Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-25
nue., lately occupied by the Post Master Gene
raj for the Wes,ern Department.
From the Tri-Daily Commercial Advertiser
Ns,r FORK. s p. n. goth June 1929.
lr.lsc 4 IDGDIA

LATEST FROM LiBERiA
By the remarkably fast sailing Ship Finley,
| Captain Johnson, from MoDrovia, we nave
received our regular 6lrs Of Monro ia pa
prrs down TO the 2e6 ult. iof he Caldwell
az ,te & Telegraph to he 2lst and of the Ash-
mum Star and Reporter TO he 2oh. we con-
tent ourselves :hs evening with the following
extracts:
The Lieut. Governor Of the Colony had b"en
| seriously indisposed, in consequence 81 excess.
i've fatigue, enc onnterrd in making very rapid
tour Of inspection. When we safe thai in Sc
,ceehs, he visited and inspected the ganisohs
Of all The Towns and Clues on the Frontiers
and Sea board, ard returned 10 the scar 4 Gov
eminent, some idea may BIZ formed oil his act'-
witty, and of the fatigue which he endured.
The Caldwell Gaz of the ls'h ul contains
the particulars Of 'he destruction, by lie, of
the Sd Presbyterian Church, splendid edifce
recently erected.
The Caldwell Telegraph says, we have seen
the proof sheets Of laird book OF travels in
the interior Of Africa, now in the press, by
Lieut. Col. Clappcrlon, Adjutant General OF
the Colonial forces, native OF this cry. When
we rshec upon the profound ignorance, which,
a century apo pervaded The world, IN r'g"rd
to every hing connected with the interior OF
may look with honest pride upon :he conlrihu-
tons TO geographical science, made by the In
telligence and enterprise Of our travellers. We
were much amused, la'ely, in looking over some
old Maps in The lumber room VI the City Ii
brarY, TO see in what was denomnaled, MAP
If Africa BY one Arrowsmith, The liberal
appropriation Of the G. eater part of the sheet,
10 vast deserts. Wha, would The old gentleman
think, could he behold in one Of our recent
maps, his vas! deserts substituted by the dceu-
! ra,ely defined courses Of noble rivers and The
boundaries of powerful nations II is singu-
lar coincidence that our celebrated traveller,
Col. Clapperton, bears Il e same name with an
Englis hman, who lrsr his lif more Than cen
fury ago, in the attempt to penetrate the inte-
rior- of Africa
The city Of AshmuD, according 10 the last
| census, says he Star, contains little short OF
IS 900 souls 1t is remarkable for health and
cleanliness, and since it has been the seat OF
Government, has increased with UMPIRE cede nj.
ed rapid,y. The public Building, are remark,
ably fine. We have little doubt, that in lew
years, it will almost equal in population the
older Cities Of Monrovia and Caldwell, though
i. can never hope 10 'ival the former in wealth
and commercial enterprise.
The Monro. ian Daily Ad, ertser Of the lis,
ul,. contain S copous accounts OF The CT ebralion
of the ami, ,aries OF the Libersn Bible and
Mksi nary Societies. The meetings were lie
H. The old oony house. The chief Justice OF,
the coiony, presided al The BIor sooiety's
meeting, and the spe ,ker of he House OF derf-
gates III the Missionary Socirty's mt'ing. The
Y5e fbe es 81 tn, Sc
soci' 'ie> as uncommoniy pro,r ferrous. The in
come Of h, Bibir Socirries, last year, was 81
600 do Lars; la of the Missionary So, iely
75,3oo.
The opera ions # the Bible Socirty's ag-n-
cr a; Iimbucioo ha,' bren crowned with won
def i success Mi sinnary sa ions are row
eH.b shed org the whole crursr f the Nj
ger to MAINTAIN sui be intrrcours. betw cen
'hesr, the sociey his built Steamer. which,
now pile, thousands OF mil on river, whose
source AMI direc ion, # no, its yer, .xi,tence,
were matters OF dis2u wih our an eslors.
PHILADELPHIA JuYR %.
A friend has lief: a. ofi,r bundle f,e-
ny old newspape',, WHICH anne in'o his po,,rs-
sion IN an accidental nauner he m"st of
them bear date in the year 1928 al the TIM Of
AT active confess for ne Presidency be,wern
ia kson and Adams, not Adams Of III, r volu-
uon, bu, his son. II will nc r-colle TED that
J,cksoD succeeded. Il is amusing 10 zee the
passion into which HE parlZ,ns Of eac h cardi.
date ielt bourd put tnrm,elves. There was
dn"btl' IS IN. 'ho>e eaIy days Of he Rep"5 Sic,
as much interest fri in he issue IF The cleo
ton, as in our own times. I ne Chef Mag:s>
tracy excited cnpihiiy and ambition as much
then as now. During this stern in lea-pnl'
i, seems to have been the obi Ct of each party
t" make 1t appear 'ha, 'hr opposing candidate
was, OF all other men, the greatest scoundrSL
and that the durability Of he Republic drpcpd
ed on his defeat. The Dapers obound in the
parry slang Of The day, which is, OF course, now
uninttlligibie. There is one poor Eni;or who |
il terribly bored by 'hs Adam, papers, about
carrying the war, Hannibal like, INFO Africa"
and abou' "deprec a'ing his election as a curse !
upon the country This last u ng an rxpres-
sion which, 1t seems he used J." gard o one
Of the Ca"d 'dd'es, whom he afterwards sup
ported The "sx militia men" coalition"
y bi berry and corruption" seem to have oeen
lirorlle words, al they appear on ali occasions,
nd In every variety OF typographical embel
|i,hmen' We should b. grollied TO know the
meaning Of these cab,iisiiC 'crIns. The papers,