The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-09-24

/ l have Just returned from an examlna-
ton of the planting districts. In this ex-
cursion | was favored by the Hon. John
Seys, agent for recaptured Africans, and
| L. S. Consular Agent for Liberia; John
Moore, Esq, one of the Liberian Govern
ment Surveyors, and B. Z. Castendyk,
Esq, the German traveller Six jolly
Koormen native Africans rowed us up
the beautiful St. Paul river in a canvas
covered boat, loaned for my especial use by
Colonel Yates, Vice President of the Re
public
I am surprised at the beauty, size and
Importance of the st. Paul river as high
as navigation goes, and still more so at the
extent to which improvements have been
carried in these districts, by the recent
opening up of sugar, coffee and other
farms, with handsome buildings thereon
erected, and of these I have much hereaf-
ter to say. But there are three sugar mills
in good working order, and another by the
Mendi just going up. One on the Gan-
dtlla farm of Mr.. Spencer Anderson, the
largest and best mill in the country; an
other on the place of Mr.. Charles Cooper
"a fine mill and small one on the place
of Mr. Outand Many more are talking
of and dOutless will also obtain mills; and
Mr. Anderson talks of soon having in
crop of two hundred acres of cane, with
fifty hands employed. The natives are
Industrious, noble-hearted, and willing
headed fellows to work. Treat them well
and they'll die for you; and I dare say
that in almost all cases where they arc
found faulty, they have been badly treated
by somebody Many make sugar who
have no mills, by taking their cane to those
who have, and paying foliage of one
third of the sugar.
The cattle up this river are very fine,
the 'windward" or Maadingo being tall,
large, ong-horned cattle, bearing close
resemblance to that class of English bred
cattle; and the "leeward" or Golah, being
heavy, large, short-legged and short
horned animal, a very type of our English
Durham bred beeves. The farmers here
buy them from the native drovers, who
bring them constantly for sale; and the
handsomest oxen and cows think ever
saw, are on the st. Paul river. AS the
English blood horse Godolphin was sired
by an african horSe-(the Arabian hors-
es," so called, being all raised and obtained
in Africa, may it not also be that the
English blooded cattle were also obtained
there and kept still mouthed, as that great
people are ever wont to do 1t is not i'm
probable.
Stock of all kinds-Sheep, goats, swine,
turkeys, Muscovy and common ducks,
chickens, Guinea fowls; and on the farm
the Gaudilla-geese; and all kinds of live
stock are plentiful on the St. Paul. Mel
Their are the cows in Monrovia so small as
those at distance are made to believe.
They are handsome, we'll built small cattle,
comparing favorably with the cows in the
interior counties of Pennsylvania, where
no attention is paid to the breeding of cat
tie; though the Monrovia COW is much the
heaviest, and handsomely made like the
Durham cattle. Monrovia also abounds
with all kinds of live stock except horses,
which / have no doubt will live here as
soon as they are required.
A suitable little steamer is now much
needed on the st. Paul river, and know
of nothing that would pay better just now
and for time to come. Aside from the
simple trade in freight and passengers,
which is now carried on by small row boats
and native canoes, which constantly line
the river to the danger of life and proper
ty, vessels could be towed in from the bay
and thus take in their sugar at the plant
ers' doors, who have now to transport it,
one barrel at q time, n, q canoe, down to
the city of Monrovia. 1t is simply silly
to talk about the ''St Paul yarmouth" be-
ing impossible for vessels. The largest
can enter the yarmouth" and should it
become INSTRUCTED, FIVE or ten dollars a
month will keep it open, by those match
less and valuable people, the Koormen,
who, it would seem, could eat their food or
smoke a pipe u1der acater. They are
without doubt the best watermen in the
world They will dive and fix anything
at the bottom of the hull of vessel or of
an anchor cast-ther heads all the time
under water. They swim like fish, and
everybody considers himself safe with a
Norman in boat Capt. McIntire's life
was once saved by one of these faithful
men, anu lt was Out yesterday sea cap
tain fell in the bay and went down to rise
no more by himself, when noble Koor-
man plunged into the sea, dove down, and
brought him up with smiles of joy. The
captain, whom I saw, told the fact himself.
Since our arrival, the NJ. G. Stevens,
Brigand, and j. w. Paige, have been in
port, besides one or more English vessels.
TUESDAY EVENING, 26th.-I have left
open my letter, as you see, to witness In
dependence day, which came off with
grand effect-the civic and military forming
in front of the Presidents house, at 10
o'clock in the morning.
The military consisted of two compa-
MES, simply as an escort-the Young
Guards" and johnson Guards"-two nice
ly uniformed companies; the former being
peculiarly dressed with white pants, red ia
tigue jackets, and helmet caps with blue
bands, and large star boldly in front; and
the johnson Guards" with blue pants,
blue fatigue coats, and the modern military