The Osceola times., 1878-07-20


the Azlr induced your correspondent TO
call upon the tfficers OF the Liberian
exodus association, and inquire whether
they had any ststsmsn 10 mske In their
o~n defen-e that might relieve then
from the charge OF criminal negligence
in falling to secure the services OF CON-
peteDt physician and properly provision
the baIk for the trip. The president OF
the association. q colored clergyman
named Porter, is said TO be sick IN Bslti'
more, and the acting president is Major
Delany, q black man OF education, having
q good personal record. From him |
learned that on Saturday last the associs-
ton received two drafts on them from
Messrs. Randall 4 Fisher, at Sierra
Leone, Ior provisions and towage,
amounting to sixteen thousand eight
hundred dollars. These drafts were
forwarded through q B,ston bankiDg
house to the first national bank Of this
city. The association did not accept the
drafts on sight, but asked thirty days
time to meet them. and the president OF
the bank, it is said, will do all he can TO
secure the time asked for. The drafts are
for the expense Of the towage OF the
Az,r from Sierra Leone to Monrovia by a
British mail steamer, and alsJ for provis.
ons procured at Sierra Leone for the
halt-starved emigrants. Upon the mat
ter Of the provision Msjor Delany states
that the association paid tills or pro-
visions in the city OF Boston amounting
TO eleven hundred dollars before the bark
arrived at tbi. port, and after her arrival
here they paid seven hundred dollars
more. He clsins that the vessel was
amply provisioned and watered, and
that the sufeiirg iCr want Of these ar
ticles j. directly trsceable 10 the wan
ton waste o, the tmigrsnis then selves.
Over II il, Of ccurse, the A. ci&iion hsd
no control after The vessel le.t this porl
The mex, and mos: srious charge against
.he ssccis.ion is their failure 10 procure
q responsible ant competent physician
for the voyzxeand in sls.er 10 xn inquiry
upon thi. p6ir,, Ma,0r DslAav said that
the ssssiiiioo lad 10. relied upon
Curtis .. their pby.iCIan, bat hsd
procured the rrvla. et corps-
tent yrsc.isioc<r froz Ws,aing;o7,
who they had expected sp 70 the very
minute. 1t -ks No. aH.il tAc vessel had
weighed anchor that the ASSOCIATION to'
one moment thought OF relying On Cur
tis. The association are greatly in
censed at what they term the exorbitAni
rates charged BY the British mai
steamer for towage, and, TO use the
language Of Msjor Dtlany, 1t is n
outrage that will not be tolerated. Ths
bills will be paid, if possible, by tn.
association, but they will be paid undel
protest, and /, who am well known il
England, will write personally to IN,
Earl OF Shaftesbury, and impure Ton
him whether or not it is the policy o
Great Britain, which government hA
spent millions Of pounds in the suppree
sion Of the slave trade and the civiliza
tion Of Africa, to sanction such an out
rage perpetrated by government agents
the effect OF which is to reduce to stat,
of impecuniosity those who, like brav,
pioneers, are engaged in the noble worl
of civilizing and Christianizing the wild
OF their native iand." Your CORES
pondent learned that the association |
entirely unable to meet the drafts upol
them at present, but hope to be able,
given time, TO raise the cash among thos
Of the blacks whose enthuiasm has no
cooled. Delany and his associates ar
entirely ignorant, as yet, whether or no
the vessel has been libeled or will b
libeled for the towage, and have receive,
no information either from Capt. Holme
or from their agents who went out wit
the vessel. Capt. Holmes receive
orders before leaving TO remain at Nor
rovia no longer than ten days unless b
secured a cargo IT,, therefore, tn
vessel has not been detained by fiuancis
difficulties, she is probably on her wa
back to Charleston by this time. He
arrival here is.anxiOusly awaited by tw
hundred and fifty emf igrants, one hur
dred and ninety-seven of whom ar
adults, and, despite the terrors OF tn
experimental trip, these poor people
who have lived here for the last tw
months. no one knows how, are read
and willing at the shortest notice TO joi
their cemrades in the promised land
in. Y. Herald.