Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-05
FROM LIBERIA

/ FROM LIBERIA
Very late intelligence, OF most eucouraging
character, has been received by the Board oil
Managers Of the American Colonization So
ciety, from the Colony on the African Coast
The best hopes of its friends are in fair way
IN he realized. The vessel which lately sailed
from Boston with number Of emigrants, arriv-
ed in safety in 81 days passage, and all the pas
seneers were landed in good health, and re-
ceived rs brothers and sisters by the other set
tiers. The Captain Of the vessel describes II as
| DELIGHTFUL place; ana the dispatches from Inc
Colonial Agent afford the strongest evidence oil
the success of this. experiment, and OF the pros
p.ri,y of the Colony. 1t is probable we shall
have it in our power to publish, somewhat in
detail the accounts from the Agents OF the Co.
lony., Meanwhile, as part OF the interesting
| information which they furnish, may be men
toned the destruction Of three slave-iactories
bv the forces ofthe Colony, and an accession OF
Jl6 liberated Africans. New settlements are
forming in the neighborhood Of the Capital,
(Nlonrovia) and it is with pride that the friends
of this enterprise, and the steady and disinter-
ested laborers for its welfare, behold, In Its
present aspect, the elements of a great, Tree,
Christian, and educated People, on coast hi
ther,o enveloped in the thick gloom OF lgno-
rance and overshadowing clouds OF baroarlSm
and superstition.
II is with great regret the Board have heard
of the death Of Mr. SESSIONS, their Agent, who,
accompanied the emigrants from Boston to Ill
IBERIA, who was taken i'll on the return voyage,
and died on the 4th March, seventeen days al
ter the departure of the vessel from Liberia
He was i jealous and able agent, and much en-
drared to the Colonisls who went out with HIM.
Although the climate of Africa is not that oil
the white man, it is gratifying to learn that the
faithful Agent Of that Colony, MIR. AsHMuH,
continues 10 enjoy good health. Nat Int.
The SENArE.-The following, taken from an
article in the Eastern Argus, purporting to be
an "extract Of letter from Washington, dated
llth April" furnishes some views OF the Exec
u,ive Proceedings of the Senate, which could
not well occur to any other thansone who is
himself Senator. Plated on that ground, 1t
becomes an authentic exposition OF the senti-
ments of portion Of the Members OF the Sen
ate, by one of that body, and is entitled TO all
the consideration due 10 the source whence 1t
emanates.
at is believed that the Senate, in their Exec
utve sessions, have entertained much difference
of opinion, and have contested the pro2rlety OF
certain nominations But these, it is said, were
cases which were questionable, and had been
questioned, before M. Adams was President.
The nomination OF Mr. Hay, as District Judge
of Virginia, was long before the Senate, and 1t
is understood, that it arose upon an inquiry
whether he was not defaulter to the Govern
ment, and that the inquiry was suggested ny a
publication Of his own in the newspapers. he,
i seems. was confirmed. The nomination OF
the District Attorney Of Pennsylvania was, 1t is
said. closely investigated Oh charges OF official
misconduct. The same inquiry was, however,
going on at the same time, in the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES and il is believed similar in
vestigatiar took place in the Senate four years
ago. when the same gentleman was nominated
before. The result was the same as before, al
though the Judiciary Committee, who examin-
| ed both Of the cases, was composed OF Mcssrs.
Van Buren,, Berrien, Holmes, Rowan, and
Mills
at is now we'll understood to be standing
rule Of the Senate, to make critical inquiry
into the character and merits OF persons nomi-
mated, and especially those re-nonlinated for the
same Offices, and that the respective commit
tees should be able to report that their official
conduct had been correct, aud that those who
were official receivers OF public money, had
settled their accounts with punctuality Such
inquiries must, of necessity, bring on frequent
discussions, and surely the People would not
wish that such nominations should pass with
out examination:
eff, however, the public journals are COM
bincd to drive the Senate from such ground as
this, the People will very soon feel the result,
and their officers will be defauters and public
pecuators. l repeat, that having had some
knowledge of what the Senate has done under
a former Administration, there has been less
opposition to the Executive measures since
Mr.. Adams election than before, and that in
the instances OF opposition, Members have, on
the different questions, divided, as to exclude
entirely the idea Of an organized opposition"
The Legislature Of Louisiana has passed a
law, that no person shall, after the first day Of
June, 1926, bring into the state, any slave or
slaves of any description whatsoever, with the
intent to sell or hire the same, under the penal.
ty Of being punished by Imprisonment not ex.
ceeding two years, and fined in a sum not ex-
ceedine one thousand dollars, and shall moreo-
yer forfeit said slave slaves, one fourth to the
use of the informer, and the balance TO the use
OF the state.
Persons who have bona fde intentions of be-
coming inhabitants Of the state, are allowed to
bring with them slaves for their own use, but