Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-11-06
Liberia Not n Paradise.

frequently repeated sta ements as I'd the
fertility of The soil and the beauty of the
country are correct, but That the eli mate GA
the sea coast is very dangerous 10 all bat the
nstIv's. Horses. mules. aud donkeyS ann ut
live there. Horses are found in the in er OF,
but when brous Int TO the sea coast stckzn aud
die. Although, as TO temperature, CO IS ant
summer prevails. yet the miasma'ic inin-
ence caused by the heavy rains, alternating
with hot sun shine, causes sickness during
six moEths Of the year; and duriHg the re-
naming six months The power OF the sun is
such that IL is aimost impossible for Any bat
natives To WORK The ocean temperature is
about So tezrees, but on &C cunt OF the
dampness OF the climate the heat Is sultry,
depressing, a. weakening.
There is still very little civilization ami
very little agricultural enterprise. Liberia
has never produced sufficient food for her
own home consumption; ana although she
should be a great rice growing co ntry rice
is imported from England and other coun
tries, and sold al four dollars a bushel, twice
the cost al which better rice could be grown
ard sold there. Flour Is fourteen dollars per
barrel, butter one dollar per pound, aud
hams from five Ia eight dollars. Oth-r pro-
visions are pTOpOrtiOnally high. There il
not ploUg In use in Liberia, and the agTi-
cultural implements are OF the most pr mi
tive character, such a. cutlassss, noes, bill
hooks, sc. There are 80 public schools.
The immi grant has 20 CO mpete with the
native labor. The natives are strong a d
hardy, and one OF them will do The WORK of
horse at ffty cents day.
The back, hlly country is said TO be fine
ard healthy, but II IL penejTahle only by the
foot paths which have been cut by the ma
uves through the almost Improbable for
estS; and everything must be borne on the
heads or backs Of native Carriers as there
are no roads.
SENATOR JONES. of Nevada, who is a
member of the silver comm .SSion, Is conf
dent that there is a clear majority in the 5 en-
ate in favor of passing the sill yer dill which
p8ssed the House yesterday.
ALETTER FROM SENATOR BLAINE reports
his health much better than when he left
Washington, although he has not yet fully
recovered from his late indispoSition. He
expects TO retura to Washington in fort
night.
THE CENTENNIAL FUsD.-The board of
finance Of tie Centennial exhibition have re-
paid the whole amount of the Il 500 600 loaned
by the government The treasurer of the
board at Philadelphia mas received letter
from the Treasury announcing the fact.
AT A NETTING OF THE CORRESPOND
ENTs, last evening, committee, consisting
OF Messrs. Adams, Boynton, MacBride,
Wight and Pilsbury, was appointed to
make arran gements with reference TO the
assignment OF SEATS in the House reporters
gallery.
AT THE REGULAR CABINET MEETING
10 day all the members were present excep
Secretary Thompson and Attorney General
Devens. The session lasted until half past
two o'clock. Most OF the time was occupied
with discussing the various reports to be
made TO Congress al the regular session.
IT TURNS OUT that the silver dill which
Mr.. Band had passed in the House yester-
day under a suspens ion of the rules was not
the bill originally advOca'e ed by him, but the
bill mentioned in the banking and currency
committee on Saturday last, aud which sub
sequently had been referred, by order OF the
House, 10 the committee on coinage, wei gifts
and measures.
PERsONAL.-Senator E1munds was on the
floor OF the Senate chamber to-day fOr the
first time in over a week, his absence having
been caused by the severe Illness OF his wife.
Mrs. Edmunds is recovering her health. -.
Governor elect Bishop, of Ohio, left for his
| positiveness that Henry S. Sanford has been
agreed upon as minister TO Belgium.
| APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT
| The President sent to the Senate to-day the
| following appointments for confirmation:
John q. Smith, of Ohio, consul general al
Montreal; Dennis N. Cooley, of Iowa, consul
| at Spezia, Italy; Alex. NJ. Stein, assistant U.
| 3. treasurer at Cincinnati, and the following
| postmasters: Francis NJ. Cassiday, at Win
terset, Iowa; Lafayette Combs, at Bedford
| VIM. +. Lee, Pensacola, Florida.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN
| AFFAIRS met this morning and agreed TO
| report favorably TO the Senate for confirma-
| ton the appointment of Mr.. Stevens as min
| lister TO Norway and Sweden. The appoint
| ment of John Welsh, of Philadelphia, as
minister 10 Great Britain, was not consid-
| cred. Contrary to rumor, no charges ha ye
| been made before the committee against Mr.
WelShs confirmation.
| TRANSFERRING CoNvICTs.-The recent
decision 10 transfer District convicts from
| the Albany penitentiary TO Baltimore, be-
| cause IL costs less, is not the only move in
! That direction for ecOnomy's sake. Toe De
| partment of Justice has decided that all u.
| y. cOLvicts now in the different penitentia-
| lies where the expenses per diem are over
| twenty five cents snail be transferred to pen
! itentiarieS where the expenses per man do
| not exceed that amount
NAVAL NOTEs.-Lieutenant Com mander
Charles j. Barclay relieve Lieut.. Com
mander f. s. heyslr, of the command of the
/ storeship Onward, al Callao, Oct. 8. The
Ossipee is at HANG ton Roads. The Ply
mouth will leave Ham ptOn Roads in a day
or two for n cruise in the West Indies, aud
aneRCe SO AsplnwslI. Inc Vandalia arrived
at NllleIranche about the 18th of October
! from Smyrna. The Tallapoosa arrived at
Boston, November 9Th, from Portsmouth, N
H, ON her return TO Washington.
CHARGES AGAINST CORNERSTONE BRY-
Attending report on the confirmation of
District Commission Bryan, whose appoint
ment is now under consideration by the Sen
dte COmInlItte on the DlSlrlcl OF COlu mDla,
over a dozen distinct allegations why the
Senate should not confirm the appointment
have been made. The charges Were in such
Irregular form and OF such a varied charac-
ter that a sub committee consisting OF Sena-
tors ingalls,, Rollins and Merrimon was ap-
pointed 10 consider them. Preparatory To
this work, Senator ingalls, has mott led the
persons making allegations to put them in
proper form in writing. When this is done
The charges will be uomitted to Mr.. Bryan,
and he will be given an opportunity 10 APP
pear before the committee and reply to them.
Among the persons who have made charges
against Mr. Bryan are eX-District Attorney
Birney, Albert Grant, aud a person named
Phillips, discharged employe OF the Com
missiOners.
THE SENATE COMMITTEES. - II is ex-
tremely probable that within a few days a
caucus OF the Senate republicans will be held
for the purpose of re-arrang ing Senate COM
mittees, caused by the u cath of Ssnator
Morton. Many OF the Sena tors favor no inn
mediate action on the subject, be iieving that,
out of respect 10 the memory OF the deceased,
the question should be deferred at least thirty
days. Senator Mitchell, who Is chairman OF
the committee ON railroads, and is also sec