New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-12

r,suicd the Afl-iad Africans 20 sierra is''"'' ~
CONTRARY To the usual practice II COLONIZATION ana
Missionary Societies.. the whole truth wa' pub
H.hcd. some per.ons, imagining that much That
was uafavorabe was suppressed, nave supposed
tina, the Africans have 50 conducted a. wholly to
di.appont the expectations Of their friends and
benefactor. and completely Illustrate the .anguine
hopes Of a successful mission. \ portion Of TIN.
commonly rail against the attempt to introduce
civilization and Christianity through the agency OF
Cinaue and the rest overlooking the fact that Il
vas no, TO be expected that these persons, during
. wear or two. residence in ,hi- country, chiefly
in county Jail, should have attained to degree
of moral yrtue and Christian principle surprising
that of an equal number Of white persons cast
upon foreign shore under more favorable cir
clin.tauces AID even the better portion ct the
community may have formed too -ansuine expect
aiion. respecting the mass, on thor return ~ hcl
native land. after few Of them bad gwen such
pleasing evidences Of improvement, and a change
Of manners if not IF heart While the Commit
tee consider il their duty TO lay before the friends
o. the McnJians, from time to time, the FACTS
that come 20 their knowledge, and II J. Tie puf-
pose Of the missionaries TO practice no conceal
ment nor to say any thing TO convey wrong I'M
pres,ions, they hope tkat no hasty judgements
viii be- formed; tina, the and misnePresenta-
firms Of uDprinciplcd men will be unheeded; that
the Committee viii be sustained in supplying the
missionaries with the mean. to make a fair and
full experiment, and above all TINT the blessing OF
the God Of Missions will be invoked to accompany
these means with the Holy Spirit
The letters Just received, Of which an abstract
has been polished, were not the first letters writ
zen. The return Of the barquo GENTLEMAN, which
conveyed the Africans to Sierra Leone has put
the Committee in possession OF letters from the
missionaries, written during the passage, while
living at the Cape de Verd Islands, and during the
first fortnight of their abode at Freetown
Mr.. STEELE. in a letter written at sea says :
"Itlnk have often observed in the conductors OF great
md even benevolent enterprise disposition - make SIR
1lcy hav. carefully concealed every dscouagng crcuu-
stance Perhaps might state tn" case SUI more strongly
by sn n that they have INDUCED IN such hyperboca *
prssslOns were calculated TO convey "tonE hhP's'
and which The most encouraging aspect ol III" case Woud
not uly warrant But need not BE- particular a you are
oi the pracu;c 70 when REFER ana VIII luy on
.ier.iand my ncaung Now suppose that suci = mol ih
which 10 conduct u" tnfipi' u
had had the least suspicion thai The commute were '
who would be dispO,ed to resort 10 such means should
never have enlisted IN tbs undertaking have "ng hno"
The individual members 10y reputation and have ever sup
posed them TO be men who were not aiad o. me uuihn'
who would TO a shufning cspediency. The
pledge have recently made mat YOU WIZ no. fso.iN
ibe products of unrequted toll gives me ne" assurance a
have not mistaken your characters ~ 'hS Parucu''''
The passage was rather longer than usual-they
had rough weather very soon after leaving New
York and the whole passage was what the sailors
call rough or rather unpleasant one. They saw
a few fish and a few birds They saw also ic"
vessels aud spoke one. The first two Sabsaths
were 50 stormy that they could not have services
on deck. Since then we have had preaching rcgu-
larry Our evening prayers with the Mendian' "n
deck arc truly pleasant. They have learned some
additional hymns which they sing with such Spinl
n in part compromises for the otherwise rude per
Torrance. In the evening our payers are below
deck" With many passengers IN small YES
SCI dlicultic. might have been expected, but moth
ing unfavorable of consequence occurred between
the Mcndians or the missionaries. Mr.. Steele
writes
"Thc Mendians have in general been we'll Ih,ve adj
min,tred medicine To about hall dozen OF them with sue
cess The SCH gIrl was worse ior WINE "eI We e''
M Nork but ,be !, now well They still seem deslrsus
40 improve aud have books about from DAY TO day
reading and asking questions Their confidence y ~" very
suon" even m u. Dav before yesterday hey began 10
fear that all night They had observed uc starr
and thought not gong the right course In lh'
evening We had squs winch was 80 Noeh lp re" mo-
mems ist struck the vessel VIII suth orer a. "
make every thing tremble again. and uhew some vac on
deck The al The helm did not understand ms duy'
and the SwOTe him and threatened nm dItduluul'
lie would stamp the deck to add force 10 Ms "otus
This excited the MendIdns very much and some ct lheni
slept not at all during the night Yesterday one OF ,e s
saw Mrs Raymond weep Tor moment from some cdusc'
and she readily put the worst irocon upon H. anu com
municacd 1t to the other. They nn.y told ~ thet ss
'Thev thought the very bad man, ahd lhat they
would br carried some other pace than Sierra lone.
They inquired Ne would not iof'ahe 'hem IL ue
10 they would their country was on there lucy
inquired the for The vess" laying to-seerg toward
various points OF tue compass Ae'-ann we eNp,deu !"
them well able, pointing Oui our position OIL
map, telling them the sun was oNcrht al ~ htr couh
ny. but that was yet lar To the south OF u iney seeu
u be satisfied III part hut sometimes oohed very serious
and even anxious. Al times they would walch sa, oohl
they have, and ash questions as We Neeied from SCUM
east south They also troubled when they see 'e>
Sci ami about calling at - Jago ihey say hey h'ar1
nothmc about that before they lei Nc"-fwA. we zen
need fresh water as ours On board Is now very bad
Tile MendIaus we're Tor while very dssous uist We
should take guns with rs into Mend When they under
stood the reasons why could sol they seemed satisfied
They then INSISTED upon carrying tobacco with Us but
Ne told them We wanted To- do uem good, ana that We
thought tobacco would do Them good AMER much tain
iey >ecEed to be satisfied. We Think We may suier some
consequence TINS account, tor suppose that tobacco
Is more nearly te currency Ot The country an any Other
We Get their confidence more and MORE occasionally
n come, out With which we're before uuac qudnted
For example, Cnque says that he gave the douboon>,
which reported be had thrown into the SEA. to Capt
Gedney. We have made soGle progress m obtaining then
language with which they seem greatly pleased ana can
now understand OF their phrases and lew OF
them We are inclined 10 think shall hnd II copous tor
az unwrt,en language The Mendiars continue TO I'M
prove although have been able 10 have regu-
lar school. THINK the Instructions they have received
The passage will be OF service TO Them.
Aiter nchoIing al Porto Praya st Jago) SATURDAY
lernoou boat Win rut came along sdc The Ncndlans
eager trade, AMI even proposed to > their clothes
We di>,stied ihrua a. well could We iflrd
siruct them relation to toe Sahbah. and earnestly
PRAYED that at th> place might he short Early
SuEUay morning boat, along SIDE 10 trade. They
brought iSa oranges co,oanut, and che ken> Clnqnt
told thrn Ne buy io-dsy-you CONF tomorrow and
We huy' The TEMPTATION however, Was too much Tor
" them. found Bern taking of b. coat TO exchange
oranges ami GrabsaI had taken hi jacket TO give for
three chickens word from NJ Ray mond put an eSd To
H. Early Monday morning tic Missionaries enl ashore
a., rrlta IL. \,