Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-01-21
NUMBER 42
Cenditisn of Liberia.


Dr. RaiHey, who went to Africa with the
Echo negroes, gives good account OF Ii.
IBERIA. He says it has effeetualIy redeemed
900 miles of the African coast from the
curse of Slave-trading, except SO fur as the
French are concerRed, who conduct slave
trade under the name OF emigration. OF
the condition of the country DR.. Rainry
says
Monrovia is city of three thousand In.
haoltants; population as virtuuus, orderly
ana well conducted c.n be found in any
Country. The city is MT healthily located,
and hence bears bai little of that impress OF
prosperity which is everywhere discernable
throughout other portions OF the republic. -
iRade short visit up the fine 81 Paul river.
The hrst few miles are covered with a Iov.
dense growth of mangruves, from which the
m1st noxous etf1uv:a arises, generating in.
termittents, and, coupled with other causes.
Producing also the much dreaded malignant
African fever. Generally speaking, the
fever is simply an endemic malarious inter-
mittent, of type by no means as deIe,er-
lous or OF half so rapid a cu!mniation as
cengestive fever of the Missouri river bot-
toms. Beyond seven miles, however. the
country becomes high and rolling upon both
banks, afiording good water, and heaIthful
drainage, while it is covered with rich and
very productive soil over a substratum of fer
ruginous sandstone, and in places honebIend
in which lime largeIy predominates. in
spected the banks closely for twenty miles,
and passed through some large and flourish
ing coffee and sugar estates, and through
fields OF very good corn. | examined two
large steam sugar mills, made in BROOKLYN.
Oae of them is erected at the expense Of
the government, and grinds corn and manu-.
factures sugar and molasss; and makes corn
meal, on shares fer the people. The cane
is of an excellent quality. The coffee-tree
bears large berry, and far more proiuseIy
than any that have seen in Brazil. One
man, Mr. Hooper, portege OF our late Ia
mented Downing. has eighteen thousand
trees in bearing. Blu; as money, especially
specie, is scarce in the country, he told me
that he would be able to gather from only
five or six thousand trees, thus losing nany
thousand dollars, as the coffee is exceeding
ly higly priced and readily commands twen-
ty cents per pound in Monrovia.
This river is most densely populated. The
whole district is high and healthy. Fine
brick houses appear all along the stream in
Caldwell, New Georgia, Clay, Ashland, Vir-
ginia, Louisiana, and the many other flour
ishing settlements which | pussed. The
settlers seem to be thrifty and happy, not
withstanding several tribes of the colonists
complain of caste, and say that the Virgin
ians are most ton high headed. and are all
the time claiming that they are the quality
of Liberia. saw beyond these settlements
the low ranges OF mountains, stretching
away to the south, on the first bench of
which the Society have large acclimating
hospital and farm, called Carysburg. Scarce
Iy any of the colonists remain in Monrovia,
but nearly all proceed to this place, or to
Robertsport at Cape Mount. Liberia is evil
dently advancing; aud if she can only be
protected by Christendom from the outrages
which France is practicing on her, and which
causes nine-tenths of the interior wars that
weaken her, she will rapidly assume posi-
ton OF much interest to Us and 10 The world,
in trade as well as in the progress in civiliza-
tio0.