Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-06-16
FROM LIBERIA.

The following summary OF the latest &C
counts from the African Colony is from
the N. Y Evening Post.
The brig Liberia arrived here with its
1853 emlgrants. on the 9th OF February
in good health. As soon as they shall be
accllmated, they will be permanently stu
ated partly at Caldwel's and partly al
Mllsburgh. They are represented as
r. ,uch pleased with their situation, and be-
inr mostly agriculturalists are thought a
vain, bic acquisition TO the Colony. Ac-
corJ;no TO Or. Anderson, the fever which
attacks str,. n gers on coming into the Col
onu = Grov',, n milder aud mllder every
,,o1, ou7n0 donh "a to the clearing Ofthe
land On the Alb OF March, arrived the
British brig Heroine with 81 r9GaPIur9o
Africans. under the charge cf y H. e Slecn
lin and DR.. Smith. of the Unl'eG 0'"t e
navy. They had sailed from FLORIDA ''s'
months previous IN the schooner NasL
ington Barge, but owing to the ignorance
of the captain, after having been at sea
eighty-nine days, they were obliged to put
into Carlisle Bay, Barbados, where the
vessel being found unfit TO prosecute the
voyage, another was chartered for the pur-
pose. The recaptured negroes are TO be
placed on Bushrod's island, where they
will be under the immediate inspection
and control Of the principals of the colo
ny, and prevented from relapsing into their
savage customs.
Caldwell, situated at the junction Of st
Paul's and Stockton rivers, is represented
as a thriving part of the Colony. Ii con-
sists of one street about a mile and half
long, kept very clean, and planted on eth
er side with rows of plantains and bana
mas. The emigrants brought out IN the
Harriet a short time since are settled here,
and had made a progress in cultivation
which astonished the agent when he visit.
ed them. The inhabitants by their indus
try have placed themselves above want, in
which respect they are advantageously
distinguished from many others Of the col
ony, who on their arrival arc seized with a
passion for trading, get cheated by the IA
lives, lose their property and become dis
contented. Dr. Mechlin has therefore a
dopted tho course Of holding out to those
who have no mechanical occupation, eve-
ry Inducenent to become agriculturalsts.
DR.. Anderson also, complains of want Of
attention 10 farming notwithsland the great
fertility of the soll.-The chief of the
Bushrod Island. KING Peter, is dead, and
his mate. who bore the title Of King Long
Peter, has placed himself and his people
under the laws.-The event was celebra-
I'D with great Joy by the tribe. 1t secures
them from being sold into slavery by he
headman, and protects them from hostile
incursIons of other tribes who will not mo-
lest any whom they may consider as be-
longing to tie colony. DIR. Mechlin an
nounces that the declining state Of bis
health renders arelurn to the United States
for a few months absolutely necessary.
The Repository contains a map Of the
west coast of Africa. Sierra Leone to Cape
Palmsa. including the colony Of Liberia.
1t IS compiled chiefly from the surveys
and observations of the. late DR.. J. Ash
nun 1.-The territory now under the jurls
dictIon Of the colony extends along the
coast from Grand Cape Mount to Trade
Town, ; distance Of lao miles,