Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-08-03
DescriptiOn of Liberia.

We take the following description of the Re-
pubhc of Liberia, It's extent. population, settle
menrs. products, &c. from pamphlet just Is
sued in Philadelphia, A very general inter-
e., is now felt in The success 81 this Colony,
and The visit of It's Psesiden, to our City has
still more excited public curiosity. |, will be
seen that the soil, naturally fertile, produces In
abundance a large variety of tropical plants
aud frulrs, and ,ha, products TO large amount
have been erpOrted within two years. Educa-
ZION is not neglected, and The report of The re-
hgIous aspect of the Colony is very iauerlng :
LIBERIA.
EXTENT Liberia extends from Digby a,
The mouth cf<Poor River, on the Northwest,
TO Cavally River, on he Southeast, between
dee. 20 min. and deg. 40 min North lauIude,
and deg. 80 min and deg. Wes. Longitude,
from Greenwich The length of coas, between
Diyby and The Cavally River is about three
hundred miles. The territory Oi Liberia extends
from twenty TO thirty miles inland. The right
of possession and jurisdiction over all this line,
{wlth the exception of Young Sisters, has been
purchased by the American and the Maryland
Colonization Societies, and farther purchases
have since been made.
PoPULATIoN-The inhabitants of Liberia
emigrants from The Unued States and iheil
children, number three thousand five hundred
aud seven hundred occupy The Maryland Colony
al Cape Palmas To oihese may be added abou
five hundred natives, civilized aud admitted 10
The privileges OF the polls aud the rights OF cit
Izenship in general. The natives residing on
land owned by The Colony, aud directly amen
able to lis laws, are estimated from 10000 tc
$4,000. The population of the allied Tribes 10
The inferior, who are bound by treaty 10 ab
slain from The slave trade and other barbarou:
practices, is not accurately known, bu, may
be estimated al 100000
TowNs AND SETTLEMENTs.'--Mon Monrovia or
.he south side of Cape Mesutado, near the
northwestern boundary Of Liberia, is the Cap
lraI and chief place of trade. Population J.,
900. The other ports, not counting those II
the Maryland Colony, are Marshall on the Juhl
River, Edna, Bexley the 81. John's River
Bassa Cove, and GreenvIIe on The S'noe Rlv
-r. The more inland towns and their adIoinln:
settlements are Caldwell, New Georgia an'
MIllsburg.
PRoDUcTIoNs OF. THE SoIL.--Coffee, suga
cane. rice. cotton. indigo Indian corn, potatoes
vans, cassadas, bananas, auow-rou and nuI
may be produced in any quantity fruits arr
various aud abundant. These are all grown il
Liberia.
ExPoRTs.-The chief exports are camwood
palm oll and ivory, 10 The amount of $l23.69(
IN Two years. ending September. lS43. secor
ding TO the official returns. These are bT0ugh
fr0m the interior.
IMPORTS The Imports for the TWO years
as above, amounted to $l57 $50.
RELIGIOUS AsPEcr.--Churches %; eommu
aIcahIs 500; of whom 500 are natives and re
-capfured Africans.
EDUCATION. schools l6 ; scholars $50
"f whom 200 are native Africans The Sun
day Schools embrace far larger number
>, The statistics of the Maryland Colony at Cap
= di'l'as are aot given 10 this statemept.