New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-23

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are Of stone or brick, two stories high,
the larger portion of both business and
dwelling houses are frame Of one and a.
half stories. The streets are broad and |
straight. The following enumeration
win give some idea of the business of
the place: There are twelve stores,
seven-of which import directly from
America and Europe; besides three
grogshops, where tie deadly upas is
dealt out by the gill. There are here
six attorneys, three physicians, eight
clergymen attached to the following
denominations, viz two Methodist, /
two Baptist, two Presbyterian, and two
Episcopalian. These have a church for
each determinations, which in their APP
pearanee would do credit to some Of
the Oldest towns in the United States.
There are two hotels, two boarding
houses, all OF which are crowded with |
sojourners, either temporary or perna-
nent in the business season Of the year.
The public institutions are the Method
ist Episcopal Church, seminary, college,
Masonic hall, Mechanics Institute,
presidents mansion, courthouse, jail,
government house, American COLOMBIA
ton society receptacle, almshouse, light
house, and battery. There are three
newspapers, viz: The Liberia Herald,
| african Republic, and True Wing.
| There are also two volunteer military
companies uniformed, two divisions Of
Daughters of Temperance, Doroas soci
| ETY., Ladies' Benevolent Association,
Union Sisters Of Charity, and Mechan-
/ les association, all of which are very
popular. The population is now esti-
mated at 5265, and the number of
! houses is about 400. Shoemakers,
masons, timers, and blacksmiths are
abundant, but steady work in their de-
partments is rather scarce, the greater
portion of articles used in the mechanical
branches being brought from abroad.
The society Of Mourovia will compare
fayorably with that Of the most refined
in some Of the towns Of the United
States, end I believe that the integrity
} of the responsible commercial men Of
r | Monrovia will bear an honorable COM
, Iparison with the same classes in similar
circumstances in any other country.
The city of Monrovia is surrounded
I for several miles In extent with forest
t Of timber,Nfruit trees, bamboo, and man
a grove. The corporate bounds extend
! two miles along the river, and one an(
a-half mile back. The city plotis laiC
out BY the government upon liberia
,, scale. There are several squares re
# served for public purposes, and larg,
d reservation on the southern sea from
= for a public promenade.
: The prices Of lots in Monrovia Deepen,
d upon their location. Best bushes
at stands command FIVE hundred dollar
. each; lots more retired, for privat
n dwellings,, from sixty to one hundre
|, dollars each. Some of the stores do
very large business, their transaction
=, amounting to seven thousand dollars
Of year; others sell to the amount Of thre
II. hundred, and even five hundred dollar
g Clerks and professional men only al
not wanted. 0fall these there seems t
= be no scarcity in any part of WEBSTER
o. Africa.
II, Six vessels are owned here in Who'll
by three Of them foreign built, and som
,at of them are heavily freighted at eaC
:. departure with the exports of the eli
q alone.
These exports would be much j
81 creased if the interior settlements we
m filed up, and railroad communicate
nj had with the back country. At pre-
an emit transportation from one town
-, another is performed by the aborigin'
= there being no mules or horses to eS
sh cute the labor.
an The market is well supplied wi
Die. vegetables from the farming villag'
est at pretty high prices. The meats q
in tolerable, and vegetables excellent; I
s. cultivated fruit is pretty abundant. I
- fish are snapper. mackerel, cat, caYal
me and bony. In this city reside {
srs. American consul general and minist
.ht, president, the Belgian and French &C
~ suls, the Haytien consul, and cons
~ of Hamburg.
The greatest drawback to the pr,
We perity Of the republic Of Liberia aril
md from the innunierable mangrc
re- swamps on the seaboard, which eau
. 10 malaria to ascend over the sett
III ments, producing what is called t
u'u African fever alias John Bull. Eve
IRA person not born in Africa is subject
her attacks of this peculiar disease, an'
IRE have known persons born in the repV
90 lie that have been attacked with
fever and found an African grave.
~ varies in severity in different indy
!, Of uals; the blacks have it generally
,me modified form, but light colored q
on white persons are confined to th
i beds from one to two months, and
- most cases it proves fatak This (
oiu- ease Of which l have spoken is v
dan Of fire around tropical Africa, VIII
7 in the civilized man from Europe
the America can never penetrate "
~, safety; but the aborigines and BIZ
N n men pass through comparatively
me harmed, IS they suffer less from
q 10 Il 4suasse than aha white or li0ht colo