Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-06-20
LIGERTAN EMIGRAXTs.
What Some People " hO Have
Been There Think Of the Col
Ored Republic and its Pros
poets.
New York wOrld.I

New York World.l
The Liberia, bark Of 328 tons,
which carried colonists sent out by
the American Colonization Society to
Liberia, will sail to-day for Monrovia,
under the command of Captain Fos-
sett. Captain Richardson, her former
commander, under whose guidance
she has made about thirty successful
voyages to the coast of Africa, died
lbout two weeks ago, aud was buried
in Greenwood cemetery. The Liberia
carries this trip few passengers, and
none Of them are sent out by the Col.
onization Society. The passengers,
ofwhom there are about dozen, are
negroes from South Carolina, who
have relatives in Liberia, and upon
whose invitation they are going there.
In the cabin will sail the Rev. G. G.
Renick, missionary bishop to Cape
Palmos, a white man who has been
settled there for some years. He re-
turned to this county about a year
ago, and has recently been married.
His wife will accompany him on
the voyage. Among those in the steer
age is a young negress, who went to
Liberia several years ago and returned
to the United States to visit her
friends. She said yesterday that col
ored men are successful in earning
livelihood if they are willing to work
The steerage passengers are berthed
under the poop deck, which has wide
doors opening out into the
waist of the vessel. Evidently
whatever troubles are before
the passengers will not begin un-
I'll after they leave the vessel. There
we're about thirty colonists from Ar
kansaw that were to have been sent
out on the Liberia by the American
Colonization Society. They arrived
here too early, but were given permis-
sion by the agents Of the vessel to live
on board until she sailed. All went
we'll until the arrival Of the Monrovia,
a vessel of the same line. With her
came some returning colonists, and
their reprentations so discouraged the
outward bound party that, as Captain
Fossett nautically expressed ityester-
dsv, they topped their bcoms and
sailed large for home"
At the office Of tho State Colonial
ton Society in the Bible House yes
terday morning, the Rev. j. B Pin
ney was found, who said: 81 probably
know as much about the emigration
to Liberia as any other person. |
went to Africa fifty years ago as a
missionary, and for some time | was
the governor of the colony of Liberia.
After my return / was for some years
the secretary of the society. At one
time the National Colonization Soci-
ETY., which had its headquarters at
Washington, owned a vessel and used
to send out quite a number Of colo
nistS. but the method was found to be
too expensive, and the vessel was sold,
At present. the society communicates
With Messrs. Yates & Porterfeld,
who have a regular line of steamers
running to Liberia, and having ascer-
tanned the date Of departure, they no
tify the firm as TO the amount Of room
they require. They issue circulars to
colored people that if any man can
pay his and his familys passage to
this city, and will pay ten dollars per
head for their passage money to lii
heria the society will pay the remain
der, and will, upon arrival there, give
to the colonist tweuty FIVE acres of
land and provisions for six months, Ii
the economist is frugal and industri.
ous, he succeeds; if lazy, he fails.
"Tbia New York society formerly
acted as the agent for the central soeie-
ty at Washington, aHd We sent many
colonists to Africa, but came 20 the
conclusion, long before | left Africa,
that we were doing no good TO any one
by sending hordes of nnedpcated peo-
ple TO the African coast. Since 1861
we have done nothing of the kind We
had quite o fund to be devoted to the
benefit Of the colOred peopla in III
beria, and we use the income Of this
fund for the purpose of educating
colored men as teachers and ministers.
Then, if they desire to 80 to Africa,
and can obtain an appointment as
missionary from any of the denomina-
tiOns, we pay their passage, but do