Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-01-01
REPuBLic or LIBERIA, AFRICA.


Liberia, In sail about The 10Th uf January
one irom Baltimore via Savannah tie
o,h-r tom New Orleans. where there
arr about 100 emgrants, who can have
t,crc irrrdom bu, II is TO be feared that
no, more than half of them owing 10
the wnni of means of the society. can
nj the resent Time.
II is very desirable that every friend
o. the colercd race would aid in settling
{ EN- where they can nc most benefited.
Liberia ia AiricI ID one favorable posi-
ton for them there is n hourishing
young Republican Government, with IN
exclusive administration OF their own
the white man not allowed TO cast a
vote or even TO own n foot Of real estate.
The climate is genial, the soil rich,
amply rewarding the husbaldman. One
man, Zion Harris, will realize this year
from his farm OF 10 acres, $1,000, with
nett profit Of $500. have before me
letter from Mr.. Harris dated Caldwell,
May 20, 1851, to Rev. II. II. Gurlcy,
from which ! make the following tx
tracts:
W have 4 good home would net
change it for any under heaven. have
tried il twenty one years, aud have
horne The heat and burden Of tie dny
and i, gets better and better. was
eighteen years old when cane here
| have grown to he maR-in America
I never could have been II man-ncvcr
would get large enough. Would my
colored brethren believe this? They
keep writing to me to tell them all abou,
,hc country let mc tell them il little
Liberia has raiscd up lcr bowed head
and has taken stand with some Of The
CREATES, nations OF the earth; she ha.
s'ruck 1T The stone that bowed as down
in Amer ca. have grown so large
lhrr | have had the honor and the pleas
urr y, being member OF the L"gisla-
,ur, fsc or six years. bid you ever
hear tell of such thing in America =
Va. no; nor ever will AL OF you ,hal
feel like il. my friend, come home the
bush j. cleared away You can hear no
one say there is no,hing 10 eat hcrc.--
WHY. one man. Gabriel Moore. brought
beitrr tlan tMc hundred cattle from the
inle, ipr ihls year; another hundred
some >ixtv. somr fifty, &c. There are
h ,gs ia, RI, thcy ea! 40 'uIhc!S; Why
saw fifty or slsty m TIE street at Nils
uurg, he other day. No horscs--l hay
q I tour in my stable now; lave
mare and two colts. and lave horse
that | have been oiI,Vd an hund ed
dollars lor here. II you had him he
would bring e hundrcd. lfyou don't
believe it, let some gentleman send me
a buggy or "A single gig, you shall sre
how myself and wife will ta~c pleasure
m going from town TO town; throw the
harness IN too, any gentleman that feels
like il, white or co'orcd und | will try
ID send him boa constructor 10 take his
comfort know how to take the gen
tleman without any danger. Ny oxen,
I WAS working them yesterday; and as
for goats and sheep, we have Il plenty.
We have plenty 10 cal, every man
that will hall work"
This letter is IN ke' ping with most of
letters received from Liheran emigrants.
There are many Liberians, whose or
ders for large amounts of goods would
readily be filed in New York and Phil
adelphia, such as Roberts, Benson. Nc
Gil, Moore, Seymour, and the late Gov
crnor Ruswurm, who has two fine boys
now cling educated at seminary OF
much celebrity in Maine, one of which
is to learn tic art al ship building; the
other, fine ItIe fellow, with forehead
as igh aud well prorortioncd It's that of
any Anglo American Saxon, is fitting
mr college, in paration, pr bably, to
be- the chIri magistrate of the great A
rran Eastern Republic.
Liberia has churches ; the largest
proportion are Methodist and Baptist,
with their fail Sabbath schools com-
mon manual labor, boarding and high
schools Hlso She reeds Il college, aul
funds are now heng raised in America,
with much progress, too, for that rur.
,vsc. " Ih all these advantages.
know not why wc may not rational!y
,xpert to see rise up il Africa. II Beech
cr, Wayland. Burrcll, Howell, Freing.
hugs II, Tyrg, rasccm, ST. Augus,n.
with host Of other distinguished names
and a Scott, toe. Eomc, in her pa'my
days. was proud Of her kirlcan allies
and EthiopIa. like the Jews, il size able
not in unbrlrcC shall agni" stretch forth
her h ndS ln God. ~ thr HOLIDAYS are
about setting ~ WIl il not bc bruciitn
the ch rches of the various dcuumiua.
tions in Rhode Island. 10 take up cuIlcr-
tons in aid of the American Colonization
Society, freely and t,ounidully give
The present trade of Africa attaches
much importance, and ri"wed pospec-
lively, il is immense. We need fund.
very mu"h. aud though the tuhscrihcr
intends, IT, tar rs practicable. making
personal app,iratluns for contributions.
still he hope. to have the pleasure of
thankluI'y acknowledging ihe receipt of
many communications with doEa,lous,
however limited, through the poet clicr