Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-22
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A FoRBIDDINo LAND FOR EMIc Ourslock
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WASHINGTON, November DI).S,
partment of State has receive, Sea Island nm
from Liberia on the subject OF Tickings. Nor,
of that country aud its adapto'ch and Domcs;i
nizatiou. 1t is represented ana 'rown Cant'
nmon,i., rox ootod oto,omo,to ! LoEgoioths, icon
4ucntJ 'uteat'u ''"'eu'e"'" branls--New Yor
of the soil and the beauty d Mednl.) Blanke;y
| coast is very dangerous Skirts, Ladies' Clouk>
| Horses, mules aud do} particular
there. Horses arc fov GOODS,
but when brought TO- al all times cxceedingl
and die. Although rs,nntly replcni<hcd wit
stant summer prcvai'o suit the season special
influence caused by eTs lna h,esanee, ana IN
ting with hot sunshml Coorinrs, consist;nr on M ~ 6
/ eix months of thod AIpacas, Pure and Nonparc
mainiinro six moukal. Scotch and French Plaid>
10 .,,oi, 1,hao, 1t isncre French Mcrinos, Mohai
but natives to Wrcteens.
ture is about eishty-A. s.edeses
account of tho dampness Of f'tfSSH tSSeH,a a's. :,
hoa. is sultry, depressing and NwedEaEfn,so 10 ! :
There is still very little civilization, and very
little agricultural enterprise.
Liberia has mover produced sufficient food |
for her own home consumption, md
although she should be great rioe-grow
ing country, rice is imported from England
aud other countries, and sold at four dollars
bushel-twice the cost Mt which better
rice could be grown and sold there. Flour
is fourteen dollars barrel, butter ono dol.
lar pound, and hams from five dollars to |
eight dollars each Other provisions arc
rT.cnortonatoIy ,n;nnh. There is not plow'
10 use in Liberia, and tho agrcultura! i'm
plcments arc of tho most primitive charac
ter, suoh as cutlasses, hoes, bill hooks, &c.
There arc 20 public schools The i'm
migrant has to compete with the native
labor. The natives arc strong and hardy |
and one of thcm will do the work of horse
at fifty cents day.
The settlers wanted in Liberia, as
thoughtful and prominent Liberians recog-
nize, are those who can afford and would
prefer to pay their expenses of voyage and
settlement,
The back hilly country is said to be fino
and healthy, but il is penetrabfe only by
foot paths which have been cut by tho
natives through the almost impenetrable
forests, and everything :Iust bo borne on
tho heads or backs of native carriors, as
there arc no roads. Tho fact is that tho
settlers cannot 60 to tho "high hills and
undulatipg plaiu' saiG to be in the interior
of Africa without means to provide them
selves with roads and without treaties Of
commerce and friendship with the numerous
petty kings, who arc in many instances
either openly or cosertly hostile. 1t would
frequently be necessary to enforce such
treaties by means Of an armed force, as Eu--
gland and other European powers which
have African possessions have found from
experience.
An interesting account Of tho plan of
African development carried out by tho
British at Sierra Lcono is given. At first
young Africans from tho colony wer, cdu-
GATED in Europe, with tho view of qualify
ing them to train aud Iced their country
men, but it was found that such education
somewhat unified them for their life in
Africa, aud, therefore, schools and college