Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-11-07
AUTHENTIC FROM LIBERIA
From tie agents hHcrs to tie Board Of Managers of tie
.4AericGn CoLoRisatiOlt SOcielu.

MONRovIA, August -, 1925
The detention OF Captain Walstrum few DAYS be
yond hls intention, has put ii Y pow advise YOU
that negotiations have been entered into with Chiefs
OF Cape Month which promise us a strong bold upon
that important point of the African coast The abso.
lue purchase of property there is III the present state
OF tic preJpdccs OF the native tribes who hold it. no
doubt entirely impracticable Ban an agreement has
been concluded which believe may and will be so
icnnly ratified in few weeks, that will secure to us
several points which regard second in importance
only TO the actual purchase ofthe country The outline
OF the treaty Is as follows:
81. The Colony cedes TO the Governor of Cane
0!ount the right of establishing trading house at Cape
Measurable, and for the present permits this establishment
TO he made on Perseverance, Island.
So And ccdes also the right ofenploy ing CONNER
cial agent from among the settlers.
81 the Colony is ceed the right the exclusive
use OF piece of land situated contiguous the land
ing of Cape Mount; and the right appoint and EN-
pcy on those premises any number OF Ictors and ira
dcrs.
-. The Chiefs &c Cape Mount agree build in the
st instance, large and secure factory for the Colony
at Cape Mount, for a reasonable conpensati1u; to
guaranty Tue safety of persons and property belonging
TO The SAID factory; exact ttbue custom of it, or
any persons resortng 10 it. forever; and encourage
the free transmission OF all the trade OF the interior
the SAID factory.
IS. They also stPulae expressly, never to sell their
country, any right OF occupancy in it, TO any Euro,
PeaDs other foreigners, under whatever ccntnstan-
ces. Also, never TO permit any Eagiislunan French
man, Spaniard other than the cooEists of Liberia to
establish factory trading house ashore either for
slaves produces but oblge them always 10 trade from
their vessels.
80. They also stipulate that prices shall be mutually
adjusted by public authority and revised by tie same
parties every four montis-and, fixed, shall never be
departed from, except by mutual consent and mutual
understanding first had by the parties.
81. The Cape Mount aud Cape Niesurado PEG pie
snail treat each other friends and members
common family, and endeayor to obtain deserve and
keep each otIcr's confidence"
Such is the outline. The arrangement is important
IN itself the ultimate consequences can hardly fail
under good management, of being much more So The
trade of Cape Mount is worth, moderate compute.
ton, 10000 per aunum. The exclusion of Europe
ans we regard taDamOunt, its present effects on our
colony considered to the acquisition of the property of
the growth of population shall demand its conprc-
henson within our territorial limits.
p. S. Letters received this day from our factory al
ed that KING Freeman stands his engagements;
and that, Oh tie return of the dry interest
wall be easily established there ciecually and
advantageOusly than at any former period
The improving circumstances of the older CoonistS
and the almost total abolition OF the slave trade i'm this
part of Africa together with the natural concentration
of the trade Of continually increasing extent OF the
coast and country, at Cape Measurable have produced n
steady demand for American and European merchan
disc.
The following statement is an approximation TO the
true amount Of exports, obtained from the best data,
that at this time be REQUIRED to. II my opinion
That the Ivory considerably oYerrated and the Wood
moderated ID nearly the same proportion.
Statement Of Exports from Liberia of African produce
passing through the bands Of the settlers from the 1si
Jam to the 10Th OF June, 1926.