"Observations on the Country, &c.—The land is vastly rich, producing with but little cultivation, most of the necessaries of life. The climate, air, and water, are salubrious and pure.

"Their Government (in my view) is an aristocratic, military despotism. Their Congress and its powers are a mere fudge. Their laws are better worded than administered. In fact, I think the will of the President may be deemed the law of the land, with a standing army (report says) forty thousand strong to enforce it.

"Their agriculture is very much neglected, particularly the growth of articles for exportation. Hence their commerce is declining. Their manners and customs are disagreeable; their way, or mode of living, particularly in the country, is very poor and course. Polygamy is tolerated; at least, concubinage is practised with impunity. Hence they have but few children. The people are generally ignorant, yet conceited and self-wise. As for their religion, I fear they have but little; notwithstanding, they mostly profess to be Roman Catholics.

"From my short acquaintance with the Haytiens, and my observing their dispositions towards our American blacks amongst them, I am not disposed to encourage any free people of colour to go from the United States to settle in Hayti; but as a friend, I would suggest to them the propriety of emigrating to Liberia, where I believe they would live under good government and laws, enjoy equal privileges, and be among their own country people. The present Colonists would have their own manners, customs, language, and religion. Added to which, they would be in the land of their forefathers' nativity; where, by proper application on their part, they might be instrumental in civilizing and christianizing benighted Africa. Then we might expect to see verified an ancient prediction, 'Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands unto God, the wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.'"-Isa. chap. 35. v. 1, 2.

Newbern, 2d month 4th, 1829.

Emigrants to Hayti.-The schooner Cicero sailed yesterday (February 17,) for Port au Prince, and has on board as passengers, twelve coloured persons, who have been liberated by Joseph Leonard Smith, Esq. a gentleman of Frederick County, for the purpose of establishing them as Colonists in Hayti.

Mr. Smith has not only generously relinquished his legal rights to the services of these people for life, but has also provided them with a handsome outfit, of provisions, clothing, and agricultural implements. He has paid their passage to the island, and has besides engaged at his own ex

pense, the services of a gentleman who is well acquainted with that country and its government, who goes out with them to assist them in making an advantageous location, and to procure for them all the facilities and benefits which are extended to persons of this description by the Haytien Republic.-Baltimore Chronicle.

SLAVERY IN MISSOURI.-The following extract of a letter from the Rev. T. R. Durfee, of Missouri, to the Corresponding Secretary of the American Home Missionary Society, may draw the attention of some to certain influences of slavery that they have never considered, and to certain duties that have been too much neglected by Northern Christians.

Here let me mention what I fear will be a permanent obstacle to a regular and competent support of the ministry in this State. This obstacle is found in the existence of slavery. Slave-holders purchase extensive plantations, and in this way the inhabitants are kept in a scattered state. They are too far removed from each other, to unite in the formation of religious societies, and in the support of a settled minister. This evil, it is true, will not exist in towns; and it may find a partial remedy in a minister's dividing his time between two or three settlements: but this remedy is, after all, only partial; and such a state of things will always diminish the effect attending the dispensation of God's word. I am aware that I have now touched a subject of a very delicate nature. Slavery, perhaps, exists in its mildest form in this State; but it is still a great evil, and one that is most sensibly felt by slave-holders themselves. How is this evil to be removed? Not by denouncing the slave-holder as an unprincipled and unfeeling man. This only tends to aggravate the difficulty. It must be removed by action, and not by declamation. The people at the East must feel that there is a duty devolving upon them in relation to this subject. The evil is attached to us as a nation, and if it is ever removed, we must, as individuals of this nation, contribute our proportion. When an owner of slaves tells me that he will freely relinquish his slaves, or even that he will relinquish one-half of their value, on condition that he be compensated for the other half, and provision be made for their transportation, I feel that he has made a generous proposal, and I cannot charge him with all the guilt of slavery, though he may continue to be a slave-holder. Some remarks have lately appeared in the Eastern papers, which will be hailed by many at the West and South, as indications of the increasing prevalence of just views on this subject, and as harbingers of good to the degraded blacks. Let it be acknowledged by the inhabitants of the free States, that slavery is a national evil, and that they are bound in duty to contribute to its removal, and there are thousands at the South and West who will join them, heart and hand, in the great work of emancipation. Slavery is a subject of much feeling among us, and never have I conversed with a slave-holder who did not profess himself a warm friend of the Colonization Society. It should be re

membered that the laws of the slave-holding States are such, that the slaveholder cannot emancipate his slaves, unless provision is made for their transportation, I have insensibly extended my remarks on this subject, and my only apology for writing thus, is the full conviction that this subject is intimately connected with the benevolent work of planting the standard of the cross in this country.-[New York Observer.

Communicated.

LINES TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. LOTT CARY.

Shall none record the honour'd name

Of Afric's favour'd son,

Or twine the deathless wreath of fame
For him whose race is run?

While Angels crown the saint above,
Has earth no voice to own her love?

Where'er the Patriot rests his head
A stately pile appears;

While warriors sleep on glory's bed,
Beneath a nation's tears;

And shall no tribute rise to thee
Thou fearless friend of liberty?

Yes, Afric's sunny skies have gleam'd

On many a scene sublime;

But more than hope has ever dream'd

Is destin'd for that clime.

The chain shall burst, the slave be free
And millions bless thy memory.

Thy meed shall be a nation's love!
Thy praise, the Free-man's song!
And in thy star wreath'd home above

Thou mayst the theme prolong;
For hymns of praise from Afric's plains
Shall mingle with seraphic strains.

Errata.

V.

For Robert Gibson, page 32, second line from top, read Robert Gilmor, Esq. Mr. Gilmor is one of the wealthiest, most respectable and munificent citizens of Baltimore. Feb. No. page 384, last line, for 30, read 20 dollars.

N. B. Several statements of interest, and two or three valued communications, also our list of donations, we are compelled to postpone until next month.