New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-02
INTERESTING FROM LIBERIA.
From The Colonization Journal.

The writer of a letter from Grand Bassa says:
Tunes good in the palm oil and camwood busi-
ness. shipped last year, two 5 hundred tnSs ot cam N
have raised during the past year. iOs pounds gooa
tobacco. intend TO plant. this year. thirty to forty
acres in tobacco. would greatly rejoice to see more
of the suffering of the African escape from
the United States and try the land of their fathers
letter from Jackstowp, on the Monrovia River,
says:
four hundred bushels have also q sugar.cane farm,
and shal soon have sugar Of my own raising. have
a pretty good number Of cofee-trees, and poultry
er ough for my use, and to spare.
A Young man writes from Monrovia thus:
Our National Fair well managed, and did
GREAT credit 10 our country. wish all the doubters III
he United States could have looked on the exhibition
|. was matter for pride 10 the lover of Africa and
her Improvements to zee the advance that was
making.
1--WE had our own cloth, butter, sugsr, coffee.
chocolate, and many manufactured articles that did
homer to our industry Had you seen our exhibition,
and heard the many speeches, you would have thought
that some Improvement had been made since you first
came to Africa.
Since the above was in type, we find letter from
President Benson. in The PhIadeipAm Ledger, ad'
dressed TO Mr. Coppinger the Secretary OF the Penn
syvania Colonization Society. We give the following
extract:
very interesting letters from the society of coored peo
ple in tie United States and Canada, styled the Af
can Colonization Society, &C., to which have made
appropriate replies. am happy to learn from your
letter that worthy families of free colored people
in Pepr vara in the notion Of emigraing 10 and
commencing a settlement III the Bassa region Liberia,
al hone they will econ DO In csse the persons
sluGei TO are accustomed to living city llfe doubt
that they would be conehted III case they were To come
out az pioneers 10 found settlement which would,
perhaps, require privaons and efforts beyond what
ibey had been accustomed TO. However, they
count the cost, and take all the probable difhculles
into account with which they will necessarily come IN
contact in the formation Of settlement in new coun-
try il would lie well for them 10 emgrate for that
place 50 soon provision made for the formation of
II at settlement The Government OF Liberia IL ready
TO do lts part The people of Bassa are looking tor
ward 70 the enterprise with much anxiety. Scores are
ready 20 60 ont and settle there and an continually
receiving letters from them Iquiring when the settle
nerr will commerce. finer section OF country IS not
10 be found in the Republic"
From The Libe,d Herald
Our old i,erd Abraham Blscklege IS making from hs
cron # car this wear 500 pounds of sugar 900 gal
Ion. OF excellent srup and 100 pounds OF superior COT
Zee rom his plant ston This latter j. intended for al
cd friend 10 The United States. We purchase our fam
ilv sugar from Mr. b. and in future shall tronb!e no
foreign market, while can Obtain such al article
froln his MIL for ten cents per pound.
Our friend Anderson writes a. that
- IL regard 10 the amount of sugar q. GOudlla, up
20 March 50 OF this year, form just est nate
ST this time. However go fer as have made about
- 400 pounds Of sugar. 1900 gallons OF sirup, 700
gallons Of nolasses.
Nr. Charles Cooper writes:
Il have made 80, 00O pounds of sugar aud about
5000 gallons of strip and molasses.