Mr. Smith's Plan.. We have the pleasure to announce another subscriber to this very liberal and important project; ROBERT GIBSON, Esq. of Baltimore. We are happy to say also, that J. C. CRANE, Esq. of Richmond, subscribes in aid of the scheme of Mr. Thomson, to obtain $20,000 to purchase a ship for the Society. A list of subscribers on both these plans, shall be given hereafter, on the inner page of the cover to our work, that the progress which is made in them, may be known to all our friends. Much should be done for the cause of Africa the present year Let us then earnestly request every clergyman to take up a collection for it, on or near the 4th of July. We hope too, that the editors of public Journals will lend their support, and that all who wish success to our enterprise, will deeply feel the importance of activity and energy in its behalf.-The 9th of April has been fixed upon as the day for establishing a State Col. Society in New York, and may heaven prosper the efforts in that great and prosperous community. Contributions $138 To the Am. Col. Society, from the 5th to 31st March—inclusive. per Sarab Miller, Treasurer, Collections by J Ralston, Esq. viz: 15 200 ...... From a Friend, From Robert Ralston, Esq. his first payment on the plan of Gerrit Smith, Esq. Rev. Samuel Ellis, collected in Va. Collections by W. McClure, in Chester co S. C. viz: Samuel Carson, ..... W. Napier, Esq. of Charleston, per Rev. J. Roberts, ..... Collected in Bluntsville, Tennessee, Collected in Bedford Co. per W. B. Mills, Rev. Robert R. Roberts, as amount received by him for a piece 29 79 $697 97 Clapperton's Second Expedition. THE London Quarterly Review for January, 1829, contains an account of the posthumous journal of the lamented Captain Clapperton, containing his observations, and a history of occurrences, during his progress through countries entirely unexplored, from the Bight of Benin, to Soccatoo, near which place he expired, in April, 1827. Though this distinguished traveller was compelled to consign to the grave soon after he commenced his journey, the only two comparions who had entered with him upon this hazardous enterprise, he calmly and resolutely pressed forward, resolved that death alone should defeat the purposes of his important mission. On the return of Denham and Clapperton from their former successful journey into the interior, the latter brought with him a letter addressed to the King of England, by Bello, sultan of the Fellans or Fellatahs, proposing a friendly commercial intercourse between the two na. tions, "by means of a consul at Rakah;-the delivery of certain specified presents, at the port of Funda, and the prohibition of the exportation of slaves, by any of the Houssa merchants, to Atagher, Dahomey, or Ashantee." To effect the objects mentioned by Bello, was deemed by the English Government, a matter of much interest and importance, Captain Clapperton offered his services, and with Dr. Morrison, a Surgeon in the Navy, and Capt. Pearce, an excellent draughtsman, and a fellow-countryman, of the name of Dickson, who had served as a surgeon in the West Indies, added to the list by his particular request, with their servants, embarked in his majesty's ship Brazen, on the 25th of August, 1825, and arrived off Whidah on the 26th of November. The servant of Captain Clapperton was Richard Lander, and to his care and fidelity was it owing, that the Journal of this interesting traveller was preserved. At Whidah, Mr. Dickson landed, and in company with a Portuguese, of the name of De Sousa, proceeded to Dahomey, where the latter had for some time resided. Here he met with an agreeable reception, and an escort attended him 17 days' journey to a place called Shar-which he also reached in safety.He left Shar for Youri, but of his further progress no intelligence has been received. Captain Clapperton was advised to set out from Badagry; and he accordingly left this place, attended by his two companions, and an African named Pescoe, from Houssa, who was expected to act as Interpreter. For some distance they proceeded up a creek in canoes, to a place where was a great market, called Bawie. "The banks of the creek are represented as low, and covered with reeds, and from the following sentence we are persuaded that this is the spot where the seeds of those diseases were sown, on the very first night of their journey, which speedily proved so fatal to a part, and eventually to the whole of the company:-"The morning thick and hazy, and, though sleeping close to the river, in the open air, for the first time since we have been on shore, we did not hear the hum of a single musketoe.' How an old naval surgeon, and two experienced naval officers, could commit such an imprudence, in such a clime, is to us most surprising, when most dreadful consequences are well known to have almost invariably resulted from such a practice in tropical climates. The next night (the 9th,) they again slept in the open air, in the market-place of Dagmoo, a large town where they might have had as many houses as they wanted.—On the 10th, Clapperton, was seized with fever and ague. On the 12th, Dr. Morrison was attacked with fever. On the 13th, Captain Pearce was severely indisposed; and on the 14th, Richard Lander was taken ill. On the 23d, Dr. Morrison, after being carried in a hammock to the distance of about seventy miles, finding himself worse, requested to return to a town called Jannah; and Mr. Hous ton accompanied him. The next day, one of the servants died; and on the evening of the 27th, Captain Pearce breathed his last. 'The death of Captain Pearce,' says Clapperton, has caused me much concern; for independently of his amiable qualities, as a friend and companion, he was eminently fitted, by his talents, his perseverance, and his fortitude, to be of singular service to the mission; and, on these accounts, I deplore his loss as the greatest I could have sustained, both as regards my private feelings, and the public service.' "Two days after this, Mr. Houston returned, with the information of Dr. Morrison having died at Jannah, on the same day as Captain Pearce, where he had his remains decently interred-the people of the town attending the ceremony. "These unfortunate officers had been conveyed thus far, about seventy miles, in hammocks, by the people of the country; every where experienc ing the kindest attentions, lodged in the best houses, and supplied with every thing that the country afforded. Clapperton was able occasionally to ride on horseback, and sometimes to walk; but greatly debilitated, and not free from fever. He describes the country between Badagry and Jannah, the frontier town of the kingdom of Yourriba, as abounding in population, well cultivated with plantations of Indian corn, different kinds of millet, yams and plantains, wherever the surface was free from dense forests. Every where on the road the party was met by numbers of people, chiefly women, bearing loads of produce on their heads, always cheerful and obliging, and delighted to see white men, frequently singing in chorus, holding up both hands, and clapping them as tokens of joy, as they passed along, and whole groups kneeling down, and wishing the travellers a good journey. Towns and villages were very frequent; and some of the former were .estimated to contain from eight to fifteen thousand souls. At Jannah, the crowds were immense, but extremely civil, and highly amused to see white men. "In the evening, Mr. Houston and I took a walk through the town: we were followed by an immense crowd, which gathered as we went along, but all very civil; the men taking off their caps, the women kneeling on their knees and one elbow, the other elbow resting upon the hand. In returning, we came through the market, which, though nearly sunset, was well supplied with raw cotton, country cloths, provision, and fruit, such as oranges, limes, plantains, bananas, and vegetables, such as small onions, chalotes, pepper, and gums for soups; also, boiled yams, and occasions.* Here the crowd rolled on like a sea, the men jumping over the provision baskets, the boys dancing under the stalls, the women bawling and saluting those who were looking after their scattered goods, yet no word or look of disrespect to us.' * Paste of pounded Indian corn, wrapped in a particular leaf. "Of the honesty of the black population of the kingdom or province of Badagry, Captain Clapperton gives the following testimony:— "I cannot omit bearing testimony to the singular, and perhaps unprecedented fact, that we have already travelled sixty miles in eight days, with a numerous and heavy baggage, and about ten different relays of carriers, without losing so much as the value of a shilling, public or private; a circumstance evincing not only somewhat more than common honesty of the inhabitants, but a degree of subordination and regular government, which could not have been supposed to exist amongst a people hitherto considered barbarians.' "The people of Jannah are ingenious as well as industrious. They are excellent carvers in wood: all their doors, drums, and wooden utensils, being covered with figures of men, snakes, crocodiles, &c. Numerous looms were in operation,-sometimes eight or ten in one house; their cotton cloths good in texture, and some of them very fine. Their looms and shuttles are described as being on the same principle with the common English loom, but the warp seldom more than four inches in width. They have abundance of indigo, of an excellent quality.—The women are generally the dyers, and the boys the weavers.. They also manufacture a tolerable kind of earthenware. "The old caboceer, or chief of the town, was delighted to see the strangers, assigned to them good lodgings; and sent thither hogs, ducks, pigeons, plantains, yams, and whatever the place would afford, while his numerous wives, about two hundred, welcomed them with songs of joy. On being informed that an Englishman had only one wife, he and the whole crowd, particularly his wives, laughed immoderately. The old gentleman wore a rich crimson damask robe, and a red velvet cap, but during the ceremony of reception, he changed his dress three different times, each time increas-ing the splendour of his appearance." The town of Emmadoo, is represented as "extremely beautiful, through a long, broad, and majestic avenue of trees, at the end of which a stockade eighteen feet high, with a wicker gate, and another of the same kind at the distance of a hundred paces, defend the entrance of the town." The country is broken into hills and dales, and refreshed with small streams in almost every valley. The town of Asulah contains six thousand, and that of Assouda, about ten thousand inhabitants, who supplied the party with provisions, and at both they witnessed dancing and singing the whole night. "The appearance of the country improved as our travellers advanced; they had now reached the mountainous range, the width of which is stated to be about eighty miles. The highest point would appear not to exceed |