The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-05 00:00:00

as a courty. A petition for admiesi,n to the
republic NT'34 drawn tp, and forwarded to Pre-
sident Benson, who forthwith called a special
session of the leg,iblature to act upm it, and, no doubt,
. the measure will be speedily consummated. The
change in the gtirniteat- pc l'.Mary!and in Liberia,"
however, in noodegree affeets-Oa- free op-r .'inns of the
liiiiryland - State Colonistti er 5.,,c, ty --, , -rcpuli'io
aszzini.:s,77!TiV-7finsition and rc•spoti,ibil i .-i !' , "ate
towarls the society. The interior se tiement, ~r -2cp.;ritutliti
as it has been termed., to test the cli !. ,to in the interi-r,
_end -compare it with that of the coast, . is, in a fair way
of conmmin ttion. The direction of th undertaking, it
will be reco'lected, was committed to the Rev. Jahn SPys,
so long and - favourably known a, the superiatendent
of the Liberia._ mif,sion, and travelling agent of
L. _
the, Maryland' State Colonisati,n Socie y , Afto,
:m-i lting. various-: regions inter* to Bragsa , and-
Monrovia he --fixed upon an elevated positi.o;,--s.me
twentYfive miles east of Milleberg—as the most suitable
location for the new sett-ement, and forthwith riade pre-
parationsfornew, unaccliniited emigrants, of .hich twenty:
two were
were
from the expedition by the M. C.. Stevens.
They were landed at dal light= on the 29 h-.ofJainarY, and
under theimmediate care of Mr. Seys, c Immeiced their
march for the interior, expeetirg to lodge but ore n;ght on.,
their way to C-irey sburg, the new settlement, A4lvicee from
Mr. Seys under the date of &Laub. 9, announce hat one rake
of fever, and that very light, yielding readily to medical
treatment. In the meantime atleast four-fifths of the other
emigrants by the same expedition, located elsewhere, hive'
snffered severely front the fever. Thus far the experiment
has succeeded beyond the most sanguine hopes of its friends
andprometers. ThenewsettlementatCapeMourtappearsto
be in a prosperous conditi. n, and promises to be a healthy
, ,9;ie• President Benson was on a-visit te_that place when
i. the ship left. Trade wils. very du:l';' almost a'l the:sm3ll
coasting vessAs bektrging-to Nlonr,:via_aad.Oape 'Palm*
were laid -..up
,in the rivers; the palm ' oil - trade ' being
Maley in the' hands of fo'reigners—English, hotch, and
American. It was currently reported in Monrovia that a
treats-iwas in "progressbeitctert 'the republic of Liberia
And _England, .by which the &objects of the latter
:government arc to be allowecl fr:e trade at. all the ports
'and alone the entire -boa,t of' Liberia, in' consideration
of-an aLnual stipend of $lOO,OOO, to be paid to the re-
public, the treaty to continue in operation for ten years
The effect of this arrangcmnt, if it goes into oirrati in,
will he to monoplise the entire. ns,st ,trade by the .ng-
:loll. .: The Presidential , election .was close at but
hand, b
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occasioned but little interests Mr. Benson's adminiStra-
tiOti has been very 'popular, and he will have little or no
. opposition. Measures have been taken for the erection of

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t new college; but from. various ratifies of delay it will I
not go up until the next dry season. The agricultural _I
interests of the governinent are materially improving. The
raising
,of sugar, cane_isackfict ion. gields of five, ten, and
fifteen acies:ere common on: the St. ~Paul.'s river, and two
plantations have over fifty acres each of good cane fit for
grinding. One steam mill is in operation, and a very
b.rge one is expected out for Mr. Richardson, the largest
sugar planter on the St. Paul's.