The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-08

ieuO Dtdue, ana the NetrS ana courier,
which proves that some other things be-
sides: poverty make strange bed. fellows.
We learned ashore, much to our relief
that having some ten days notice Uf the
arrival Of the epiigrants thfongh the
tieMspapefs, the LiBefiar government
bad made arrangements to receive them.
| will say for the Monrovians that they
seem to have actively aided the govern
ment in this matter, So, more by the
mercy of Providence than good manage
ment on the part of the l.. f. A. the emi-
grants were
ASSURED OF shEiTER
for time at least. This was especially
welcome. as the faihey seasoh has lust
set In. If these poor people had been
left to the tender mercies of the mana
gers in Charleston, they would have ar
rived here unannounced, unexpected
and unprovided for, and many Of them
without means, and their condition would
have been deplorable indeed When we
returned TO the A,or we were, of course,
eagerly piled with questions, the kindest
possible answers to which were that We
had as yet seer nothing, and Judge of
nothing. ] cohfess that in my.o,yn mind
had grave misgivings. From what I
could see, the land seemed anything but
Canaan. George Curtis had also gone
ashore, and returned with glowing &C.
counts of the feed he had had. Before
he went he had set on foot
PLOT
to hamper and injure the L. Z. A., by
whom he was sent out. He, ex-Eehntbf
Gaillard, Clement Irons, Rev. 8. +. Flek.
Ter and jackson Clark had been appoint:
ed board of commissioners to attend
to all the affairs of the steamship COM
pany and its emigrations Oh this siae.
The OK Senator was elected chairman of
the board, and on arrival here Curtis,
who had anticipated the craftsmanship
seeded, and formed new board among
the steerage passengers, Of which he had
himself elected chirman. fastening
ashore, he announced himself us the
head Of the immigration by virtue Of his
craftsmanship, and OH the strength of his
suppositions official capacity was invited
to sundry feeds" and RECALLED upon the
fat of the lamb. He went ashore again
before night, with his wife. Before tax
ing the reader ashore again, 1 will give
some general information regarding til,
NEW GLAND OF PROMISE"
Liberia lies on the west cost of frica
between the 4th and 7th parallels of lati-
tude. and the 7th and 18th meridims of
longitude. Her territory runs clong the
coast fer abou. 600 miles, ut depth
varying from 45 to 100 miles, the land
having been generally acquired by pur-
chase from the natives. The inhabitants
consist of colored immilrets from Ameri-
ca and their descendants, variously esti-
mated in number from 5000 to 10000,
there being no reliable census. From
the best information can get, am in
clined to think that they humber from
10000 to $1,000, and that they have
about held their own with probably g
very slight increase. Besides these there
are few native Africans taken from
captured slaveships and brought here
uncivilized detachments of various native
tribes, number of civilized and semi
civilized natives scattered about among
the Observation-Disclosures, and about do
Government is called Republic, and is
in its general feature, about in the form
of our State Governments, there being a
president, yice-president, secretary ofState
ditto of the treasury, attorney-general,
comptroller and auditor. These officers
compose the Cabinet, like our National
one. The Republic is divided into four
counties-Mon of which Monro-
via is the capital; Grand Bassa, of which
Buchanan is the capital; Since, of which
Greenville is the capital, and Maryland,
of which Harper is the capital-each
having its own local government. The
towns are governed by municipal.officers,
just as ours are. hionrovia which is
named after ex-president of the United
states Monroe, is the capital of the
country, although Grand Bassa, which is
situated south of it on the coast,
is said to greatly surpass it in the amount
of business done. Each county elects
four delegates to the National Legisla-
ture, and two senators, except Montserra-
do, which elects three Of the latter.
The Congress or Legislature is,
therefore, composed of sixteen re-
presentatives and nine senators. The
Vice President presides over the Senate,
and the lower house elects its own chair
man. Every head of family is given
by the Government twenty-five acres of
land, end each male adult ten acres,
selected from any unallotted lands. On
ty property holders can uote, after !aking
the oath of allegiance. There is no pres
cribed term of residence before becoming
voter. No ,phitc man can hold property.
and that race is, therefore, disfranchised.
which is practical satire on the uniyer.
sal suffrage dogma to which the Ameri-
can negro and his particular friends have
ever been so especially devoted. Early
on the day next after cur arrival, June i,
THE ETwENTY-THIRD DEATH
occurred, being that of an infant child OF
Caesar White, VI Edgefield County, S. @.
Later on, during the day, q child Of Rufus
Clark, of Clarendon, which had been
born and had lost its mother on the pas
sage, died. The death was not annurnc-
ed to the captain, the relatives taking
the body ashore with them, with the
face concealed. This brought the total
nnmhGr of deaths aboard to twenty fnnr
Going on deck after breakfast that
morning, met strange colored man
with whom / entered into conversation.
ile had. he SAID: come out from Lynch
burg, Va, just after the war. In answer
to my inquiries, he expressed himself as
being delighted wieh tho coantry. In
some years, he said, he made from 81 800
to $4,000 clear. was much ple.re,;, be-
ing interested ir the fate of the emf
grants. Here was man. who, from his
own accounts, had come out with little
or no capital snd gge.:.e--alllyy g.-ly very much
IN the condition of the components of the
present emigration, AID yet achieved
competence and attained tGe hig% road
to wealth. / was iGexpressibly gratified
snd relieved. One more question.
what is your occupation7" asked.
"An undertaken" was the cheerful res
ponse. Now this is no fancy incident
put in here for fun's sake, but 1t is an ac-