The daily republic., 1853-08-25

Scotia and Cape Breton. A notice Of these coal
fields, and a statement Of the quantity Of Goals
exported from them to the United States, will be
found under the had of Nova Scotia.
ga free participation in the 6sherics near
tho shores Of the colonies regarded az the lust
prescriptive privilege of our fishermen. Without
such participation, our deopsca fisheries in that
region will become valueless.
SIN connexion with the right to land and cure
fish on the shores of the gulf, the free navigation
of the river St. Lawrence becomes matter of
much Importance.
"The fish caught by our fishermen in the gulf
instead of being sent by the long and dangerous
voyage around Nova Scotia, in order to. roach
some port in the Union from whence to be sent
into the interior, might, when ready for market,
be shipped in our own vessels from the fishing
stations on the coast, and these vessels proceed
ing up the st. Lawrence, might reach any or all
the ports places on the great lakes, where
supply of sea-fish is highly priced
''The numerous and constantly increasing body
of consumers in the Great West even to its re-
motest extremity, would thus be furnished with
good fish at reasonable rates. caught and cured by
our own hardy fishermen, and transported in our
own vessels. -
| We need not fear the rivalry of the colonies.
In the proportion that we stimulate them we
are benefited ourselves. The farmer Of western
New York or Pennsylvania will not be injured,
while the manufacturing, commercial, and
fishing interests will be all promoted. Not the
colonies but the mother country we must
watch. England will want concessions giving
her maritime advantages to enable her to keep
uf in the race for the commercial supremacy Of
the seas. This we cannot do. She will seek
it probably under cover Of her colonies, but her
policy would be understood and defeated.
| Important Colonization Scheme.
| communication which appears in the New
York Erening Post signed Lewis II. Putnam, states
that plan has been formed for the settlement Of
thrty-one rural districts in the territory of the re-
public of Liberia by the thirty-one States of the
American Union. 1t is proposed to settle three
hundred families in each district, each family hav
ing farm of its own, making, in all, an ,ggre-
gate Of nine thousand three hundred farms, and
about forty-six thousand FIVE hundred inhabitants
1t is proposed that each State shall undertake the
settlement of one of these districts, and for this
purpose the executive of such State shall appoint
board of commissioners to supply every family
| of einigrants with the means of earning its sup
port in compliance with the principles embodied
in the plan. As will be remembered by our read
ers, the Virginia Legislature, at its last annual
session, appropriated 500, 900 for this purpose,
and authorized the Governor of the State to ap-
point board of commissioners, thus taking the
initiative in carrying out this comprehensive
scheme of colonization.
other States we are not informed, but it seems
that the details of this plan published on the
first of December, 1852 and copies of the publica-
ton sent to the Legislatures of Maryland, Ohio,
and Indiana, in addition to that of Virginia. The
communication above spoken Of is now published,
to ask the cooperation of the several States of
the Union in this great work. $25,OO remitted
to the government of Liberia will enable it to or
ganize board of commissioners to begin the work
Of supplying emigrants with farms, without any
reference to the place of their nativity but simply
citizens of the republic. An experiment has
already been made by the New York Colonization
Society and the Liberia Agricultural Association
to establish sixty farms plan similar to the
above, and with perfect success. There is no
doubt fine field for such benevolent enterprises
in Liberia, and the spirit displayed by the propo-
sal of these plans deserves liberal support and en-
couragement.
DEGREE CoNFERRED.--The honorary degree of