Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-07
FOREIGN NEWS.
FROM LIBERIA.
Nrw YoRx, April %.

oil carncU DISCUSS on IN inc So'o''g'
The brig Bou ne, Csrtsin Gaun,eanne, sailed
rom Li.eria on he Sh OF March, in company with
the Edgar. " IN the Rev. Mr.. Seys, Missionary oil
,he Methodist Episcopal Church, and Miss S. Far
4. ,n,,on. bco gins 10 tho same Mission Doctor
skinner the lu,ey appointed Colonial Agent Mr..
snd Mrs Roberts, of Liberia and others d..
Skinner had o, heard Of his appointment, when he
eciled for his country.
The Rev Mr.. Pnney was in goo health 50
vera the eo'onist, generally. Messrs William,
Whnchoese, and Johnson. hal departed from
Mon ova, on a Mission 10 King Bostswa'n, for the
purpose of settling the boundary line.
We commend the following s'tlelo to the at
,sn,ioa of the Garrison Emancipa'or, Of this city
trusting that the Editors will lay aside their green
,yeetacles when they read It.
Arr,ral # Emtgrants Arrived in our hntbor
ON the 18Th instant, tie brig Bourne, OF Baltimore
Md. Cant. G.unieaune, havin on board 81 emit
rranis. destined for Cspo Panns We ore ~
deed happy 10 that the patrons and friends OF
that newly established setlen emit arc sill prose
cutting their object with vigor. We regard colonies
.lonp the coast 10 the most important weapons
with which TO combat the African Slave Trade
The idea of putting an end TO the slave trade, by
,tationing few armed ships on the coast, We
deem vissionsry--aad serv s, VIC think, only ono
good purpose that is II exposes the vrhiiy Of the
attempt il serves only 10 shew IN degree, 10
VIVA, nm enormous extent the traffic IN human hesh
/, prosecuted on the const Sldvcrs, possessing
the same cunning as men OF war-mcn, wetch M
armed vessel as closely as they can possibly wa'ch
him and take advantage Of every movement; no
sooner is the armed vessel out OF sight thnn thty
cram their human cargo in the hold, and commit
their .atey to the seiity Of the vessel, which IS nj
most always superior, and nine times out OF ten,
are not detccd, even though they should bc pur
sued Liberia o 4 standing evidence, that slaves
cannot breathe in moral atmospheric their deies-
hblc traffic sh1ns the nbodcs Of fair and legitimate
trade - the blcareyed bat, the blaze OF MONDAY
Hence we conclude that one Colony, established on
the principles OF Temperance and pence, sustaining
in their purity, tho moral and gou, Institutions
Of The IN ,thcr country, Is worth dozen scores OF
men OF wnr.
Apart tom Mis- there is lnoher advantage Of co
lonies, Which has not AS yet been mentioned. II
ever Arlc, is To be civilized and chrsilanlzed, tbs
u be done by colonies They are the points from
which the rays Of li1ht nrc divcrge to the be-
nghIcd sons Of Africa A moral and industrious
colony, prosecuting honorable and legitimate lraic,
appeals to the sehshness Of the natives md attacks
them on the side OF their uvsrlca and VIZ, who
have had much intercourse with them, know that
nvnrcc and imi'alvc curiosity arc predominant
features in the African character But IN our rnge
for the plantation Of colonies, prudence ought 10
guide our steps, nn1 direct our movements. We
sh ,UJ be cautious tina we do not turn our atten-
ton TO Tho ,sabl,s bmen Of another ere the former
hnst ken Sufficient root to progress towards maui.
rity. without The continual attention Of the fostering
hand that frs, planted it. The momcn, colony
beglns TO flag. OF cease 10 progress, that moment
Tho influence it exers on the minds Of the natives
it mfavornblc. How soor do we hear them shy, Tn
Ia adj W
they were accustomed 10 dcal,) " frs, he be my
friend he have money !" (wnsrict " tins time he
be poor fehw | look toher friend They
naturally think that the s'nmna-the principle Of
tina, system cannot be good which docs not CONT
nue. progressing.
The lannch Of " splendid new schooner II r.
Gnrlcy," is announced on which occasion 1t 10 OBJ
served
" From some causes, which have been beyond
our control, but which, II were only reasonable TO
.xp,el in an ufan, community like this, some have
CONCLUDED The colony and every thing connecting
with it, on tho rrrograde march. We think the
conclusion :.somy and unjust and thu: the hume
RUS building, and repairs OF houses and vessels nj
present carrying on in the Colony, afford ground for
an inference directly opposite"
BY the Brig Bourne, fifty days from NJ ,nrovie
(Afrlca) we learn tina brig and schooner, slave
traders, with nbont 1900 slaves were captured of
Calba by two British men Of war and also about
F,huary Isl, at Little Bassa tho slaves on board OF
Spanish schooner, sbont 60 in number, rose upon
the eop,'in whom they shot, and released them
selves from thelr bondage.
BRAZIL.
FHoM PARA.-Tle brig Baltimore. a, Salem,
from Para, brings d small accounts from thn, place.
She had ,wsn'y-six days passage.
Extract of II letter
non the 18Th to 2ls. Of February, had another
revolution Meohcr, the presidcn, and eighty others
were killsd. Vnagre, Melcher's accomplish in the
revolution OF 7h January, is at the head Of af
fairs, but no, likely to remain as report says five
hundred men preparing in the country 10 attack
the town in day or TWO.
Letters from Maranham 10 20h March, received