Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-03-31
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SATURDAY, MARCH 81, ISL. -
NrxANDKA COLONIZATION SOCIETY
An annual meeting ofvaiS Society was ne'd
on Monday evening, the 10th March, $50 a.
the FRS, Presbyterian Chureh-KeS' D. o0foe
Inns President, in the chair.
The meeting opened with prayer by the keV.
Fla. Harrison. The minutes OF me 'a''
meeting having been read, the following re-
port was made'
REPORT of the Board of Managers q the SssSa"d''a
Coloniratio, Sociefy-presented March, ioSI'
The time has arrived, when, by the Consti-
tuition Ct the Society, IL becomes the du'y ., us
BOARD of Managers 10 report IN "na' 'an"..
Inv have Untitled the dutiesconhded to them al
the last annual meeting. r
And while they deeply regret that their e'-
forts in this cause have not been az all co'hen u,
,ura,e to It's grandeur and importance, WIN
be seen, by the fololowing statement, tha''he
have no, been entirely idle, and, thanks TO ge-
nervous public, have not been permitted 10 iaoof
unsuccesstully.
Sd, 1926, ii was
R,soI,ed. Tha, the town be divided into four
districts, corresponding to the wards thereof,
and that Committee be appointed to each,
whose duty it shall be to call upon the families
in the districts seyerally, 10 solicit subscriptions
1t was also
Rssolued. That the President have the Consti-
tuition of the Society printed in the newspapers,
together with the names Of the Managers, with
their location, for the purpose Of soliciting SUBJ
seriptions. =,
The publication was accordingly made, and
a, the next meeting Of the Board, March i6th,
the following sums were reported, and Paid o.
YER to the Treasurer, viz:
Nc. Sanford, vino held subscription paper
under the old Society, paid over Sl7-Slo be-
ing for the life subscription oil Mr.. Wheelwrigh''
and the bslance for several Subscribers.
NJ y & Esas; Rals d sssE &c. III
Slo5, The Treasurer was directed TO remit
the amount in his hands to the Treasurer Of the
A. Z Society, which he did; and the receipt
was duly acknowledged.
IL may not be improper to observe, that at
the formation Of the Society, collection wa.
made amounting to $50 81, which did not pa
through our Treasury, but was Immediately
paid over to the Agent Of the parent Society.
We may be permitted also to state, that meet
ing, in which christians Of almost all denom-
nations in this city united, was held ON the 4th
day OF July last, at ST. Paul's Church; and after
several appropriate addresses had been made
by the Ministers of the Gospel, collection for
the parent Society was mace, amounting to
8SS 80.
Which two sums, Sos 81, added to the BIOS
as collected by your Managers, makes the a.
mount of Sles 81 contributed by our citizens
during the year.
Having thus briefly recorded the labors be-
slowed upon, and the fruit gathered from, the
little field which we have cultivated, we look a.
round and abroad upon the exertions of our fel-
low laoorers IN the cause so dear TO us ell, and
wherever we cast our eyes, behold cause for
congratulation and rejoicing.
The parent Society-originated in wisdom
and piety, in philanthropy aud patriotism-pur-
sues It's course with prudence, dignity and de-
c'sion. In the ten years Of its existence, it has
accomplished more than its most sanguine
friends could have anticipated. More than
twenty auxiiiarles have been recognised during
the last year, making more than eighty in diff.
ierent sections OF the country in ten years. 1t
comrnends itself alike to the christian and to
the statesman, and is daily increasing the num-
Der OF It's friends in the East, in the West, in |
the North, aud in thea South. It has demon |
sfrafed that its motive is pure, and its plans fea
sible. Legislature after Legislature have an
proved its design, and commended it to the ma.
tronage OF the General Government. And we
have reason to believe that the voice of the Ma.
ton will, in time, be so distinct and general
in its behalf, as to authorize our National I,e-
gisature TO extend such aid, as will enable it 10
accomplish fully, what, without such assis-
tance, it has never expected to perform.
The latest accounts from The Colony repre-
sent it to be in prosperous condition. Large
additions have lately been made to its territory.
The health of the Colonists is well nigh uni.
vefsal aud uninterrupted" Under the .sys-
em Of Government established among them,
hey are content and happy.
The trade OF Liberia has rapidly increased
% that the Colonists are supplied with the ne {
essaries, and even with The comforts of life.-Iy
'e,ween the Isl Of January and the 18th of Ju. o
7, 1896, no less than fifteen vessels touched at
lonrovia, and purchased the produce of the e
ountry to the amount, according 10 the best pro. ~
able estimate, of S43,9So African value. a,
The agriculture Of the Colony has received LA
s. attention than its importance demands lin
his is to be attributed to the fact, that the Ia