Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-10-25
FROM LIBERIA.

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late number of the New Orleans Christia,z
.7dUocate publishes letter from E. DOUGLAS TAY-
LoR, who, with company Of one hundred and
thirty colored emigrants, sailed in the Aida, in
March last, for Since, in Liberia. Douglas Tay-
lor was preacher of the Methodist Church in
Alabama, and had been ordained by Bishop Ca
PERs. lie Is represented as intelligent and ear
nessy engaged in his religious duties.
GRrsvILLE, SIsoE, (ArsIcA,) Mar 80. 1851. p
DEAR oiR ny the bsrque Baltimore, sailing from this
po 70 ho Janelrc pen you few lines from of
aHca' 70 et You know how We all get along. We had
long and tedious passage Of days. and plenty SICK
ness On board bad fifty cases Of snal-pox and
We lost two BY il and three by other co.psins My wife
and child have been attacked by the aecmaing fever OF this
country bot have been sick yet The health OF the
other emisans is generally good We have been here abut
six weeks and up to this Tina have lost children Of the
company with the African fever
We have drawn land, and work clearing up
and getting ready TO build houses We four miles
from the sesshore, and will be located creek named az
ter Of the head Of the counySdier creek
The Baltimore brought out emigrants this place. one
hundred and twenty-six in number She arrived on the
2ad Of this month, oil passengers WE'LL and seeming good
spirits am going to visit Monova the last Of this to
have been kindly received by the church members and the
officers of our young republic.
About four miles from the seashors the face Of the land is
little sandy, but fst-raie for coffee plantations Above
that the land s good and rich any land in Alabama
but it wants horse power for cuvstng the s Corn and
cotton will grow spontaneously in this part of Africa
could only get beasts Of burden stir up the EARTH But
every thing IN the way Of farming has to be- done by the
tural power Of man. few stalks Of and cotton
growing in this place, looking very WELL but not az common
thing, for want Of horse power.
The climate il better here than in Alabama The s
reckon because here the days and nights about equal
One would think that in Liberia woad suffer nightly
from the in midday s perpendicular over US But
we have stesay breeze which fans he heat off, and
keeps up fum A. Nj ti II o'clock uight Ia my opn-
ion, s the re8uarest climate in the world and upon the
whole, this will bc very fine country The losg nights
give the ground good chance to COOL and that another
reason for the pleasant climate.
This place would be good commercial place if we had
few enterprsng to and settle, make arrange
mens with house in New Orleans to furnh them with
goods chsaP rate, to buy up ginger arrow roo, and
palm OIL Now, this would induce traders from all parts Of
the country to come here to purchase this Of the
finest situated Of all places the commerce The
mahogany wood the iron wood, and the red wood be
got here abundanty The first time ship comes she could
be nearly loaded and by leaving odera and advancing
something for purchases there would be full load ready BY
her return
There is great deal of fruit here all the time and coffee
saw coffee tree that half bushel Of coffee nigh. have
been gathered from, and then considerable left upon This
is considered the healhes part Of the country and be-
coming more 90 by being cleared up In my opinion when
the country 10 cleared there will be Of this accma,
ing fever The fever continues because the highlands in this
country different from other places The woods are all
the time green, and frost to kill the eaves and the forest
be burnt certain You twenty yards
to the bottom.
Sepents in Liberia, because have very
useful insect called the driver II is astonishing them
driving for their prey how they regularly and
themselves for twenty thirty yards piece of ground
and every tree and spot is searched by them.
have tried to represent the Methodist Church fairly.
preach every Sunday. There no feeling existing here
against the Methodist Episcopal Church South the
beshp are southerners principally Our house Of worship
dapidated state, and will have to remain So as the
members poor, and this but missionary station for
years to come Now our membership consists of two hun
ded and twenty-five We taking in good many Of the
Congo boys We have taken in twenty, confsssng be
converted.
Please publish to persons coming out to Liberia to bring
mules horses dogs. hogs Shoes medicines and provisions
and do not fail to bring ce seed and all other kinds Of seed
corn and farming tools. reckon the population Of this
county Is 200. The natives look Americans their
supeors, and nine ten tribes would combine fight
us but they warlike among themselves.
Please to give Mr.. Summers and Mr. Murrah, we'll
Bishop Caperr, my highest respects and remain very
pectfully, E. DOUGLAS TAYLOR.
Rev. Mr.. McTrnnr.