Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-06-23
From the Norfolk Beacon.
Eofe and Interesting from Ene,

/ -'IS anu tf4teTcStGtS from L.lGP;Yn.
w" lave coHversci with Capt. Jo!,,-s;,n of' tho.
ship Harriet (of Bath) which anchored i'll Hanpon
Roads Yesterday morning. niter passage of ~ DAYS
from Liberia II viii be recolectcd hat the IIar-
net Is the vessel that conveyed the last emirranfs
1919 in nuuber) from this port to the, african Colony
-Siiiri on The 9Th February last. He states. flat
WITH the exception of some sickness tley coutn-
ned healthy during The voyage and were niI landed
III good condition, bat that long spell of dry wealth
or cftwo months continuance affecting severely the
health Of many OF the old residents had sui1ectc,I
them all. with very few exceptions to the fever Of the
Coast; IG to Is had died. but the others were rapidv
c0mvalesccnt, and scemcd satisfied with :leir new
abode Fi.ey were looking anxiousiy to the moment
oi their entire restoration, that they might engage IN
some useful and profitable pursuits The wife III
4broiun, CNesSemGn, who wrnt from tits place ,vsn
among the few Of the Narrc.s passcmr2fs who re-
naincd entirely healthy.
ihc mortality III sn:ac cascs WIS r1,,dncrd iv ry,-
Ccssvc indulgence in tic bountiful fris of tlic eli
Datc-a Mrs. Pho1nnS the first victim to this in
discretion. Capt. Johnson is unable to furnish Ms
with list Of those who died lie understood that
Mr. Paine from Riclmond) and three or four Of
lis family among the number.
Nearly al Of the farricts crew ,ycrn sic7, Wills
lying al lJcrla--AIT Phurir. her Cd mate, Ia FOR
egncr) died
Capt JoiiytIn brings The ,rn:7Ic,f,c INF 81 ri.,cn of
the death Of Doctor RANDALL, the Governor Of
tie Colony sent DAT by the Parent Society Mt Wash
!Igton; j gentleman of eminent worth and fitness
wIIGsC appointment matter Of general connrati-
latiGn with the friends Of the Colony. as i. promised
Valued institution. Dir. K lad been attacked bv the
fever soUo time before the arrival oftc Harriet and
shortly after c1nvalcsceDt; bot such was bis zeal
! for the welfare Of Lis ard rCsronsibc CHARM
that nc cpusrd himself preTlaurcy in the discharge
OF the duties Of his Office bciuc deprived # the aid
of all his assistants, who sick at The same time
and produced relapse which terminated his valu-
able life on the 10th April. He was represented 10
Capt. Johnson IS n man Of Uncommon energy, both
Of body and mind. His death is therefore an event
TO DC deeply deplorcd.
The Vce-Agrn Or. ,WccL15n. had asgun1ed tho
government Of the Colony, in the room OF Docf
Randall, and was actively attending to its duties
He had been III, bnt descent. lie was vcry
| popular and much esteemed by the Colonisls.
| number OF letters lave bctn received from thc
CooDiss by this arrival, with some of which we shall
doubtless be favored for publication, as they will cx
ibit particularly the state and prospects Of the
settlement. In the mean time we will remark that
Capt Johnson represents the general concerns the
: Colony as quite prosperous, g. steadily progressing to
higher dcstines Tie town cUntoincdfro 30 TO 100
houses and others we're daily erecting Seven frames
carried ont in tho Harriet. Great disappoipf-
IneDt felt by the builders, at not receiving a
supply of nails by thc RI. for want Of which thew
| were compelled to stop work. Only one kcr was
sent out by this ship, while so you'd not have been an
excessive quantity. The town was well defended bv
Il fort, mounting pieces Of cannon Of large calibre.
| among them 18 Founders, and garrisoncd by two
companies Of richly uniformed v0lSnfeers of about
| thirty men each-a circumstance well calculated 10
| preserve the harmonious intercourse which happily
subsisted between the Colonists and the natives