they refused, considering it §nsufficient, On drawing up their net, they found that it only contained two or three small fish. Lord Bacon told them they had better have accepted his offer. ‘The men replied that they had hoped for better success. ‘Hope,’ said his lordship, ‘is a good breakfast, but a bad supper,’ . ‘When the Bishop of London cut down some fine trees at the Episcopal Palace at Fulham, Bacon told him that he was a good expounder of dark places. _in doing it,’ that he was seized with a When some person hinted to him that it was time to look about him, ‘Sir,’ was the reply, ‘I do not look about me—I Jook above me.’ Queen Elizabeth, when on a visit to Lord Bacon at Redgrave, happened to make an observation on the small size of his house—‘Madam,’ he replied, ‘my house is small ; but it is you who have made me too great for it.’ ing James, says Howell, once asked his opinion of a French Ambassador who had recently arrived, Bacon replied that he thought him a tall, well-look- ing man. “But what do you think of his head-piece asked the king. ‘Sir,’ said Bacon, ‘tall men are like houses of four or five stories, wherein, commonly, the uppermost room is worst furnished. I do not know whether this was the French Ambassador, who told Lord Bacon, on his first introduction, that he had al- ways compared him to an angel, of whom he had heard and read much, but had never seen. Bacon replied modestly, that ‘if the charity of others com- pared him to an angel, his own infirmities told him: that he wasa man.’ If Bacon can at all be compared to an angel, it must certainly be a fallen one. * * * Aubrey informs us, on the authority of Thomas Hobbes, that Bacon owed his death to hie indiscreet eagerness in pursving a philosophical experiment. vHe happened to be taking the air in his coach near Highgate, when an idea came into his head that flesh might be preserved in snow as well as in salt. The snow at the time lying thick on the ground, he re- solved to make the experiment; but ‘staid so long shivering fit, and was obliged to be carried to Lord Arundel’s house at Highgate. Unfortunately he was placed in a damp bed, by which his disorder was so much ag. gravated that he died in a few days. Coarse Se wre tae ee Ne EU Te Ser Excerrts. A full, round, hearty cachinnation atter dinner pro. motes digestion. Then read. Aloe on me and weep,” as the onion said to the maid. A tailor presented his account to a gentleman for settlement. “J’1l Jook over your bill,” said the ren- tleman. “Very good,” said the tailor, “but pray, don’t over look it.” “Dick, what are you doing there?” “Imbibing the liquid contained in this ligenous cylinder.”— “What?” “Sucking cider out of this barrel.” How supperior is nature to art! A part of na- ture’s jet black eves, when properly brought to a- focus, have always received our admiration; but an artificial black eye is abominable. A CatcuLation.—“There were three hours and a half lost by you this morning,” said a superinten- dent to a tardy teacher. “I was only half an hour too late,” he replied. ‘True, but there were seven scholars waiting for you.” The latest expression for “caper sauce” is Elssler impudence.” “Bob, your hat is worn out.” “My hat worn out! How’s that—it’s new, you dunce.” ““Don’t care— it’s ‘worn out’ doors every day.” To make every handsome woman follow - you, be sure to keep before her. HEIGHT oF Fouuye— Telling an editor to “keep cool” who has to burn exchange papers to keep warm. Water is an element employed to make steam and cook vegetables. ‘Formely used asa beverage, by the thirsty. : A Potite Dun.—The editor of the Amoskeag Representative says he hag just printed a very neat blank receipt, which he invites his delinquent patrons >to call and examine. A negro, fellow the other day got himself into trouble by marrying two wives. A great many white men do the same by marrying one. “Iwas terribly put out about it,’ as the fellow remarked who was kicked down stairs for making arow. We like this kind of advice—“Be extremely care- ful to mind two things in this beautiful world—first, your own business—secondly, let other people’s alone.” “You are a queer chicken,” said the hen to a hawk which she had hatched a mong her prood.—“I_ know T am,” said the hawk, “but thatis no reason why I should be hen-peckked.”—[N. Y. Mercury. Hirt ror Danonies. Some sensible individual talks thus ;—I am not yet forty, but I ain old enongh to have left off wear- ing tight boots, Besides, 1 have a theory of my own on this subject. I don’t think small, straight, sharp-toed, squeezed up feet are handsome. They are not what Nature intended.—T he fore part of the foot should be wide. The pedestal constructed to bear the magnificent, upright form of man should have breadth sufficient for the purpose. The foot of a Roman ora Greek had more room to perform its constant and laborious avocation, There is in the modern foot or shoe a savour of Chinese stupidity “MATHEMATICAL Wtnp.” The late Professor Vince, one morning, (several trees having been blown down the night previous) meeting a friend in the walks of St. John’s College, Cambridge, was accosted with, “How d’ye do, sir; quite a blustering wind this.”—“Yes,” answered Vince, “it is a rare mathematical wind.” “Muthe- matical wind!’’ exclaimed the other; “how so?” “Why,” replied Vince, “it has extracted a great many roots?” A Penrect ARTIST, EVEN 1N HIS OWN DESPITE. A warm partisan of——was eulogising his- friend in most unmeasured terms, and wound up with the following praise : “Sir, art is so innate in him that if he poke the fire there is immediately a red hot landscape, and I have seen him break several windows, every fracture in which was a striking profile portrait !”” RemepiEs.—For sea sickness, stay at home. For drunkenness, drink cold water. To keep out of jail, get out of debt and keep out. PEcuziaR ADVANTAGES.—In an advertisement eu- logizing the peculiar advantages of an hospital in London, it is stated that there are 340 beds, and “post mortem examinations are held nearly every day.” COMMUNICATIONS. The following letter was handed to us by His Excel- lency, for insertion in the ‘*Herald,”—erp. Governor J. J. Roserts. Sm:—The officers and crew of the Vandalia have raised by subscription the sum of seventy-eight dollars and twenty-five cents, ($78 25,) for the benefit of the men, who were wounded while return- ing a salute to this ship. One of them having un- fortunately since died, it is the wish of the sulscrib- “ers that the whole, may be appropriated to the use of the survivor, and should he die also, then that shall go tohia family: as we understand that e other has left no near relation. It is desired that you will take charge of the oney, and see it properly disposed of. I am very respectfully é&c. Dant. S. Green. tn behalf of the subscribers. U. States Sloop Vandalia, off Monrovia. August 24th 1842. Government Hovse. Monrovia September 1st, 1842. Sir:—I have just received information, that re- ports unfavourable to the colony—with regard to the conduct of the colonists—at the time of the un- fortunate wreck of your vessel (the Niger) has reached the United States. i In justice to myself anda large portion of the community—without any wish to screen those whose ‘conduct may have entitled them to censure—I beg that you will do me the favour to state in plain and open language, all the circumstances connected with your difficulties at that time—State if you please the amount and extent of depredation com- mnitted by colonists or natives—whether the authori- ties, a8 soon as your situation was made known to them, rendered you such assistance and protection as required for the better security of your property &c. &c. with any further suggestion you may think proper to make. Yours respectfully, J. J. Rozerts Governor. To Capt: James L. Merrett, Monrovia September Ist, 1842. To Governor J. J. Rozerts, Sir :—I am very sorry that. any repdrts unfa- ‘R-vourable to this colony should have been circulated. Y do not at this tine recollect the amount of my losses, but. they were considerable ; neither can I tell whether the depredations were commited by natives or colonists or the amount of depredation “commnitted by either party—neither do I now recol- lect many circumstances connected with my affairs at the time of the “Niger's” loss. The colonists who were indicted for having stolen part of the property fromthe “N ger’ were acquit- ted consequently I must suppose they were not guilly, Asyregards the protection and assistance I received froin the authorities, I believe they render- ed me every assistance in their power. From many of the colonists I received the most energetic assistance in saving a portion of my cargo, and also in many kindnesses received afterwards from them. I am Sir, your obdt. sevt. James L, Merrett. Com. of brig Nestor. Governor Roserts. Cape Mesurado. Dear sir:—Captain Merrett has reported to us your great attention and kindness at the period of the unfortunate loss of our barque Niger. May we request your acceptance of a couple of cheeses, and two jars of tripe -which we understand are esteemed in your colony, and with many thanks to you, we remain Dear Sir. Yours very truly. RicHarRD anpD Wituam Kina. Bristol, 14th, May 1842. For the Liberia Herald. LADIES LIBERIA HIGH SCHOOL, FACTORY ISLAND. Dr. Johnson respectfully informs the citizens of Liberia, that this institution is now open for the re- ception of pupils. Its general plan being designed yp secure to the public the most efficient means of education at a moderate expense, arrangements have been made for the pupils to board with the principal in the schoo] house, which is very !arge, and well adapted tothe purpose. A small farm is attached to the school, which will be furnished with stock, team, and the implements of improved agri- culture, and by these means, with little labour, the pupils may produce nearly all the provisions neces- sary for the use of the school. The course of instruction wili be chiefly confined to the branches of a thorough english education. The year is divided into two terms of twenty-four weeks each, commencing on the first Tuesdays of January and July, and there will be a public exam. ination every three months, The charge for board is three dollars per month, payable in advance, in provisions, or cash, and while these terms are continued, tuition will be without any charge. School books willbe furnished tothe pupils at cost. W. Jonnson, Principal. F. Island, July 24 1642. LIBERIA HERALD. 2 MONROVIA, LIBERIA, SEPT. 21, 1849, We have ‘received and read with much pleasure “Gurley’s Mission to England.” It contains much valua, ble information, and shows what we have leng known, and recently explicitly stated, to wit, a deplorable ignorance on the part of English philanthropists of our true character and position. The good people of Eng. land regard these settlements American colonies; and they required Mr. Gurley toapprize them of the ‘fac, that with the government the Colonization Society” ang of course the colonies, ‘had no direct. connection.” We stated in an article not long since, that any appli. cation by the Society to foreign governments to concede tous territorial or national rights would be nugatory— rendered so—firat by the position of the Society, and sccondly by the frigid neutrality which the United State, government has maintained towards us. The result of Mr. G's. interview with that eminent statesman and philanthropist. Jord John Russell, fully justifies our asser, tion. We quote Mr. Gurley’s words. “He” lord John Russell ‘indicated that in regard to the limits of territory 1t would be desirable that some Proposition should come from the United States Government, a} though I fully explained to him the fact, that with the government the Colonization Society had no direct con. nection.” The British Government does not, that we have e. ver heard, claim any territory nearer us on the north than Sierra-Leone, nor on the south to the windward of Cape Palmas. Itcould scarcely be required to concede to us that, to which it never laid claim, and therefore we are at liberty to regard the requisition as looking to stip. ulations not to purchase within certain limits, and to a guaranty from disturbance by British traders and adven. turers, Such an arrangement is not only desirable, but absolutely indispensable to our future peace and exten, sion, We however, entertain no fears from the English people on this score. Our confidence in their magna. nimity and philanthropy is too strong to allow us to in. dulge fora single moment the idea, that they would for the sake. of a few acres of Iand, or for the commerce which the possession of them would afford, adopt any course that would injure a few miserable outcasts, seek. ing an asylum from oppression on these distant shores, Ip the stipulations and guaranty alluded to, there are no important principles involved which they would be re. quired toabandon. It might however involve a small sacrifice; but it would be such a sacrifice asa lofty magnanimity delights to make on the altar of beseeching humanity... Our condition is one of no ordinary charac. ter, We are a foundling upon the great common of the world. Our past history and present condition, and our last hope should be every where proclaimed, and we are in favour of pouring the tale of our woes in. the ears of all who will listen to us; and so sure as commisseration and sympathy yet linger in the human breast, will we obtain all we can reasonably expect. But who isto make known our wants?) This ‘is a subject on which there is a diversity of opinion, but with all due defer. ence to those who differ from us, we think none can de so eloquent as those who are personally concerm ed. But while we entertain no apprehension of being im, moderately compressed in our territorial limits, by the action of the British government, we. are not free. from fear of annoyance and vexatious disputes on accuun; of the conduct, of some of its subjecis. Nor from British subjects alone may disputes hereafter arise un. less measures are taken by their respective governments to prevent them. Some American traders and recently we believe the Fre ich are adopting a course, which must at no distant day become the source of serious. misun. derstanding between them and us. _We allude to their pretended purchase of land in our vicinity for the purpose of trading. In 8eme instances the land thus claimed are parte of tracts ceded to the colony by the Kings and Chiefs in solemn. palaver, & in every instance to which we refer, in the intermediate distance between the set. ements. They set up the eame kind of claim to these tracts which a regularly organized community would, They claim the privlege not only of controlling all who come within in their “dominion” but of excluding all who in their opinion would prejudice their interest, What is their object? Not tornise the debased charac. ter of the ’natives—not to teach them the arts and habits of civilized life preparatory to their absorption ina civilized and christian community—not to enlighten their minds, and gradually draw them away from their vices and degrading superstitions. This in their opin. ion would defeat the only object that brought them to the coast—and that is the collection of the greatest pos. sible quantity of produce, in the shortest possible time and at the lowest possible rate ; and in accordance with this, the motto generally is—the more ignorant the na. tives the better for us. Hence asa general thing (for there aresome honorable exceptions) thereis no class of men to whom they are more averse than missiona. ries and teachers. It must be evident at the very firet glance that with neighbors whose opinions and object are so widely dif. ferent from ours—opinions and object which cannot fail to lead to the adoption of conflicting measures, we cannot long remain on terms of friendship. On this subject however weare not left to the uncertainty of conjecture or inference. We know from what has past, that the meanest and basest arte have been resorted to, ges. Attempts have been made to cut off our trade by reducing the price of imports, and raising that of ex- ports, & by pouncing upon the most prominent places of traffic. Attempts have also been made to exasperate the natives against us by representing usas the destroy. ers of their idol, the slave trade, and by assuring them that our ultimate object isto subvert by force all their customs and usages—to cut down all their devil-bushes and to bring them nolens volens under such laws as we may choose to make for them. These however are evils of minor importance whichit would require no great effortto remedy. ‘There are still greater evils which cannot fail to grow out of this system, that de- mand attention. Our stay here is not intended to be wrerely temporary—nor is commerce our chief object at the present time. In the absence of any other place “where we may rest the sole of our weary feet, we have adopted this as our home—the home of our posterity and the asylum of such of our persecuted race as shall de so fortunate as to escape from the land of degradatign. Our object isto form a regular community to be grad- ually matured into a nation. It is manifest that the most ready way of effecting this. object is, by elevating the character, and enlightening the minds of the natives preparatory to incorporation in the body politic to swell our number and augment ourstrength. Immeasurable tracts of fertile land deneely covered with primitive for. este, require to be cleared and brought into cultivation & other exhaustless sources of national wealth and’ greatness require to be developed, andthe greater the number of intelligent minds and. brawny hands that are brought to bear upon them, the svoner will they be ex- plored and brought into service. Hence it follows that the true interest of the colonists and natives are iden. tically the same ; and it should be one among our first objects to convince them of the fact—which if it should in all future similar instances be kept in view, and suffered to exert its proper influence, will forever si. lence the sad complaint so often heard, that the artless unsophisticated lords of the soit are doomed to melt a- way before the face of their civilized visitor like the forests under the strokes of hisaxe. It is important then, to the interests of both ourselves and the natives that we should, in order to effect our object. which is their happiness, no lees than our own, bring them as far os possible under our immediate influence. This is utterly impossible, while there are around us and almost within our doors, those who with perfect impunity foster their prejudices, pander to their vicious appetites, encou- rage their superstitions & inflame their jealousy of us & our designs. It ehould not be coneca'ed that they look with suspicion upon the colony, and a word from a. “white man’ (aeneric term for ull classes tolors and conditions enveloped in clothing) justificative of their unfounded jealousy, is to them “confirmation strong as proof of holy writ.” There can be no doubt that the debased character of the native is a great auxiliary to the traneient trader, and there can be no more doubt that the residence of an unprincipled irresponsible trader in our vicinity goes far to neutralize effort to tame and civilize the snvaves. Ifthe pretensions of these claimants are valid, we ehall have the singular spectacle, not of an Imperium tn imperiv but of Inperia in imperio, for there are some halfa dozen claimants to ns many different portions of sen-coast between this and Sinoe!! They claim the right to admit and expe) whom .they. please—to order you off peremptorily should you by any accident find yourself within their domain, and to fire on you before they have given you time to obey the order. Indeed they are perfect autocrats--mimick Monarchs of all they survey, Whose right there's none to dispute, Frem their centre all round to the sea, They are lords of the fow! and the brute. They demand perfect exemption from vontro) and responsibility within their purchased territory, which they say is part and purcel. of the empire to which they belong, and the right not only to excite and foster the jealousy of the natives, but to arm them against us wherever they think proper. By the jealous and selfish interference of these per- sons we have been in more than one instance defeated in our aitenpts to form friendly relations with the na- tives. By secretly misrepresenting our designs they have effectually closed the natives? ear, and caused them to decline all negotiation. ~ Themselves they repreeent asthe “proper friend of country man,” and in proof of the same notonly applaud and encourage his habits and superstitions, but in some instances descend to adept them. They find it no difficult task to persuade them that those who would have them lay aside their heathenish customs and adopt the manners and habits of civilized life are their enemies, and that the destruc. tion of the slave trade is attributable to the colony, These irresponsible trading establishments must ren- der our maritime and commercial regulations a perfect nullity; and by the facility they offer for the introduc. tion of merchandize free of duty, effectually defeat all our attempts to raise a revenue. Ithas been argued that one individual has as much right to purchase Iand as another—that these traders ' having purchased of the natives must be allowed to establish any system or pursue any course necessary to the accomplishment of their object. The question however is not one between individuals, but between an individual and communities—summarily, whether the pecuniary interset of one individual is to be putin the belance against the temporal and spiritual well-being LIBERIA HERALD. to force us into an tintisodiy colbuon WW tHe wve [Jc ke of numerous communities and of their rising progeny — Whether a few puncheons of Oil or tuns of Camwood are to weigh against the civilization of these benighted heathen, and ‘whether for the sake of enriching one or a dozen, the last hope of the outcasts is to be extin. guished in despair. He who takes any lower view of the question falls short of its full Perception. It is an important subject, involving as we said before our pre, sent pence and future prosperity. It is not however an intricate question—it involves no nice distinctions—no important principles the abandonment of which would leave a stain upon the fame of any nation. Important principles it certainly does involve—the eternal prin. ciples of justice and humanity in their broadest and most extended sense. We are therefore willing to leave the question to be decided by those to whom we may appeal, confident that wherever all the circuz.- stances of the case are made known, they will awaken the emotions of sympathy, and call forth the decision of justice, We repose too firmly on the benevolence of those hearts in America and Europe that thrilled at the death. cry of the expiring Poles—that leaped fur joy at the emancipation of the long oppressed Greeke—that inter. posed the arm of protection for the descendants of Israel in Syria, and raised the beseeching voice for’ the Baptists in Germany—to doubt for a moment that our appeal will be in vain. We are not very tenacious of honor. But if even the-——— should have his due, we will be allowed on some occasions to contend for ours. We are led to this remark by finding in the United States Gazette some extracts from the “Herald” credited to the “Lumin- ary.” We have been so much blamed for not forward. ing the Herald regularly, that we are unwilling to lose the credit of a eolitary number which in its roving should reach in safety. We however protest against the accusation. We have regularly done all that can be required of us, which is to pack up the papers and deliver them to the Captain. We cannot be responsi- ble fur their safe delivery. ‘ apie see Wapato y weniaersT a SOc rae eae Twenty three jurors were fiacd in New York, twen- ty five dollars each not long ago, for non attendance at the quarter sessions, . . ss The season is at last relenting, and our small craft are: beginning *‘to show their nose” at sca. A hugh Elephant is snid to be paying regular but un. welcome visits to the settlement. at Millsburg. His vis. its are alike unwelcome to the inhabitants and destruc. tive to the farms. Is his hide impervious to ball? We are found of curiosities, and therefore would like if he should be captured to record the present of his tusks, Will our friends louk to this ? RemaRKABLE.—A Gentleman in New York is said to be so absent as to he very frequently reduced to ascer. tain his home from the directory, This absence is very prevalent especially among those whose names are scored by editors. The most of our eubscribers ore offlct. ea with the malady, or atleast they afflict us wah its consequences. Their memory extends only tor. ceiving and reuding the paper—beyond, all is dak oblivion, They never awake to the recollection of having agreed to pay for it. $$ eee On our second page our readers will find a correspon. dence between Governor Roberts & Cuptain Merrett in relation to. certain reports of depredations said to have been committed on the goods raved from the wreck of the Niger. These reports have reached America ; whether they were carried by Captain Ward of Salem, is not certain; but one thing is certain, that while he was on the coast he made no scruple ‘to charge theft on the occasion referred to, upon every person in this settlement. We care very little for his aspersions, We have no doubt that there was some pilfering of small articles; and if Captain Ward will charge his memory and consult his experience he will, we are confident, be fully convinced there were some secret appropriations of small things. We are happy that Captain Merrett has vindicated the character of the colonists from these malignant aspersions. There is also a card from the owners of the Vessel to Governnor Roberts showing that Captain Merrett when at home did not report all the colonists as concerned in robbing him, Se Se nee CORRECTION, In our last through mistake we stated that eighty six of the immigrants by the Mariposa” were emanci- pated by agentleman in Tennesee. We take plea. sure in rectifying the error. This act of justice and benevolence is the deed of John Mc. Donogh Esq. of Louisiana, There were 81 instead of 86 immigrants. We have just learned with much pain and regret that the people of Little Cape Mount have our friend King Ben of Dighy, in confinement. We mentioned some time ago, that the leopards and other wild beasts were making fearful ravages upon the sparse population of the Dey and Gorah countries. The people have: at length found out that King Ben whenever he has ay ends to serve, metamarphoses himself or some of his people into leopards, and thus destroys the hapless wights as they pass along the country. It is said they intend to kill him. It is whispered among the knowing ones that Goy. Roberts intends giving a bang-up blow.out at the launch of Mr, Clarke fine schooner. This we presume ia o compliment to the growing spirit of enterprise. We hope to be able in our next to give particulars from actual experience. ——kK{[=T—_—__=_=_==_=_=_——_—_——————————— >; SELECTED EXTRACTS. The sale of curious articles, pictures, statuary, ect. comprising the collection of the Jate Earl of Orford, at Strawberry Hill, excited a great deal of attention among the rich, the antiquarian and the artistical circles of England, The number of precious and beautiful things vf every description was wonderful. aiiong them may be noted the following two or three ; Queen Ann Boleyn’s clock, of metal, gilt, was bought for Queen Victoria at 105 guineas. It bears the initials of the future uxoricide and his i}l-fate- toy and victim, in a true lover’s knot, with and in scription, “The most happye,” afte rwards so misera- bly belied. Sir Robert Walpole’s silver inkstand, which he used when Prime Minister, was bought for Sir Ro- bert Peel at the enormous price of £185 not less than £16 per ounce. Mr. Charles Kean was the purchaser of Cardinal Wolsey’s red hat for 21 guineas, perhaps with a view of undertaking that character in Shakspeare’s play of Henry VIII. and adding to the vividness of his own conception and execution of it, by surmount- ing the brows of the actor with the identical hat which had pressed the politic temples of Wolsey. The article was found in the great wardrobe by the gossipping bishop and historians, Burnet, when clerk of the closet, and from his son, ‘Thomas Burnet, the judge, it passed to the Countess Dowager of Albe- marle, and thence to Horace Walpole, Srend Turtrt.—Tie following description of the . dissipation of a fortune in the hands of a spendthrift is ingenious and beautiful— Know that which made him gracious in your eyes And gilded o’er. his imperfections, * Is wasted and consumed even like ice, Which by velemence of heat dissolves, And glides to many rivers: so his wealth That felt.a prodigal-haa hot in expense, Melted within his gripe, and froin his coffers Ran like a violent stream to other meu’s, a Near teen Oe ASTONISHING.—A tavern keeper in England was doing a thriving business on the Bristol road under the sign of “the Donkey,” and his house had become uoted for its good eating and liberal cheer. At the time of the great popularity of the Duke of Welling- ton, he had the dike taken down and a fine por- raitat full length, of his grace, substituted. A rival innkeeper of the village, seeing his error, had the old sign purchased, and transferrea the ‘grey ass,’ to a place over iis own door. To the chagrin and disappointment of the original owner, he saw the sign carrying v!] his old custom with it. To remedy the evil, he bad painted in large letters dir- ectly under the duke’s portarit, “This is the origi- nal grey ass.” Fiuency or Speecu.—The common fluency of speech in many men and most women, is ow- ing to a scarcity of matter and a Scarcity of words ; for whoever is a master of language and has a mind full of ideas, will be apt in speaking to hesitate upon the choice of both; whereas com- mon speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in; and they are al- ways ready at the mouth; so people come faster out of a church when it is almost einpty, than when a crowd is at the door. : al renounce A FAIR HIT. The following is too good to be tost. It was writ. en on the wrapper ofa newspaper, that passed through our post-office a few days since. The Post- master General must promulgate some new regula- tion to prevent the trangmission of private intelli- gence by means of newspapers, or give up beat. “The wrapper forms no part of the package, nei- ther is postage paid thereon.’—P, M. G. EZRA D. BARNES. ESQ. One Paper. Byron, Michigan. “Now I wish to have it understood by ali the post- master’s along the route between here and away out in Michigan—and_ there too—that we are all well down here in De Reytur, from grandmother to little bub; and also. that there is no ‘writing within the Wrapper, or on the margin of this newsnaper—no un- derscoring, dotting, or pricking letters or words,’ or other menoranda—nevertheless, I enjoin it upon hitn of Byron to tear off the wrapper and examine it closely, and then, on demand, deliver it to my broth- er, a litle south of Uncle Jake Canouse’s,—we had poor sleighing, but very fat turkeys, Thanksgiving day—a long night and a short sermon from Priest Johnson before Christmas—a good deal of wind and some weather, New Years’s day—bells jinggling and belles dancing through the evening—mioney scarce, and post-office circulars plenty ever since.”—Bu/fa. lo Com. eee LIGHTNING. After the flash has been seen, the peal of thun- der is heard; and this will be more or fewer seconds after the peal, in proportion to the distance of the thunder cloud from the ear. Lightning traverses any space without any perceivable succession of time ; nothing seems to be any obstacle to its pro- gress, A multitude of persons taking hands, the first and the last connected with the eletric machine, all fee] the shock in the same instant ; and were there a chain as a conductor to go round the globe, the last would feel the shock in the same moment as the first. But.as sound depends on the undula- tions of the air for its propagation, and is known to travel at the rate of only 1142 feet ina sécond ; consequently if the flash were only 1142 feet from the spectator, it would be seen in one second, or one swing of the pendulum, before the sound could reach the ear though the clap and the flash take place in the same instant, and if twice this distance, two se- conds, and go on; . 43 It is of sume consequence to know’ that lightning , at a considerable distance, stippose six of el seconds of time, is never known to burn, kill or do injury ; when the flash and the clap immediately succeed each otker, then there is strong ground for apprehensions, as the thunder cloud is near. If the thunder cloud be a mile and a half distant, it ia fiéve er known to kill man or beast-—Now its distaricé - may be easily known by means of a pendulum clock, or watch that has seconde, when the flash is seen; count the seconds until the clap is heard. Then compute : If only one second is. counted; then thé thunder cloud is within 1142 feet, or about 380 yards ; if two seconds, then ite distance is 2284 feet, or 761 yards; if three seconds, then 3426 feet; or 1142 yards; if four seconds, then the cloud ie distant feet, or 1522 yards; if five seconds, then the distance is 5710 feet, or 1903 yards ; if six seconds, then the distance is 6852 feet, or 2284 yards, one mile and nearly one-third ; “if seven sec- onds, then the distance of the cloud is 7994 feet, or 2665 yards, or one mile anda half and 25 yards, Beyond this distance lightning has not been know to do any damage. ADVERTISEMENT. LS SIX CENTS REWARD. Ranaway from the subscriber an- apprentice nam ed Matthew Matthias. He ran off without any suf- ficient cause. All persons are warned against harbouring said apprentice. The above reward wil} be given to any one that delivers him to me at Mon- rovia; but no expenses will be paid. James Corton. Monrovia, Sept. 15th, 1842, ———— SSE MARRIED, - by Elder A Cheeseman; Mr. J* Mary Ann Barbour, both of this On the 15th inst. C. Minor, to Mrs. town. FEET DTD LE LIN LOGI DIED In this town; on the 19th ultimo; Mrs. Priscilla Ja- cobs; after a long and lingering illness, In this town, on the 5th inst. Mr. Cranston Brown, after a long and lingering itlness. Mr. B: was a member of the Baptist Church in this place. He died in the faith. In this town, on the 7th inst, aftera ly ering illness; Honorable D. White, M. C. Mr. White was a member of the Baptist Church in this place.: His end was peace. WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. ARTICLES, PER FROM Tv Bacon. + Beads, pound, Beef, cargo No. 3 Blue Bafts, ° Bricks, . = Butter, aki Candles Sperm, none Cheese, si é none Corn meal, . ! | none Checks domestic, Cotton whiie, Calicoes, assorted, Flour superfine Guns, e ° lron, bars, = Lead, pig, ° Lard, - - Lime, . Molasses Mackerel Nails . Oil paint Oil pulm Pork ° . Pots iron Powder Padlocks Porter. . Pipes gumbo Prints assorted Romauls . Salt - : Sugar loaf ‘Sugar brown Shoes - Slippers 2 Seap ° Shad ie e Satin stripe - Tobacco a, $ 100168 Washhand bowls Dozen Wines . “oil “ hone 12 09 Firkin 30 Lb. various Bbl, Box. Cw | none iV 50 none 5 00 none none none none MARINE LIST. ————— PORT OF MONROVIA. 3 a ARRIVALS. Augt. 31. British brigantine Tinker, Day master, from the leeward, Sept. 4. American barque Roderic Dhue, Syms mas ter from the leeward. * 6. British brigintine——, Thomeett master, fre>: Sierra Leone: passengers, Mr. Jsmes D, Washingt..2 and Lady. DEPARTURES. Augt. 31. Colonial sloop Nathan Bangs, Howard master, for the leeward: passenger, to junk Miss Maria Shackelford. ; Sept. 1, British brigantine Tinker, Day master, for Sierra Leone. } “« 4. British brig Nestor, for the leeward. “ 6. Colonial schooner Providence, ter, for the leeward. < “8. British brigantine, Thompsett master for’ the leeward passengers for Grand Bassa Mg. James D Washington and Lady. J. L. Merrett master, Barbour mas. 44 LIBERIA HERALD. SE ee ees “POETRY. : From the Christain Watchman. ; THE OCEAN DEAD. I’ve traversed the dark heaving waste of the ocean, wnets naught met my gaze save the deep and the skies, I have seen it in calm, and in fearful commotion, Have watched the huge billows successfully rise. Now deep in the vale, the proud ship’s course was Wwending, While closely around her the waves were contending, And high o’er the bulwarks in mad rage descending, Their dash mingled in, with the sailor’s loud cries. Oh; when the wind.god, through the shrouds has been shrieking, : And the dark cloudsjflow quickly along the toncave ; When the mastsin the hurley have kept constant creaking, I have thought of the dead, ‘neath the dark stormy wave; All lonely ;—deserted,—their names are unnumbered ; By coffin or tomb, their clay unincumbered ; How cna alas! in death’s cold srms have slumber- ed— The dark yawning ocean alone for their grave. Then I ’ve felt for the sad fate of those fondly cherish. And oft I have followed them o’er the wide main; The sunshine,—the storm,—e’en the moment they pe- rished, . Have swept o’er my fancy again and again. I have seen the lone barque through the mad billows steering. I saw her hard struggling, the high wave careering, But ne’er—ne’er again, to those wild heights appear. ing,— In ihe bosom of ocean her wreck is low lain. Then! ah then! who could paint the deep horror and anguish, As the angel of death flew exultingly by ; The pencil must falter, and its vigor must languish, ‘When it strives to depict the dread scene to the eye, The rush to the deck,—the embrace and deep sigh. ing,— : The atill, death appalled,—the wild yell of the flying, The prayer from the last gurgling breath of the dying, As struggling he feels that no haven is nigh. Farewell to each spirit; could friendship in kindness, Have bent at thy couch o’er thy thin wasted frame, When death’s icy fingers had struck thee with blind- nega, ‘ f Have cheered the deep midnight with love's holy flame ; Could she have poured balm on thy pangs quickly darting, ; To thy pillow close pressed thee when wildered and startling, F While tears flowed adown to think thee departing, How blest had it been such an exit to claim. Yet what if no mortal could thus linger o’er thee, ' And no friend could entomb thy cold clay in the sod, Holy seraphs were nigh in thy last hour, that saw thee, To herald thy name to the courts of their God. And where’r thou wert lain, neath the blue surgy bil- low With the sea flowers around thee, the rock for thy pillow, : Or calmly reposing beneath ‘some green willow, The epirit alike would rise from its clod. But go not, fond mourner, thy mind wrung with mad- ness, T’o sit and to watch on the wave-dashing shore ; Other sails for awhile may relieve thy deep sadness, But that with thy loved one shall ne’er return more, Far away in mid ocean, where the petril is sweeping, Deep down with the coral that loved one is sleeping, And the Peris sing o’er him, their fond vigils keeping, They sing o'er the lost one whose fate yeu deplore. —————eeeeeeEeEeEeEeEeEeEOEOee—eeeeee MISCELLANEOUS. From the Baptist Banner and Western Pioneer. A SCENE IN A COURT OF JUSTICE. I have frequently seen counsel in our courte of law, who were attempting to be very witty at the expense of some advetse witness, get the laugh completely turned on themeelves by the happy re- - torts of the party under cross-examinnation. In the spring of 1838, a very amusing instance of this kind occurred, in which the laugh was well turned against a counsel who was doing his best to be at once severe and witty at the expense of an adverse witness. The latter was one of the skin-and-bone class of persons, and by a curious coincidence 60 was the counsel. You could not look on either without coming to the conclusion that to partake of @ substantial meal must be an era in his existence. “So sir,” says the counsel to the witness,gin the regular brow-beating style, “So, you have been in the prosecutor’s house ?” itness—I have. Counse]—Have you been often? Witnese—Sometimes. [A Jaugh.] Counse!—T hat, air, is not an answer to my ques- tion. Iask, have you been in this person’s house often? Witness—(With much archness of manner.) I don’t know what you mean by often. Counsel—Have you been twenty times! Witness—I never kept count how many times. [Laughter.] Counsel—Come, sir, don’t be rude. I ask you, have you been twenty times in this man’e house ? ‘Witness—I can’t speak positively as to the num- ber of times. ¥ The Bench—About the numbers of times; speak- jng according to the best of your belief; itness—(With great readiness and politeness.) I should think, my lord, ] have been in the prose- eutor’s house from fifteen to twenty times. Counse]—(With great harshness of manner.) So, gir, though you could not answer the question when ut by me, you found no difficulty in answering it when put by his Lordship? Witnesee—His Lordship put— : But, though your nose does not epeak I | | | | if your please, sir. . Witness—O, certainly; as long as you like: I’m in no particular hurry. [Loud laughter.] Counsel—Perhaps, sir, you would comlescend to tell the Court what your object was in going to the prosecutor’s house ? ° Witness—The Court has not asked me the ques- tion. [Renewed laughter.] Counsel—Don’t be insolent, sir, I have asked you the question. Witness—Then I can’t answer you. Counse)—You must answer me, sir. Witness—I can’t; for I often went without know- ing the reason why. [Laughter.] ‘ Counsel—Can you inform us, then, about what particular hour you were in the habit of visiting his ouse ? Witners—(Looking towards the Bench.) Is it necessary that I should answer that question, my Lord ? The Judge—If you can, Ido not see why you should not. Counsel—Come, sir, answer the question. Witness—I should suppose it generally was be- tween one and two o’clock. Counsel—(His countenance brightening up, as if he had made some important discovery.) O, I see; that was about the dinner hour, was it not? : Witness—I never inquired what was the dinner hour. [Laughter] Counsel—Perhaps not; but I dare say your nose would be of some service in enabling you to ascer- tain it. Witness—My nose, sir, never ask questions. [Loud laughter. } Counsel—(His face coloring with confusion.) dare say it has acquired considerable dexterity, from experience, at discovering when a good dinner is on the table of a friend, and enabling you to regulate your visits ac- cordingly. Witness—You must be judging of my nose from our own, sir. [Roars of Jaughter, in which the ench joined.] Counse!—(Laboring to conceal his mortification.) You seem disposed to be very witty to day, sir. Witness—l1 think we are, sir. [This sarcastic, though only implied allusion to the efforts of the couneel to be witty, told with ad- mirable effect. ] Counsel—You say that your favorite hour for vis- iting this man’s house was between one and two o’clock. Witness—I never said any thing of the kind. Counsel—(Pulling himself up.) -What, sir, do you mean to deny what you have just said? Recol- lect, sir, you are on your oath. ‘ Witness—I said that was generally about the uae ; but I never said any thing about “favorite our.” Counsel—Well, sir, perhaps you would have no objection to tel] us whether you were in the habit of partaking of the prosecutor’s dinner, when honoring him with your visit at the particular time you men- tion. Witness—I do not see what that has to do with the present case. Counsel—It’s not what you see, sir. Pray, sir, answer me the questions, whether you were in the habit of partaking of this man’s dinner on such occa- sions ? Witness—Whether I partook of it or not depend- ed on circumstances. Counsel—On what circumstances, sir? Witness—Why, on whether I was asked to par- take of it or not. [Loud laughter.] Counsel—Yes, 1 dare say you never declined an invitation Sey oe got one. Witness—( With renewed emphasis.) Never, sir. Never refuse a good dinner when I can get one. {Renewed laughter.] Counse]—Ay, I can well believe that. And I am sure you would do the dinner of any friend ample justice. Witness—I always to do my best, sir, on such cc- casion. [Loud laughter.]} Counsel—I don’t doubt it ; you have always, I suppose, a good appetite and capacious stomach when at the table of a friend. Witness—Always, sir. ; Counsel—Ay, you look the very picture of a hun- gry fellow. Witness— We look as if we were kept on starva- tion allowance. [The walls of the Court resounded again with the shouts of Jaughter which followed this severe retort, the effect of which was greatly heightened by the peculiar archness of manner in which it was made. The learned gentleman was completely crest-fallen, and made no further efforts to be witty at the wit- ness’s expense. } Lonpon.—Our readers will find some information and amusement in the following paragraphs from the private letter of an American in London lying before us. One of the most striking and admirable institutions of the city is its police. ‘This is the result of Sir Ro- bert Peel’s Jabour and skill. In the space of every half square, or from twenty to fifty rods you see a men, idling about, as if he had just come: to London. He has a narrow leather strap buckled upon his wrist, and a strip of silver edging upon his collar, with one or two lettera and figures worked into the cloth of the collar. He has also a peculiar hat on which looks like oj] cloth highly varnished with the body covered with crape, and the top exposed to the weather. He has no arms or other weapuns, and if it rains you eee him with acape over his shoulders like our firemen. Once in a while he stops and looks up and down, or if there is any collection or confusion of any kind he slowly walks up to the scene of it. If there is a collection of coaches at a stage-house or mail-offiice, one of these men js al- ways looking on. If there is a public meeting of any kind, one of these men is in the street, two or three in the entry, one or two at the inside door, and half a dozen in the crowd or near the platform. In markets, on the wharfe, at the steam landings, Counsel—(Interrupting witness.) Stay a little, near the bridges,—in fact, wherever you go you meet these stragglers. ‘They walk very lazily—you seldom see two of them together, and you never see them with any body unless as a protector. These are policemen. They are the men -to ask the way to any given place, the natae or design of any build- ing, in short, any thing that the citizen or stranger needs to inquire about. They are perfectly civil, and seem to seize ,every opportunity to be useful. There are two commissioners of police, and the force is divided into seventeen deparments, marked with initials and numbers. Each division has gne super- intendent, four inspectors, sixteen sergeants and 144 constables, making a force of 2,800. Each of these olice men receives 19s. or nearly $5 a week, and bis clothes and coals for one fire—perhaps $1 per day. Ihave seen no man drunk, and but one case of a squabble in the street, and that was in the su- burbs. The principal business of the Lord Mayor appears to be to do the honours of the city on public occasions. I have seen him preside at two public meetings—one of the Society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parte, and the other a pub- lic meeting to petition parliament respecting the condition of the colony at. New Zealand. He has the title of Right Honourable from being a member of the privy council ex officio. The office is held for a term of years, and the next oldest in commis- sion of the two sheriffs of London.eucceeds. The office is said to be worth £6000 per annum. He wears a broad gold chain on the neck, a profusion of rings on his hands, and a gold enuff-box. His robe is a light blue edged with fur, and hanging guite to the ground. Wherever he goes the coast is clear, and all respect is paid. To-day being Good Friday he receives at his residence (the Mansion House) a!] the boys of the Blue-coat school, (mentioned so fully in Mr. Bache’s book) and gives each.of them six- pence, a bun and a glass of wine. Nothing is more zpparent than the broad distinction between the two great classes of society here, and the means of pre- serving this distinction are -equally obvious. On Sunday evening last I attended (by ticket) the sup- per of the boys of Christ’s Church Hospital. There are 1400 hoys on the foundation, ‘and they are in- structed in the common branches of learning for five or seven years. They are generally the children of decayed gentlemen, merchants or ministers, whose yearly income does not exceed £300 or $1500. (We do not call men with such salaries “decayed gentlemen.”) The boys dress in a’ long kerseey frock which comes down to the ankles—yellow smal! clothes, (I believe of wash leather) stockings and shoes with ties, (I believe) and bands on the neck. One of the boys read a service appointed especially for thern, in which they pray for themselves as “poor children,” and pray for their benelactors, &c. At the clese of the supper the ‘Treasurer and Governors of the institution arrange themselves on a bench in front of the gallery, and the boys, two by two, ap- proach to acertain line marked by a row of brass nails, where they make a low bow and retire. ‘Their conduct was faultless, so far as [ could see, and the singing of the choir of boys was admirable. At the Borough Road School alco’ L-heard the Bishop of Norwich address the girls, One branch of their instruction was in the duties of nurses, sempetres- ses, and house servants, as if they were inevitably destined to some such station, and the Bishop remim- ded them that their kind rich friends had provided these means of instruction that they might be more useful in the situations to which Providence had assigned them! genre ceneeeeeenenemnes 2 _ : POETRY. From the Princeton Whig. r Tux Bacueror. While some in lively strains relate, The pleasures of the married state; Shall bachelors unsung remain, A ridiculed though harmless train? ‘A scribbler’s natne 1 covet not This hour admired, the next forgot ; And ureless, thrown neglected by, In dusty heaps his labours lie; Z only wish, devoid of pride, hatever fate, My Song await, J To sing my happy fireside, No helpless infant’s hated squalls, Are ever heard within my walls; Nor does a scolding headstrong wife, Disturb the quiet of my life. Lord of my house, I sit at ease, And emcke my pipe whene’er I please; Whilet thou, poor man, to woman tied, By cradle’s toys And restless boys, Beest occupied thy fireside. There sre, who obstinate and vain, Exult in bonds, and hug the chain; Let these the sweets of Wedlock boast, And toil to to gild a rotten post.” See—Crito, needy and forlorn, In sackcloth curse his bridal morn; Bleet witha fashionable bride, He's forced to roam, Or teased at home; And ne'er enjoys his fireside, Let others tell the joys of love, But keep me from them, powers above} Preserve me from that plague of life, A forward and expensive wife. But Jest my choice should wrongly fall E’en let me heave no wife at, all; But still‘to gentle peace allied, With emiles survey Each new born day, And still enjoy my fireside. OE re a NS SONG OF THE AMERICAN GIRL. Our hearts are with our native land, Our song is for her glory ; Her warrior’s wreath js in our hand, Our lips breathe out her story. Her lotty hills and valleys green Are smiling bright before us; And like a rainbow sign is scen Her proud flag waving o’er us. And there are smiles upon our lips For those who meet their foemen, For glory’s star knows no eclipse When smiled upon by woman. For those who brave the mighty deep, And scorn and.thrent of danger, We've emiles to cheer—and tears to weep For every ocean ranger. Our hearts are with our native land, Our song is for her freedom ; Our prayers are for the gallant band Who strikes where honor’ll lead ’em. We love the tnintless air we breathe, ‘Tis freedoms endless power, We'll twine for him a fadeless wreath Who scorns a tyrant’s power. T tell of France's beauties rare, f “Italy's” proud daughters ; Of Scotland's lasses—England’s fair, And nymphs of Shannon's waters; We heed not all their boasted charme, Though lords around them hover; Our glory wasin Freedom’s arms, A freeman-for a lover. —<—_—<—_—_———X——“—X—X—mN—X—e—eeee 3 MISCELLANEOUS. Fivin the Paterson Intelligencer. Tur SrectRE Masx,—A Tare or THE Laxr or Como. It was astill aud cloudlees night—not a breath stirred the leaves on the high trees that surrounded the great villa of the Count, Minotti, on the Lake of Como, when two figures were seen to emerge from a private door that Jed into the garden sur- rounding the house, and descend the stone steps to a little boat, in the stern of which sat a figure muf- fied in a coarse cloak.—Perceiving their approach, the man whooccupied the boat, immediately arose and assisted the cavalier and his companion, a female of stately from and features, of great beauty, to des- cend, which they did in silence; and entered the boat, which was immediately pushed off.—There was no moon to add beauty and effect to the scene, but the heavens were studded with stars and the clear blue lake reflected their more intensely blue rave, whilst the lights from the windows of the diferent dwellings that skirted the shores, were reflected in long lines of gold, and the distant bark of the watch dogs alone broke the stiliness of night. Not a word was spoken by either party, until the boat reached the middle of the lake, when the lady Jaid her small white hand on the shoulder of the cavalier, and looked earnestly in his face fur some inutes. a snearen Vicenzo,’ waid she ‘why so moody and thoughtful; Yon evening star shines as brightly as on that night you wooed and won my poor heart, put,’ she continued mournfully, ‘you are changed, aye, changed—and now ecarcely vouchsafe a word,’ ‘Yes,’ replied he who was thus addressed, as he cast from his shoulders the cloak in which he was thus muffled. ‘I have words for thine ear to-night which may not be leasing—Mariana, thou hast out lived my love. Hast thou no prayer ready? for here 1 shall absolve myself from the vow my folly ee,’ re et stared wildly at her husband, for he was no less, and attempted to clasp him round the k. i Pe Dent, dear lord,’ she said in DORAL accents, ‘yet dreediul deed dost thou meditate! ‘Think, oh, in mercy think what you would do! Have I offend- ed! -Have J said or done any thing to————.” ‘Peace !’ muttered her stern and cruel partner, forcibly removing her arms—‘peace, I say, and pray. for thy soul, for thou hast not ten minutes to live !’ The lady fell on her knees, before her merciless lord, and in a frantic manner besought him to have pity, but the frend had steeled his heart, and he arshly bade her to prepare for death; when the tuue of his victim suddenly changed, and no lon- ger a suppliant, she vehemently upbraided him for his cruelty. Vicenzo !’ said she, as her dark eye flashed wrathfully, ‘I am in thy power, but my friends wiil avenge me! Iask not for life, for 1 know thy purpose is deadly; but dread the vengeance of my family, who will demand me at thy hands.’ he Count deigning no other reply than a low and iparticulate malediction, made sign to his at- tendant, who immediately rising, eeized the lady by the arm. ‘Hurl her into the lake, Jacopo, said Minotti; and the words had scarcely parsed his lips, when their victim, forced in epite of her struggles, over the side of the boat, fell witha faint shriek anda heavy splash into the water ; but she almost imine. diately rose to the surface, and the count seizing an oar, endeavored to stun her by a blow on the head. The stroke was ill-directed, and missed the coun- tee, who, seizing the oar with both hands, support- ed herself, and thus addressed her crue! husband ; ‘Vicenzo Minotti, thy days are numbered.—God shal) judge you for this deed; 1 summon you to ap- pear before his tribunal ere the moon is out!’ Her husband instantly directed hie attendant to return to hia villa. Rumors never touched the breast of Minotti, who was as subtle as he wae re- vengeful and. cruel, and he spread it abroad that his wite had eloped from him, and the tale was believed. for he had previously circulated stories of her infi- delity. Tiree weeks and more had passed, when a no. bleman on the other side of the lake, gave a splendid fete, to which many were invited, and among the rest the count Minotti was the gayest of the gay throng. During the evening he had attentively re- garded a lady of exquisite beauty, and he now en- deavored to enter into conversation ‘with the object of his admirations, but the lady was coy, and repiied to all the fond things he addressed to her with a provoking coldness, and Minotti more than once felt his wrath almost master order. self and the count in vain begged that she would partake of eome slight refreshment without which she cou!d not possible eupport life through the eve. | ning. The room was brilliantly illuminated by innu- merable lamps, that. mocked the stars above them, and dance and sprightly conversation were not lack- ing. Déiveit lady, said he, excuse a little gentle force, and let me remove that envious vizor from your lovely face.’ His companion made no rep'y, and Minotti con- struing her silence as an assent, playfully raised the mask from the lady’s face—but oh, horror! what did he behold !—the pale countenance of his murdered wife, who regarded him with a look. so fearful that his very blood was chilled, and his knees beut under him. ‘Vicenzo!’ said the spectre, laying her cold. clain- my hand on his, and looking him earnestly in the face, “behold thy wife!” The count heard no more—he recoiled from the «! and with a gasp fell senseless to the apparition, 2 ground. He was discovered by some of the compa- ny in a deathlike state, from which, though attend. ed by the most skilful physicians, he did not recov- er his censes until morning, when he begged those who attended him to send for a confercor, to whom he unfolded what hud occurred: but the remem- brance of the scenes in which he had been an actor operated so strongly on his shattered nervee, that fit after fit succeeded, and ere rung, the guilty soul of Vicenzo had fled for ever. So far goes common rumor; but the sister-hooc ofa neighbor ng convent know the sequel of the story. The wife whom her lawless husband would have botrayod to dcath was not pormittod by provi- dence thus to perish. : Buoyed up by her clothing, and arsisted by the oar, whieh by the trepidation of those who intended her murder was left in her possession, she floated a long hour, a living death, upon the bosom of the deep, still, blue lake, i The barge of the nobleman at whose villa the fete took place, rescued the lady as her strength was just exhausted, and the reet the reader knows, It only remains to state that the lady shocked with the world, betook herself to the seclusion of a con- vent ; and it was not thought advisable to disabuse the minds of the peasants of the idea of a supernatu- ral vision for 60 horrible a crime. Her reecue and eubsequent residence were therefore carefully con- cealed, ELLE LLL LOE Le SHORT PATENT SERMON. 4 Ihave selected the words of my text for this occa- sion: Alas! how soon the heart forgets Its deepest, wildest pain ; The tear an hour the eyelids wets. And all is joy again; Still rushes on the tide of men, As though the past had never been. My hearere—Man's heart is a slate upon which is written, with the pencil of memory, the record of past events ; but the sponge of time scon obliterates the whole, and no traces are left to tell of their ov- currence, save here and there, perhaps; a ecratch of former grief or woe. Well, ny friends, it is all for the best that the wave of oblivion should so fre- quently wash our by-gone ills from the shore of recollection into the dead sea of forgetfulness. It is happy for us, that, after having eaten the oysters of pleasures, we are not obliged to lug about with us forever the shells of care, or burden our memories with the load of troubles we incurred in obtaining them.—lIt is surprising, mevertheless, how goon the s If he handed the | beautiful mask an ice, she modestly excused her- | the evening bell , heart forgets its miseries. Acloud drags ite gloomy shadow over the sunny landscape, but it leaves no stain behind, a person treads upon our Ccorie—-we dance a Spanish fandango fora few moments, in- dulge in half a dozen gratuitous grunts, groans and curses, and. go our way, as though no collision of “human understandings” had occurred. And 80, my dear friends, it is with the human heart. ‘To- day it is harrowed up with pain and trouble, and to- morrow it is as smooth and placid as a pan of un- skimmed milk. It will not always cling to the re- collection of the past while the cares of the present and the hopes of the future conjunctively oppose, no more than a musquito will persist in his san- guinary purpose while the finger of death is press- ing hard upon him. My friends—In order to see how soon the heart forgets its mort poignant griefe, you have only to observe a thing or two as you journey through life. For instance a man—after a blissfully tedious and excruciatingly delightful courtship—enters into a matrimonial partnership, with a young, beautiful and affectionate creature of the fancy sex. Sud- denly death stalks into their blooming bower of love, and upsets all their connubial arrangements by committing adultery with the lovely object of the husband’s affection, and bearing her forever from his sight in hia icy, marrowless arms, or, in other words, she dies—yee, dies like the flywer of the field, cropped by the mower’s seythe. The fond husband pours out hia sorrow in flooding tears upon her new made grave, and eceks no comfort this side of the threshold of heaven, Lite to him hath no pleasure ; for he has been robbed of that which he thinks can never be replaced by any substitute ) the earth can afford in the shape of feminine worth. He deposites his love in the urn that-contains her | ashes—wanders wud and disconsolate along the gloomy vale of widowhood, and resolves never to marry till soul weds soul at the altar of the Omni- ' potent. . But, my friends, this thick coat of mirery {| 800n wears off from his heart in spite of the care | he takes to have it remain. It won't stick any how ; it canbe fixed. His bitter grief lessens to pensive | sorrow—his sorrow, to sad regret—his regret to partial forgetiu\ness ; and soon you behold him | revelling again in hymenial sweete, as happy as a | hawk at a hen roost, aud as way and as cheerful as | though he had never experienced any conjugal! , burstification. | My friends—when a friend accidentally tuker | slide from time to eternity, what do we dot Why, shed a few formal tears over his mortal remains, deposite hin in his narrow home—shovel on the ' gravel, and ge about our. business Aye, we even run over his grave to pick up pennies, and care no more for the sacredness of the dust on which we . tread than a cat does fora carpet. The ever roll- ing tide of men still rushes on as though the past | had never been.” When a poor fellow-beins falls | from the car of existence, a few merely look back | for mere idle curiosity, to behold the damage, but ' they interest. themselves no further. - Ifa shade of | sadness come over the heart for the moment, it is , Boon dispelled by a change of scene, location: or | circumstances. ‘The beckoning word for man in ‘ his mad career is onward, which he instinctivey obeys even though it lead him as straight a3 a chalk line to the devil. My dear friends—There is no doubt but it is a great blessing that our hearts are #0 disposed to forget the woes with which we are visited. Chil- dren are ever forgetting and are always happy. They wash away all griefby a single burst ot tears; and then laugh to. dry up the spatterings. Care, disappointment and gorrow only draw faint ‘ lines upon the surtace of their hearts which are : easy obliterated; but they are graven on the hearts of the aged ; and the furrows sometimes deepen in- ‘to death. The old cannot so easily forget the ills as the young, because in their declining age, when both the physical and intellectual faculties begin to ‘ fail, ideal troubles will present theniseives as fast | as those that are rubbed out with the rag of furgel- fulness. But O, my dear friends! amid all your hearts’ forgettings, don’t forset that you are all made out of one kind of stuff—that your duties are all the samo—that all belong to one great family— ‘and that you are in duty hound to aid & protect one another, till, you emigrate to another and a better world, where every one must look out for himeellt. So mote it be! : REFLFCTIONS. “There is a tear for all’ who dic.” It is one of the most beautiful features in the regulations that govern mankind, that they are bound together, by a common brotherhood, a sym- pathy of sentiment, which pervades the hubitab’e globe, and unites in feelings, the antipodes of the flower earth. Death is the cominon eneny of man, & his doines can starcely be told of without awakeu- ing an emotion in his bosom whith though it may remain but a brief period, affords ample proof that "there is a tear for all who die,” The grim monster reigns despotic over the mor- tality of created nature and claims animal life as his birth right. In his gvings forth from kingdom to kingdom, he treads upon the roultitudes, and myriads fall beneath his potent arm; place and cucumetan- ces he knows not, condition he respects not, but like a univereal destroyer, strides on and on, sweep- ing before him the high and the low, the rich aud the poor, the happy and the wretched: the grave is his mighty garner, into which he gathers “iruits of life’ & as long as earth shall be peopled so long shall his ravages continue. Men come upon the stage of being, live their “little hour,” and fal!, to be seen no more among their fellows, and hopeless in- tleed would be their condition, and miserable in the extreme, did they not enjoy the belief that memory would retain the knowledge of their existence, and in another and better world cause a happy recognition and the continuance of friendship formed in thie. The hope we enjoy of heaven and eternal happi- nese, is of more value to the thinking mind, than all the transient pleasure, this vain and perishing world can afford. Mental enjoyments are such as become our exalted nature, and assimilate our happiness of celestial beings ; compared with these sensual plea- sures dwindle into utter insignificance and seein fit only for the “brutes that perish ”’—The brief inter- val, for su it may be called, of our existence that is passed upon earth is too fleeting to merit an undue proportion of our care and attention, and our ‘highest aini should be to secure a place in the bright world of endless peace, when called to give up ‘to death this suffering clay.” , Weare creatures of sympathy, the sorrow that wrings a brother’s bosom, finds a piace in our own; we rejoice when they weep, and in our minds expe- rience the pleasure or pains of the body which are copfined to the individual; they may be distributed afiong many, and the same cause, a single circum. stance, .may give pain to hundreds and their suffer. ings may be similar in every respect, and so univer- sal is the compact of human fellowship that no individual of the great family of mankind can perish without having some to weep his fall, and in this thing we see carried out the design of the Creator of a'l things, without w hose knowledge a "sp. rrowca: « not fall,” in forming his creatures into a common brotherhood that they might serve him upon earth and tesether praise him forever-in heaven. There is a tear for all who die—The savage that exults in the destruction of an enemy, has also a tear for the misfortune of a friend, and we can hard. ly conceive of a being so isolated from society, as thet some: one will not feel sad when he leaves them and the world forever and drop a tear upon his fall. A few years since avery wicked sailor, and he was one of the most abandoned of men, died in the town of Gosport—This man was hated by the crew with whom he sailed, and these men gen- erally have the strongest attachment for each other, and it is reasonable that they should for their agso- ciation in. places far away from home where there were none but themselves to exchanze with them the feelings and affections of friendship and it is of rare occurrence that one of these men is despired by his messmates, The man we rpeak of was taken sick on his passage from the Mediterranean aud died immediately after the arrival of the ship at. Gospert. He was buried with but little ceremony, but the crew could not allow his body to be depor ted in the eaith without witnessing the scene and moistening the sod that covered him with the'r tears; scarcely one of them but wept, and they continued serious for hours after they returned io the ship. The captain, who perhays felt as deeyly as any of them asked why they were so sad, when they ought to rejoice at | eing rid of so deeperate and dishonorable a ship mate, “Captain”. replied one, who was but. the mouthpiece of the whole, for they felt alike, “Captain, le was one of us, he messed with us, and though he rebbed us, and abused us, and did every thing to us he could that was evil yet we cannot help feeling fer him and we are ccmypell- ed to shed a few tears for his memory.” Without evmpathy—lfe would not be worth hay. ing and it is this that gives tears to the memory of the departed.— That which constitutes our greatest haBPinoee on We othe oman ter thy dead; and while our tears are falling upon the coid form of the Joved, or we stand in the bitrerners of feeling becide the lowliest,. it is consoling to us ta know that we may meet them again and be united forc ver. oorth, comseag The product of labor is the only real Wealih—~ Agriculture is the foundation. of wealth. ‘Tne rea renders her tribute; but the earth presents te skill and industry richer and infinite'y varied contribu. tions. Money ix nov wealth. [tis only the repre. sentative of wealth. Money is coveted Lecause it can‘comimand laber: but of what use would it be, if labor would) not be commanded. What would it avail to possese all the riches of Potosi, if thereby we could not acquire the prodvets of Agricultore t What are manufactures concerned in but these pro. ducts? What freights the barks of commerce. in their liquid flight, lireading every channel and whitening every port, but) the producis of ayricu!s ture? Whence does the government derive v4 revenues put from the fruits of egriculture ! Wht constitutes the wealth of the country but her cotton, hemp, sugar, rice, tobacco, wool, wheat, beet nial pork, Agriculture only can be considered the cres. tor of wealth. ‘The merchant, the sailor, the var ous artisans and tradesinen perform their part in making the product of agriculture wore valuable; in trans: porting them so that the advantages of climate are equalized, and ina condition lor use; but agricul. ture alone produces. Like the leader of Israel, she strikes the rock, the waters flow, and a famiphing people are satisfied. She supplies, she feeds, she quickens all. Agriculture is the coumandinige ine terest of the country, with which no single interest of a secular nature combined, can be brought into competition. American Femate Cuaractrer —Mr. Buck- ingham, (says the Philadelphia Inquirer,) ¢x- presses his opin cr, that althongh the American women make the most faithful wives and nest correct members of society, they do net love with the same intensity as the women of Europe, and would not be ready to make such sacrafices for the object of their affections Mr. B. was not Jong enough among us to ascertain the truth in this particular. He was moreover, a mazried min, somewhat advanced in life, end rather homely—and therefore had no chance of test ing personally, the devotion of American women in love matters. In this’ particular, they are un surpassed in the world. Our history is replete with instances of womanly devotion, that, in the times of the Greeks and the Romans, would have been eulogized by the poets and_ orators of those days, in strains of undying verse and eloquence. But Mr. Buckingham admits that the American women are the most beautiful of all civilized nations, and he must therefore be let off mildly. rT Very TRCE.—No man who loves his family fails take a newspaper, saysthe Richmond Compiler. LIBERIA HERALD. t PUBLISHED BY) VOL. XAfI. , THE LIBERIA HERALD IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN MONROVIA. LEVI D. JAMES—prinrer. reRMs-—Onk Donnan anv Firry Cents a year pay- tble in advance, All communications relating to the Herald must be addressed to H. Teage, Monrovia. : All cominunications for insertion must he post paid, ; Colonial subscribers will pay to H. Teage, Monro. | vin, Louis Sheridan, Esq. Basa Cove, Judge Hanson, | Sinve. Subscribers in America will order the paper through, | and pay tothe following Acents For THE Linenta HERALD. Rev. Joun B. Pinney, Gen. Agt. Philadelphia, Rev. W. Mynnr, Richmond, Virginia, . De Laey Esq. Norfolk, “ Wins Gxtee we Baltimore, Md. Rev, J. M. Atien, Philadelphia, Rev. S. If. Cone, New York. Dr. A. Proonrre, $6 “ —— LESAN ERALDs Frei the Christian Advocate and Journal. PLAGIARISM. "Messrs. Editors,—Our venerable father Hen- ry Smith, in several recent numbers of his in- teresting “Narrative,” makes some very grave charges against some of the ministers of the Methodist Mpiscopal Church. He accuses them even of “stealing.” It is true he means stealing sermons only, and: sometimes he calls it ‘dor rowing 3”? but, on the whole he distinctly makes the charge of “stealing? And it remains to be shown that séealing sermons is a less offense, in “the law of conscience and truth, than stealing any thing else. For my part, | would as soon take a man’s coal, or money, as T would his ser- mons, without permission, or credit. Now, this isa most serious charge; and I propose, with your permission, to cxaumine it, and see its weight. It is my privilege to be a lay-member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ‘To Methodism, under God, Lowe much. 1 aidently love the institutions of the Church, and vield to no one, preacher or layman, in en anxious desire to pro= mote her interests, and keep ber) borders pure fromeall crror and evil. Allowme, then, through the A lyocate, to say a few plain things to the ninisters and members of the Methodist! Church, onan evil to which my attention has frequently been called, which has a very material bearing on the vital interests of our m nistry, and which is vet, | feor, a vrowing evil among us. fam aware that the practice to which I have. reter- ence exists in other Churches besides the Meth- odist, but IT hive now to do especially with our own branch of the Church. I refer to playiarism in our ministry; the prac- tice with some of our preachers of taking the essays, discourses, or entire sermons of others, committing them to memory, and reciting them to the people, to all appearance, as their own. I] do not mean to allude to a practice which ex- ists, more or less, with all ministers, of taking thes same general views of the leading doctrines of our hoiy religion, as those set forth by Wes- ley, Watson, Fletcher, Crarke, and) others 3 or by Builer, Paley, Blair, and others, not belong- ing‘toour Church. These master minds have taken the entire subject of Goctrinal and experi- mental religion, and set them forth in such a strong, clear light, that all men have the right to use the result of their labors, by taking substan- tially the same arguments in support of the pro- minent and essential doctrines of Christianity. Indeed, a careful reading of the Scriptures, and of these writings, would show, that views wide- ly different from, and opposite to theirs, would be unscriptural 5 and to treat’ of them in ean en- tirely diflerent manner, would, in general, be to depart from the natural order and arrangement of the snbyects contemplated. And though | would gostify no man in conmiiting to wemory and re- cling the compositicas of these men, vet Tweuld restrict no minister from using the substance of these standards works, as occasion offered, knowin, that ifany man pretented, at this dav, loa new and original syste:n of faith, he would he departing from the Scriptures. And even here I hold, that where a view or argument is enlirely borrowed, in substance, even from. a tanlard work, common honesty requires a gener- al credit to be given to the real author, When, therefore, T write of plagiarism, 1 do not refer to the ahove practice ; but I mean the habit of committing to memory, and reciting to. the people, toall intents and purposes as origi- nil, entire paragraphs, essays, sketches, discour- se3 or sermons of other men. In this respect I | mike no difference, whether the matter consists in using entire discourses, or different passages, carefully selected and patched together—flow- MONROVIA, LIBERIA, PuBLICUM BONUM PRIVATO EST PRAEFERENDUM ers culled from every garden, and_ nicely tied up in one bouquet. Nor does it change the real character of the practice, if occasionally the order or the language is a little altered to prevent de- tection. 1 am thus particular in defining what I mean, ' not only that there may be no mis.nderstanding, but that there may be.no possibility of evading the real question at issue, and the inlerences which [ wish todraw from it. I condemn plagiarism, then, as T have defin- ed it; first, on account of the nature of the thing itself; and, secondly, on account of its injurious influences on the person practicing it, and on the p ople among whom it is practiced. 1. As tothe nature of the thing itself. 1 pro- nounce it such an imposition on the public as amounts to positive deception, and shall proceed: to prove itso. All who have written on the subject of moral conduct bold, that deception con- sists in intentionally conveying a wrong: impres- sion; and that this deception may be, either by a direct expression of what is false, or by acting in such a way as to produce a wrong impression, with the intention that it should be made, ot the knowledve that itis made, and yet without any effort ordesire to correct it. | may either speak a falsehood, or act a falsehood. And this is nut only the view taken. of the matter of de- ception by moral philosophy, Lut it is the very spirit of the teachings of the Bible on. this head Now, apart from the general motive which: miy prompt men to pass off others? productions as their own, what is the intention and wish of those who do so, as regards the act itself? Cer- tainly to convey the impression, that they are preaching their own sermons, while, in fact, they are preaching the thoughts and compositions ot other men. At best, they suffer the people to be deceived, and to give them credit for what is not theirs, without making any effort, or induly- ing a desire, that they be undeceived. That this ix the object and wish of those who do. thus pla- ziarise is evident, from the fact, that they neisn- er do, nor would publish from the pulpit, that they are delivering borrowed sermons, Letany one of these men lvok into his own heart, and ask himself, whether, under any circumstances, he would havé the impression generally made on his hearers, that he borrows those efforts by which his audience are sometimes so enraptur- ed! Wouid he be willing, afier preaching one of these sermons, publicy to acknowledge it was not his own? I regard plagiarism, therefore, as decepticn, lo- gically shown in the preceding remarks, thrown, if you please, into the form of the following syllogisin : 1. Deception consists in an intention to con- vey a wrong impression, by word or act, or the making of such an impression knowingly, with- out the effort or desire to correct it. 2. Preachers who palm on their congrega- lions, as their own, the compositions of other men, do intend to convey a wrong: impression on their hearers; or, at least, knowing them to be misled, make no eflort to correct them, but suffer them to regard these eflorts as their own, and to give thein credit for them 3. Therefore, those preachers who do thus pia- giarise are actually quilly of deception. This agument seems to me to be perfectly unanswerable, But there is another view which mity be taken of the subject, equally establishing the fact to be a violation of what is richt. It is this; There are certainrights enjoyed by society at large Among these are some which, Ly common consent, society may yield, or withhold, at pleasure. Now, | assert, that while society has, by common consent, admitted, that to a certain extent ideas become common property, after the lapse of some time from their publica- tion, society never has, by commen or. partial consent, admitted that men’s compositions are common property. On the contrary, those who do appropriate to their own use the compositions of other men, not ently violate the rights of the real authors, but most egregicusly violate a law of society establishing individual rights, which have never been surrendered So much for the nvuce of the thing itself. Does it not resemble “stealing?” If not, will any man say that it is not “borrawing,” without asking permission, or giving credit. Il. I proceed, in the second place, to consider the influence and tendency of plagiarism ; and (1 ) First, on the individual who perpetrates it. A habit of this kind must be injurious indeed to the mind of any one who practices it. No man can be an independent thinker who habit- ually depends on other men’s thoughts ; and this habitual dependence must weaken the intellec- tual energies of any man. For noman. can ha- bitually rely on the mental labors of other men, without becoming mentally imbecile. The man , (WEST-AP RICA) NOVEMBER who habitually declines to think and write for himself loses not only the disposition, but the power to do so. 3 But if the effects of habitual. plagiarism are so disastrous to the intellect, its influences on a ny n’s.conscience, and whole moral character, are even more, injurious. Humility and conirition are noble and generous products. of grace in the human heart. But there is such a thing asa self-abasement which partakes of nothing of the noble. Such is the degradation, in his own eyes, ofthe minister who knows that he is practicing, de facto, a continual deception upon his hearers, hy preaching to them the sermons of other und greater men, obtaining and wearihg the honor of preaching great sermons, and yet preciuded, by shame, or some other motive, from undeceiving them. A truly ingenuous man would not wea) « borrowed dress, and receive honor and praise for it, and yet not desire to strip himself of what- ever honor was thus undeservedly bestowed on him, through the misconception of the people. And ifa man, with any of the elements of nobil- ity in him, habitually knows himself honored for others’ labors, and yet cannot, or will not dis- close it, he feels a shame and degradation which noman-can habitually feel without destroying ihe independence and gencrosity ofhis character. And when a man loses a sense of hisown man hood, there is little of the neble left him. Ik follows, that the minister of the Gospel who lyvthitually plagiarises must feel that he is thus constintly, deceiving the public, and must, in consequence, feel this continual self-degrada- tion. ott, again, this practice tends to. weaken a man’s conscience, and destroy. his judgment of rizht and wrong. The plagiarist is almost con- stuntly in some emb:errassing position or other. He not only lives under one general and contin- hous equivocation, but must freqnently be so hemmed in that he is compelled, either directly io equivoeate, or shamefully to expose hiniself or example: A. preaches a sermon. B. hears him, and is: delighted ; goes to A., and expres ses his delight. A. produces, by request, his “yriginal (2?) manuscript,” and allows him to read the same, word for word, as delivered. B. returns home, opensa volume, and* reads the identical discourse, verbatim et lireratim! he finds that A’s. manuscript is a mere transcript ! Has net B. been deceived—grossly & intention- ally deceived 2? Anorher case: C. preaches a ser- tnon in the hearing of D. When D. next meets him, he expresses his delight with the sermon, hut remarks, “Brother C:, I heard that same. ser- mon, or one exactly like it, from brother E? “Ah, indeed,” replies C., “why that’s strange !? while the man knows in his heart if is not strance that 12. shouid have access to the same. source froin which he himself borrowed the sermon. These supposed cases are not purely imagin- ary. Such, and sti!l more embarrassing, instan- ces have occurred more than once. No one, accustomed to observe these things, can fail to see that’such instances must frequently occur, in which exposure or equivocation are the only alternatives The practice of plagiarism thus tends to weaken a man’s sense of perfect honesty. Indeed, the former of the cases supposed above shows something more than a mere evasion of the truth to get out of a difficulty 5 it discovers an ainbition to maintain an acquired character for preaching great sermons. And such is an- other of the fearful tendencies of the practice. But }have not room to pursue this point. (See, on this subject, some of the recent numbers of brother Henry Smith’s Narrative.) (2) Again, the injurious effects of plagiarism on others are equally obvious ; and first, as re- cards those of the people who detect the impo- sition Birds that wear borrowed plumage gen- erally put on peacock’s feathers. Plain feathers they have of their own, and there is no occasion to borrow such. Men who borrow sermons bor- row such as are calculated to be popular. — Those who perpetrate plagiarism, select, generally, if not universally, those passages for recitation which are the most beautiful in style and. Jan- guage, richest in imagery, most tingling on the ear of the auditor—those calculated to make the impression ofa beautiful and splndid speech, rather than a sound and practical sermon. For the truth of these remarks, 1 refer to the exper- ience ofevery man guilty of the practice, and the observation of every other man. The conse- q tence is, that these “splendid” preachers, be- coming “popular” for their pretty sermons, soon inzratiate themselves into the favor of at. least a portion of the people before they are detected And bythe time the imposition is discovered, the popular taste has often been vitiated, ond the popular judgment perverted, on a question of morals. Ihave oftenheard this sentiment from some of our people; “They say that brother A. (HILARY TEAGE EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. NO. 1. 26, 1842. or brother B. borrows his sermons. I do not know ; it may be so. But J have never read them; and whether borrowed or not lam de- lighted with them. And Ihad rather hear him preach his eloquent sermons, even if borrowed, than hear others preach inferior sermons, though original. What! justify a man in habitually stealing sermons! J solemnly protest against any such morality. The fact of plagiarism being ad- mitted must stamp;as ] have before shown, the act as downright positivedeception. And] pro- test againstany practice, tending so far to per- vert the judgment of the people, that they are willing tojustify deception! In fact, there isa fearful sta e of things in some parts ofthe Church inthis respect. The state and judgment-of the people have been peverted by an inflated style of speaking, which passes for elequent preaching, when in fact it is simply flowery sprech-muking ; until at Jast the people have a craving for pretty speeches, and are almust unwilling to hear the plain Gospel of Jesus Christ. In the mean time, Zion is not fed on the “bread of lift,” and is spire itually starving. ‘The Church can no more sul- siston this kind of ‘fixe prevching” than the human body can subsist on sweetmeets alone. Thecery, in both cases, is for “bread !? On the other hand, too many of our preachers, instead of striving to correct this false taste, actually pamper it, and bend all their energies to the pre- paration cf flowery discourses, which, if they can nol manufacture, they will “borrow,” or “steal.?? This, in turn, is justified by some of the people, who will have their flowers, evenif they are stolen. Perhaps I may be supposed, froin the ardor of my temperament, to be presenting the tase too strongly, But, seriously, to my amind, ihese are literal facts. But the tendency of plagiarism is equally bad in the case of those who do not know the impo- sition. . In this respect, the main evil lics here; thatit gives a man an influence in the Ci,urch which his talents and character do not merit. None but a man or inferior intellect would habit- ually practice plagiarism. Now, every man has his influence. And no man ought to have an influence beyond what is due to his real in- trinsic merits. But the man who constantly ap- pears in the garb of greater men acquires, with many, the character ofa great man. Who does not sce the evils to which this may lead ? TI lain- er men, of better judgmeut, and more intrins:e weight, have less influence than such men, ie- cause they scorn to appear in any other cress than their own. Suppose these popular plagiar- ists should express their opinions on questions of doctrine, or discipline, either in public or in private, among the menbers of the Church, (29.4 it is not denied that these men do semetin.cs thii ke lor themselves,) their sentiments cone es wih the authority of great men. And thus the pec pleare in danger of being misled, through the popularity of men who deserve no popularity ; for not much confidence is to be placed in the ¢ri- ginal sentiments of those whoare not in the babit of thinking for themselves. And how, under such circumstances, is_p!:.in truth, from plain original men, to have its leviiie mane effect upon a people acenstomecsind cee lighted to listen tosweet songs, and these plased upon borrowed lyres ! This practice of ples iar. m thus inaterially interferes with the inde ree, coinfort, and feelings ot other brethren, equal-y worthy ; and, moreover, it prevents plain nen of God from successfully preaching the ylan Gospel of Christ to a people whose taste has been vitiated, and judgment perverted, by the infu. ences around them. ] amaware that in presenting these views J may appear to Le casting a reflection on the in- telligence and good sense of our people. Ail have to say to this is, that if saying that peo- ple may be misled by popular men is reflecting upon their intelligence. 1) plead “erifin?? 7 have no honeyed word for the people ony evn Church, or any other, except so far as “saccth words and true” may be spokenat the sane tive. When not, I have none to utter. Iam cfics the truth. In conclusion, let me briefly suggest how this evil nay he remecied : 1. Let such as may feel themselves guilty in this respect examine their own hearts, in sincer- ity and with prayer,and see whether what I have written is not the truth. Above all, as they value their own intellectual improven.ent ond growth in grace, and the usefulness of theiy min- istry, let them abandon for ever this slavish ce- pendence cn other men’s Jabors, arc hereafter be honest, and preach their. own sernens ; and ifthey cannot do that, adept seme other calling 5 for, letthem be assured, they have thiust then selves into the vineyard, uncelled. 2. Let the people, instead of countenoncing and apologizing for this abomination, frown up- an it, as they would upon any other attempt to deceive them, on the part of their ministers. 3. Let this practice be regarded , by the Church authorities, in the light in which any other case of deception would be viewed. Let the individ- ual who will be guilty of itbe admonished” of his fault, by the bretheren,.in the usual way 5 and let this be done in love. If it is not aban- doned, let'it be brought as a charge ugaisnt the character, before the proper conference to which he is amenable: Let the inferior Church judica- tories refuse to recommend—let our conference refuse to admit, or pass—and let our bishops re» fuse toordain—any man who is, in any degree, guilty of the practice. God, who knows my heart, knows that I have written what I have written from no mo- tive of personal enmity or complaint agaist any individual, but from an ardent desire to promote the good of the Church, and the glory of God. ] presume my influence will be little in arrestin this grievous evil. Ican only hope to awaken attention to the subject, and to draw into the dis- cussion of it abler men; among the ministry and membership. I hope yet tosee this matter fully discussed in our papers, and (if necessary ).made a matter of objection to a man’s character in our - conferences, soastostamp plagiarism with the seal of the condemnation of the Church ; and thus set our people right on this evil, and utterly banish it from among us. As Ihave written under the influence of nei« ther fear nor shame ; and more especially as I do not wish innocent persons to be blamed for my acts, I do not hesitate to subscribe myself, Yours, in Christian love, Joun Zva. Baltimore, February, 1842. SS errr ee pny ' From the Christian. Watchman. THOUGIITS ON THOUGHT. Among the powers which distingnish the man from the brute, perhaps the most obvious and the most valuable is the power of carrying on a connect- ed train of thoneht. And while ability to think dis- tinguishes the man from the brute, ability 40° think well is that which distinguishes the intellectual man from the mere day dreamers. Ability to think well, implies a stern and absolute contro! aver the succes. sion of the thoughts: a power of the mind to direct its energies to any subject it pleases, and to hold them fixed to the contemplation of any point accord. ing to the dictates of its own will, He who has such a control over his thoughts, ix, in the largest sence of the term, his own. sovereign; and such a man, I care not whether he be a profeseor in his study, a judge upon the bench, ora cobbler upon his seat, is an intellectual man. On the other hand, he whose thoughts succeed one another according to no law but that of accidental aseociation, is, in no valuable‘sense, his own sovereign. ‘Che mind, that which constitutes the tnan, is in subjection to every caprice of fancy, anda slave to every casual cir- cumstance ; and is with the gleatest propriety com. paired to “a city broken down and without walls.” Sucha manmay read as many languages as the Jearned blacksmith of Worcester, or he may not. be able to read his mother tongue—in both cases he equally lacks tue graud and essential qualitication of the intellectual man. As tle power of controling the succession of the thoughts is the distinguishing attribute of the inte]. lectual man, co the degree of it which any one may possess is a sure index of his Progress in intellec, tial improvement. Indeed the attainment of it is the only valuable end tobe sought in educating the mind. We may spend years in atudy, but if the sole end of that study is simply to store the mind with the results of other investigations, without em- ploying our own powers of thought, we shall find ourselves in the end as unable to go alone as when we began, And he who attends.at all to the oper- ations of hisown mind, will perceive that this con. tro! of the thoughts is one of the most difficult tasks to which the mind can address itself. It may he easy to explore the treasures of classical Ime, to fix inthe memory the results of physical investigations, and even to acquire a stnatiering of the unintelligi- ble nomenclature of transcendentzlism ; but to train the mind to forego its day dreams, its unproductive musipgs upon every subject to which its own fickle fancy or fortuitous association may direct it, “hee opus, hic labor est.” But difficult as it is, it affords him who will undertake the task a most ample re- ward. Jt piaces in his hand a key whichewill un- lock the inmost recesses of the temple of truth, and unfoid her hidden treasures to his ondering eyes. Physical, mental and mora} truth, are all put within his power. The ocean of truth (to use Newton's fingure,) is indeed illimiteble; but when we unite tosucha mind the attribute of immortality, who shall fix the Ultima Thale of its discoveries, or ga to it, “Hitherto shall thou come and no farther?” . It was anoble compliment, and one worth coc lumns of newspaper commendation, which an un- letierea farmer paid to a certain Professor, after hearing him deliver a_ public addrese at’ one of our literary anniversaries a few years since—"{ hat man,” said he, “does his cwn thinking.’ We who has learn- ed to contro] the succession of his thoughts will do his own thinking. Independence of thought will be a characteristic of such aman. Opinions which pass current among men he will respect timply aa the opinions of others; but he will vot give them currency as his own, until they have undergone the test of his crucible, and received the stamp ot his image and superscription. Tlaving acquired the sovereignty of his own mind he wiil never blindly yield it to the dictation of others; and party creeds, whether poi-tigal, or religisue, which captivate the multitude mer@ly by the suthoriy ot a name, he with neither receive ner reject without a proper examinztion. dn tue 1.cb.e language of an ancient poet he may eay, “Nullius advictusjurare in verbu mogiatri.'’ LIBERIA Such a man. not only does his own thinking, but he ddes a great deal of thinking for other people. It is a temark not more trite than true, that the majority of men are quite too indolent to thivk for themselves, It is vastly easier to take opinions at second hand, than. it is either to originate them, or to examine very critic¢ally what others, have originat. ed. Accordingly the moat that such persons do, when interest or prejudice does not lead them, is to adopt that opinion that seems inost plausibie upon its face. He therefure who aspires to lead the minds of others must first learn to contro] his own ; and having learned to form consistent opinions for himeelf, it is not difficult to lead those who are wiling to be led, to adupt the same opinions. The exercise of a proper control over the succes- sion of the thoughte, has an influence upon the mo- ral character, not less important than upon the in- tellectual. This is well expressed in the inspired apotlegm, “Keep thy heart with all diligence, for Out of it are the issues of life.” He whose thoughts are suffered to flow on at random, subject to no law but impulses of an idle fancy, or a vitiated imagina- tion, possesses. within himeelf all the elements of vice and corruption of life, and only wants the occa- sion to have them in active exercie. ! The thought- Jess trout wiil not sooner catch at the angier's fly, than euch Jan one will yield to the temptation to gratify the “nupulses of his corrupt mind. On the other hand he who keeps his mind subject to the control of right reason, will always be known by his steady and upright conduct. The storme of tempta- tion may blow around him, but they will have no effect upon him, fixed as he is in firm and correct principles. Like the oak, which the wider it spreads its branches to the winds, the deeper and broader it thrusts ite roots into the earth 3 and while the sweeping tempest uproote and overthrows. the less substantial denizens of the forest, inaintains its posi« tion, the pride of the hille, J.T. Bee *“Bound ta swear aiiegianee to no master.’ Hor. Epist. 1, 14. SE NC EP ek Se Cae CL STARTING IN LIFE, It ia of great importance ‘that persone, in early life, should prepare themselves for the part they are to actin society. There isa st rong desire in hoth sexes to rise to respectability ; and thia is highiy commendable ; but many persons err in their allempts to gain their object. A principal cause of the failure of young people to reach the object of their desire, ir, the allenipt to Gel rich withoul labour. In this way, they oilen aim at an object without the means to accomplish it, Young friends, learn wisdom. It is not the order of Providence that mankind should haye blessing and prosperity. without labour. It is best for mane kind that this should be the order of things 5. goed moral habits are formed by industry ; sudden acqui- sitions of property tend to prevent’ the formation of such habits; they are often ruinous to morals. Moderate acquisitions of property yenerate good habits—the babits of prudence, ot foresight, and correct calculation of what is practicable. ‘The desire of reaching a respectable standing in lite, has Jed many to renounce Jabour for hooks, with the expectat on that they can live by learning. But the nuinber of persons who van gain subsis- fence by learning, is comparatively sinall. By far the greatest part of mankind are destined to labour, without which society cannot be supported In forining a plan of businegs tor Site, therefore, the first’ requisite is to determine the course io be pureued, the occupation which is to be followed, and then to devote all possible attention to gain. the qualifications essential to success in that occupuiion. In this preliminary to success, persons very oiten inake great mistakes, Ifa young man is to be a farmer, he must begin when a bey, and continue in- that’ business. Lie inust fain kuowledye by experience, and muscular streneth by Jabour. Books and learning will never make farmers, Ifa young man is to bea mechanic, he must begin lis art when young, and persevere in it, and ‘be thoroughly master gf every part of his business. Books and learning cannot supply the want of labour and experience. . Farmers and artisans cannot be made in the schvol-house or college. Most of the studies cultivated in our seminaries of learning, however useful to professional men, are not appli- cable at all to the common occupations of ile. Most of. the people of this country possess smal] estates, which, when divided, will not support their childrent Hence it often happens that. children, whom the father can support in. a gentecl style, fail, at his death, of the means of subsistence. [ence prebably no country presents 60 many in- stances of young persons of both sexes, educated above their condition, as the United States. Many persons and families, within the knowledge of the Writer, have been ruined, or doumed to struggie with adversity all their lives, from this mistake. ‘They begin wrong; they expect to be gentlemen and jades, without the means of supporting ihem- relves in such style. Equally mistaken are many ofthe daughters of poor families. Some ot them enter manutactories, where they get goud wages, and dress in rich attire; neglecting to pain a thorough knowledge of louse. keeping, the very knowledge they most want to insure them a good settlement. Inno particular, is the tolly of females more re- mirkable than in their estimate of Jabour. They seem to think it diegracing to labour in the family as domestics, when they will labour in manulacto- nes without cbjection. They do not consider that the proper sphere of females is in the family, and that they cannot fill that sphere without serviig an apprenticeship, and they should no more disdain it, than young men should disdain to be apprentices to mechanics. ‘The young of both sexes must be sub- ordinate to those who are older, for it is trom the experience and knowledge of older persons that they are to quality themselves to be respectable Masters and nustresses themselves. Girls who have no property should seek to be domestica for two or three years, in respectable, well-ordered families ; for itie in these they are to learn. not only to do HERALD. all kinds of work, but to improve their minds and their manners. It is the best, if not the only chance which many of them can have, thus to improve, and become respectable mistresses of families—S. 8. Journal, COMMUNICATIONS. ra EN Ie EEE CF UNOS Mr. Eprror. Sir:—You will oblige a subscriber by giving this an insertion in your next, as | am not generally in the habit of writing encomiums on departed spir- its; but duty as well as obligation compels to por- tray : as far as I have had a knowledge of the life, the character, and death of one, who but recently under God, committed to my Pastoral care. The individual the subject of thie memoir, Mr. Richard Luckey was a native of the state of Tenne- see, in the U. States of Americay He had recently embarked to the land of his fure-fathere, on buard the ship Mariposa Capt. Shute. -His houshold con- sisted of a dear wife and a young Jady, committed to his care and a member of the same church of which he was previously a communicant. Qn landing upon the shores ut Africa, he was in- troduced ta me asa member of the Presbyterian church: his ynassuming manner at once attracted ny attention, and Twas constrained to say truly the Lord hath leard the prayer of his church and hath sent an individual whore piety, and zeal are suita- ble to her wants, But the woys of the Lord ure right!!! How inscrutable are “thy judgments, O Lord of Hosts; blessed is the man that trusteth in Thee, On the eusuing Sabbath atter his arrival he presented himself to the session at the same tine producing a letter of dirsmission trom Jones« borough Church Washington county of Tennessee. It being read he was received tothe christian iel- lowship of the chureh,,in this place. During his short stay amongst us, every expec. tation by the church as a christian has been realiz- ed in him. Onimondey the 5:h he was attacked with the fever to whic strangers coming to Africa, are subject, which contiuued without imternission for several days, : Hiv absence from church on the following cab- hath caused me to inquire after his health, when I Was informed thathe was down with the fever. I visited him and fourd hitn prostrate, I spoke to him as regards bis hape in Christ, his reply was “brother Lam going to die, and I feel pertectly willing ta depart and be with Christ.” [told hin that Tlelt happy to find that his confidence in God was go strong ; he said to me brother “pray with me before you leave.” I then sang that well known. Psalin of Dr. Watts The Lord my shepherd is I shall be well supplied, At which he appeared to be quite elated no doubt at the ravishing thought of a future glory. On my return on another day, he appeared to pos- sess the sane frame of mind ‘as he previously did When i sav him last; although his speech was. lost. | in death he manifested a perlect composure gf resig- | nation to the will of Ged as is the adyving christian. On Saturday the 16th inst. I renewed my visit early inthe morning, found him speechless.’ spoke to him but he was unable to reply. [asked if all was well afford me some token. He lifted up his hands ] presume aga token of Victory, and aiter a few words of exhortation by excitemmg him to a steadiastness in the faith, [ then left him, being sat- ished that he had a full assurence of his acceptance with God, and that his case as regards life was hopeless. Ina fewimoments he breathed his last sweetly, in full: and certain hope of a blissful immor- tality. Lie embraced the religion of Jesus Christ at an early period of his life, being brought up, and nurtured in the lap of valigion Ria owners Leing communicants of the same church. He departed this lite in BBd year of his age. © His mortal remains Were taken to the meeting house anda discourse delivered before a numerous and respectable con- course of members of our sister churches in. this town, from Phil. Ist chp. 2tst verse. For me to live is Christ &e. Tis lost to us is irreparable, J. E. ———$—$— characteristic of —_—.- LAUNCHED. Noveinber 4th 18942, We understand by a letter from a mutual cor- respondent at Bassa Cove, Grand Bassa County, that the shooner Alpha belonging ta Messers §. Herring and A, W. Gardner was launched at Bassa Cove on the Benson River on LUth ulti- more. The Alpha wiil carry about eight tuns she isa good working Jittle craft, and we think she will prove a good sailer. We had the pleasure to exainine this neat little vessed before we jeft Bassa, and we do not hesitate to pronounce her a Master peace of workiman-ship which reflects ureat credit upon hermadeiler, and builder, (Mr. H. Davis.) We hope the owners of the Alpha may have suc- cess, that others may follow their example, Yours respecttully, W. W. Davis To H. Teage Eaq. Echtor of the Liberia Herald. ——eE———>——————————————————————_—__—————— > WS RLA RAL, GF Or er wre eceeren: MONROVIA, LIBERIA, NOVEMRER 2, 1842. On the 16h inst; the Lad.es composing the “Lacies Bencvoleut Suciey of Monrovia” celebrated — their seventh anniversary, Te reiviers were performed in the Baptist church, Mr. Becks read the Baciety"s constitution and Mr. Tevge the annual report which We give below. James Brown Esq. delivered a aturing aypeal in béhalf of uudies and unimated them to move onward in the goud work in an address to which we have elsewhero referred, Judging from the expenditures it may be thought by some that too little has been done to justify’80 much ado—yea some have beer. known to curl the lip of scorn and cast a sneer at the doings of the instittiion, , It should be borne in mind however, that much and lit. tle are relative terme in respect both of the agent and subject. Assuming this as the standard of decision ‘ the society would, perhaps, on a careful comparison ; Of circumstances, be found equal in the accomplish. ment of good to many, and superior to some that ninke | for greater noise in the world. He is no very practi, i cal benefactor. who makes long specches | appeals in favour of euffering humanity if his sympa. and loud thy evaporatea there, The true benefactor is he, pursues his noiseless course in earch of the outcart and forlorn, feeding the hungry with bread and pour. who ! ing in the dejected heart the oil and wine of conso. lation: That the society has done good, many a hitherto destitute widow and abandoned urphan js their wit. ness. The members have entered the abodes of pova erty, they have visited the couch of affliction and ad. ‘Ininistered the necessaries and comforts of life. One feature in the constitution of thia society entitles it to the regard and co-operation of all who delight ta alleviate suffering—name Jy ita catholicism. of the odious features of sectariem abvunt it. Tt has none In admis, sion of members it has reapeot only to moral character, and ability tobe useful, and in the distribution of jtg charities it has no preferences on aceount of relizivug tenets or connections, Hence it presenta a sate chan. nel through which the benevolent either here or abroad may convey their donations to the sons. and danehters of misery. Any. benefactions of which the s0ciely muy be made the almoners wi!l be duly acknowledged in stine of the publications of the coluny, and faithfully appticd as directed. Donations to be distributed as above may be direeted ta H. Teage, Agent for the Ladies’ Benevolen: Socie:y Monrovia, ar to Mrs, C. Johnson, Directrees of the. Ladies Benevolent Society, Monrovia. AnnuaL Report. The Anniveréary of our Society has again broush: us together. In looking back upon the scenes of” the receding year your managers cannot but be the subject of very opposite emotions, Again the painful duty devolyes upon them to record the death of two of their fellow Jaborers, and companions. Sisters Eliza Shack. elford and Sarah Payne are no more. Atour last Anni. versary they were with us; to animate us by their presence, and aid in our deliberqtions, Checrtully, they Inboured to advance the objects for which the Society was ins:i. tured, and ever at their post they shrunk not from a f-he fal and conscientions discharze of their duty. But their Work is finished, their career closed, and he whom they here humbly endeavoured g@oserve & in whore foots ps they walked has taken them to himself, From extend. ing and deepening the rills of henevolence on earth, they have gone to hathe in the Tull ocean of love in hen. ven. Thergtore we sorrow not for them as those «ha have no hope. For ourselves we meurn over the hiss of their counsels and their prayerss ond admonished hy their departure, and excited by their example, and ani. maied by the eternally giorioia iseue of their Jabours we wou!d faithfully work while yet itis duy, that whea the time of our account arrive we may be wble to suy ] have finished the work Thou didst give me to do. The visiting committees in discharging the duties involved in their appointinent have witnessed scenos— scenes of: suffering: wretehednecs and sflestiainien at which humanity and aympathy caunat TOpress a iyar An ill-founded apprehension of tiutavourable iy Ession abrond might dictute silenee on this subject and proinpt to draw the veil of concealment o:er these Sickening spectacles, But those who aim to do good, to southe the aching heart. tofeed the huaury and elothe the ua ked, and who rely as much upon the sid of others tor the means of doing so as upon their own exertions, will see, that itis nomore important.toseek ont proper objects for the exercise of their bent volence, than itis to make a full and faithful exhibition of their condition Under the influence of this opinian then, the) manner: feel that they violate no dictate of prudence nor of pro. priety when they ‘declare, that an) examination of the condition of the poorer classes in) some of the upper settlements, would reveal scenes of wretchedness und want of whose exisipnee without such inspection it would be no easy task to induce # belicf The number of un married females ubove that of the ynales is appulli. ¢ and the proportion of widows to. the ageregate of ihe community has no parallel amony any other people. In the greater number of the last. cited eases the pre portion of children incapable from age and disease to be of any availible aid to themselves or their parents is also unusually large, This last ct result fromthe large number of infants landed from every fresh impor. tation of immigrants, and their disease ani helplesness are to be traced to the want of proper and. sifficient surtenance and clothing, joined tothe well known une favourable influence of the climate upon foreign consti. tutions. While your managers would sacredly regard the beunds within which propriety and the duties of their eflice prescribe them, they feel no fear to intimate, that these facts present a gerious subject of solicitude for both the legislature eM ike people at large. Nothing is further from the managers than. the ex. Pectation of relieving the wide spread wretchedness that spreads hike a festering ulcer over almost the whole social body ‘The work to be accomplished and the paucity of their means must at once extinguish such a hope, The society can only hope to afford tempurary relief to but a few of those cases, and to those only thut seem to present tbe highest’ claim to aympathy and benevolence. Numerous cases of pinching destitmtion the committees have been compelled to pars by wish. out affording relief, and to many thrilling appeals they nave been compelled to be deat. The managers are however happy in bring able to say, that so far as their means would permit they have faithfully discharved the duties of their association, and conscientiously re garded the obligationns imposed upon them by those benevolent persons that have aided its funds. The distributions during the past year, the managers ' LIBERIA 3 ee OL gre pained to say have been circumscribed in an unu- pual degree. This isowing chiefly to the scarcity of money rendering it absolutely impossible to make col- ecticons. Having. made this brief statement of the condition of a large portion of the community and of the-society’s inabilitv to render efficient. aid, the managers look with confidence to the benevolence ofa liberal public to ennble them to carry out the objects of their institution. They enter cheerfully upon the duties of the rising year, reposing with confidence upon that Being who athever smiled upon means devised to promote his glory aud benefit his rational creatures. The Society has taken Mrs, Harriss of Caldwell un- derits protection, and has engaged to furnish her with the means of subsistence during her life. She has been long afflicted with an incurable discase which has at length rendered her a perfect cripple, and entirely inca- preitated her for labour.” Her case was presented to the society and relief immediately granted. Grateful for the prompt response she tendered her property (consisting of a framed house and Sot) to the society to be disposed of at her death in aid of its funds. A deed for the -property has been regularly executed. Thus when che shall lie slumbering in the dust her grateful offering will feed the hungry and clothe the naked. The manarers will only make our more remark which is to tell you, that a Kroomen in the employment of one of the members of the society, ascertaining the object for which the society wre formed pressed upon one of the officers a donation of—26 cents. EXPENDITURES. There has been expended during the year, in provision. clothing &c, In hand consisting of cash provision &c. Monrovia : Nov. !6 1842, ( $81 06 80 75 Against some small portions of the address delivered by James Brown Esq, befure the “Ladies Benevolent Sociciy,” as we agree with itin the main we ghall exer- cise our privilege of “censorship” toglemur. Most hear- tily do we accord with the gentleman. ir all he says or ean say of the Indies’ omnipotent all-pervading and all-controlling influence. ‘Truc, man rules this lower world, but woman, dewr woman, rules man. Nor are we disposed to rebcl against the. stern decree that en- slaved us, nor rudely to displace ihe “olden yoke. Enthroned in our heart aud swaying the sceptre of love meekly and willingly as oll loyal subjecte should we will yield to their rule. The ladies therefore will not accuse us of disaffection, if we state that for reasons which are obvious the tranquility and permanency of their government will be best consulted. by a conceal. ment of their power. The wheels of nuture may as ensily be arrested as woman be deprived of her power, and when arrested ay easily he putin motion as that pow. er be extended. Her power is most absolute when least onvious, We therefore donot) concur with friend Brown in the propriety of this public announcement ofa fuct, of which, assuming ocgasional outbreaks as an index there is already too strong a suspicion. REFORM. A centlemin a few evenings ago ata party proposed the formation of au inoral reform society.” We have prince bestowed some thought on the subject ang are ai feng: fally gonvinced of the utility of doing eo. Intem. perance bas lately made a vigorous push for triumph. Againgt this vice, there is but one efleciive weapon, and that is total abstinence by al! who have hitherto indulged in the cup. As far as we are concerned, we hope here- efter by divine ail to free ourselves from our own onl others’ blood in this particular. We confess delinquency and deplore it. There is however, another vice still more destructive of the pouce of society that is said to be on the increase. It is already in ingh places. Y.a ie wor. thy missionary editor in this settlement, has hen publickiy accused of ross Jicentiousness !.and admonished to de- sist from his aly daliiances and return to the walks of vir- tue The subjectis of sodelicate'a character, that were it not already publick, we should take the liberty to re. main silent orat most offer only:a private remonstrance to the Rev, Gentleman; as itis we mention it n° an acd. ditional evidence of the necessity of a vigorous effort on the part of the friends of morality. | As it is noteur tuull, but simply our misfortune that we are not acquainted with entomology, iethyology, geology orany other logy, we hope tor a toleration ot the following plain unscientific account of a freak and battle of— ‘ Ants. T'e ants © which we now refer are of the spe- © es we eal! Bug.a-Buy; but-not those that make food of our houses and apparel; thoush a few of this kind are occasionilly seen in the Eus.a-buge’ house. A few days ago our attention was arrested by a count. less number of these spreading themselves in every di- rec‘ion around our dwelling. On close e xamination they wer found to emerge from the earth inthe vicinity of the hon-e hu prinespally from the foundation. They specdily filled every crack and fissure in the wall of which there are many near the ground. Llere they halt ed for u short time as afin consultation, while the larger ones with wings were 1 be ecen running in every di- rection—now losing themselves. in the fissures and anon mingling withthe crowd without, as though they were delivering orders or dirclusing the pian « f future ac:ion. Suddenly the whole tody was seen In motion, Moving in an almost sulid & unbroken macs up the wall, headed by 60 :e of their winged leade re, winle others ae before were moving in every direction through the serried host ’ as if to notice and regulate the march. It scon became evident thatthe number at first seen was but the ad. vanced.zuard of the army. As the furemast ranks moved on, their places were continually supplied hy others that emerged from their subterra waa abaie, un. til the wall Presented a black and animated auriace. Excepting the winged commanders, each soldier carried a young one in his mouth, from which circumstance we inferred they were moving in search of another heb- itation or bringing out their progeny forthe benefit of lightand heat. Having completely covered the wall they bivouncked, without despositing their young. Ap. prehensive that they might make too long an encamp. ment, and having but little desire for the society of this class of our fellow animals we determined onan effort to dislodge them. Scalding water occurred to our mind asthe most effective method of conveying to them our wish for their removal ; and we at once acted upon the idea. Hundreds fell. at every application until the ground was literrally covered with the alain; hut true to their character the broken ranks were speedily. filled by recruits from below. Wearied with the vain effort to remove them we determined to await their pleasure. They continued to ascend until they reached a hive which a swarm of bees had formed between the outer and inner boards of the upper story of the house. These bees had been for some time a source of sore annoy. ance, compelling us frequently to abdicate in their fa- vour, and we had more than once meditated their death en masse. It soon became evident from an unusual stir among them—from their repid rush from their hon. ied dwelling and hovering around the apertures of en. trance thatthe bug-a-bugs had invested the city and were vigorously pressing the sicge. But the bees did not tamely yeild. “A vigoruus fight was maintained dur- ing the day. ‘The bees however had the worst of it. On every side the victorious bug a-bug wasseen drag. ging away the lifeless body of his antagonisi and_ bear- ing it offinto his. subterranean dwelling. Wheth. er the action was continued through the night we will not undertake to say; but if not, it was. re. newed early on. the foliuwing morning, and continued to the. great loss of the bees fur three days, when they fairiy beaten, retreated and formed in a shrub abvut twenty rods frum the house. The Victorious bug-a- bugs continued in the vicinity of the arena. of conflict until they had disposed of their booty and then sudden- ly disappeared. The morufied bees did not remain long in their last encampment, but took to wing. and cheered us with the hope that'we should see them no more, But'we were mistaken. In three days they returned and entered their old habitation. “They had seareely settled—certainly had not time to repair any of their prostrated fortifications when the bug-a-bugs again emerged from, thejr ambuscade, moved up in orfer of baqtle und repewed the engugement. Life. less carcasen born off in. triumph to the place of de. posit again -proclaimed the success of the Ant. The battle was kept up fur two or three hours wher the beea were again forced tu take to wing. As ‘soon as the work of carrying off the booty was completed the Ants agnin disappeared. Jn both sides the battle The bees fought to defend their habi- tation, the ayts to dislodge and destroy them. In some single or personal ‘encounters there were displays of determination and courage that would not disgrace animuls of a far higher order. a bee with was obstinate. An ant would grapple hard curved protuberan ces from his head, and immediately drop with him to the ground, the bee exerting. . himself to use his lance. Butin vain: the smoth scaly mail of the ant presented effectual reeistance, while the bee as if eon. scious of the unequal contest would struggle to. free him of his adversary. The ant would make use of nis feet to cecure his antagonist while he would con- juiue to move his huld in the direction of the head, where having arrived be infixed his horns in the eyes of the bee, when the battle would soon be over, and the enemy burt off in triumph to form a-meal for the conqueror, those and These ants. were much larger than those that are so destructive to houses and in fact’ to every thing that has not the imperviousness of stone oriren, and that em. ploy themeelves in erecting those earthy conical struc. tures called bug-a-bug houses. They are also of a dif. ferent color, the latter being of a grayish color, while that of the former isa dark brown. ‘They are however usually to be found in small numbers running up and down the streets of these commeonwealths; and when their habitation has been disturbed we have seen them suddenly present themselves at the gates, course rapidly around onthe outside ofthe habitation as if) reconnoi- tering and‘then suddeniy disappenr. We regret to add that an this sixth day after their last inglorious re- treat the bees have returned. For their sakes we invoke the return ol the bug-a-bug. A inend trom Marshall as sent uaa snuke for our ca. binet. It Was supposed to be of the double-headed tribe. itis admitted now by naturalists that no such animal has been discovered. The close similarity of buth ends of this especies of snake, and the extreme mnuteness of its eyes have probably produced the i!lusior. ; but the unprovements which modern art has made in optics have discovered a head and a tail The sivke sent us is about eight inches lons, of a dark brown cvlor, both ends truncated, eyes extremely small, scarcely discerni- ble by the unaided vision, and pluced near toyvether on the top of the head. We brought it under the focus of a microscope and feel buld to pronounce it a one headed fio eyed animol. Ti nny be urouguc by some that we have an unusual penchant for puimels this monih. Be it so then, we cannot help it. We have an invincible horror of the beasts ¢. and it is our aetiled conviction thet the man HERALD. | whom the sight of one does render an incurable paralyt- ick. ‘Jn fit for treasons, stretagems and apoils! Let no such man: be trusted, A few evenings since a hugh black snake made a friendly visit to residence of a friend of ours. He had ascended a colunm of the verandah near the door, where with great apparent gravity and patience he was no doubt waiting for an opportunity to enter. As soun as the door was opencd he announced his personage by a anokish hiss. A light was putin requisition to ascertain the owner of so unusual a sound, when. his snakeship offended, as any well bred gentleman would be at so discourteous a scrutiny of his countenance turned off ‘in disgust, and was about making himself scarce. The immates however were unwilling that he should leave without some token of their recogni- tion; and as he vppeared to be getting in a hurry they availed themself of the door-bar as the medium of their part of the salutation. A friendly application just between his body and his head—namely his neck, seemed to recal him to a sense of the impropricty of vo. unceremonious an exit, when he halted and,bowed and floundered and grinned with all tie grace and elegance ‘of divine Funny herself. Another application and a- gain he commenced the pantomime, and continued to nrise in extacy until nature sank under the weight of Diiss. As neither his head nor his hide could now be of ferther use tc him, a gentleman of the craft: which Mr. Weller would call. “sawbones,” bore ‘away the body for decapitation, since when we have heard nothing from him saving that he had two enormous fangs ly- ing longitudinally on hia jaw, but which he was inca. pable of erecting—after death we suppose. He men, -ured eix feet, : ses AS In the last number of the “Luminary,” there are some remarks on the loss of the Royal Albert, that deserve no other notice than to apprize the “worthy” editor of our knowledge of his design. The whele piece is a tissue of foolishness falsehood and groundless conjecture, and written with ne other aim than to in. jure-us, whovare the “worthy passenger” referred to. The editor in this is probably only the tuol of others, aid is therefure to be pitied. It is not pretended that nothing was drank on board; nor even that we had not drank more than we should (a single drop heing too inch as itis altogether unnecessayy) nor is it mar- vellous that men after fatigue and anxiety should take a nap, but that any were in the state insinuated by the “Luminary” is such a falsehuod as the “worthy” ecitor alone could utter. To Corresronpests.—It is beginuing to be fashiona- ble with correepondents to put at the bottom of their effusions, ““N, B. Please correct errore, but do’nt a- bridge.” Now this is sometimes impossible ; because the errors ag frequently consist-in a vague verbosity and inconsistency of words as in any thing else. We must hereafter claim the linerty of proning or am plifyingas the ease may requre, or submit to the mor. tification of surpressing, —————eeEeeE Es TAKE NOTICE That Henrietta Carey having left my bed and board, and taken up her residence at another part of the coast, 1 intend to apply to the prop- per authorities of this commonwealth for a di- vorce from the said Henrietta Carey. All per- sons feeling themselves interested are hereby warned to appear. Jonas Carey. Marshall, Noy. 13th 1842. CcCCtKo.{CC$ttoml{{{aannh':="=—==3 SELECTED EXTRACTS. a ne Sa ae As tees SRL Use or THE Barometer.—l. The rising of the mercury presages in general fair weather, and in falling foul weather, as rain, snow, high winds, and storms. 2. In hot weather, especially if the wind is south, the sudden falling off of the mercury foretells thun- der. 3. In winter the rising indicates frost; and in froaty weather, if the mercury falls three or teur divisions, there will follow a thaw ; but if it rises in a continued frost, snow may be expected. 4. When foul weather happens soon after the fall of the mercury, it will not be of long duration; nor are we to expect a continuance of fair weather when it soon succeeds the rising of the quicksilver. 5. If in foul weather the mercury rises considera- bly, and. continues rising twoor three days before the foul weather is over, a continuance of fair wea- ther may he expected to follow. 6. In fair weather, when the mercury falls much and low, and continues falling for two or three days before rain comes, much wet weather may be ex- pected, and probably high winds. 7. The unsettled motion of the mercury indicates changeable weather. 8. Respecting the words engraved on the register plate of the barometer it may be observed that they cannot be strictly relied upon to correspond exactly with the state of the weather; though it will in general agree with them as to the mercury rising or falling. ‘The words deserve to be particularly no- ticed when the mercury removes from “changeable” upwards; as those on the lower part should be ad- verted to when the mercury falls from “changeable” downwards.—- Newark Sentinel. Important to sufferers from the Toothach—At a meeting of the London Medical Society, Dr. Blake stated that he was “able to. cure. the most desperate W. Davia and Mrs. Jones. 3 ee. ¢* 628 of toothach (unless the disc@:e was connected, With rheumatism,) by the application of the tollow ing remedy to the decayed tooth: Alum reduced to an impalpable powder, two drachins j—nitrous spir- it of wther two drachms. Mix and appl t the tuoth.” ee a th a Farmer’s Rawr Strop—'Take a strap of thick harness leather, the size you want fora strop, and fasten it at each end upon a piece of wood, then’ rub upon its surface a piece of tin (any tin dish will do) until it is smooth. Strap your razor upon this, and you will find it worth al! the patent strops that ever were invented.—Late paper. a MARRIED, In this town, on the 10th inst. by Rev, H. Teage¢ Mr. R. §. Jones to Miss Christiana Smith. Both of this place, ‘ es DIED In this town, on the 4th inst. Mr. Clement Fuller, at. ter a long and Jingering illness. . Mr. F. , was a member of the M. E. Church tn this place. ‘ Iu this town, on the same day, Mr. Severe lately from Tennessee. In this town,on the 7thinst. Mra. Luckey lately from Tennessee, ‘ In this town, on the 11th inst. Mrs, Ray lately from Tennessee, In thir town, on the 15th inst. Mrs. Mary Anderron, consort of A. W. Anderson, after a tedious illnesses Mrs. A. wasa member of the Baptist Church at Calde well, She died in triumph. In this town, on the 16th inst. Mr. Tennessee. In this town, on the 17th inst Mrs. Mary Brown, of. ter a short but painful illness. Mra. B. was a niember of a Baptist Church in this place. She dicd in trie umph, In this town, on the 23d inst. Sylvanus Brown after a long and lingering illness ; S. wae a memher of the M. E. Church in this place. His end was peace. Ray lately from ‘WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. ~o_SS__=_aaE ARTICLES, PER FROM TO Racon, uy : Beads, pound, Beef, cargo No. 3 Blue Bafts, < Ps. Bricks, ‘ = 1000 Butter, < ° Firkin Candles Sperm, Lb. Cheese, ° ° s Corn meal, je Bbl. Checks domestic, Ps. Cotton white, Bale Calicoes, assorted, various Flour superfine Bbl. Guns, z : Box. Iron, bara, Cwt. Lead, pig, “ Lard, 24 Keg, Lime, . Cask Molasses Gal'on Mackerel Bbl. Nails : 10615. Oil paint Gallon Oi} palm “ Pork : Bbl. Pots iron Cwt. Powder Bll. Dozen Bbl. Padlocks Porter. S “ Pipes gumbo Box Prints assorted Various Romauls : Fs,0 Salt = e Ton Sugar loaf Lb. Suyar brown A Shoes ° Box Slippers #6 Soap ° Shad 2 . Satin stripe . Tobacco 2 Washhand howle Wines : < none none none Ps. 100/bs Dozen MARINE LIST. PORT OF MONROVIA. ARRIVALS. Nov. 2. Colonial sloop Nathan Bangs, Howard mas* ter, trom the leeward. “3. Britieh brig: Ellen Jenkenson, Brown master, from the leeward. ** 4. H. B. M. brig Ferrett, Qak commanding from the winward, 10. Colonial Cutter Termagant, Cooper master, from the winward. «Colonial achooner Pedjar, Smith master, from the leeward. “« “ the sa'd epuadrone tobe independent of each other, but the two Gov. ernments stinplating, nevertheless to give such or. ders to the. officers commanding their respective forces, as shell enible them most effectually In act mn concert ; and COmOperetion, Upon mutta! consulta. tion, as exivencies muy erise, for the attainment ot the true object of tiis article; cones of all such or- ders to be communicated by each Government to the other respectively. ARTICLE Ix. Whereas, notwithstanding, all efforts wh'ch may be made on the Coast of Africa for suppressing the Siave ‘rade, the facilities for carrying on that traffic and avoiding the vigilance of cruisers by thy fraudulent use of flags and other means, are 0 grea', and the teinptations for pursuing it, while a marke can be found for slaves, so stron:, as that the desired: result may be long delayed, uniess all marke's be shat agaist the purchase of Alrican heproes 3 the parties to this treaty agrec that they will uuite in i tive. and placed before him golden. dates, welder fies {throuvh it, | found a treasure. of this treaty; and the ! | treasure that might be couceaccd Leveath it; iON: : ee te ——— ‘all becoming representations and remonstranceg with any and all Powers within whose dominions such markets are allowed to exist ; and that they wij] urge upon all such Powers the propriety and dut of closing such markets at once and for ever. ARTICLE X. It is agreed that the United States and Her British Majesty shall, upon mutual requ'sitions by them, or their Ministers, officers, or authorities, repiicctives ly made, deliver up to justice all persons ‘who being charged with the criine of murder, or aks sault with intent to commit murder, or piracy, or arson, or robbery, or forgery, or. the ullerance of forged papere, committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum, or shal] he. tovid within the territories of the other; provided that this shall only be done upon ench evidence. of criminality as, according to the laws of the place Where the fugitive or person go charged, shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commit. ment for trial, if the crime or offence hed there -been committed ; and. the respective judyes and other Inagistrates of the two Governments shall have power, jurisdiction, and authority, upon complaint made under oath, to issne a warrant for the appre. hension of the fugitive or person so charged, that he my be brought before such Judges or other magistrates, respectively, to the end that the evi- dence of criminality inay be heard and considered 3 and if on such hearing, the evidence be deemed sufficient to sustain the charge, it shall be the duty of the examining judye or magistrate, to certify the same to the proper executive authority, that a Warrant may issue for the surrender of such fugi- Phe expense of such apprehension and de- livery shall be borne and defrayed hy the party who makes the requisition, and receives the fugitive, ARTICLE XI. The eighth article «f ‘hiv t eaty ehall be in force for five years from the date of the ratification, aid afterwards until one or the other party shall sini fy a wish to terminate it. The te.th article shall continue in force untilone or the other party shall signi'y its wish t) terminate it, and no longer. ARTICLE XII The present treaty shall be duly ratified, and the mutual exchange of ratifications shall tale place in London, within six months froin the date here. f, or ear'ier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective. Plenipo. tentiaries, have sizned this treaty, aud have here-in- ; to affixed our sedis, Done in duplicates at Washinetor, the ninth diy i of August, Anno Domini, one thous ind eight hun. | dred and thirty-two, ASHBURTON, DANIEL WEBSTER, [srat.] eee The Lind helpeth Man and By tst—Diuringe lis march to conquer the world, Alexiaider the Mace. donian, came toa people in Atrica, whe dwelt ina remote and secluded corner in peaceful ints, and knew neither war nor conqueror. They led bite the hut of their chief, who received him [SEAL.] hospitably, eid bread of gold. Do you eat gold inthis counties? said Alexander, [take it tor pranted, (rey hed thes chhef) that thou wert ableto. find eatsble ford ayy thine own countrys For what reason then ort then come among us? Your gold has not: tensed yo hither, said Alexander, but> 1} would Witling'y Te. , come acquainted with wour manners ard: custome, So be iy rejoined the other, sajourn HNO Us yg long as it pleaseth thee. At the clere or this con. as inte ther court of justice. The plainti® said, | bought ot thie qean aperve of land, and as Twas anaking a dee Cran Vhis is nop oy he, tor T only bargained for the land, and net tor ony end yet the former owner of the land oil ret receive it, The detendant. answered: 1 hope Dohase a conscience as wellas my fellew citizen, Tsoi him the land with allits contingent, as well av sv. ieting advantages, and corsequentiy the Ueasuie inclusively. The chief, who was atthe ene tine ther. preme judye, recanitulated their words, in cree that the parties might see whether or no he wndce stood them aright. Then after some reflection Rud: Thou host a sor, trien’, | believe? Yes! And thou (addressing the other) a danghier? Yes! —Wel! then, jet thy eon marry hy diugdhier, ard bestow the treasure on the yeunp couple for ther Inarringe portion, Alexander secmed surprised wid perplexed. "Think you my renterce unjust! ibe chiet asked hin. Oh, ne, ve pied Averxenoer, but it asfonishes me. And how, thens rejomed the eh es would the case have been decoded wm your: « ie trvI—Vo conlers the thith, saad Alessoder. we should have ‘taken both pares inte evstedy, sid have seized the treasur for the king’s ure. Pes king’s use! pxelagued the chiet, new du bis astonished. Does the sunshine. on that coun i»? —O yes! Dees it rain there —Arsurediv. Wen dertul! but are there tame ar uals: inthe countey thay Jive on the wrasse ard f-ecn herbs 2 Very Wnts wandof many kinds Aye, that must be the enu-e, said the chie!; for the sake of these MMOCENE pie twils the Ail-erscioue Beise continues to fet he su shine end ihe rain drop down on your country, — Coleridge. 2 +] ie tlie When Joha, duke of Aujoa advanced tuweras Na. 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Basa Cove, Judge Hanson, Sinve. i Subscribers in America will order the paper through, -and pay tothe following AGENTS FoR THE Liperra HERALD. Rey. Joun B. Pinney, Gen. Agt. Philadelphia, Rev. W. Myune, Richmond, Virginia. W. De Lacy Esq. Norfolk, “ Wim. Crane, * . Baltimore, Md. Rev. J. M. Aten, Philadelphia, lov. S. H. Cone, New York, Dr. A. Provprit, $6 “ From Kirke’ White. Picrures oF Misery. Jt is common for busy and active men to be- hold the occupations of the retired and the con- templative person with contempt. They con- sider his speculations as idle and unproductive ; as they participate in none of his feelings, they are strangers to his motives, his views, and his delights; they behold him elaborately employed on what they conceive forwards none of the in- terests of life, contributes to none of its gratifi- cations, removes none of its inconveniences ; they conclude, therefore, that he is led away by the delusions of futile philosophy, that he labours for no good, and lives to no end. Of the various frames of mind which they observe in him, no one seems to predominate more, and none ap- pears tu them more absurd, than sadness, which seems, in some degree, to pervade all his views, and shed a solemn tinge over all his thoughts. Sadness, arising from no personal grief, and con nected with no individual concern, they regard as mvonstruck. melancholy, the effect of a mind overeast with constitutional gloom, and diseased with habits of vain and fanciful speculation — ¢We can share with the sorrows of the unfor- tunaty,’ say they, ‘but this monastic spleen mer- its only our derision; it tends to no_ beneficial purpose, it benefiis neither its possessor nor socie- ty? Those who have thoucht a little more on this subject than the gay and busy crowd will draw conclusions ofa different nature. That there-is a sulness springing from the noblest and purest sgurees, a sadness friendly to the human heart, and, by direct consequence, to human na- ture inven ral, is a truth which a little illustra- tion will render tolerably clear, and which, when understood in its full force, may probably con- vert contempt and ridicule into respect. I set out, then, with the proposition, that the man who thinks deeply, especially if his reading bs extensive, will, unless his heart be very cold ant very light, become habituated to a pensive, or, With more propriety, a mournful cast of thought. This will arise from two or more par- ticular sources—lrom the view of human. nature in general, as demonstrated by the experience both of past and present times, and from the con- templation of individual instances of human de- pravity and of human suffering. The first: of these is, indeed, the last in the order of time, for his general views of humanity are in a manner consequential, or resulting from a special ; but I have inverted that order for the sake of pers- picuity. Of those who have occasionally thought on these subjects, | may, with perfect assurance of their reply, inquire what have been their sensa- tions when they have, for a moment, attained a more enlarged. an! capacious notion of the state of man in all its bearings and dependencies. They have found, and the profoundest philoso- phers have done no more, that they are envelop- ed in mystery, and that the mystery of man’s situation is not without alarming and fearful circumstances. ‘They have discovered that all they know of themselves is thit they live, but that from whence they came or whither they are going, is by nature altogether hidden ; that im- penstrable gloom surrounds them on every side, and that they even hold their morrow on the credit of to day, when it is, in fact, buned in the vague and indistinct gulf of the ages to come !— These are refle ‘tions deeply interesting, and lead to others so awful, that many gladly shut their eyes on the giddy and unfathomable depths which seem tostretch before them. The medi- tative man, however, endeavours to pursue them to the farthest stretch of the reasoning powers, and to enlarge his conceptions of the mysteries of his own existence ; and the more he learns, and the deeper he penetrates, the more cause MONROVIA, LIBERIA, ‘ ' PUBLICUM BONUM PRIVATO EST PRAEFERENDUM does he find for being serious, and the more in- ducements to be continually thoughtful. If, again, we turn from the condition of mor- tal existence, considered in the abstract, to the qualities and characters of man, and his condition ina state of society, we see things perhaps equal- ly strange and infinitely more affecting —IJn the economy of creation, we perceive nothing incon- sistent with the power of an all-wise and. ell- merciful God A perfect harmony runs through all the parts of the universe. Plgto’s sirens sing not only from. the planetary octave, but through all the minutest divisions of the stupendous whole; order, beauty, and perfection, the traces of the great Architect, glow through every par- ticle of his work. At man, however, we stop: there is one exception. The harmony of order ceases, and vice and misery disturb the beauti- ful consistency of creation, and bring us first ac- quainted with positive evil. We behold men carried irressistibly away by corrupt principles and vicious inclinations, indulging in propensi- tics, destructive as well to themselves as to those around them ; the stronger oppressing the weak, er, andthe bad persecuting the good! we see the depraved in prosperity, the virtuous in ad- versity, the guilty unpunished, the deserving overwhelmed with unprovoked —misfortunes.. From hence we are tempted to think, that He, whose arm holds the planets in their course, and directs the comets along their eccentric orbits, ceases to exercise his providence over the affairs of mankind, and leaves them to be governed and directed by theimpulses of a corrupt heart, or the blind workings of chance alone. Yet this is inconsistent both with the wisdom and good- ness of the Deity. If God permit evil, he caus- es it: the difference is casuistical. We are led therefore, to conclude, that it was not always thus ; that man wai created in a far different and far happier condition; but that, by some means or othet, he has forfeited the protection of his Maker. Here then isamystery.. The ancients, jed by reasonings alone, perceived it with a- mazement, but did not solve the problem, They attempted some. explanation of it by the fume fiction of a golden age and its cession, where, by a circular mode of reasoning, they attribute the introduction of vice to their gods having deserted the earth, and the desertion of the gods to the in- troduction of vice. This, however, was the logic of the poets: the philosophers disregarded the fable, but did not dispute the fact it was intend- ed to account for. They often hint at human degeneracy, and some unknown curse hanging over our being, and even coming into the world along with us. Pliny; in the preface to his ‘seventh Hook, has this remarkable passage: “The animal about to rule over the rest of the created animals lies weeping, bound hand and foot, making his first entrance upon life with sharp pangs, and this for no cther crime than that heis born man.”’—Cicero, in a passage, for the presevation of which we are indebted to St. Augustine, gives a yet stronger idea of an exist- ing degeneracy in human nature ;—‘Man,’ says he, ‘comes into existence, not as from the hands ofa mother, but of a step-dame nature, witha body feeble, naked, and fragile, and a mind ex- posed to anxiety and care, abject in fear, unmeet for labour, prone to licentiousness, in which, however, there still dwell some sparks of the di- vine mind, thouch obscured, and, as it were, in ruins.’ And, inanother place, he intimates it as a current opinion, that man comes into the world as intoa state of punishment expiatory of crimes committed in some previous stage of existence, of which we now retain no recollection. From these proofs, and from daily observa- tion and experience, there is every ground for concluding that man is in a state of misery and depravity quite inconsistent with the happiness for which, bya benevolent God, he must have heen created. We see glaring marks of this in our t'mes. Preju'lice alone blinds us to the ab- sucdity and the horror of those systematic mur- ders which go by the name of wars, where man falls on man, brother slaughters brother; where death, in every variety of horror, preys ‘on the finely-fibred human frame,’ and where the cries of the widow and the orphan rise up to heaven long after the thunder of the fight and the clang of arms have ceased, and the b nes of sons, brothers, and hnsban‘!s slain are grown white on the field. Customs like these vouch, with most miraculous organs, for the depravity of the human heart, and these are not the most mournful of those consi!erations which present themselves to the mind of the thinking man. Private life is equally fertile in calamitous per- version of reason, and extreme accumulation of misery. On the one hand, we see a large pro- portion of men sedulously employed in the educ- tion oftheir own ruin, pursuing vice in all its varieties, andsacrificing the peace and happiness (WEST-AFRICA) . of the innocent and unoffending to their own bru- , tal gratifications; and on the other, pain, mis- fortune, and misery, overwhelming alike the good and the bad, the provident and the improvi-- dent. But too general a view would distract our attention: let the reader pardon me if I sud- denly draw him away from the survey of the crowds of life to a few detached scenes. we will select a single picture at random. ‘The char- acter. is common. Behold that beautiful female, who is rallying a well dressed young man with so much gaiety and humour? Did you ever see so lovely a countenance? There is an expression of vivaci- ty in her fine dark eye which quite captivates one; and her smile, were ita little less bold, would be bewitching. How gay and careless she seems ! One would suppose she had a very light and happy heart. Alas! how appearances deceive! This gaiety is all feigned. It is her business to please, and beneath a fair and paint- ed outside she conceals an unquiet and forlorn breast. When she was yet very young, an en- g izing but dissolute young man took advantage of her simplicity, and of the affection with which he had inspired her, to betray her virtue. At first her infamy cost her many tears; but habit ‘wore away this remorse, leaving only a kind of indistinct regret, and, as she fondly loved her betrayer, she experienced, at times, a mingled pleasure even in this abandoned situation. But this was soon over. Her lover, on pretence of a Journey into the country, left her for ever. . She soon afterwards heard of his marriage, with an agony of grief which few can adequately con- ceive, and none describe. The calls of want, however, soon subdued the more distracting ebullitions of anguish. She had no choice left ; all the gates of virtue were shut upon her; and though she really abhorred the course, she was obliged to betake herself to vice for support. Her next keeper possessed her person without her heart. She has since passed through sever- al hands, and has found, by bitter experience, that the vicious, on whose generosity. she is thrown, are devoid ofall feeling but that of self- gratification, and that even the wages of prosti- tution are reluctantly and grudgingly paid. She now looks on all men as shirpers. She smiles but to entangle and destroy ; and while she sim- ulates fondness, is intent only on the extorting of that, at best poor pittance, which her necessi- ties loudly demand. Thoughtless as she may seem, she is not without an idea of her forlorn and wretched. situation, and she looks only to sudden -death as her refuge, against that time when her charms shall cease to allure the eye of ‘incontinence, when even the lowest haunts of infamy shall be shut against her, and, without a friend or a hope, she must sink under the pres- sure of want and disease. But we will now shift the scenea little, and select another object. Behold yon poor weary wretch, who, with achild wrapt in her arms, with difficulty drags along the road. The man with a knapsack, who is walking before her, is her husband, and is marching to join his regiment. He has heen spending, at a dram-shop in the town they have just left, the supply which the paleand weak appearance of his wife proclaims was necessary for her sustenance, He is ‘now half drunk; and is venting the artificial spirits which intoxication excites in the abuse of his weary helpmate behind him. She seems to lis- tento his reproaches in patient silence. Her face will tell you more than many words, as, with a warmand meaning look, she surveys the little wretch who is asleep on her arms. The turbulent brutality ofthe man excites no atten- tion: she is pondering on the future chance of life, and the probable lot ofher heedless. little one. One other picture, and I have done.- The man pacing witha slow step and languid aspect over yon ‘prison-court was once a fine dashing fel'ow, the admiration of the ladies, and the envy of the men. He is the only representative of‘a once respectable family, and is brought to this situation by unlimited indulgence at that time when the check is most necessary. He began to figure in genteel life at an early age. His mis. judging mother to whose sole care ho was left, thinking no alliance too good for her darling, cheerftilly supplied his extravagance, under the idea that it would not last long, and that it would enable him to shine in those circles where she wished him to rise. -But he soon found that habits of prodigality, once well gained, are never eradicated. His fortune, though genteel, was not adequate to such habits of expense. His unhappy parent lived to see him make a degrad- ing alliance, and come in danger of a jail, and then died of a broken heart. His affjirs soon wound themselves up. His deb(s*erdre enor- mous, and hehad nothing to pay them with. DECEMBER Yew (HILARY TEAGE EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. . 23, 1842. NO. 2, — He has now been in that prison many years, and since he is excluded from the benefit of an insolvency act, he has made up his mind to the idea of ending his days there. His wife,-whose beauty had decoyed him, since she found he could not support her, deserted him for those who could, leaving him, without friend or companion, to pace, with measured steps, over the court of a country jail, and endeavour to beguile the las- titude of imprisonment, by thinking on the days that are gone, or counting the squares in his grated window in every possible direction, back- wards, forwards, and across, till he sighs to find the sum always the same, and that the more an« xiously we strive to beguile the moments in their course, the more sluggishly they travel, If these are accurate pictures of some of the varieties of human suffering, and if such pictures are common even to triténess, what conclusions must we draw as to the condition of man in gen- eral, and what must be the prevailing frame of mind of him who meditates much on these sub- jects, and who, embracing the whole tissue of causes and effects, sees Misery invariably the offspring of Vice, and Vice existing in hostility to thesintentions and wishes of God? Let the meditative man turn where he will, he finds’tra- ces of the depraved state of Nature, and her con- sequent misery. History presents him with little but murder, treachery, and crimes of every des« cription. Biography only strengthens the view by concentrating it. The philosophers remind him of the existence of evil, by their lessons how to avoid or endure it; and the very poets them- selves afford him pleasure, not unconnected with regret, as, either by contrast, exemplification, or deduction, they bring the world and its circume stances before his eyes That such a one, then, is prone to sadness, who will wonder? Ifsuch meditations are bene- fivial, who will blime them? The discovery of evil naturally leads us to contribute our mite to- wards the alleviation of the wretchedness is in« troducés. While we lament vice, we learn to shun it ourselves, and to endeavour, if possible, to arrest its progress im those around us; and in these high and lofty speculations, we are insen- sibly, led tothink humbly of ourselves, and to lift upour thoughts to Him who is alone the fountain of all perfection and the source of all good. MELANCHOLY. Philosophers have divested themselves of their natural apathy, and poets have risen above them- selves, in descanting on the pleasures of Melan- choly. There is no mind so gross, no under- standing so uncultivated, as to be incapable, at certain moments, and amid certain combinations, of feeling that sublime influence upon the spirits which steals the-soul from the petty anxieties of the world ‘And fits it tohold converse. with the gods.’ I must confess, if such there be who never felt the divine abstraction, | envey them not their insensibility. For my‘own part, it is from the indulgence of this soothing power that I derive the most exquisite of gratification; at the calm hour of moonlight, amid ali the sublime serenity, the dead stillness of the night; or when the howling storm rages in the heavens, the rain pelts on my roof, and the winds whistle through the crannies of my apartment; 1 feel the div ne mood of melancholy upon me; i imagine myself placed upon an eminence, above the crowds who pant below in the dusty tracks of wealth and honour. The black catalogue of crimes ani of vice, the sad tissue of wretchedness and woe, passes in review before me, and J look down up- on man with an eye of pity and commisseration. Though the scenes which I survey be mournful, and the ideas they excite equally sombre ; though the tears gush as I contemplate them, and my heart feels heavy with the sorrowful emotions. which they inspire ; yet are they not unaccom- panied with sensations of the purest and most ecstatic bliss. It is to the spectator alone that Melancholy is forbidding ; in herself she is soft and interesting, and capable of affording pure and unalloyed de- light. Ask the lover why he muses by the side of the purling brook, or plunges into the deep gloom ofthe forest? Ask the unfortunate why he seeks the still shades of solitude ? or the man who feels the pangs of disappointed ambition, why he retires into the silent walks of seclusion ? and he will tell you that he derives a pleasure therefrom which nothing else can impart. It is the delight of Melancholy ; but the melancholy of these beings is as far removed from that of the philosopher, as are the narrow and contract- ed complaints of selfishness from the mournful regrets of expansive philanthropy; as are the desponding intervals of insanity from the occa: sional depressions of benevolent sensibility. The man who has attajaed*that calm mity which qualifies him to look down petty evils of life with indifference ; who can so r conquer the weakness of nature as‘to consid- er the sufferings of the individual of little mo- ment, when put in competition withthe welfare of the community, is alone the true philosopher. His melancholy is of his own misfortunes; it has its rise from the contemplation of the miseries incident to life, and the evils which obtrude themselves upon society, and interrupt the harmony of nature: It would be arrogating too much merit to myself to assert that I have aust claim to the title of a philoso- pher, as it is here defined; or to say that the speculations of my melancholy hours are equally disinterested : be this as it may, I have determin- ed to present my solitary effusions to the public ; they will at least have the merit of novelty to recommend them, and may possibly, in some measure, be instrumental in the melioration of the human heart, or the correction of false pre- possessions ‘This is the height of my ambition ; this once attained, and my end will be fully ac- complished. One thing J can_ safely promise, though far from being the coinages of'a heart at ease, they will contain neither the querulous captiousness of misfortunes, nor the bitter taunts of misanthropy. Society is a ckain of which I am merely a link; all men are my associates in error; and though some may have gone farther in the ways of guilt than myself, yet. it is not in me to sitin judgment upon them; it-is mine to treat them rather in pity than in anger, to 'ament their crimes, and weep over their sufferings. As these papers will be the amusement of those hours of relaxation, when the mind recedes from the® vexations of business, and sinks into itself for a moment of solitary ease, rather than the ef- forts of literary leisure, the reader will not ex: pect to find in then unusual elegance of language, or studied propriety of style. In the short and hecessary intervals of cessation fiem the anxie- ties of an irksome employment, one finds little time to ke solicitous about expression. If, there- fore, the fervour ofa glowing mind expresses it- self in too warm and luxuriant a manner for the cold ear of dull properity, let the fastidious critic find a selfish pleasure in dectying it. To cristicism melancholy is indifferent. From ihe'Times. WEST COAST OF AFRICA.APPENMX TO THE PARLIAMENTARY REPORT. " In November, 1840, Dr. Madden, who was for- merly a stipendiary magistrate in the West Tudies, and subsequently connected with the Mixed Com. mission at Havannah, received from Lord John Ros. sell instructions 10 preeeed 9s commissioner to investigate various matters connected with the ad- ministration and condition of the British settlements onthe West Coast of Africa. is inquiry was to be opened on the Gold Coast. Thence he was to proceed to Sierra Leone and the settlements on the river Gambia, with the view of ascertaining their various advantages and disadvantages. Dr. Madden was instructed hy the Colonial Secretary to direct his particular attention to the slave trade, as: re- presentations had been mede to Government by Mr. Maclean, that facilities had been afforded to the slave traders hy the tmavistrates and members of the Council at Cape Coast. Castle. [le was also to investigate the subject of mortality, and to ascertain whether the destruction. of biman life which cecured to Furoperns. in that porlion of the world was to be attributed to the general nature of the ceast, the peculiar situation of the settle. ments, er the want. of care in respect fo sewerage, ventilation, or medical precaution. He was dircet- ed to make inquiry as to-the prespects of emigra- tion from Sierra Leone tu. the British West India colonies, and to ascertain whether there was any considerable class of persons disposed to emigrate to these colonies. With these instructions, Dr. Madden sailed to the western coast of Africa. Having previously published in our columns copious extracts from the report of the Select Committee on the Western Coast of Africa, it is now our purpose to lay before the public an abstract of the appendix to that report. The appendix contains many points of extreme interest. In 1827, owing to the heavy expense incurred by Sir Charles M’Carthy in his disastrous war with the Ashantees, the English Government withdrew all the public establishments from the coast, and gave up the forts to the merchants, to be held by them as ‘ factories, It was then determined that the forts should be detivered over to the merchants on the following conditionas—viz, that the two principal forts of Cape Coast Castle and Accra should re- main denendencies of Sierra Leone, that Britich’ law should continue in force there, and that the afftirs ‘of the forts should be chiefly managed by a committee of merchants of London, appointed by the Government. Five of the merchants were to be formed into a council of nmgistrates for the purpose of regulating the internal affairs of the forts &c. The sum of 4,000), rer annum was to be granted to the London committee, to prepare the building and garrison tle forts. ‘I'he forts for- mer!y occupied by the African committee were the following :—Appo!onia, Succondee, Commerda, Coromantyn, Tantumquarry, Winebah, and Why- dah. The forts that are now kept Coast Castle, James Fort, Accra, Anamaboe, and Dixcove. Cape Coast Castle is’ the largest of these forts, The anomalous system of government pursued, and the total absence of a judicial establichment in Cape Coast Castle, are’ much complained of. The government of this settle- ment is administered by a President of the Coun- up are, Cape not excited by the retrospcet — ee —— SC - ' amongst the garrison has been for LIBERIA cil, a military commandant, and a surgeon. The following are their respective salaries :— President of the Council .. 2. ... £620 Secretary Ba Hes hyag 300 Commandant of troops 200 Surgeon we oe 200 The troops at Cape Coast Castle are commarided by an’ European. ‘The native population of Cape oast (Castle is 5,000; European merchante, 12; missionaries, 6; and other white resident, 12 or more. The Europeans occupy about 18 stone houses, valued at 1,0U0L to 2,G00/. sterling each. The natives live in “swish’’ houses made of mud, which becomes hard and durable, and they last as long ae the roof resists the rain. The authorities of the Castle exeicise power over the wholeol tle country, from Dixcove to Accra, an extent of 120 miles. Civilization is said to be confined within the limits of the Castle. ‘The whole country about Cape Coast Castle is one great wilderness of er- dure. It is only about 15 or 20 miles from the sea-side where civilization is carried on to any extent. From this distance the plantaine, yame, cassava, andcorn are carried on the heads of the women to market, with their injants slung across their backs. The men ticat Ue wonen in the most revolting manner, making them do ali the drudgery of labour. The consequence of this brutal treatment are, the women suffer from pre- mature exhaustion, decrepitude, and decay. The soil’ is poor on the sea-side, but four miles inland it is fit for any kind of tropical produce. Mr. Swan- sey made an-attempt to introduce the growth of cotton and coffee, and spent much time and money in the experiment. At his death the cultivation of cotton was neglecteds The cotton trees are now growing wild, and the cultivation is elirely given up. The. coffee grown on the western coast of Africa is said to be nearly approaching in quality to that of Mocha, but the heavy duty, Is. 8d. per pound, imposed on its importation into England amounts to an absolute prohibition of its growth. The trade of Cape Coast has considerably increas- ed of late years. s ont The following tabular statement of the exports and imports for the year 1839 wil! give some idea of the relative commercial advantages of the differ. ent settlements at Cape Coast, Sierra Leone, and Gambia — on eee oo Imports. into ——_ Exports from £ 194,576 58,440 162,789 —— £. 354,460 103,086 153,903 Cape Coast Sierra Leone Gambia tee 415,805 611,449 Anamaboe appears to be better adanted for trade. with Aehantee than Cape Coast. It is situated abont 11 miles from the former place. It is stated, that in a few years Anamaboe will have the great- er part of the trade of Cape Coast. The popuiation of the town is 4,100. The fort is built on land purchased from the Fantee nation. The mortality the last five years 1 in 17. Iv 1840 the imports amounted to 50,000.; the exports 10 60.000 ‘The trade. is principally carried-on in London and Bristol ships. The climate is the same as at Cape Coast. The rains set in the month of May, and continue for four months, which months are the musi sickly in the year. Accra_is 75 miles tothe eastward of Cape Coast. A considerable trade is carried on in The palm oil trade ‘is considerabiy on th The commandant of the fort, who governnent, has 100/. a tion is 4,000. The only connected with the Wesleyan missionaries. 34 British and 41 foreirn vessels visited British Accra last year. The soil on the coast is light and sandy, but a few miles inland it is excellent, though ‘vere is little cuitivation, exce)t. of veeetables. The Danes have established a coffee plantation, which is enid to produce excellent coffee. The only difficulty in finding | species of preedial employment is t of wages, which is only 5s. currency a month, and Which is a very inadequate remuneration for a man’s labour. The gold dust which is brought down from the interior is obtained from the alluvial sands and soi!, and ig Washed down from. the mountains composed of granite, gneiss, and quartz. At Cape Coast even the sWeepings of the streets are impregnated with pold. ‘These are gathered up and subjected to repeated Washings, and the average suin that a whole Jay’s labour at. this employment will bring a woman will not exceed 2d. or 3d. a day. Acera is divided into British, Dutch, and Danish Accra; the Dutch fort and settlement are of less importance than the Danish ; the fort of the latte r, called Christian-burg, is ou alate scale. It has about 80 or 90 guns mount. ed. Dixcoye.—This distric along the sea-coast, and interior. The iinports and exports are said to be about 20,0002. or 30,0002. Last year 40 British veesels anchored in the roadstead. Elmina is the largest and most important of the Dutch forts and sett! a Dut ements on the Gold Coast, and is situated nine miles to the Westward of Cape Coast. The tawn is considerable, and the trade with Ashantee is of some importance, In this portion of the appendix will be found the various suggestions made by the select committee with the view of altering the present system of vovernment on the Gold Coast. Si Slavery on the Gold Coaat extent among the natives, chiefly for domestic sery labour, are treated w quently compuratively no wars now to obtain this. port. e inciecse. administers the year. The native popula- place of worship-is one abourers or any he ordinary rate t extends for 40 miles about 30 miles into the . prevails to a preat ‘yy ° _ Those slaves which are service, and not for predial ith mildnese, and are conge- happy. The Fantees make their slaves; those which they hold are either born in bondage, or are what are called “slaves of the house,” and are more leniently treated than others; or are purchased in he neighbouring countries, were the slave-trade ir still carried on; or they are taken in “pawn” either for the debts of others or themselves ; and, not being able to pay these debts, they lapse into HERALD. very. : ‘ erie palm-oil trade is carried on to a considerable extent in the river Bonny. The average import of this oil into the port of Liverpool for some years past has been about 12,000 tons a year, value about 400,000/. Three-fourths of this vil are exported from the Bonny and the other outlets of the Niger, and it gives employment to 12 or 15,000 tons of shipping per annum. he price of palm oil, duty paid, varies from. 331. to 341. per tun. The people of Bonny, who have. managed to get this trade into their hands, are one of the most bar- barous, dishonest, and treacherous races in this part of Africa. Our extensive commercial relations with them for nearly 30. years have not produced any chanve in their savage customs and superstitions. By all aceounts, even by the admissions of the mas- ters of the merchant vessels in this trade, they have not. undergone the Jeast improvement. “The following account of one of their horrid practices was given me (says the Doctor) by one of those captains who was himself cognizant of the cir-, cumstances he described, in a case of human sacri fice, which occurred in the year 1840 ;—My infor- mant and the other masters of Finglish vessles then at anchor in the Bonny, when they went ashore were frequently in the habit of seeing a little negro girl, about 10 years of age, who had been brought down froin the upper country, and placed under the charge cf one of the natives at Bonny previously to being sacrificed hy the jujumen or priests of that place. The masters ofthe British. vessels frequently saw the child, and were not ignorant of the intended sac- rifice of it. This kind of sacrifice, it seems, is made orce in each king’s reyrn. ‘The child must be with- outspot or blemish. If there is the slightest erip- tion onthe skin, or the smallest. scratch, the child is held unfit for sacrifice. Consequently, the person placed in charge of the child. was extremely careful to preserve it Irom hurt or injury, and in the present case seemed in the greatest alarm at all times lest any accident should hajpen to it, The little girl Was suffered to coabout, todo whatever she: liked, and 1:0 O1e dared to punish orto contradict her. On the aspointed day she was placed on astave of planks placed across a canoe, and taken by some of the Bonny people over the bar of the river. ‘The men in the cance kept telling her they were guing to send her to see her father and mother; and while engaging her attention in this manner, they slipped the stage on which the poor child war sitting inte the sea, and, consigning her to the fetieh, they left herto godown. ‘The people in the canoe then pul- led ashore as fast as possible ; and at the very time this atrocity was sufferc:! to be committed a tremen- dous torvado set in, and the Dalhousie Castle, a British vessel loading in the river, was totally wrecked ou the bar. “This event, coupled with the murder that pre- ceded it, made a vreat ceneation at the time. The Bonny men could not bear to speak of itor te be spoken to of it; and the only reason given for this sacrifice was, that it was ‘to de good to Bonny men.’ I inquired why those who had seen the child so fre- quently had not interfered with the King to prevent suchan act? If they had been defrauded of a few dollars’ werth of rumor tobaceo, would they not im. mediately have remonstrated with King Peppel? But this was not a matier of trade, and there wos no Puglishman there to meld'e with it. Surely if there had been any British agent in this place he would not havesuflered this act to be committed without remnorstrating against its barbarity. But it is not the interest of humanity alone that would seem to require the wmetection of some consular avent of ours in this place; the interests ef cur trade demand it likewise. ‘The manner in which the trade is car- ried on inthe Bomy, and in which the nat:ves and: the crews of these ships are occasionally treated by the masters, calls for immediate attention. “The commanding naval officer on this station has been frequently obliged to visit the Boany, and take cogznizauce of cases of violence and injustice on the part of these persons either against the natives or their own peoyle.’” The following ie a return of the expenditure at Cape Coast Castle and ite dependencies, for 1838, 1839, and 1840, up to the 30th of September :— 1838. 12239. 1849, £ sil, £4, 1,83 0 10 1,478 15 58k 5 2! 556 7 197 10 0| 158 5 £ s.d. Soldiers oe «| 10028 8 Liuhourers 555 18 7 Cabhoceers... .. | 296 6'8 Sthools 4... 63.00 Canoe-hire... . Fort repairs Contingencies a, 63 00 50° 5 19 2 6 » 373 15 ‘ 8 355 17 33 10 6 390 210 330 19 6 Resident at 48 00 48 0 Cvuomassie + 3,360 6 313,538 10 8 2.968 10 5 It would appear from the examination of Mr. Pre. sident Maclean that the prevailing diseases of which the Europeans die at Cape Coast Castle are remittent orintermittent fevers: aul dysentery. ‘The majority of Buropeans are generally taken off between the ages of 18and 30, This locality is considered healthy when compaired with Jamaica, Cuba, or Barbadoes. The most sickly part of the year is from the 20th of July to the 20th of September. The remittent and intermittent fevers which prevail during these months (May, June, July, and August) are generally more fatal to those who have arrived from Europe late in life than to those who arrive out young. It appears from President Maclean's account, that the total abstinence from the use of spirite or other in. toxicating drinks is the reverse of beneticial to those persons arriving trom Europe, even when they ma have practised it safely and beneficially there. Dr. Cubbo'd, the medical officer resident at Cape Coast Castle, when examined upon the same point, in an- swer to the question, whether the moderate use of wine, spirits, and malt liquors was more calculated than the total abstinence from them to maintain a state of health in which the miasma of fever has the least influence on it, replies, “Malt liquor T strongly recommend in moderation, as alco spirits and wine; but either one or the other, the same person not using all.” Gampia.—lIn 1618 a company was formed in Eng- land with the view of establishing a trade on the river Gambia. The countries in Upper Gambia were said to be rich in gold, and even as far back ag 1618 T'iimbuctoo was considered the El Dorado of this part ofthe world. The government of Gambia is administerded by a Lieutenant-Governor, appoint. ed by the Crown. The colony isa dependency of Sierra J.eone, and has nocouncil or legislative body, The total imports and exports of this settlement irom 1836 to 1540 were as tolluws :— IMPORTS. . £ 114,772 99,762 105,625 153,903 105,397 Year. 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 we oe ow eee EXPORTS. Year. 1836 1837 a 1838 Rs 1839 ae eee 162.759 1840 ee f ss 124,669 The expenditure for the government, military pro. tection, and for the maintenance of liberated Atric ans of the Gambia, in the year. 1839, ainounted to 18,585), lds. 3 1-2d. Of this amount the col ny defrayed the sum of 6,002/. 9s. 10 1-2d. a The expenditure of the military establishment in. cluded in the first amount was 8,461/ 182. 5 1-2d.; and the expenditure for the liberated African depart. ment, included also in it, amuunted to 2,238/. Os. 23-4). ; The maintenance of the settlement and its estab. lishments then, deducing the amount detrsved by the colony, costs Great Britain the sum of 12,5364 2s, 5d. a year. I donot think any reduction can be made in the establisuments of the Gambia; ou the contrary, { think it is necessary to add to thein. There is neither church, chaplain, school, nor teacher maintained by the Governinent in thie col. ony. ee The salaries of the principal Government ‘officers are the following :-— Lieutenant-Governor, per annum ove Lieutenant-Governor, allowance for table- money ws ; Colonial Secretary a £ 147,732 138,226 * 129,498 oe L500 200 450 And Director of Liberated African Depart- ment Queen's Advocate ‘he pe Commandant of M’Carthy'’s Island Colonial Surgeon... eas eas And forage tor one horse. 93 Collector of the custums Clerk of the customs Harbour-master BE Bt 100 ‘There are, besides first and second clerks, clerks of the courts, clerks of the markets, gaolers, and constables, at fixed tralaries. ; The amount of revenue collected since the form>- tion of the settlements in 1816 to 1426, accordiny to the report of the Counnissioners of Tigquiry of Ines, amounted for these LO years to the sum of 21 7s. Tl. Tt averaged, in short, upwards of 2.0002 a year up to 1826 Liamounted, in 1339.10 fixed revei: Cs, 00) TB09L T2s.. and incidental revenues to 94 ‘ls. du. "Total, 7,9032 19s. Jd. Bissaos is the great stronghold of ihe Portugnese slave-trade.) ‘The istand of Burana is situated 20 niles to ihe southward of Bissaos, atilie entrar ® of the Rio Grande. Mis claimed both by the British and Portuguese. ‘The Nunez hes about 800- miles to the southward of the Gambia. A great deal of legal and legal trade is carried on in this TIVER On the subject of “fugitive siaves “iu British pete Nements.” the appendix betere us conta s much Valuable intenmation and aefleetion. It well known that slaves taking reiupe in our ecienes ure held ented to an asyluin, and that they ought not to be given up, on any Britis terridory, bv the authorities to persons claiming them as. shaves. In our British settlements on the western coast of Alrica there have been several instances oj Juyis live siaves being given up, in defiance of the pesitive injunctions of Government, upon the fiisy pretext or the hypothesis, that there is a difference between a fugitive slave who is accused ot no crime. but that of flight from slavery by his tate master, and one who has fled trom slavery, and is charged with ome crime when his aster demands the restoration of the siave from the authorines, —eeSeeauaoaoaooaao———————e LISELIA HINA. MONROVIA, LIBERIA, DECEMBER 23, 1812. ove 200 vei oO ase 130 4) 41 200 75 eee oe oe oon wee ~~ oe oe eogtepe we Is Last pays or Amuran.—'This celebrated Ainiean chieftan whose capiure we noticetl dircetly after jt oc curred perished by the basest peitidy. For years his prowess and activity maintained a-suc. cessful contest against the whole of Sharkah's forces, and more thon once he drove them back upon the very gates of Kendamah. The whole Vey country at lenuth took the alarm and combined againsthim. Being close. ly pressed by an oyer whelming force, Amurah reurd to a fastness which he had prepared against reverses. The walls of this town instead of being the rude frame stoccade of which the enclosures of african ‘war towns” are usually made to consist, were of earth, of great thickness and solidity. They were constructed of suc. cersive strata of well digested clay. The material after having been: sufficiently moistened with water, and thoroughly masticated by innumerable thumps of innu. merable lusty feet, was conveyed to the site of the ‘su. perstructure. Early in the murning a layer of a certain depth and the proper thickness was laid on, and left during the day exposed to the full force of the sun. By next morning it was sufficiently hard, when another wat laid on. Every moraing the process was repeated until he walls ziiained the intended height. A covering was then thrown over them projecting on each side so as to protect them from the attack of rain. He farther strengthened his position by a deep ditch around the whole fortification, Here Amurah retired, and whenever his assailants would venture “to close” his barricade his “big guns” and musketry from the portholes and embrasures would chide their rashness, and teach them that Amurah ‘be man” and was not to be played with “tall same he be boy.” . This fortification was the walls of Babylon to his cowardly assailants, and they regarded scaling the moon end carrying this place by storm fetes of equal prac. ucability. But what they wanted eourage todo manfully, they achieved by expedient. Beyond the reach of Amujali’s big guns, they erected a sufficient number of smal] towns” at convenient distances to encircle the whol enclosure, determined to prevent his egress and ‘sta him into stbmission. Having finished their “towns” they sent off and bought a ‘“war*’—that is procured Jarge number of mercenarics, stipulating that each one should pay himself in the event of a breaking up with whatever he should be able to steal. Although the “i. ‘on’ was thus completely hemined in, he was able to hold out a long time. fis foresight had provided a large store of provisions, and his walls enclosed an un- fuiling spring of excellent water. After some mouths of delay, the-enemy sent a flag of truce, and requested a parley. Amuroh consented, and appearing upon the walls held a conference, Condi- tions were submitted by “Prince Manah’’ the comman™ der-in-chief which the haughty spirit of Amurah rejected indignantly, and the conference was about coming to an abrupt-cluse, when the latter discovered: among his ene- anies the eon of his ancient friend King “Kiamo.” Am- urah mediately called him, aud the following conver- sation ensued— Amurah.—Kiamo, is your father dead ? Kiamo. Yes, Amurah.—Who be king in him place ? Kiamo. Me be king. Amurah.—What vou come do. here Iviamo. T come for make dis war set. Al} eoun. try spoil for dis war palaver. Amurah.—How dis war go set? Kiame Amurah.—Me one fight? You no eee all dem people dem gun? me -one fight? You one no fight—no more spose you stop fiyht—war candon, Amurah--Me stop fiidt for dem kil me allsame [ be fowl—no Lcunt stop fiehte —Fpore you stop, dem stop too, Amurah.—Who say 80, You must stop fight Kiamo. Iiamo Kiumo. de cay so— Amurah.—Spose Lstop what dey can do wid me. Here Manah and all dhe headinen united in assuring him protection and howorable weatment if he would lie ‘ dewa Ins arms. He requested a day to consider the matter, when he retired {rosy the wall and they to their “towns.” Vhe next day Amurah ealled them to the walls and after obtaining. from them. solemn assurance of protec. tion of his property his followers and) him elf, he opened the gates and. they marched. in. As soon as they had entered Manah dispatched a messenger to his royal Pather, King Shakah, informing him they had Possession ef the town and requesting to know. if he “lion” to Kendamah. The. Kine answer.—If you think it: would. be safe, Manah saw at once. the pleasure. of his frther, should earry. the sent this lneonie and his own feelings were strietly aecordant with his father’s, as he had long reearded Amurah a dangerous rival, who might one day prove an insuperable cbstacle in his way to the “horsetail.” Having pledged to Ainurah the most. golemn assur. ance of protection ard ‘safety, it required some days of anxious and solicituus planning to furnish a pretext for his treacherous and blocdy purpose. This he at length found in the haughty and indomitable spirit of his intended — victim. They had not been long in possession before Amuruah penetrated their design and in the sullenness of his character had resolved to meet his fate with calmness. As he was one morning re. lining in his hammock, one of Mannah’s slaves (tut: ;- ed for the business) approached and stood near him. Indignant at the unusual farmiliarity of such a charac: ter he demanded what he wanted—bid him begone and emptied the vial of his wrath, by adding “you etink” the highest degree of indignity in the estimation of an african, The insolent varlet maintaining his Amurah said, ! know what you sent you—he wants to kill me. He did not take my ‘ttown—I let him in—]. had Plenty rice and water and could have fought much longer. But he iT der ‘him in he: weuld make piace and now he wants to kill me. The slave went off. Ina few moments a rush was made upon him where he lay. He now saw_ his hour was come. He offered no resistance, but said’ he had only one request to make—that being a Mussel- man he wished time for devotion. For once the ava. ges delayed for a few moments to murder a fallen ene. my. As svon as the Jast word of his prayer fell from his lips, they threw him to the ground tied bim and cut his throat, position, want—your master said Amurah’s mother hearing an unusual bustle enquir. ed for her son. Some of the fiends took her by the hand and said they would lead her where he was, A LIBERIA moment & she belield him weitetiag in his blood. They | threw her upon the body yet quivering with life and cut her throat. Thus perished one of the vublest of the Vey's, Amurah was a noble fellow. Powerful and influen- tialin the country he was dreaded by all the chiefs and headmen. He was also very rich aud: possessed amon other valunbles a large amount of silver plate. In the days of his prosverity he has given us many a “iness” in silver basins of unwonted massiveness, each of the ca- pacity of a peck. It was of him we purchased a thou. sand dollars contained in a baz, inarked with the name ofa vesse] subsequently captured with slaves, and of which our fricnd Jum Dean Lake made such a flourish before a. committee of the. british house of commons: which money, @ part at least, we paid to John Dean Lake for goods purchased of him, at the same time giving im the bag ar his request to keep the money in, mst oF Diecemper.—This day destined to. be mein- orable in the history of Liboria, was observed with the usual display. At5 A. M. a gun from central fort announced the approach of duy—at 8 another from the sume place pro. claimed the ascent of the flags. At 10 the military formed in front of government house, whence they mov- ed off escorting the Governor, civil officers and citizens gencrally to the. Methodist Chnreh, The address on the ocension was delivered by Rey. F. Burns of the M. E. Chureh, To ‘say that we were delighted with the performance, would be but poor praise, Although it hid rath rao much at both enda that is (being less allegorical) rather prolix, the subject: was well sustained throughout, There were some few chrorological, and other minor errors, but not of suffi. cient impurtanceto impair iis gencral correctness aud integrity, The matter of the address could wot tail to reach the heart otevery man of color, sud awaken emo- tions at once melancholy and pleasing. "The speaker briefly noticed the origin of African siuvery, und correctly assigned itio Mropean cupidity and rehgious fanatics afier the discovery of America, but failed ae we. think in attempting to point out any features common to the ancient system of feudalism and vassalege in [urope and African avery jy the new world. The yv were bused upon principles altogether different—springing from dit ferent motives and directed to different objecia. The spenkers style was excellent. There was no noi- sy ranting, no uproaroua blustring—no labouring after hombastie phrases whieh darken sentinsent while they lengthen the sentence. There were some touches of genuine eloguenee, We refer especially to hie notice ofthe first theeting at AWeshington of the founders of Afsienn Colonization, Chiste, silent, sad farmenions itevas the epontianeaus flow of nature uygder deeply wrought feeling, It was decidedly dhe boat cddress ever delivered on the ceevasion, The address over, the preeession returne | to govern. At one P. M.. the fired and the day closed with the usual festivjties. ment house, national salute was We are informed by Capt Whittington. of the O¥rqne &Corgo” that the treaty between great Britain and the United) States hag that the) war steamer “Kite” which passed this a few days ago bears been ratified, and despatches to the british eruisers on the coast, with iustructions in’ pursuanes of the proyisions. of said treaty. These instructions it is said will insure to vessels hereafter visited) by boarding Officers a Jittle more cour. tesy-—will secure baracoons. even when. tenanted by slaves. from violence british torritery— and trading vessels whether colonial or foreign, from except oon being doggedly ordered off from a place sinyply because aslaver may have @hought fitto establish a baracoon there. We may now look fur the American squadron, ust returned from His semisannuyl visit to the leeward settlements, Dr. Johnson is. also up. We would advertise those who inay wish to place their children inthe seminary under the charge of this gentleman, of the opporiunity fa personal interview, ——_—————— SELECTED EXTRACTS. AN OLD MEASURE, The Rev. Thomas Doolittie, a godly, faithful ininister of the seventeenth century, having finish- ed prayer, looked round upon the congregation, and observing @ young man who had just been put into one of the pews, very uneasy in his situation, adopted the fuilowiug singular expedient to detain him, Turning to one of the members of his church, Who. sat in the gallery, he asked him this question aloud, “Brother do you repent of coming to Christ?" “No sir,” he replied, “T never was happy till I came; 1 only-repent that I did not come sooner.” The minister then turned to the oppposite yallery, and addressed himself to an aged member inthe same manner, “Brother, do you repent of coming to Christ?” %*No sire? said he, “I have known the Lord from my youth upwards.” He then looked down upon the young man, Whose attention was fully engaged, and fixing his eyes upon him, said, “Young jnan are you willing to cume to Christ?” This unexpected address from the pulpit, exciting the observation o! all the people, so affected him, that he sat down and concealed his face. The person who sat next him encousayed him to rise and answer the question. The minister repeated, “Young man are you willing to come to Christ?” » ne HERALD. — —— Saietnemeninebeeeion ee eee With a tremulous voice, he replied, “Yes, sir.’’ “But. when, sir?’ added the minister.in‘a solemn and Joud tone. He milfly answered, “Now, sir.” ; “Then stay,” said he, “and learn the word of God, which you will find in 2d Corinthians-6; 2—Behold now is the accepted time ; behold now is the day of salvation.” , By this sermon he was greatly affected, and came into the vestry, after the service, bathed in ‘tears, The reluctance to stay, which he had discovered, was occasioned by the strict injunctions of his father, who threatened that if he went to hear the fanatics, he would turn him out of doors. Having now heard the Gospel, and being unable to conceal the feelings of his mind, he was afraid to meet his father. The minister sat down and wrote an affectionate letter to him, which had so good an “effect, that both father and mother came to hear for themselves. They were both brought to a knowledge of the truth: and together with their son, were joyfully received into Christian commun- ion, Lime and Ashes——he American Farmer Says, that the means most ireely used-by a farmer in Maryland, in the system which has communicated to a ponr and exhausted estate, life and activity and productivenesy, great crops of cofn and wheat, root crops, fat hogs end caitle, a goud garden, vines, and Iruit trees bending under their heavy burdens, has been the free use of oyster-shell lime! He com- menced, as others have done, with ashes; and found then to pay well; but after trial and comparison of outlay and result, he found dime to be, in the “long run,” the most economical. The race between them was something like that between the hare and the torloise—the ashes got the start of the lime a long way, but the lime, like the tortoise, made up in lastingness, for want of quickness at the jump; and finally he has in a great measure given up the use of ashes for that of lime, On one Sat of stiff white- vak land which would not. have yielded as much per acre as the team consumed while ploughing it, there Was a luxuriant crop of Indian corn growing, after a good crop of wheat last year, with no help but 100 bushels of oyster-shell lime to the acre; spread in autumn before the land was fallowed for wheat. It would seem, however, that this same farmer has po great reason to find fault with ashes; fora single lot of five acres of land, whieh cost him B20 an acre, and on which $20 anacre of ashes bad been spread, and which, when he took it in hand, would not have yielded a bushel tothe acre, had paid him hack his $20 purchase money, his $20 for ashes, and both of thein three times over YOU ARE A LOST CAT. The author of the following isa venerable and highly respected. clergyman, who has spent some filteen or tweuly years as a missionary amoung the Osages, now pastor of a church in this State. Now my hand is in, I will send yoy a short dia- logue between a ‘l'emperate Drinker—a Total Abstinance man—and a confirmed Drunkar!. Scene —on board a steamboat, between St. Louis and Quincey. | The drunkard about seventy yeurs of age, nd respectable to all appearance, except his cou- stant rave for liquor at the bar. Temperate Ditiker. will give my children what they will drink, and drink myself whenever I need it, and always intend to do so, yet J can govern myself, and hope my children can. “Total Abstinence. What is the use of your chil- dren drinking even temperately! Does it do them any good? My children have all signed the pledge and so far kept it. And. now if they continue to keep it, Tam sure they will never die drunkards. Can you say the same of your children ? Temperute Drinker. As to that, Lam not ob'i red to answer you. We live ina tree country. We are at liberty to speak or let it alone. And the same is'true of drinking. 1 take it, I am at liberiy to drink temperately, if T choose The coutivmed drunkard now caine up, and hear- ing this Jast seutence, begins thus: “You drink temperately ! TE tell you you are a lost cat. Look at ine, an old ann. Twas once a temperate drinker. See what Tam now. Once IT was prosperous. When J was young [thougit myself as good as any. Henry Clay would not have despised :o take ine by the hand and say, [low do you do, Mr. D. 1 had property, | might have been possessed of a large estate in [linois ;—tny wife loved me, my children honored me; my neighbors respected me. But see now, how Jow, how mean: Tam despised by all, and I despise myself, My wife who was worth worlds to me, will dread to see me coming, Look atme; what has done it? That poison that you are going to take su very temperately. Now J warn you to stop. Whiskey will have the mastery Temperate Drinker. But J have reason. Confirmed) Drunkard. Reason !! You cannot reason, ‘There is no reasoning with it. Look at ine; I have no power to reason with it. lam a lost an. Now, you are a stranger tome. I speak as a friend, | warn as a triend. Total Abstinence. You are like the rich man that would have his brethren warned not to come— Confirmed Drunkard, Yer, that would send Laz- arus. But J come myself, and warn you not to come tomy place. Tain gone. I have no power over invseif, Iam lost, Mr. Editor: he above is a true story. It took place about a year since, and as I had a part in it, and telt much interested, I went into the cabin and penned it down, and now send it for insertion in your fact tejling Herald, if you think «it may ve of any- use. Yours, respectfully, W. F. Vvitt. Drinkers, temperate friends and all, take warning by this awful admonition —N’ Y. Tem. Her. ‘Tne Passion ror GentiLiry. Moralists, whose efforts are directed to the elucidation of the causes of those vices and follies which affect society, and whose main object is the improvement of our sucial condition, seem, ina great ipeasure, to be blind to what should justly be cunsjdered as the basis of a 7 a —. 4 tee cn sious. in many, a restlessness and instability of feeling. Pos. sessing freedom of choice, and having Lelore them sa many objects to choose betwixt, they never come te an election that tully satisties then.—Ai'd tet 1 that the last twenty-five years have, (Cy teasnn of the unexampled state of Europe) furnish dant ax BSy inalmest.every district of our country, of some ris. ing sud lenly to ereat opulence, by a Bile stroke in the experiments of speculations, and without any attention at all to the process of patient industey t— a circumstance that has operated powerfully on young tainds, and on minds not youns, in rendering them dissatistied with slow gains or sinall profit, and impatient of the drudgery of any laborious ca.ling. Not to mention that our country has,' 01 i'relt, for a very long time past, furnished magnitive: t schemes & Numerous opportunities of speculation, allogether | unaxampled perhaps in the history of man, Moreover, it is obvious to remark, that our entere prising youth, are necessarily, aa it were, tinctured, — with a romantic disposition. The books that they most read are of the romantic kind ; alike inflaming the imagination and misleading the judgment, by descriptions “ofa world of wonders where events are produced by causes widely and manifestly differ- ent from those which regulate the course of human affairs.” Also, for almost the term of a whole gene- ration, there has been constantly exhibited to view such a series of wonders in the civilized world, that the history of real life carries on it the appearance of romance, Nothing very strange is it therefore, thut the minds of a great many are unsettled, notional and fraught with extravagant expectations; and this is the less to be wondered at, as it is customary for our youth to step intv manhood earlier than in former ages, or perhaps than in any other country. Commencing men at an immature period, and under such power- ful impulses to wild extravagances of imagination, it would be strange indeed if they were not, many of them, averse to any sober, rational and steady plan of life. To contrast the past with the present—in a short biographical notice of one of the first and wealthiest merchants of the last ave, the writer remarks :—“It was an invariable rule with him to avoid every kind of dangerous experiment and to confine himself to such branches of trade as admitted the surest prin- ciples of calculation.”——-This golden rule of business, which in former times of “steady habits,’ was sacrediy regarded, not merely by ¢hat merchant, but generally ;—this golden rule of business, has, by a concurrence of unparalelled circumstances, been made to give place to rashness of speculation and a restless spirit of adventure: an evil which nothing but length of time and the smart-giviny rod of stern experience, will], in any likeliliood, be able to cure, TALE OF THE: GREEN TAPER. “Amonc the unfortunate families of Spanish Moriscoes who were forced to quit Spain in 1610, there was one of a very rich farmer who owned the house we spevk of. As the object of the government was to hurry the Moriseoes out of the country without allowing them time to remove their property, many buried their money and jewels, in hopes of returning from Africa at a Yuture peri- od. Muley Hassem, according to our popular tradition, had contrived a vault ugder the large Zaguan, or close porch of his house. Distrusting his Christian neighbours, he had there accumulated reat quantities of gold and pearls, which, upon fis quitting the country, were laid under a spell by another Moriscoe, deeply versed in the secret arts. “The jealousy of the Spaniards, and the severe penalties enacted against such of the exiles as should return, precluded Muiey Hasse from all opportunities of recovering his treasures. He died, intrusting the secret to an only daughter, who, having grown up at Sevile, was perfectly acquaint- ed with. the spot under the charin. Fatima mar- ried, and was soon left a-widow, with a daughter whom she taught Spanish, hoping to make her pass for a native of our country. Urged by the approach of poverty, which sharpened the desire to make use of the secret trusted to her, Fatima, with her daughter Zuleima, embarked on board a corsair, and were landed secretly in a cove near Huelva. Dressed in the costume of the peasantry, and having assumed Christian naines, both mother. and daughter made their way to Seville on foot, or by any occasional conveyance which offered on the road. ‘To avoid suspicion, they gave out that they were returning from the performance of a vow to a celebrated imaye of the Virgin, near Mogucer. J will not tire you with details as to the means by which Fatima obtained a place for herself and daughter in the family then occupying her own paternal house. Fatima’s constant endeavours to please her master and mistress su¢ceeded to the utmost of her wishes: the beauty and innocence oj Zuleima, then only fourteen, needed no studied efforts to obtain the affection of the whole iami- yWhen Fatima thought that the tine was come, ehe prepared her daughter for the important and awlul task of recovers tie concealed treasure, of which she hs ccnstarily talked to Her since the child could understand her meaning, ‘The winter came on; the family moved to the first floor as usual, and Fatima asi) to be allowed one of the ground-floor 100ns tur herselfiand Zuienna. About the middle of December, viien periodical rains threatened to make the Guadalquivir overfow its binks, and scarcely a soul-stirred out after sunset, Fatima, provided witht a rope and a basket, an- xiously awaited the hour of miduight to commence her incantation. Her daughter stood trembling by her side in the porch, to which they had groped their way in the dark, The lurge bell of the euthedral clock, whose soun’, you are we!) awere, has a most startling effect in the dead silence of the night, tolled the hour; and the melancholy peal of supplication (Plegeria) followed for about two minutes. Ali now was. still, except the wind and rain. Fati:na, unlocking with some difieulty the cold hands of her daugliter out of liers, struck a flint, and lighted a green taper not mere than an inch long, which she carcfully sheltered from the wind in @ pocket lantern. The Luit had scarcely glimmered on the ground, when ihe pavement yawned close by the feet of the females. ‘Now, Zuleima, my child, the only care of my life, (said Fatima,) were you vtrons enough to draw me out of the vault where our treasure lies, I would not intreat you to hasten down by these small perpendicular steps, which you here see. Fear not, my love, there is nothing belew but the yold aud jewels deposited by my father.’—Mother, (answered the tremulous gvirl,) Twill not break the promise { have made you, though { feel as it my breathing would stop, the monient I enter that horrible vault. Dear inother, tie the rope round my waist—my hands want strength-—you latet gupport the whoie weight of my body. Merciful Allah! my foot slips! Ol: waviher, leave me not in the dark!" a “The vault was not much deeper tian tie girl's iength: and "pon her clipping from one of the PFOTECUNE “OY 6, the chin’: of coins, seattered by LIBERIA her ‘eet, restored the failing courage of the mothér, ‘There, take the basket, chili—quick ! fill it up with gold,—teel ‘for the jewels,--1 must not move the lantern—Well done, my love! Another bas- ketful, and no more. 1 would not expose you, my only chill, for..,. yet, the candle is long enough: fear not, it will burn five minutes.... Heavens! the wick beyins to float iu the melted wax: out, out, Zuleima!,,.,the rope, the rope!....the steps are on this sjde!’ _ “A faint groan was heard, Zuleima had dropped mM @ swoon over the remaining gold. At this mo- ment all was dark again: the distracted mother searched for the chasm, but it was closed. She beat the ground with her feet; and her agony became downright madness on hearing the. nollow sound returned from below. She now struck the flints of the pavement, till her hans were shapeless with wounds, Lying on the ground a short time, and having. for a moment recovered the power of conscious suffering, she heard hier daughter repeat the words, ‘Mother, dear mother, leave me not in the dark!’ The thick vault, through which the words were heard, gave the voice a heart-freezing, thin, distant, yet silvery tone. Fatima lay one instant motionless on the flints; then raising herself upon her knegs, dashed her head, with something like supernatural strength, against the stones. ‘there she was found lifeless in the morning. “On a certain night in the month December, the few who, ignorant that the house is haunted, have incautiously been upon the spot at midnight, renort. that Fatima is seen between two black figures, who, In spite of her violent struggles to avoid the place where her daughter is buried alive, force her to si over the vault, with a basket full of guid at her feet. The eiforts by which she now and then attempts to etop her ears, are supposed to indicate that, for an hour, she is compeiled to hear the unfortunate Zulema crying *Mother, dear mother, leave. me not in the dark 2” ” From tie Sunday School Visuer ILLUSTRATION OF SCRIPTURE. Vol. ii p. 55—The roads, jn many places, were so destroyed by the heayy rains and floods, that it was impossible to travel] without sending precursors to see that the hills of sand and mud were levelled, and the chasms and ravines filled up, before a wheel carriage could pass. — This, by the custom of the country, is performed gra- tuitously for governors and persons in office. On the halcarra, or harbinger, arriving at a village with an intimation that a man of consequence is on his way thither, a proclamation ‘is issued to repair the road as far as the next village, and so in contnuunce. In a light soil it is a work of no great expense, and soon accomplish- ed. This established custom elucidates a beau- tiful passage in the evangelical propheycy res- pecting the coming of the Messiah, preceded b John the Baptist, as a harbinger in the spirit and power ot Elias, to prepare the way of the Lorp, and make his paths straight, Matt. iii. 3; when every valley was to be exalted, and every mountain and hill to be made low; and the crooked to be made straight, and the rough places plam. Jsa. xl. 4. Vol. ii. p. 97-—On a sultry day, having rode faster than my attendants, while waiting their arrival under a tamarind tree, a young woman came to the well; I asked fora little water, but neither of us having a drinking vessel, she hastily left me, as | imagined to bring an earthen cup for the purpose, as | should have polluted a vessel of metal; but as Jael, when Sisera asked for water, gave him milk, and brought forth butter ina lordly dish, Judges v- 25, so did this village damsel, with more sincerity than Heber’s wife, bring me a pot of milk, and a lump of butter on the delicate leaf of the banana,, the “lordly dish” of the Hiadoos. The former | gladly accepted; on my declining the latter, she immediately made it up into two balls, and gave one to each of the oxen that drew my hackery-: Butter is a luxury to these ani- mals, and enables them to bear additional fatigue. Vol. ii. p. 98.—Although prohibited by oaths and convenants from accepting any valuable pre- sents, Idid not refuse what were sent for me and my companions by the people among whom I lived These articles so exactly resembled those which Barzi}lai and his friends brought to David at Mahamaim, that hardly a single word need be altered: “Shobi and Machir and Barzil- lai brought beds, and basons,-and earthen ver- sels, and wheat, and barley, and flower, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parch- ed pulse, and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David and for the people that were with him to eat: for they said, the people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.” 2 Sam. xvii 27-29. Vol. ii. p. 100.—Shaik Edroos at first wait- ed at table, and performed little officers about our persons : but on the appearance of some spots of leprosy, we excused him from that part of his employment. Thesespots increasing, his mot- ley skin grew so disgusting that we dispensed with his attendance at table, and at length pro- cured him a situation where the disorder did not interfere with his duty; for, although he was not suddenly smitten, like Gehazi, yet his skin gradually experienced the same effect, until, like him, he became “a leper as white as snow.” 1 The whiteness of the Indians afflicted with this disorder is so extremely disagreeable as to ren- der the complexion of the blackest Ethiopian beautiful in the comparison. HERALD. | Vol. ii.:p. 210.——In many parts of Hindos- | tan are mosques and mausoleums, built by the Mohammedan princes, near the sepulchres of ‘their nurses. ‘They are excited by a grateful affection to erect these siructures in memury of those who with material anxiety watched over their helpless infancy. Thus it has been from time immemorial When Rebecca left her par- ents, on being betrothed to Isac, we read that. she was accompanied by her nurse, who never left her until the day of her death; which event is not deemed unworthy of being recorded in the patriarchal annals, Gen. xxxv. 8. Vol. ii. p. 227.—Among the oppressions complained of by Nehamiuh, under ‘the govern- ment of Artaxerxes, he says that not only the governors, but even their servants, bore rule over the people, and made cruel exactions, Neh v. 15. Thusit is at this. day througout India; it extends from the savage punishment which was inflicted on a man of high rank by the prince of Scindy, down to the village patell, who does not acquiece in the payment ofthe sum extort- ed from him by the oppressive zemindars. COMMUNICATIONS. For the Liberia. Herald. SUPREMACY OF THE POWER OF THE LIBERIAN DISCIPT.INE, TO THAT OF THE DISCIPLINE OF THE M. E. CHURCH. Mr. Fpvitor.—Will you please grant me a.colimn in your interesting Herald to give some. satisfaction to those perplexing agitators, who are so mightily excited at the execution of the Liberian discipline, For asI have lately heen brought, and still am under its supreme power, perhaps © may give some satisfaction to the ex. cited party, by showing the difference between. the twe above mentioned disciplines, sy faras Lam acqui:iated with both. Last Saturday 7th inat. I was suspended by the anar- terly conference in Caldwell, from all official services in the church until. the ensuing quarterly conference. Now there 18 the difference between;the two ‘disci. plines. om The discipline of the M. E. Church, tn regard to rd with local elders, reads thus. Page, 72, quest. What shall he done. when a local elder, deacon, or Preacher, is reported to'be guilty of some crime express. ly forbidden in the word of God, sufficient to. exclude a person from the kingdom of grace and glorv. Answer first. The preacher having charge shall call a committee’ consisting of three or more local prenchers, befure,whom it shall be the duty of the accused to ap- pear, and hy whom he shall he acquited, or, if found guilty, suspended until the next quortcr'y conference. And the preacher.in-charge shall enuse exact minutes of the charges, testamonv, and exominatan, together with the decision of the committee, tobe tnid hefore the quarterly conference, where it shall he the duty of the accised to appear, &ec. &c 3 But again. pane 7A, ques’, 5. What shall be done in é1ae3 of improper temners, words, or actions ; “Answer.” The persan so. offend ing shall be reprehonded by the preacher having chorge. Should a second transgression take place, ane, two or three faithful friends are to: he token as witness. Tfhe be not then cured, he shall be tried at the next quarterly conference, and if found guilty and -impenitent, he shall he expelled from the chureh. But not so with the Liberian discipline, or I) should have been dealt with in the same manner. One thing is certain ; I have not heen called to Appear before anv committee of local preachers, whether my. crime requir- ed it, ar not. And there is another thing equally as certning 10 preacher-inccharge, nor any other prenchebsnt riefeon ever gave me one word of reprehension, or any thing in shape or form of a reprehension. Nor hasany one, two, or three faithful friends ever visited me at all on the oceasion, or said one word in form ofalabour. Nor did they give any notice at all of any such trial, nor any specifications of any charges whatever. [was not pre. sent at ‘he quarterly conterence, but several of the mem. hers of the conference who were present, tell me, that, there wa? notone witness elled onthe trial, not ane appeared, nor did they pretend thet they had any to ent, They tell me that they nected according to information which the president gave them concerning me. Thore memb- rsof the conference tell me, that the president told the conf, that Thad lied. And what about? well; T wi!! give von the whole his‘ory. On the 8th, Nov. Twent down to Monrovia to settle with Mr. Chase. Mr. Chase's Clerk, first presented their accounts, and I looked it over. 1 then presented mv account to the Clerk, who took it and carried it into the chamher where Mr. Chase was. And after a lon time, the Clerk returned, and presented me my recount nll scratched over by a pencil. The Clerks very modest. ly told me, that Mr. Chase dil not feel disposed to al- low mv account, (or words tothe amount.) . T then took the bill, and wentinto the chamber where Mr, Chase was siting, and enid: well, brother Chase, vou seem to protest my nceonnt? ves said he 3 T prorest the whole of it. . Then T-snid, why do vou protest ‘t sir? » Then he snid3 whon.we were in American, vou applied to the Board for 8150, to hear your expenses into the interiorcand to buy land: which sum was pat! yon in America, and J shall not pay any more exnenesa what. ever, Then I said; I never applied tothe Reard) for any 8150, to hear mv expenses inte ror te buy land, nor was any such money ever perl mein . America. Mr. Chase’s next words were; you LIE, you ME. Then enid T3 brother Chace; von ought t» know bet. ter than to talk thus, Then enid hes deven sav JT ought to know. better? you Brack scounnren ! There is the door, get ont of mv house or T will give vou what you want. And while he turoed himee'f and looked towards a chair, with which T was afraid he woul! hen: me, I gathered up my papers in haste, an! dropp d down , Stairsin ahurry, and escaped without any farther injurv. Now, I am informed bv three of the members of this quarterly confrence, that Mr. Chaee, frankly told them in conf, that I lied when 1 said, that I never applied to Bonrd for the ahove mentioned money, and secondly he told them, that [lied when] said, that he entled mea | black ecoundrel. But I have already token an oath that I never applied for any money as above stated, And more then all this, Mr. Chase did call me a black + scoundrel, and I hnve already taken my oath of it, and | am ready to take 50, oaths more that Mr. Chase did call me 4 BLACK SCOUNDREL. ge jeter? But, to what was. I suspended ? conference? Nay. But back to the same quarterly conference again at its next session. And sv here is the supremacy of the Liberian discipline to that ‘of the discipline of the M. E. Church, The M. E. Church's discipline requires that. a local elder, first be brought beture a committee of local preachers, if the crime he sufficient, But if the crime is only for Muproper, words or actions, or tempers, then the preacher having charge shall reprehend the offender. And if there be jo satisfaction given, then the preacher is required to take two or threc faithful friends with him for witnesses und talk’with the ptfender the second time, But the Liberian discipline has no such forms The disciphne of he M, E, Church, favors the offender with~a notificattion of his trial, and also with a list of the specifications of the charges preferred against him. But the Liberian discipline by which Lam suspend ed protests rigidly against every one of those articles, For not one of them were noticed in bringing jie ié trial. The discipline of the M. E. Charen requires that there be one or more witness ina case, before a mai can be condemed. But the Liberian discipline dues not require any witness at all to suspend a minister of the Gospel trom preaching, from one quartely confrence to wnother. Wha under the whole heavens ever heard of such a thing before, No such article or articles in the discipline of the M, E. Church, for that requires its quarterly conference cither to acquit, ur expel. Bat | am botnd with the iron chains of this Gouble superla. tive, sypreme power of the Liberian discipline for three months., And so let this suffise until we hear the con. clusiun of the whole matter. Very respectfully yours, Georcg §, Brown. to the anndal Caldwell January 12th 1843. For the Liberia Herald. . FRENCH LEAVE. (From the Gazettee Dis Tribunaus.) Ata late hour of the night a_ respectable gentle. man, aided by the fickerling light of the pale oil lamps, was huyring through the tortuous and natrow streets of a most lonely quarter, impatient to regain his ‘iomicile. This honest pedestrian was no other than a native of Bas-Limesesin, driven to the me- ‘ropolis by the urgeney of an impending lawsuit. Fagged with numerous and unavailing visits, with comings and going in every direction, exhausted with buisness appointments, idle conferences, and wasted words, the poor man, whoee fate the morrow was to declare, had just been ferreting out His goli- citar and his counsellor, one at a family dinner party, and the other at aball. The excitément of seeing his rightful property contested the fear of some unfortunate encounter, of which he had read so many examples in the newspapers, sufficiently explain the desperate rapidity with which he was inoeving on. He had gained without accident the abscure : treet which had the gond fortune to contain his modect habitation, and might with Secia exclaimed, “Mais’e vois ma maison it may fravers’ evade’ when O luckless incounter! the sound of footstene, light but hurried and in a parallel direction to his own, struck his ear, and ere he had time. to take ref in Me aa ling—p ace’ some one brushed awillty by him. Retreat was impossible. Heventures on a glance tis a woman—he breathes again. He wave a se. cond glance but this time a hold one—which enabled him to remark a rechercked toilet, an elegant fieure, and, but for the uncertain and gseillating light swag. ed by the wind he could have'sworn tp one of the loveliest faces on earth. On reaching the end of the street the lovely stranger stopped, and looked anxiously: round in ap. parent uncertainty. It wae evident that she had lost her way. Our gentleman lad stopped also, doubtless with no sinister intentiong but merely from curiosity to see how the adventuse would ter- minate. After turning her eyes in every direction the lady at last directed them on her wisterioug fellow pase senger. Probably this imprompied look, aided by the light of the lamp assumed a. particularly actrac- tive character for our litigant iinmediately advanced towards her, hat in hand his toes turned out, and his person inclined according to the most approved rules for a respectable baw. ‘Madam, if] am not strong- ly mistaken, it appears to me that. von-are seeking your way” “your conjectures, sir, are unfortunately hut too well-founded” replyed a gentle and musical voice “J am a stranger to this quarter, and know not which way to go.” “Ifyou would do me the honor to inform me what street you inhabit, I may perhaps be fortunate enough.” “You are very kind sir” interrupted the fsir won- derer. But that would be useless ; I am inthe most embarrassing situation. My porter has actually had the face to refuse opening the door to me.” “Past 12—you. know the rule, as the man says in the play.” No doubt, but the case is a hard one. Treo, ‘riends, of whom IT asked horpitality, were p: sitively obliged to refuse it, my only resource now jx to seek out a friend, But the distance issu great and T ain worn out with fatigue—perhaps, too, they .nay have gone to bed. “Dear! Dear! what eh li } do” ‘inadam” said the grallant provinsial, at tie same time brushing up his gray hair, “I cannot see you thus, Ina word, learn that I am the father of a family, with a wife and children, and incapable of hehaving unworthily ; witness my gray hair, per- mit me then, to entreat that you will accept my devoted arma my residence is within a step and I shall consider: it my duty to offer you halt of my apartment. “Really sir, [ cannot think.” __ The lady hisitated, the grey besrd insisted, at last the fair one are yeilding timidly passed jer arm in his, and after a short buteminently virtuous and moral conversation, beth arrived at the promised aseylum. More generous still than the hero of sterore's sentimental journey the. gentleman ceded hin only bed to his guest, and more reiigions!y ob. serving ‘he treaty tian yoriek, occupied a cha r, with heroic resignat:on, in an adjoining closet. At dawn of day he arose, and misteriously emerging from his hiding place, crept eaftly acroes the ruom with. out venturing a glance towards the bed, and, satis. fied that he had not disturbed his visitant, decended the stairs, and went forth in search of his men of business, from whom he received assurance that his success wag certain. Joyfully returning, he pre. ' ne epee ci memes + el ne ne ee one eet + pared himself to provide a delicate breakfast, asa climax to his chaste hospitality, when to his utter astonishment the bird had flown. He immediately ran gip to his apartment. Heavens what a litter, every thing topsy turvy ! the fair incognita had de- camped with an ample share of booty, = = The poor man out of his wits with indignation ran off to the coinmissari who proyided him an effec- tual and prompt revenge in the mean time, his cause was tried, and a verdict was given against our provincial, who, however had the consolation to see the perfiduous cue appear in humble guise be- fore the correctional Police, where having previous- ly heen detected in similar freaks, she was con- deinned to 15 months imprisonment and 5 years supervision, — LIBERIA HALBID, MONROVIA, LIBERIA, JANUARY 21, 1843. In THE Luminary, of the date of Decr. 9th, there is a batch of “resolutions” presented it secms to Rey. S. ‘Chase by a committee of worthies appointed they ‘tell “us at—not by the M. E. Church Deer. 8 1842. There is some propriety in shbstituting the little word -at for by, because uppointed at the Church in common parlance would be correct if they committee were the only persons coneerned in ‘their appointment; wherens by the church would have subjected them to the impu- tation not only of capababi lity, hut of actual falsehood in the present instance. After considerable dragouning “To get up a meeting” they convened Nov. 20th and found to their great mortification too few to do the im. portant business. Therefore Mr. Baxter after “some ;pertinent remarks” (what a pity they were not report. ed) moved an adjournment to 8th Decr. For this piece .ef devotion and service to ‘the dispensator of eleemogy.- -nary benefactions Mr. Baxter is certainly entitled to an- other suit of black, or some other suituble, and substan. tial acknowledgement, and it is to be hoped he will not be forgotten when. Mr. Chase next proceeds to rewar:l the faithful. ‘After another campaign of nearly a month fur voters they meton Decr. 8th, (the number all told being a. hout 25) and after singing (10 the honor and glory of Mr. Chase?) and prayer, His Honor 8. Benedict, Major Hicks, and Esquire Mc Gill (what a host of titles!) and others “nobly defended Mr. Chase” &c., “and the arti- cles in the Herald are a foul aspersion” and “fulsehoud of the highest grade") We have luoked sometime at this foolish paragraph of murdered engligh ond can on. ly account for such a piece of nunsense emanating from the pen of the “assistant preacher-in-charge” by reco. lecting :hat confusion is an .grdinary attendant upon u conse of meanness, This paragraph -lvwever ig made to state that afer the remarks of several gentlemen titled & untitled ag is. foresaid Mr. Burns presented a:preamble” with the three resolwios-)? which by the wey appears to be all they done on that oceasion, Here-the truth ig inadverten sy made to appears but it eomes out ‘Burns pre ‘ented the resolutions Senta lig: by stealth. Mav, It he gould nor pre, Lumber of voters be could presenta strisye of resolutions, They were already cut and dried, aiid had no dophi been inspyc.ed by Mr. Chase and hand: d over to the ohsequivye and pliant: Mr. Burns, to be posse! and returned for “publication in’ Africa's Lu. var.” "This is all right in Mr, BYs code of honor. He at lest knows,now which site his bread is butter. et. He. has grown wise by experience. He once presumed ty act and think tor himself’; but cut off from te missionary crib, and cumpelled to sneak bavk, make the most humiliating confessions and swear eternal allegiance as the only conditions of eating and Wearing a prics?> portion he seems now determined to think say and act precisely as he shall be told, The resolutions have little to excite any feelings ex- cept those of merriment, They conthin however one new discovery—not indeed of Mro Chase’s innocence of the charge, for there was noteven the shadow of inves. tigation: bu they turnieh us with en excellent exeaniple how te spose of a cherge: numely by resolving that the charge is true, or not trne na may best suit the Purpose, Resolved that all Mr. Chase has said be true, und all the Herald said be untrue, and nothing can be elearer, Tuvert the porition and still a resolve maker ss clorasmoonshine. So we are not ata lose how to ‘onvict the “inissionary editor nor to clear ourselves if wesheu'd he inelined to do go, must of course he prove all Mr, C1 Hence these gents Prepared at “any time and place’ to ‘nse would have them prove. Nor should we be astonished if they he ready whenever Mr. C. render up his stewardship as purveyor to resolve him enilty of all the charges of which they now resolve him innocent, Once more on this batch of resolves, They intimate thet we are cognizant of the source whence the charger of “sly dallinnces” on the part of their praise beslob- bered leader emanated, This accueation is of itself (10 use an African phrase) no good, And if we wait until “they give dates and names” connected with our cog nizance of the matter, and until then shall be content with the resolve of some of our personal friends and denendants that the charge is ‘a groundlerr—na mali. cions,"and a cowardly fabrication, and astounding to us all; notwithstanding their coming from the arsiatant preacher.in.charge, Scapnble ar we believe him to be of napersion and falsehood.” we shall tread in the path the committee have marked out for us. To conclude, we wil! simply remark that we are too ' taken up by a committee of the “hole house, LIBERIA well. acquainted with thepe yenticiven tu apprehend any evil from what they may eay about us. Afterall we are willing torest the case solely on the character of the jury that tried it, Mr. Burns we have disposed of above, we now simply ask attention to the other gentlemen. Mr. Benedict’s abusive tongue and pen have been so often employed that u torrent from him is rather regarded a matter of course. Neither his for. mer pastor Mr. Seys, nur.his only sister escaped him. We appeal to all the town whether Major. Hicks is not regarded as given to palavering—that is talking. with two tonguee, especially when his interest is concerned. We are not astonished at Mr. Gripon. is human nature. We know what the mission has done for him, The gertleman’s health was always fecble. Hard work did not agree with him. ‘Four hundred dol- lars a year payable in good mission drafty is a consid. eration; anda man should always be grateful. And as the superintendant is the channel through which this benefaction flows, we do not wonder that he is ready to support him through thick and thin. It might possibly influence us if we were either de. pendent or lazy. Mr. McGill we wish to respect: he is generally an amiable young mun, and we believe disposed to do what is right, But he ig in the employment of Mr. Chase. We are disposed to tuuch him lightly, and shall therefore only express our conviction that differently situated, he would have spo. ken differently if he had spoken at all. Human nature 4 A few words to this.scare-crow of a missionary editor and we shall nave done ‘for the present. He denies having beep publicty secnsed of “sly dalliances.’ Ita paper, containing a churge und puated in the street and read by some half-dozen persons may not be called public, we know not what may. But he has diligent enquiry.” It will require another bateh of “resolves” to muke this true, le inquired we have made no doubt—hut onlv of those who have resolved to tell him just what they know will please him. An or- der fora barrel of flour, or aemall advance for pros. peetive services, will have a wonderful effect.in produc. ing the disease of deafness;-and to. whom shall certain ones zo but to Mr. C. who hath the keys of the mis. sionary strong box. words “assassin open day” and “covardly coaceal. mene? in @ most maserly smaaner. This learned editor ‘bandys the That he is an as. sassin We neither kKaow vor care; bui that he is uta. fraid te meet any one iastopen day" the Rev. Mr. B:own's lute precipitate flight is an ample illustration. We are too well acqiainted with lis puznacious and pragmaticpl propensity to venture within reach of either his foct (which we have heard he can use both dexter. ously, & efficiertly) or of bis chair which appears to be the fate laid wef hie poser. We oan very well ondure the harmntess effusions of his pen, which leaves. its vi- perovs gall only on the paper it defiles, but trom his foot and chiar it will ever be uur prayer “youd Lord deliver us.”” Ir ia tut justice to vursell in confirmation of an opin- ‘on advanced jn the preceding remarks in respeet of Mr. Burny agency in thy resulutions, aswell as to Major Hicks to state, that, since the aboye hus been in type Major Hicks has explicidy stated to ue in presence oy two or three gentlemen, th the had wo share in said resolves! He was appointed simply as one of the com. mittee -to preptre them for “publication in the Lu:nin- ary.” Tne Major further states that he understood the phrase in said resolves “capable of aspersion and false. hood” not as descriptive of general character in us, but as referring exclusively to the repurted allegation agains, Iudecd the Major dignant when it was insisted that the words would bear another signification, the’missionary editor, became in. FIFTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE, The colonial Legislature convened on Monday the 9th inst at the Presbyterian Church. Hon. & Benedict was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor, and H, Teage, Sion Harris, D. Joln- stone, B. Ro Wilson, I. Sheridan, W. W. Davis, W. L. Weaver, L. B. Fuller, J. B. Gripon, and B. P. Yates, as councillors. The rules of last session were called for, read and adopted. The motion to adopt was afterwards - reconsidered and after some small alterations and amendments they were as amended aslopted for the government. of the house. Rev. James Eden was elected Chaplain of the house, H. Shackelford, and John Leon,’ door keep- ers: H. Teaye was elécted Printer to the house. His Excellency having communicated his inessage one hundred copies of the same, were ordered to br printed. Afier the appointinent of the usual sta nd- ing committees, the house adjourned to meet at 9 o’clock A. M. tomorrow the regular hour of assem- biing. Tvespay Decr. 10th.—-Legislature assembled at the usual hour. ‘ After reading correcting and adopting the min- utes the committees reported progress. The house was occtipied nearly the whole day in recgiving petitions seme of which were of the most multifarious character. A petition for a divorce from the chain of matrimony was fyresented by Jonas Carey. Laid HERALD. J. 'T. Richardson presented a petition, ° Bill for the relief of Harmon Whitfield who lost his arm in returning a Salute to an American vessel of war, passed. Pensioner to be allowed forty dollars per year. The house then adjourned. : Wepnespay 11th :—Legislature met according to adjournment. Members al! present excepting Messrs. Davis and Wilson. These gentlemen were detained from the house by the illness of Mrs. G. Moore daughter of Mr. Wilson. The Governor presented the draft ofa constitu. tion of an admirality court sent out by the Society which was read and silently laid on the table. The Comm; on agriculture reported it inexpe- dient to legislate farther on the subject. The Comm: on fees reported in form of a bill; adopted. ; The petition of T. Richardson referred to 10 o’clock this day was taken up, and in consequence of not having’ the account from the Society’s store of sundries charged against him while ill of the wound received in Gatoomba’s war, was laid over until the next day, The house went into a committee of the whole to consider the petition of Jonas Carey for a divorce from his wife Henriatta Carey, who has left his bed and board and is now living at New Cess. Alter hearing the evidence adduced by tie pet tioner in support of hig right toa divorce, the com, mittee rose and the house resumed its order. The committee recommended to the house to appoint a committee of three to draft a bill of divorcement and present the same for the action of the house. Frinay 13th.—Legislaturé was occupied nearly the whole forenoon in receiving reports from com- inittees and laying them onthe table. At 12 the conunittee reported a bill, which wag ordered to be engrossed and at once passed toa second reading, It was violently assailed in all its particulars by a majority of the members, and threatened with imme diately stranyling. Its advocates, despairing of sus taining it, after a few hopeless arguments sullenly committed it to its fate to lie on the table. The committee on commerce and Revenue report. ed inform of a bill, ‘That part of the bill that related to the sale of ardent spirits also met a most Violent assault in some of its provisions. It appears to be the general opinion that’ if men will sell’ and use ardent spirits they must make compensation to ‘he public for the evil they inflict by a pecuniary contribution to the public treasury. This is a mis- taken and dangerous opinion. If it isa moral and political evil and none can doubt it, no pecuniary offering cau atone for it. If it be atoned for there is no farther criminality; and if one man can atone lor it, so may another; and as the atonement (that isthe pecuniary consideration) is always made in advance of the crime, it is unjust to regard these persons or their establishments as “pests” “sinks of sin and hot beds of crime,” as they are sometimes denominated. But the idea of a pecuniary atone- ment is itself a serious evil. It lulls the conscience of the vender, diverts his mind from the evil comnit- ted to repose on the satisfaction made. In fact he may beled to regard himself a public benefactor from the amount of money he pays to the .common- wealth, Legislators should learn that the strength and prosperity ofa country must be based on some- thing besides an overflowing treasury. The people that suffer their treasury to be filled with the price of their own degradation may prepare to be become the slaves of corrupted and tyrannica] rulers. The great object should be to throw impediments in the way of the evils which the bill was desiyned to rem- edy, rather than tolerate its progress for a pecuniary satisiaction—to expose its enormity, by taking from it the screen of an enormous license. This object the bill aimed at, but did not succeed. It was after much talk on’both sides, recommitted, The house then adjourned. Saturpay 14th.—Legislature met. The Gov- ernor presented a communication which he had just received from a Congress of kings at “Bromley’s” apprising him of the objects of their meeting and re- queeting the presence of the Legislature to aid in their deliberations. The invitation was received and the Secretary requested to signify the same. The object of the kings, is they say, to make peace Where there is none, to confirm and strengthen it Where it. exists—to open and keep open the roads— ‘to revive trade and agriculture, to shake a friendly hand, and we suppose to somke a social pipe. These are important objects and the Legislature resolved to move in a body to the congress on Thursday next the 18th instant. Petitions pouring in. from various quarters and on an endles variety of sub. jects the Legislature wag nearly the whole morning oecupied in hearing and laying them on the table, The chairman of the committee on Revenue, to vhom the conteeted and violently assailed article on tho table until 12 o’clock tomorrow te be then ( on livences for retailing ardent spirits was com. te" ‘ aitted, reported ‘the article in the game from in 10 which it,was yesterday betore the house. The arti- cle was again furiously attacked but eventually pre. vailed, and with the whole bill ordered to be engros- sed. At3o’clock the hillon Revenue was read the third time and passed. ; The bill providing means for the estabishment of common scdools was read, and after some debate passed to the-third reading. Petitions were received from the Union Sisters of Charity Society—and the Ladies Benevolent Society of Monrovia praying to be incorporated. laid on the table until 10 o’clock on next Tuesday. ' Petition from Charles R. Johnson praying to be refunded a certain amount paid by him for medical attendance when he was wounded in the battle with Gatoomba was received, and the amount ore dered to be paid. In our present number our readers will find a letter from Rev. G. 8S, Brown justificative of his sudden re- treat, and cusequent escape from a most violent assault and battery which he had reason tu believe his Rev. superentindant was about to make upon his mortal man+ Mr. Brown’s statements have been hitherto regarded gospel by the “Luminary.” Whether this his statement will be questioned by that print remains to be seen. Should the missionary editor feel. a desire to make it untrue, we. refer him to the ‘preacher in charge.” A string of resolutions atter “singing and prayer” for spe. id will do wonders. Rice, Rice, Rice.—-The supply of this: article is mure abundant this season than in any one of the pre. ceding seasons, Capt. Brown of Ellen Jenkenson in, forms us that some three or four cargoes haye been procured from Cape Palmas and its vicinity, for the Sierra Leone market, Ss Pulm Oil has been unusually gearce. Indeed the ~upply is literally cut off. We are unable to account for it. The natives assign Varivus reasons—some gay war stop em—others say rain—and others again declare there is no oil in the nuts. Some greedy speculators will‘burn their fingers, Camwond and lvory both have been a little brisker this season. But the increase by no means supplies the deficiency in oil. MARRIED, In this town, on the 12th inst. by Rev. H. Tenge, Mr. James Powel to Miss Mariah Shackelford, both ol this place, ; AC AAT NL LIEK LO DIED In this town, on the 11th inst. Mrs. Ann FE. Moore, consort of Mr. G. Moore, after o few hours illness. , Mrs. M. was'a member of the M. E. Church in. this place, $$ MARINE LIST. PORT OF MONROVIA. ARRIVALS. Dec. 22. British schooner y——_ master frum Sierra Leone. “© ¢¢ British brigantine Tinker, Day master, from Sierra Leone. ‘¢ oe Col. schooner Pedler, Smith master, from the windward, “ 27. French brigantine from Goree. “* « Col. sloop Hope, Chase master from Junk. Col. schooner: : master, from the leeward : passengers, from Sinoe Mr. James S. Payne and family, via 4rand Bassa, ‘passengers, Rev. John W. Roberts and family, and Mr. Wiliiam Hazel. Jun. 1. Col. schooner Providence, Moore James master, ‘rom the windward. * 6, British brig Ran.e', Tomsett master, from the leewurd : passenger, from Grand Bassa, Mra. Ro. beris. rT 7. leeward, * 8. Col. Cutter J. J. Roberts, Hunt master, from the windward. : * 12. Britigh brig Ellen Jenkenson, Brown master, from the leeward: passengere, trom Grand Bassa, Mr. C. R. Johnson and lady, and Mr. Heury J. Roberts, * 15. Colonial schooner———,A. L. Jones mas. ter, and owner, from Cape Palmas. A «Colonial Cutter Termagant, Cuoper master, from the leeward. « « H. M. C. M. ship-——, from the winward, «© « HI. M,C. M. barque———,——Commanding from the windward. ‘ so 646) OH. 6. C. M. schooner. —, Comn. from the windward: all sailed same day for the lve. ward. 19. American brig » Duily master, from Salem. : Lauricste master, a oe British barque Jones, master from the Commanding DEPARTURES. Dec. 22. Col. sloop Hope, Chase master, for Junk “ 26 British schooner , master for the leeward. British brigantine Tinker, Day master, for the leeward. Col. Cutter Termagan:, Cooper mister, for the windward, “ 31. Col. sloop Nathan Bangs, Fletcher master, for the leeward. Same day col. sloop Gabriel, G. Am. mons master, for the leeward. Jan. 3. Freuch briganii.e the leeward, “ 4. Col. schooner Provi'ence, Moore James mas- ter for the windward: passeng. ra, to Mr. 'I'horp and lady. Col, echooner Pedier, Sith master, for the windward. 8 Brita) big Ra cger, Tomactt musty for the leeward. 9. British barque Jones, master, for the windward. 10 Col. Cuter Termagant, Couper master, for the leeward. ‘© 17. Colonial Cutter Termazant, Cooper master, for Grand Cape Mount: passengers, Mra, T, Canot and daughter, and Miss Martha A, Smi-h. British brig Ellen Jenkenson, Brown master, for the leeward: via Junk and Grand Bassa, passengers, to Junk Mr. J. Pow. el and lady, Mr. J. T. Richardson and Mr. W. A. Dimory, to Grand Bassa Mr. C. R. Johnson. Laurieste master for A PATIENT’S REPLY, On being axked if Dr. Jephson, of Leamington, did not make Walking a ver rominent feature in his System. 6 : if J “He does, Sir, so much eo that some have the notion The secret is his, of perpetual motion; For all the disciples who Jephson obey, Walk out in all searons, nll hours of the day. They walk when the North wind blows piercing and bleak, They walk when their mouths are’ so stiff they can’t Fpeak ; They walk in the midst of the fogs of November, They walk inthe drizzle and damp of December ; They walk when it thaws, and they walk when it freezes, They walk for all causes, to cure their disenses. They walk when they have nota limb that is sound, They walk when they cannotset foot 10 the ground ; They walk when eagh linib in their bodies may ache, They walk when their poor backs are ready to break; Thave eaten, They walk when they are fasting, they walk when they hive They wa'k when so weary they had rather be beaten ; They waik after faintiny, hysterics, and fits, They walk in their senses, nnd out of their wits; They walk ji they are commoners, they walk if they are heirs, hey walk whether middle-age, young, or in years,— pileptic, dispectic, prralytic, what not, 9 matter what ails them, all ect off jog trot. The plethorie walk in the hope to get pale, The pallid walk in the hope to grow hale; @ stout and unweildy, they are walking. for that, g he bony and shivering, they walk to grow fut. 3M {some walk too slowly they are joined by the master, hen, surprising to see, they walk fuster and faster,— At other times, body or mind makes resistance, But with him they can walk any moderate distance. , 1S rumoured, Jephson’s trained infants are able To walk the first month,—that must be a fable; However, we soon may perhaps see without wonder Small babies oll walking at six months and under,—— Liliputian Pedestrians, standing quite strong, Tiny peripntetics, nut yet two feet long; For who knows what wonders nay meet me, in question, Ww hen walking, like steam, sha!l be brought to perfection, Which it must be in Leamingion, when, without strife, Walking forms ihe chief end and main bueiness of life.” E THE SONG OF NIGHT. Who am I, with my ebon vest? Spangled with stats, over earth I creep, And I scatter the dlews of gentle sleep On every weary eye; And 1 give to the spirit rest, As over the earth I peep From my home in the cloudless sky, Who am T, with my sable wines? Shading. the face of Cynthia tair; Filling the world with a silence rare, Or tho song of the nightingale. I am loved hy all living things In earth, and in sea, and air, In the mountain, and wood, and vale. Who am I, with my zephyr wild ? Fanning the leaves ot the quiet grove, Telling all nature ofrest and love, And golden dreams of bliss; Tsen:d forth mv fairest child Over Inkes ani sweet streams torove, And to close up each flower with a kias. Who am 1, but the Spirit of Night ? Tam the child of the golden sun; Aad when first through the heaven his race was run, I rose from the purple weet, Brinzing sweet slumber and slight, And a heaven of peace and rest: MISCELLANEOUS. From the Bristol ‘Times. LOCAL LEAVES, BY A STREET LOUNGER. NO. IL Tur CatHepRaL anp CoLirce Green.—lIt is Charles Lamb, I think, who says “a cathedral is religion ;”’ but this. is one of those sayimgs more emphatic than true, uttered) without deliberation, and echoed without thought. A gathedral is not religion, but with well constituted minds it may be made an impreszive and imposing aid to religion, Heavenly pensive contemplation dwells, And ever-musine melancholy reigns, to many an imagination amidst the arched intersec- tions and’ solemn lines of its sacred architecture ; but it is not well to.allow the mind to be carried away into a morbid feeling which attaches an undue importance to the circumstances of piace and cere- monial, tor if we accustoin ourseives to look only for serious thoughts surrounded by the sombre gran- deur of the Gothie pile, the rich and mellowed light of the painted window, and the atmosphere as it were of other agér, we forget the omnipierence of that awful influence which equally pervades the simple church and the ‘ancient structure, proud in its age and its pillared proportions. “What though the temple stretch ifs massy porches, and rear iis loity dome.” says Birt, talking on a tar difierent top’, one which bears no analogy to thie, “what though the eye be charmed with exquieite propor. tions, and everything in sight and sound contribute to the banpuet of tie imayination and the feast of taste; the Christian will retreat from the scene of these enchantments—he sees a hand that beckons him away, and hears .a voice through all its arches saying ‘YIere no man hath seen God at any time.” This passage, Jer me sy, } qucte more for its intrinsic eloquene than for its applicability. to the present subject,to which indeed the author never meant it to apply; tor TP -besieve many a serots impression and many a subline arpiration have been awakened, when from the peaiing organ and the tuil voiced choir has rolled furch the volumned anthem, filling the lofty arches to their very keystones with the sounds of praise. I have myself oiten and «flen felt and owned the “influence of the place,” and though no regular attendant, there are times and in LIBERIA atemper of mind, when T love to visit its sombre precincts, and give way to that luxury of “far resist- fess” and some what melancholy musings of which ‘the heart is at one season ‘more susceptible than at another. It is not se much on your bright sunshine days in summer, when smart shop-boys aud. shop- girls are sauntering or stuirking amongst its columis that I love to pay ny visit: the dark autumnal Sun- day morning is more in unison with my taste, when a winterish cloud overhangs the city, anda thick | mist mufies the belis; when the withered leaves falling fast like yellow flakes {rom .the uld trees in the Green, are every one as they rustie along the ground filled tothe serivus eye with matter of ad- monition more instructive than the written page of poet or philosopher, remindiug one ‘of the beautiful words which Homer has placed in the mouth of Glaucus :— Like leaves on trees the race of mau is found— Now green in youth, now withered ot the ground ; Another race the tollowing spring supplies, ‘They fall successive, and successive rise 5 So generations in their course decay, So flourish thése when thove pave passed away, A walk across the Green at such.an hour and a suctia season, when the sear skeletons of the euin- mer foliage are dancing round in rustling eddies to the piping of the moaning wind, prepares one tor solemn reflecion, and nature abroad seems to predis- pose the thouglite for the scene w thin: then take your eeat, notin the pewed choir, but in’ the most remote and secluded epot, where the deep tones of the organ and the cadence of the chant reach you with softened effect and the gloom abroad is felt within, enhunced by surrounding associations—then, ay, you will not be so sceptically disposed tu doubt, as many of us are, the power of time, and place, and circumstance, to add to devotional feeling Jand rage tv solemn thought. Even the old meonu- inenis have ther influence and edifications for us: the mailed and recumbent figure, whose ceeds of prowess and 6trenyth of arm the Latin line recounts, tells us in his overthrow how true the shaft that neither buckler nor breastplate can turnas de 3 from every escutcheon, with its lofty quarterings, the eleviac verse. of Gray. is illustratea, that heraldric pride and pomp of power awaitalike the inevitale moment Which overtakes ali—the base and noble, the slow and swift of tool, and every monumental inscription, though. -loity suits. language, is but a trophied memorial to the conquest of death. he regular ‘Cathedral goers are a peculiar peo- nle; not comprising so much (48 strangers might suppose) the inhabitants in the neiyhbourheod, but persons from various and many remote parishes of the cily. Some whose faces for forty years almost have been as lamiliar to subsachristan and vergers as the .Minor Prophets on the. pannelled screen— regular as the Sunday comes you wiil see ther in their places, and their own. places only; and itis a fact which I have noticed, that the Cathedral men (as they are called, and there are Cathedral women tov) are more punciual far in ther attendance than most of the CURgreyativne at paruchial churehos. do not care to inention names, but those who have been at any time in the habit, of atlending the Cathe- dral will reeal at this inoment to mind the faces ot several whom. they have seen, as long as they can recollect, regularly ‘in their places—or rather thie places they have adopted—men who by mere custom have learned to sing the chants as well as the cho- risters, aud who have seen-and heard several gene- rations of Prebends and Canons, ineluding the face- tious Sydney Smitli, pass in euccession, to death or promotion, betore them. ‘l'o these even the more popular anthems do not come amiss, and they have established a speaking acquaintance with the org, for Whese health and strength they have learned to grow affectionately solicitous and critically wateh!ul, 60 as to know when slop is ailing or a pipe a little out of order. Let a precenior give a crabbed chant or an unpopular anthem, and not all the eloquence of the best prevendai sermon will beng the Cathe- dral-goer back into geod humour with hinsell and the chapter for the whole Sunday, Whiai Jed the “Regulars” first. to cast their lot in the Cathedral, and choose a CuJegiate Chireh tia preferance to their own parish one, | cannot say— the original motive of some is lost in the distance ni time—some from pique, T dare say of some parneh minister—some from the love of Cathedral masi« ; (1 bave one at this moment in my eye with whom this partiality is a passion)—some because they be- lieve the Cathedral the highert point of Churchiman- siup, and others because, ehey could not tell you why. only they went as mere children and have continued the practise as nen—some_ because they belong to the Ecclesiastical Courts ; ad one has told me because Colston’s boys vo there, and he loves te sve them march in through the side aiste and defile from ruzht to lett, while irom his place in one of the prebendal seats he mentaliy counts the number of embryo Conservaties growing up tor the cause ; and Lhearti!y sympathise with hin—it is a fine anda gratifying sight to see Ko many trained up to be loy- al subjects and sound Churchinen—living pledges to the stability of state and institutions. “That wo- man,” sad the Spartan mother, “deserves mst who has bred most sons to the Commonwealth 3" and what resect does the memory of the ian meri, Whose benevolence has bequeathed the. means. of embuing so inany youths with the sentiments ot ood citizeuse? Jtis said of Colston that it was his practise to stand at the Cathedral door, when it Bristol, and pat with a parental fondness te te ibe ol the boys as they passed in—*A good churotinan, Sir, a good churchinan.” How thankful showid we ali be that in the proscription of our Churely o Enyland charities, this noble one was saved, aud those bove, like brends plucke? frou the burnin, are preserved tothe church and state. I have seen wy ‘riend follow with glistening eye this little regitneut of. blue pelisses and red stockings as they wound ander the old Nornian arelway to the Lower Green, carough the cloisters, and euiering the Cathedral at the litie) Westeru portal walk in lengthened line with pattering footsteps across the echoing pavement .o their piaces in the choir. But the rewyular Cathedral goers, the “immemo- rial attendants” if | may so speak, are not conlined to those Who occupy the cushoned staile and the HERALD. high pews of the choir; there are. others & humbie at-en tants. whom you wil! usually see on the forms by the monuments and stone pulpilts outside, who never enter the glavs door, and never hear a sernion 5 who bring their prayer books and read them undis- turbed and undisiracted by the tdlere who look in tor the anthem, or lounge for a iew momeuis around the monuments, trifling with jarring Jevity in the sound and season of worship, Some of them for years and years have not been missed frem their piaces, and with them the subsachristan or a solewn taced ver- ger will accasionally relax himself ina short col'oquy during service. These people cannot afford nor do they care forthe Juxury of a pew; who ever saw thein, when the old functionary in the black gown and white head is looking sagaciously around tor an eliible person tor a vacant. seat, thrust: themrelves forward with the foretinger and thumb all inadver- tently in their waiscoat pocket. As this offic'al, this sub-Saimt Peter, has moved actively about with his keve, locking in, like a railroad conductor, person alter person, T have oiten*wondered by what power ut puvsiognomy he has mide his eleetions—ali doubtless very judicious. T have seen-him when there have been a dozen standing in the aisie, and as thany by the glass door, de'iherately cast his eye over all, from one to the other, and then wack inte the midst and select a single person for promotion, | suppose, perhaps, because lis or ber devotiona! developments were largest, and must certain to pro- Jt by the service—thoneh tor a high church servant this savours. rather strongly of the Calvinistic doc. trine of election. Tle can see through the face down into—the heart, [ dare saya peculiar gitt Which made some of the members of the Cethedral Onee'say. With mere point thin raverence, “ht was better to bea door keeper. &."' leave it to the Chapter to finish the quotacion. coeeets a oS From the Chris ian Wa’echmin, GNIGINAL THINKING. We have read with no small degree of pleasure, and address delivered before the Adecip! ain Society of the Hemilten Literary and Theological tnecitu- tion, by Rev. George W, Eaton, Professor of Civil and Neclesiastical History; on Sthe Daty asd the Rewards of Original “Phinkine.” It isa truly ve uabie and seasonab'e prodact or, worthy to he twice read by every student. The evils against which the address is. intended to warn’ youn jen, isa more dangerous one than many are aware; and more fatal to solid: intelleetial attainment. Alter speaking of the duty, arising frovh the. possession of un imellectual nature; and the rewards attendant upon i', which are the pleasures of the exercise, the persunal respect and dicnity whielit confers, and the power which it gives to do good, the writer Warns young nen against the practice of borrowing and joining together the thoughts of others, Uaving described the ill effects of sucha course, lig, pro- ceeds : : “How different the man who has cultivated the power of original thought. — He nas &@ perential well- spring Within, whose supplies cau never fail’. Sule lera word or two farther on this sabject. Tris one of more than ordinary importanee. } do not) know whether there be inthe Institution now any seh sormonmonvers as | have described. 1 should hope not. Bur J know there have heen, and T have mark- ed the sad influence Of their: course. All original investivation was declined, Native powers of a very respectable order, whieh if cultivated would have made the poseessor a man of no ordinary pow. er, were suficred to remain folded up and inert. The wood brother was busily engaged in’ getting up ser- ons to preach on Sabbaths to some church he was supplying, and he had uo time te daivk. And having quile a repuiation as a finent, acceptable speaker, and being tolerably crespe tebie in the recitaten roo. (for a oman witha good ine-nory and seme serichtliness may contrive to get along wethour abe solate disurvace with bis class, though ie de not stir lis tacuities very deeply.) he pernaps forgot that thinking Was oF any inpertance, Soe, when be ap. proached the terminationof his) course, and had te prepare a commencement exercise, When be wae o: necessity thrown upon tis ewan tesources, he exhib. ited painiul and mortitying proof to his mstructore, of bis inherent feebleness. He had lost the main venelits ot nis course. T have deseribed the case of one tidividual, but only as the representative ofa too numerous class. And what is the destiny of such an ene inthe great word! Traly a “wander- lag? star, passiag trom chureh to ehurch, and stey- Ing just lone enouch in a plice te preach out hes bundle of hasiied up sermons, and leaving of binsell behind. Dhave enlarged the amore ape this suijees, be ause there is a strony femplalion, bk this dey af beaks and pamphlets and papers, aed skeletons,” aad all other kinds of “arsisiaa sy? to decline the labor of excoeiiation, and reson to the Were easy task of compilation. "Phere are se mean grind and bewtival tuoishise@ bw d'ntie oak sliops oF other "nds, scattered ad alone tae ue, ousares of inveleetoal lite, and so qaany vepigoes We readiess to carry Us, Without seleverion, on nNoeraice ' “tlowery beds of ease,” to almost any port we wish, tis hardly tobe wondered at that so mmny resuse the drudgery of thinking, and eheose rather to path. erup tie five thoughts of o hers, go happily concen ed and siied fo the rfastes, aud to teres themselves U,00 the eushioned seats of the couven! Ges, to beat thse Khar wiehedsor pomt oot destinaeou Tt pani reqaies very tittle thoght tefretup’ mn thi dava sar gerne mn the way DT have described, and whieh, spose well, may awaken considerabe jaiterest, and procure for ihe speaker a pretty little reputation; and when there happens: te be an unhappy combination oF vanny and indilence in the character, there will be en irresistibe pro. hensity to repeat the quagiiouabie procedure, unis becomes a fixed and vesular hao. But iow wretchedly such an individual misiakes his trus interes:s, Whether tis ahject is to iuprove bimsei!, to benefit others, or to secure a solid reputation. be makes no reul improvement, for aithough he may bi continually transeribing, weimorzig and mouth ug the finest thoughts and expressions, they are nuver “inwardly” dizested, and heuce contribute nothing ” veceuwt OLN to his mental growth and vigor. He cannot even understand the force and the point of the borrowed thoughts, of which be makes so liberal a use. How ieths? you will ask. Surely he must understand What he: selects and arriuiges and adapts. to hig purpose. No, he does not, He may indeed have suine conception of the meaning, but it is Kever ad.. quate, and is geuerally incorrect. Ttisa truth inthe phifosophy of tuind, that one mind cannot tuny comprehend the conceptions of another, unles it is in astate approximating to that in whieh the conrep. tious had birth. Indeed the proposition inay he stated in stronger ierms, We cannot. thoroughly understand the ineaniag of sn author, unless we ae able ourselves to regraduce bis conceptions. This obvious!y requires a degree of mental effort, which the individual under consideration never puts forth, I have mnyself heard men preaching, when, notwithe standing their loud vogiferations and evergetic ges. ticulations, the vacant eye and blank countenance assured me, that they did not know whit they were talking about. It was all “bodi'y exercise whieh profiteth little.” [tis a grand mistake” to suppose he preachers can effect any great and permanent Ml, ; py a portion art thotito the breasi that posses es hee! ‘Thou fearest verther the eyes oor the congues of mer. Truth, the most povertul of all things, is thy strongest friend, and the brighther the Neh! is ia which thou art displayed the more it dis. covere thy transcendant beauties, Guilt, on the contrary, like a base theif, suspects every: eye tint hotolds iim to be privy to. his transgressions, and v rv tous shat mentions hs name to be proclaim ia hoon Fraud and falsehood ere his weak and treacherous allies, and the lurks trembling in the dark, dreading every ray of light, lest. it should Hiseaver him, aed give him up to shame and punish ‘nent, ‘Che poorest should conso-e thense:ves, that hough few of the other good things of lile are their jot—innocence, the best of all things, is alweys wit li- in their power; for though fortune can make a man inhappy, she can never make him compleiely and rrevarabiy miserable, without his owi> consent.— uldine. Ancivisnoe Nutrox.—When Dr Mat how Hut. ‘on was Bishop of Durem, 4° he was trays ig ever Cam. betwixt Wenslevdvie and factory ciend vio was With hin was surprieed ty see hint sucden- yy dsmount, and, having delivered his dorse too a servant, walk toa particular. piace al some distance trom the highway, where he kneit down and remain. ed come time in prayer. On his return, his friend took the liberty of asking let niot ve ter so singul r anact. The Bishop inforined him that wien he was a poor boy, without shoes and st-ckings, travelling this mountain ou a frosty day, he remembered that he had disturbed a red cow, then lying on that iden. tical place, in order to warm his legs and feet ou thit epot. Thue it's by the glorious constitution ot tris kinody im (whieh we shoyld exer deten). rhatine humble offspring of a.muc-walied ct age, as veil as these born inva palace, may, by industry and mcr, rise to the highest. stations ineliireh or stale. Such vas the cave of Dr. Hutton, who was mide Bi bop Durham ia the vear 1589, where le was bewved by all who knew hin snd inthe year 1604 vas tries. iated to and made Arehbshop oor York. ile sueceeded at Durhwin by Dr, ‘Pobias Matthews. who also succeeded dim at his death as Are besiiop of York. The des: eodants o: Archbishop tlutton, alter his death, resided fora long period ot time al Nore thailerton aud vicinity, and from one branch of that family sprung. that eminent man, the laie Waltiam Hutton, Esq, PLR. S., the venerable hisionan of Birmingham and the Reman Will, and awuthor of several other highly tnportaunt Instomea! aud local publications —Chire! Mag. Every Day Lying —There is something consol. ing in the retlector—(says Lane Bianeherd i the New Monthiy)-- hat great as is the vice or wing, aine-tenths of it as is now in practice sp rae lei the virtues! The vilest misevean!, forone bo ute iered in-maiice, tells a hundred in pure courtesy, im -omphance with refined usayes. ar charity towards the felnge of another. Why dy peome reqnest “the nurs? and “seal very, hippy,” a dezen tunes oe dey!) Why are they so “exci-sive’y giad”? lo hese soucthing, or so “extremeiy serre™ on the) other hand! They exper evce peither p'eisure nor regret, we know, asthe words expressive of these sensi- Hoos pass their ips. They are notorious y tela evhen they profess to be truly conee sued, or hay delighted. But th yvoare tying upew a ishiethvopie, a syinpathetic praspes They eed medecephon; uo selfeinerest prompts theris tuey we Vaeous oul olhindness and dehedey. Cart spiro selt-seeriice be care tiartier, Va tn sarcendor te truti ior the sake of pvcasin ane Tay fopadintdae who davees ty di-pense wit sia InNocENCE—QO iMoreyce! now glorious ant hep. ws aN CONSCIOUSNESS OF BIN. Owl there is naling to equal these moments of dasperee ivan jig \ hen we first secome conscious that we we covaptea! when some sudden shock abodes us 104 ate iedye of our ihe position, and Shows us thit the rome we have so long been cal@essty treading, is hollow beneath our tert, the precipice vear at hand to which we have ocean blind vy airectine our step! The siek aia woo. tod that moridieation alone bars sticed the torture his aching hink, connot receive sach ineiliverce with more chitied and shryiking ho: rour than is jel oy the heirt which, pure heretotore, and ful o: ear Hest re-ouhon tor tae right, has been led away b templatoo, ob onwewahes to feel the btrerncse: ¢ Shara ip to Know te t the days o yee gene e are eters th te vice is becom a inn rasp that alas known ef which w Shots Lave beet ignorant; and all torgecen white shoud have been most carefully treasured imo nemuries; that a our torrew we have be on sacquanted with sin,” and have made it one bo companion and fellowetraveller in the great joum of lie. i PUBLISHED BY) VOL. XIU. a en THE LIBERIA HERALD IS POBLISHED MONTHLY IN MONROVIA. LEVI D. JAMES—rrinter, Trerns—Ong Donnan anp Firty Crypts a year pay able in advanee. ~All communieations relating to the Herald must be addressed to H. Teage, Monrovia. : : All communications for insertion must ne port pai. 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January 9th, 1843, 4 To the Honorable, The Members of the Legielative Counci). ‘GENTLEMEN :—(n our present meeting it be. c siny duty toijvite your attention tothe pro. vider™al favors which our Colony has experienced during the. past year, in the unusual degree of houlth dispensed to ite inhabitants, in the rich abun. dance with which the earth has rewarded the labors of the farmer, in the success that has attended the efforts of our enterprising merchants, in the exten. sion of the influence of the Colony, over the minds of tue heathen tphee around us, and in the progress of general improve nent frvorable to the prosperity of oar infant republic—with these blessings, have heen necessarily mingled the inconveniences and vi- cissitudes mecileut to -all new countries. — Still there is just occasion for our mutual congratulations and thankfulness to that beneticent Being whoin his youduess has been pieased:tu favor us with such distinguieted mercies, Since the meeting of the Legislature in April last, nothing ct importiies has oveured to disturb our friendly relations with fgreeners or with the/ natives oF wie country we inhabit. Peace and hur. tnony prevail throughout our borders, Tncomphayce with a resolytiun of the Legisls ture al its Jast Session, ( transmitted to. the il of Directors of the A neciein Colonization Society, all the faets that have come. to my Kiowiedve rela- tive te the disputed ciaim of jurisdiction over cer. tain territory "y the viemity of Grand Bassa—zen- erally knows as Bassa Cove, or Grand Bassa Point. Many ot these facts bad been transmitted prior tos the date of that resolution, Aud soon. after the adjnirament of the Legislature, I] received frnathe Board an elaborate: communication fully approving the measures ‘adopted by the authorities here to sustain the laws of the Commonwealth by compel. ling all persons within the Jurisdiction of the Colony to submit ty the Majesty of the laws. ‘Mus com- munication will he laid before you, and will po doubt give you mach satisfaction ‘tg tind with wat promptuess they Board have taken up the sybject, aud their determ. vation tg sustain as fir ag practi cable the institutions of the Guony, ; L hgyed that This perplexing question had termine | ated with mv correspondence with Captain Denman, | in this, however, [ was mistaken. [n July last, | Capt. J. Onke of Her M tjesty’s Sloop “Perret” re. . newed the correspondence by proposin a series ef : questions relative te the jurisdiction of the Colony, to the sevzure ofcertan property by the collector at, Grand Bassa belonging to Mr. Dring, of the British | brie “Ranger” aid reiaive to the detention of a, certain amount of money, in the hands of Honorable Louis Sheridan, claimed by one D. Murray. 'I’o : all of these, [ responded, and I believe suc. ceeded in satis ying Capt. Oake, of our priority of chin to, and eight of jurisdiction over the territory | in dispute as aivo the jystice of the seizure of Dring’s goods, and the detention of the amount clasued by Murray. ‘This correspondence the Se- cretary will lay before you. Phe subject o} territorial limite, gentlemen is be- comitee one af considerable importance, and deserves your deciberate and immediate cougidera ion, revent develapments are sufficient to convince us. that un- less seme xpeedy and eificient effirts are made to secure 'o the Colony a greater extent of ferritory— Migration must cease or svon we shall nut hive sufficiei:: territory to carry on our agricultural pur. suits, Foreiga tradere aro still Ingking encroach. | ments Upon us, and seme of them have been puilty of the jnost unprincipied arntices to destroy our | commered avd meine? tue rade, They use every Mts Nosedeer ‘ishonorabia, to prejudice the natives agaist iu Conny—pro mpting the nw conmit dopreditions ayon the property .of es'ons fal traders; speaking disrespectlully of the colonia Bwerwnent, representing it aa being unable to protest its citizens or enlorce its laws. ss Should this state of things contunue, in afew yeare we shall fiud ourselves involved in unpleasant. co roversies with foreigners, and. perhaps ina war witn our neighbors. T know that this question has given birth toa variety of opinions and speculations, With regard to the propriety of extending the juris. Aigtion,ef the Golony.alang: the: \coast-=beyoud our MONROVIA, LIBERLA, Pusricum Bonum PRIVATO EST PRAEFERENDUM ee es ee ee oe ee eee _ ee cena wens present possession? which indeed are very limiter. Some speak of the plan of Jinmyg the coast with christian settlements aa visionary and impractica ble. Some as heing impolitic—unlese we had the meana of guarding and protecting them—otherwise they say we will be reaponsible for every outrage committed by the natives. Others inaist that the settlers shoul! push their way immeciately into the interior, giving up all idea of ever, extending the ju- risdiction of the Colony alony the coast—convinced ° gentlemen as J helieve you are, and as every Libe- rian must he of the groat impertance of acquiring a more extensive territory along the coast; it would be useless and consuming your. time to no purpose, for me to enter into any arguments to prove the fallacy of the above objections. But would recom. mend thot a proper representation from the citizens of Liberia through the American Colonization Socie- ty—be made to the Governments of Great Britain, and the United States, setting forth the imporfance, to the Colony, of allowing its jurisdiction to extend from Gand Cape Mount to the Assinee-Rivey | believe that just so soon as those governments can be mide satistie] of the imoortance of setiline chris. tian colonies along this cvast for the more e Fretual Sippreasion of tha alave trad, and (or_tha exre asina of christianity. among a heatien and barbarous peos ple. They will not-only grant us the privileye of acquiring juriadiction aver the territory named, but will protect ur from the improper? interference of tthose who are doing all they canto injure and re- ar] the prorress of the Colony. In my oficial comunication to the Board of Managers by the schooner “Herald” in April las: T mide an allusion ty a resolution that tad just prssed the Lovialetive Coancil—s liciting of the Society a loan of wereral thousand dollars to assist the colonial authorities to make such pabte ime. provements in the Colony as our own resnurces would not warrant——n reply to this part ol my letter the Rev. R. R. Gurley under date 20h June says”—as the proceeiings of the Council have not been transinitted I will only eay—that with every disposition to meet euch a proposition —vithout a larger increase of our resources—it wi'l he out of eur power. [ shall not cease to hope that onr incone at no. distant day will be such as to meet every reasonable Wish of the peo- ple of the Colony” We too gentiemen may hope and hyve great - reason to expect fram recent novemente tn. ihe United Stg'ex—vjth regard to Coionization—that the day is wot distant wren the Society will be able to meet every reacquable wish of the people. For not pressed conditions of the finances of the Uniied States have overated ipost powerfully against the Society, they hive nevertheless shared a uoodsy | degree of public netronage—sonfitence in the wilt ty, the magnitude and grandeur of the scheme ia increasing throughout the ‘union. At a Colonization convention held in the city of Washington a few months ago were adopted mga- Biires of high importance tothe Colonization cause, ® frienis are resolved to prosecuie it with new vigor and to seek from the general) Goverment of the United States countenance end protection —and from the State Governments cooperation and aupport. “The humane and pious every where: are cominy forward to their aul, and no doubt very soon the resourcea of the Soviety will be so augmented as to enable them to carry on more successinily and viyorous'y their operations, both of removing imivrants to Liberi, of opening the Fesources of the country, and in making suen pub- lic improvements in the Culory os inay be vesces- sary for our piotecticn and convenience. [regret gentiemen to inforn you that f have not been able to carry into effect an important resolution of the last Counci! authorizing me to have compiled and published in one yomme all the statute iawa of the Commonweaith. Fecling sensibly the wuportance of such a compilation— soon after the adjournment of the Legislature | made several efforts to have the work altended to, but without success, every application to veutlemen whom TP eongid sre] conpetent to discharve sich duties was refused pon the wround, that ther private enyave nena were suca ar to prevent thei without serious injury to their own business especially, at that season of the year, from giving that attention to the work that Would insure suc. cess, Finding the year so far spent betore | could procure the services of c.mpetent persons, and thinkiny that the present Legislature would, nore than likely make xome necessary anu in portant alterations in the present code, | conclude ed to defer the compilation until after the present session. [would here call your .attention geuatle- men to the propriety of expunging altering or so amending the 4th section of “a bill for the regulation . of towns and villages in this Commonwealth’ —ag | to mike it the duty of the Governor or of the Gov. ernor and Council to appoint fron time ‘to time commissioners—with an equitable consideration— (9 carry- into e@'fect the provisions of that act— insead of 14 commissioners appointed in the 6th section of the “Act to provide rezulations for the eoniies and villages in the Conmonwealth of Libe- | ria” paseed in| August and September 1839, and futher that it shail be the duty of tie ¢ itn sioners 8) appointed to see that at stated tes 6 a reaty in the towns and villazes are clearei a: c;der orush and noxious weeds, and that in the eveat of jersong refusing or negiecting w clear ihe strac:s SOA ze Umi to their respective lo's —then and Manat case it shall be the duty of the sud commise mers to proceed forthwith to clear dp’ any'such ‘neplevied Streets to be paid out of any’ funda belonging to ine (WEST-AFRICA) withstanding, that the deranged and de.’ | Comrnonwealth—to he refauded in euch way and minner 98 you may think proper to provide—with- out entering into any arguments to prove to yeu, who rust, be equally convinced of the fact, the deleterious effects that the growth of noxinus weeds in our streets must have upon the health of the commuaitvest wilt only remark that under the present arrangements the responsibility imposed by ' the 5th section of the article referred to has rendered it moat difficult te procure the services of proper ' peragns—cspecially without an adequate conpensa- | tion—to undertake the duties of the office, conse. quently in this respect our towns and villages have been shamefully neglected. { would eall your attention to another subject that déserves consideration, and which must be provided for if we expect to imaintain the urity of our in. stitutions—T allude to the great difhculty with which public officers are able to collect the fines and forfeitures imposed by the courts in the Colony, and the indifference with which civil and military orders are sometimes treated by a certain portion of our rommuni'y, according to our present system most military delinquencess, and many offences arainst the municipal laws of the Commonwealtit are punishable only by fines, and as our laws allow no- imprisonment for debt, a certain cliss of individuals reyardless of consequences—having ngthing upon whieh the offiter ean lay his hands, of which some of thein make their boast, wantonly refuse or neg- lect to do those duties required by law, and that good and responsible citizens are con)pelled to per- form, thereby throwing the burthen of certain public lutins, that should be born by all ona part of the roy munity, One or to instances have occured in the volony wien public officers have been defied; Tam hapoy to state however that, thatresiatance was con. fined to a very few, and of the elas of individuals re- fered to above, viz: persons without property, conse. quently, revardless of conxequences, it is not. Wiirequent to hear them say when brought up before a tribunal to anewer for any misconduct— ‘“aveil fine me and then get the money when anil where you can, [ have nothing you can seize— vou cant seliimy house, nor have [ more personal chattles than the law protects from seizure” mer- chants aud others suffer froin. this very class of individuals—how fr2yia'ly have [ heard the bitter complaints of citizens with reyard. to jhe shameful conduct of such persons when they have haen induced to credit. So:nething gentlemen must be done to correct this evil or ifs demoralizing influence will be lelt severely at ny distant day. Opposed as Lam to the invay clinses and alter. ‘tions yenerally mele in tie statate laws of the Commonwealth at eich session of the Losislature. fn almost ea to say nothing futher ov this _ ject ; bat Ceannot foroear recoarnnlins to your causilayat bon the propriety vtove wpe anenadasar 3 wits Mat of so aperine or ainending “a blll te prevent frands in the management of intestate and other gstates” passed August aud September 1339, aa to provide that persous assaming the responsibility ut settling estates shall he re ynired to give bon! ana security for the faithful performance of their daty as are required of alininistritors in the 4th section ol said Act; and futher that all executors, ad ninistra- tors or ethers having the management of estates shall be compelled at each session of the probate court to render an account in writing of their doinus in relation to any estate or property of which they miv have had the minsaze nent. Aad futher, at present we have no statute laws regulating the apportionment of widows dowers—but have been conforming toa custom in the Colony, how obtained [ know not, of allowing the widow one third of all ihe real estate Wheéfier solvent or insoivent ; this right, should .the estate be insulvent—has been questioned, therefore to avoid future inisunderstand- ius 1 would recommend that some definite revila. tion be made with regard to it. The subject of common. schools gentlemen is one that deserves your atttention—its importance is wef] known tu you, and I believe will have your consid. eration, For if we expect as [have no doubt all of you du—thit Liheria is destined at some future day to take a stan! among the nations of the earth—we must educate our children, the risiwe generation must be iniormed, for on them depend the erection of the fabric—the foundation of which you are now cominencing, a right education alone can raise man to his true and propes dignity, and without it we must ever remain cast out and degraded. Our peculiar situation demands that we too should make astrong and viorous. effort to improve our own minds, if we expect to maintain and hand down to posterity unimuaired the purity of our republican institutions. You know ventlenen that in an ig. horant conmunity republicanis:n will soon dezene. rate into a_wreiched de:ncracy which must end in anarchy, The condition of our race, tov in other parts of the world and especially of the inhabitants of this heathen country s'iould be motives to rouse us to greater diligence, that we may show to the World that the African race ‘is aa susceptible of ; Meutal improvement as any other. At present there | are schools established in several of cur towns ‘and | Villages; these however are under patronaye and voutrul of various relizious institutions in America, and may be “discontinued at any moinent, it therefore | becomes us to make an effort to assist Oursélves in ; thia great work of improvement, that we tnay be prepared for any emadzency : we. can do avimething, ‘and shoud do suiething—!et us put our shoulders to the wheel, and wheu we have done all that we canto, T pledge inyself there’ Will’ be no. lack of aid, the sympathies of the benevolent every are enlisted in our favor, especially with re 4 FEBRUARY where | shut into the baitie-word, and J eho ued w ard to | “auzza | this subject, and when it is koown’ abread that we pee on ————— (HILARY TEAGE EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, 0 21, 1843. ——_. NO. 4, — ry | appreciate learning, and are doing all in aur nower to obtain it and can not succeed, then ani not till then, shall we have the effisieut aid of our friends abroad, and be able to establish permanant schoola for the education of oyr youth. Qa this subject I scarcely know gentlemen what course to recoin. mend to your consideration. ‘An Act regulating cominon schools passed August and September 1830 makes every provision necessary for the government of schools, but a ver inadequate provision for theic maintainance, the 3d section of that Act provides that the. sum of three dollars \per year be paid by all those who may be adinitted into thege schoo!s or by their parents or guardians, if they be able—the shid amount to be pajd to the school committee or any person appointed by them, of course for the j Support of the school. ‘The 8ih section provides, | that all persons shall be boun| by law to send thair children to school—--pruvided their aves vary from five to twelve yeara, and whosoever tails to coi;nply with the above regulation shall without excuse be compelled to piy a fine of threa dollars said fine to go into the hands of the school. comnitte » for the benefit of the school.” Now gentlemen this is the only provision for the maintainance of public schools, how then cvuld it 4e expected that competent teachers could be procured ; especially whea in no one settlement are to be found more than thirty or forty children whose parents ‘or guardiana‘are able ‘to pry even a sinall account towards their tuitiqn, no, under such cirsunatane ces teachers could not be procured, nor hive we been able the past yeir to supply even those settlamentg that are entirely dastitute of gstuols wita a pudli¢ teacher, nor shall. wa be ajle until the Con Hoywealth will take the resp sibility and provide more effectually for the pay. neat of teachers, , An thar sudject. to whieh T world call yur atten. | tion ig the don ralizi vz indisase tint pling shops Inust have in any connasuty, and especially in a conngnity like oyrs, at sush places are alw ys to be found the idle ant the worthless, wao are nut bickward tor the sike of a drain in enticiag the yours wbthe thoashclass, wiv atter a few visita } aad vtew gloigey lit’ thairse lasers baa) n2 slaves Lg tie intoxicating cap, and soon a rzproich to their tunlies an} to sgiety, J ferl that jt will be alto. fobnee Whee ragary Hr ine to eater into any argu APs to prove. to you Zratlamea, vay are go well avened on this aayott—ita Ours al eo Pesty upd the prosperity of a pros, Som: ay fegot wil curl the lip, and 81V, that we iave av ey 32 of a lara in Liberia, thata mors te noarate Diaper cstg n> wiers—hit geathe man tees toast, tie wliss very crativagty, aad tiat dentag ty axeass is toa. fivzd toa fey solitary exesyioaein tha wy le Cons oveverlts. Lalgit vltins to 2 traa, bat dovs it werd any thing intavor of aa Vartrit soirits, care tainly no’, for if thee 9209/8 wre ste nj2rite as not to indalge the use ofit a. ai), Crea of e) ira wa hive © us? for the acticle, ail every ona will zy let it 3h ulifthe prople are otly so te noerare ag to tudilge in oscasi nal giasses, and as all will ad nit the danzor ofits increase in daeace if used at all, taen away with it, bature we are called to exper. lense More of its pernicious C9188] 13nce3 5 tuuch not, taste not, handle oot the liga poisoa ‘Lae fact is gagtlem 2a there are estavlisa nants. ia Lib. rit, fain happy however, to say their ninber is re pilly dininisatas, waere the poisoa is still dealt out in small q dantities, to tae injary not only ‘of eol- onists—iome fev of whon will tot give un the practice of taking it at stated timaa—bat ty mie tives, aud to foraizagrs whose haalth is materially injured in this climu by its (re jarnt use. [would therefore recomn?ad that the dutyov ardent spir- itg %. W be eonsideradiy wereiwed, and thit the sprcial license to retiilers v2 artless thaa one han. drat dollara. (Soncladed on our Fourth Paze.) —————— THE HUZZAS OF PI3TARITY. F373 A little boy naar Higerstown, in Miryland, was ong day pointing out to -n2 a cops? of trees as the place where Washinton, at tie hoa of the Vire ginia rangers, fought a battie love before tha wir of the revolutioa, with son Inliins, led by the Franch fron Port Daquesis, nov Pit's 40 th.--Die little fellow had som? balls of leal that hul va. fired in that battle, chuped fro.n tie ceatras of the now massive and ayal orks, [ saw thit the sun. beim of goin? sublina moral enotinn was in his yes, and [ asked him further of Washington, the rave youth who led tha Virgiaiaus into that thick. et whan the: war-waoo) shook its bourhs, and the riflg runs in its gloom His inind seeinad to giance like lightning throuzh the illustrious deeds of arms in which Washingtoa, had beea enzaged, and set. tled down at the closing acene of Yorktown. Hs told nz of one circamstance only. Said ha, “when ths British troops were marcliad out of their en. | treach nents to lay down their arms, Washington toid the American army, “My boy, let there he no ingalts ovér a conquered foe! when they lay down their arms, don’t’ huzza: posterity will huzzz for OTT osad have hugged the little hoy to my bosom. | Although he had not prodinly been i5!6 to read more | than four years,-yet his inind had drank in ¢13 moral greatness of the act of aspiring the te» ling- o atallen tie. Tasked him whit it wis taal \WVoisuigtm aad that posterity would do? ha q tick'y ana yerad, huzza. “iLuzza! then,” said I, and he sain ie clear, wild tth hin, for Washington !” OM Saiiety NEB AU Meenas? (Mirror). LIBERIA 14 s tom 2+ ae as ave ts a aK ADDRESS TO THE CITIZENS OF oie te LIBERIA- Washington, January 9th 1839 Po the Citizens of Monrovia, Caldwell, Millsburg, New Georgia, and Marshall in Liberia. I am directed by the American Colortization Socic- ty, to transmit by the hand of Goverifor Buchanan, a copy of the Constitution of this institution, as amended and adopted at the late Annual Meeting of the Society, and to-state briefly the reason for the changes made in this instrument, For several years past, a want of concert and harmouy, has been expericaced in the proceedings of the friends of Alrican Colonization, in different sections of the union, and since its pecuniary em ar- assinents, no adequate support has beau extended to the general.or national Society. ‘The _tendency io separate state action, has been increasing, and mu- tual diatrust between the Parent Society and sever- al of the auxiliary slate aysociations, has weakened the bonds of their union. Information has been received that feelings of jealousy and unkinduess towards each other hare prevailed to some “extent, in the minds of the citizens of Monrovia and Bassa Cove; and that thuse two comraunities which should be united in the most eacred bonds of telluw- ship, were disposed each to regard the other as a foreign people, entitled’ only.to that respect, and to those acts of justice and humanity, shown by the in- habitants of one independent state to another. The friends of the cause have deeined it of yital importance to remedy these evils, and in the consti- tution they have recently adopted, have sought to unite the counsels and energies of the American people in this great-work of Colonization, as well as to unite the several communities in Alrica under one system of government; and one uniform Code of Laws. It is hoped that the worthy and intelligent citizens of Liberia, will duly appreciate the endea- vours of the Society, to promote their dearest inter- est, that they will cordially concur iit the arrange- ments proposed for binding together in the closest political relations, the several communities of Libe- ria, and that they will eustain the executive Author. ity in the discharge of all his legitimate and author- ized powers. The Society regards the experiments of Colonization in Liberia, as fuli of promise to the colored population of the United Staten, and of Afri- ca, and they truat that the citizens of Liberia will deeply feel their responsibility to their more unfor- _-tunate brethren throughout the world, as well as to “that great and good Being who is the author of all freedom, independence, and prosperity among na- tions. ; The gentlemen who has been unanimously elect, ed to the high station of Governor of Liberia, enjoys the entire confidence of the Society, and his moral qualification no less than his distinguished abilities give asaurance to the Directors, that his duties will be discharged with fidelity, engeryy, and success. — The Society cannot doubt that the citizens of Liberia will give to him their entire confidence and 4 gener- “ous and firm support. By order of the Board of Directors, , R. R. GURLEY, : Hacrelary, ConsTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERIA. The American Colonization Society, hereby rants to the colonies or settlements, on the Westen Coast of Africa, under its care, the fol- lowing Constitution. CONSTITUTION. Article ist. The Colonies or Settlements of Monrovia, New Georgia, Caldwell, Millsburg, Marshall, Bexley, Bassa Cove, and Edina, and such other colonies hereafter established by this Society, or by Colonization Societies adopting the Constitution ofthe American Colonization Society, on the western coast of Africa, are here by united into one government, under the same name and style of the Commonwealth of Lizerta. Art. 2nd. All legislative power herein granted, shall be vested in a Governor and Council , of Liberia, but all laws by them enacted, shall be subject to the revocation of the American Coloni- zation Society. Art. 3rd. The Council shall consist of repre- sentatives, to be elected by the people of the several colonies or settlements, and shall be ap- pointed among them, according toa just ratio of representation. Until otherwise _provided, Monrovia, New Georgia, Ualdwell, and Mills- burg, shall be entitled to six representatives ; and Marshall, Bexley, Bassa Cove and Edina, to four representatives, to be appointed among them by the Governor. Art. 4th. The representatives shall in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be priviledged from arrest, during their attend- ance at the session of the Council, and in going to, or returning from the same; and for any apeech or debate therein they shall not be ques- tione in any other place. Art. Sth. Until otherwise provided by law, the Governor shall appoint, & publish the times, places, and manner of holding elections, anc making returos thereof, and the time for the meeting of the Council. . - Art. 6th. The Governor shall preside at the deliberations of the Council, and shall have a veto on all their Acts; provided nevertheless that if two thirds of all the members elected to serve in the Council shall concur in passing a bill or resolution, notwithstanding the veto of the Governor the same when so passed shall become a law and have effect aa such. Art. 7th. A Colonial Secretary shall be appoint- ed bv the Governor ; and it shall he the duty of auch colonial secretary to record in a book or a books, all the official acts and proceedings of the Governor of the Council: and of the Gover- nor and Council to secure and preserve the same caretully, and to transmit a copy of each of such acts or proceedings to the Ameri- can Colonization Society, from time to time, provided, howevei, that such acts and proceed- ings be so transmitted at least once a year. Art 8th. AGreat Seal shall be provided for the Commonwealth of Liberia, whereby the offi. cialand public Acts of the Governor, shall be authenticated ; and tie custody of the said seal shall he committed te the colonial secretary. Art. 9tn. The Governor and Council shall have power to provide a uniform system of mili- tary tactics and discipline; to provide for organ- izing, arming and discipling the malitia, and for governing such part of them as‘may be employed in the service of the Commonwealth ; To declare war in self-defence: To make rules concerning captures on land and water: To make: treaties with the severa! African tribes, and to prescribe rules for regulating the commerce between the Commonwealth of Libe- ria, and such tribes ; except that all treaties for ‘| the acquisition of lands shall be subject .o.. the approval of the American Colonization Society. To prescribe uniform rules of naturalization for all persons of color, and all persons now citi+ zens ofany part of the Commonwealth. of Libes ria, shall continue to be so, and all colored per- sons, emigrating from the United State of Amer- ica, or any district or territory thereof, with the approbation, or under the sanction of the Ameri- can Colonization Society ; or of any society aux- ilary to the same, or of any state Coloniza- tion Society in the United States, which shall have adopted the constitution of the Ameri- can Colonization Society, shall be entitled to all the privileges of citizens of Liberia; except the same shall have been lost or forfeited by conviction of some crime. EXECUTIVE POWER. Art. 10th. The Executive Power shall be vested in a Governor of Liberia, to be appointed by, and to hold his office during the pleasure of the American Colonization Society. Art. 11th. The. Governor shall be Comman- der in chief of the army, of the navy, and of the malitia of the Commonwealth; he -shall have power to call the malitia, or any portion thereof, into actual service, whenever the public. exer- gency shall require; and he shall have the ap- pointment of all military and naval officers, except the captains and subalterns of malitia companies, who may be elected by their respec tive companies. . Art. 12th. The land owned by the Society, and all other property belonging to the Society, and in. the commonwealth, shall be under the exclusive control of the Governor and such agents as he may appoint. under the direction of the Society. , Art. 13th. The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council shall appoint all offi- cers whose appoinment or election 1s not other- wise specially provided for in this constitution. * Art. 14th. There shall be a Lieutenant Gov- ernor, who shall be elected by the people in such manner as shal! be provided by law. — He shall exercise the office of Governor, in case of a vacancy in that office, occasioned by the Governor’s death or resignation, or in case the Governor shall delegate to him the temporary authority of Governor, during the Governor's absence or sickness. JUDICIAL POWER. Art. 15th. The judicial power of the Com- monwealth of Liberia, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Governor,and Council may from time to time, ordain and establish. The Governor shall be Exofficio, Chief Justice of Liberia and as such, shall preside in the supreme court, which shall have only appellate jurisdiction. The Judg- es, both of the supreme and inferior courts except the chief Justice, shall hold their office during good behaviour. Art. 16th. A code, or uniform system of civil and criminal laws shall be provided by the American Colonization Society for the Common- wealth of Liberia. Art. 17th. The present criminal laws in force in the several colonies, or settlements now form- ing the Commonwealth of Liberia, and such others as may trom time to time be enaated, shall constitute the criminal code of the common- wealth. Such parts of the common law, as set forth in Blackston’s Commentaries, as may ‘be applicable to the situation of the people, except as changed by the laws now in force and such as may hereafter be enacted, shall be the civil code of law for the commonwealth. Miscellaneous. Art. 18th. A Great Seal be provided for the colonies whereby the official and public acts of the Governor shall be authenticated ; & the cus- tody thereof shall be committed to the Colonial Secretary. Art. 19th Until otherwise provided by law, the Commonwealth of Liberia shall be divided into two counties as follows :— Monrovia, New Georgia, Caldwell, and HERALD. Millsburg, shall constitute one county, under the name of Monsterads Bassa Cove, Edina, Bex- ely, & Marshall, shall constitute the other coun- ty, ,under the name of the county of Grand Bassa. Art. 20th. There shall be no slavery in the commonwealth. : Art. 21st. There shail be no dealing in slaves by any citizen of the commonwealth, either within or beyond the limits of the same. Art. 22nd. E:nigration shall not be prohibited. Art. 23rd. The right of trial by’ Jury, and the right of petition'shall be inviolate. Art. 24th. No person shall be debarred from prosecuting or defending any civil cause for, or against himself or herself betore any tribunal in the commonwealth, by himself or herself or council, , Art. 25th. Every male citizen of the age 21 years, shall have the right of suffrage. Art. 26th. All elections shill be by ballot. Art. 27th. The military shall at all times, and in all cases, be in subjection to the civil power. Art. 28.th. Agriculture, the mechanic arts and manufactures, shall be encouraged within the commonwealth; and commerce shall be promo- ted by such methods as shall tend to develope the agricultural resources of the commouwealth, advance the moral, social and political interest of the people, increase their strength and accelerate and firmly establish, and secure their national independence. Art. 29th. The standards of sveight, measure, and money, used and: approved by the Govern- ment of the United States of America, are hereby adopted as the standards of weight, measures and. money within the Commonwealth of Libe- ria. But the Governor and Council shall have the power to settle the value of the actual currency of the Commonwealth according to the metallic currency of the United States of America. Office of the American Colonization Society, Washington, January, 14th, 1839. Thereby certify the above (wenty nine articles to be a true copy of.a Constitution of the Com- monwealth of Liberia, adopted by the Board of Directors of the American Colonization Society, on the fifth day of January in the year Ejhicen Hundred and Thirty Nine. PHILIP R. FENDALL, Recording Secretary. SS EE COMMUNICATION. of For the -Liberia Heral. AT A MEETING CALLED At the request of several citizens of this township, on Tuesday, evening 17th January 1843, in the Providence Baptist Church, the following exercises were entered upon. On motion, resolved, that the Rev. A. Cheeserfan take the chair. On mo- tion, resolved, thut F. Burng serve us Sectetary for the occasion. ; After invoking the: Divine blessing upon the meeting its object was stated at length by the chairman. On motion, resolved, that the. mecting be thrown open to’ indiscirminate debate. The Rev, Mr, Eden, then enquired whether the Society proposed to be organized, was designed, be independent of, or auxiliary to any other age sociation for similar purposes ulreddy established. Rev. Mr. Teage answered in behalf of the chnir, that it was not intended, so far as he was ac- quainted, to be auxiliary to any other institue tion—that as the other Societies formed in the colony were denominationn! in their character, and on that ground objectionable inthe eyes, of many, it was proposed to form one entirely free ftom all those exceptionable features, oua broad scale, that none could make objections to. Mr. James Brown, said he had the constitus tion of the Temperance Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which he thought with some few alterations would answer well for the Society now proposed to be formed; whereupon, on motion, resolved, that that constitution be read, which being done, it was resolved, that it be taken upon by articles Art, J], Read. Resdlved that the words ‘of Methodist Episcopal Church” be struck ont, so as to read “Liberia Temperance Society,” Art. JI. Adopted. Art. Ul, Resolved to strike out of this article the words “time, pluce, annual conference” so as to read ‘the second Tuesday in January.” All the remaining arti- cles in. that. constitution were adopted, and the pledge with the exception, in the latter, of the words “‘when prescribed by a Physician” which were struck out, leaving it to read, “in case of sickness” simply, withoul, what was thought to be, that unnecessary addition. On motion, resolved, that the constitution be opened immediately for subseribers. This reso- lution was prefaced by some very pertinent re- marks from the mover, (Mr. J. Brown). He thought that the temperance cause was a good one ; and that appearances gave clear evidence that it was high time for the citizens. of this commonwealth, awake to their duty in refence to it. We had often heard the. Temperance cause spoken of as something fit only for lower classe@in community. It reminded him of re- marks frequently made about the christian reli- gion, by those who knew nothing of its value, \ternal attention, that it is something suited only to the weak and poor, not at all befiting men of mind and stand- ing: ~He thought there was about so much rea- son inthe one, as the other. He had been to America recently—he had there seen the first men inthe nation, that the grounds about the seat of general government was often occupied by large coneourses of people listening to tem- perance addresses from some of the ablest men of the senate. He had seén them lecturing on this vital subject, in the market houses and other places of public ressort, in a manner that show- edto him the interest they took inthis great reformation. He thought the subject worthy the espousal of any and all the Gentlemen in Liberia. After Mr. Brown sat down, the fol. lowing names were given as subscribers to the ledge :-— I’. Burns, A. CHEEsEMaAN, S’ Benepicr, B. R. Witson, G. P. Wriant, A. W. Anperson, Jo. CLARKE, H. Trace, J. T. Ricnarpgon, ‘R. Frunoy, J. Even, J. S. Pavne J. Brown, J. B. Giron, G. Baxter, J. R. A. Wison, J. L. Brown, G. W. Brown, J. J. Rogerts, J. N. Lewfs, Ruopy Fiunoy, H. Srmpson, C. Payne, C. WHeELnr, S. Prout, M. Brnepict, On motion, resolved, that the house proceed to elect officera, The following gentlemen were elected to fill the various of. fices in the Society for this year. Rev. A. CueEseman, Pre- sident. His Ex. J.J. Rozerts, Vice J, Grissy. sinent, J. L. Benepicr. | Joun N. Lewis. Esq. ‘Secre~ tary. Rev. James Epen Treasurer. Rev. H. Trace, G. P. Frunoy, Hon. J. B. Grreon, Hon. S. Beneptcr, Rev. B. R. Wizson, Rev. A. W. ANDERSON, James Brown. Resolved, that the proceedings of the meefthg be published in the papers of colony. Resolved, that the thanks of the meeting be return- ed to the Chairman and Secretary for their services during the evening. Resolved, that the meeting adjourn to meet. again on the following Monday night at this place. F. Burns, Secr . Monrovia, ane. 17th, January 1843. LIE RRIA HERALD. MONROVIA, LIBERIA, FEBRUARY 21, 1R43. Te Luminary.—In the last number of this sheet the veracious editor has vouchsafed usa goad share of fra- As the value or imptrtance of an dbject is usually estimated by the attention paid to ity we hereby tender oyr humble acknowledgments to our worthy brother for thia lang & flattering expression of his opinion. We however cannot consent to follow through all the tittle mages of baby criuciems; we commend them to the admiration of the sniveling crew who de. lights to fullow jn hia wake and hald yp his trail, & who has learned to weep or smile on the nice calculation of dollars and cents, ‘She sapjent editor would do well to send a few copies of tlis his sointillation to the next exhibition of his infant school, ‘Ihe numberiesg inverted commas, dashes and italics which adorn and dignify the production, might excite their admiration. and puzzle the brajns, byt for maturer readers the flueh ip rather puerile, But why all this dodging and wincing, The editors movements strongly remind us of a juyenile piuy . called hide and seek. We atated that the editur had been charged with “sly dalliances,”" and somewhere in the neighbourhood of a defeace oy acknowledgement, we expected to find him. But where is he? Like a cer tain fish (whose name we have forgotten,) which dark. ens the water by the emission of a bluck liquid and thus senks to evade its pursuer; or the skunk who throws around him the impenetrable defence of his ow. dear smell, be fires his pop-gun in the face of hia oppo nent and attempts to conceal himself in the smoke. If the editor be guilty why not confess the fact ? The guilt of such & deed is of iwelf bad enough; but a denial trebles it, If not guilty why not eet up a defence? Why rest the defence on the baselesa resolves of individuals who reside ata distance from the supposed acene of the assignation. Iyit. usual in resorta to the bowers of love and criminal dalliance to open the teat by a public announcemeni ? Dv men-in such cases seek notoriety for their licentious deeds? If not how were the defenders to know the fact unless indeed they possess the attribute of ubiquity. Butthere was a defence : was there #ny examination? was the washermon or the chamber maid examined? were the boys questioned? If so0—if any examination at all were had on the case, where are the records of the testimony? was the inquisition held at the Church or in the editor's kitchen. That uo an. tetior examination or intervew was held at nor near the editor's dormitory is what we wish him to prove. But he hap studiously avoided the allegation. He re- membere the advice given to sancho, and pitifully crouches behind a batch of resolves, If any thing were wanted to rivet the charge home upon him he has furnished it himself in his bungling and mendacious retort. Ifthe editor however is lacks ing in honesty and ingenucusness be is not wanting in assiduity. His attempts to escape are worthy of a bet. ter cause. Fox like he endenvoured to lead off ona wrung course. Now he dives into a forest of “resolvea” —then he asks help of his heéls in 2 boundless savanna of silly diatribe—anon he eeeks to conceal himself in me dusty regions of his own dear criticisam—again he seeks refuge in acctising us of beiny his accuser. Verily this man must feel ‘monstrous’? sore to resort for ease to su may postures, But ifthe editor hopes to silence us: by brandishing his pointless editorial rapier or firing his editorial squib, he has reckoned without his host. We repeat we shall reckon upon safety s0 long as we are beyond the reach of his foot and hia chair. The question is not who circulated the report, nor: who dehorted the editor from his “sly dalliances”—but the question is; is the editor guilty. if so let him con- feus his sin. Acknowledge he was overtaken, remove the temptativn far from him and be himself again—It he be innocent Jet him cotublish his innocence by the uaual methods of invesugation, Let him not insult the public by the mere “resolves” of any set of men whether favourable or unfavorable, bur establish his innocence by the testimony of those who mny be sup” posed to be ucquainted with his dumestic habits. The editor !ubours to prove that the resolutions pro. ceeded from a ‘well attended meeting.” he not inform us. of the exact number present, How many over twenty-five, and how many of the number present were in favour of the resolutions. This would be coming to one point; rot certainly te the point from which he has been running during the whole contro, versy, namely an investigation of the charge—but the number who resolved him iunocent. He farther labors t) prove that these resolutions speak the sense of the wan. Every man has a soft place, is an old and common saying. The editor illus trates it. By how much he is praised by so much we are abueed. And tiow this purblind editor plumes himself upon the public verdict. But is this the fact. Don’t let him “holler before he is out of the woods. It public contempt can damn a character and the editor had any to lose, it would be no difficult mutter toaink him. It raust be obvious to every one that the ian who will so contumaciously oppose a fair trinl, and persist in reating his defence in 80 Scrivus & Matter upon simple resolutions,- mus; carry within him the conviction that @ fair and open investigation would be altogether unfavurable. “Ifa good man zt any timeis overtaken, or surprised into a fault, by some sudden and strong temptation he soon relents and acknowledges his fault. Not so with this editor.” But the editor beats ys. We, he snys, praise. beslobber ourself; but the whole town slobbers him all over with praise, and then that nothing may he wanted he slobbera himgelf!* wonderfully besloblered he must be !! [tise pity they could uot Jubricate his brains, so that they wight move occesignally. But what grudge has this literary anakim lately con; ceived against Major Hicks that he should so suddenly turn rgainst him, und endeavour to exhibit him in so ridiculous a light. The @ruth is, the editor is in a dilemma, and he cares jot who is left inthe lurch eo he but escape with whole bones. Ishe sv dul! us @i to see that if Major Hicks can be so easily changed to either side, that hia quota of the resolutions is worth- less. According to this edffor, the Major is prepared to be all things with all men, and thus the editor by hisown showing invalidates the resolutions. Mr. Hicks voted for the resolutions and has explained his meaning : and now this liberal editor would kick up a quarrel with him because he is nut prepared to go the whole length he wishes him, and dares to heve an opinion of his own. The editor quotes Webster. This ig not the time for the niceties of grammatical and plililogical disquisi, tion. Let him face the charge—let him speuk out in good old fashioned english and clear himself, so that an anxious public mind may be at rest—and then he can buckle on his phililogical armor and ride forth to the death of impropricties, A good moral characcer is to de preferred before literary celebrity. The editors exceeding humility in his professed willinznesa to come down to the “useful and honest employment, (if need required) of acarring crowns" is Ktrikinwly contrasted, with his imperious eonduct-to- wards Rev. Mr. Brown. No one will doubt. his ubility to chase a whole flock of crows when itis recollected his unbridled ferocity :aade the hero of Heddington take to his heels. Gotoral's ghoatly grow!—the Kondah’a envenomed arrow, und the leaden death sped from the Warrior's musket, Mr Brown had bravely stood ; but his couraye fuiled & he was forced to quail before the furious scowl and fiery cye of his Rev. Buperintendant. And What worked the editor into‘such a storm of passion. Ah, Mr. B. soeched him in a tender place.” He waded uw jitie cr t.¢ cash; und the editor was cash. i Had he «:ked jor his blessing he would dvubtless have obtainee i. without « second word ; but he asked for cash, wanch, wit: ig quite another thing. But we ure in, debt? wint a wonderful discovery. A merchant in debt, Well, we do not owe this editor any thing but good—will. We pity his condition, and shall heartily rejoice to sce him clear of the heavy charges under which he is now labouring. Let him be advised by ue: If he has for a time ubandoned the walks of virtue, return: it not, let him submit to a proper investigation an! froc himself from the odium. Let him thw editor Why does LIBERIA go before an impartial tribunal. And whenever and wherever it may take place we should like to be pre- sent, as there nre a few questions on some other sub. jects we would by perinission introduce. It wil! be well when we are healing the sore tugiieal it thorough. ly. 5 In reference to eriticisin, be it borne in mind that we are not disposed to be hypercritionl, if we were we would, ‘as the editor of the Luniinary is such a critic in english, just remind him of the excellent grain. mar of that phrase wae been violated. This however is but a minor fault compared with the general sillyness of the effusions of this. self Cuistituted censor, and literary dictator. ; A few of the grosset of the fibs in the editor’. article we wiy probibly notice in our next. In our last number we are defaulter in a few peceun- ces in grammut to which ihe sage ofthe Luminary nas courteously called vur uttention. We think him; and by way of making an acknowledgement he will find we have performed the same office of kindness for him. Although we are not so high “arnt” as the editor of the “Luminary” yet we nesure our reuders that a review of the sheet would have discovered to us the misuse of the participle don: fir ihe preterit did. When the paper Went to preas we were busily engaged with ¢xcoyitations, among other things, ubout the necessary laws to prevent missionary editors froin selling wine, either by the cask or by the single boltle withuut a licence. We therefore did not give tie atiention we should. One phrase how- ever in the edi:or’s cntevory of errors we shall nut at pre. sent alter, as we fave inuch higher duthority therefor than Rev Mr. Chase. Our readers we know will extend their pardon to these ‘venial faults, this editor only ex- cepted, Batinz a requestio prey a just debt, it secins nothing 80 much niles him asa erammutical blunder, notwithstanding he i+ hiuiself se inuch 1a the line ot liter. ary bulls. ‘Old sinnes are usually the inost implucubic against a fellow giiner. The blunders ul the Luminary ‘above alluded to, ure to be found ini the first edition of wis learned cfusion, issued on the Gh. On the 11th another edition wea brought forth. ‘Pue true reason for the speedy republi, cation of this yaluable work has not transpired—wheth. ertuch @ rush was made for it a& rendered it necessary speedily to publish a second editiun is aleo a question not decided. The truth on this subject (like another truth we have been fo; sometime vainly endeavouring to extract froin him) ig probably luoked up in his litera. ry bosom, Some appear ‘to think ‘that as there is no unusual salir in the yeading portion of the community, and as all the blundefa of the first-edition are not enacigd in the last, said sccppnd edition wus called for by the editor alone, inerely to hide the defurmitica of the firnt | ane thus the-second js by them regarded errata fpr the iret. The editor's time and lubour would have been vaatly better employed in manfully encountering the eharye and thus allaying the ferment of the public mind, than in conjuring up a maniae grin at the chost of an error, This however is vnly an ineffectual effort to throw dust in the public ey. His object is to conceal himself from public contetnpt and scorn behind a bulwark ofimpu. ted errors. ‘The editor reminds us of the narrative uf a journey across the prairies which we have lately read. The. tourist keys that when a herd of buffalucs: is pursued the cuives will frequently become seperated from their daros. In such cases they (the calves) will fly off to any place of concealment—any. tuft of prass or wild saze will answer their purpose, if it be high enough to concen! their head, Frequently he has seen one with hiv head buried in the graga, while his whole body was ¢xposud, aiid standing ae siill though he were every white covered, when he has walked icisurely up and captured the lite gipleion. in his concealment. Rut we will dismiss the excori, ated “cretur” tor the present, und charitably allow him all the temporary repose that his endless yhiftings and turnigys will afford him. A cut on a hot “crid. dle” can't stand still The editor is seen rag SAY A oe haeriv seen For want oF tTime,—We ure vuinpelled two deter a very interesting account of a tri) pertormed by our friend Mr. ©. Williss some distance ints the interior along the margin of the St. Paul. His Excellency Gov, Koberts Mezsrs Chase and Day left‘on the 14th, on a similar route. We trust they may push thoir way beyond Bo Porah, along the wally of which this river holds its course. The country between us and the Capital of the Kondahs has been wv often traversed and so often described, that the yet unknown can hardly be sufficient in importance nor interest to repay the trouble and expense of a dip. lomatic campaign, True the region of Cumwood may be reached, und plans suggesied for removing the local. ity of some of it; but this also has been frequently done. Should the corps throw Bo Porab in their rear and push theiy adventurous way into country of the Fouluhs then some thin will have Leen acheived of which the adventurers may Uoast and the society be proud, Rev, Mr. Chase ay we have observed accompanys , the corps diplomatique. The known facility of this gentleman iu wnting—his prurience to write, and his ability to deseribe thins that are not, us though they were, have plaved cxpuctution on the tiptoe for a ino strous boak on lis return. tle inay however decline Publishing, atieust in buok form, and reserve the dig. + Coveries aad feats—-ihe hair Lreadih oscupes—the a. cent of mountuiny towerimy some distance ebovr the HERALD. moon—the desvent into dark ravines below the earth where nought was seen, but horrid sounds were heard— the dangerous Bou-constrictor of awful maw and eyes ) like red hot pewter plates, and all the other scenes of horror which doubtless he must see, for animating and thrilling conversation with his friends at home. Success to them all, We. wish’ them a good long journey (as a short one will be of no avail) plenty fa- ‘ tigue--plenty of food and drink, and a snfe return. ————_——— SELECTED EXTRACTS. ANCIENT MONEY. Berore the invasion of Julius Cesar, the natives of England had tin plates, iron plates and rings, which were ioney, and their only money. On the authority of Seneca, a curious account is given of a-period when leather, appropriately stamped to give ita certain legal character, was the only current money. At a compataiively recent date in the annals of Europe Fredrick the Second, who died in 1250, at the seige of Milan, actually paid his troops with leather money. Nearly the same circumstance occured in England during the great wars of the Barons. In the course of 150, King John, for the ransoin of his royal person, promised to pay Edward the third, of England 3,000,000 of gold crowns. In order to fulfil the obligation, he was reduced to the mortifying necessity of paying the expenses of the palace in leather money, in the centre of each piece there being a little point of silver. In that reign is found the origin of the travestied honor of boy- hove, called—conterring a leather medal, The im- posing ceremonies accompaning a presentation, gave full foree, dignity, and value to a leather jewel, which nobleman were probably proud and gratified to receive at the hand of majesty. So late as 1574, there was an immense issue of af money in Holland stampt on small sheets of paste board. But futher back in the vista of years, Numa Pompilius, the Second King of Rome who reinged 662 years before the Christian era, made money out of wood as well aa leather, a knowled- | ge of which might have influenced King John in the bold project of substituting the tanned hidéeot an aniinal for gold and silver, well known to hi subjects to be exceeding precionn. Both gold and silver appeur to have been in extensive circylation in Mirypt, soon after their potency was undpretgod iu Asia, Iron thence they were introduced into Carthage aud Grece; and finally travelling futher and futher ia a westerly direction, the city of Raine discovered the impor- tance of legalizing their circulation. Weight having been always on the first impor- tance in the early times, the shape of money’ appears to have been regarded with perfect indiff- erance for a series of ages. When the bits and portions of metal received as precious, were exclusively circulated, it is quite probable that each possessor shapped them to suit | his own cunception, as practised to some extent at ' thia time iu remote places in the East Indies:— the payer away cuts of parts with shears till he obtains by exacts weight, the stipulated, amount, {t was thus that men travelled with the evidence of their possession in a sack, But great inconven- ience must have requlted from this often tedious procese; and qs nations advanced in civilization and the economic arts, a certain mark or impression on certain sized pieces was acknowledged to be the sign of a certain weight. This facilitated negotia- tious, and afterwards led to further improvements, both in the shape, weight, and beauty of the exter- nal devices. By and by the profile of the king, the date of the cpinage, and the record of importance events, gave atill more completeness and character to the circulating article of exchange: ° THOUHGTS AND STEALINGS. Plutarch relates an anecdote of an inquisitive cox. comb, who inquired of a citizen what he carried in his basket, The reply was—“It is covered that you may not know.” Modesty never seeks to pry into an object intentionally hidden from the public eye. There ia a great deal ina name—particularly in the name ofa book. This is the case no. This was the case two hundred years ago. Burton saya: ‘It is a kind of policy to prefiix a phantastica) title tu a book which isto be sold: for as larks come down to a day-net, many vain readers will etand gaz- ing, like silly passengers, at an antic picture ina painter’s shop, that would not look ata judicious piece.’’ Diadacus Stella ways: “A dwarf standing upon the shoulders of a giant, may see farther than the giant himself.” That was a happy author who defied the shafts of criticism by the remark, “Thou can’st not think worse of me than I do of myself.” Were this feel- ing universal, the sleep of many would be lees disturbed than it now is. “Our writers are so many dishes, our readers guest. Our books like beauty; that which one, admires another rejects,” It is related of Pancrates, that by the power of magic, he at pleasure turned his walking stick into a serving man; and then, after going through euch labor as he wished perforined, transformed him back toa stick. This beats al our modern labor-saving machines. The Lacedwmonians were once in a council, when a debauch fellow made an excellent good speech. A grave Senator, however, objected to its reception because it had no better author. There are Lacedwinonion Senators still abroad. Zisca, the warrior, had a wonderful idea of his personal prowess. His very name he considered ax overwhelming terror to his enemies. He according- ly decreed, that, upon his death, a drum-head should be made of the skin of his body, in order to show the world that his enemies would flee at the sound of it. How many Ziscas there are now in the world! A wise man has observed, that the Jawa, habits, gunere, and customs of tue world, change with the ; byt its folly and yices remajn the same in all ‘ 16 — oh 6 6 peewee, At the seige Of ‘l'roy, which lasted more than ten ears, there died 700,000 Greciane, and, 670,000 rojans before the taking of that city. Afterwards, 270,000 men, women, and children perished: Cw. sar killed a million. Mahomet 300,000. Sicinides Dentatus fought a hundred battles and received 140 crowns and nine triumphs. Edward IV. was in twenty-six battles orfoot. Alexander stooped, so did hia courtiers. sus tarned his head, and so did his parasites. Sabina Poppa, Nero’s wife, wore amber hair, so did all the Roman ladies in an instant. When the King laughs, all laugh. This is man. _ When the sun shines with its uaual splendor, but little Curiosity 1s excited. {t is only in his eclipse that the herd gaze and stare’ upon him. Let the cloud of adversity pass over the early favorite of fortune, and he becomes at once, the object of yul- gar attentions and sneering remark. It is said that the son of Themistocles once re- marked, that “what I will my mother wills, and what my mother wille, my father doth.” Themistocles was inot the only father thus ruled by his sons, Ifevery man had a window in his breast, blinds would be in great demand, A stupid fellow in a strange bed, once put out the candle that the biting fleas might not tind him. How many drown their senses to blunt the guawings of remorse. The Chinese allow Europeans to have one eye! but claim two for themselves. All the rest of the: world they proclaim biind. . Burton in his Anatomy of Melancholy, is hard upon the the world. He says; “in former times they had but seven wise men. Now you can scarce find so many fools, The golden tripod, which the fisherman found, was to be given to the wisest man.. It was offered to Bias. Bias refused, and offered it to Solon—Solon to another, &. If such a thing: were now found, we all would fight for it, as the three goddesses did for the golden apple—we are all so wise.” Vanity ia the great sin of our species. Petronius remarked a long time ayo, that “our country is so full of deified spirits, that you may sooner find a god than a man amongst us.” An ancient writer lays down three rules by which to judge a fool: 1. He that seeks what he cannot nd. 2. He that seeks what, being tound, will do n more harm than good. He that having a variety ays to bring him to his journey’s end, chovseth orst. By these tests, how very few can escape 1arge of folly! Alexander, when he was presented with a rich casket by Darius, was at a loss what to put in it. His friends were free with their advice, but he chose to place Homer’s works jn it, as the most precious jewel of human wit. GEES SKE TRAD ATAU TE AID DID vin this town, on the 22d ult. Mrs. Brown. Mrs. KB, was a menber of the Baptist Church at Caldwell. ln this town, on the 29th ult. Mr. Steel. 98 Ingthis town, on the )4th inst. Miss C. Liberty after a long and lingering illness, Misa L. was amenber of the Buptist Church in this place. ; In this town, Alphon- at hing" ‘Aa on the 16th inst. Mrs, M. White} after “a lingering illness tor some timo. Mre. W. was alao « menber of the Baptist Church ir; this place, SS MARINE LIST. PORT OF MONROVIA. oo ARRIVALS. ‘ Jan, 19. Col. Schooner Pedlar, Smith master, from the Winward. 21, Col. sloop Nathan Bangs, Fletcher taster, from the leeward. Col. sloop Gabriel, G. Ammons master, from the Iceward. 22. French brigantine——— ,Laurieste master, from the windward. Feb. 1, Anmaerican barque the windward. “* 2. Col. sloop Alpha, Sandey Horace master, from the windward. 4 British brig—_—, windward. 3. Col Cutter Termagant, Grand Cape Mount. * 7. Col. echooner Surah Elizabeth,——. — master, from Grand Bases, “ 8. Col. achooner Regulus, G, E. Carroll mas- ter, from the leeward. «Col. Cutter J. J. Roberts, Hunt master, from the leeward. * 10. British brigantine Tinker, Day master, from the leeward. * 12. British brig Eilen Jenkenson, Brown master, trom the leeward: passenger, Mr. C> R. Johnson. “© 15, American schooner Kathleen, Taylor mas. ter, from the windward, ** 17, Col. schooner Pedlar, Smith master, trom the leeward. »—— master, from master, fron: the Cooper masier,:from DEPARTURES. Jan. 26. French brigantino———,Launeste inaster, for the windward. * 29. Col. Cutter J. J. Roberts Hunt master, for the leeward. “* Col. sloop Nathan Bangs, Chase maater, for the leeward, “* Col. eloop Alpha, 8. Horace waster, for the windward, . * 30. Col. schooner Pcdlar Smith master, for the Windward. « BL. leeward. : Feb. 1. Col. schooner Providence, Muore James master for the windward. “ 2.. Col. schooner. ‘Cape Palmas. * 3. British big ———, ward. “s « American big ———, Daily muster for the »A. L. Jones master, for muster for the lee. Colonial sloop Alpha, S. Horace master, ft the leeward. pen “4. Amoricen barque —~ —, ——— master, for Cupe Palmas. * 16. Col. Cutter Termagant, Cooper master, for the leeward; passengers to Grand Barsa’ Mra, C. R, Johnson, Mrs. N. Benson aud Mra, Whitfield, masters, W. A. Johnson, G. H. Shaw, J. L. Brown, and G, W. Brown, * 10. Col, schooner Saruh Elizabeth ———rmaaator, for Graod Bassa: passenger, Mrv. Roberts (Continued from our Firet Page.) Notwithstanding the losses that some of our merchants have sustained by ship-wrecks, for the want of more experienced navigators, and the great competition with foreigners, increased by an improper interference with our trade on their part— the commerce o! the Colony is#teadily increasing, though at present for causes unknown to us, there seems to be a-cessation of trade. Our merchants are not discouraged by these difficulties, but are deter- mined to prosecute the trade along the coast with renewed vigor. ‘During the past year three new vessels.-have been launched at Monrovia, one at Bassa Cove, two, which were, foreign built purchas- ed hy colonists, and there are now on the atucks to be launched soon, three others; one at Monrovia, one at Edina, and one at Greenville. lam inform- ed, it is contemplated by one or two gentlemen to build and fit a vessel this year capable of perfurm- ing a voyage across the atlantic. The want of adequage means and eufficient pro- tection will for some time prevent our merchants from competing successfully with foreign traders, and from making the cvuast trade as lucrative as une der other.circumstances it would be not only to us but also to foreign tradere. Many of them Fav a- dopted a.systém of crediting the Chiefs, and head men along the coast to a large amount: one half of which they can never collect: endeavouring by this means to obtain their influence, and to prejudice them against colonial traders, who are not willing if they were able to waste their property in this way, and wherever coloniai traders, are to be tound, they ay extravagant prices for produce ; if to tmonopo- lise the trade, were the only objects of these men, their conduct might uot be considered so reprehen- sible; but such is not the case; their mal'gnaht and wicked designs extend further than that, some of which have come to my knowledge, and at a pro- per time shall be exposed. I beg you to observe gentlemen, that | do not wish to be understood to include all traders that visit this part of-the coast as being inimical to the Colony, ne, there are some honorable exceptions among the tracers of almost all nations; who are courteous and gentlemanly and who seem to take a deep interest in the prosperity of these’ colonies—founded as they know themi to have been by the hand of benevolence and christian philanthropy. But to return. If to monopolize tl trade were the only object of most ol these trad I think it would not be difficult to convince t as are some already that, taking into consider, the loskes they anffer by rubbery, had debts, tracted voyages, ioxs ot life, &c. &e. If the foreign trade was confined to the seltlements, they would be able to purchase their curgues here ata much cheaper rate than at present, and then the colonists who ure better acquainted with the Atricaw trade, which acquaintance alone has enabled them to com- pete in any degree with other traders—could regu- a te the prices—thereby extend the influence of the | Colony, and more effectually carry out the design of the American Colonization Society, in civilizing the heathen of this country, As it ir, gentlemen, no- thing but untiring perseverance on the part of our merchants will enable them toinaintan their stand. ing, this I am persuaded they will not fail to use. Aiforanition haa reached ine that some time in March Jast one D. Murray a British trader, notwith- standing he had been repeatediy admonished by the authorities not to do se, landed a quantity of mer- chandize to the natives at fish town in the county of of this. Commonwealth. arising from a meunderstanding with reyard to that territory, and my aversion to any collision with British traders, ] have been induced to exercise an almost unwarrantable degree of forbearance, The na- tive residents tov, of that place are guilty of a breach of faith by not complying with certain treaty stipulations entered into with this government. It now remains gentlemen for you to determine, whether the Majesty of the Jaws shall be maintain- ed and what course shall be pureued by the execu- tive with regard to these important subjects. Another branch of our political economy on which depends our present comforts and future greatness ; Jameorry to say is not increasing so rapidly as I could wish tosee it. Agriculture in the Colony is not prosecuted with that vigor by a great many of the settlers which its importance demande. I know that farmers in Liberia have to contend with many ' d.sadvantages forthe wantof werk animale &c. &e. still there is no just reason for despondency. The soil ia good and capable of producing abundant har- vests—this will be admitted by all, and in every in- stance where individuals have perseveringly given the business a fair trial it has not failed to yield them a handsome reward. The greatest hindrance tosuccessful agriculture in Liberia, is the ruinous desire of most uf our people to become wealthy in a very short time, therefore they are not willing to trust a slow but sure means of becoming so, but pre- fer to employ their little capital in speculations, be- cme trader, and in nine cases out ot ten, from their unacquaintance with a system of which they have hid no previous knowledge—-in a few years they become bankrupts ; then as a last resort without gi.fficient means to give them a fair start, they go jon their farms wliere they have to plod and dig for several years before their circumstances are again easy and coinfortable, 1 am happy to state however from personal observation that this practice of general trading is ksing ground, thougk the erops among the natives, Jaxt year in a great degree fui ed, the coloniats, especially inthe upper settle- ments, were geucrally free from want, and in many instances were able to supply the neighboring na- : tives. The past season has been one of rejoicing among the farmers. Rice crops especially have een abundant, and I rejoice to tind that the people thoughout the Commonwealth are becoming: a- woke to their true interests and convinced that the future prosperity and independence ot the Colony depend upon the agricultural resources of the coun- try. Several gentiemen both in this and Basra county are turning their attention to this subject, and are ‘establishing cofiee and sugar estatee— though at present on a small scale. The experi. - ‘ment has proved successful, and exteblished beyond 3 ia: : ; of C — $200. Grand Bassa, contrary to. the imaritime resrulations | of the Colony,—$20 Froin certain considerations | a doubt the fact, that farmers in Liberia, if indus- trious, frugal, and persevering, may become not ouly independent but rich. Therefore to encourage this manifest spirit of agriculture in the Colony, 1 would recommend that some immunity be granted to such apriculturists as will cultivate certain articles in certain quantities. Public improvementa inthe Colony have not ad- vanced eo rapidly as I had anticipated this in # great degree has been owing to the difficulty of procuring proper material. Ihave the pleasure, however to inform you that notwithstanding thes difficulties we have succeeded in finishiug, and have now im successful operation a light house on Cape Messur- ado. °‘Whis I believe is acknowledged by all stran- gers that have visited the Coiony since its, erection, to be @ very important improvement,—o! the court house for this county 1 can only report that. every effort has been made to drive forward the work, but for reasons above stated it has advanced slowly. We are now encouraged, however, to hope that in two or three months, this building will be completed or at least so far advanced as to be used. in G. B County through the agency of L. Sheri- dan Esq. we have succeeded in repairing thorough- ly the court hduse and jail which had been for sume time in a dilapidated conditjon. The roads in the vicinity of rome of the settle- ments have been somewhat improved erperially near New Georgia. The citizens of which place are doing themselves much credi, They have nearly succeed in opening a ditch around that settle- ment which will not only add much to the health of the village but will sovn more than repay the inhabitants by the great advantage it will give then in raising live stock. ‘The defence of the Colony is as adequate as our pecuniary circunstances will admit though perhaps not as much go as our position requires especially in our interior settlements. ‘I'he past year I have had mounted on light carriages two amall brass field | pieces which added to the large cannon previously mounted makes a pretty formidable appearance, and | no doubt will contribute much to secure to the Col- onv {Or some time an undisturbed state of tranquili- fas in my opinion nothing is. better calculated to aintain a good understanding with our neighbors n a state of overt military preparation. Lam happy to inform you gentlemen that the ' revenue of the Commonwealth is steadily increas- ‘ing. From official returns to the 3lst December | have been able to make up the following summary statement—the amounts in detail will be Igid before you—of the transactions at the colonial Treasury for the year ending 3lst December 1842. ‘Ihe ‘l'rea- aurer for the county of Messurado acknowledge- the receipt of the folowing amuunts—viz : From the Collector of custome P. M. $2940,93, duty on imports. —$450,50, anchorage duty.— $97, | light duty.—%90,93, tonage duty ©, V. From the Sheriffof the county,—-$22,20. Cour: fines and—$37406. Military fines, From the Clerk, Court, Comin. Pleas, — 850), for | auction license.—% 120.80, tor commineigu license. | $119.25, for special license. And $144,69, for retail license. Making an amt. total o4— $4027, 36. The following have been the disburamen's viz: For Public buildings, including,—$500 paid on ac- count the light house, —$2250. For the session of the Leyislature in 1842,—$262. For the judiciary, —$370. For Prisonere,—8850, For the detence For signal master and tilt house on Cape Messurado,--$165, For elections, —$32. For Printing, —339. And for contingencies, | 833,12. Making, —$3693,12, and —3329.24 ‘ess than the receipts; which added 10,—=8 353,80 balauce i in hinds of ‘Treasurer 3ist Dee, 1841: will leave a | balance in the ‘Treasury this day of, —$1183,04. ‘Ine following are tie amounts collected in the county of Grand Bassa viz— By the Collector for the port of Marshall. Duty | on importe,—~2d0. ' By the collector for the ports of Edina and Bassa | Cove. Duty on imports,—$726,17, Anchorage duty, —$12. By the Sheriff of the county—Court fines,—$79 Tax-fee,——$10. By the Cierk of the Court of C. P. - For commis- sion license,—$125, Special license,—3$50, retail license, —$144—,making an amount total of,— $1376.17. f The following amon ite have heen disbursed viz : For Public buidinyre,—B249.50. For the Legisla- ture,--$62,50 Judiciary,--$131. For the défence of the Colony,—$43. “Incidental expenses,--395 —miaking an amount total o-—85987--leavine a balance in favor of the Commonwealth this day,—- $789,17. These gentlemen are the matters respecting: the state of the Commonwealth which 7 have thought of importance to be sybunitied to your consideration, | some others no doubt will arise in the course of your deliberations, that may-+equire equal gttention. J ain happy, however, in this opportunity of conunitting the arduous affairs of our government to the collected wisdom of-this people. To you then, gentlemen, who are charged with the function of Legislation we look with encouragement for that guidance and support which may enable us to eteer with saiety the vessel in which we are embarked. The prudence and temperance of your discussions within these walls will no doubt promote that con- ciliation so necessary for the advancement of our political and religious institution, That all should he satisfied with any one order of things is not to be expected. Butt indulge the hope that a great majority of our citizens will cordially coneur, in honest and disinterested efforte, which have for their object the general god of the people, the maintain? ance of peace with our neighbors, and order and obe- dience to the Jaws by the citizens of the Common. wealth, to establish principies and practices of ad- miniatration favorable to the security of, liberty and property, and to the furtherance of civilization and ; christianity among the heathen tribes around us. J. J, ROBERTS. Government House Jan. 0 1849 POETRY. AN ADDRESS, COMPOSED FOR A TEMPERANCE MEETINGe Ye friends of moderation, Who think a reformation. Or moral renovation. Would benefit our nations Who deen intoxication, With all its dissipation + Ui every rank und BiAliOn, ‘fhe cause of degradation 5 OF whick your observaiton Gives duily demonsiutioay— Who see the rytatwon, Distress ind desoladen, The open violation, OF moral obligation: Tie wretched habitatien Without accommodation 5 Or any regulation, For common susient: tion, A scene of depravation, Uneqnalld in creation 5 Lhe frequent desecration Ol Sabbaths’ ordination 5 The crime and depredation, Defying leyisiation : The awla} profanation OF common conversation, The mental ‘aberniion, Aad dire infatuation With every sad gradation To manine desperation : Ye who with consternation, Beliold this devasty tian, And utter econdemnitiun On all inebristion j-=- Why sinetion in duration ? Or show distpprebation, Ol any combination, For its extermination ?— Without previric:tion, We deem a declaration, "That off} rs no tempianen, By any pathiades, OF this abominution 5 The only sure foundation, For total extirpation; And under thia persuasion Hold ne communication, With noxious emauation Of brewers’ ferm: atitivn, Or poisonous preparation, Of vpirit distillation, Nor any vain libation Produciug atimulation 5 To this determination, We calt consideration: And without hesitation Tivite co-operation 3 Not doubting invitition, And high approbation, Wi how provocation, Will raise your estimation, Awl by coutinvation, Alford vou consolation Thatin pardcipution, With this association, You muy, ‘by ineditation, Jusure the preservation Of a future generation From all contamination Aud may cach judication, OF sch regeneration, Be the theme of exultation, Tail its Gaal cunsammiation. Scoteh Paper. MISCELLANEOUS “Contentif hence: the unlearied ther wants miy v ew. Bue learne | re‘l-cto1 wh t befor tiey kiew It was a beautiful summer morning when sleep hung not on my eyelids, that Heft my room, and witha friend sallied vut to inhale the freshness of the outward air. The morning bird had sear: e ly risen from his lowly perch and begun his early song. The day was just beginning to light upthe horizon, And there wos displayed in the clouds that skirted the Eastern sky a grandeur which we had never before seen. It something seemed like acity built in ancientatyle of archi- tecture no less massive than the Egyptian. It seemed a noble city bearing evident signs of age but not yet in ryins.—Nor least beautiful was the even-shaded ground-work which resembled the smooth surface of a lake or sea encompass- ing the city— «oo ® * * Hunt how shall T dererihe What naught rpemblea else my eve hath geen.” At such an hour when the mind is unoccupied with trifl ng thoughts and is. undisturbed by vex: atious anxieties about one’s business, the view was well calculated to start in the mind a com- parigon between this and other hours of the day. And ere those clouds with glory tinged had far sailed toward the south, day-break seemed the happiest leisure hour in all the day, and the re- solution almost formed itself that Ofiimes T woull forth and greet “The twilight of the morning.” Natural scenery, romantic or grand, uncon- nected with any painful associations, ever delights the beholder, be he the rude barbarian, the mere man of pleasure, or philosopher. ‘To one the moonlight outline is more interesting to look upon than the varied landscapes brightened by the rising, risen or the setting sun. The ab- rupt declivity, with its uneven surface, and its embryo river skipping from ledge to ledge— winding in playful eddies among the crevices of e rocks and by thick foliage concealed from the gaze of the vulgar multitude, never faila to please the eve of the curious rambler who has penetrated the thicket. Ever changing Nature constantly presents a varied anpect. Day and night altenate in quick succession—Spring follows Winterand Autumn treads closely on the footsteps of retreating Sum. mer. Still in all her changes there are found those who admire and celebrate her beauties, From the diversity of feeling on this and other objects arose the rematk among the ancients, that there was ‘‘no disputing of tastes.” It was their opinion, and the write:’s is concurrent, that if one man’s disposition incline him to love most the beauty of that hour of the day when the de- parted sun lights up the Western sky, or that season of the yeat when nature wears her nost | variegated garb, no one who loves these not the less but others more can reproach the forn.er for an incorrect taste. The lover of the evening twilipht loves it ke- cause the conflicting and driving winds have ceased to vent their fury ond the clouds are no more driven hither and thither by oj pesing cur. cents inthe upper air, but have settled away and rest on the Lonzon where they appear in endless variety of shape and tinged with every hue by the setting sun. This ap) cars to him the best moment for sober reflection—the time 4 # * # Owhen the restlers day Expiring, Inys the warbling world asleep, and when mortals may unmolested con the past and project wiser plans for future action, Others seek at noonday the shade of some an- -cient vak’ in the border of the forest, recline there and view the surrounding prospect. The eagle soars with vigorous wing to stare the sun, nor does his eye grow dim with the sun’s excessive brightness. “But feeble man and dependant na- ture have less strength to withstand the power of the meridianal sun. The intensily of the noontide heat causes arapid evaporation of the moisture which plants have inhaled during the ’ previous night-fall—whereby the leaves loose their rigidity—the primrose closes its doors against the busy insect, seeking to steal away its sweetness—the lily droops and hangs still lower its nodding cup. Nor is nan less aflected by exposure to the vertical rays of the sun,as if sympathising with the dejection every where visible around him, his muscles contract with less force and his mind is incapable of affixing to any subject with the usual viger of thovght. — To another having ® brilliant imagination, moon-light presents delightful landseay:es With which ’ indalge hs wand'ring faney unrestrained, Then only the undulatory outline of the grove is seen which exhibits the eppearance of scme- thing veiled in sombre coloured curtains. ‘The darkness under the foliage hinders the eve from penetrating into the wood. The curiosity to ; know what is concealed heightens the interest with which we look upon it | Another hus said “The imperfect glimpse which the eve catches of rocks, trees and other objects around, acids double dignity to those shrouded mountains and darkened abysses of which the height, depth and extent are left to imagination.” Perchance the lofty ridge of a line of bills is seen accurate'y defined by the fight of the moon, we also perevive tRt the slope which leads to those heights is studded with trees. and we readily suppose them clothed with all the varied and varying foliage of the wood. Now the®imagination delights to contemplate such a prospect, There is ne re- straint imposed by the certainty of eve-sight. To each respective tree the lively fancy oRn form the palmate, obleng or lancet Teaf, and can paint them the deep evergreen hue of she cecar, or a more cheerful, lighter green. The pleasure enjoyed is a sort of negative pleasure, we me charmed ‘not so much with what we do sce as with what we are fond to imagine we would see developed in specific beauties when the morning sun shall break in upon the seene. A VACT. A man in the tovn of M N. TF. whe) had, while from home, earned about six dollars, returned the other day to his family with the cash. Tis wife told) him that during hie aleence the family had euffered for food. We replied—I will go to? store and buy what is wanted, and then we ehat have enough. He had refrained from drink toy, aumetine ; but on arriving at the wrocery, it waa found he had money, and war invited to drink first a little beer—then something stronger, till he got drunk, spent. all his money for rum, and returned to his half-starved family at 2 o’ciock in the morning, penniless. The poor wife war greatly distreered, and on the next evening ventured to @ to the wite ot tle ruinseller, told the storv. of her suffering ‘amilv—of the manner in which her husband had been made an pauper, &c., whereupon the goodly Jady filled a large basket with pork, bread, coffee, sugar, &c. and then calling ber hueband into the entry in the presence o} the drunkard’s wife, said, last, Qe bt vou took from this poor woman's hushane f money for rum; | Lave vow filled a baeker flik= 31, 1848. NO. 5, ous author of Waverly used to sing, when he visited this island :— Tarry woo’, Turry woo, ‘Tarry woo’ is ill to spin; Card it weel, card it weel, Card it wes! cre ye begin. The author of Waverly was, however, only an occasional visitor to this island.’ Its daily visitors sing a song which is somewhat differ« : ent, and runs nearly as follows :— The Sea, the Sea, the Drunken Sea; The blue, the fresh, the ever free, the ever free, Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth’s wide regions round; It plays with the soul, it mocks. the skies, Or like & cradled monster lies, Or like a cradled monster lies. I'm on the Sea, the Drunken Sea; I am where Ll would ever be, With heaven above, and hel) below, And ruin wheresoe’er I go. If » storm should cuine, and awake the diep, What niatter, whut matter, I shall ride and sleep, What matter, what matter, 1 shall ride and sleep. IT love, oh how Llove ! to ride, to ride Ou the fierce, foaming, maddening ude; When every wild wave drowns the moon, Or whistles aluttits tempest tune; And tells of soberland fur below, And how on the Horrors the storm doth blow, And how on the Horrurs the sturm doth blow. I never was on the Suber shore, But I loved the Drunken Sea more and more, Aud backwards flew to her Lillowry breast, Like « bird that seeketh 118 mother’s nest. And a mother she was and isto me, é For I was bura, was burn on the Drunken Sea. ‘The waves were white, and-red the morn, In the noisy hour, in the noisy hour, when I was born ; The storm it whistled, the thunder rolled, Aad the lightning seamed the skies with gold. And never was heard such an outery wild, As welcomed to life the Dru.ken Sen's child. As welcomed to lite Uie Drunken Sea's child. ] have lived since then iu calm and stile, Full Fifty summer's a jovial lie, With wealth to spend and a power to range, Aud never have suught or sighed for change ; And death, Whenever he comes to nie, Shall come, shall come, on the Drunken Sea, Shull come, shall come, on the Drunken Sea. All navy and regimental messes are held up- on this island, and there is no part of the world where the point of honor is_ so strictly observed, or so many duels fought. Itis here that white Bait and other ministerial dinners, election treats, Lord Mayor’s feasts, and sheriff’s breakfasts are given. Barristers always dine here when up- on circuit, and medical consultations are some- times held here. Great discussions on religion and politics take place here, and many of the most famous speeches of members of imperial legislatures have been composed, and not a few of them deliverd in this place. There are sever- al magnificent race-courses on the island, and gambling tables on new and improved principles. It is also the favorite resort of pirates and smug- glers, robbers, burglars, and murderers, who have performed some of their most famous ex- ploits uponit. As there is no church hor other place of religious worship on the island, none but the most abandoned are seen upon it dur- ing church hour on the Sabbath day ; soon afler church hour the boats begin to arrive, and con- linue arriving until a late hour onthe Sabbath night. It is impossible to mistake the habitual visi- tors of Tipsy Island, when you meet them any where in Soberland ; their hands are tremulous ; their eyes muddy ; those parts of their face which should be white, are red ; and thoge paits which should be red, and particularly their lips, are blue and purple; they are consumed by an unquenchable internal heat and thirst; have lit- tle or no appetite for solid food ; are infirm in their gait, either attenuated or bloated in their form, fretful, timid, irresolute of purpose, appre- hensive of evil, and have no disposition for use- ful and active exertion, nor any taste for virtu- ous society or intellectual enjoyment. Ten thousand millions of money are annually ex- pended in loss of time upon the Drunken Sea and Tipsy Island, paying the tolls and fares, manufacturing porter hodgsheads, spirit pun- cheons, and wine-pipes ; and supporting «work houses, jails, penitentiaries, and penal settle- ments, police commissioners and policemen, sti- pendiary magistrates, dispesaries, hospitals, and lunatic asylums for the use of the visitors of Tipsy Island. Over against Tipsy Island on the mainland, and about a league beyond Point Just-Enough, is the portof Paphos. Many of the boats touch here as they return from the Island.’ Malaria is prevalent in this port. The hospital, which is a very large building, and always full of pa- tients, is situated on a hill immediately above the sport, and commands a fine view of the Drunken Sea. Off Tipsy Island, omthe side furthest from Paphos, are three sunken rocks called the -Hor- rors. The visitors to Tipsy Island are frequent- ly dashed on these rocks by an eddy or whirl~ pool which surrounds them, and sucks in every boat that comes within a certain distance. Dreadful as is the fate of those who perish at once by this accident, that of the survivors is worse ; the strength of their muscles is gone; their stomack rejects its food ; their memory and perception are impaired; they are careless and indifferent about their property, friends, and nearest relatives ; they are haunted by vain ter- rors, and not unfrequently imagine that dead or absent persons are present and talking with them ; imbecile alike in body and mind, they have no happiness but in Tipsy Island, which they never cease to visit, until sooner or later they are a- gain drawn in by the whirlpool, and dashed to pieces upon the same rocks upon which they had so nearly perished before. On the same side of ‘Tipsy Island as the Hor- rors, but alittle further out than the Prunken Sea, are the Liver Sands. These are the mere dangerous, because the precise point where they begin or where they end has not been exactly ascertained, Many of the visitors to. Tipsy Isl- and, in their attempts to keep clear of the whirl- pool and the Horrors, run aground upon the Liv er Sands; allsuch become yellow in the skin, hard in the stomach, swelled in the legs, and die dropsi¢al ; effects not unlike those which are produced by twenty years residence in India. It is remarkable that those who sail on the Drunken Sea in boats made of spirit puncheons, more frequently strike upon the Horiors or run agound upon the Liver Sands than those who sail in wine pipes or porter hodgsheads. The superior safety of the two last mentioned classes of vessels is, however, counterbalanced by their peculiar defects; porter hodgsheads in particular not only dull the wits and bloat the bodies of those who sail much in them, but are besides so heavy and unpleasant sailors, and produce so much biliousness and sea sickness, that many persons say they would rather not sail at all up- on the Drunken Sea than goin them; while on - the other hand, the wine pipes are infested with a venomous insect, fiom which no degree of care can keep them free. This insect which closely resembles the common bug, is generated inthe less of the wine, and like the bug, hides itseif in the crevices of the wood, from whence issuing out unobs«rved, it bites somewhere about ihegreat toe. The pain and swelling which fol- low its bite are very considerable, extending to the foot, and even to the entire limb. Those who have heen frequently bitten by it, have their legs swelled so as to resemble elephant’s legs, are very irritable and choloric, and subject to fits of indigestion and apoplexy, which sometimes prove fatal mm the course of a few hours. The antidote to the bite of this insect consists in drinking a large quantity of water, and never again sailing upon the Drunken Sea. it is, however, seldom used, as the bite of the insect has the property of communicating along with the poison an invinci- ble repugnance to the antidote. For this reason few who have been bitten by this insect ever recover. . For some distance all round the Horrors, and onthe Liver Sands, the sea is dark and rough, the winds loud and boisterous, and the sky over- cast with clouds, which not unfrequently over- shadow agreat part of Tipsy Island. When you pass this island, and advance further into the Drunken Sea, the water becomes still darker and rougher, the winds more loud and boisterous, and the clouds which overspread the sky more black and lowering. Continuing to proceed, you enter into a dense fog, called Fatuous Fog, which reaches from the water quite to the clouds, and shuts in the view in every direction. Immedi- ately on entering this fog, the compass ceases to point, and whirls round incessantly with a rotary motion upon itsaxis Navigation being thus rendered impossible, it rarely happens that a boat which has entered Fatuous Fog is ever seen again. The few travelers who have ever emerged from it having been found to be either insane or idiotic, have been received into a Tunatic asylum which stands. upon a little point of land running into the sea, opposite to Paphos and Point Just-Enough. - Beyond Fatuous Fog, and forming the extreme limit of Drunken Sea, there is a range of very high and inaccessible mountains, called the Mountains of No-Hope. At the foot of these mountains the sea beas with inconceivable fury, throwing up from time to time human bones and fragments of wrecked and foundered vessels. The. boatmen believe that somewhere under the Mcuntains of No-Hope there is an outlet through which the waters of the Drunken Sea disgorge themselves into the abyss of Hell. ey Weer emer Bid GS 2s pT SS SRE SS Ee ~ COMMUNICATIONS. nn eed nr Por the Liveria fered. SuPpREMACY OF THE POWLRS OF THE LIBERIA DIB- CIPLINE, TO THAT OF THE DISCIPLINE OF INEM. EF. CHURCH. Mr. Evrror,x—Wiill you please grant me.a_col- nmn or tivo in your faithful Herald, to give a little more information concerning the power of the Libe- ria Discipline, in addition to that in the Herald of Jan. 21st. For things connected with God and religion. connot be too well known, nor too far ° ‘ LIBERIA ea spread. ~ , You probably recollect, that, in my other commu- | nication I informed you, that, I was suspended from all official services inthe Church until the ensuing Quartely Meeting Conference, which was to have its session at Lower Caldwel’, on the Ist. Saturday in April. But for certain reasons, probably the fol- lowing, it came on one month sooner. Last Saturday night, 4th, ins?. at 8 1-2 o’elock the Quarterly Conference met in.a private house, with Rev. 8S. Chase inthe chair. After making out a rol! of members present, and reading it, they proceeded to. business.—First; are there any complaints? None, said the Preacher in charge—Well, said Mr. Chase,” J have: I fave, said he, a suspension ‘of Mr. Brown, troin the last. Quarterly Conlererce. ‘And what have you to say to it; Mr. Brown ?—I said, |} cannot say any thing fo it until T see the charges ; Mr, Chase'said, have you not heard, for what you were euspended? | said, 1 have heard many things ; but for which T was suspended I cav- not tell. (Por two of the members had told me, but four dave ince, tbat Twas suepended for not coming to Conterence.) Well, s.id Mr. Chase you were suspended. for slanderous'y reporting what took place between us, when you came to settle with me. You.said he, went off and told the: whole of that transaction, and lor it you are suspended. Well, aiid 13 p'esse present the charees, thot Linsy know whetler Dmu resdy tor trialor net, Por he had not s6ked that question.) But he weuld not present one charge on paper.” T then called forthe minutes of the trial at which Twas suspended ; but no min utes cranted.—I then toid the Conference, that | was not ready for trial: but talking did no good, Mr. Chase said the trial should come on; and it] had any thing tosar, say on—I then uppeaed to the Conference for a reusuit; founding my plea, as fol!ows.—First :—at the last Quartely Conference at which T was suepeuded, J had not any notification ef any trial whatever. No one had ever given me one word of reprelension, or reproof for any errors or misconduct whatever; unless they considered Mr. Russell's offering*to give mean oath forthe cone firmation of thore facts, to he repreheusion. Nor had I been brought befere any committee of Joca! preachers as the Discipline requires, "The veibu! charges Which Mr. Chase presente were transacted, 2 months lacking one day, before the first Quaiteny Conference took place, at: which I was suspended, Aud there were local preachers who might have -had been conveniently called, and before whom Imight have bad opportunity to have inade recoucil- iation for whatever charges might have been brought againgt me. Now Mr. Chase had taken great pains, and even went to 4 certain part of the Golou country, to get hold of something to make up another charge against me, so that if he should fail to accomplish his object on the suspension, he might have something to moke upthe balance.* On his return, he made up a charge, wroie it ina Jetter, and directed the etter to Rev. D. Ware, my preacher in charge. On the first inst, Bro. Ware shewed me the let- ter, and usked ine to read jt. Alter reading it, Bro. the directiona given him inthe Jeter. Bat be leit me no copy. The Jetter stated to Bro. W. what Mr. C., intended to do at Quartely Couierence. And having this Mint, I put it into my plea also. Talso etated, that our Discipime required the preacher in charge to bring the complaint to. me, but none bad brought any. The preacher im charge says no complaints. Talso read the Discipline, pages 72., 73., and 74,, tu them,.and informed them that no one had ever taken one step towards mahing any reconciliation whatever. IT also pleaded, that the transactions of the last charges took place nearly 4 years ago, and that since that time, my character had passed twice in the annual Conf. and once in this same Quartely Conf..at which Iwas recom- mended to the traveling connection, not one year since. And that all these things were as fully known last April as they are now. And that all was peace and harmony among us until I had told how Mr. C., called me a liar, a black scoundrel, and turned me out doors.—And, that, therefore, having no minutes of the former trial, I thought in consid- eration of the whole, I was entitled to a nunsuit. Mr. C., then told the Conf. that if they had any thing to say, with regard toa nonsuit; say on— But when he heard some remarks made, favorable to a nonsuit, he eloped them at once; and said, if you found your plea for a nonsuit on these things only, the Conf, need not proceed farther, for will decide the question myself; there shall be no non- suit, said Mr. -C., 1 was then required, to affirm or deny some ques- tion. But I said, please let me see: your charges, that I may know what to speak to, or from, Mr, C., said, those things for which you were suspended, I then asked Mr. C., to show me the minutes ol their doings at the time of my suspension: but no minuwes were shown, I told him again, that I wan- ted the privilege of witnesses on this case: but Mr. C., frankly declared, that there should be no wit- nesses permitted to speak on the case, but himself, and myself. And s0, intoit ] was forced to go. Mr. C., brought the charges in his own name ; Mr. C., was his own witness; and Mr. C., was his own judge. And so after making our own statement for about 2 1-2 hours, ] was sent out. And after walking about on the wet graes for one hour, 1 was called in again. And while answering seme questions on the former trial, of which Mr. C., had so rigidly de- clired that no witnesses should be permitted to speak on the trial, he presented three witnesses to prove that. T promised to carry wy journal down to the Cape for Pn to read, bri never carried it. J. Pingree, B. Ry Wiison, and © Burns,—witvesses, True, Mr. C., led off ou the tuiter charges, until he had got them ali before the Conf, and commence. ed proving his verba! decixrations, by his witnesses. The firat charge which ie undertook to prove, was | that ] had told in America, that when I first went to ; Heddington, I saw slaves driven through the town, * T shal) show in its proper place tuat he found nothing. i what remained unveted pant. | Quartely Cont. | fad not disposed of my-case ! but not so. HERALD. ot on their way to market. But B. R. Wilson jumped up immediately, and unqualifiedly declared, that he know ‘the report to be false, fur there had been nothing of the kind known in the Colony for years before { went to Heddington, ana all was a falsehood. This was’ a strong witness against ine. But the Rey. I, Lawrance arose & declared, that slavery was not all done away inthe Colony, for the natives would, and did sell slaves in the native towns among us, even to this day, im spite of all we could du.—l then arose & told the Coul, that Mr. Wilsou had pro- bably forgoten, that at the annual Cont, held at Monrovia, not one year since, how be had up the Rev. A. F. Russeil, preacher in charge at Robertsvill, for buying’ slaves, proved it aga nst him, and the Rev. A. F. Russell did but just excape expulsion. The next specification acted on, was, that J had told the peo- ple in Ainerica that there were Cannibals in Africa, and this was also a falshood. But the Rev. T Law- rence arose and declared that he had seen in Atrica, not only natives cating huwan flesh, but eating of their own flesh. At this Mr. C., rather hauied ia his horns About witness for a while. At this ume the Coot, teeame confused, not hav- ing any minutes of the other trial, or any specitica- tions lo puide them tut Mr. C's. mouth which ox. ed.up the former charges vithrthe lauer in akirange puzaling manuer; the Cou’, asking questions, one, foreign from. another ail of which served to | increase the can‘ugion: same said | was Yirst sus- pended for tellige what took place between Mr. C, and inveeit when IT weat to settle with lin, others said, no; he was suspended for not attending Q. Conf,~And wheu To osaw that Mr. C., would furce on> the subject. takifiy such advantage of wit- ness, Who know nothing except in the one case of the journal, and that, flat against: his-———- T told Mr. ©. that ii this was the way te was young to continue. | would deny the whole; that is Thus Tsad, because J caw the whole to be mockery. And when J refused to answer any more ques- tions, because tie won'd net allow ine to detent mysell -by witrceses, Mr. ©. then tod me, ‘that af [ war nol ready to answer to Litse charges now, }omight have just as Jeng time as T pleased to ge: Inv Wilpesres, tod prepare for-triad, At this. one of the members of Conf, asked Mr C., in what retas tion to the ‘Church, J was to stand, while preparing for trial.. Mr. C., auswered ; suspended, of course. He then gave me my choice, either to have it de‘ided now, or set a time when I would be ready for trial. Sot told Mr. C., that 1 wished ts fave it put off, until F coud hear from America. But, that J wanted a specification of the charges, that Limight knew what Twas to prove-l was then ordered. to retire again. At l. o’el. I was called in, and foynd them talke ing vt a report, Which T had published in the Her. ald, a few weeks since, of their doings at the last And i thet: supposed, that they Mr. C., had forgeten this charve, wil after they had | suspended me, ull Mb. C., should go to America, | and yather up all the tragments of my evil reports W. took the etter and carried it ofl} aceerding to { about Africa, and brme or send them to a Com. ; mitee whom they were to appoint, and did appoint, | whe, on tie Teeeplion. ol those documeuts brought or ‘sem, are to brine ine to triad. Aiter tis. ] was asked some questions concern- Ing an appropriation of muney made by the Board o} Missions of the M. FB. Church, for the establish. meni, of a Missiow station in the interion—l told the Conf, that when Twas in Amenea, } applied t the Board for 3150-0 purchase books, joiners tools, and house furniture: but the Board granted me $200, fer those purposes. But Mr. €., declar- ed, that I applied to the Board for #100, to purchase books, tvols, furniture, to bear my ex- penses into the interior, to buy land for a Mission Farm, and to build mea house thereon: But, that 1 only wanted about 850, of it at that time.- But the Board, said Mr.-C., granted t11 150, for the aforesaid purposes, and! ordered hii to pay it, but not to pay any more, until he had heard from them.. KO Mr. ©., wae then asked by a member of ‘Conf, if he had paid the $150, he said, nos for it had not been culled. for; 1 then told the Conf., that the Board paid me the $200, ‘before I left America, and that T purchased the articles for which it was appropriated, At this, Mr. C. exclainned to the Conf., with much earnestness and confidence, saying! Hear it, hear it: Mr. Brown says, the Board paid him $2(10, before he left America! hear it. The minutes were read over, bu’ no one inyuir-d whether accepted or not accepted, nor were they signed by any body at that time, present. The Benediction was pronounced). and Conf., closed at about 2, o’cl. on Sabbath morning. Immediately after its close, I informed the Conf. that they might do as they pleased with their suspension; but they need not, nor should | con- sider myself any longer a menber of the M, &. + Church in Liberia; and I said, I here withdraw all fellowship, relation, and connection. with M. E. Church in Liberia. For if this is Methodism, then Lam not a Methodist, never was, nor ever shall he. &c. &c. For [ saw, by their suspending ine not as I desired, tll IT could hear. trom America, but until Mr. C, should vy rte from Ateries, and no time set wheo he war to wre 3 aad hy ther not ealling for any aereptance of tiie ininutes, nor signings them, or givin.t me any 6, evilications of any charges, tha’ another mock trial was anticipated of them. And thus, T thought it better to be out of euch a Chureh, than in it. Nor shall I feel myself at all disgraced by their expulsion whenever ‘it takes place, as, of course it wil!, for I shall uot attend io any more Church trials whatever, until we have a Methodist superintendent; that is, one, who yoverns, and is governed by the Discipline of the M. B. Church. Mr. ©. has said, in the Luminary, of Jan. 4th, that the taking an oath implies, that a wan cannot be trusted at all to speak the trutn unless he takes an oath, Now 1 expect to be believed in this report, without taking an oath, Although 1 did not take down regular minutes of the Conf, yet ¢ I live, and write in the” midst of the Conf., And ‘iny object in publishing these transactions before they go to America, is that they may first be tested on our own ground. And as the Luminar above mentioned, requires some correction, it shall be prepared for your next Herald. Very respectfully yours, GeoncE 8S. Brown. Caldwell, March, 7th, 1843. Mesurado Roads, 27th February 1843, Dear Sir :—I beg to acquaint you that J sailed from Cape Coast. on-the 16th of last month, bound to this place—that with the advice of Governor Maclean and others, I took the man.on board that Isecured at. “Half Bereby” with the intention of placing him in your hands, a T had a tedious passage up, was becalm’d olf “Bassa” (near Half Bereby”) three or four days. On the night of the 11th of this month, the winds were light and variable, weather thick and heavy. and the vessel about four miles off shore, the prise oner made his escape by jumping overboard as we suppose, for he was missing next morning—he had on a pair of strong handirons,: at the time of hig ev ane. Me reason fur taking the man from Cape Conet Castle, was, that there was but Jitle chance that any. American man of warwould call. there for him —and that he. was lying there at my private ex. pence. . i I certainly thought,as manv others did, that the United States Ship Vandalia, would have gone to Cape Coast for the man, but she has been like the rest of American men of war that have visited thig coast, stop a fewdays at one or two places where they cau de vo good and then go of have been inforined by good authority that the Vandalia lay’ at Cape Palmas. twenty-one days doing nothing, at the same tine knowing that one of the principals. in the destruction of the “Mary Car. ver” and crew wasthen lying in Cape Coast Caatle waiting forsome one in wuibority to take him into the hands of justice. One-squarter sort of that time would have taken herto Gare Cosstand thus have save a murderer fram being ‘cose ned ready at any time to commit another er. vo geen the first American unarmed ves- se} that tacv viluk they cau overpower, (The na- tives now are less afraid of American veesels than any otiere. "They say if Americans are a large peo- ple, and have ships of war, why. did they not - kill Craco (the king of Malf Bereby people) and burn ths town—if it had been an English vevsel, they would have done it. And so they would—and soit was expected that the Vaudalia would have done something. f may perhaps be blamed for losing the man, but it. must be considered that I aaa trader on this coast have not gut any secure place to put a prisoner un- less 1 chainhimto a ring holt. “I always kept the irons on his hands, and allowed him to be about deck, to keep him froin sickness, he had. a large awelling under each arm caueed by his hands being confined so long. J had no spare men on. board to: keep watch over him day and night, nor could } close the hatches over him every night, for it would he in- jurious to all on board; indeed I know of nothing that 1 could have done from firet to last, to secure and deliver the man_ over to justice, that has not, been done. Vf J have inany way done wrong with respect to this man, it has been done threweh ignor- ance and tnder that 1 must eeek pardon. 1 Jearnt while at Cape) Palmas, that the prisoner got on shore alive, and that there wax great feasting and rejciceing in his and the neighboring towne. Hoping that we shall have evon some permanent protection on this coast, Tremaine Sir, Your obt. St. R. ‘I’. Syms. Master of Barque“Roderic Dhu.” J. L. Day Esq. US. A. To the Editor-of the Liberia Herald, Sir :—Will you have the goodness to insert in your paper, (by way of caution to master mariny. ers,and others trading on the Western coast of’ Africa,) that there isa conspiracy laid at Bereby, for the capture of other vessels Not at Crackoo’s. town, where the Mary Carver, and Portuguese schooner were captured Butat Grand Bereby. Having but barely csciped myself, I feel bound (ifonly by the bare ties of humanity) to makeit known. In the first place 1t may be well to caution mas- ters againsi many certificates in the hands of Giand Bereby men, certifying that they had no hand in, the capture of either the above schooners, and laying all blame on Crackovu’s people They also. state that the Grand Bereby men have no inten- tion to break their friendship with the white man. This | also believe, butam afraid they will love himso well, that they will shortly (either from motives oflove tohim or his ship and cargo) put him to death. And by this means prove that they are indeed so fond as not to be willing to part with him onany account. How any man (civilized) could be so wicked as to sizn his nome to either of those documents, wi ieut having first had substantial proofs to as- sign for his doing so, 1} know not. When to my certain snowle lee, the nut es of Grand Bereby did both share in the ;Jin ‘er snd assistin the cap- ture ofthe Portuuegse This 1] prove by having bought myselfat Grand Bereby,a bale of tobacco covered with’ bullock hide, which Jumbo of Grand Bereby said came to him with a large quently of other things, as his share of the plun- er. He showed me many otherarticies, and offer- ed them for sale, but having no use for them, sthey were left with him. Asregards the American schooner Mary Car- ver, Jumbo said be did not share in the plunder ; iain e an 2 ma (of this vessel) because Ciuchvy said inc Giand Bereby men had not failed to use every effort in their power to publish that Crackoo’s had taken her. Andifhe suffered all blame, he would also keep all prize.: ‘Should this paper be read by any master to whom these documents belong, I would only beg him to take his own conscience to task, and see on what authority he as ventured to write them. He may say they toldhim. I ask is this sufficient to justify him in laying such traps for the trader as may induce him to place every confidence in such villians as these men will soon (Iam afraid) prove themselves tobe. They are traps for they induce the trader to place confidence in men who are on- ly waiting opportunity to prove themselves assas- sins. Ifhe has any other reasons let him give them on those (certificates) if not, let him do us (tra- ders) the justice the next he sees his paper to breakitup, and by that means remove the de- ception. Otherwise | fear that soon we shall hear more bad news from those quarters. To masters J] would say, beware of Bereby, or Jakore St. Andrews &c. forthey seem to think that nothing wil] be done to them if they were to plunder twenty ships. Nothing having as yet been said or done for the last offences. Jumbo has gone so far with me as to stop my boat and self on shore, and threaten to murder if ! J did not pay. Those who may read this, may provably laugh it {o scorn To such I would remark (they are doing no other than I expect) but even withall their laugh- ing, it willbe better that they do so, and by this take warning, (as it is to be feared as being the truth,) than for me and others to ‘suffer by the hands of cruel men, by their falsehoods. S. Dyer. Comm: Englishman. March 23rd, 1843. Departure of the Suneriateident of the Liberia Mission, of the MM. E. Church. To tur Eptron or tur frrain: : Tt seems nothing less then right that persons who have come here, und beeome debilitated should visit nome other partof the world to reeruit their health, the standard of whieh having become low. lt is more thao likely thatan opportunity to return is hailed with joyful xeciamation after. 2 few months residence in this un- healiv climate, contention with which, is, for a few month, almost incessant. Bur ifin addition to conten. tion with the climate there be added contention . with the civilized inhabitants of the colony a return must he hailed with unapeakable cesire This was the case with the Superintendant. Tris truly sorrowful that he, engaged aa he war to attend tu business of infinite importanee to the henight. ed Africans, and to superintend the owerk ofthe Lord, foing onamong the denomination ef wht he is a mem her, itix sorrowln] T repent, thet he sult have ta-eon. rend, uatanly with the acelimation “ver, bat with his tellow anen. Wirh the forimerat eontd on: he otherwise, # ie hateup from which every one with few exceptions, is made to drinle that lands upon hese shores, But why the Javier? Why brs he had to eentend with his fellow mew? Why ia such a dispute earvied on in the periodi. eale of this Commonweal? Tow has it happened that these tau Editors haven soon heeame at variance? On the nrrival at the Editor of the Luminary, stich was the arquintanee of there two gentlemen that we “looked for peace, but no geod came; and fora time of health and behold troubles? What hus caueed the state of Vhings that haa eventu. ated in writing things which will certainly prove injur- jous to him ? Upon whom lies the blame? To anawer the question ino word, I say, and 1 think I say that with which two thirds of the inhabitants of this commonwealth will argee, thatit has heen caused by the Superintendent of the Mission interfering or busving himself with that, with which, he had no more to do than ‘to take his own life. This interfering with public, & private individuala bu. gines seeins now a days to have become quite a common thing. In ‘this the Superintendent hasinterfered with not only one individaal, but with the transactions of Notary publics. It is really surprising to see how im. prudent rome persons are that come to this country. ‘They seem to show that notwithstanding all their high pretensions to sanctity, that so great has been their enmity scainet, and their dominion over the colored mat: |. inst exercise the same away outhere. Here with «ine solicited except: hy some. hot head parti. enne bev tirn-aside from their holy calling and espouse a ec with which they have no businesr’ whatever. Soba tis superintendent done. When the business about the Royal Albert waa closed, and evary thing in reljatiin ! hor quiet, except what waa roing on among the seeret whe perers—after the business cancerning her, had hee: attended to, by the Notary Public, who we think ew bith speak and write the truth as well as the Editor) Luninary, this editor snddenly eame out with. ‘t+ J-sce published in the Luminary, Snddenly came seen, asi there was a large premium ff him to detect the errors ofe the colored man, and wh > has it profited him? Where is hia Yaurel? Did tory with him? If he did it was a different kind ‘ obtuined by. the ancieut victors, It is diser an exposition of matters which for pence sak of charity to the man would have been auffere ! concealed. Although the colored race. is, and has ew treated in the highest degree in the United Stat 68% ; thongh there isa prejudice against this race poserse A by a large majority of white Americans, and although many of the missionaries*, who come to declare the love of God to these benighted peuple, and to teach them if they follow the bible that God is no respeeter of persons, bring this offspring of hell in their bosoms—-ver 7 can say I have never tound the least dispositicn in pny colonist to injure them, but rather to treat them kindly and respectfully so long us their conduct was suppert b's, : Yours, &e. LIBERIA. *This needs qualifying. Our eye rests with pleasu:: upon white missionaries resident in this Colony anc! other parts of the coust, who bred inthe prejudic. ' which Liberia alludes, have in the strength of a pur: philanthropy and a correcter sentiment given that prejudice to the winds, and regard man as man unaffect ed hy color or elime Hq. WERATD. LIBERIA NO'TES ON THE No. 1, COLONY. Mr. Enitor. There is un vid adage that “the man who makes two blades of grass grow where, but one grew before in a benefactor to his race,” ambitious to do gvod in my own small way, I wish with your pertission to. throw vut vecasinnal hints, which, possibly if feeded inay tend to the advancement of the interest of this people ; and should they. find in the end two” caesadoes to eat or sel! where they had but one before, they will be satisfied and I will rejvive in the satisfaction. *Observation of « series ‘of years has convinced your correspondent, thatin many ways the condition of the inhabitants may be hettered. In one particular by no means the least important, it may be brought about by a ‘ureful attention to the indigenous medicines and reme. dies for diseases abundant in this clime. Tt behooves our people to know such things, for they are not stran- gera to di-ewse and suffering, and atecll times free from infections, and contagious deseaser, and of all. the ills that flesh is hier to, eearee one but geome ‘curative or remedial agent may be found here. Two infections are extrencty prevalent at this time, for one of which at least IL thiuk remedies may be had without going tothe vile dry drags suld in the Americun shops ut 500 to 3000 per centum.§ profit. We better turn the tables and send ‘our valuable medicine to them for sale. Itis said that any thing will seli very rapidly in the cates. The whooping cough, one of our epidem. ies at present, may be greatly abated in its virulence, and uliinately cured by drinking two-or. three — times 1 doy a decaction of the plant found in all our gardens, ina known ty our gardeners by the name of wild honey. isa pluat resembling intleaf and flower the genuine } cyals ur lox glove, and scems to pussess with inferior rength all ity sunidve properties. Yuur,prees boy ean pvint it out to any one who may not know it. Cut another sull more fatal epidemic infection is abroad not only vavaying this town, but extending itwelf throughout all the setilements. In many cages the aitack is eudden ond tie symptons alarming, many have ulready fallen vietims, aud numbers mure show. the premonitory symplumes, It respects notrank of coudition, invading alilce the peaceful famiics of the higher functionaries in. ehurch anisiate, and the less exalted laity and populace. Tt dinpolves the fondest ties of the moat favoured do- mere cieie, as well as disturb the less formal, but equally suécepnbis evinpathies of the poor, Like the consumotos whieh hss been called the “beautiful de- avuyer it fave in the heart now. paling the cheeks tike the early lily, and again seuttering over them the yove and the rain bow,” and like it too, it take its vietims trom among, the young and lovely—but they are not ulone, for widows and widowers fal! an easy prey, and all are more diuble to the attaek than’) married per- SONA. We would call it the “inorrying fever,” and without being able to tell whether us present rapid) extension ia in any way influenced by the comet, or the height at which the moon runs now—and not being able to suv. gest any rem: dy calculated to restrain its wide spreading ravager, TF would propose that the Governor be. solicited to sppoint a well. instructed comimiitee of + five per. suis, fuithfully to investigate and experiment upon the subject ; and report to the meeting the next. public thanksgiving day the cause if they can useertain one with any degree of certainty 3 and alao report. whether their experiments shall have fed them to the discovery or invention of any remedy, It is deemed best to ad. vise that the committee should be ladies* as their sex scems when uttacked to exhibit the must violent aymp- toms. Huving had the first noticed infection and pray- ing to be saved from the latter till some remedy shi! be found, I ain truly yours, Syrup of Squille. From Caldwell, March 20, 1843 *We can agree to none but unmarried ladies. En. HERAtp. LUMORIA WEALD. MONROVIA, LIBERIA, MARCH 31, 1843. Our readers will pardon the paucity of Editorial in this uumber. A GLORIOUS WARK OF GRACE ISIN PROGRFSS IN TRIS SETTLEMENT :—Christians have been aronved quickened> aud made tu rejoice. The influences of the Holy spirit have desernled like the silent rain upon the tender herh. The gardens of the Lord have been refreshed. The refiner’s fire have melted the stubborn heart. of sinners, and wailing and tears, and earnest solicitation “for an interest in the prayers of christians attest their contrition. Many have found peace in believing. Hav- ing embraced Curist as the medium of justification, they exultin peace with God and testify to all around what the Lord hath done for them. Already twelve on giving to the church testimony of a renewed heart have been received as candidates fur believers baptism, & will in a few days follow the example of their Lord in fulfilling this rishteousness, Many more are yet seeking, we trust, with that anxious sincerity that worketh repentance unto life that needeth not to be repented of, There is something remarkable uttendant upon this’ eNeitement. Lt came on suddenly without much. of the usual prenomitory sigus ofuwakening among ebristians, It cum be traced io the exertion of none of thuse ineass, which) are usually at work befure such an event, and uppeurs incre obviously the operation of that spirtk whose noiseless and unseen inovemeuts like the win, can be seen ouly in its effects, The relations of couverts have been marked with eroat seriousness: connected, rational and eunsistent, ‘yooliow that the wfluence of tie spirit was deep and reoiettbve ! oad that althvugh there wos in-the present ihe oce mone of that viotunt yestien atou body, (aad we pleased thereut) tacre was deep earnestness of } t ft yur cuurch religious meetings have been held very night during nearly a fortnight, and on some occa- sions until a late hour; we rejuice to say they have been uniformiv marked by order and dacorun HERALD. As our worthy brutuer, the verucious editor of the Luminary has absquatulated,.and as we have more important business on our hands than the, farther expo. sure of &) base and already exposed a wreteh, ad he hag proven himself to be, we beg to remand him’ for the present, and promise to bring him forth for further examination ina ‘subsequent nuinber. Like his proto- type bombastes he accelerated his retreat by the force of his own. harmless blow—harmless. to all except to the treasury of the Miss: socy. of the M. E. Church. Twenty five dollars a day he paid the Captain to delay hiv ship to atlord him time to get out the paper in which he growled at us, and bit himself; and the préecjous extra, in which he snapped at the editor of the Sierra Leone What sacrilige! Like hie brother of old he has been constantly pleading “this ointment might fave been sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor. This he said wot that he cared for the poor (nativé nor American) but because he was a thief and had the bug and bare what was put therein,” More auon. Watchman, Li the interint. we wish hima male passayre and hope, if i: be consistent with the divine will, that hig hours ofaolivade may not be disturbed by the cries nor apparition of a smothered infant. One erime usually demands another to concealit; and the laatis frequently Ofgreater enormity shan the firar. Capt. Cooper of the Colonial Catto: Tere agant had a few weeks age a rencontre with the oatives neat Grand Sesiers,--a place between Krow coun ry and Cape Palutus, in whiel) one or more of the marauders were severely, if not mortally wounded. Trading along the coast is becoming more and more dsugerous, and it behooves all masters at every point wlirre they touch to be prepared for prompt. ard vigorous resistance. We are. vow dispoyed tou attach the whole blame to. the Africon, = Maov which they wer: instances are in our ree lection in most villanously trested--ebuved in reboed of thelr yy wen fo they commited themsecives ta the their persays, aad prayer the purp se oof trade power of the white mon. Suceesstul and unpanephes revenge on the persons and property of foreiguers has produced an appetite for plunder, and they seem now prepared to attack by stratagem. or free, every vessel that gets within their reach, Capt. Dyer of the Brit, ish Brig Englishnean, had recently. a narrow egcape at Grand Bereby, after having been decuyed on shore by certificates of character given by Captains cither through 4 culpuble ignorance or sheer malignity. To Cornesponpents.—Communications sent. in this month and not found in. the present numberare deferred for want of room. Tue Comet.—On the 4th inst. this illustrious stranger suddenly revealed itseif with uneaqualled splendor. This 78 the third comet that we -have seen; but neither of the others equalled this ¢itherin the enormous length of fiery tail orsplendor of brightnese. The tail howeverhas not had unifurmily the same visible length, Onone or two evenings it extended atleastsixty degrees, ine the 27th, it is nut more than forty-five. been uuiformly bright. This even. Nor hasit It was more clearly revealed on onthe 4th than it has been since. The head on one or two evenings was distinctly visible to the naked eye. When the comet first appeared, at.30 minutes past six o'clock the star lad an altitude of about fifteen degrees, and the whole phenomenon was below the horizan at eight. To night it descended at half past nine. . 1t is rapidly moving off. A Temperance meeting was held on the evening of the Gthinst. at the Presbyterian Church. This is the association formed not long since at the Baptist Church in. this place, James Brown Esq. delivered a very appro. priate and spirited address on the occasion. After the address was over it was agreed by the mem. bers present to have a convention of the members of both societies at the M. E. Church, on the evening of the second Subbath in April: Rev. A. Cheeseman will ad, dress on the occasion. NEWS HAVE JUST REACHED Us, that the American schooner Edward Burly, Capt. Burk has had an affray with the natives somewhere in the vicinity of Sinoe, in which she had one man killed and another wounded. As the reports which have reached us are somewhat con- flicting, we wait further information for particulars. ee Tue Puitosoruzr’s Srone—Pay as you Go. —The fol. lowing: parageaph is frum an address delve red Gen. M? Duthie betore the South Carolina Agrieuiurs Society. “] have Known many m-n who were. co sidered bid planters, and who made gmail crops, yor in a suries of yeurs have grown wealthy by this vory simple rile which 1 once heard laid duwn by a irent. He never made large crops, and when asked how he got rich so much faster than dis more energetic neighbors, he replied, *My neighbors, begin ut the wrong end of the year, ‘They umtke their purcheses at the beginning of it, on a crecit; | inake mine at the ed of it aad pay Jown the casi, And here Tam reminded of a saying of the late John Rawuotp i Virgina: a man not more remurkuble fur jis . ed ceentricity, than for the profound philusophie i aus. avhich sometimes escaped bun, dike the responses of un iaspired vraclo. la the midst of one of his splendia rhapsudies in’ ihe Senate of the United States, he paused, and fix. >; ala eve on the po siding offiver, exclaimed, ‘ML. i “4 discovered the Pailosopher'’s stone, Lo, four plain Baghsi monosyllables: $Pa, 2 you go. Now L will venture to say, thatthis isu vearce wp. proach than alchemy will uver urike tu wie grou vujecis of ils visionary researches.” Tais golden rule is ay useful to Staies as to individ. uals. . Lhave mali Tlese ee DECREE IN: EQUITY. Louis SHErwan Va. the Adnaiietrateix aad heirs at law, of John M. | Savage deceased, et alias. In this case it is decreed, that notice from the Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions by public advertisement in the Liberia Herald,: to be continued for two month, issue to the parties defend- ant, to appear at the next term of this court, to be held in the Town of Monrovia, on the Lat, Monday in May next, to answer complainanta bill or the case will then be heard exparte, and judgement final for principal interest and costs be entered up against them. vy Isued from the Clerk’s Office February, 1843. Orignal Attachment ley- jed on all the estate rea) and personal of ite deceas- ed within this Common. wealth. this 10th, day of W. M. Stewart. MARRIED, In this.town, on the 2d inst. by Reve H. Teage, Mr. A. B. Henderson, to Mrs. Potter. In this town, on the Wh inst. by Rev. A, W. An derson, Mr. George Elliss, 1 Mrs. Colonett Johnson, both of this place. In this town, on 21 inat. by Rev. A. D. Williams, me H. Chase, to. Miss Cariline Skinner, both of this place. ° In thia town, on the 22d inst. by Rev. H. Teage, . Mr. Jauies N. Lewis, to Miss Huriet Eden, both of tis place. , In this town, on the 23'h inst. by Rev. B. R. Wil. son, Mr. James B. McGill, to Miss Martha Smith, of this place. Inthistown, on the 29th. inst. by Rey.——Mr. G. Smith, to Miss SE a sO SE a DIED In this town, on the 19th ult. Mr. W. Jordan, af. ter a ehort but severe illness, Tu this town, on the 28th ult. Mrs. Willis, after a long and lingering illness. Mrs. W. was a member wf tie Bapist Church at Millsburg. She departed this if riampl of taich, ye town ar thy DD iast) John Curd. MARINE LIST. PORT OF MONROVIA. ARRIVALS. Feb. 17th, Col. Schooner Pedlar, J. Smith master, from the leeward, 25. Col. Sloop Hope, H. Bond inaster, from the windw.id. “27. American boi. Roderic: Dhu, Syms mas- ter, from the leewer. 238. Americun barque Globe, master, froih Usp. Valmas: passengers, Rev. A. D. Williams and lady. and Miss, Mary Williams. March 2. Col, Schouner Pedlar, J. Smith master, fron Junk. Col. Schooner Providence, Moore Janes master, frum the windward, * 8. British Schouner Active, Culbart master, from the leeward. « 9. American barque the windwurd. «oH. M. C. M. brig———_, Commanding frum the windward; passengers, T. Canot and lady, sailed same day for the leeward, * « Col. Sloop Gabriel, G. Animonsa master the windward. “© 16. Col. Cutter Termagunt, Cooper master, from the leeward. “ British brig Englishman, Dyer master, from the leeward. ; © 17. Col. Sloop Nuthan Bangs, Chase master, from the leeward. 18. Col. Cutter J. J. Roberts, Hunt mas. ter, from the leeward. “© 23. Col. Sloop Hope, H. Bond master, from the windward, : “¢ 25. Col. Sloop Gabriel, G. Amons, master, from Grand Bassa; passengers, Miss Mary Haynes, and Ann E. Johnston. “© Col. Schooner Regulus, G. E. Caroll ‘master, from the leeward. “© 28. American brig leeward. “a “a » Gallop master, from , from ,Hunt master, from the Col. Catter. ‘Termagant, Howa:d master, trom Grand Cupe Mount. «© «French brigantine-———,Lauriece master, from the windward. ** 29, Col. Schooner Providence, Moore Jumes master, from the windward. DEPARTURES. Feb. 19th, British brig: windward. ‘© «Col. Rloop Hope, H. Bond master, for the windward. 22. Col. Schooner Pedlar, J. Smith mas- ter, for the leeward. 25. Col. Sloop Hope, H. Bond maater, for the windward “© 26. British brig Ellen Jenkenson, Brown master, tor Liverpool. *¢ 23. American Schooner Cathleen, Taylor master, homeward bound ; via Sierra Leone. March 2d. Col, Cutter J. J. Roberts J. Hunt mas. ter, for the leeward : passengers, to Grand Bassa Mr. J.C. Minor and Eliza Barbour. 4. Col. Schooner Regulus, G. EB. Carroll master, for the leeward: passen-. gers, P. Skipwith and James Cutton, « Col. Sloop Hupe, fk. Bond master, for the windward. Cul. Sloop Gabriel, G. Ammons. master, for the windward, 10. American barque Globe ,master, home. ward bound; passengers, Rev. S. Chase, J. Pingree. F. Smithy, and inaster John Clark. «© “American barque Roderic Dhu, Syms master, for the leeward. © 13. Col. Schooner Providence, Moore Jamea mas ter, for the windward, 15. (cul. Schooner Pedlar, J. S.nitn master, for the leew: i; passengers, to Grand. Qu-ssa Mr. James S. Payne oa: tanily and Mr. W. A Vanwy, to Sinve Mr. Russel and family. 19. Col, Cater ‘Termagant, Howard: master, for Grand Cape Mouat. 2 master, for the British Schooner Active, Colbard master, for Liverpool. “24. Col. Sloop Nathan Bangs, Chase master, for the windward, * Col. Cutter J. J. Roberts, J. Hunt muster, fur Grand Bassa; passengers, Dr. Brown and lady, “ 27. British brig Gaylishman, Dyer master, tor the \eewurd. © 29. Col, Sluop Gubriel, G. Amons master, for the leeward, 20 ee MISCELLANEOUS From the Christisn Watchman. THE MISSIONARY PIONEERS. As every thing which relates to the cause of missions, is deeply interesting at all times, so the pioneers of modern missions—the Baptists of England, and especial. ly thoee distinguished men who in spite of obloquy and epposition, projected «wud carried into successful oper- ation, the great missionary ¢xperiment, are worthy to be remembered, and their personal characters and history are a subject of careful study. We were deeply interest. ed in the following brief sketches of some of the leading spirits, from the graphic pen of Dr. Cox, selected from the “History of the Baptist Missionary Society, from 1792, to 1842,” recently published in London, that we give them a place. There will be no need for us to bespeak for them a reading. ANDREW FULLER. “Puller was a kind of oak of the forest —sturdy, unbending, athletic, both in body and mind. Hia general aspect and manner were forbiding ; and throughout life he was rather dominant than attrac- tive. His perceptions were clear; his conduct decided. He was a man of whom advice would naturally be asked in the ordinary affairs of life ; but especially so on great occasions.—The value of his opinions would never fail to. compensate for the repulsiveness of his manner ; and yet that repulsives ness was exceedingly ameliorated in the free inter- course of friendship: when, indeed, he would sometimes appear to have changed his nature, exhibiting extreme sensibility and softness. The author has repeatedly seen him melted down into kindness, so that he could be as geutle as a lamb; but, whenever truth required it, his unyielding in. teyrity, uniling with the harsher elements of his spirit, made him bold as a lion. “He had not, like Carey, to use a favorite phrase ‘ of his own, a turn for Janguayes, but, notwithstand- ing the deficiencies of his education, he applied to them with some success, 89 as to be able to under- stand the Greek Testament, and form a ood idea ot the merits of a criticisin; but he was not attracted by the #tudy, and, had he even possessed leigure, probably would never nave pursued sit to any great extent. Yet he hada mind and a heart to appreciate the literaty efforts of others; entering into their design with much acuteness and discrimination. “He was less qualified for the missionary field than for the missionary cabinet. He seemed to be made for the niche he occupied. His forte was to maintain important points by deliberate inquiry and discussions, and he gained support to the Mission no less by the celebrity of his name than by the force of his’ appeals. He was slow in coming toa con- clusion, chiefly because judgment rather than imagi- nation or passion predominated ; nor, till he had tre- quently revised his thoughts, did he sufficiently feel his competency to give an opinion, or undertake a course of action; but, having once decided, he was the most immoveable of men. Give him time and space, he was an adinirable controversialist ; but he was not ready as a reasoner, and therefore would not have been able, withthe best advantage, to encounter the dexterous evasions and extemporan- eous plausibilities of the more learned or witty of the oriental disputants.. The author was present at a vehement discussion between him and Robert Hall. The latter with his characteristic acuteness and volubility, fairly perplexed, and not a little displeased his antagonist. Fuller’s replies were slowly conceived, as well as slowly uttered; and stood little chance before the never-ceasing torrent of powerful reasoning or confusing eloquence, rapid words and pungent satire, of his friend. He was at length compelled, in his own emphatic man- ner to exclaim.—’ Well, Brother Hall, I cannot an- wer you off-hand; but put it down on paper, and | will meet you.’ ; “Fuller was an extraordinary preacher ; plain, practical, judicious, fuli of rich Scriptural illustra- tions; in manner, slow and eolemn. The influence which he acquired by his talents in the pulpit, and by his clear illustrations of divine truth through the ress, fitted him to take a lead in the conduct of the Mission. He was exactly adapted to remove objec- tions, to afford lucid statesments, to urge the impor- tant claims of the object upon a yet inactive community, to . raise contributions at home, and to give counse) abroad. He was juet the man to direct the minds of a committee, to appreciate and examine candidates for foreign labor, to take a comprehensive view of what might be accomplished, and to plead the cause, when needful, before friends and foes. Having once embarked and taken the helm, he was ever at his post, watchfull, firm and persevering, at all seasons ; joyous, but never careless, when skies were bright; fearless amid storms. As aman, a minister, a theological writer, an acute controversia- list, as one of the founders, but especially as secre- tary of the Baptist Missionary Society, hig name will be transmitted with distinguished honor to admiring yenerations.” DR. CAREY» “Although Dr. Carey rose to extraordinary emi- nence chiefly by devoting himself to one object, yet he evidently possessed that kind of universality of mind, if it may be so called, which is generally seen to characterize genius. ‘lo the grand purpose for which he went to India, were subordinated, with conscientions scrupulousnese, ai) other pureuils to which he was Jed by his benevolent feelings or his mental tastes; such as his general desire of human improvement, and his pirticular attachment to bo- tanical science; but he ‘was qualified to excel in whatever might engage his attention. Had he been born in the sixteenth century he might have been a Luther, to give protestanism to Europe; had he turned his thoughts and observations merely tana- tural philosophy, he might have been a Newton, to compose the Principia,’ and unfold the laws of gravi- tation ; but his faculties, consecrated by religion toa still higher end, have gained for him the sublimer distinction of having heen the translator of the Scrip- tures, and the benefactor of Asia. But his humility shone even brighter that his genius; and of all that he did, in one sense at least, the greatest and noblest act was the lgst—the inscription written by his LIBERIA a naaoe dying hand for his tomstone ?”” DR. MARSHMAY. “His talents were of a high order, and diversified in their complexion. . Even intimacy could scarcely thread the labyrinths of his mind; the superficial observer was entirely disqualified from estimating either his defects or excellences. He had great mental power; a spirit of persevering diligence ; firmness bordering on obstinacy, yet not unmingled with occasional displays of the opposite quality of mutability and indecision, tact, caution, anda cer- tain policy in acting which bespoke extreme wari- ness, without, however, any real sacrifice of princi- ple. He was, to a great extent, learned, expecially in oriental Jangnages ; and he had an accute, though not a splendid intellect. No journals display a more profound piety and love of souls than his,—a heart right with God, a sympathy of the noplent kind with the moral condition of the heathen, sill in dealing with them, and a paramount solicitude for the wlory of God. He was perbaps, too fond of rule, some- what dogmatic, attached to personal interests, and not sufficiently disposed to make allowance for oth- ers. But with every fault, he was a noble charac- ter, a moral hero,a devoted servant of Christ, and worthy of being regarded as one of the three whose names have been constantly united, as claiming at once the admiration and the love of mankind. It is the distinguishing honor of the Baptist Missionary Society, to have produced a double triumvirate of illustrious individuale,—Fuller, Sutcliff, and Ryland, in England ; Carey, Marshmam, and Ward, in In- dia.” ROBERT HALL. “Jig talents were wonderfully divereified, and he possessed the remirkable power of miking himself feltas pre-eminent in. whatever character he pre- sented hunself. When in familiar converse, he seemed the beat of friends and most discriminating of advisere ; when engaged in prayer, he appeared to carry devotion to its utmost pitch: and when preaching the everlasting gospel, he kindled with a serapli’s ardor, and poured forth an irresistable torrent of eloquence with a readiness which gave it the appearance of an extemporaneous effusion, yet with a simplicity and beauty of composition, com- bined with profundity of thought, which proved it to be the result of careful study and constant mental revision.” SUTCLIFF. “Sutcliff was the very personification of fatherly kindness. His manners bespoke extreme gentleness of dispositiun ; his voice was full of soft modulations; his eyes beamed with benignity ; he at once yained attention, and conciliated esteem. The amenities of a natura! disposition the must effectionate that could be, were perfected by the influence of religion, which, in its sincerity of principle and unobtrusive- ness of character, has been seldom, if ever, surpass- ed.—His was uot, however, 2 feminine soltness, bordering on imbecility; for he possessed much decision and holy fortitude. Still, it was the might of patience and perserverance, rather than the energy of action. He would counsel, but not control ; carrying caution and prudence to the ut- inost. In the exercise of sound judgment, he was, probably, not excelled by any of his coadjutors. Mr. Fuller was accustuined to say, that, when he receiv- ed a packet from India, which confused him by the variety of its contents, he rode over to Olney to lay them before Sutcliff, who would unravel aud explain all with perfect ease; determining what it would be best to suppress, and what to publish, Ile was not only considerate in ail his movements, but would frequently soften down and conciliate these to whom Mr. Fuller’s sternness had given some offence. Had a painter sketched him in an emblematical picture, he might have represented wisdom surround- ed by the graces.” JOHN BROADLEY WILSON, ESQ. “John Broadley Wilson, Esq. had long acted as Treasurer of the Society. He originally occupied an ordnance department at Plymouth Doek (Devon- port), and had the best prospects, under the auspices of the Marquis of ‘Townshend, of worldly advance- inent; but, on becoming truly pious, he abandoned these prospects, and retired trom the public service to Clapham Common. He was baptized by Mr. Birt, but retained his connewion with the church of England ; and, after his removal to the neighborhood of London, attended the ministry, and actively asso- ciated with the congregation of Rowland Hill. While the cause of Christians benevolence at large lost one of its best supporters by his death, the Bap- tist Missionary Society in particular, was deprived of a most sincerely attached and munificieut. friend. Whatever he did, was uniformly done im the spirit of ‘not letting the left hand know what the right hand doeth’ In presenting or proinising the largest donations, his manner never differed from that in which he would transact the most ordinary business, There was nothing about it that seemed to claim notice, or demand approbation. Tle shrunk, if it may be so expressed, even from his own actions ; and t@ appland any thing he did, was to touch a sensitive plant.” A TURKISH BATH. A gentleman, now travelling in the East, writing to the Salem Gazette, gives the following descrip. tion of a Turkish Bath. ‘hey do up the business of cleansing in a thorough manner, certainly. Afterwards to refresh ourselves from our fatigues we went to the bath. You can have no conception of what a ‘Turkish bath is, nor of the exquisite enjoy- ment it gives after a hot day’s work and’ severe fatigue; I always take one alter a journey and frequently merely for the pleasure of it; I will at- tempt to give you a description of it. At first you enter alarge room, furnished with ‘divans’ all round it, and in the centre a marble fountain of water; here you undress, and although it is the common room of all who enter, undressing is perfectly decent, for as fast as you remove an article of your inner clothing a mau stands by with several large cloths to envelope you. Finally, wuen a!l is ready, and you find yourself wrapped up in two ss eee ae + HERALD. table cloths and a tewel round your head, le brings you a pair of wooden shoes to.put on, in order that your feet may not be burned by the heat of the floor of the bath. Then leaning on his arm you pass through a narrow winding passage into a room filled with steam, the heat’ of which is such as almost to suffocate you; you stay here a few minutes until you get used to the unusual temperature, aud then you pass on to another room, lighted by sma)! round glusses in a dome on top, which is hotter still ; around this are several marble basins of hot water, into which a small stream of hot water is constantly running. You lie down by the side of one of them and im amoment or two the most profuse perspira tion breaks forth. You are left some five minutes to enjoy this (and it isa juxury) and then a man appears armed with a strong horse hair mitten ; with, this he rubs every part of your body, rolling off large rolls of the cuticie, a quarter of an inch in diatoeter,—after this has continued. some ten minutes, he dashes over - you ceyeral pailsful of water hot enough to make one scream, and then commence pinching and kneading your flesh—this is perfectly delightful. After this he cracks every joint in your body, be- ginning with the fingers; he makes every vetebra crack distinctly and then twists your head until he has given your neck half a dozen cracks also,— strange as it inay ceem, this operation is decidedly agreeable, though [ecaers 1 was startled when I heard my neck go.off for the first time. After this is finished he leaves you a short time to repose, and then appears with an immense bowl in which is 4 piece of perfumed soap, this he works up into a Jather by means of « large sponge, and then pro- ceeds to soap you allover with it; he washes it off by dashing hot water over you until you are blinded and alinost drowned,—indeed he compels you to ¢ry out for merey, and does not think his work complete until he hae forced you to beg him to desist. “This is the end of the washing part, and most thoroughly washed you are. You rensain a few minutes more lying on your back in the most delicious state of Juxurious Jassitude that can be imagined. But your tormeutor or operator does not leave you long. He appears bearing on his head a lot of hot cluths, in these he envelopes you and leada you out to the antechainber, which feels now comparatively cold ; here you remain a few minutes in order to prepare for going into the outer room, Where you have previously undressed ; on arriving there dry cloths are again put over yeu, the damp ones are removed and you repose at tull length on a divan; an atten- dant bringe you a cup of coflee and a pipe, and while you enjoy these a boy squeezer and kneads your flesh, while another stands by, fanning ith a large cloth; under this operation you soon yo to sleep, and after siecpiny a half hour or so, wake up almost toa new life. You can have no conception of the aR a man feels for the first hour alter a ‘Turkish ath. “Row oN.” “Por the first five years of my professional life,” once said a gentleman tous, “I had to row vyainsi wind and stream and tide,” “And what-iid you du?’ was our question. “Do,” “replied he,” “do, why, I rowed on, to be sure.” And so he did row on, and to a good purpose, too, until he came to ihe open sea; took favorable breezes, and brought his voyage to a euccesyfnl termination, leaving behind him a most enviable reputation of worth and wisdom —impressing the mark of his strong mind) aud excellent character, deep and clear on the communi. ty in which he lived, and obtaining an immortality, worth more than a monareh’s crown, in the respect- ful memory of thousands. His remark deserves to be remeinbered as a motto. ‘The reat business of. al] is to “row on” with unftinching courage, and steady perseverence. All trades and professions lave their difficulties, and almost every individual meets with discouragements—the only way, therefore, is to “row on.’ = Decision of character—determination of will—the resolution to press on, when sure we are on the right track, or in pursuit of a good and hon- orable end—this is the secret of living so aa to come out at last safe and sound. There are “lions” in every path, and they must be met and conquered, or the hope of ultimate success must be abandoned. A poor man with a tribe of children, finding work hard to get, and hard when it is vot, sometimes will des- pair; every thing seems to be against him, bu! let him not be cast down—let him “row on” and by ind by matters will very likely grow brighter. As with the poor man, so with all men. Head winds are to be expected, contrary currents wil] commonly come ; the tide does not always run with us, but never mind, “row on,” pull the harder, till the oars bend again, and victory will wait upon and reward patient enueavors. Those who have risen from obscurity to eminence ; those who from being poor have become rich; those who, born in the midst of ignorance, have forced their way among the learned-—those who have made themselves, and made themselves well, have generally been those who, understood the importance of “rowing on.” “Faint heart never won fair lady,’ nor any thing else.”’—Newbury port Herald. A Rea Snaker.—A young sprig from New York visited the Shakers at Lebauon the other day, and as he was wandering through the village, encountered a stout, heaty specimen of the sect and thus accosted him: “Well, Broadbrim, are you much of a Shak- er?” “Nay,” saic the other, “not overrouch, but } can doa little that way.’? So he seized the astonished Gothamite by the collar and nearly shook him out ot his boots. Fautt-rinpinc.—It is the bent of the basest and most worthless spirits, to be busy in the search and discovery of others’ failings—passing by all that is commendable cnd imitable ; 43 base flies, readiiv sitting on any little sore that they can find, rather than on the sound parts. But the real Christian loves not unnecessarily to touch, or look upon them —loves not to uncover his brother’s sores, but to cure them. The uncovering of sin necessary to the curing of it, is not only no breach of charity, but it is indeed the main point of it a —— . My dear, what is a dentist? Will you define him? Oh yee. “A dentist, love, makes teeth of bone, For those whom tate han left without : And finds provision for his own, By pulling other people's out.” ‘ Tne INsAnE.—A novel enterprise has been started by the inmates of the Vermont Asylum for the In. sane, at Brattleboro’, which fs nothing mere nor less than the commencement of a weekly paper, called the “Asylum Journal,” to be conducted entirely by “those whom the world calls insane.’ They have already nominated “the Crazy Man’s Ticket,” for President and Vice-President of the United States, In relation to their candidates, they say, “we have selected one from each of the great political parties of the day, believing that if we can unite the crazy ones of both parties, we shall most certainly elect our candidates.” Women in Ecypr.—Egypt, that land where man was wisest: Egypt, fron: whose intellectual tires Greece and Rome borrowed the lights, by which worlds then unknown, have since learned the laws of Nature and the philosophy of morals: Egypt, from her remotest existence, assumed the female form as the representative of a superintending Providence ; and gave to Isis an homage which the assigned copartner of her divinity, never received. (Lady Moryan’s Woman and her Master. Tne interruptions make the waters musical and sweet; so the checks the world gives to puetival minds, keep alive the passion, and they return, as they are allowed, to that beautiful vision, which is the more !oved, as it may uot be there all the daye of their life; yet isthe poet's world made up. of this world’s materials, wonderfully worked upon by a combining, and to a far extent, a creating genius; -and if it be a world that man is gifted to make, it is arealone. Thought! It is indeed not tangible to the hand, like household. stuff—but ix it not real? He who has seen, and touched and heard, though the organs were dead, would see, "and hear, and touch: ; for the power of ‘sensation is not in them, bul when once communicated through therm, exists in indepen. dent vigor. So it is that we recall, and dream, and memory and genius, the invixible, are the living apirits of the wind and heart, aud make up the better reality of life, (Wilson. | Tlook upon the great as a set of good natured misyuided people, who are indebted to us, and not to themvelver, for all the happiness they enjoy. For our pleasure, and not their owin they sWeat under the cumberous heap of finery ;—for our pleasure the lackeyed train, the slow parading pageant, with all the gravity of grandeur, moves im review: a single coat, or a single foorman, answers wll the! purposes of the most indolent refinement as well; and those Who have twenty, may be said to keep one for their own pleasure, aud the other nineteen mereiy for | ours. So.true is the observation of Confucius, that | we take groater pains to persuade others that we are ; happy than in endeavoring to think so oursel. vés. GoLDsMITH. | One of our best stories of the seakoin is told by Sandy Welch, of a man who was in the country on a visit where they had no liquor. He got up’ two hours before breakfast, and wanted bis bitters. None to be had, of course he felt bad. “How far isit toa tavern?” he asked. “Four miles” So off the thirsty soul started—walked: the four miles in a pleasant fraine of mind, arrived at the tavern and found that it was 4 Ten,perance House. DIGNITY OF GASTRONOMIC DISCOVERY.—A’ patriotic Frenchman has observed, *} revard the discovery of a dish as a far more interesting event than a discov. ery of a star; for we have always stars enouph, but can never have too many dishes ; and Ishould not regard the science as sufficiently honored or. repre- sented among us, until I see a cook in the first clase of the In: titule.’ | | | | | | | | Want or ForetHoucnt.—A black snake which had discovered the nest of a wookpecker, climbed up the tree, and putting his head into the hole swallowed the woodpecker. Alas! when he would have withdrawn, he found his throat so much dis. tended by his supper that he could not get back and so he died with his leneth exposed danuling from the woodpecker’s Jivle, an admonition to “all who passed by, not to get w/o a verape until the had contrived how they could pet out of it—S. Advocate. A singular circumstance took place in Fishjake township, Me., a short time since. The facts are given by the Portlind American as follows: A inarried female, tevond the: meridian of Jife, ‘snd whose name is Ann. Wrath,-had been i}] for some time, and on ‘Thursday, the 4th ult., her friends and family. assembled around her, and took their Jast mournful farewell. She appeared to expire about five o’clock that afternoon. The ceremonies of laying out the dead were duly performed, the bandayves were placed beneath her chin to her head, and every preparation wre made for the eoleinn rites of the burial ground. The sexton toled hig hell; but at half past eight o’clocl, some minutes before his work was accomplished, ehe reared her head in astonishment, and was amazed to find thet she was ave to partake ofthe refreslimeuts for her funers! $ — Post. SS —— GUSPEL FAITH. 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Baltinnore, Mal, Rev. J. M. Aten, Philadelphia, Rey. S. HW. Cone, New York. Dr. A. Provortr, 6 “ yr ans WPAN ERD) A SP TR: VISIO Ta TEER £1 GA LCUYLT TA, (Frou: Mulemn’s Travels.) The maltiforn velieles, tur which Caleutta is fa ¢rduis, stood before the doors, or rofied away torourh the trees, Toilowed by turbaned servitnts in’ flowing muslin. Ladies aud children, with nurses and hear vrs, Jonnged nlony the emeoth paths, and it was dif. ficult to realize that this heoutitut elinmate should The general observation, how. every, is, that death owes mere victims to high, living, indolence, expositre at might, frtjgue in shooting sxeursions, &ey than to the positiv. effects of ela. ate. Indeed, some affirm tndia to be vs saluhrieus ws Eniland, and the aspect af some who liye beem fong in the country woud seem to countennuce the assertion. A farther advance brings an indistinet view of the fort-and the tine buildings of the Chouringy suburb, all presented in one great curve, Which, is such re- Ynquiehed tora more minute aud Inquisitive Contem- sintionof “the eourse.”” This is a broad road on the hank of the mver, passing’ round the esplauate and fort, to whieh the Enylish residents drive every evening at simnset Ae every clerk in the city keeps his huey or palantkeen carriape, the crowd of veli- ales rivals that at Hyde Jark. The sightis even raove imposing. Masi of the hiner classes use atately landius, or open buronehas 3 and the Jaces are without bonnets. Crowds of gentlemen. are ay horseback, Trdian’side-runners give a princely air tothe slow procession The shipping of every na- tion, the clear‘horzon, the noble fort, the eiiv front, the nlovsure-boats, the heautiful ghraats. dee. make ita ecene whiet ain ays pledses p aud the citisens repair thither from diy’ to diy, und from year to your, without weariness ov eatiety. On passing Garden Reach, the river becomes covered with boats, of every conceivable form, irom which 4 dozen different languaves meet the ear. A miltitude of vessels Jie at anchor; rteau-engines pour trom their fowering chimneys volumes of smeke; beautiful ghauts slope into the water; pal- ankeens, tonjons, bugties, coaches, phaetons, gares, caranches, and hackaries, line the shore, and betore us spreads out the great city, containing, wilh tts suburbs. almost aiiilion of souls. All who diein or beside ihe river, and even those whore dead bodies are counmitted to it, beige deen. ed certain ot future bliss, mulfitudes are broweli to die upon the banks, or are laid at tows water on the mud, whence the return of the tide washes them away. ‘Theee andthe hallecousumed relies troin the funeral pile, in every variety of revo'ting aspect, are continually Mating by. Government beats ply a- hove the city to sink these bodies; but many escape, and we daily saw them float by, wie vultures stoud apon them, contending for we horrid vatiquet, There being no wharves or docks, you sre rowed toa haut ina dingey, aud landed amid Hindus per- forming their oblutions and reciting their pravers. No sooner does your boat touch the shore, than a hast. ol bearers contend. for you with loud jabber, and those whom you resist. least, actually hear you Win their arms through the mad, and you tind yourself at once in one of those strange conveyan- ees, a palankeen, Away you hie, flat on your back, at the rate of nearly five miles an hour, a chatty boy - bearing aloft a huge palm-leaf umbrella to keep off ‘the sun, Whom no assurances that you do not want him will drive away, but who expecis ouly a pice or two for his pains. The bearers grunt at every step, like southern negroes when cleaving though they doit asa sort of chorus, it keeps your sanaceustomed feelings disconposed. Arrived at the house, you find it secluded within a hioh brick wali, and wuarded at the gate by adur- wan, or porter, who lives there. ina lodge, lers to npave co imsidious. MONROVIA, LIBERIA, | | Office, or shop,a servant commences ‘pulling the punka, under whieh you may vappen to be. The floor is of brick and inortar, covered with maiss the ; Walls of the purest white, and the ceiling» of great! j possible wholly to guard. They attack every 1 ims vood, and | ‘prevent ingress, than to see that servants and others | carry nothing away improperly. ‘The door is shel- tered by a porch, called here veranda, so constructed as to shelter carriages—a precaution equally neces. | sary forthe rains and the sun, The best houses are of two stories, the upper being occupied by the fam. | ily, and the lower used for dining and store rooms, : On every side are contrivances to mitigate heat and exclude dust. Venetian blinds enclose the veranda, extending from pillar to pillar, as low asa man’s head, ‘he remaining space is furnished with mate, (tatties,) which reach to the fluor, when the sun is | on that side, but at other times are rolled up. When these are kept wet, ther diffuse a most agreeable coolness. The moment you sit down, whether in a mansion, cottons, heieht. Both eexes, and alborders, dress im. white The rooms are kept darks and in the hote test part of theday shut up witheelase: dn short, every thing betrays a strivele ta keen cool Another great contest seeing to he against ants. | You perceive varions artiees of turjiture pieced upon little dishes of ater or quick-iime, wethout Which precaution every. thing is overrun. White ants are most formidabe; tortrom those. it's ite , even the beams in the houses.” A Ghost af clothes, lying on-the floor a dayoor two cou'y, was be howd entirely ruined. A mere pin hale appears in your precious quarto-you open it, and beliulia ma dust and tragments ! The number af servants, huge turbans, stubby imustachios, bare) feet, eringing Serviity, cornices oe bor festive it scene. Purtly from the infl heey det more from indolent habits, iow pay. andthe jdt od former masters, when Muss of Te never og! sie hrtunes wore easy onde, they are appointed to rervices so minately div oil | avd theirsne sy drapery, | asto render a Great number necessary. Pie tol lowing list, given ine byoy fads dacs dn Dehay ree oly illustrates this pecatiuray, but suowe feo cece opportumines privaie Ciriscaus possess of dois woud to natives even beuecdh ther ows roa OA venteel frinty, not wealthy, alist fiive the jallay. ing domestics :— Kanswma—a head servant, hath, or stews et: Kit-anitegar—Aablesepyeaty ' if}, Varsalel po warhes pilates, and carries the lattern ; woos 3 Surdur—henul nearer, clewis fay Bearer-eoleans s! ees, pana RIVES Bobag, f ~ ip ail aoes commen errérids, Soot least eiht these,) pulis punta; Addur—conls veel takes (fa palarkeen is key ot hieerey nates faye WEN Vente, test care of water; Mee'a—men seeevers VMelraw— 4 feinsle sweeper; Ave cly’s inaid, or curses Durwan—ea e-keepers Mi Hley—eariencr: Dingry —taylor; Dobey—wasierina 3 Gureeewsllu—eouehe | ‘nan; Syee—sroun, one to every hore. whe ways runs with him; Gerass-ceulter~-curs and briines gle wrass daily, one to eae jose 3 Guy-rorlla-—keepec. , of the cow or goats 3 Wurkaru—ernint OV OF ines. kenger; Sircar—acewiiiant, or secre! iry ; Chiup- rosse—varries telters, aud dees the more tris y cr rands 3 Chokedar—watchmans; Ceoley—r rru s bur dens, briige home marketiny, &c. > Birestie—to bei ir water. Of wardeuers, mons, tablesservanis, witses, &c., there of course must ooflen be seversh [is wenerally necessary to have part of these Mussul- mains, and part Hindus; for oue will net brits some dishes tothe table, and the other will nol tonen a | vaudlestick, de. Ta eld makes a litteron the eer, the ayah will not. clean it, but calls, the met. rane, s A walk into the native town, predices novel sights on every side. “Moe betases, for the mest pari are mere bovels, with nin foors and mid walls, scarce. lyigh enough to stand up in, and covered with thatch. “Pre streets are uerrow, crooked, and dirty.s | and on every chaff sund + dry tor teel, feel SQUai@, Ante s In trout, without vihin cakes, as stuck np to nre cotey tyne syoor nied) may maton the stan 1 why vive this sines wholly COBY EN, bitithe ome ted wall, cow duno, mexedowith | floor, partotwieelbis eceupied by thevender siting t | h uf Gre: feowediord thelrest seevere toextbithis goods, > havea UE Pre On. Rar ore sit in the opon Mechant sy stree’ an fomnet, and the pallens. squatting on bis hains, has uel ondy hus | board, but part of his hel, shaved, teavine the | to grow on yon his crown, Inthe tanks aud ponds are dobies riepping ‘heir elothes wuh atl thes migut upon a bench ora stone, their hunmyved shouloers, weil sanois thursiing their noses into the baskets ore, eran or peas, With Httle resistance, excepl tthe y stay to repeat theamouthtul® Bullocks, loaded with pun- Hers, pass slowiy Sy. Palaneeens come bustlig along, the bearers shouting a! fhe. peopie to clear the way. Pedlers and bucksters itter thoir eense. less cries. Religious mendicants, with tong hair matted with cow dime, and with tices and aris smeared with Ganges inud, walk about almost nak- ed, with an air of the utmost impudence and pride, demanding rather than begping gifts. Otten they carry athick triangular plate of brass, and, striking it at intervals with a heavy stick, send the thrill-an- nouncement of their approach far and near. Now and then comes rushing along the buggy of some English merchant, whose syce, running before, drives the pedestrians out of the way; or.some vil- lanous-looking carancle drags by, shut up close with red cloth, containing native ladies, who contrive thus to “take the air.” No Englishmen are seen on foot, except the very poorest, as it is deeied ungeuteel; nor native women, except of the lowest castes. Costumes and complexions, wf every vatiety, move about without attracting attention—Hindus, Mussulmans, Arme- nians, Greeks, Persians, Parsees, Arabs, Jews, Bur- mans, Chinese, &c. &c.; bheesties, with leather water-sacks, slung dripping on their backs, carry their precious burden tothe rich man’s yard, or hawk it along the street, announcing their approach by. druinminy on their brass measure. Snake-char- rere, jugglers, and blind musicians, gather their tha *These are individuals turned lobse when young, a3 offerings to an idol, which are thenceforth rezarded as sacred, Though no one looks after them, their privileg- ed mode of life keeps them in good order; and, mixing so much among crowds, from which they meet no ill treatment, makes them perfectly gentle. rar Little braminy bulls, with, | crowd | | | | ) _(WEST-AFRICA) little crowds. Processions are almost always abroad in honor of some idol, or in fulfilment of some prom- ise ; making all poesible clamor with voices, drums,. evmbals, and trumpets, Women carry their chil- dren astride on their hips. Wretched earriayes, drawn by more wretched ponies, jinvle along. bear- ine those who have long walks and moderate meane, Woinen crowd about the wells, carrying water on their hips in brass jars. Children run about ¢ ark naked, or with 2 thin plate of silver or brass, not, lar- ger thana tea-cup, hung in front by a cord. round the hips. Mudholes, neglected tanke, decaying car- casses, and stagnant ditches, unite with fumes. of gevlic, rancid oi], and buman filth, to load the air with villanous sinells. The tout ensemble ot sights, sounds, and smells, is so uttery unlike any thing in ‘uy other part of the world, that weeks elapse belore {ue sensation of stranveness wears away, My residence with Mr. Pearce on the circular , stnolis a principal thoroughtare, afforded con- opportunity of observing native character and A spectacle ‘of frequent recurrence was the procession of young children, affianced by '. relations. Musie and many torches dignity the ssion. ‘The girl is otten carried in a palankeen, tal ae bridegroom on horseback, held by a friend. ~ “saeiaies the litle things are’ borne in a hirhiy- erdamented fitter, as in ihe engraving. It is always ‘Teetus to think that if the poor. little boy die, his etrothed is condemned to perpetual widowliood, Muny ofthese, as might be expected, become aban- doned characters, ER TTL ES CET TE aR EE - RELIGIOUS. — Ses SS From. the Baptist Banner. RECEIVING MEMBERS TO rm THE CHURCH, There is no scene on earth so full of thrilling interest as that presented by a Church of Christ seseinbied to hear youhe converts relate what God aus done tor them, or a-request for adimis- ston to its bosom. ‘The convert leels that a sur- pristag change has come over bis soul. He late- ly saw hiuself a lost sinner, sinking into” perdr tion There seemed no way of ese wpe, til, like a wretch undone, he threw himself into the arms of Jesus Carist, where he found such peace and joy tha: he was overwhelmed with greatful as- ionisharnt and trom thet happy moment he re- solved to vive his whole being to his Saviour H+ desires to confess Curist before men, and take the oath of consecration, by “being buried: with himin baptism,—that like as Christ) was raised trom the dead by the glorious Father, so he may walk ina new. fife? Knowing, too, that “as many as have been baptized into Jesus Christ have put on Christ,” he is: willing to as- suine, that large responsibility, trusting that the same grace which has begun a good work in him, will carry it on until the day of Jesus. Christ.” _ Actusted hy feelings like these, the convert cones before the Church to tell the simple his- tory of his own heart—what it was, and what by grace itnow is. He tells of pride and folly once rerening—now subdued ; of new objects of love winch he once hated—of new objects of pursuit —new purposes of life. Wondrous change! As he savyeys it, his soul is filled with rapturous surprise, and he asks : Why was] tnade to hear thy voice, Ardeoner while there’s room; Wt h sands make a wretched choice, Aud rather starve than come ? Twas the sane love thatspread the feast, That sweetly foreed ug in: filse we had still refused to taste, And perished in our sin, ” He lays open each part of his spiritual history, with undisguised simplicity, knowing that he is surrounded by friends who sympathize in all his joys and sorrows, his hopes and fears. The church, in whose presence he stands face to face, is to decide on the request of admission. to their fellowship and watch-care, their privileges and trials. And this question they are to decide, not according to the respectability or the intelligence of the applicant, but the simple question for them to decide is, “Has this person passed from death unto life? Has he truly repented of sin, fled to Christ as a refuge, received Him as his protector, and been regenerated by the spirit of God ?” ‘ In deciding this important point, the church must compare the account which the can:idate gives pf himself with the tests of conversion Jaid down in the scriptures. ‘To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them ” . . . i ‘ $ As there are essential points in which the exper- iences ofall christians coincide, each member of the church will hear his own spiritual history, to a great extent, recited over avain, for “tas in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man toman” LovetoChrist, to his ordinances, to christians, as such, love of public and social wor- ship, and delight in secret prayer, and a new dis- covery of truth inthe scriptures, are features | motel fellowship, and mutual love | how lively 8, 1843. NO. 6. which more or less strongly mark the eX perience of every true convert. The church, too, must inquire strictly tnto:the past and present uoral | character and life of the’candidate: who seeks it fellowship ; for although the vilest of the vite may be, and often are truly converted, yet. previous bad character should always be deemed a sulficient cause for caution, caretul inquiry, and delay. But this we do insist on. tha! wh: te satisfactory evi: ence is given, of agenuin: erange wrought by the spirit of Gov, the youus cone vert should be received into the fold ot Chrst. Achristian church is thus the true eat ty und represeniative of the kingoom ot he a= ven above. - [tis a model of a heaven! cherch, because, like that above, all its men bere ye bee heved tobe “born of God,” “lively stones tu ile up aspiritual house to offr spiritual suerifices 9 They all become members by giving evidence of that character, and inno other way ‘Thos ihe true modle -the theory of a chrisuian church 13 that of heaven itself —The cifference is “keys” of the one are kept by tiduble, and | ut partially sanctified men, those of the other by the Searcher of hearts, the Judye of quick and dead, A true christian church on earth is the moule of the church of glorified spirits above, alse. bee all its members become so by their own tree in- telhvent, act. They came themselves——they were not brought by others. They voluntaryy assumed the oath of-allegiance; “when they were baptized ino Christ they pat on Christ.?=- They consecrated themselves to Gow irem ihe impulse of their own aff-ctions, © This act. the parent could not pertorm for the child, nor the child for the parent. The church below, bhe that above, is composed of voluntcers alone. and thus the prophews words in relation to ths wore ofa spiritual church on earth are fulfilled + “Oye shill say, Lam the Lords; and another. sh il cali himself by the name of Saeob sand noiber shall subscribe with his hind unto th Lord, and surname himself bythe name ot Tsray7? How close and strong are the bonds of chris the ’ | ' ese tian \ ihe sense of responsibility, the daily personal inter. est, the godly jealousy, which this seers ti not meimbers creates and keeps ative! Tho Church is a household of fiith, a arity OF God, bound together by the strongest boad which earthly relitionship can know. Eyery ene is adiitted to fellowship and svmpathy on-the full contdence of every other—What a sacred relation! The ehucch of Christ !—The ereenest spotin earth's dreary pilgrimage ! “ef fave thy. chareho Os Galt 3, Her walls before thee stand, : r! rye! f liven ‘, And prevenoa hectic Who con help loving even the earthly model of heaven, in which Jesus has promiused to be e— where all the pledges of his dying love are given, where mutual sympothy viows ? It should not be forgotten that vigdanee, lador, and self ci nial, are required to keep the Church pure. That labor devolves on every member, forall who enjoys its blessings should cheertully partion, ce inall its cares and burdens. The purity: of ihe Church, in foctrine, in practice, in rematin py should be the most scrupulously puirded iy member, however youns, however ooser res enn he exempt froin obligation to pertoru, this a: iy The discipline of the Caureh shouls be thoroushs ly attended to,in the-spirit of love Boch inet ber is bound by solemn covenant to be oon active, consistent, devoted christian, and hes a right to expect the same of every other member. If one member sees another going astray, or los— ing thesavor of devoted piety, it is his duty 10 enileavor atonce, by counsel, by warning, ty appropriate entreaty, and reproof, to: bring him back Butthis is atopic which we must defer to another time. QR ————. rn a From the Baptist Advocate, EARLY IMPRESSIONS. “A SHORT time since, just at sunset, T went,” says Mr, Toda, “to the grave of a dear sister v4 mone. Her two little boys wont with me Whoo we arrived there, | saw four little rose bushes standing, two al the head,and two at the foot ot the grave, bending over, as if to meet and hong over the grave = “That is her grave—our mo- ther’s crave,’ said one of the boys And those rose bushes,’ said 1, asthe tears started in my eyes. ‘Those,’ said the eldest, “brother ans | andl father set out soon after she was laid the Those twoat the head she pianted in th herself, and we took them upand sei vi and call them mother’s bushes ¢And what do vou re rsomber et mother, my boys?’ ° what in particular? >» never was @ day, since 4 oun rerio. e wt aN eee 22 LIBERIA HERALD. ’ BE RSA Ga as el ee a eT ee en she did not take us tother closet, and pray with us, unless she was sick on the bed? ‘Never did that sister seem so dear to me, a8 at that moment; and never did my heart feel so full of hope in the words which were engraved on her tomstone— ‘No. mortal woes Can reach the peaceful slecper here, While angels watch her soft repose .” This affecting anecdote shows the importance of giving religious instruction to children Farly impressions are proverbially strong. The old man, who scarcely remembers the events of last week, can easily recollect what happened when he wasa child: the counsels of his father, the sports of his brother, the gate on which heswung, the tree he used to climb, the pond where he bathed in summer, and skated in winter. But of all early impressions, those of a religious charac~ ter are the most tenacious. My childhood Sab- baths! How vividly are they written on my memory! The minister who visited my father’s fa nily—morning and evening prayer—and the family Bible, “The old fashioned- Bible that Iny on the stand.” Though years have passed since then, these things are still retained in mind, with all their or- iginal freshness Last summer, after many years’ wanderings, and wearied with the turbulent scenes of life, | went to visit the grave of my mother. While leaning over her tombstone, her affectionate look—the prayers she had offered in my behalf—her words of piety—and her cheer- ful confidence in Christ, amid the trials of life— all these came rushing in upon my mind, with unusual vividness and power, and enabled me to return, with renewed vigor, to the toils and con- flicts of life. 1 was then very deeply impressed ‘with the value of pious parents, and with grati- tude exclaiined— “My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins cnihroned, and rulers of the earth ; Rut hicher fer my proud) pretentions rise— The suuof parents puss d into the skies.” Children need such parents. Youth isa very critical period. It is the starting point of the mind in its everlasting career. The little rill, which is scarcely perceptible amid the tall grass of the meadow, may seen insignificant ; but when you remember that this small stream will soon be- come ariver, deepening and widening in its course, until it expands into the broad ocean whose waters lave every shore, then it becomes invested witha commaniing importance. So al- so, the little boy, that you see trundling his hoop, or whirling his top, may scarcely attract your at- tention. But there isa priceless jewel in the casket. He has within him an immortal intelli- gence—a soul that is destined to everlasting lite, or an eternal hell. . Whatever influence is exert- ed upon him, is starting a wave which will ex- tend wider and wider, and rise higher and higher up on a shoreless sea _ It is touching a chord that will vibrate through everlasting ages. How momentous, therefore, is the condition of the youthful mind! How imperatively does it demand attention: connected as it is, with the interests of a future, and an endless world! And who is more suitable to give this attention than the parenu? “or this he is particularly qualified by natural affection. How strong is p rental love! Wow tenicionsly do the father’s affections cling round his growing boy. The mother’s love is, if possible, stronger still. It is deep and a- biding. Her children may forget her—but she never forgets them. They may, by their mis- conduct, forfeit the esteem of society, and be des- pised and hated by othes—but the mother loves them still. She will plunge into the water— she will rush into the flames, to secure her dar- ling child. . why has God implanted this pecu- liar and strong affection in the parental bosom ? Not, surely,, that children may he merely fed and clothed ; but that their spiritual interest may be the more carefully guarded—that the mind may receive due attention at the heginning of its existence; and if this is not done, the princinle of parental lave is abused. He only who gives judicions counsel to his son, and guards him a- gainst influences which ruin the soul, and en- deavors to train him up for the society and for the joys of heaven—he only exercises the feel- ings.ofa father. And she who hushes her child to rest by the still small voice of secret prayer, who aims to impress upon its opening mind a Saviour’s worth, and point it upward to the realms of light—she only is a mother LLL ES PHYSICIANS AND THEIR FEES. By Davin K. Hirencocr. The importance of: the healing art, the respect to which it is entitled, and the rewards its votaries deserve, are to be decided by the general bles-ings it confers up. on minkind. Several considerations will show, how- ever, that the compensation which professional gentle. men receive. in this first of all human avocations. is inadequate to their sacrifices, liabilities, and labors in the cause of suff‘ring humanity. To say nothing of the philanthropic character of his avocation, the peculiar ’ rovince df whose members it is, like the author of hristianity, to go about and do gaoud, there are many other reasons to be assigned why it takes the lead in huinan employments. in the first place, happiness and health are so inseparabiy: interwoven, their existence being connected by such mutual dependencies, that they both Jive or perish together. It has been tritely remark ed that the most valuable treasure this world affords is a- sound mind in a sound body; without the union. of both” each man is poor, be his earthly pussessions what they may. Thistrath has been so deeply engraven in the mind, that we hence observe, from the earliest ages, mankind bestowing untiring effdtts in the. discovery ot some grand antidote to arrest the progress of disense. The ancients labored and studied, and exhausted their strength, in researches after the general panacea against the physical evils of urrace; and their prbress in med. ical science was great indeed, But it hus been reserved for the modern schools to improve and relatively perfect the materia medica. Itis notour purpose, however, to go into the history of the rapid advancemetiis modern philosophy hus made in the healing ests nor to review the works and pass encomiums or, the names of the great European. and America mrgters in the scicnce, which shine out so conspicionsly on our medical records. Our object in this article is to convince the reader that thes benefactors of our race receive a compensation dispro- portionste to their benevolent exertions. In plain terms, hey are poorly paid. There is, let us remark in this connexion, a strange and ungencrous propensity among inen to practically treat those the worst who use thei the best. Muny act as though they believed that-as a physi- vinn required no capital, it is a matter of no consequence whether his bill is paid 5 or at least the patient deters its adjustment until all his other necessary expenses are liquidated. - But let us dispel such a mistaken notion, In the first place, .we put down four years spent in col- lege in preparing himself for his professivi, embracinz hoard, tuition, books and clothing, in round numb: rs, at $500 per year: . ; - $2,000 Secondly, three yeurs spent in qualifying himeelt tu practice under eminent professors of the different branches of medicine, at 8500 per year - 1,500 Physician’s license, library and other expenses. 1,000 $4,500 Here we have the sum of four thousand five hun Ired dollars which he has to expend by the time he stands on the threshold of his professiun—an amoupt, we are sale in asserting, that is on an average double that which the trading, mercantile, and mechanic classes disburse to set themselves up. in business; from = which they not only always derive a decent suppurt, but olten acquire rapid fortunes. Is not here a sperifice of funds, and a con- sumption of time, that ought 10 be amply restored to the individual by the community. fer whose bencfit he has thus prepared himselt? After all this, however, before he can serve the public in his professional capacity he hag tu meet and overcom: another difficulty. He must submit himeelf to the search ing examination of the Board of Censors of the Medt- cul Society established. by law, and oblain their approval, ii he would practice as a physician. Then he conmen- cus his cureer; lis afler success therein, for a variety of reasons, being otten problematical. With mental extiaus. tions and physical debility, consequent on those severe studies which he has pursued with unremitted diligence by the midnight lamp aud the noonday sui, aud with the discouraging reflection that the masses of the community will not appreciate his services by rewarding them with those suostantial. pecuniary tokens of their wratitude which they are ever ready and willing to accord. to all other avocntions, he enters the lis's, side by side with his contemporaries, Who are pressing forward. for thore honors, that: fame, and that wealth whieh should ever be the remuneration of genuine merit. And, as a gen. eral fact, hey beeome .opulent; he seldom, if ever: though he may acquire a competency, he rarely hecome rich in great. possessions. In) other pursuits, algo, mon have their regular sensons of repose ond reereaton. Not so in the one in question. A phvsicians 1s searerly master of a moment of his time. He is liable to br ealled upon at oll periods of the twenty-four hours in the diy. . Phe festive hoard, the luxurinnt couch, he mus! abandon for the darkness and desolation of a winter's witht, to. visit the home of the wre ched, where squalid poverty and misery have their abode, though he knows not whether he will receive the thanks of the invalid, ntich less a pecuniary requital, He goes where his profession has taught him duty calle, whatever my be the result. Even he might submit to all this without 9 eomplaint, but that frequently he hac to encounter the timorous fears of the patient, whose nervous irritability causes him to. shrink from -the benevolent hand that administers relief, and to hate the presence of the friend who comes on his errand of mercy, In the service of others he exhausts his energies, Hi- life is one of incessant toil, of constant exposure, both tu the inclemency of the weather and to the infection of disease While other men fly from that pestilenee that walketh nbroad and wasteth at noonday, he must faee and suddue it, if. it be possible. In short, his whole earthly existence is passed away for the good of the pub- tic. And for all this he receives, it is true, the approval ‘uf conscience, and the hopes of the glories of heaven. But while he is yet on earth he is subjected to the laws that regulate ume and sense. Food and shelter he must have; the comforts of life, in common with other men, he should enjoy. Yet every other creditor reecives his pay vefore Iiin. Even persons who experience the frowns of fortune, and are compelled to seek. relief in bankruptcy, will often promptly adjust all debts embrac. d in their schedule of necessury expenses, and nevivet the claim of their physicinn, who perhaps saved themselves and famtlies from the grave. The other learned professions are amply. supported, - Clergyinen receive heavy salaries lawyers enormous fees. In dentistry also the operator receives his ciarzes from his patients in proportion of 99 ou: {100 upon leaving the chair. In England, we are informed, however, it is different. There the fee is put into the hands of the physician immediately after he has performed the visit. It should be go in this country, But what-a end contrast does the practice here present. Examine the ledgers o! the .profession in this city, and we shall find that large balarices are annually placed to their loss account. Al- ways, tov, when a patient settles, the physician is asked tv deduct from the legal and regular charge. Such things ought not so to be, A reform is demanded in many of the preceding points. One great reason, how. ever, why our physiciuns sink so much of their hard earned thrift, is the manifest reluctance they exhibit to coerce payment of their just demands. Other classes drive up their debtars to settlement, whereby they realize something of their claims, But medical men appear to leave their claims to be adjusted in conformity witii the sense of justice which may influcnce the bosom of their debtors, In: conclusion, let us add, that we are not a menber of the medical profession, thuugh we puraue a vocation which may be considered as a cullateral branch ofit. We, however, have long been an attentive observ. er of the relations between the physician and the people ; the great obligations the latter are under to the former ind of the remissness with which those obligations are discharged ; and have performed a duty by promylgating our views on the above interesting subject. CUMMUNICATIONS. For the Liveria tlerald, SUPREMACY OF THE POWERS OF THE LIBERIA DI6- CIPLINE, TO THAT OF THE DISCIPLINE OF THE M. E. CHURCH. Mr. Bprror :—In my last communication to you [ promised to. prepare for your next Herald, some corrections of some statements made in the Luimin- ary ol Jan. in answer to my report of some of the doings in a Quartely Meeting Conference, held at upper Caldwell, Jan 7th, at which time and places 1 was first suspended. That ‘Luminary Js clothed with thick fog, and embodies many. palpable false- hoods, he first of these which is worthy of notice, is as follows ¢ Mr. Chase says, that, the paragraphs quoted by Mr. B,, contain provisions for a formal hearing and dispel of charges against a local preacher in the in- tervals of the seseions of the Q., Cont, of a circuit or station where he may belong. But if an offence be committed, either tpo late for the process, or under circumstances that. render sucha procedure either impracticable or very inconvenient, then the next session of the Q., Cont, lias original cogni- zatice nt @ 7:8. *& . &e. Now Mr G,, has jabored Jong, and wandered wide from the point, to convince hs readers by argument, that the offence was committed too lite for the aforesaid process to have been accomplished belore the session of the said Q. Conf. so that any impar- tial readers would naturally, suppose that this was a case of emergency; or that the offence. took place sone 6, 10. or 15. days immediately before Q. Cont. which would-have very much. altered the case. But the offence, as he calls it, took place on the 8th Nov. and Q. Conf. on the 7th, Jan. Here were 2 month, lacking one day, between the com- mitting the offence, and Q Conf. which tried it. And there has not been 2 months, between the last 2 Q. Conterences. Again, Mv. C's. readers will naturally infer, that local preachers for a committee were not to be had, because they were all recommends to the Annual Cou. Now [ very much doubt, that, their being re- commended tothe Annual Cout. disqualified them at. all for sitting on this committee. Nor were they recomended tiil some atter the offence took place. And therefore local preachers might have been con- veniently cal ed at any time, and tur diffieul y mist have been digested, at least, till we could have heard from America. The next fogey pillar arising from his false pice ture ie Mr C. saya, if a: local preacher should oi- fend against the Discipline of our Church iminedi- ately afler his Q. Conf. has risen, and local preach. e:svanbe had, the preacher in charge can proceed against the offending Bro. and acquital, or suspene sion follows of coure—Have | offended against the Discipline? Then whose duty is it to proceed: a- vainat the offending Bro. Mr. C. says, the preach- er in charue. Weil then; why did not the preacher in charge proceed ? ties, und feebie in health. What kind of duties | Now as soon as J was turned out of Mr. C's. door, up comes those interested merchants, saying well, Mr. B. have you settled with Mr. Chase? No sity why did you not settle? Because Mr. C. protested my account. Protested your account ? Yes sir, why did he protest it? because of &c. &c. Well what did you teil. him? So and so:—well, then what did he say? Thus aud thus. J ask, what could I ha¢e fold those. men, but to tell thein the truth? and why not tell the truth? Now after all:-Mr. C's. claims and charges for slander, what. does it amount to! what dces Mr, C. deny that he’ preteuds, that I told? answer is Q. Conf, for you, and Mr. C., say, that, J] was suspended for, “reporting,” the conversation be tween us. Mr. C., rambles about in the Fog, not having a Discipline arranged to meet his fancy and conve- niency, till he finds the analogy of treating with a common member; and finding himse'l swamped in this, he flies back to Mr. B.'s letter which protes- sex to give a true account Ol the conversation which took place at the time his unwarrantable account was rejected; and here he makes another mizhty struggle to prove its falsity, by arguing on the tact, that [ had sworn, to the fact. Mr. C., undoubtedly, intends to have his readers understand, that I wrote the letter which is pub- lished in the Herald, and then took an oath for its comfirmation; whicli is not the cage. The oath was on this wise: Mr. C., protested my account against the Mission. TF could dono more nor less, than to appeal to the Board of Mis- sions, for redress. Thus J copied off my account and sent it to the Board: but as it had: been protested by the superintendant of the Mission and lor such reasons tov, as he gave I thought it-pro- per to take oath to the statements which I sent to the Board. And when I wrote the letter, in the Herald, I stated that I had taken an oath; that is, of what t was then apeakine. But in order to prove that I had perjured my- reli by my oath, Mr. C., say&, Mr. B. toid Marta Dosier, that we teok a chair. to knock him down. But this is another bareiaced falshood. I never told Moria Dosier any such thing. Moreover, on the 2, ins, | took Bro. S. Harris, a steward of the | Church, and Bro. C. Carter, a Class-leader in the ' Church, and we went to Mariah Dosier’s house, - said, no. were theee with which the preacher was 30. over- charged? It is true, he was a justice ot peare, and this employed about one half lis tine. About one quarter of his time was spent in trading in Cam- word, &e. ‘Then he had one quarter of his time left, in which he might just as we!l have wrote a few lines, and sent them tothe local preacher, and called a committtee on my case, as to have been rambling the forests with a yrun on his back in pur-, suit of game, or gadding abotit town, and soinetimes spending. two thirds of a day in one house, where he might have done his business, in five minutes. The reader can judge for himself, whether the preacher in charge was overcharged with other du- ies or not. He, A. F. Russell, lived the whole of last Cout. year.in- the violation of more than 20 of ihe rules of a methodist preacher. Avain, Mr. C. says, Mr B. wae cited at our re- quest, by the preacher in charge to answer to our complaint avainst him tor his unkind & unjust treat- ment. Now this is another sneaking, malicious jalsehood. For if f had been thus. cited, I must have known it some way or other. But I dave not seen, or heard any thing of that,or this hind, until the memiers told me, onthe following Monday, that they thought T had been cited to trial. In the nex: place, Mr. C. says. Mr; B. sent a note asizning as a reason, why he did notcome. But this is another barelaced falselhoud, and the last Q. Conf. proved it 60. Again, Mr. C. says suppose we had been the first to report and made statements very unfavourable to Mr. B's. reputation &c. Now I appeal to the whole Christian Church on earth, was not Mr. C. the first to'report this slander, as he callsit? Did he not first tell me I lied? Did he not first call me a biack scoundrel? Did he not first order me ont doors? was he not the first to tell it to the Church ? and may not his neighbor come after him, as he says? why not? And did he not know, that, I should be obliged to repeat his own words to those who asked me, or I must have told a lie? Was not Mr. C.’s statements very unfavourable to my reputation? Mr. B. has told a lie on the Board of Missions, to deceive: the honest mer- chants ! Let those who fee} interested in this matter, call on the sec. of the Missionary Society, of the M. E. Church, in the City of New York, and ask for Brown’s application, for the appropriation of the a- mount in question, and read it for yourselves. One may say to me, could you not have got along without telling the conversation which took. place between you and Mr. Chase? Not in day-light. For at this time, 1 was on the point of leavin Caldwell for the Goloo Country. This difficulty took place on ‘Tuesday, andon the next Monday, we were to start offfor the interior. I had engaged sev- eral men togo with me, and had paid some of them for going Thad purchased $200, worth of goods, on credit, for the purpose of that Mission, of the mer- chants on the Cape, who, of course, chant were interested in this matter,. \ and asked her, if I had at any time told her that Mr. C., took’ a chair to knock me down, and sie And as to the difference between making, and looking o vard a chair, andfor wiech Mr. C.. wish- es to know. which I wish the peop.e to believe, 1 answer; Mr.'C., was siting in his big rocking chair, straping his razur, and frequently shaking ard flourishing it at arma length toward me, as we set about five feet apart. And at the avs in which he ordered me out door, he changed his razor from hie right hand to his lett, with lis strap, he reach- ed forth his arin, rocked forward suddenly, looking earnestly toward a chair which was within one toot ' of his outstretched hand, in which -position J left M:. C. says, he was overcharged with other du- : him. And ] wish the people to believe, that he made fer a chair or looked at.a chair; just which thev please, or both. Mr. C,, thinks it a. little amusing, and of some relief, that J did not fight with him on the occasion, But [ had no notion to encounter such a big nan, while he hada razor in one hand, aud grasping for a chair with the other, he might have ‘done me much harm, before the help of which he speaks, could have got up staires. No no, | had rather be called a coward. Mr. C., not being satisfied because 1 would not fight it out, gets on another head, which he caiia malignity, jumps “on to the Editor of the fiers d, and rides him into the Royal Albert apain. But Mr. B. was in hie head, in his heart, wm his soul, and in his malignity too. He says Mr. B. did not come totell usour faults between him and us alone, &c. No no, that is very true. Nor had 1 any no- tion to expose my poor carcass to those violent instruments again, atter having such good luck as to escape them once. For it is written, thou shalt not tempt, &c, &e. Now if Mr. C., means any thing less than mus- ty biackgruard, by saying, that I never come to seek a settlement, tl him his taults between him and me alone, and that I did not bring one or two friends, as witnesses, then why did not he do the same before he suspended me. [ did not com- pun of Mr. C., but he of me. I had concluded to et the diticulty remain until we could hear from America, and that Mr. C., might then be convinced of who was wrong in the outset. But Mr. (. being so deeply immersed in self-conceit, that to: show his great power ainong a few colored dunces as he calls us, would urge on a trial of the difficul- ty at the sacrifice of any thing. And now, as ny sheet is full, and there still remains some further explanations on that malignant head, £ shall notice them in my explanations of the doings of our last o. Conf, And prepare them tor your next Her- ald. Very respectfully yours, &c, Grorce 8S. Brown Caldwell, March, 13th, 1843. NOTES ON THE COLONY. No. 2 Mr E:pitor:-—Since our wise fathers who know more than we dare to think have adinitted catholic spirits among us, we will not say they have done wrong, but for the information of some persons who advocate any and every denomination if they will only bring money, to spend in our midst, | will copy.a few notes that- have been gathered in the course of historical reading respecting the Jesuits “one of the most celebrated monastic orders of the Romish Church founded inthe year 1540 by Ig. natives Loyola.” “The Jesuits were implicated in the assassina- tion of Henry the 3d of France—planned the spanish armada—often contrived the death of Elizabeth of England—invented the gunpowder plot—-impelled the revocation of the edict nantz—- uined James 2d, and in short are commingled with all the atrocities and. miseries which desolated f whic , : i (Wo CeHvuries, MJurupe during nearly ovo cen a Secret instructions of the Jesuits ch: 2, art. 5 “Let all with such artfulness gain the ascendant ayer noblemen and the magistrates of every place, that they may be ready at our beck ; even to sacrifice their nearest relations, and inost intimate friends when we say it is for our interest ’ . and advantage.’ Again chap: 4th, art. 6th “Immediately upon the death of any one in post, let our members take timely care to get some friend of our Society Princes oreferred in his room, but this must. be cloaked ° with such cunning and management as to avoid giving the least suspician of our intending to usurp the’ Prince’s authority.” Chap: 17th, art. Ith, “Finally the Society must endeavour to effect this at least, that having got the favour and authority of Princes those who do not love them, may at least fear them.’ I have not time to remark as I should wish upon the above quotations+—another time may find me more at leisure. ‘ VYoursy &c, Syrup of Squills. From Cape Palmas April 1 1843. LUBBRIA ABALD. MONROVIA, LIBERIA, MAY 3rd, 1843. In THAT VERACIOUS CHRONICLER, THE “LUMINARY” for February, there is another scintillation but. burmished with such endleys corruscations of.italics, that to survey it with an unblenched eye demands no common effort. We recollect seeing somewhere in some low poetry, the sun compared to a great round black ball. The effect of strong light and pitchy darknese is the same en the organ of vision, The latter conceals every ob. ject from the utmost expansion of the pupil—the former forces such a. contraction that no rays are adinitted, We are ata loss which image Africa's Luminary now suggests. Tocome down from our stilts; we wish to remark first, how frequently men without being con. scious ofthe fact are placed in similar positions, and how nearly when they think they are antipodes to each other in sentiment, they are influenced by the same motives. The worthy editor of. the Luminary says “we deemed him” (hear him) “personally utterly unworthy, of attention, and herein” (that is in the editorial) “know that we are sustained by the common sense’ of the Libe. rian community excepting only the small minority who And the editor goes on to have “these remarks may have may have some party or selfish interest to serve,” rome good tendency to lessen the bump of self esteem in the editor of the Herald.” The hope that “these remarks” would produce any where any feelings but thore of contempt points, unequivocally to the “bump of aclf osteem” on their author. But, thank our stars, (and thanks to the editor for the information) there is one consideration which renders usnot “utterly unworthy of any attention.’ Let the editor reflect ; perhaps there is another that has gained for us his attention. The agreement in opinion hinted at above is seen in the fact which - we now proceed tostate, that no lan. guage can adequately express the feelings of supreme contempt which we entertain for Rev.. Mr. Chase. We do not hesitate to say that we have never been more dis. appointed in any man than inhim. Never were more hopes. blasted, or cherished expectation destroyed than by the course pursued by this ferocious, selfish, ambi- tious Priest. And we rest this our verdict upon the *tcommon sentiment ef the Liberian community except. ing only the small minor:ty who may have some party or selfish interest to serve.’ His official standing as Superintendant of the Mission. ary operations of ailarge and respected body of chris. tians, is the only circumstance that gained for him the small and reluctant attention even of those, with whom his business brought him in constant contact. Awed by his known ferocity they offered the forced. tribute of apprehension and dependence—not the grateful homage of sincere respect for virtue. Conscious of the absence of every thing from his character that can attract re- gard, as well as of the power his position gave him to extort servility, he exerted hig influence to awe all around him into a stolid silence and unmurmuring compliance : and while their hearts festered with disgust they sought peace in submission to the’ whims and caprice of the laughing Hyena. Never wasa household more wretch. ed, than that of Rev. Mr. Chase, yet never one more si- lent, ‘Mum was the word” except to their confidants, to whom their execrations were sincere and deep. There is only one, it is said with whom he ever melted, and to whom he manifested any of the weakness of our nature. Beyond the circle of those officially connected with him, his name was rarely mentioned unconnected . with regret & mortification at his course. Even hie white coadjutars who resided under his roof—and one. espe. cially who for years hag laboured in the school depart. ment in both this place and at Cape Palmas, have been often made to feel the weight of his irresponsible power and belligerent disposition. A record ot his meanness and depravity would re- quire more time than we are disposed to give at pres. ent, We we willonly mention a few of his villanies which will serve to display the tact and adroitness with which he can escape from a difficulty, He made: his debut in the sale of two casks of wine, A rumor got afloat that Mr. Chase had turned wine merchent. He immediately called a meeting at which LIBERIA he publickly.declared that he would sooner have thrown the wine in the river than it should be supposed he sold it Mark; he had no objection to sell it—only he did not wish it to be supposed he had sold it. This version of his declaration is confirmed by the fact, that two days beiute ie actually disposed of it, he pressed u mer- chant to take it at thirty per cent (pretty good percrn- tage too) reserving to himself as it was excellent stuff a few. gallons for sacramental and_ other purposes. The individual to whom he had handed it, over for sale and who was responsible to him at a fixed price called on him and demanded an explanation. As itis as easy tu lie backwards as forwards the brother prompt. ly responded, and the matter when he got his money ended. He had called a meeting and publickly denied selling it—and he had the money for it—this was all he cared for, What can stick in his throat. Ill futed wine, In the course of the editor's. paro- chial duties he visited Marshall. On the occasion of Papa's visit, it is usual to administer the sacrament. Pursuant to this custom he bore along a_ bottle of the reservation from the two casks. Arriving there, he found something that displeased him—either the breth- ren were stupid, as he said in the Luminary,-or some- thing else, and he determined to exercise his paternal privilege of punishment by giving them no sacrament. The task of scolding over, ‘the fatherly editor iurned his face homewards, and as a bendle curries his mace bearing the bottle before him. Some one with repre. hensible hardihood, inspired no doubt by the fame ot’ this wine, ventured to open, ata humble distance, a treaty for this bottle,.as papa stood on the bank of the river ready for embarkation. A bargain was presently struck—thirty seven and a half cents jingled in the priest’s vest pocket and the bottle was saved to Mar. shall. We will not refer any farther 10 his attack on Mr. Brown than to say that he confessed in confer- ence he did call Mr. Brown a liar and ordered him out of the house. In his paper he essays a confused denial! of the whole charge. This kind of en masse und diagonal negation is characteristic of the man. Mr. Chase don’t choke ensey.” The editor makeg a long boastful flourish because we did not bring him to trial. What in the name. of good breeding did.the man wish us todo? Did he wish us to take him by the collar and drag him to cou.fer-: ence? Four long months we have been beseeching ' him to stand a trial; and four long months he has heen running from it, and now he has rup quite away from the country. hands. He had only to suffer a tribunal to be institut. ed, and there was a host who ‘from pure conscienc® would have been ready to investigate the matter. What had we to do with an investigation of the mate ter? We only echoed what had’ been publicly asserted and generally believed, and what the editor has never yet had the courage even to deny. We are not censor of his domestic economy; and ‘besides we have too much respect for our mortal: man to ‘place it ‘within reach of a main:of Mr. Chase’s kidnty. Of a piece with his past cunning the editar shows no little adroitnees in avoiding the question at tissud> and instinctively, like a certain American bird which fluttera off in an opposite direction’ from its nest to cull off the truant achool-boy, he flics off tangent and bid, us follow him. These subsidiary topics ‘we will have no objection to discuss when. -the original’ question ‘ licentuousness, and its horrible consequence have been set at yest. The question then. reply. The editor gives’us credit for no ordinary portion of foresight. He has more than once made us guilty of charging him with licentuousness’ and ely dalliance —and says we intended it asa set off ayainst his charge against us of drunkenness. ‘We have since heen reminded by a friend, that the paper charging him was posted in the street some week or more hefore his paper came out. Mr. Chase must have known this, but it suited his purpose better to make: ua guilty of it. Well, we have no earthly objection ta be charged by a man like the Rev. Squire Chase Editor of the African Scintillator. Anon he charzeg us with foresight of his departure for America. Really we did not foresee ery such thing. We know he became monstrous angry in conference, because some of the “black scoundrels” dared to vote contrary to his wishes, and threatend to quit the colony and publish them all; but seeing he must have known no very great judgement would befal the colony in that case, we hoped he would think better of the matter and remain a month or so longer. Moreove; the captain after the bargain was concluded expressed strong inclination to be off. He heard the fame of the editor's dictetic propensities, and’ in the event of a long ° passage was apprehensive of a famine on board. Per- haps however, andit is most likely, he .wished to be remoyed .from a scene of strong temptation and of humiliating prostration, so that the moral constitution may regain its wonted elasticity and erect attitude. We have nothing to do with how much Mr. Brown is overpaid. It is strange that so skilful a financier as Mr. Chase should over pay any one but. himself. By the way to whose account is the demurrage charged ? To mission contingencies no doubt!! W ient folio in the diary of missionary benélactions—for purchasing friends, bestowing favours and procuring conveniencies. It is atonce the lever of the super. intendant’s power—the grave of pious offerings and the alembic of villany!!!' Not contented with the irresponsible possession of the mission money, this meek We pause for a’ a conven. ' HERALD. heavenly minded missionary who has traveled all the way to Africa,.to teach us to despise silver and gold wud to lay up treasures in heaven, las been blyly fechug at our pocket too. ‘He hints ata civil tribunal. How doubly avaricious—can the man wish us to bear. the cust of his own enjoyment! But he again rentinds. us we are in debt. Ifdebt bea crime, it is not” long since he has been guiltless—only since he came into power. We make bold to enquire if, when he engaged to come to Africa, he did not like other hirelings receive an advance-ip the shape of an outfit to be paid for in self. denying labours.? Although we detest logomachy, yet we will venture to ask this monopolist of all sound sense and good more als what kind of grammar is included in the- phrase “while themselves act the part.” ‘I'his perhaps was not in the manuscript, and meteiy escaped notice “when he was excogitating, how like a beast the editor of the Herald appeared to his fellow citizens on the occasion of the loss of the Royal Albert when from having drank wines or stronger drink he returned like a: dog to his vomit :” and not from any hurry the Rev. Editor was in IF to hie away to the bowers of “sly dalliance” and criminal assignation: nor in any thoment of anxiety how to dispose of the fruit of illicit connexion. Who does not know that the Rev. editor's exemption from these dilemmas could not be the cause of the over. sight. Cool and self possessed, this sly old “coon when it suits him, can move with the celerity of the tox and the silentness of the serpent. Lest the worthy editor should say we take advantage of his absence, we now close our notice, assuring him that we do not think so badly of him after all. He is no common chap. He has a good tongue,—preaches well, except when he gets angry and foams at the mouth, as he did on a:certain funeral oceasion when he uncorked the vials of his wrath, and poured on our head —writes well, only he is too easily irritated, and druwns himself in the storm of his owu paasions—very pond companion if he is suffered to be master. (He is a j rank aristocrat. He has an unquenchable thirst. for flattery, by which he can be led any and every where . ~— loves all his personal friends and cordially anathema. izes all who differ from him ; and has, it is said, only one weakness which we tryst he will overcome as he ad. vances'in age, We find that animpression hag somehow been made J on the eninds of some of our friends that we intended, in The power was all in his own. a note appended by us to Mr. Brown's last communica. tia to confirm the charge made against Rev. Mr. Rus- ‘sell of purchasing slaves. Nothing can be more erron.- cous. Our note rests on the statement of Mr. Brown. If that be disproved, the. note falls with it, We know nothing ofthe matter; we neither affirm nor dony in the premises. The Oil season is again open. Camwood ig again scarce, RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE On the 2d, instant 12 persons were baptized and added to the Baptist Church in this place—since that time three other candidates for the holy ordinance have been re- ceived, Others rejoicing in hope will soon come for ward, and some others we trust are enquiring the way to Zion with their faces thitherward. Friday the 4th inst. was get apart by the above Church for religious worship, which was held three times during the day, Brethren, James and Hendergon, who some time since had been chosen as deacons, were solemnly designated by the imposition of hands. Pursuant to Appointmentit was expected that Brother Wright would be ordained its evangelist in the evoning ; but ill health prevented his attendance. A letter from Brother Clarke at Bassa, informs us that an unusual seriousness is apparent in the children of his school and that he entertains great hope ofsome of them. Our Methodist Brethren held their Camp-meeting a Caldwell fromthe 6th and 9th. We were not privileg. ed to be present but we'have heard it was a season Of retreshing from the presence of the Lord. We have notheard if there were any conversions. During. the revival here a large number was added to the Methodist Church. HEREDITARY HONoRs. A TALE OF LOVE AND MYSTERY. Hereditary honors are, certainly, the most rational of human devices. It was anexcellent idea to sup- pose that a man propagated his virtues to the most distant posterity. Few notions have succeeded bet- ter in-keeping the world in order. In fact, it was the best method of granting to the multitude the ine estimable gift of a perpetuity of dependence. Had the idea stopped with the king or chief magistrate, it would not have been half so beatiful, or a hundredth part so useful. So far, a reason for the custom is obvious to the most superficial. Hereditary distinc. Lion, it is said, preserves a pecuie from the ware and tumults that might zzise from the contests of elec. live distinction. Very well—I do not dispute this afcertion—it is plausible. But dukes.and earls—if their honors were not hereditary, would there be con- test about them? The world suffers itself to be dis- turbed by individuals wishing to be kinge, but it would not be so complaisant to every man that wish- . edto bea lord. “Onne desarrange pas tout le monde pour ‘si peu de chose,” we should not have wars and discords, asthe seeds of that sort of ambi- tion. We do not, then, grant hereditary honors to these gentry as the purchase of peace—we do not make them as a bargain, but bestow them as a gra- tuity. Our reasons, tlierefore, for this generosity are far deeper than those which make us governed? ncn eet ane = by King Log to-day, because yesterday we were governed by his excellent father, King Stork—go much deeper, that, to plain men, they ae periect] invisible. But a little reflection teaches us the utility of the practice, Hereditary superiority to the lew, necessarily produces hereditary inferiority to the inany—and it makes tlre herd contented with be. ing legislatively and decorously bullied by a- sort of prescriptive habit. Messieurs the Bels are used to be skinned—and the custom reconciles them to the hereditary privilege of Meseeigneurs the Cooks. List oF THE OFFICERS OF THE Porpoise, The U, States brig Porpoise arrived here this even. ing from Sierra Leone, officers aud crew all: well. The following is a list of her officers :— Lieut. Com. A. Lewis Esq. Ist, Lieut. H. 8. Stellwagen, 2nd, G. L. Selden, 3rd, G. W. Chapman. Acting Master M. CG. “Watking, Purser R. Pctrit, Agst Surgeon Dr, Maulsby, Passu. Mid R. Allison, Midshipmen, 2 Rundolph, G. M. Dibble, Capts. Clerk, A Lewis jr. J. Stewart, J. M. Ford, MILITARY PROMOTIONS, SF ae ce eg Jonn N° Lewis, Brigader General. Bevery P. Yates, Colonel first Kegiment, Nucent M. Hicks, Aidecamp with the rank of Lieut. Colonel. Wituam L. Weaver, Colonel—second Kegt. James D. Wasuincroy, Lieut. Col, « « Steruen A. Benson, Major hs 48 Cuar.es R. Jounson, — Adjutant “4K Lroyp B. Futter Capt. Edina ond Basea Cove Malitia. Capt. of the Junior vol. unteers—Evina. First Lieut. Junr, vol. unteers, Third “ “ “ Capt. Bexley Malitia, DECREE IN EQUITY. Louts SHERIDAN Marswart Earcer, Henry Duncan June. Henry Wnhirtrtetp, Cuyartes Wan, Orignal Attachment lev- ied on all the estate real and personal of the deceas. ed within this Common. wealth. Vs. the Administratrix and: heirs at law, of John M. Savage deceased, et alias. 1 In this case it is decreed, that notice from the Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions 'b public advertisement in the Liberia Herald, to be continued for two month, issue to the parties defend. ant, to appear at the next term of this court, to be held inthe Town of Monrovia, on the Ist, Menday in May next, to anewer complainants bill or the case will then be heard exparte, and judgement final ior peinsipel interest and costa be entered up against them. Isued from: the-Clerk’s Office this LOth, day of February, 1843. W. M. Stewart. MARRIED, In this town, on the 6th inst. by Elder H. Teage, Mr. Gray to Mra, A. Cheseman. Both of thie place. In this town, on the 20th inst, by Rev. J. W. Roberts, Mr. Edward Brown, to Misa Elizabeth Williams, Botb of this place. SSN DIED In this town, on the 2d, instant, Mrs Fletcher consort of D. Fletcher, after a long and lingering illness. Mrs. F. was a member of the Baptist Church in this place. Her end was peaceg MARINE LIST. PORT OF MONROVIA. ARRIVALS. April 6th American brig Mary Paulina, Hunt master, from the windward, ‘“* 7. Col. sloop Nathan Bangs, Chase master, fro: the windward. i “ 9, Col. sloop Gabriel, G. Ammons master, from the leeward. ** 10. Col. Cutter J. J. Roberts, from Grand Bassa : and Mrs, Sheridan. “© Col. sloop Alpha, S. Horace Master, from Grand Bassa, © 16. Col. schooner Pedlar J. Smith master, from the leeward. “© 21. Col. Cutter J. J. Roberts J. the windward. «¢ 5. American schooner Edward Burley, Burk mas. ter, from the leeward: passenger, master Urias Me. Gill. “ 29, French Barque————,Grass master, from the windward. 30. Cal. sloop Gabriel, G. Ammons master, form the leeward. May 2. Col. schooner Pedlar W. Sones master, from the leeward. ** «© Danish brig Active, Bremebeckman master, 44 days from Hamburg. ‘** 3. United States brig Porpoise, Lieut. Lewis commanding from the windward. DEPARTURES. March 28th American brig Mary Paulina, Hunt mas. ter, for the windward, April 3d French brigantine———<, Lauriest master, for the windward. “* LL. American brig Mary Paulina, Hunt master, for Cape Palmas: passengers, Rey. A. D. Williams, and Mr. Erskin and family. , ** 12. Col. aloup Alpha, S. Horace master, for Grand Bassa. ; *« “ Col. Cutter Termagant, Cooper master, for Grand Cape Mount. “Col. Cutter J J, Roberts, Hunt miaster, for Grand Cape Mount. * 16. Col. sloop Gabriel; G. Ammons master, for the leeward. “© 21. Col. sloop Nathan Bangs Chase, master, for the leeward : passengers, to Grand Bassa Mra. Colonet Ellis and Miss Octavor Harrace. . Alsen «Col. schooner Pedlar, W. Joned master, for the leeward. ** 26. Col. sloop Gabriel, G. Ammons master, for the leeward: passenger to Junk J. [', Ritchardson. “27. American schooner Edward Burly, Burk mas- ter, homeward bound. J Hunt master, passengers, Dr. J. Brown and lady Hunt master, from POETRY. « WRITTEN BY MKS. TL. H, ———— SIGOURNEY. They, who would found a State. On Afrie’s torrid plein. Should nerve their spirits for the weight Of toil, and cure, and pain— Sustain each adverse shock Withstrenath thatne’er can fail, And, like the sires of plymouth Rock, Lovk heavenward and prevail. They, who the cross would rear Where Niver’s waters flow, And see it dry the torturing tear Of ignorance and wo, And mark its radiance light Sahara’s darkest sky, And heal that burning serpent’s bite, By which the heathen die, Must make the Saviour’s prayer Their talisman ot flame, His armor mid their ¢ onfliet wear, And triumoh in His name. WRITTEN BY MRS MARY W. THOMPSON, Sthiop’s sons their heme are secking— Hone where once their fathers dwelt,— Hark ! what joyful songs thewre -inging, Tn their freedom, which is felt. é From.a land by bondage, fetrered— Pressed hy swent from. every pore,— Their condition greatly bettered ; Thraldom’s tears shall flow no more. Stripes they now are vladly bearing— Borne by many x willing? band— os” whose brilliant ‘stars’? appearing, Peace and Liberty command. “Stri On the Western Shores of Afric, S: the qG spe’ Rann r wove, Heralds there proclaim a Saviour, , Who the suilty came to save, Swell, oh? swell the anthem londer, Lo onreeetitdie arise, — King of Heaven! «xtend thy border— Crown this Christian Bnterprise. ———— MISCHLLANFOUS. From che Chistian Wiare'iman, AMERICAN NOTES. There are some rare and rich specimens in this book, in spite of all draw backs, though in weneral they have about as little todo with traveling in Ameviea, as with any other conceivable topic: of remark, It would-be searcely possible for Charles Dickens to put pen to paper by wev of original composition, without producing some bright and sparkling things. He writes, evidently, as his humor for the time being inclines. Yet he manifests a deep sympathy for his fellow men. We will ore- sent him in sume of his peculiar moods. And first, DICKENS MURALIZING. He is on his passive from Quebec and Montreal, in avesse! eryvded with Keelish) emigrants, their beds and iurniture stowed very close and thick a- round the decks. The children were clean anc cheerful, aud the poor parents were untiring ty their love and self-deniain Refleciing on this sight, he gays: ‘ “Cant as we may, and as we shall to the end of al! things, it is very much harder for the poor to be virtuous then itis for the rich and the geod that is in them shines the brighter for it, Tn inany a noble mansion! lives a man, the best of bushands.and o: fathers, whose private worth in both capacities 1s justiy Jauded:o the skies. But bring him here, upon this crawled deck. Strip from his fair youny wile her siiken dress and je vels, unbind her braided hair, stamp carly vvrinkles oe her brew, ninch her pale cheek with ere acd mach. privation, array her faded forn’ in courrely parched attire, let: there be nothing bat his love sa-set her forth or deck her out, and you shall put it tothe sroof deed. So chanve his etation in the work! that) he she!l see in those young things whe cliinb about his Inve not records of his wealth and name, hut tittle wrestlers with bim for his daily. bread, so many poachers on hs scanty meal, so many units to divide his every sum of coin- fort, and farther to reduce itssmal! amount. In lier of the endearments of childhood in’ its sweetest aspect, heap upon him all its pains and wants, its sicknesses and ills, its fretfulness, caprice, and querulous endurance; let its prattle be not of en. gaging infant fancies, but of cold, and thirst, and hunger; and if his fatherly effection outlive all this, and he be patient, watchtul, tender, careful of his children’s lives, and mindtul always of their joys and sorrows—then sen him back to parliament, and pulpit, and to quaiter sess.ons, and when he hears finé talk of the depravity of those who l.ve from hand to mouth, and labor hard to do it, let him speak up, as one who knows, and tel! those holders forth, that they, by parallel with such a class, should be high angels in their daily lives, and lay but humble seize to heaven at last. Which of us shall say what he would he, if such realities, with small relief or change all through his days, were his! Looking round unon these people ; far from home, houseless, ‘ndiven'!, wandering, weary with travel and hard living; and seeing how patient- ly they nursed and tended their young children ; how they consu!ted ever their wants first, then hal! supplied their own; what gentle ministers of hope and faith the women were; how the men profited by their example; and how very, very’seldom even a noment’s petulance or harsh complaint broke out among them ; I felt a stronger love and honor of my kil come glowing on my heart, and wished to God there had been many Atheists in the better part of bunan nature there, to read with ine this simple lesson in the book of life.’ DI.KENS AT THE SHAKER VILLAGE. “As we role along we passed a party of Shakers, who were at work upon the 1cad; who wore the broadest of all broad-brimmed hats; and were in ail visible respects such very wooden'men, that T fe't about as much sympathy for them, and ae unich interest in them, as if they hand been so many fizure heads of ships. Presently we came tothe bo). ning of the village, and alightiug at the door of the house where the Shaker manulactures are sod, 714 which is the head-quarters of the elders, requesied permis: ion to see the Shaker worship, . Pending fhe conveyance of this.request to some person in authority, we walked into a grim root, where several vrim hats were hanging on prim pegs, and the time was grimly told by agrim clock. which uttered every tick with a kind of strogyle, as if it broke the grim silence reluctantly, and under pre- test. Ranged avainst the wall were six or eight stiff, high-backed chairs, and they partook so sironsriy of the general grinmess, that one would mueh rather have sat on the floor than incurred the smatlest obligation to any of them. Presently there stalked into this apartment a erim old Shaker, with eyes as hard, and dull and caid, as the great round metal buttons on his coat and waist- coat; asortofcalm goblin. Being informed of our desire, he producea a newspaper wherein the body of elaers, Whereuf he was a member, had advertised but a few days before that in consequence of certain unseemly interruptions which their worslip hed received from strangers, their chapel was closed to the public tor the space of one year. As nothing was to be urged in opposition to this reasonable arrangement, we requested leave to make some triflimg purchases of Shaker goods,. which vas grimy conceded. We accordingly repaired to + store in the same house and on the opposite side of ihe passage, where the stock was presided over by something alive ina russet case, Which the elder said was a worn; and which TL suppose was a wo- wan, though Pshould not have suspected it, On the opposite side-ol the road was their place of worship: a cool, cigan edifice of wood, with ‘rue vindows and green binds: ikea spacious sumer house, As there was no vetiing into thiseplace, and acthing was to be done but walk up and down, an?! fook at it and the other buildines inthe vill ge Cvhieh were chiefly of wood, painted a dark red, like Riglish barns, and composed of inany steries like Mnelish tactories,) T have nothing to communicate ° tothe reader, beyond the scanty results | leaned he while our purchases were making. These peo- we are called Shakers from: their peentiar form of adoration, which consists of ardance, performed hy the menand women of all ages, who arrance theine elves for that purpose in opposite parties ; the men first. divesttie themselves of their hats and) costs, which they gravely hang against the wall before they bevin; and tying a-riband round their shirt sleeves, a8 though they were coinr to be bled. They accompany bhejiselves with ad cmne, hun- ining noise, wnd dance until they are quite exhausted, alternately advancing and retiring in a preposterous “ort of trot. The effect.is said to be unspeakab!y absurd and if f may judge from a print of this cere- mony which [Lhaye in my possession, and which I am informed by those who have visited the chanel, s perfectly accurate, it must be iutinitely grote- | sque.” AMERICAN JEALOUSY AND DISTRUST. Dickens says that one vreat. blemish in the popu- ler mind. of American, and the prolifie parent of an ‘mnumerabie. brood of evils, is universal distrust; ! vet he says, the people pride themselves upon it, and mention it as one mstance of the ereat sawacity and aenteness of the people, and their’ supecior | surewdness and independence. Whether it ts cis- trust, or the spirit of leveling downwards, ured on weenvy, which some think to be a fruit of republican virtue, which he means, the reaier must jucee. Chat there is something like. that whieh he des. cribes, and quite.as bad as he says it is, amony us, which brands the mau as-an aristocral whose charae- eris purer, and whose talents are greater thin those of his neighbors; makes him'an enemy of retorm hecause he has an opinion. of his own, or sets hin upto be the tarver of ealumny because he is saore useful, and consequently more conspicuous than others; is nodoud' true. This prevalent spirit is thus expostulated wi 4: “You carry, save he stranver, “this jealousy and distrust into every transaction of public life. By repelling worthy qen trom your legislative assem. blies, it has bred uy a eliss of candidates for the suffrage, wha, in their every act, disyrace your institutions and your people’s choice. Tt las render. ed you so fickle, and so given to change, thay vou inconstancy has passed into a proverb, tor you so souner set up.an idol lirm!y, than you are sure to sul it down aud dash it into frasments; & thie, becwuse directly you reward a benefactor, or a public servaat, you distrust him, merely because he is rewarded ; and iminediately apply yourselves to fin! out, either that you have been too bountiful in your acknow. | lements, or he remiss in bis deserts, Auy mia Who attains a high place among vou, frovs the Presi. dent downward, nay diie tvs. dovatil aren that moment: for any printed lie that any notorious villan pens, although itimilitate direct'y aanans! rie character and conduct of a ine, appeals at once to your dstrust, and is -beheved. You wili straw ata wnat ino the way of trustfulness avd contidence, however fairly won and well deserved ; but you will swallow a whole caravan of camels, if they be laden with unvorthy doubts aud mean suspicions. ts this well, think vou, or likely to elevate the cleuacter of the governors or the governed among you!” The answer is invariably the same; “There's freedom of opinion, here, you know. Every man thinks for himself, and we are not to be easily over- reached, ‘That’s how our people come to he sus- picious.” ; THF LOVE OF SMARTNESS. ‘Americans must. plead guilty f the following charge, though it is enough to cover their faces with shame. How deplorable that “smartness,” which 1s often but another name for rascality, should be so often honored among us, more than honesty and goodness.. “Another prominent feature is the love of ‘smart? dealing, which gilds over many a swindle and gross breach otion, public a privata ere! Cetalosacin syive lachaid hs heady HL Pe i 7 USE PVs halte 1 mem! Fis yt dey t sec Ayh novtthotit oats retriontis operon, hy. has done ier orn fay ays te qtpikses Yigg. pe aie ready ghd Sey ati honesty, howeva The mer Of achroken sreents ols ore cheebropteyy ar ett queqoselal seeipectee pete Neots cor tee ‘Do as vou wont | ith refrrence to their hath nle the wh! or ' a poet ini rich, eo Cah t r, hin ‘ POON MPV. corqures| absarvared of ote Vien muy! ere Nyy? hint nlered smoartness, 1) oO Montat Chiyo one the Missigsppi, re- the bad oSh ue cuel) cross deeeits must lave chon thev exp) ded, in’ venerating a want of contidann ahroad. ond discourae ing foreian invert. ment: but Twas civento understand that this was a yory aart Scheme oy whieh a deal of money had been made sand that its smartest festure was, that they forgot these things abrew in 9 very shart time, ‘ The follow. ing dinlocne T have hella hundred times: “Ts it not 4 very disuraceful eirenmetan e that such a man as So-andeeo should be sequirine a large oroperty by the most infamous and od ous moan 4.and, notwith- standin all the crimes of which he has been quilty, should be telerated and abetted by your. citizens? He isa vublie nuisance, is he not?? “Yes, sir.” “A convicted liar?’ “Yes sir’? “Me has ‘heen licked, and cuffed, and caned?” “Yes, sir’? “And he is utterly dishonorable, debased, and profligate 2” “Vos. sir? “Tn the name of wonder, then, what is his merit?” “Well, sir, he is a smart man.” Vy Getty. Way, oy ovessions. of our Ese tha marlin ren and anecnistad agai as eele ys aver, From the Sun. TURKISH LADINS—A FIRMAN ON HOSE. The ladies will be heartily amused with the docu- ment which we annex, which is an authentic trans. lation of a firman recently issued in Constantinople. It anneare that the Turkish lodies in that: city: nave shown a disposition te adont European. fashions and customs in dress; whieh tendenev hae been promptly mit down by. the conservators of pnblie morats. They have driven the women back into their old piffled np costume, but, at last dates, this had not heen sufficient. The Tondon Chronicle gives the forument anneved, with the intreduction from its Covstantinonle correspondent. We publish the ar- ticle ns exceedingly amusing: Th order to exnlain shat may annent ambieuous in this queint deenment, itis necessary to observe that the fashion of wearing thread-or silk stockings has latter'y besome preva! m amove the higher e¢ as- sec af tle Tarkish!.dies, and that thoze who have adonted'his Frank eustomhave laid. aside the short add chopalese’ vellow. boot, whieh served them in Hen of “hose” ood only wear the plain slipper when out of doors, Now, althonch the ladies admit that it wonld be an unpardonable solecisem in’ propriety to expnse any portion of the feet or ankles uncevernd, they all declare that there can be nothing imeon- gruous in exhibitine the said fractions of their “mor- al coil” when enveloned in stockings. quently practice divers manmuvres and petty fem. inine stratagems to attract attention. to. their progress in civilization, and when taken to task, therefore, attribute the opening of: their. ferjeesi “(months) to the wind or some other involuntary cause: They are well seconded. in their coque'tish maneuvres hy the construction of their arahas and kotehy.—These vehicles being hich and unnrovided With tens, seam purposely made for exhibitne pretty feet and ankles: seeing that one foot must precede the other, at least a vard in descending, and then twist about, durine some seconds, insearch af terra. firma, or ino nursnit of the slinper, which wenerally contrives to part comoany in the eMort, But now for the bouvourdy (deeree) of which the following is declared to be a tolerably literal trans- Jat on. “Ist of Diemazy ul Khair (Tuly 19.) “Thennity and omnipatence of God ig undeniah'e. From him) proceed all things, creat and sinall. He has ordained the formation of various substances for the conveniences and decent adornment of all that he has created. Thus, he had acearded feathers. to birds—even to the never-resting yel-earar, (haleyon) in whose crops the souls of the datnned perpetually wander—He has elothed the lordly evpress with eververdant foliage, and he jms civded the peorl- hreediny ovster withvan imnercious shetl By these means the nudity of these thins is coneented ar oll seasons, and the elorious munificence of theie Me ker heeomesstill more main festin the er, unon the land, and in the deen waters. “Phose who possess seimd inteYects doubtless, meditate unon these matters, and, nreseribod rites, act Ueecreetly volous adhering te But others. of fri- disposition, regardless %; the panes of Al Zakiun® foloay the path of these that ga astrey, and thevaly aesamulate infinite dirt for their own future coustEnption. 3 eMasejiaated by the nernicions exomple .of fire doomed she-Kiffirs, who unblushingly exnose to the snnand moon almost all that a bountifu) Creator has accorded them, so that those luminaries are fain to conceal themselves’ behind clouds, in token of modest renrobation—the mothers, wives, sisters and daaehters-of true believers, ag well as the slaves their pronerty,. have adopted certain innovations, i tending to cut them off from those enjoyments, he- youd human intelligence, promised to the blessed in Paradise. “The innovations alluded to are the wearing of woven stockinrs adhering to the form. Now, it is not ovirtten that these things are of themselves mem- nou (illicit), But things licit become unlawtul from misapplication, even as things clean become impure from unelean contact. Thus, Tnshallah’s woven stockings mav be worn for personal conve- nience, but not displayed as lurements of Satan to attract the gaze of licentious idlers, nor as incentives to extravagam@e, pride and heertburnings. Tnatten- tion to these facts has produced much scandal, out of loors, and sharp disputes within, not to mention *Al Zakum, the tree by the boromless pit, which supplies inexhaustible fuel for burning the condemned. for at the ex Thev conse. | “tavern he sud, in Washington, Pa. “CORVETHONCE LO purses, “fastances, indeed, have eome to our ear whore, , order to tor the Toure eon murchase of these toerihatiies, the stomacts of, cldren and dene ude! wis have venained e@ aptly. Yosand a manifest Mhis is nosh repreton- violation af ait revealed ordi COR ’ “fet women, therefore, with the sanction of Allah, year woven stockings of modorete. price and becom. ner texture as anoadditional shield against protene eves, ballet thoi not, on any account, employ thei, as merehants inthe hozaar espace coods ouly ardly in order to attract notice to things within. “Let heads of femilics exercise due vigilance and authority. ond enjem eaution when those who ure "their Hillavep walk torth for air, or when they make henish (excursions) in boats. In order also to avoid al, pretex's for forbidden exhibitions, when the same (the tillage) proceed tothe colestial waters, to those of Aley-Bey Koni (Sweet Waters of Asia and Burope) or to any other place of public enjoyment, in Avabas and Kotehy, let the said heads of families ald steps. to their vehicles, and devise other means for preventing unseenily jncongruities, “Tt is of common occurrence to hear indiscreet persons attribute to Ihe innocent winds and to other accidents. the reprehensible results of their own premeditated seit-love and ashibaziik (eoquetry.) Mia is an augmentation of backsliding, and merite objuryation, Let those whom it may concera, both high and low,’ take warning, therefore, Il they neglect to doso, they will subject. themselves to a depreciation of honor in this world, and they will be. renosible, hereafter, for adding to. the number of burned souls that already inhabit a most distressing place.” : tWomen are this designated mn the Kouran, Ture Yankee Provarn—This animal, so o‘teu seen, and so welj known, you may say inall parts of the world, is to most persons, nevertheless, a per. fect anomoly, They can neither measure lis sur- face nor sound hisdepth. They see him. enter the country with his helt wagon, heavy. with no! ons that they had supposed no one wanted—stopping at every farm house, and, thourh a perfect stranger, acquainted with noone, making sa’es. wherever he stops, aud upon aered: of 6 9 or 72> month But, this is not the most extraordinary praetor his conduct, imston of the time, hey sae dim retum and colleet every dollar of his ie seems to have been better avquainted with tha circumstances and staniing as to so'voncy of his custovers, than their neares: neighbours. To ser one of these ped- Jars sella clock or sind mill to‘one who cannot pay for it, is a year’s wonder. We were iiforme | lately by a justice of te pene, that he had collected in his county, one amony the most wealthy in the west, claims to the emount of dob. fen thonsind dollars far ane of these pedlers, aud ; ts ; | had not lost in all the ¢) im .turty di tiars. Speaking on this subje toa ceutleman one dav, he remerked that a eirrenistanes came under his notice laiely that ly fixed his attention. . [t was the meeting of twoof these pediars, trading in strony | different articles, and totally unacauainted with each ' other, The one was going Seuth, the other North, comseqvuently one was song dives Ny inte the country from which the other had just cone. Tt was ata hey were not long in the house before these ficts were ascertiine ed from each other. They had both been celling on the usual credit system, when a proposition waa made by one, aud seceded to wy the other, that they should eschanwe the notes or objivations they laud receive Tye exchance was inade, said) our iitel- livent informant, ino my presence, and the balanee, some 60 or B80 MeHON. Now these men were not only unaequaipted with one another, but emirely ignorant offic givers of the obligations they nad received ofeach other. Uhe mystery was, by what. rule vere they governed in sneh an exchane These men doubtless knew ot the factory and ifs aA an | owners from whieh each sold, and with them, der reputation was good for that of-their agents. Iie . knew this was not so green as to make a bad debi— i his confidence here, was the warrant for the. ex- change, and it was made with the same freedom and unreserve that the same men wuold have exchanged bank bills. Nevertheless, this thing could only have happened with Yankee Pedlars.—Pultsburg © Arcr ican. ANECDOTE. Some twenty or thirty years ago a very zea- lous professorefrelgion in one of the churches in Ene'and, went to her minister, a devoted and exemplary Christian, and told him she had some- thine azaimst him, and she considered it her duty _ to repbove him. “well my good lady,” said he, “what is the | difficulty 2?) “Why, sir, T think your bands are too long.” “Ah, do you? Phave never thought anything about it; I will get a pair of scissors, and will , thank you to cut off'as much as you think best.” She replied, “I hope you will not be offended”? “Not at all, not atall, madain,”? he replied. Without much ceremony she folded and cut off quite a large piece of the bands. : “Are you now satisfied! look again and see ; perhaps you had better cut offa little more while you are about it, and be satisfied.” “1 do not know but I had, I think it is still ra- ther long,” and she cutoff a second piece, say~ inz, “There, T thin that will do.” “Well my frient,” said the minister, ‘1 must now tell you [have something against you.” “Have you, sir,” she exclaimed, ‘what is it?” “1 think your tongue is rather too long, and - yon had better let me cut off'a piece of it.” CONSOLATION FOR THE AFELICTED. Many a christian, who is now a pillar of the temple of God in heaven, was on earth a bruised reed. PUBLISHED BY) VOL. 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Youk, my present residence, isa pleasant village, containing from 3000 to 4000 mhabi- tants, situaicd between 20 and 30 miles south ‘of Wreetown. ‘Thy scenery between the two piaces is grand beyond description. ‘There is one continued tange of mountains which are lit- piaily “fAips piled on Alps”? Uere a cape reaches out her iron-bound head into the sea in proud defiance of her waves, and there a bay Pushes im and washes the very foot of the moun- | tain. The scenery here is beautiful, not to say erand and sublime. On the west, the ocean | stretches us faras the eye can reach. On the south-west, about 12 miles distant, are the Ban- ana islands, which are composed of mountains of diffivent sizes, and at the rainy season of the year, they present a most splendid appearance. When it does not rain we can see the trees and houses with the naked eye from our residence. A little further to the east. 1s Cape Shilling, {more properly a promontory), which presents a prospect litte inferior to that of the Bananas. Qa the south is a beautiful narrow.bay, extend- ing two miles infana, which gives us salt water on two sides of us, and affords a most refreshing sea-breeze. Across the bay, the mountains. lift up their heads as a resting-place for the clouds. ¥rom the south to the east and north east, and nearly to the north, are lofty mountains present- ing at once a prospect both grand and sublime. As far as I have seen it, the country is uneven and even inountainous. York, | think, is a fair sample of what [have seen, but I understand that on both sides of the colony, the face of the country is very even and level. The soil is generally gravelly. On the bank of the river | it is sometimes loamy. The temperature of the | climate is very uneven. During the dry sva- | son the thermometer stands from 50 to 52 de- | grees, and during the rains about 76 deg. The | ruins commence the beginning of May, and end | ‘the last of October = In) Mav we have show- ers, but they are not very frequent. In June,: they become more frequent. July and August urethe most rainy months. Then seldom aday passes but more or less ‘rain falls, and some | times for two or three weeks together the sun is hardly seen. In September the rains abate. In Ociober there is but little rain, and that falls | in the mght, attended with tornados. ‘The dry season commences the beginning of November, and ends the last of April. It ts one continued succession of cloudless days. ‘The nights are | always cool. The productions of this town, (and this, town will fairly represent the whole colony,) are | yams, cassada, corn, rice, sweet potatoes, beans, | cocoa, arrow-root, ginger, pine-apples, oranges, limes, guavas, bananas, plantains, cotton etc., : etc., etc. The yam isa very good substitute for the potatoe, When I first came here I was not at all partial to it, but now I prefer it even to the potatoe. It is evidently more nutritious. It is cultivated in hills like our potatoe. One seed produces but one yam, though one large seed yam can be cut so asto make five or six | pieces or ‘seeds. It has but one vine, and that | runs up a pole, somewhat resembling a hop or | bean vine. Yams vary in size frome one to five or six pounds. The cassada has very nearly a Spiral root. Its size varies from one to three or more inches in diameter. It is eaten raw, but: more frequently roasted. It is grated by the natives on tin graters and then made into balls about six inches in diameter ; in this state it is called Foofoo. The stalk of the cassada is from threé-juatters of an inch to an inch in diameter, | and five or six feet in height. It is cultivated | by taking slips of the stalk some eight or ten’ MONROVIA, LIBERLA, ' with whi. h you are well acquainted. , am not able to-tell you much about, as [do not guava jelly is made | bout the same as ours. , les. PuBLICUM BONUM PRIVATO EST PRAEFERENDUM ee es ere inches long, and burying one end in the ground. It takes a year for it to become fit for eating. The - African corn varies but little from our corn, &x- cept the ear is somewhat shorter, and the stalk much: larger and higher. Rice does uot seem to be the spontaneous production of the soil, ut is cultivated to some extent by the Cossaor Mendi people, whose country isa great rice country, and who prefer rice to any other kind of food Sweet potatoes are the same as in Ametica. Beans are inferior. ‘They are smaller in size. The vines grow to an enormous length. Cocoa. | isa very.nutritious bulbous root, somewhat re- sembling artichoke in its shape: When growing it has something the appearance of rhubarb. The leaves are heart-formed, the stem joining ‘them nearly in the centre like the leaves of our pond lilies. Cocoa does not generally exceed in size a common tea-cup. Arrow-root is alsv of a bulbous root. There is a preparation of the same name, made from this root, nearly in the same way that we make starch from potatoes, Ginge? | recollect ever seeing it grow. The pine-upple ' grows on astalk two or three feet high, sur- | rounded by a multitude of narrow prickiy leaves ' two or three feet high starting from the very ' roots of the stalk. grow on trees similar to our apples, peaches, _ etc. The guava is the fruit from which the” It is, 1 think, superior to | ' the apple for making pies, etc. The banana and Oranges, limes, and guavas lantain are of the same genus. They grow on a soft stalk 15 or 20 feet high, and eight or ten | The leaves are six or eight | | feet long, and twelve or eighteen inches wide. inches in diameter. The fruit grows in bunches weighing trom ten to twenty pounds. The stem of the fruit grows from the extreme top of the stalk. ‘The leaves | start out jast below it and extend some feet One staik never bears but one bunch of fruit. After the fruit becomes ripe the stalk dies, and it starts a new from the rvois. Cot- ton grows either on trees, which are gene- rally eight or ten feet in diameter, or on bushes from two to six feet in height. The cotton of the cotton tree is never used by the natives. The bush is cultivated toa very limited ex tént. We have here the horse, cow, sheep, guat, hog, dog and cat. Of the feathered tribe we have geese, ducks, turkies, hens,’ and doves. The horse is not a native of this colony. Most of the horses used in the colony are ‘brought from the Gambia. ‘They are inferior in size and in many other respects to our American horses. They, however, beara very large price, The cows here are about two-thirds the size of cur American cows Their color is generally a pale red.” Their horns are larger—less_ crooked and wider spread than ours. They yield but a very small quantity of milk. At Freetown, milk ts above it. one penny (about two cents) for a common | wine-glass full. Here itis half-penny (about one cent. The natives never use it. The sheep are a- bout the size of our sheep, but have hair like the goat. The goat 1s about the size. of the sheep, and is seldom kept for its milk. The hog and dog are very much inferior to ours—the cat a- Dogs and cats are not very numerous. Geese and turkeys are not na- tives, they are brought from England. Ducks and doves are about the size of ours; hens about two-thirds the size. Of the the reptiles, insects, etc., that have come within my observation, the following are a part; snakes, lizards, centi- pedes, rats, termites, (two kinds, called by the people here bug-a-bugs), ants (two kinds), scor- pions, spiders, cockroaches, flies and musqui- toes. The inhabitants of York are composed of old disbanded soldiers, liherated Africans, and Cre- The soldiers number between sixty and seventy. The great mass of the inhabitants are Africans, liberated from slave ships, and they are from many different nations, but prin- | cipally from the A-kus, (pro. Arkoos), I-bos, Mendians (or Kossous, as they are called here), and Paw-paws. You will find here almost every variety of character. The prevailing sins of the whole people are licentiousness, indo- lence, drunkenness, dishonesty, etc., in which the old soldiers are as schoolmasters to the rest. Idolatry prevails to some extent, but J am una- ble to tell how far. Their language is a mon- grel English, and is about as unintelligible to an Englishman or an American as the Dutch or Greek. It seems to be madeup ofa few En- glish words; many corrupt English and native words thrown into a construction about as dis- similar from the English manner as possible. I shall not be able to discribe very accurately the dress of this people, for there is a great variety from the European style down to almost entire (WEST-AFRICA) “ie ALD. nudity. A very common dress for the men here is a shirt and pantaloons, with the former over the latter. Sometimes the former is dispens- ed with, but more frequently the latter. 1 ought to say that%an indispensable part of dress for the inen, unless they wear pantaloons, ise what is salled here the Krooman dress, which is simply ahandkerchiet or peice of cloth tied about the middle. The dress of many of the school boys isa: hat and shirt. Often have | seen them, when it rains at the time of their coming out of school, deposit their shirts in the top of their hats, to prevent them from getting wet, and run for home. Another torm of dress is. the ‘¢coun- try cloth,” which is about as large as a sheet, and is ‘heown over the lett shoulder, and under the right arm. Sometimes it is doubled togeth- er and fastened around the. Joins, extending downward about half way from the knees to the ankles. Sometimes the “country cloth” is dis- pensed with, leaving the simple Krooman dress. Another form of dress (if dress it can be called), consists of a belt about the loins, to which is at- tached in front a strip of cloth tour or five inch- es wide, which passes between the less over the beltbehind. This dress is called by the natives Ta-toon ja, andis their common working dress. ‘Lhe women are very fond of having their arms and breasts naked Otten have | seen a hand- some Ruropean dress thrown from the arms, &e. and hanging from the waist—all above hung entirely naked. A) very common dress for tie woman is the “country cloth,” or a peice of blue cotton wrapped around them under their arm, or more commonly around their waists. This is the least clothing | have ever seen ona married woman. Giris of twelve or fourteen years of age are olien seen with a dress very sitniJar to the Ta-toon ja” of the men, only the belt is a belt of beads, and the strip of cloth is narrow, and sometimes is so Jong as nearly to toviaa the ground behind = This is a sign that the individual is not betrothed. It is very com- com to see children of both sexes of ten and eight years old and under, ina state of perfect nudity. It is very seldom that you will see lit- tle children of a year old and younger with clothes upon them except on the Sabbath — It is due from me to say that on the Sabhath { have w congregation of several hundred, all: of whoin are “well dressed? Sometimes, though seldom, we see a manin the chapel with a “country cloth ” There are, perhas, 12 or 15 framed or stone honses inthis place—the best one of which | oc- cupy—the government house excepted. The rest are what are called “country houses? A country house is from filteen to twenty feet sqivire. ‘Vey are built by planting posts in the eround about five or six inches diameter, some three fect a part, except when they intend doors, and then they area little wider. On the top of these posts are laid other rouna sticks, three or four inches in diameter for plates The top of ihe posts are cut out, eroched or swallow-tailed, for them to lie in. There are generally six or ‘seven feet loft in ‘ront for a piazza, and then a purtitien is run across the other way, cutting off bedroom about eight feet wide. Thus, if the groundwork of a house is twenty feet square, take offa piazza six feet wide and a bedroom the other way eight feet wide, and there swill be a room twelve by fourteen leet left. [stop to des- crite this here, because these partitions have to be mae at thesame time and in the same way as the wall. After the plates are placed (if plates you please to call them), a beam, around stick four or fiye inches in diameter, is thrown across the middle of this framework, supperted by two thrown across the other way. Upon this beam, at equal distance from the centre, are | fixed two posts, eight or ten feet apart, extend- | ing upward as far as. they wish the roof to go. | The upper ends of these posts are cut out for the reception of the ridge pole. The rafters extend from the plates to this short ridge pole, making aroofall aroud. The rafters are poles two or two and a half inches indiameter, and are about two: feet apart on the plates, but coming nearer together on the ridge pole. To these rafters, parallel with: the plates, are fastened “ribs,” which are poles .an inch or less in diameter. They are placed about six or eight inches apart, and are fastened with what they call “ropes,” which are simply vines which grow in great d- bundance in the bush. This framework ofa roof is covered with grass. The grass is from four to six feet long, and_ is fastened to the ribs of the roof by the before mentioned ropes. A village ofthese grass-covered houses from an eminence, or froma distance, has the appear= ance of a vast number of haystacks. The walls are finished in: the following manner, A straight stick, about aninch or an.inch and a halfin di- ameter, is. placed half way between the two AUGUST 31, 1843. (HILARY TEKAGE EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, NO. 7. oe A A en posts ; sticks long enough to reach from one pos * to the other, about three-quarters of > inch in didtmeter, called by the natives ‘* Wertles,” are wove in around this stick. They put one end of the wartle inside of one post, bend aronnd out- side of the said stick. and bring the other end in= side the other post. The next one they put the end of the wartle outside the post, tie post carrying it inside the stick and outside the other post. Thus alternately all the way up. In this way it is filled up all the way round, doors and. windows excepted. The doors are made of boards, and the windows are simply board shutters. Jna house there are generally three doors (one iront, one back, and one into the bedroom), and four or five windows. After the house is “wartled,” as it is called, and the windows and doors Lung, itis then plastered in- side and out with clay This morter is. mixed with the feet and put on with the hands. After the plastering gets dry ithas to be rubbed, as it is Called 5 that is, it has to be done over with a preparation of black clay and cow dung. The wallsare now finished. The next thing to at- tend to, is the floor. This is made by digging up the vround, over which the house stands, and mixing with it clay and water. Whenat accr- tain invisture it is levelled and beat down hard. The floor, when finished, is smooth and hard, and, being spread over with clean white sand, has indeed the appearance of neatness. J oueht to say that the front that is in front of the piazza, is wartled and plastered oniy three feet high— all above is left open. : In the native villages, the houses are often ofa circular form, the eaves projecting over so as to make a piazza all round; the general tur- niture of the piazza, as it may. be called, is a hammock hung up in one end, in which the lord of the domicil often swings himself and smoke his pipe, a perfect personification of in- dulence and heedlessness, On ne side of the room, as you enter the dwelling, you will see a sofas but you must not associate with it. the idea of a New York sofa. Far fromit. The African sofa is a fraine work ot wood, about the size and height of a sofa, on which is laid an African mattrass, or a mat, and sometiyies a country cloth Itserves both lor a seat and a bed. On another side of the room you will see a table, and then some three or four or balf a dozen benches, or sometimes, not often chairs scattered in different directions, complete the furniture of the room Jn the mid- dle of the room you will see three or four sticks of wood, with the ends put together, for’ the purpose of making a fire to keep the inmates warm at the rainy season of the vear,avhen che thermometer stands at 75 degrees. The smoke borne upward, finds its way out through the grass-covered tuol Dr. Cuatmen’s Opinion or tue Sixerisn Raprists.— Aipidst the obloguy east Upon our denomination by thase Whoin bigotry, prejudice or iimorance haa led as. tray, itis consoling to ourselves to refleet that mony “notol us,” adorning the denominations to which they respectiilly belong, have had sufficient manliness of soul and piety of heart to sppreciate the conscientious sera. ples otthe Baptisiy, and te give them their die ineed of praise. One now no more, the glory of Aberdeen, and the enhancer oF his country’s literary. fume, hus done honor tothe treedont of bis mind and the feelings of his heart, by vinidiesting our views from the aspersions of” men mere rash than wike—mnore prejudiced than free. Nor lave the literary atiainments of the illustrious Chalmers; greatas they confessedly are, conferred upon hirnself so much honor, as has the liberality of sentiment for whieh he is distinguished. In his work on the Ro- mans, immediately atter an eloborate ani candid: ate tempt to prove the propriety of infant« sprinkling, he thus speaks of those whose views on this point he had just beture opposed :— “Let it never be forgotten of the particular Bap- tists of England, that they form the denomination ol Fuller, and Carey, and Ryland, and Hall, and Foster ; that they originated among the greatest of all missionary enterprises; that they have enriched the Christian literature of our country with author- ship of the most exalted piety ax well as of the firet talent. and the first eloquence ; that they have wag- ed a nobie and successiul war with the hydra of Antinomianisn; that perhaps there is not a more intellectual community of ministers in our island, or Who have put forth to their number a greater amount of mental power and mental activity in the delence and illustration of Our comwmon faith; and What ig better than all the triumph of genious and understanding who, by their zeal and fidelity aud pastoral labor among the congregations which they have reared, have done more to swell the lists af genuine discipleship in the walks of private society ——and thus both to uphold and to. extend the fivin Christianity of our nation.’ Montreal Register. Poverty.—Poverty is often a torch light, which kindles up an intellectual flame to brighten ans! beautity rhe whole world; while the glitter of gold blinds the vision of millions to their best interest, and finally léaves'them in hopeless ignorance and: dixgrace. 26 From Christian Wateliman. PUSEYISM ANALYZED. The-following will be found to be a most lucid state- ment of the question of Puseyisin, made by Dr. Au- bigne in the opening of his essay on “ Puseyism ex- amined.” At the epoch of the Reformation, if I may 80 speak, three distinct ears had occurred in the histo- ty of the Church. 1. That of Evangelical Christianity, which, hav. ing its focus in the times of the Aposties, extend its rays throughout the first and second centuries of the Church. 2, That of Ecclesiastical Catholicism, which, com- mencing its existence in the third ceutury, reigned till the seventh, %. That of the Papacy, which reigned from the seventh to the fifteenth century, Such were the three grand eras inthe then past history of the Church; jet us see what character- ized each one of them.’ In the first period, the su- preme authority was attributed to the revealed Word of God.. In the second, it was, according to some, as- cribed to the Church as represented by its bishops. In the third, to the Pope. We acknowledge cheer- fully that the second of these systems is inuch supe- rior to thé®hird ; but it is inferior to tie first! In tact, in the first of these systeins it is Gop who rules. In the second, it is May. In the third, itis, to speak after the Apostie, “Ti1aT WORKING OF SaTan, with all ene and signs and lying wonders.” (2 ‘lhess. 2. , The Reformation, in abandouing the Papacy, might.have returned to the second of these systems, that is, to Ecclesiastical Cotholicisin; or the first, that 18, to Bvangelical Chivstianity. In returning to the second, it would have made half the way. Necciesiastical Cathovivisun is, in et- fect, a middle system—a via media, as one oi the Oxford Doctors has termed it, ina sermon Which he has just published. Ou tne one hand, it approaches much to Papacy, for it contains in the germ, all the principles which are there found, On. the other, however, it diverges froin it, for it rejects the Papa- cy itself. The Reformation was not asystein of pretended juste milieu. It went the whole way ;. and rebound- ing with ‘aat force which God gives, ii fell, as at one single leap, intothe Evangelical Christianity. of the Aposiies. But there is now, gentlemen a numerous and pow- erful party in England, supported: even by some Bishops, (whose charges lave filled us with aston- ishiment and griel,) which would, according to its adversaries, quit. the ground of Evangelical Christi- anity to plant itsel} upon tiat of Ecclesiastical Ca he olicism, with a marked tendency toward the Papacy ; or which, according to what it pretends, would faith- fully maintain itself on that hierachical and semi. Romish ground, which is, accordiip to it, the érue, native aud legitimaie toundation of tie Churei ot England. [tis tis: movement which is, trom the name of one ofits orincipai chiels, called Puseyism. “The task of the true chiidren of the Catholic Church,” says the British Critic, (one of the Jour- nals which are the organs of the Oxtord party.) is to unprotestantize the Church.” “It is necessary,” says one of these dudtors, © to reject entii@ly and to anathematize the principal of Protestantism, as being that of heresy, with all its iurms, its sects, and ie denominations.” “It is necessary,” says another in his posthumous writings “to hate more and more the Reforination and the Reformers.” In separating the Church from the Reformation, this party pretends to wish not to bring back ie Papacy, but to retain the church in the juste milict of Ecclesiastical Catholicisin. However, the fact is not tu be disguised, that if it were forced to choos between what it considers two evils, it would greatly preicr Rome ‘to the Reformation, Mon highly res- pectable for their knowledye, Wieiz taients and tier moral character,. are found among these theologians. ‘And let us acknowledge it, the fundainental want waich seems to have decided this inovement is a Je, imate oie. ‘here has been felt in Eagland, in the midst of ali ta. waves which now heave and agitate the Church, a want of antijuity; and inen have sought a rock, firm and unmovabi:, on which to plant the: fovtste}s. ‘This want is founded in human nature ; it ix also justitied by the social and religious stale of the present tune. Jiuysell thirst tor antiquity. But the doctors of Oxtord, do they satisiy, tor themselves and others, these wants of the aye | Tam convinced of the contrary. What a juve- nile antiquity is tuat befure which these eminent men prustrate thenselves! Ii is the young and inexperienced Christianity of the first ayes which they call ancient; it 13 to the child that they as- eribe the autnority of the old man If it be a qnestion respecting the antiquity of humanity, cer- tainly we are inore ancient thau the Fathers, tor we are fifteen or eighteen centuries older than they; it is we who have the light of experience and the maturity of vray hairs. But no; it is not respecting such an antiquity thatthere can be any question in divine things. ‘The only antiquity to which we hold is that of the “Ancient. ot days,’’ (Dan. 7. 13,) “of Hin who before the mountains weie brought forth, or ever He had formed the earth and the worid, even from everlasting to ever- lasting is God.” It is “He whois our refuge frou age to ave,” (Ps. xc. 2, 2.) ‘Ihe truly ancient do:.nent to which we appeal is that “Word which ig -euied forever in Heaven.” (Ps. cxix 89,) and “wach shail stand forever.” (Isaiah 11. 8.) Be- hold, gentleman, our antiquity. Alas, that which most afflicts us in the learn- ed dyciors of Oxford, is that whilst the people who surround them huayer and thirst after antiquity, they | themselves instead of leadiug the:n to the ancient testimony of the “Ancient of days,” only conduct them to puerile novelties, What novelties in re- ality, and what faded novelties !—that purgatory, : those images, those relics, : those human pardons, that invocation of the saints which these doctors would restore to the Church. What immense and monstrous innovation that Rome to which they would have us return! Who are the inuovatora, I demand? those, who ; ' | LIBERIA say as we do with the eternal Word: “God hath beyotten us of His own will, with the word of truth,” (Jus. 1. 18,) or those who say as do the “'l'racts for the ‘Pines 3? “Rome is our mother,’ it is by her tuat we have been born to. Christ’ Those Who say a8 we do, with the eternal Word; “Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing ‘from the living God,” (Heb. 3° 125) or those who say as do these doctors 5 “In losing visible union with the Church of Rome, we have lest great. privileges,” certainly the doctors of Oxtord are the innovators. The partizans of Rowe, that grand innovation in Christendom, do not here deceive themselves 3 they hail in these new ductors advocates of Romish nov- eliies.. The famous Romish Doctor Wiseman writes to Lord Shrewsbury: “We can count cer- tainly on a prompt, zealous, and able co-operation io bring the Church of England to obedience to the See! Rome. When [ read in tier chron- viugical order the writings of the theolowians of Ox- lord, L see in the clearest: manner these doctors approximating from day to day our holy Church, both as to doctrine and goed will, Our Saints, our Popes, become more and more dear to them; our riles, Our ceremonies, and even the festivals of our saints, and our days of fasting, are precious in their eyes, more precious, alas, than inthe eyes ol many of our own people. Aud the doctors of Oxford, notwithstanding ‘their protestations, do they not concur in this view of the matter, When they say “ihe tendency: to Komanism is at bottom only a fruit of the profound desire which the Church, greatiy moved, experiences to become agai that which the Sayiour lett her —One.”’ Such gentleinan, is the movement which is tak- mg place in that Church o. Bigland, which so muny pious men, so many Chrisuan works, have rendered iilustrioue, Dr. Pusey lias had reason to, siy in tis fetter to the Archbishop ot Canterbury ; “upon the issue of the present strugyie depend the desunies of our Chureh”? And itis wortn while tor ug to pause here a few Inoments, to examine What party we ought to prefer, as members of tue ancient. Chureh ot the continent, and what we have io do in this grave aud sulcuinn crisis, : Gentlemen, we ought to” profess irankly that we will have neither the Papacy, wor the via medie Keclesiastical Catholicism, but remain. tirm upon: the foundation ot Evangelical Caristianity. Lu What consists this Christiaunty when it is appos- ed io the two other systems whieh we reject? y SP) SANA f eee ~ ua 14 UB AES is ak lave RI LE tr Ne BY WB ULTE OVA Or EAT herd term ——— MONROVIA, LIBERLA, AUGUST 31m, 1843, at een. ——- — — ——. —- THE HERALD AGAIN. With a degree of diffidence by no means ordinary, end of trembling, that makes_our every joint to shak, und of respect altogether inexpressible, and by ou.- zvlvea alone conceivable, we venture at Jength into th presence of our patrous and readers, and bowing watn ‘he. profoundest humility at their feet,—request) most humbly, permission to place inthe same posture of hu mility with ourselves, our apology for our long absenci and apparent reprehensible taciturnity. e Shut out forever trom our heart be the vanity ot supposing any thing in cither our presence’ or our yolce, that is of itself eititled to regard!! In the abuve apulogetic and precatory paragraph, we took the liber- 'y to turn the eye of our inward man upon that princi, plé in our nature, that renders us uneasy in the ab- Re- move.the dwatfish son of polar snows from the thun. dering splash of fatiwg ice-bergs, and the awful howl ui contending elements,—Shut out the idle Afriean from his accustomed lounge on his Uncouth cot, to listen a the bellowing surges as they lash ‘ie shore and die in lengthened reverbcrations on the ear; beth sill be un- happy men:in both there will be an uncusiness,’ auc a vagrancy of nund, which all the concerts and music of europe will be inadequate to culm und to fix. Re verse their positions—while the softer nature of the vue will be overwhelmed by the terror of nature’s music, the iron soul ofthe other will turn with uneasiness trom the tameness of her accents, sence of whatever we have been accustomed to, The instrument: within ‘both is the production of the sume creating hand, bu they are attuned and adjusted by the circumstances o: their position Chis hitherio reeondite truism of phifosuply, brought to tne light of day purtly by protracted, puinful and intense thought, aud partly by collecting into a focus the sickly rays of philosophic jight shot by ancient and modern theories «nd hypotheses across the gloom.of scholastic speculation, (und for which nothing but prompiness on the part of our subscribers can remuncrate us), muy afford a clue to thut feature in the character of our people, that hitherto hasso completely mocked enquiry. We allude (respectfully however, for each one hns a legal right to lis preferences) to the penchunt for lusty preaching—lusty in the sense of noisiness. It is sulli- cient for a)l the purposes of a general statement to nay, that sense and sentiment will be evermore inversely as the noise, Asif concious of inability to reach and fix the mind, or apprehensive of a total nbsence of mind in those whoin they address, these religious stentors seek to produce an effect by rousing the passions and overpowering the brain. Unlike the ancient Pythia whose responses eonstructed with accurate ambiguity left room to escape from any interpretation, these mod- ern oracles first astound and overwhelmn their audi- tory, and then leave them ina pleasing revery at the nothing they have said. Both they and their hearers seem to forget, what, if reflected upon would put them tothe blush, that if strength and capability of lungs { are to enter into the decision, the ass most sasuredly ' HERALD. will bear away the palm. We trust we have thus sufficiently precluded the im- imputation of vanity in apologising for our absence and silence, and in supposing we shall again be wel. comed by those who have heretofore checred us with «cordial greeting, Installed printer to the common- wealth, we huve been two months engaged in printing the Jaws of the coluny ; which being at Jength com. pleted, we present ourselves in the presence of our readers and ask their ‘attention. During the past year or two, we have been frequently diverted (or perhaps more properly, have found it ne- cessary to diverge), from our even course to administer wholesome rebuke to certain clerical officials. ‘These mvek teachers of meekness labor under a madening itch for notoriety, and if we have met them on their own ground and kicked them into notice, while they may probably feel yore from the process, they cannot with any modesty complain of the result. We are en- joying an armistice at present—how long it will last events will proclaim. The enemy. has gone into win. ter quarters, He may possibly open the campaign in the spring, We have adopted the peace-principles— but we do’nt go the length of non-resistance, That were downright madness’ and suicide while these tes rocjous creatureg are about, We remain however with. in our own dominion, determined at ull hazards to keep out invaders, and where the sense of propriety is tov feeble to restrain, hearty applicatjons uf the {uo} shall not be wanted to repel, THE SEASON. *The current season, thus fur, has been one of unusual urouglt, We have not had in any previous yeur su little rain in the months of June, July and August. The rain commenced earlier than usual, and the country people were prevented from burning off their ‘arms. Syme sages uttered their vaticinations ana pro claimed an approuching scarcity. We. are happy in “having it in our power to tell them, they no peak true. For there is every ‘prospect. of carrying a full stomach through the whole year. An old native, a few “days usu, in answer to the question, whether ‘+ hungry palav. er can cum for rice dia rains?” Replied ; Hungry can't catch man dis time::—Rice plenty—plenty too much. INTERNAL IMPOVEMENT. The spirit of improvement is evidently awaking in the Culony. Trresolution and idleness have had their day. Taughtin the schoul of hunger and destitution, ‘he colonists are rising to tite and intently surveyiag che field around them. The fields white already. t- varves!, smile around and invite the hand of industry and intelligence, Among the many sources thal open ‘or private and nationa: wealth, our pecyliar circum. ‘tances render it a business of no little. difficulty to imake a prudent choice und a wise beginning. While these sources are udmitted to be ag numervus here us in any other country under the su:, it will be admitged r uiso, that our circumstances are different trum those ot any other peuple. We have already chanted the mournful ditty of * diffe ent circumstances” and ‘differently situated,” eutti- ciently long—until, indeed, we have lulled ourselves ty, sleep in an almost irrecoverable poverty. A stern ne- cesaity has at length, swept away this ingloyivus refuy: of lies. That oyr circumstances are in sume particu. lurs different frum those of others is admitted—bu: that they are different in any very important practica] legree, ia denied, excepting so tar as that difference is nade by ourselves, lt we are awaking to industry, Jet us also awake to teflection and calculuuon. Let us usk—seriously ask vurselves—wherein dues this alleged paralyzing “differ. ences” congist. In what do we aifer from. others? A monients refleeign will furnish the answer. It is true, we have no sirong arm of a rich government to guc- cour us—lo maintain wv. idleness an any of sycophan. ‘ic. officials—to protect us wi depredations on the rich (ands, and hard earning of ott semibarborous neigh. ours. But there were men, before’ dere was a strony orm of government, and these men iivod. and ate and enjoyed—ani lived and ate and enjoyed by the sweat of th. ir brow—by continual applications to our comwon mother earth. It was not the desire of assistance to draw. treasures from the bowels of the earth, but the want of protection in the enjoyment of treasures alrea- dy drawn that first suggested the idea of Government. Admit it’ that we are abandoned—that we stand alone —thatas far as it is possible we are thrown back on the ground occupied by the primeval sons of nature, What is here for endless discouragement, Had they more faculties than we possess? They ucted under the guidance of instinct and the prompting of desire, and from wild ang solitary wanderers changing their habi- tations with the change of the seasons, they beoame permanent and wealthy and polished communities. Have we not unspenkuble advantages over them? Is there no influence in example? In the lessons which the civilized nations of the earth every day— every where and in their every action present us? Refer a colonist to any branch of domestic industry, such for instance, as the cultivation of coffee, or the sugar.cane, or the manu- facture of soap--and the ready anawer—with the spon. taniety of instinct is,—have’nt means tocarry on that business! This said, he turns away with perfect com posure, and satisfaction at having done his duty :—in expressing his inadeqyacy in means to do that, on the proper means of doing which he had never given him. self a thought!! Here our ‘different ciroumafences," LLL LOOT Trent (which in every instance should be written and spoken character) come into play and dig the grave of enter prise. As individual effort ia deactibed within narrow limits, so individual means do not ordinarily reach very far: ; Hence the commercial, agricultural, mechanical and lit’ erary associations which are every where found among the wise and experienced ,Europeans, and-their trane- atlantic descendants. Of a single ship how many own. ers? and what a number is sometimes foynd concerned in a little cargo! We read of a certain farm—of a steam. boat-—a canal—a railway or a manufactory. There the.man of millions has his share, and the man of twen. ty dollars his!! The one or two agents only are seen, but tl thousand others are felt. Let the yeomanry and middle class of any country ‘abstract their shate of means from the various branches of industry, and all the capi- tal of all. the Capitalists would be found iffadequate to the supply. This combination of menns—this oneness of purpose and concentration of united energies, the dictate of ex. perience, indicate a high degree of confidence and §. delity Confidenee and fidelity are correlatives, and if not inseparably united cannot long’ exist apart. Fidel- ity begets confidence, increases and sustains it. Con- fidence draws man to man—prompts their counsel and imparts energy to their hand Destroy confidence by repeated reckleasness of engagements and obligations, atonce the right arm af enterprise is withered. Whatever may be the cause of distrust and suspi. cion— whether originating in mean ignorance and selfishness, or resulting from repented disappointment, the consequences will be the same—an isolated, and therefore enervated action of the hand of industry in all the various branches of its effert. That distrust has prevailed amongs: us to a fearful extent, none can deny, but we leave others to determine in which of the above ‘ources it has origin, Here then are the “lifferent circumstances.” While others unite their ‘capi.a!—combine their energies, min. gle their counsel and concentrate all with a single heart upon a single object, we filled with dark suspicion, vach of the other, seperate as widely as possible apart, and determine to essay only that, to: which, we have infallible assurance beforeh ind, our individual feeble. ness is adequate. ‘T'his is the curse under which the colony hax been withering. Qur misfortune hast not sprung up from the earth, no more than it came down trom the sky—~it was born in our snepjcious and jealous hearts and nursed in our ignorant heads, But-for this, und instead of the little moscheto marine that now steals its fortnight voyage along the shore and returis ‘with its few barrels of oil, gallant and lofty ships bur. lened with coffee, and sugar, and cotton, the work of vur hands would already be crowding into the ports of Europe and America. I: is ty be hoped. that the evil has at length become apparent to all;. and ax there are indications of a rising ‘» aonorable exertion, let us also awake to reflection, } ind select wisely not only the most profitable field, out Vso the most advantageous mode of operation. - Hercaiter (if nune more capable will), we may at. ~ Mpt so puint out specifically,.how our alleged pover. ‘y may be made to produce all’ the éffects of capital and our feebleness to perform feata of: wondor. Once and forever, let us abandon the theory of “dif. ferepee of circumstances!” Let our motto: bo “union is strength.” Let us abandon. our jealousy and suspicions. Let us come together and consult, and let our consul ‘ations be the echo of ingenuous and candid. hearts, And while we will be alwaysalive to. the hand of sym- pathy or patronage, let us never again cast an inglo. .tivus lool abroad: but with a humble and confident heart uplitted to heaven, let us direct an unwearied hand vnd undiverted eye to the fertile lands and smiling fu- rest, that every where invite us. Let ue combine our energies, and then let each one put forth all the ener. gy that he would if confident that upon kim alone auc cuss depended, — TRADE, Trade is tolerably brisk at present; and the traders all vigilance to secure the benefit. Camwood in con. siderable quanties has been coming by the way of Miilsburg. Observation led us to believe that our iriends dre doing well there. As we too, are fond of ‘loing well, we have sought a place among them, and have opened an establishment just above White Plains. There are now four establishments there: Mr.’ C. Willis, Mr. Me Gill, Rev. Mr. Wilson of the White Plains Manuel Labor School, and our humble self. At Length.Tho new Court House has at last ap- proximated so near the point of completion as to be conveniently oceupied. The court of common pleas and quarter seasiona held its recent term there, Directly after assembing of the court, the structure was dedicated and the divine blese- ing invoked by the Rev. James Eden, of the Presby. terian Church. It is for Liberia, a respectable structure conveniently arranged and contrived in the interior, forthe purpose for which it was intended, and refleets great credit upon the Governor, by whose exertions and directions it is built. The walls are of stone—coarse granite. The lower floor where the court is held is paved with brick—four respectable columns support tho second floor. The second story is now being partitioned into jury rooms, and other apartments for public pur. poses. May it ever prove the home of Justice, and the refuge of innocence. rn Just in the rear a commodious stone jail is being ‘erected, and we trust it will soon be ready for use; for notwithstanding we are as honest as our neighbors, such n article is very much needed to our list of public ap- pliances. Let the rouges look out. We have read with much pleasure the report present. od by Mr. Kennedy, of the committee on commerce, to the House of Representatiyes, Itis an uble docu- ment, and embraces many important topics, deserving the attention of the United States, or af any other gov- ernment. However busy the affuirs of the different nations of Europe muy keep their respective rulers; and however extensive their foreign possessions may be, recent events on this coast and late developments in the Islands of the Pacific, too plainly declare they are sull avaricious of territory. ‘The commerce of Africa is increasing, and her vast resources rapidly opening. Superabundance of capital in the commercial world will assuredly seek employ. mentin this new and unexplored field. The effect will be to develop and bring to light the hidden treasures of this vast peninsula. Once manifest and there will be a sreneral rush upon all the most prominent and advanta- Nothing in the’ past affords grounds for hope that our appeal will be heard, or our rights respect - ed amid the din and war for commercial ascendency, wich will then take place, It behooves us now while the primitive forests sleep undjstyrbed upon the soil, and the hidden treasures lie congealed in the earth -~ Qrinte there is nothing apparent jn our position, nor in our possession to provoke jealousy, nor excite cupidity— while whatever. may be granted, would seem simply a response to the beseechings of helplessness, to obtain yreous posts, y recognition of a right to undigtyrhed possession of, and sovercizn, und independent jurisdiction over what. ever terriiury we may by fair and }junorabje treaty ob- tain from. the natives. ‘Pwo methods fur accomplishing this. end present themsejyes, © We shall not undertake to say now which 13 entitled to the curliest adoption. The first is, by di- rect application tw clgistian powers—the second by such anallinnce with some friendly power that woyld se- cure us ite influence and support, At. the last mention” ed of these, it is‘but justice to ourselves tu suy, wa haye mare than once hintedin the Herald, and explicitly eta, ted it in a letter nug long since, ta an emninent and tried friend of African Colonization in America, [tis with heartfelt pleasure, therefore we find the measure recom, mended in the report. Jt may not be immediately acted upon, butthe mere agitation of the question, its gimple presence before the public mind heralds a movement of “mimense and abiding moment to our colonies. Stockings. ‘The stocking mania is reging at present In almuat every house, and at every point one is met by*the nituble finger and dodging needle worrying, and winding. hapless thread into all. sorts stockings, black, blue, gray, white and grizzled. This is decidedly an 4mproveinent--decidedly more profitable than the idle, but polite gossep in which ladies every where (Li- beria cxcepicd) are fond of indulging. What is still more remarkable, we were the other day presented by 4 lady with a, pair of aocks, the product of her own hands. Surely they are the gentleat handa—the fairest hands, and like the gift the softest hands in all Liberia! UNITED STATES SHIP SARATOGA. @% On the first inst. the United States Ship Saratoga, arrived in our harbor. ship, bearing the pennant of Commodore Perry, who commands the Squadron.. Sheis a yew vessel, of su- perior model and construction. OFFICERS OF THE SARATOGA. * Josiah Tuttaall, sq, Commander. Lieutenants: ©. M. Arnnstrong, C Heywood, C. S. Bogus, B. S. Dontingtou, and B. G. Panott. Surgeon: Horatio \N. Acting Mas. Glentworth. Purser: Horatio Bridge. Commodore’s Secretary: Wm, P, ter: Geo Wells. Rogers. Licut. Murines: J.T. Doughty Surgeon: C. 5S. Bates. Passed Midshipmen: J. C. Wait and G. W. Rogers. Midshipmen: H. S. New- comb, J, P. Hall, C. C.-Hunter, E. W. Hurley, A. Deslonde, E. D. Wall, S. Cushman, O. B. Badger, and D. A. Cheever, Cuptain’s Clerk: A. W. Russell. Purser’s, Clerk: B, F. Ferris. Boatswain: W. C. Burns. Gunners John Burr. Carpenter: L. Munson. Sail Maker: Benjamin B. Bimsted.” Assistant PROCLAMATION To all whom it may concern: Whereas the Legislative Council of Liberia, at its last Session, made provision for the compilation of all the laws of the Commonwealth in one volume :-— And whereas the same have been faithfully compil- ed and published, and may be obtained at the office of the Ectonial Secretay : Therefore be it known by all, and it is hereby pro- ‘claimed, that from and after this date, said compiia- tion is the law of this Commonwealth : and all: toga proceedings must be had in conformity with the rules there laid down. All officers, civil and military, and all good citi- ‘zens are required and expected to demean them- #elves accordingly, Done at Monrovia this 22nd, Day of August, A. D. 1848. By the Governor, J. J. Ropgsgts. Joun N, Lewis, Colonial Secretary. She is at the present the flay | THE SARATOGA. This beautiful vessel is the first of an entirely new class of vessels of the American Navy. She mea- sures about 1000 tons, and mounts 20 guns, 6 Paix han 44 pounders, and 14 Mediuin 32. pounders, all of which are furnished with a large supply of shell, as well a= shot, She is a corvette or single decked ship of about ihe same length as a2nd, class frigate, and has a com. plement of about 230, officers included. She is fitted with a poop and top gallant forecastle, and has gang- ways about G feet wide, made with grating and cov- ered with tarpaulin, serving asa fine shelter for the men in this climate—»Her sailing qualities are sup- posed to be extraordinay, andin her late encounter with a tremendous gale, she proved herself a mst gallant sea-boat. ; "It will be remembere: she was caught in agale just after leaving Portsmouth, N. 1, and embayed in a dangerous situation=-she carried sail for more than 24 hours, until the water came in 5 or6 feet on the lee. side of her deck and would haye weathered the point but foranerror of the pilot, as the sea broke jn seven fathoms water, he mistook the place for a dangerous shoal some miles to leeward. The only alternative was floughtto be in bringing her to anchor, which was done in am: st gallant and seamantike style by Commander ‘Tattnall—her masts were all cut away as she rounded to—her anchors all let go, and she rode safely in the heaviest sea that has been seen on the coast of America for many years.—Com. UNITED STATES BRIG PORPOISE. List of the officers on board the United States Brig Porpoise, arrived on the 27th. August, from a cruize, all well, Lieut. Commanding H. 8, Stellwagen. Lieuten- ants, Geo. I. Selden, Geo, W. Chapman.