have failed from the same cause-the deadly nature of the climate.

7. The average length of the life of the white man there is said to be less than four years, while the colored immigrant will live as long as others of his race in America. All immigrants, however, have to pass through a brief acclimating fever, in which death now rarely occurs. It is remarkable that foreigners must spend the night on board ship, while they may be on land from eight o'clock A.M. to eight o'clock P.M., with safety from the miasma.

The two largest rivers within the present limits of Liberia are the Cavally, in the southeast, navigable to vessels of fifteen feet draft for eighty miles, and the St. Paul, in the northwest, navigable for sixteen miles to ships of twelve feet draft, and extending into the country three hundred miles, through a fertile and beautiful region.

8. Numerous small streams, some of which are half a mile wide fifty miles from the ocean, are navigable for small boats various distances. Excellent fish abound in all these streams. The soil yields a rapid and abundant reward, being exceedingly fertile and prolific for almost every kind of tropical fruit. Half a million of coffee-trees are under cultivation, and considerable quantities of this article are exported to Europe and this country. A single individual raised last year sixty thousand pounds of sugar. Cotton, being also indigenous to the soil, is beginning to be extensively cultivated, and a large trade in this staple, it is expected, will soon be opened with the nations in the interior. They raise and manufacture into cloths annually, as estimated by Mr. Crummell, not less than one million of pounds.

9. Palm oil and the palm nut are prominent articles of export, the annual traffic of which, on the west African coast, is valued at more than ten millions of dol lars.

Forty vessels are owned and manned by the Liberians, and their commerce with this and other countries is

already greater than that of New York for the first half century of its existence.

From recent official tables, it appears that of sixty countries with which the United States have established commercial relations, Liberia stands number eighteen in the scale of importance, the value of our annual trade with her being-exports $2,062,723, imports $1,755,916.

10. The facilities of Liberia for expansion into the interior are abundant. Explorations have been made eastward from Monrovia to the distance of some three hundred miles, which bring to light the most tempting inducements to the formation of new settlements and the introduction of the arts of civilized life. The native tribes are favorably disposed toward the Republic-and in their physical, mental, moral, and social condition they promise much more of good than many of the coast tribes. Vast resources of wealth, agricultural, mineral, and industrial, have been found in these "regions beyond," and their capabilities are such that all the colored population of the globe could not exhaust them for ages. A wide and most inviting field is here open for all the people of color in this country, and for the most enterprising commercial, philanthropic, and Christian labors. It is fit that the Republic which has opened the door to this interior region should be recognized by our Government. We rejoice that this act of justice and policy is at last done. All honor to the noble men, dead and living, of every part of our country, who have labored for this auspicious result.

CHAPTER LXXIII.

NEW GEORGIA.

1. REV. ALEXANDER M. COWAN writes thus in regard to New Georgia: "New Georgia has two principal streets, on which most of the inhabitants reside. Some few cross-streets have dwellings on them. One hundred and fifty-nine town lots, of one fourth of an acre, have been drawn, but not more than twenty-one of them are now occupied by the original settlers, because they are too far off from their farm lands. The soil is a white sand

with very little loam in it. The streets are remarkably, clean. The houses are mostly of one story, and are framed buildings; some, however, are built of poles, daubed with clay. All the houses are raised from two to three feet from the ground, and are placed on pillars of wood or brick, to give a free circulation of air, especially in the wet season. This practice prevails in Liberia.

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2. They have no stone in this settlement. The improved lots are planted with cassada, sweet potatoes, eddoes, yams, beans, melons, cucumbers, etc., with a suitable proportion of the pawpaw, pine-apple, tamarind, cocoa-nut, orange, lime, guava, plantain, and banana.

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3. "The orange is, in size and branches, like an appletree, and bears twice a year, having the oranges scattered in its branches. They can be found on some of the trees every month in the year, though the principal ripening of them is in May and June, and in November and December. There can be seen at the same time on the trees, the bud, the blossom, the full formed fruit, and the ripe fruit. They have two kinds, the sweet and the sour. The sweet are better than the Havana and the New Orleans oranges. 4. "The lime is much like the orange-tree in its growth and yield, but differs in size, the lime being the smallest in growth. The guava-tree abounds here. It is like our

peach-tree. The guava is not fit to eat from the tree, but makes a very rich preserve. Its size is that of a common peach.

"The Georgians spoke the English language with a foreign accent. Their children had not that accent in their speech. They were ready to give me information in regard to their means of support, their productions, their schools, and their religious privileges.

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5. They raised cotton, spun it, and, in some measure, wove it into cloth. Their dress, the cultivation of their land, their social intercourse, and their religious improvement bespoke much for their comfort, their industry, and morals. Order seemed to prevail throughout their town. In their yards, and at their doors, I could see the female members of the households in their every-day dress, brought out of their houses from curiosity to see me, a white person, walking up and down their streets, gazing at what I saw in their town. I was very much gratified at the cleanliness and good manners I witnessed among them as a body-for there was a difference in the comforts and style of the people. In every place there will be, and must be, for good order, males and females who have proper ideas of what constitutes a good, orderly, and moral society, and who will give a particular personal exhibition of its several parts in their daily life. They have two churches, Methodist and Baptist, two day-schools, and two Sabbath-schools. Many of the children read and spelt for me, showing that they had an aptness to learn.'

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6. "Great contentment prevailed among them. I need not say they were citizens of the Republic, and that the officers of their town were elected out of their own class of persons. I did not see a mulatto among them. I went into a house and stated I would be glad to have dinner, but with no special preparation for it, as I wished to see what could be furnished me, on such a call, to eat. I was soon seated at a table, having before me cold mutton, cas

sada, rice, and sweet potatoes. The mutton was not as fat as Kentucky mutton, but it was sweet, tender, and juicy. I was pleased with my dinner. They gave me to drink the juice of the granadilla. It grows on a vine. * * * 7. "I bade this people farewell, with the full conviction that the Gospel of Christ, with its attendant means, as education, civilization, and a proper sense of duty that man owes to his fellow-man, in a social and civil state of life, can, and will, elevate all religion, in knowledge, and manners of life. Here has been this evidence before my eyes. And their children coming on the stage of life, with these advantages (which their fathers possessed not in their youth), will act with higher views from their citizenship, and with more enlarged ideas arising from the spiritual, social, and political benefits furnished them by living in Liberia, than they could possibly have had if they had been born, and lived, and died in the United States.”

8. Also, W. S. Hall, speaking of this people, says: "They were located on Stockton Creek, and their town, called New Georgia, now boasts two Christian churches, in which Sabbath-schools are regularly held, in addition to two day-schools. A few of those sent from here have learned to read, and very many of them are respectable members of a church. They long since took the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Liberia, and most of them possess the requisite property qualification entitling them to a vote. One of their number has been a member of the State Legislature. A few have married colonist females.

"They are not traders, but simple cultivators of the soil, and market gardeners for the town of Monrovia, four miles distant.

9. "They are an honest and industrious people, and highly respected as such by the Americo-Liberians, with whom they associate on the most brotherly terms of equality. The adults will speak in broken English, and can not be considered wholly civilized men; but their children have