Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-06-27
MIscEELAWEous
FROM LIBERIA.

Very late intelligence, of most enconr,ci,o
Character, has teen received by the Board of Mana
gers OF the American Colonization Society. from
The Colony on the African Coast. The bes bnoe.
Of It's friends are in fair way to be reali-l H.
vessel which lately sailed from Boston with n,,,-
Der OF emeran's. arrived in safety in 3. DAYS nas
eage, and all the passengers were landed IN a,ood
health, and received as brothers and sjsters ~,
The other settlers. The Captain of the vessel ds ,
scriscs 1t as delightful place; and the desna,cbc-
from The Colonial Agent afford the strongest evil
dencc OF the success OF this experiment and of tho
prosperity OF the Colony. II is probable ,vs staII
1--we it in our power 10 publish, somewhat in de.ail
the accounts fro-n the Agents ofthe Colonv Nean'
wLI, part OF the interesting information which
they furnish, may be mentioned the des,rnc,or =,
three slave-faclories by the forces of the CoIo,r
and an accession Of 1l6 liberated Africans. New
settlements are forming in the neishbourbood nj tho
Capital, (Monrovia) and it is with pride ,ba, Tho
friends OF this enteprize, and the steady and ,sin-
teresed laborcrs for its welfare, behold. in il.
Gent aspect, the elements of great, free Christian
and educated People, on coast hitherto invelonerl
IN the thick gloom OF ignorance and oversbadovv
Ing clouds of barbarian and superstition.
II is with great regret the Board have heard of
tTe death OF MIR. Sessions, their Agent. who ar
companied the emgrants from Boston n H..
who was taken i'll on the return vovope and J;"J
on the 4th of March, seventeen days after The 10
parture OF the vessel from Liberia Hewas. or,
lous ard able agent, and much endeare1 n ,hn
Colonists who went out with him. Ahbor,b ,Ld
climate Of Africa is that of the white mar = -
gratifying TO learn that the faithful Agent NJ d.,
Colony, MIR. Ashnun, continues 10 eniov oood
health. M ~ etGO'
The Board Of Managers of the American Colin;
zaton Society, have the satisfaction TO state ,bo,
dispatches have been received from the Colon :,
Liberia, bearing dated 23d January. 1seo ~
communications from Mr.. Ashmun, The indefa,ioa
BE and intelligent agent there, are copiops in e.
failing the condition of the Colony in all the
tons which 1t susiains. II appears that there ia =
degree Of prosperity in the present. and secnr,, -
10 The future state OF that establishment which
with all their expectations, the friends Of 49,
Colonization, could scarcely have been ie5 :"
hope. Through the accredited medium. the Af,;caS
Repository, the communications will be ppbI;sbeI
Al large but, in the time, the follovYin, 100
statement is submitted; ''''i
In al tire internal concerns, and foreign relations
Oh the Colony, there is every evidence Of gro,,in,
prosperity, strength, and security The health o}
Che Coonists, that first and great consider.,ion :;
as good as that of any community. sinco IT,.
1929, to the date OF the dispatches, there ba,o ~
CURED hYe deaths, three adults and two sLi,Jsos
The scorbutic ulcers which excited soroe .s1
tensions, have almost entirely disappeared ~
casioning bc' one death. They occur ss o,bs,,T.
eases ia the progress of acelHation durip, tls 6
year, ana exempt tne SUBJECTS OF them from c,b..
and more fatal sickness. Those who are sfFsc,"d
With pulmonary weakness and rheumatism. arc 81
tirely freed from these infrmites. After 5ecli,oa-
ton, the colored emigrauls acquire perfect vigo,
~ constitution, accommodation 10 the A6icsn
climate and ability 10 support every hardship which
ordinary contingencies may, impose. MANY of
zoe whites have fallen victims; to this number il
aoded Nj sessions who died on his return 10
America. While the black population evsn -, ~
der The privaiiohs and sufferngs peculiarly Incl
denial to the sickness on arrival are found n be,
the change with safety whateyer the dance 49,.
have been, the increasing comforts which ssi nS
meet on ihe'I arrival will tend to reduce il 10 one
The Colonists are under the Influence Of a .,;,,
but energetic Government one which IL ''l'lu'
TO evil doors, and protection 10 the good a.
ihe settlement has increased in population. con,
meIce and wealth, The moral character has I'd
Vanced; The intelligence and virtue Of the Pc.
evineing the capacity for self-goyernmeof ~.
arrangements now making for the settle,oen, n
i'mihss On farms, pfouise bat sericelfy'e sh,H