New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-18
,..,c,x ExpLoRArIos.- Lieut.. Lynch, ofthe

..,,c,N EXPLORATION. Lieut. Lynch, ofthe
sct,,es Navy who acted superintendent OF tle
.,s mead Sea Expedition. has recently embarked at
I.'e york for London whence he viii proceed in the
f british line of steam crs for Africa Tae object of
pesson mon which he hos entered under the orders
W y 10 Government is 10 make certain inquiries and
,~ements preliminary to an intended exploration OF
- SNest Coat of Africa. IL Is certainly matter worthy
tc general interest and appreciation that the United
100 have ~ last determined 10 investigate the physi
sJhsrncier and resources Of country which is rap
r. growing into commercial IMPORTING, and that
yso,tept an officer has been chosen by the Executive
- = he the initiative steps IN the movement
since the period when the first efforts male 10
:~iye a regiCn which nature has endowed with
,;lnv and productiveness. much encouraging change
- hsen effected in the moral and political condition Of
,umber o. the African tribes, and Through the happy
of the knowledge OF mechanic arts and acquired
sbs Of industry, they have made themselves and the
rpectye districts OF territory which taey inhsbt OBJ
as Of lively aBt Increasing sOcitude 10 the
II as well a. the phlanhropic enterprise of the age
rest Britain ac.uated by that farsIghted and prudent
nocy which has contributed largely b extend her
empire and her wealth, began very long ago 10 form
con,eetion with Western Africa having founded her
uresent settlement at Sierra Leone early 1877.
Her exeon, IN the cause of civilization in that quar-
Ter stimulated they doubtless were by motives of
Ultimate advantage TO her commerce. have been already
richly rewarded IN the fruits Of most valuable and eX
handing trade with the natives end may gather
potent incentive 10 emulation in the OF cultivatng
nbnste relations OF intercourse and traffic with the
people from statement Of the progress and profitable
les Of the commercial dealings between them and
Birth merchants. In le27 England received from AZ
nca bur little th0n 1900 worth Of palm oil At
mesent she imports quantity OF the annual value OF
100000. in 1855, fOrty-seven bushels oil ground mute
yere exported from the Gambia; now between eight
and nine millions Of bushels yearly exported In
,ddOn 70 the above named articles, vast supplies Of
gger ivory, gum arabic gold dust and other products
81 the country, ere exported in English eIp-
The resources OF Senegambia, Liberia, and Upper
Guinea In ell the products OF the tropics ualnited
md with the advancement Of these in industrial
shl and socin Improvement those various and exhaust
ls stores oil material wealth in which they abound will
he and more successfully developed and the trade
Of which they constitute the staples will proportiOnatey
enlarge II is asserted by intelligent who in.
formed, nom personal observation, OF the capabilities OF
toe soil the West Coast, that indigo and cotton may
be produced 10 IN almost indefinite extent the later
plant IL beginning 70 be raised in considerable quaint
hes snd the opinion prevails that when enterprise and
attention properly devoted its culture, and the
necessary facilities OF transit arcproyded Tor conveying
II 10 market the production OF cotton VIII become an
important and extensive element OF African commerce
The sugar-cLnc, BlsO, finds, under the same nrisnV
sum- hourishiDg growth and local industry alrcady
uIncd with most suspicious results 10 III cuuVauoh
Individual planters have raised in one year as uh "s
hree thousand bounds of sugar Moreover labor IL IN
vested most probably in growing rce, gathering craps
and oranges, which are found cvcrywdere III "iiu
IuxursDcc and in preparing for commerce the native
lumber among which the rose, cane, paini ana
ohcr equally valuable woOd1
In brief intelligent man who has gwen any atten-
lion TO the subject fail 10 that the West Coast OF
Africa is rapidly assuming a condition and attitude In
relation 10 commerce and civilization which promise
hehly important consequences, and should engage the
SERIOUS regard Of our Government The step just taken
In the mission of Lieut. Lynch is very cOmmcndabic
one and we hope see 1t followed up with the Ugor
and hberality which the object so eninenty deserves
a. a national Question North American.