New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-18
Eurther African Items.

\ letter of January 7, from Monrovia Liberia.
70 the Commercial Advertiser, says " The princi'
pol part Of my receipts is in palm oil, aud to keep
up my business | am obliged to have good
sediment Of English and German goods. or
course We must have tobacco and provisions from
America, bat Everything we now get from other
countries, and at very reasonable prices. | sim
cerey believe that were more OF US 10 give our
attention 10 farming, we would in very short
time have better foundation 10 rest on than We
BOW have, and our commercial department would
thereby be greatly advanced but agriculture will
never be carried on TO any great extent or profit
until we driven 70 il by necessity, and the ma
tives be no longer our dependence.
A letter from Bassa Cove, from the Hon. Ste
phen A. Benson, dated December 23d, says-"I
am happy 70 say that alter nearly iortnghts de-
tention at NOnrovia, the emigraEts by the Edgar
arrived here, on the 18th inst, and are now COM
fortably and satisfactorily located at Bexley. They
appear very anxious b go right 10 work, being
much encouraged by looking at the farms they
have seen ia cultivation. Although many OF them
were DESTROYS to remain at Monroyia, they are
now all pleased that they have come here. | am
much pleased with Captain Ellis, oil the Edgar,
and think him deserving If all praise for his kind
treatment OF the emigrants.
" A bill has passed the present SESSION Oh our
Legislature, authorsing Bassa Point to be settled
by one hundred volunteers, 70 each OF whom q
town lot and farm are to be given. The voiun-
teers are expected 10 be at the Point IN January.
II am much gratifed 70 learn that NewJersey
intends TO form a settlement in the interior: The
Inhabitants Of this country, az meeting held last
August, arranged for partial exploration oil the
interior for two or three hundred miles. II prac-
ticable we intend 10 trace up the river St John 70
it's source. IL was first proposed that the party
should consist Of ten but as II Is our intention 70
ooen roads. &c, IL bas been determined TO In
L. 49, fort afiya in.
crease our NUMBER 10 tblity OF iOrty, htNes IN
clsded
Il have shipped this year no less than $4,000
gallons Of oil and 40 tons Of camwoOd"
Private accounts from the coast OF Africa says
the Jni,ed Service Gazette, are that the slave
trade is on its last legs, and nearly al ths slave
dealers on the South coast are bankrupt ouch
was the vigilance Of the cruisers that there were
5000 slaves in the barracoons at Amoriz, which
thew would not run the risk Of shipping. The
Phoenix, screw sloop, commander Lysaught, was
stationed off that place. The pnZe captured by
the Clyclops, steam frigate, Hon. u. + Hastings
Captain, on the 18th oil November, hsa Deen walt
ing four months for the chance Of slipping away
with her cargo She had actually passed under
/ the agships stern, az Loando, without suspi-
cion. but was fortunately seized upon by the Cy-
! clops. She was Of one hundred tuns burden, but
had go slaves. She shipped her cargo, one morn.
! ing twenty-five miles north OF Loando, AZ .
| O'Clock, and at p NJ she was under the guns OF
I the steamer. enc ben NO sla'c en~ - ~
crowded that the Cyclops, for humanitys sake,
took out 300 of the poor wretches ana conveyed
them to St Helena. The health OF the squadron
ives az good as that on the Mediterranean or Pa
I cihc stations
| An American merchant vessel, name not stated.
/ had been made prize of by the hattler on tne
African coast, as, although there was no save, On
board, abe had large quantity OF very suspicious
articles She was nearly full OF merchsnan,s .I,s.
H. w A psyker was murdered at 6ahinas
some time in October by one OF the natives mr.
p. emigrated to Liberia in 1925 r A., Parker
When the news Of the murder o. &C. Cant Pat
reached Monrovia, H. B. NJ. big hoanSG .stsfan
ten, sailed for the purpose Of dsmaHN MOI succeed
ton from the chiefs at the S5s.troSed the to vas Of
ing, he landed i force George or" ". Rogers