Litchfield enquirer., 1834-01-09
Liberia-Sfuts of tke Colony Bar5ari-
ties of fke Natipss, Src.

LIs0eFSG--Sfate Ot tke COtOny-B BGF6GTs-
 ties of tke NatiUss, 6,c.
 The Salem Gazette says, Dr. Mechlin, late Governor of Liberia, who came pas senger in the Sciot, and was very unwell onikis arrival, appears to be gaining health. We learn generally, from friends who have held conversations with Dr. Mechlin, that the Colony is daily adding strength and te- spectability to its character, and that even now, if all patronage were withdrawn, the colonists are fully capable of sustaining and defending themselves from any assaults from the natives, and regulating their own concerns in such a manner as to secure the prosperity ofthe colony. A court, court house, and trial by jury, are established.- At this moment, sheet the departure ot Gov. Mechlin, and until the new Governor ar rives out, there arc none other than blacks among the inhabitants of Liberia.
 Those slaves who were captured and brought into St. Augustine and Key West, after remaining in the United States from six to twelve months, were sent to Liberia. quantity of land being granted to them there. They. have gone on to cultivate t in a manner equal if not superior to that of the colonists. They have been able to accomplish thus much from what experi= ence they gained while in this country These people arrived at Liberia naked !; they have clothed themselves from the a. vails of their labor, aud what is rather siri- gdlar they have gone into the town to seek out for themselves wives, csteeming thenl- selves too far advanced in civilization and refinement to form connections among the natives, although they might obtain from among them much more comedy persons than they are enabled to find among the very meancst of the colonists, from whom they are obliged to select. This fact alone shows that but small degree of civiliza- ton, infused into this people, tends to the elevation of their character.
 The colonists of Monrovia are said to be much more inclined to trade. than to culti- vate the earth. The English and French vessels which come there, have engrossed almost the whole trade of tlle colony, the Americans not being able to compete with them. Many of the natives come into the town and are employed as iaborers by the colonists, who also receive some ot the children of the natives into their families, and send them to school. At different times lhe natives have made three or four attacks on the settlements, but have always been repelled with spirit; for the last year the natives have been very quiet and triend- ly., The colonists can bring into the field, if necessary, 500 troops, which are consId- cred match for ten times the number oi natives. Many tribes of these natives hold slaves, which are treated with much cruelty, and it is doubtful if even their masters are so well off or so happy as the slaves in our southern States. They are much less civilized and more ignorant.
 The people there called Krumen, reside in the country. They come down to the sea shore and pitch their tents, and launch their canoes, and sailing all alongthe coast, they become pilots to the traders, and these are the men with whom the Spaniards trade for slaves. The Krumen keep no slaves themselves, neither do they allow any of their tribe to be sold for slaves; and they become ofso much importance to the slave dealers on the coast, acting as sort of bro- kers, negotiating among the tribes for slaves, that they themselves, knowing their consequence, do not hesitate tQ board a slave vessel; and there is no instance of their ever being Kidnapped.
 
 board for two or three years, return to their Tribe in the country. purchase 9 farm, buy five or six wives, and after putting their lands in order, and instructing their wives, leave them after year or two to cultivate this farm, while they again take to their boats, trading along the coast, rendering assistance as pilots, and purchasing slaves as brokers. A Krnmen will. sometimes buy boy and teach him to navigate his boat and to land in high surf upon a beach, in which they are very export, and after keeping the boy 10 or 15 years, adopts him as a krumen, and gives hin, liberty.
 Dr. Mechlin says that he has known one of the chiefs from the interior, who go to war for the purpose of making their cap tives slaves, after bringing his slaves down to the coast, and finding no traders there, and waiting one or two weeks, cut the throats oftheir slaves, 800 in number, 10 save tho expense of feeding them.
 Agents Wanted.