The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1866-11-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the charleston Courier.
FOR LIBERIA.

The African Colonization ship Col
conda, Capt. Joseph Miskclly, will
sail from this port on Saturday or
Sunday next, with six hundred and
fifty emigrants for Liberia.
I've learn from Mr.. VIM. Coping
er, Agent of the Society, that some
three or four weeks ago there were
twelve hundred applications FOR pas
sage to Liberia this fall. The Socic-
ty has also received numerous letters
Of inquiry from parties anxious to 60
in the spring. The passengers to 60
by the Golconda are mostly from
South Carolina and Georgia, some
three hundred being from Columbia,
Newberry and other places i'll the
interior of the State.
The voyage generally takes from
thirty-fve to forty days. Two of
the parties arc ol,l residents of lii
bcria, returning home. These arc a
DR.. Isaac II. Snowden, who has been
residing in Liberia some fifteen years,
and tic Rev. II. W Erskinc, who
was taken there when a small boy by
his parents from Knoxville, Tenn,
and, after residence there of thirty
six years, is now on visit to Amer
lea. He is now Attorney General Of
the Republic of Liberia. lie takes
with him his sister, 70 years old, and
her husband, with their children,
grandchildren and grcat-grand-chil-
drcn.
The Rev. John Seys, Consul Gen
eral for the United States Govern
ment and resident Minister at Libc-
ria, who has crossed the ocean six
teen times, also goes out in the Col
conda.
The Golconda was bought by the
African Colonization Society last
September and fitted out for an emf
grant ship for this purpose. The YES
sci was purchased for $50, 900, and
the expense of provisioning and fit
ting her up has cost some $4,000
more, in all $50, 1000,
The emigrants arc given free pas
sage, and are supported by the So
ciety for six months after their arri-
val at Liberia, by furnishing them
with provisions and u house to liycin.
Grants of from five to ten acres Of
aand arc given, according to the size
of the family.
Mr.. Coppingcr gi;?cs some interest
ire statistics in relation to the. popu-
lation, trade, &c.
liberia is on the West coast of
Africa. The Republic has six hun
dred miles Of sea coast, and extends
inland from fifteen to forty miles
The soil was bought from the native
proprietors, they having jurisdiction
and ownership. The American col
ered population is about fifteen thou
= sand, colonized by the above Society.
There arc about three hundred thou
sand natives residing on the soil, all
amenable to the laws Of the Republic.
Public schools have been established
and there are several scmlnarics sus-
tanned by missionaries Of this coun-
try. The college at Monrovia has a
faculty of four colorcd men with
about 'fortv students. The college is
in 2 most aourishing condition.
- considerable quantities OF sugar,
coffee and cotton are raised for eN-
port, and large trade is sprlnglng
up. During the war this trade was
mainly with Great Britain, but it is
now taking this direction, where ii
naturally belongs. Palm oil, an
article peculiar to Africa, and OBJ
tanned from the palm tree by the ma
tives, is also chief article of export
1t is used mainly for the making o.
palm soap and for lubricating machin
cry. The value Of the article ex
ported in 1864 amounted to two mil
lion pounds sterling, or ten million:
of dollars.
No white person is allowed to Owl
land in Liberia or become a cltlzel
of the Republic.
A tract of the Colonization Socict.
gives the following account of su
oar planter:
- Mr. Inssa Sharn- who MAS q house