New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-19
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
Prom Liberia.

Con. CsseoRy, Of the u. s. Navy, Who
IA. JUS, returned from the West coast of Affca' I"
has family IN he1.Hayen, has furnished 70 Isf ''a
s,esst.ose.u he following copy Of .enof "h''"
- he'd 70 eeived rom Carl MaGsson- AZ t-Apf"f'"H
Agent seat 10 Liberia
Us sHis YoRKrosss, hoSRosi, Road.
SIE I have the honor 10 fesof. !" ~ 10 =
etedience 70 your orders OF tie -. ~ - "a -
vlsroc Bassa Cove. 4, which place arrived On th-
9Th Of February. .,. ..-
Iu,ge Henson to ~hon Ia Df'h i'r''i-. '' r.
a. on. gbon should hni 70 DC gcatema'ly ih n',
a,,vo,toen, and Hlilug a yell as capable " amor
az ALI the information wncn, IN ac'oi nc -,
your Ulsbes / vas dcsrous 10 Obtain ana III .'l,
vas NOT DISAPPOINTED. having found hfe 'p-fif"N
.nd otlgtng IN al things. mad previously prtpA
.vsen wIih a sci Of questions, from ihc fepies 70
w6ich deduced the following TAGS -.
The County OF Grand Bassa o. whoa ba'sa .o'e'
.ahon0b no, The most pOyLl0us, IS tAe C0lnty lp" -
"a. formerly under me protection OF tue Fehii'Y'-
vapia Colonization society ard d princ pa.y I 81
tied Nv elnigrants from Virginia and Nayiai1' az
fcw from south Carolina, Georgia Kentucky '.4ll
Tennessee With very small NUMBER ron l'e"-
YORK and Connecticut. The town o. 80 '''t
hes on the point formed BY the Junction OF the MYERS
~. JONAS and Benson, and almost !LHfhe jidssy ~
poslte, at the reunion u The T. johns and Nef1'h
MYERS, IS situated the town OF Edna, AMI seven
miles further up the 81 Johns IS the tJHn OF BeAlsy
Bassa Cove contain % hundred and siGty iuadJ-
rants Edna four hundred and thirty and BeNey
thrse hundred and eighty, about one MN OF "noh
IN each town arc natives The REMAINDER ar cih4-
grants from the United states
All these places are regularly iad OF. INTO streets
running at night angles and thc squares are 'i'tc
hundred feet allowing each DWlcing lot ~ Dc sixty
feet by depth Of one hundred and MY Inc Dnid-
IDgs are constructed chiefly Of wood, when IN ny
OPINION bad policy, ~ The constant inter- lals 81
We. and dry seasons causcs them 20 fo' alu' it4'd
20 this, the myriads Of insects when this climate
suoles makes them sOOn 20 10 decay. rms c"nii
b. avoided By substituting some or BRICK, me iai.sf
article beng now made IN various parts OF lhe re
pubic but that which should reco nlnend IN place
OF either OF the above articles, Is iron, when PIE
sumo you are aware rs now used extensively III Il
galvanized stale, III The nted state, ior IN, con
stmciion ~ houses md although The chccis OF gal
van SIN would be- fully tested IN TINS humid chm e,
Ne, doubt not IA { IRON would form The best dricle
Tor The construction of houses.
II gave me much pleasure to learn from all Nth
whom cOnycrsod, tDat the moral and religious con
duou Of this part OF tie LibeTan Republic u most
cheering. there berg hut ittlc vice whiie tIniy
gratifying religious character IS very apparent -
Cove contain. two churches one belonging 20 the
Baptlsts the other to the McthOdlsts. Edna has
three chuTchcs, ore 10 each OF the denominations
composed Of Mc'hOdIsts, Bap'ists and Prcshytenans
Attached 10 each of these churches y f)nrLshing
sunday school. attended by natives, az wen as
American children Tho average attendance IA ne
above three towns being two hundred and eighty ave
OF whom one hundred AMI twenty one are naive
Youths There are also Al Bcxicy two day schools
and BaSSa Cove and Edna CdCh has one. Al lhese,
bowever, taught a. present only the rhlnen-so OF
an cNiuca,ion bni TINS cannot continue long, as the
cause Of education gong ahead
The condition Ot the people at Grand bassa can
not but be- considered highly prosperous, aS ihey
are slowly but steadily mere 1sne N agriculture ana
commerce
The cultivation Of coffee receiving a, this place
su.Clal attcnliCH-Judgc Benson alone having TWEEN
" FIVE acres devoted TO that OBJECT and there are
Others but little below HIM m that quantity 81 lind
In the whole country there are twenty thousand
trees planted, so that Grand BaSSa produces more
coffee than all other parts OF Liberia Unite me qua
NJ I4sl /. la IA, Law
can be cultivated to extent, as u IS ndgenoustO
M soil and Is found IN great abundance
The export Of Grand BaSSa consls, cmehyoi PAIN
oil can,wood, ivory, drfowrJOt, ginger, and as YET
small quantity Of coffee, and lmOuntcdaStyc nom
Bassa Cove and Edna alone To about twenty-five
thousand dollars. The imports emorace the usual
necesSaTes OF lie, wiih but ew uxurcS the amount
OF which was unable Ia obtain
The BaSSa tribe of natives surround this point OF
Liberia and are represented a. beng R1WVcry rchi-
w. and Wl,lng 10 work for a frr compensation when
not employ ca On theiT own farms. IL may oe proper
for me Ia mention taat within a very few days oil my
ARRIVAL ai HCssa Cove, population rom one ol tlt
far far inland tribes. came to sohcl' iha com MS
sIon,rS might % appointed on N part OF 'lberA,lo
make arrangements with all the intervening Nipe'-
for Gle ar passage to the seaOOdrd, Tor she purpose
that all NIGH, have "A opportunity OF bringing t'l
produciioIs free rom my obstacle, which am told
Ihe other tribes have been IN the hlMt OF 'AcrclS
mg The comnll>S uncrs were accordingly appoint
81 This ms one of The Signs OF the tunes - an IN
do ,tun of ,hc PROBABLE increase a. 'hc commerce
O. Llhona.
But have reserved COR The latter par. 81 my re-
port hat which cannot INT deem % pe the most
important Inc towus OF Ba,si Cove ,nd f. ina,
tauuch only very snort distance within the mouth
the river - Johns, are DISTRACTED oN adangerous
bar, which al most times unsafe, and al some
pftiods mposSll, To pass while 40 distance OF
only two IN les 10 the southwark, ln what l. termed
loo cove. Is u most desirable situation Tor a town
~,u Supplied With water and every other r'lW-
ste for a sciien cnt and tt which l'l kinds 81
bVals land with perfect safety even IN mo worst
Ne ahts.
tamtoi' D. d, in contemplation io form a conmn-
ntN oE tins site and my only wonder Is ila' II "ls
selected for the settlement or. II hri overlooked
WIN u should have been - long neglected trust
the information which have received al The tntrn-
mon L. form new town o. the >lte OF Whai Is now
called :, h,oWu, anC which Is al present ten oraN
occupied oy kroomon, viii prove 20 De- correct, as
there Is NO spo, that have visited on the Whocco
which think So well calculated ioe a convenient
por' and y mad ANY influence with f1c AMERICAN
Colonization society. would use TIA most siren
uouSy recommending ihai TINS point >solid receive
Their immediate attention, for n = 30 tr superior -
ang other situation. IN commercial point Of view,
that cannot tut thmk tina, the uure VIII see 81 be-
teua, ana hope the Am, rlcau toiCulHttlOn society
viii take TIE earliest opportunity % supplying ne
county 81 Grand Ea>>A with Intelligent AMI eater
pUSnc rmeart>, SOME of Nhom at least snail possess
amor,ra.C capital.
Imc;nr,d oi Jutre Benson whether coaN be IT
any assistance ia he people OF Grand BaSSt, INT ne
could HOT tbinA Il ANYTHING only ieHarsng tha;
wat Grand Ea,>l most wanted Wts a. teN men OF
enterprise ant moderate capital.
have the honor Go o.. yerf respectfully,
lVur oacCSnt >cNaa..
JoHN y Ar Ton, Commander.
Ecu, WA II GpEGogY. commanders Naval Forc :.
Saa>t al AiliCa