The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-10
LID IIlIA.
Letter from Reo. John .Seys.


REV. r. r. GuRLEY, Cor. Sec. Am Col. Soc
MoNRovIA, June l, lS59.-The liberated Africans
doing well. Not death has occurred since ny
arrival. Those who retained in this county,
families, all reliable persons, in Monrovia and
some living on farms up the St. Pauls river: and,
so far as know, they are all we'll taken care of,
and are improving.
1t is my opinion that the prospects OF this coun-
try, IN some prominent points of view, were never
greater than they now. Agriculture is bec0m-
ing the general theme and pursuit. Even profess
siOnal men are having their long neglected lands up
the various rivers cultivated, cottages erected and
with their families spend portion of the hottest
season in these pleasant rural districts. Farmers,
especially, are doing WE'LL especially those who cu-
tivate the sugar cane And you may form an idea
of the prOductveness of the SOIL and its adaptation
to that plant, when you learn that a farmer lately
realized from cane produced by one acre. hcentJi-
FUe hundred cetJht Of sugar, and three hundred GAL
Ions Of mOldsses
WINDFALL FOR THE LOUISIANA STATE BAYK.-
About the best illustration we have known for a
long time the Scriptural maxim, that "unto them
that have shall be given, and to them that
have not shall be taken away even that they
have, has recently occurred in city. The
great rich institution, the Louisiana State Bank,
whose stock is quoted at S1S0-which has three
millions and half specie in its vaults, and nearly
SIX millions invested in paper, loans, discounts,
ledges-suddenly turned up the other day the
legatee of Sl50,000, bequeathed by gentleman
in Mississippi, who is an entire stranger to the
bank, never having had any transactions with
it.
The circumstances are these: A rich old planter
named Matthews, oesirous of spiting his relations
left his property, exceeding Sl50,O00 in value to
his illegtimate children by colored woman and
in the event of their disability to Inherit to the
Louisiana State Bank. This will contained few
small egacies to his brothers and sisters. Under
the law of Mississippi the colored children cannot
inherit, and the bank seems to have pretty clear
prospect for this property. His white relations,
however, have commenced to contest it, and the
bank has employed counsel to maintain its rights.
-NetO Orleans Delta, July 81.
A GOVERNMENT SPECULATIoN.-T BosroN NAVY
YARD AND THE STEAMSHIP CANADA.-It will be recol-
lected that on the last voyage the Canada came in
contact with an iceberg, which rendered it neces-
sary on her arrival in Boston to be docked No
private dock being sufficiently large to receive her.
application was made for admission to enter the
dry dock at the Navy Yard, which was granted.
This was courteous on their part, it should be,
but we protest against our government taking ad-
vantage of such necessities, and rendering charges
as though the government dry docks were built for
the purposes of compensation. The bill against
the Canada was So 300, and deducting 81 300 for
the actual cost, there is a credit to the govern
ment of $4,000. If Boston had private dry docks
of sufficient capacity, and entering the dry dock at
Charlestown was matter of choice rather than
necessity charge of this kind would be perfectly
proper, as government ought not to encourage
anything Interfering with private enterprise; but
in the case ofthe Canada it was a necessity and as
such government should have charged nothing but
actual expenses We doubt whether any other ma
ton would be guilty of such petty transaction
The Canada was mail ship and as such it should
be the duty ofour government to render what as
sistance is necessary in extreme cases.-Comnier-
cidL Bulletin, August G.
DISASTER TO A BALTIMORE VEssEL.-A letter da-
ted Belize, Honduras, July IA, says:
81 have also to inform you that the American
schooner Reindeer, ofBaltimore, Stevenson master
from Mobile, Ala, for Ruatan, sprung aleak in a
gale at sea- and in order to keep her aOat the cap
tain had to put her before the wind. and ran her
ashore on the Northern Triangles Reef He, with
his passengers and crew, took to his boat and land
days, hoping to some vessel. Failing in this
they put on additional gunwales to the boat, "a
very small one, and with a very small supply of
provisions he started for Belize, leaving their cloth
ing on the cay, and the vessel sails and cargo on
the reef. After long passage they arrived at Be-
lize on Saturday night, July I'd at half past 8
O'Clock. Being in strange place, they were put on
the stone pavement to sleep in the rain and this the
police in whose charge they were, thought little
rain water could not hurt men who had been soaked
in salt water for near a week. Captain Stevenson
goes passenger by the d. Jex, and will make his
known to you and if he don't fail in his inten
tions will cause your government to establish some
agency here to provide in some way for destitute
American seamen who are thrown into this port