The national Republican., 1869-01-20

u the American COLONIZATION Society was
reid at their building, corner Four.and a-half
'treet and Penn.ylysnis avenue, AZ ~ o'clock,
IL Hon. y John Il. B. %stroSs. p1ssidsd. with NJ
wm. CoppinTer, secretary.
Among the promlncnt members Of the board
sss d. Trsey 81 ssmore Rs,
Dr; ). ]. Prime, Rev. Dr, Hsight Hen Dudley
RSs IShs P,HSSss iS5SSy kSSy 9Gvf5Ss St
Rev. Thomas s. Maieom and Edward d. Mar.
chant, OF Philadelphis, Rev. DR.. Abererombie
and Dr. Joseph Cros., Of New Jsrseyi Prssi-
Peter Parker and Rev. Or. Samson, Of this
The annual statement Of the executive com.
standing committees to whom tho subjects be.
The annual report Of the society was read
The following board Of ofieers were unsni.
mously reelected; Financial secretary and
treasurer. Rev. WIN. McLsin, D.D.j travelling
secretary, Rev. John Oroutt, u .D.j correspond
executive COMMITTEES, Harvey Lindsly, Md,
Joseph II. Bradley, esq, William 9un.on,
ESQ, Rev. George W. samson, DID, Hon.
Peter Parker, Hon. Samuel II. Huntington,
The board, after the transaction Of private
business, adjourned to meet to-day at ten
O'Clock, when ex-President Roberts and other
the manner in which the Government is ad.
ministered and the educational interests Of the
country are attended to.
The annual report OF the society 10 full and
comprehensive and contains a detailed account
Of the administrations OF the society for the
the past year. We present our readers with
since The last annual meeting Ave OF the
vice presidents have died, viz Hon. Joseph
r. Insersoil, Of Pennsylvania Hon. William
Z. Riye., o. Virginia Hon. Edward Coles, o.
Oonneeiisut, And Hon. Walter Lowrie, OF New
Two Of the members OF the board of direct.
or, who attended ths meeting q iss beard
onay, OF New York, and Henry Reynolds,
ESQ.,, Of New York. II is also proper to men
tien The death Il h1sh Dewey Eysn, c;S
The balance In the treasury January l. 1858,
The receipts for the past twelve months has
been as follows: From donations t2S,l 90
from iegacies tl0, 81, other sources ts 3sl 45
Total $50, ll.32. The sum Of e3l, ,T96.tI has
been expended for the transportation Of emi
the irst siI months after landing 70 SIBERIA
tls 200 "a has bean expended for repairs and
sailing ss the ship aoioonda, and 81. .dsI q hs:
total expenditure OF %, ,osS.sT.
During the last three years the treasury had
been enriched With about 10000 from the
friend, The late Ebsn Fairohiid, esq, q Bridge.
port, Conn. And within the last few weeks
some 10000 have been received from the estate
Approaching the high purposes for which
this society and Liberia was founded, and
which they promise to fulhl, Robt. gton,
ESQ., q Leeds. Ensl'Sd has LATELY %sspsni.
Co0.l4 to be used In sending persons to Liberia.
The financial prospects Of the society can.
not but be contemplated with solieltude.
lays have exceeded the receipts by t62, ,OOo
The excess In the treasury 10 thereby almost
exhausted, and II Its income be not speedily
and largely augmented. the work must be con.
Tbe several trips Of the ship aolconds are
noticed AZ ieasth IN the report
four hundred aud afty.three, or one handrsd
and eighty less than 10 1867, and the total EN-.
grafton under the auspices Of the Colonization
Society and At in expense, twelve thousand
II was deemed expedient to intermit tn,
customary fall expedition as there were no
sufficient funds in the treasury or at eommAnt
| to send suitable company Of people In tn,
Galconda, and charter was accepted for he
to Liverpool, where she can be ooppered an,
| put In order for future service much oheape
in time to start next May on the regula
| spring voyage for Liberia.
| OF the total number of emigrants hereto
fore mentioned $40 of the male adults were o
some nxed Industrial pursuits, l0l could reaI
and write, 2lI could read, 400 were communi
cants of the Presbyterian, Baptist, AM
Methodist denomination., 10 were licenses
that the work Of the society 10 largely mis-
sionary In Its operations, as they send no
| merely few missionaries but whole colon,
| OF civilized people, and they too OF the sam
race and having common origin aud tn,
same sympathies OF those among whom the.
| go.
| nj nf 1tfha nRnnla n thaiF M haun alp
Ing numerous extracts from letters from per
sons In Liberia.
Reference is made to the large number @
| applications being received from colored pee
| pie anxious to emlgrate to Liberia.
Peace, agricultural, and commercial deye
opments continue to prevail In Liberia.
Warner, IL Is stated that the revenue Tor III
year ending September 30 10 more than on
third greater than for 1893, with decided prot
On the Ilth OF December, 1867, Rev. James S
Payne and Hon. Joseph T. Gibson were d.
clared president and yice'president OF tn
colony. Mr; Payne Is the fourth president Q
tion is stated to be to bring about closer an
1en. Of lie eYss ss hs c
having the latter Incorporated into their pol
teal institutions, and form one people wit
them. This aboriginal population T. iepr,
dence and force, fond Of agriculture and trad,
and as promising most hopeful subjects fc
the progress Of Christian civilization,
A history Of the Liberia college 10 giyeI
showing great progress with that institutio
Of learning and Its power for good. A sketc
of the trade between England and the wei
reference made TO RESOLUTIONS recenfiy pssss
by the Legislatures Of Vermont, Penhsyly
MIA, and New Hampshire, urging the Federi
assS TO ss :s. n .n %s isE y Ssy
II has with so many other countries,
The growth Of Liberia and Its special rel
tions to this country, the preference Of h,
zens, the virgin market to be opened to Ame
lean manufactures, and the facilities whio
would be afforded for emigration, call for sue
| action by the national authorities as will afor
direct and rapid communication between OF
| ports and those Of this daughter Republic
Africa, and will remove that discriminate o
which eompels Liberian products to see
In closing the report, the board OF director
suggest two reasons which should, at this tim
especially, excite the interest and call fort
| the liberal contributions OF every patriot ph
lanthropist and Christian
First Conceding the right OF the oolore
people OF this country to continue here, an
should remain, yet is 1t not their privilege an
for their interest to migrate to their ancestrI
continent, where they can hope to attain fu
manhood and yigor OF an Independent nations
and particularly adapted to their capsbilitiC
| and wAntsl
Second. Do not the dispensations OF Prov
dence seem to indicate that Africa 10 to b
rescued from heather darkness, and blesse
with the light OF Christian civilization maini
by her own exiled children returning with tn
arts OF civilization and the ordinances OF r,
ligiont
One OF the most noticeable movements OF III
day 10 the growing desire on the part OF III
most industrious, enterprising, intelligent an
pious Of the eolored men Of the South, to n
| move to Liberia, not only In the hone OF In
proving their condition, but by the higher an
holier motive Of doing what they can for tn
redemption Of their fatherland. Shall thi
country thus pay back to Africa a portion Q