The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-20
HO! FOR LIBERIA.

DEPARTURE OF FMIGRANTs FOR THE FA1-oFY
coLoRED RxpUBLIc-EACTs ABOUT TIE COL
.oNY.
The American Colonization Society sent from this
city yesterday to Liberia sixsy-nine emigrants on
board the bark LIBERIA composed principally Of iam
lies from the South. These colored emigrants camo
on to this city mostly by from Norfolk and
they arrived during the past few lays were put on
board tho vessel Most OF them are farmers, but q
lew are mechanics and among them is Baptist
Clergyman In religion they are all either Baptiss
or Methodists Tue Colonization society has con-
tract with Yates r. Porterfeld to take out to The
colony all grants sent by the society," paying for
each adult $50 and half price for children two
years oil age. The distance from here to Monrovia,
the capital Of Liberia, by sailing vessel.
is about 5000 miles, and the trip takes
about thirty-fvs days The society cares for
all tho emigrants It sends out for months after
their arrival The general secretary here, Rev. Dr.
Orcut makes the purchases OF the necessary stores
before the departure OF each expedition aud the yes
omigrants also takes the stores
board SO thai no Inconvenience occasioned 10 the
settlers In the colony by the fresh arrivals.
SETTLING ARRIVAL.
After the arrival Of expedition the government
OF Liberia gves to zach immigrant family twenty-five
acres OF land each single srant ten acres
the Colon cation society for the nrst six
Immigrants can therefore have opportunity Of
building nomcsteads aud OF taking tho first steps
toward raising crops. comfortable thatcned house
be built on iarm Tor from $l5 10 $50 Chief
article OF export Is coffee.
The bark Liberia. which sailed yesterday, brought
ninety thousand pounds Of coffee and 10000 pounds Oi
ginger, ana tho coffee was sold IN this CITY at whole
sale about $22 o00. SO high is the estimate paced
tue quallty ol LlberiAu coffee that April lass
about sevcnty-hve thousand coffee plants were sx-
ported to Brazil, and efforts are tsIng made 10 make
CalI0rhla market also, with view u having tue
Lincrlau plants produced there The laber,ans. how
ever. do favor this latter enterprise. As
Interesting fact may be stated that negotiations
pcnding, aud the subject will soon como before
the LiDerian government, by winch an Eng ish COM
81 900 600 on CONDITION the trade OF Inc counry
shah De secured exclusively 10 the drm mentioned.
Inc American Coioni zation SOCIETY," recognizing tho
fact the Liberan colony Is peculiarly American,
INTENDS appealing - American merchants 10 Ia, ercre
in this matter aud keep The trade Of tho colony lar
US possible with this country.
RETuRxlxG HoNK.
Among tho passengers on Doars The Lbsria yester.
day missionaries oil the Protest ant
Cnurcn--Rey. DR.. Hall. VINO goes denoini-
nation ana lady who Is returning mar work alter
Freeman, coiored man, was also passenger, re-
turning from short VISIT 10 MS mother IN Vermont
College Tor thirteen years past, aud previously
professor IN Avery College, Ptssourg. Pa for twelve
years.
Rev. Dr. Circuit states that tncrs strong desire
prevailing all over tue South among the colored peo
pie emIgrate TO Liberia, but he thinks that any
thing snddeu and general exodus at this time
would be- Impracticabio as IL IL undesirable. DR..
circuit says that he has been and cou-
SANITY receiving numbers oil letters asking Tor
relative TO Liberia and hoping oppor-
tunity would be afforded the writer's TO
gra.e tnat distant country, where they
would DO among their own people, anu especially
the social would pos DO fott. Tho Southern
States IRON which the emigraDts who snbar ked
yesterday are Norm Carolina, Florida and Virginia
Ia Arkansas and Mississippi there regular organ
Zations oil coiurcd people, whose special OBJECT
promote emigration Liberia aud III Boston ut
the present time DR. circuit has application Tor
passage oil tnirly-three persons vino to 20
autumn. II Is expected that henrciorth, especially
account OF the success with which The grants
have thus lar met IN Liberia the difficulty will be
restrain the coiorcd People from too rapid and
exodus. ln order TO meet an anticipated rush Of
migration Yatos IL Porter1cld are building new
bark called the Monrovia
LiBKRIA's GOVERNMENT.
Tho American Colonization society has sent TO
Liberia all about IL 900 people, iuciuding 1000
5000 Required Aricans, who are prlnc,paiiy en-
gagged In farming. Tnero ara tour counIes Liberia,
Monrov,a beng the capital city anu Grand Blssa the
principal town Tor exports Cape fslmas is also
city OF some consequences IN Maryland county. Tho
modelled after that OF country.
President being elected Tor two years. term. All
the religious denominations support missions within
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