The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-07

PROGRESS OF LIBERIA.-Rev. John Seys,
United States Government Agent for recap
tured Africans, gives very hopeful account
of this young African Republic. His first
view of Monrovia, from the deck OF the Ste
vens he describes as one of agreeable sur
prise, as "scores and scores of neat, though
rudely built cottages, with their gardens
and fruit-trees, scattered all over the hill
sides" burst upon his view. On landing,
he was kindly received by President Benson.
The National Fair was being held, in
building of bamboo, matched with palm
branches, exhibiting many evidences of
Liberian improvement. Among other things
there were some stockings made of the down
Tor silk of the wild cotton tree, tree only
inferior in size to the mammoth trees of Cal
ifornia. 1t was supposed from the short
ness of the fibre, that the down was incapa-
BILE of being spun or woven, but Liberian
ingenuity has accomplished the task
Among other things seen by Mr.. Seys,
Beautiful furniture, made of the superior
woods of their forests, claimed admiration
from all. But Che says) can only mention,
without commenting upon, the tools manu-
featured here, the superior iron ore, the cot
ton, coffee, cocoa, ginger, cornmeal, arrow
root, yams eddoet, and many more, all Civ
ing indisputable evidence of the vast fertil-
ity of the soil, of the onward, rapid march
in the Improvement of the people of Liberia,
and of the consoling fact that those who
| labor for their advancement in the arts and
sciences, or any other good thing, do not
| labor in vain.
EVIDENCE IN THE KEY AND SIcKLEs CASE.
The following is part of the evidence given
| before the Coroner's inquest upon the body
of Mr.. Key, killed by Sickles:
Joseph L. Dudroe testified as follows--I
was walking on the opposite side OF Penn
sylvania avenue and heard the report of a
| pistol turned quickly at the sound and
saw Mr.. Key jump on one side saying some
| thing did not hear; after he jumped on one
| side saw Mr.. Sickles raise his pistol; Mr..
| Key grabbed him; they tussled for awhile,
and got off the pavement; Mr.. Key followed
him up for short distance, apparently to
prevent him from getting another shot; Mr..
Sickles got away from him, raised his pistol
and fired second time; before he fred de-
ceased shouted several times, "Don't shoot;
they were then about twelve feet apart; af-
ter the second fire deceased got behind a
tree, as if to hold himself up; Mr.. Sickles
reached round the tree and fired a third
time deceased then fell; Mr.. Sickles then
stepped upon the pavement and put the
muzzle of the pistol to deceaced's head and
snapped it and burst the cap; it looked TO be
one of Colts revolvers saw no weapon in
Mr.. Keys hand; after Mr.. Sickles snapped
the cap he stood over deceased and appeared
to throw something away; some one then
took hold of him and led him away, and
followed till he went TO Attorney General
Blacks, where he was afterwards arrested
Richard NJ. Cowner sworn-While stand.
ing on the corner of New York avenue and
Fifteenth street heard the report of pis
toll when l got to Sixteenth street, saw
some one lodging, and then heard thirt
report; when reached Mr.. Key he was ly
ing dead Mr. Sickles said, as the damned
rascal dead" cannot say the exact words
but it was something of this Sort I picked
up Derringer pistol near the scene. (Thii
the witness presented, and it appeared tt
have been recently discharged