American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-07-01
OFFICE OF The COLONIzAT1ON' SOCIETY.
Washington City, 2sd June, 1895,
LATEST FROM LIBERIA.


Washington City, 2sd June, 1895.
LATEST FROM LIBERIA.
The intelligence which has reached here fropc
Liberia, by the Hunter is of the same ENCOURAGING
character with the last received. spirit Of inc
provement and enterprise prevails in the Colony.
Universal peace exists between the setilemen, and
the natives, and among all the neighborng tribes.
The emigraDts by the Hunter were visited bv tn.
fever of the country but the symptoms we're mild.
and altogether favorable. The stone pier is COM
ple,cd, and the public works. generally, greatly ad
vanced. The Agent has transmitted a beaullu!
specimen Of the mahogany OF Africa and, also,
some small bags of coffee, which is spontaneous
and abundan, in the vicinity Of the Colony.
african Colony.-We have receivrd from !aibe.
ria, tidngs Of consollng nature, far they 90
Our intelligence is up to the 28th of March last, at
which time the inhabitants in good health and
spirits, and general spirit OF harmony prevailing,
They express their warmest gratitude TO the Colo.
nzation Society. The surrounding country, to the
distance of one hundred miles, has been explored
and it is found to be abundant 10 tropical produce
tons, and copiously Supplied with streams on which
at some future day manufactures will be founded
The inhabitants have begun already to make in.
quries on the subject of gold mines, and to Aater
the msevcs with the hope that their researches will
not prove unproduclive. But this is not the only
subject that interests the emlgrsnls. Another Air.
can writes that he is busily engaged in The cuva.
lion Of Coffee, and he iecitales himself this season
on the prospect of an abundant crop. The morals Of
the people have much mproved-they are engaged
in building ploughing, and planting, and there is
throug the colony what may be called an esprit
du corps they are rejoicing in the idea that Provl-
dence, by the means OF such humble instruments,
designs hereafter to build up great and mighty
nation--hat they destined for the advance guard
of civilization and that Africa is hereafter to be re-
corded in the archives of glorious hstory--that
she is to have her orators, poets, legislators and law
givers. bait. .imqr.
gentle man has presented US with sample Of
wild Coffee Coffee that grow in Liberia without
cultivation. The grains larger than we ever re-
member to have II appears then that the coffee
tree is native Of the African regions, and OF course
may be cultivated in Liberia to any extent. We
are not yet made familiar with all the exhausless
treasures of those tropical regions--every day de-
velopes something new, and tends more and more
TO confirm the impression, that the present genera
,ion is employed in laying the foundation Of nigh.
~ empire in the thick empowering shades Of the
African wilderness-and it may be one of the hth.
er,o inscrutahle designs Of Divine Providence,
whose dspensalons always marked by Infinite
wisdom, that even slavery, that bnne and curse Of
our country, shall be converted into an Az
rican benefit. II may be that by this very
Africans will be taught the value Of freedom, and
all the resources of those regions, both physical and
moral. be laid open to the eye of day. The genius
Of revolution is walking abroad, and Africa, be-
nghed Africa, begins to feel the prints Of his
footsteps. Bait. HIM.