Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-08-30
LATEST r 0 AFRICA.

interest,", Is NOT very lax OH.
LATEST FROM AFRICA.
Ertyact ola L~eter/rom a gentleman on board
Brig Doris, 10 his friend ~ Baiimo re, dated
PoRr PRAYA, ST JAgo July 20di, 1927
II am happy to inform you Of our safe
arrival at this place, from the Coast OF
Africa, on our way home. We arrived
here ON the 18th INST all in good health,
anG shall probably sail hence on the ist
OF August. We arrived at Monrovia
on the 18th April, and landed the eml
grants, 95 in number, thaying lncreas,
ed one on the passage) all well aud IN
health. They seemed much pleased
with their new residence. The town OF
Nonrovia is situated upon high ground,
and enjoys a great degree OF heaIth-it,
laws and regulations are vary s%alutafy.
and are strictly enforced. We have thus
far been very fortunate with our crew,
having lost but one since we sailed iiom
Baltimore, a youth, son Of Nr. Anthony
Tall. who died on the 10Th May, IN the
Port of Monrovia, of the prevailing fe-
ver7 --
INTERESTING NEWS FROM LIBERIA.
0rFIcE OF TIE CoLoNIzATIoN SOCIETY,".
Washington, ing. 81, 1927.
Intelligence of the most gratifying ma
tore, has Just reached this Office from
the Colony of Liberia. Our friends
throughout the country, who have been
anxiously waiting for inforr Aation con
ceIning the emigrants by the Doris, will
peruse with heartfelt pleasure, the fol
lowing extract from a letter from Cap
tain Mathews, bearing date Porto Praya,
Cape De Verbs. July 10th 1927.
LAS Mr.. Ashmun may not have had
an opportunity OF communicating with
the United States since my departure
from Measurable, have the honor to in
form you, for the information of the
Board OF Managers, that we landed all
our passengers in excellent health at
Measurable, as days after our departure
FROM Hampton Roads have the ss
tisfaction also to state, that at the date
of my departure from the Cape, the
21st June, all the emigrants by the Do
ris. had gone through the fever, two
young children only falling victims to
it, and most of them were located and
working IN their farms on the Stockton.
| have dispatches on board the Doris,
from Mr.. Ashmun, for the Board, and
the Hon. Secretary of the Navy, which
| shall forward immediately ON my arri-
val in Baltimore, for which place | shall
sail in two or three days. Ii affords me
much pleasure to bear testimony to the
thriving and prospelou condition of the
Colony. The emigrants of the Doris,
with one or two exceptions, appear to
be highly pleased with their prospects"
We will only add, as supplementary to
this cheering intelligence, that it is dee
med important to fit out early in the APP
preaching autumn. one or two expedi-
tons, and that it is hoped the public hb-
erallty, will promptly furnish the means.
Free People Of CoIor.-A very inter-
esting debate recently occurred in the
English House of Commons on the
question of meliorating the condition of
free People of Co'or in the West In
dies. some important land to US novel;
facts we're stated. The brown p~opula-
tom Il. e, free colored people, of ia
maica alone, is worth property to the
amount of S2S, 100000. (Ihey are
said 10 consist of 10000 souls.) One
Of them, d Dr.. Dickinson, lett at his
death $4,000 900; another, Mr.. Swanel,
$4,000, a Mr.. Kingall, $1,000, 600,
and a Nj Benjamin Scott, Sl,!5O,OOO
All the plmento plantations except one
in the island belong to them; aud yet
these people were suffering under .he
most grievous legal oppression. The
debate IN Parliament 'eventuated" in
nothing satisfactory.
SARATOGA, Aug.Z
The Springs-Near'y one thousand