The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-12-24
phPMrrHE OF TIE DORIS.
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DEPHTuHE OF TIE DORIS
FROM Lii NUsE8GEH 40 o. IHE AFRICAN HI
rusffuuy.
"Thc Doris sailed. s.ys Il curro spoodcnt
- IN fnr a, H.. and undr, tie most favorable
r. c,in.tlncrs, on Saturday nothing, The
lDtn If November After the deck had hren
cleared ofall but the emigrwts. the Rev. Mr.
Htn,haw made an eloquent aud affect ng adj
dr,ss 10 them, aud those whom curiosity and
int rcst had atsactrd. When ac lad concu.
dad gun Wis fired as the ,igaa Of departure,
and the Btlgset sail; while al the YES. i,
rouud bad their has, hoislcd IA honor Of the &C
ra>i a."
his vrssel was fitted out in Baltimore, AMI
recpi, 81 on board 1T hat pac e,gliy ~, En-
grants OF tncse. twenty uruf acrr lr m bal
tinlp,t fG,cn from tn Western part of thr
STAT. Of \ " York, TO FROM Drlaeara, thser
nom Hage,sto"n, Nd. and thuty three from
Nm Arundel county, Maryland
Twanfy-fh,ee others embark d from Norfolk
rla,ng adj onc bundled and fye. OF ia
whole number, sxly-n@o were slaves, liberated
by then prppllctnrs ior thn express purpose of
being transferred, TOT a.ritlcnent. to the Co
ionv OF Liberia Ihus is stem tu filed At tn,
early pea. It, Tn predictions OF the founders 81
our Society, Ihat tb" sncccrss OF tten rnter-
prise would Offer Inducements not TO he rrslI
ell to many humane aud lofty individuals foI
the emancipation OF their slaves by eKhlbiting
uuuu. st nabc evidence that, upon such, tree
do.p might be conferred without deuimeni 10
tho public welfare. aud e.lth lnesumabc aIyan-
t4prto Them. 1bo tbuly-thrrr from Am Al
uulc County, Alas laid, ~cte AL the proper.
" ofDaniel Murray E.q who, IN cont 'uIpp-
tipn OF ms genelou, action, sent out 10 the Co
luny, some ycrrs AGO, "A tayoiltp servant 10
make report COM cpnns the Country, aud pI,.
.p,tt &c ~, - tuusr VINO were 10 succeed
him. Iacnly three wtrc5 manumIued with
,.muh,. yiaws hp Col David Ba.lYck, OF Vngl-
ma; thrcc ov !. Mcrrick, Esq oil Idgcrs
town, ~. by Capt J Il. Hculey Of the Juit"d
Stirs Navy aud ~nuthc,shy ! pc pn Who,r
astne i, unh.own to Us. ~ Baltimore Nos'
Il pot all these brurvulcut indt, ,dunis tidcd
berailg. By donations III money a.. Other att
r'ctS. t. ,ait oi thr objects Of thet
>ajucss fur the voyage, and tine situations Il
nhi,h 'urS ara destined Surh deeds no -
corded On ta,ie, Leaf rhnn uurA, aud there !,
one vino approves fbrm. whr,r npprol a
to- rs#tn nnple iewald Nav his blssr rs ~.
tend It's hrnry ,lroee npd nav thosr VIM
nave enjoyed II Ter tire r,'meolh,npcr Il 1t 10,
I've, in iEorr ncatt.. aud by eseouiJslng tn
sprt which ea,c II o,teaG IN their own Iv
per petualc . eilects, and coulter upon The ~
shaved by supe rstitlonand sin, the liberty when
is in Chrrst
Expeditions soon 10 sail ior the COiony.
The ny Nautilus, OF toik, Ina, becn Ell
gagged by the Society, To oeyey cmlgrapts to
Liberia AMI will sAll before tie Close OF in,
mon,h, Mon lhan eight, appl,ca. Is for pa
sage IA this vessel are hom the state Of Nortl.
tarollua aud atc oIthc number Of those unde.
the spc lal protection OF the Society Of Friends
We have had frequent occasion 10 noiic, the
cnrN~s II ~, perseverance. and eminent hb'r
nl,tv oiihts excellent society, IN The At,lCtr
onuSc and, IN on present. NUMBER, We record
their donation at seven nGudred and fifty dol
las 10 our distinction. We arr informed that
thev are diSuosed to do stdl more. Iatncr then
experience ANY disappointment IN reference 10
TN departure Of The proposed expedition
The schooner Ranlolp", destined 10 the Go
tany, ha, also been employed ~ thu oociet
| To proceed to Georg ctu"n, south Carolina, lor
III put post OF conveying thence to Ltb,,id,
twenty-five persons, liberated by a single indl-
! v,dlal nenr Chera", tor the purpos" OF beng
restored 10 Africa : OF whCn most, II not all.
are rative,. Many ri them have expressed
anSietV al Vt them within. ucss TO seattle IN the
Colony.
The tareSt prospect seems now To he opef-
my before our lnstltutlon The uneXampl Il
| success which hts recently maIh. d The prugrrss
Of ON infant Colony, has produced app'ope
! ,tc effects upon the pah.le interest and chart.
are extensively excited y nulntudrs ,unl latel,
aud, clded, have docid, d In las,lNrs toI rs.
aed given lbceally TO aid our ,ausc. We cal
not b, Adequately thankful Tor the rec ut Ind
/ rdiiuus OF taNor ~ the opinions of our county
.ner, and ne Providence Of God. Thy have
! surpassed oar h ,nrst esp Citations. VIII" would
/ htNc pItdctcd, that IA association 50 tceb y
Hppnr Ell al lls CONNIE crmvdt,s 81 strongly op
i Prscn IN Is progress, proposing work 50 dIlii
/ cult anG with resources 50 srauiy tor ats eNt Cu
ton should. Al the conclusion Of tea years, Ii
able to exhibit as tha result OF ill., forts, D.
/ juny OF one thousand persons moral and even
religious is character, Wii ordered in lis
j government growing IN nteii gtncr, industry,
and enterprise: some members ot which. wbu
] Let TIN, COUNTY, with nothing, have acquired
properly 20 the amount of iIom four to ten thuu.
sand dollars each---a Colon, Wi defeudgd-
/ which has erected two churches and macy OIL
II public buildings; in the severod schools a.
! nhira. every chila is CURING the rudiments
OF knowledge. Colony IN 6Ar. rs regular IN
! is concern, aud as happy N lts prpuldtlpn.
/ l"'np ~ any settlement in our own aud. MOI
should II lee forgotten that, not SIX years S'ncs
! til CO. nest migrants erected their dwelling
/ upon Cspe MontSernio; and that, Subsequent
/ ", Tor tive years, they we're, IN a war witt the
natives exposed ~ cmmnpnt danger endur-
ed severe aud complicated sufrringS; ani,
indeed. Ware couprlcd, like the restored Israel
! fe> while th"v built their walls with one hand,
~ Grasp a weapon With the other
Bot what Christian can contemplate. without
inN"us emotions the Influence whichthS Colony
already exerts upon the neighbOrng African
/ Tribes And what hope may we not indulge
tor the future The poor Pagans mus, per
ceivr the superiority o. cisil4 Il aud Christian
People, aud desire to avail themselves OF tho
benefits ofthelr society, example. and insirnc-
tons. MANY OF their children are now in the
schools Of the Colony, and viii 90 10th among
their country atn. 10 communicate n knowledge
OF the most useful arts. aud 10 teach tine pre-
ceps ol Il pure Religion One hundred and If
" miles of coast are now under the Colonial
jurisdiction, aud along this whole live. thr be
niet effects of the laws and administration OF
the Colony ATE felt aud ackno~ edged.
. Every benevolent aud Christian heart viii