Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-02-23
From the Colonization journal.
Eiberia.

"Times are good in the palm oil and cam
wood business. shipped last year two hum
dred tons Of camwood. at $40 per ton, and
"a 600 gallons of palm oil. have raised
during the past year 1913 pounds of good to-
bacco. intend to plant this year thirty or
forty acres in tobacco ! would greatly re-
j0ice to sec more of the suffering sons Of the
| African race escape from the United States,
and try the land of their fathers
! A letter from Jacktogn, on tie Monroyia
, River, says:
"The crop Of rice fiat had last wear was
| nearly four hundred bushels have also a
sugar-cauc farm, and shall soon have sugar
, Of my own raising. ] have Il pretty good
! number Of coffee trees, and poultry enough
for my Use aud to spare
, A young man writes from Monrovia thus ::
, Our National Fair was well managed, and
! did great credit to our country. | wish all
! the doubters in the United States could have
looked on the exhibition. 1t was matter
/ for pride 10 the lover Of Africa and her inn
! pro,ements to see the advance that was max
! ing. We had cur own cloth, butter, sugar,
coffee, chocolate, and many manufactured ar
ticles that did honor 10 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 let
ter from President Benson, in the "Philadel-
phia Ledger" addressed to Mr.. Coppinger,
the Secretary Of the Pennsylvania Coloniza-
tion Society. We give the following ex-
! tract:
ri have received within the last ten months,
some very interesting letters from the soci-
ETY. Of colored people in the United States
and Canada yled the African Colonization
Society &C., to which have made appro-
pirate replies. | am happy to learn from
your letter that some worthy families Of free
coloscd people in Pennsylvania are Ia the no
tion Of emigTating to and commencing :. set
tleneDi in the Bassa region, Liberia and
hope they will soon do 50. Ia case toe per-
sou5 alluded n are accustomed 10 h'.1Z :.
city lie, dour: that they would be c"atent-
e.! in case they we're u come ont as pioneers
70 found a new settlement which would, per-
haps, require priVatior,. and efforts beyonf
what they had been accustomed 10. How
over, If they count the cost, and take all the
probable difficulties into account with which
the9 will necessarily Y come it, contact, in the
:Orua.!o. IL u settlement il q new country,
il you'd be well for than :, cruigra;- EJr that
place 50 soon "a provision IS made i1r the
formation oi that sea.emcgt. The Govern
rnent OF Liberia is ready t. 10 its part The
people Of Basss are looking forward 70 the
enterprise With much anxiety. Scores are
ready u 90 ont and settle tne-- and mn
continually Receiving letters from them, in
auiring when the settlement will commence
4 finer section of country il not to be found
in the Republic.
From tue I.ilefia Herald.
/ Our Old friend Abraham Blacklege is max
! ing from his crop oF cane this year 5000
pounds of sugar, 600 gallons Of excellent
syrup, and 100 pounds OF superior coffee
. from his plantation. This latter il intended
for au I'D friend 10 the United S'ate.. We
purchase orr family sugar fs0m Mr. b. and
IN future shall trouble no fJreign market,
while we can Obtain such an artiul. froIa his
mill for ten cents pei pound.
Our friend Anderson writes as tina:
"Tu regard 70 the amount oi sugar at
Goudilla, up to March ~ Of tEis year, can
form DO just estimate at & tim. However,
80 far ! nave mad. AD,l., 22 400 poun ID OF
sugar ,, 900 gallons %! ryrLp. 900 gallons
yi E.J.-s-e5.
Mr Charles Cooper w7.'s:
Il have made 10000 pa'.,.ds of sugar aud
about g 900 za...ls "i ,.Tgp a,.G mo,azses. "
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SEyE&- Y-y!yE DoILSFs FOR A PLJG or
ToBAccO.--A farmer cane down from Bucks
coultv yr-toF.ar tys tie purpose 81 seeing