Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-07-09

The Sun says the invention by which this marvel was
achieved has been patented by III. S. Beach, and
ssts of an improvement on Hoes last fast" by which
the second form takes the place of the balance weight
on the type drum. The sheet, after being printed on
one side, in the usual way, is Immediately drawn back
and printed the other sde from this second torm-
One special advantage gained is in thus drawing back
the sheet without checking or changing the ordinary
motion of any part of the press The speed OF the press
thus remains undiminshed, while the amount OF work
done by it is doubled Some time ago Mr.. Beach offer
ed $4,000 to any person who would invent press TO
print both sides at once together with other i'm
provements connected with printing apparatus and,
strange say he is the first to claim the reward
for having invented the press to do 1T on.
Liberia.
We find the annexed account of Liberia, The African
COLONY in letter from COL j. B. Danforth, purser in
the navy to his paper in Iinoisthe Rock Island Ar
gus His statements differ widely from many accounts
that have been published in this country by the coon
cation society; but Col d. has been there, and being
shrewd observer, ought to know of what he writes
Monrovia is much smaller and less interesting town
than Freetown, and it gives one very good idea of
what the negroes can accomplish This is all the town
of any Importance in the colony of Liberia. 1t has
been peted by the American Colonization Society for
40 years. the last nine of which it has been an ndepn
dent government
The face of the country around is fiat and unnterest
ing, and the population idle, lazy, INCIDENT set
sluggish stream empties itself into the ocean here called
the Missurado river It is not navigabe AT its mouth
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at high 'de, and land alongside pile of rocks they
| call wharf.
The town is small, and its business smaller. They
have streets-that u.s. open space between the line OF
shantes which entirely covered with grass except
here and there path where the negroes from one
house to another They have teams horse or mules
not one in town. The president of the republic, S. A
Benson, did have mule, but 1t died They say that he
has colt up in the country and will have horse when
| it grows up
Our consul John L. Forney, Esq, accompanied me
to see the the elephant" We first visited congress,
which is now in session The senate consists OF eight
ust family niggers and the house of representatives
of eleven. The ex-presdent, Roberts, is nearly white,
and wears white moustache! The present president,
Benson is full blooded darkey, is also the vcepres
ident, Gates. | was also introduced to the supreme
court ! and to the general, Payne They are
all coonists e. persons born in the United States, and
sent out here by the colonization society.
They had up great question in the house of repre-
sentayes viz the proprety of increasing the salaries
of the officers and the speeches highly amusing
One fellow who did not to be in the secret had
ventured to assert that addition OF $50 to the Judges
salaries might break the colony. An honorable men,
Der replied with much spirit, as follows:
"Mr Speaker and Gemmen DE gemman last up
says Liberia may broke. Gemmen, you can't do it
Liberia can't broke-ony rich folks broke. Yah
yah"' Great appause)
/ They have four colonies, viz Missurado, Bassa, 81
noe and Cape Palmas, the last of which for many
years colony in the State Of Maryland, and called
the State Of Maryland in Liberia" Our State of
Maryland had started the colony, and paid annually
$4,000 for its support. Recently the State of Mary
land in the United States concluded that she had money
enough for that purpose and she stopped the supplies
The colony therefore annexed itself to Liberia.
The population of Liberia is estimated to be about
2OOOOO-nearly all of which native L" bushmen. .
The colonist proper number about 10000, and cast
about 1900 votes Their counties our) answer to our
states and their governments is modelled after our own
They have jail, three churches, and receptacle
house where emgrants are kept until they can take
care of themselves Their deences four small how
tiers mounted hill town; four more which lay
unmounted and half covered with sand on the beach
where they were first landed and which is in
the same condition, unsghtly place they call a
government square. Their navy consists of a little
schooner the I" Lark, which presented to them by
Great Britain.
The whole business of the colony seems to be controlled
by few families, who monopoize all the Offices control
the funds and tax the people to the extent OF their ab
ty to pay fair opportunity 40 years. and under the
aid of the home Colonization Society," has been given to
see what the negro can do. What little evidence OF
civilization they do exhibit is only that reflected from the
whites and about 20 years more will probably explode
the humbug. I believe now, if the aid afforded them
from abroad withdrawn that they would nearly all
take to the bush in very short time J!
From the Boston Courer.l
Agassiz Remain I'm America.
A paragraph has been going round the papers which
originally appeared in the London Athenaum stating
that Prof Agassiz would later accept the
splendid offer twice made him by the Emperor of France
of the superintendent of the Garden of Plants with
salary of twenty-five thousand francs and seat in the
Senate It is perfectly true that this atterng offer
was made to him months ago, and gratefully de-
cned and is also true that when the Professor return
ed from his scientific visit to Key West few weeks
since he found awaiting him Telegraph letter from
the Minister of Public Instruction, renewing the inv
tation in the most pressing terms, and allowing him
period of two years. in order to complete his scientific
engagements in America But the second proposal was
also declined with suitable acknowledgements. 1t is
to be supposed that the prossorshp the Garden
of Plantsthe most splendid scientific position in Flu
rope and which we happen to know the object and
goal OF Professor Agasslzs early dreams and aspirations
was declined without some struggle. We presume
that the barred honor of sitting in the Senate Chamber
-supposng that there Senate at the time OF his
be held by him at its real and exact WORTH
and not for moment taken into account in making up
his mind But the decision deliberately and firmly
made, and have reason to doubt that the induce
ments which led him to stay such would bring
him to the result hereafter under similar offer.
The truth is-and we wish to have the nations OF
Europe France included to understand it-that we do
not to let Prof Agassiz leave America. We have
need of him here and we love and honor him too much
to have him go away from If he wants money, he
shall have it and know that he will never want any
more than he ought to have We have broad CONT
nent filled with all of creatures that creep
walk fly or SWIM that crave his investigation and re-
port Go where he will-send where he will-he will
find Jealous and intelligent assistance, sometimes from
his pupils and sometimes from his personal friends and
the friends of science. Everywhere he will meet with
helpers, co-workers and assistants, who will feel it
privilege to range for him the field the forest the river
the sea- the lake. and lay their spols at his feet What
the power of Alexander did for the scientific spirit OF
Aristotle is accomplished here by the spontaneous inter
est of an active and INTELLIGENT community moved in