The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-13

svbscroed and PAID 70 purchase s.A forward to Lss.
IA sugar Min The latest intelligence received gives
tam Of the late Mr. J. NJ Richardson. On he
81. Paul's river Another friend OF oo.oniz.ton has
trustees Eauos.oa tor e coss. "
another 10 the month OF August 1867 ACE e.
able for mat purpose Tsssmooas OF u,ssest n an
have not been wanting the part of our
friends BY ono q these legacy Of $1,000 vas be-
queahed 70 and by another certain proportion of -
estate Not outstanding the general calamity in ooa
merca and pecuniary AFFAIRS the cause OF colonizssa
God, TO suffer for lack Of 70 carry Il forward
MORTALITY.
.rou1 Aricss frisuas Is the psst 10 New Ycrs 49,
Grueverpor Esq and wm Vaudeville Of this city, aal
the venerable Archibald Mcintyre, Of Albany have besa
pzaou Society he's during the year lost FIVE Of i Woe
Presidents, including among them the Hon Chas. Msr-
for is AID earl, {wo oosrs "a -
office Of the sociey-Ar Noah Fletcher, bookkeeper,
on he melancholy III IL Africa eight noble minded :.
souaries who had for many years-of few as God hsA
enabled them-aborsd TO eaighteo her darkuess, have
nearly twenty years passed lives OF eminent piety cad
usefulness in liberia These Mrs Payne, the wife
40 long known Z. The teacher Of the Methodist scaos q
wbite Plains and Mllsburgh Tho others we're Rev 4.
Of the S % H q =:
ZION M Corsoo and Rev. Mr. Herrick and Dr. Ford, Of the
Gaboon mss,oa.
Tho society has been served most faithfully and eo-
emily the past year by excellent agents. The Row H.
By sns az s
cietys claims. done much 10 for the measure a
success already reported. They have everywhere az
perieDced the dishsartening influence OF the prevailing
pecuntay embarrassment but looking with hope fer
better future The board have unanimously resolved -
continue their services IL practicable, and entertain
doubt OF their eminent usefulness.
0RhkRAL REMARKS.
The events ranspiring In Africa the West Indies and
America relative to the renewed slave tradeshe xreas
extension Of commercial enterprse-and the opening up
OF access TO muudes in Africa both on the Niger aad
Zambez rveEshe use Of steam vessels to ascend these
great arteries Of commerce-unitedly demand from -
corresponding increase OF efforts to extend and perfect tho
great work in which we are engaged and thus 70 hasten
the day when Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands 70 God
The Rev. Mr. RMBo, an Episcopal missionary from Cape
Palmas, Africa, then camo forward and addressed ~
meeting He proposed resolution to the effect that the
missionary work In the colonization of Guinea deserving
OF support that the friends Of missions should be he
friends Of colonization Having bored for many years q
missionary in Africa and having something Of Ahs
is he thought that it would not be unlnerestag
he to institute comparison between the position
Of the native Africans and the presen, position Of Liberia
When q minister Of the Gospel entered upon parts Il
Africa where OF God has ever been before, he
usually found much 70 discourage him. but he laboreA
with zeal and pray erci ne would find good
fruits towing IN He thec at length described the moral
had not yet come Along the coast Of the Gambia tho
mrst degraded Of the pagan nations upon EARTH They
deed but they do not worship him They kno po.hug
his law and the law Of conscience which Is either
demnipg or commanding them, they are As ignorant Of:
They know nothing Of SIM the s;nuiness Of sn and
they are totally uniformed concerning the reality or
future state Of reward and punishment Concerning the
coming Of Christ Saviour and the merits Of bis Aonag
blood they 10 the most deporabe ignorance and in
fact they sunker In the depths Of bafbarous super
sition. The "etirh sysem very generally prevails aud
a n
forged BY their priests who live BY their blind creduJ
There is no bodily nnrmy that aicts the people bat
these priests have remedy for In the shape OF "gree
gree, or fetish charm. the land stricken by famise
the result Of this sys.em-f man suffers 81 ,kness
are always ready With q specific "gree gree" 70 msst
the and thus the whole land flooded with the IDOLS
Human sacrifices are every where made and the practice
OF witcbcraf is very general The people live almost in
state Of nature, ike the beasts that perish he then
viewed the condition Of liberia This colony, though fer
removed from the degradation Of which he spoke cha
racteriic OF the pagan natous ct had its dark vel
lis bright sides II had proved the buryng place Il
Colony s 20 ana go
Pama alone there upwards Of thousand people,
and the hou.es built on The larger settlements were very
good indeed. Some Of these houses dccensy far
nisbed, while others are very elegantly furnished and
tho onpers he bad the pleasure to attend served
90 well az they could be expected In this country There
several high schools in the colony and college f1
the training Of teachers Of the Gospel In Of
ceUiou Of saeS rSere &c one rssSy 0s
school, one Presbyterian and one Methodist All that
wanted was the help Of Christian people to ensure ths
fullest success Toe reverend gentleman continued II
great length 70 describe the affairs Of tno colony He
was there that night % pleader behalf Of hun
dre1 millions Of souls, and be hoped for army Of
helping hands for liberia must be remembered that
In helping the Of colonization they helping the
OF missions There must be more se
70 Liberia, and the Gospel must be earnestly preached
everywhere there What Is being done for Liberia is
also being done for Sierra Leone The Missionary work
in this place was also progressing cbeerngy Too han
dred native tribes under the Christian laws an
people are required BY a~ to give up their hea heaish
practices. There are seven hundred nunicAnu q
Abiskon IN connection with the church mission aud the
heihodkts have very nearly an equal number. The al
yancepeni Of the mission WORK, then, pleasing, and
the task which America has 10 perform lie 10 her
great inf hence 10 bring ali the Pagan nations Into
fod, under one shepherd, and - cause Ethiopia 81
stretch forth hcr hands 70 God In prayer aad n
praise,
The resolution ". briefly seconded BY the Rev Mr.
FssEY, with some appropriate the vast in.
provement which had taken place in Liberia other
parts OF Africa aimee the work Of colonization has been In
proeress
dressed the meeting He said that tho OF bis duties
did poi brieg him into very connection with Liberia,
and was several since he had boon in that colony
80 that ne could Dot nov enter upon any reflections OF 40
counts CT that place In particular but he would call atoa
ton TO some scs concerning the vast ooninep Of Africa
IN general OF which Liberia bright spot ia Westeru
shore whsber they reflected on the pas, history Of Ar
fri1a, country where learning hourshet Ia eaSiios
DAYS, where philosophers OF expansive thought
TO be found and from which many Of the prmvefa
theirs bad whether they viewed the dowbtrod
den land OF oppression Of baoasm aud
elicit the sympathy OF too Christian world
No land hat suffered worse or more unusy than this
my sterious country Mahommedans and Christians had
united In crusade aganst u, and It's innocent aai
daughters had been made the victims OF oppressos
the world. far from their own homes
And the only that could be gwen for this opprss
eive treatment, times well present was The
upsold argument that Africa aod Of orrd suns and
burning sands, and pcstonts swamps; peopls
who habit the country wore aerce barbarous and every
way inferior 10 their white brethren that therefore,
they we're III only 70 be slaves. He was however, pre-
pared 10 say from the results Of hs personal
that there was very IT. truth In these assertions Africa
Vas goody LAND, sod her people we're capable Of in
provemcnt, ana oil that was needed at
tention and care, TO cause 10 bloom and blos-
som an the garden OF the Lord. Her people
are yet TO play an Interesting part IN
the worlds erest drama The country possessed isvalu
able resources, while u commerce comfortably IN
creaslns when the blghtpg slave trade is completely
swept away from IT, coasts, and When the people shall
learn that ia ao right 10 sell each other but 70 cult
vate the lsnd ADD when those STEPPED IN aporascs
are brought under the In lowing Influences OF Cnrsan
~ then would they liV MP their heads. The cmste In