New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-12
NEw-YORK COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

Dutch Reformed Church. Lafaycite-place, on Thursday
evening The audience rather select than numef-
Gus The Rev. DIR. HoLDIcH opened the meeting Win
PRAYER. Mr.. ASsoN G.. PHELPS took the Chair, and
Mr.. DIssosw,r read an abstract Of the Annual Re
port, of which We present the leading features.
In presenting this Annual Report the Board of Man
agers state that during the past year one OF ,heu nun
her the Rev J. :. Spencer DID, Of Brooklyn, long
one of the Vce-Presdenis, has deceased The rroas-
urcr reports that the receipts during the year were
1881 50, and expenditures sle,s3s ~. Amid me
very general falling on in the receipts OF most oenevo
leni and RELIGIOUS associations the New-fork State
COLONIZATION Soeeiys receipts about the Same a.
they last year. -,
Owing to the pecuniary difficulties of the country
but little progress has been made IN the formation Oh
the Uuited States and Liberia Steamship Company
Tie Association has been perfectly organized howev%
and some $40. 900 of its stock taken up.
Since our Annual Meeting in May, 1854, hve expesh
tons have sailed for Liberia with 555 emlgrans. nc
bark Estelle was chartered by the New York STATE
COLONIZATION Society and sailed for Liberia ON the Sc
October last with % emigrants- The Corresponding
Secretary of this Society, the Rev. John Is i1nney'
accompaned the emigrants, reaching Monrovis on
the 10th of December. After revirtng the scenes on
his former abors in Africa and gaining much most VAL
uale and reliable information IN relation To the young
RenubIe. he embarked for the United States on the
s,b of January and arrived in New York April H.
The Managers in conclusion remark: African colon
ization may be opposed again and again, s,ih ~
destined to triumph and is at this moment the D~'
uan 10 elevate and civze the colored man IN Afres
and TO secure from social and political death the col
Ored race of America -
The Rev. DIR. P,SsEr moved the acceptance AMI
publication of the Report.
The Rev Dir. GOuRI ~ addressed ue iheounb' w"
have no room for his remarks
The Rev. Mr. PrssEY next addressed the meeting He
smoke of the many Southern Shareholders who desro"
20 beraie their slaves; Of the whole plantations VINO
wanted but to go to Liberia, whom the Society coud
not obIge by taking them off their hands and send
them there for want of funds. lie had JUST
returned from his fourth voyage to AFRICA
II had been found that the mortality among unac-
climated immigrants was very gfea', ana ,.e ~.
was spread abroad that this was the fault OF me Co,o
nzation Society. He was sent out TO Liberia oy VI
Board of Managers TO examine into the ruin %, VI
report; while there he saw many Encouraging ming
in the want Of care and fOrehought and attenien U"
The par of the Agent of the Society and again ne saw
great deal that gave him much satisfaction re ma
not so much time to make Investigations rs no eo
sired the vessel in which he went being on a ualih
vovnoe and not at his disposal He st landed at Mon
royia and the first place he entered was hne chu,c"
Some of the teachers in the School were ose VINO noi
been little boys when he was there some 10 years Do
fore President Roberts was next called upon, An
then he got boat and, refusing all offers from the gen
tlemen who wished to accompany him to point out mo
farms and sugar mills he get ont alone 10 spy out 'ns
land TIE frst place visited was New-1e1rgia,
Element Of recaptured negroes IT was much deteorated
and diIatidaed aud did not seem to be nearly 40 pros
Porous ss years ago. Lower Caldwell was next VS.
tied: the came state of things existed there, but nos
more than onehalf Of the number OF inhabitants 70
sided IN the place compared with the population 81 ID
wears before. There was no receptacle Tor imml-
grants there, and the people asked that one mgn' D.
built to bring back prosperity Not one o. ue ,'n'n,-
grants from this country were living There were no
coffee or sugar plantations OF any consequence
! people only raised a few roots and herbs Tor iood.
Virginia on the ST. Paus he found in much the sans
/ condon Further up the river a better state on
things presented themselves. Extensive plantaonsof
coffee and sugar and fine farms and dwelling houses
| appeared on both banks Of the river. The node on
cultivation and the way in when tney crnsneu VIC
Gene was primitive in the extreme They did not en-
nlov oxen 10 turn the mill because they were 30
small, and cost more TO keep than a man; 80
they put ten dozen men TO push rounh the Dea"
of the sugar mill. They said they wanted s'eam l-
| engine. and he did not doubt il some small onss
were sent out that in year or two many "
| the people could afford to pay for mem. Ino
speaker argued that the perseverance OF he peoP'e
under such mechanical difficulties wns yeIy p, o,sv
ing Sign He spoke at length OF the coioniSt naln
Uooner formerly with Mr.. Donaldson OF Whns
Plains in this Suite who was doing wonderfully wen-
He lad fine farm and coffee plantations ana o"e'nB
house and when he went out owned nothhg. .no
VILLAGES of Liberia had much defenorafed "hne us
farming regions yastIy improved. Inc cJne nc.
Liberia il superior 10 any other IN the "ono' oo'' NJ
ouaiy and quantity of crop. IL was IN ms OPINION ne
to impossible that any person ordinarily lnu"su.ous
could suffer from want in laDena, "htr ha.nro
wa 20 lavish and lumnsnt. IL was true
that come OF me lmimgIan.s " "a so'na 81
them died; but the Society had done all IN ueiI power
10 nroyide for their wants during this period. Inc
snfrker went next TO Cape Palms. on the ~ johns
River AZ this place be found the grave OF buehsn-
nsn unmarked ty any sign Of affection or esteem
Sos,e ore rad uIanted an orange-ree upon II, and
ysndal wanting cane had cut il down. Mr. GooH-
LEY said he planted that tree, ana me, wiien ne S
| In Alicia the crave was marked with piece 0f n
| SLAYER tha. he had got conhscaiedI hr' fihhey
| Lored flat til PEOPLE Of this oouHtry woaia soon
nlaee a fitting monument over the ue grave
| t. ,b.n won't On 10 demonstrate that tho
| siev.boLiers were liberal and whoh~oued PM
IantbreDts who wanted but the opportunity TO hoe-
INTO ana sspd their slaves to Lbera. Upon the coast
near The ST. Johns River itappears the SOCIETY have
onIy rad a .rnen and uncomfortable house to accom-
| MEDIATE the immigrants during the penod OF ac-
cir alton instead OF the fine house they supposed
! had been erected. The greater part OF the sum
appropriated to that purpose had been expended IN hr-
ing men to guard the immigrants from the fl-hrnfn VINO
formerly owned the territory, regretted that they hau
parted with IT, and endeevored by force Of arms To do
poesess the immigrants He advised that the socnty
/ build commodI0us houses before they send out
any more immigrants, one-fourth Of whom wouo die
in the next year, unless the necessary acconmoda-
| tous for food and housing were Afforded them He
| adyer,ed TO the want of capital in Liberia; they
| had no means of IniercomInuncation, therotorc
the reports of the Custom-Rouse were no criterion
| ~ the importz and expoTs Of the country. The
aEngish merchants hoi commenced most
nourishing coasting tadc with the LberiAns.
| New-Ycker ought to do the same He bad
seen enough to conyV zee Inn that COMMERCE would ~
moe than anything else to civiize Africa He bad