Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-25
AFRICAN COLONY.
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TIE LATE NEWS FROM AFRICA

! Voo' "''aheeo, Inc testimony o' respectable colo
o'sts Is peculiarly valuable. We therefore ask the
serious attention of our readers Ia the snhloined
statement of Emanuel Elliott, the mate of The M
Mercer, whose nvoealion has afforded hun, exen.
siVe opportunities for observation during the long
period he has resided in Africa
" nave been IN Africa nearly seven wears
and vert from Richmond Va was bonn free
iNeo al cape Mesnrndo and commanded COLONIAL
orait have been al Botsa Cove. was there ms late
as March o left nearly all the emlsranfs recover
ed from the fever all had it lightly, none died,
lever much lighter than Mt the Cape, there bens no
mosSrovc or swamr. Mr Hnnkinson md wife
had been Hiso Ill they too were rccoverins Pco-
pie all seemed comfortable md eontented thcv
were engaged in getting timber, which is plenty
and IN building, aud in clearing, in which thy were
! making good progress the land is fine nong the
oeoch sandy, itle back, rich aud productive. COT
ICE, coh"ood, indigo pune apples, African peach
and ohcr fruits gov Wild Water excellent
have visited the coast frequently from Sierra Leone
TO 100 miles leoward of Cape Pnmas, and think
bassa Cove the best spot that could have been &c
lecttd for colony reef of rocks break OF the
force of the wind, behind which vessels Of ligh,
draft can run close in shore Vessels mol drawing
over II feet may lie within quarter of a mile OF
the Cove beach. ann Of opinion that industry in
the cultivation Of the SOIL and in mechanic pursuits
VIII Afford greater results than trading mud lead to
greater prosperity. II cmlgrnnts 20 we'll provided
with clothes and are yell housed the rainy sea sol.
Is fully as desirable for arriving in Africa on some
accounts better, The St Johns - a mapnlfccn,
rlver penetrating far into the interior, aud if the
Society shall supply their factory we'll will com
maud an extensive and profitable trade in camwood,
ivory rice palm oil, &c. The back country IS said
TO be very productive aud the hills visible from the
co st, arc intersperscd with lawns At about 25 TO
81 miles inland, mountains appear.
The stories about the slave trade being carried on
Vt the old colony utterly false: very few are IN
temperate, and trade IN spirits has very much les.
sened owIns 10 the eiiats Of the Society, aud the
influence of Temperance Societies md no snles per
nlred less than gallon Some lew arc discon.cn-
ted but these the worthless and idle The in.
dustrous well pleased with the country, and
such only should 90. Such people cannot, be lndu
ccd 10 leave Ai,iea. The tales of Brown Temple
and others, who have learned little rothing of the
country, aic utterly ridiculous
EMANUEL ELLIOTT.
ThHrdelp4ta, May :, 1895
Exiraets Of LettefS from late Entrants
One of our emsren's, late n slave of Dir. Hawcs
Of Virginia, writes 10 our Corresponding Sccrcta
ry by tue Minus
We all arrived in good health and, with the
exception of tn five who have had the fever ligAuy
arc sin so, thank the Almighty, snye two, who
were drowned through impruIenco in ycnluing in
n 10 At tn,onoh lbe sn,f am ,hanffl n INV Finn,
am well nle,eea co IA, u,,,h n,,, nov. hon.,
MoNRoviA, March 3D. 1895
De,p S,o.-Nv n,osncc, of be,ltb ia No cood
rs con he cxeerf,6 81 rood lint intend ~ onen
schonI anon when nv health hero,nes s,,d | IN.
Tend m offer nv.clf Ia On ino the in,e,,ar Pro
thor \VIiam4 ias eonr tlcr, nav Ia ,nrel,ac lnrd
Tor a Missionary Establishment, but VIC have nci-
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5,css vou os yonf oaent think mny venture To
say that the rroznect is 0atering aad TINT men
cannot c,s,lv find 6,lI wherein they can be more
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