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niB wofthe Marti isburg Saving* lnutitutioa >
O I‘“eOU June <f, 1834. $
3Y a resolution of the boa id of direct
or* ..film institution the following
rates of Interest have been adopted for
the government of the Treasurer thereof
nreceiving money on deposite, viz:
For deposites payable*)
six months alter demand, | - pef cputum
certificates t«ajf be issuer r . aunllv1t
bearing an interest at the \
rate of J
For deposites papabie)
font months after demand. | ^ centum
certificates may be issued annum.
bearing an interest at the |
rate of J
For deposites payable*)
ninety days after demand, | g f, ,.,m
certificates may ha issued ^ ' (|,M „„
bearing an interest at the |
rate of J
liy order
GFOIIGE POLL, Treasurer
July 10, 1834.—tf _ _ _
V A LU A » LE M AN t FA < 1’URI N G
1" B O P B U ‘i! V
FOR SALE OR RENT.
fl^HE subscriber as trustee <>l Edward
g A Gibbs ol Martindiuig Beikeley to
Va., is nutlionzed to sell or lease the fol
lowing valuable property lying on the Tus
caroia creek in Jimtinsburg.
1. A valuable Woolen factory with II
the necessary machinery, implements *a\
now in the occupancy of John M. Riddle
&, Co. whose lease o*f the same expires on
the 1st of April 1836. To this valuable
factory is attached a machine Shop—and
every appurtenance and convenience ne
cessary lor the spinning, weaving, di cing,
and dressing processes in the making of
Cloth.
ii. A Valuable Sawmill.
3, Jl Cupaio Furnace, with its appara
tus and various flask?, patterns, and lur
niture. , ,
4. Ji Blacksmith's Shop and loots
This valuable property will he deposed
of by the subscriber separately or together
at private sale, or will be leased separate
ly qi» together for a term ol years, 1 be
factory of course sold or teased subject to
the term of the present tenant— posses
sion ofthe rest delivered immediately —
The subscriber can as.-ute persons who
may wish to engage in business m this
sort that a Bargain can he had. the cxe
ecution of his tru«t requiring that some
disposition should he peremptorily mane.
Enquire of the subscriber living in Mor
gan County. Va., opposite Hancock, Md.
dr to U. H Conrad Esq Martin-burg,
Va. CROMWELL OKillCK.
Trustee for E Jl Gibbs.
September 3, 1835—tf _
'JL A N D 3 A Ij 2? - -> -v*
FOR SALE.
HAVING sold a part of my estate near
Murtinsburg, Berkeley County, \ a.
I wish to dispose of the residue, consisting
of the Mill tract of about
3 4 0 AC R E S,
and the Oak Ridge tract of.130 Acres—
lands equal in quality to any 1,1 llie s';iler
Ui,oh the Mill tract there are upwards ol
one hundred acres or first rate, bottom
land, and about 'he same quantity ol
cleared upland, the balance in timber.-—
The Mill bouse is r substantial stone build'
ins, one hundred leet by forty, in whic ,
three pair cf Burrs and one of Country
Stones are worked by the 1 uscarora
creek, one of the best aodmust permanent
mill streams in the country.
The dwelling house, also.of stone, is a
large convenient well finished building,
divided into fourteen rooms. !;'»"ies a
passage of 18 feet width through its centre.
There are barns, stables and other out
houses in abundance, all good and conve
U'rL Oak Ridge traet is -31 miles distant
from the Mill tract, about one ball of it
covered with timber ot the finest quality,
the balance cleared, well fenced, and in
H high state of cultivation. The '"‘Ptove
nients on it are indifferent. I "ill sell
those, farmson necomodatirg terms, either
i( •’"diVi3eA-i™1w “kAnSSn.
March 5, 1835—tl ______
VJKriLSON ANDERSON, are
V v itgnin receiving an additional sup
ply of WINTER GOODS. They would i
particularly call the attention of tl.e pub
lie, to tneir very complete assortment ol
Cloths ami Cam,nens, I’clcrsham, Imdrn
Buckskin. Cassinetts. .11 lute and Cold
flannels; French, English, and I rutted
Merinos ; Zutican, French, <$' Common
Tbey^liave a pretty assortment of Black,
and Colored Silks; Dress ]hits; Hum
and Fix'd Bobbincls. do do Swiss and
Book Muslin ; Cambric and .Jackoncl,
Imccs, Edgings. Inset Imgs, and rusting*
— together with a general assortment ol
Domestic Goods, Hardware Queens ware
and Groceries.
December 10,1S35. _
CHINA, 01A33, JLTifO XiAStl i. JtW
w Azni.
HVGI1 C. SMI ID Co, have late
ly imported, per ship John Mar
shall, and other direct opportunity,
from Liverpool, a veiy lull and complete
assortment of
China, Glass, <Sf Earthen-war,-.
Their stock comprises every article ui tire
line,—selected with great care,—and oiler
ed for sale, Wholesale or Retail, on very
accommodating terms. They re-pcctlul y
request the attention ol Merchants to their
stock, as from their long experience, am
constantly receiving new goods, they tut
er themselves that Waie can he puicbas
cd from them quite as low as at any esta
blishment to the Norfh
Alexandria, D. G , Dec 10, 1835.—' t
I EffX SGZLIANJT.
I An AraRian Bridal Bath.—My
| wife arid Julia have been invited, to
J lav, by the wife and daughter of an
Arab chief of the vicinity, to pass the
! day at their baths ; this is the diver.
' sion in which oriental women chiefly
indulge. A bath is announced a fort
night beforehand, as a bnll would be
in Europe- 1 subjoin the description
of this fete, such us my wife gave it to
1 us this night on her return.
| The bathing apartments arc a pub.
| lie place, the approach of which is in.
I terdictcd to men on every day until a
certain hour, in order that women
alone may have the free range ofthcru
—but when it is intended to be a bride’s
bath, such as the one in question, men
are excluded throughout the day. A
faint light is admitted into the apart
meats hv mean* .f small domes with
painted window They are paved
with marble,shaped into compartments
of varied colours, and inlaid with con
S'derablo :. The walls are also
lined with marble in the form of mosa
ics, or sculptured with Moon h mould
ings, or small columns. A graduated
beat prevades these apartments; the
first one has the temperature of the ex
ternal air; the second is tepid, the
others are warmer in succession, until
the last—when the vapor of the almost
boiling water rises from the basin, and
oppresses the air with its overpower
ing heat. In general there are no ba
sins scooped in the centre ot the apart
ments, but merely spouts, through
which water to the depth of hall uu
inch, is constantly flowing upon the
marble floor, running off through stone
gutters, and incessantly renewed.—
\Vhat is called a bath in the east, is
not a complete immersion, but succes
sive aspersions ol a greater or loss
warmth, and the impressions of vapor
upon the shin.
1 * r* . 1 *.
1 wo nunureu leniuu-s vi mu ui
Haircut, and oft lie neighborhood, w ere
on that day invited- to the bath, and
amongst them many young Europeans;
each one arrived wrapt up in an im
mense sheet of white linen, whichcom
l pletely conceals the superb costume of
| the women when they issue forth.—r
They were all accompanied by their
black slaves or free servants ; accord
ingly as they arrived, they formed into
groups, or sat down upon mats and
cushions prepared in the outer hall;
their suite removed the sheets which
enveloped them, and they then appear
cd in all the ricli and picturesque bril
liancy of their dress and jewels. 1 hose
costumes are highly varied in the co
lour of the stud's and the splendor ol
the jewels; but they arc altogether
shapeless.
The dress consists in broad folded
pantaloons of striped satin, secured at
the waist by a tissue of red silk, and
drawn in above the ancle by a gold or
silver bracelet; a robe worked in gold
open in front, and fastened under the
bosom, which is left bare; the sleeves
are drawn close tinder the armpit, and
afterwards hang loose from the elbow
to the wrist; a silk gauze tunic runs
underneath, and covets the chest.
Over the robe they wear a velvet vest
of scarlet colour, lined with sable or
^ ermine, with gold embroidery over the
seams ; the sleeves arc also open.
The hair is parted across the head,
a portion falling over the neck, the lest
twisted in plaits falling to the ancles,
and made longer by black sila tiesses,
imitating natural hair. Small wreaths
of gold or silver bang at the extremity
of these tresses, which by their weight
they cause to float along the shape: the
head is moreover strewed with small
pearl chains, strung gold sequins, and
natural flowers, nil mixed up together,
and scattered with incredible profusion
_just as if the contents of a casket
had been thrown pellmell over those
gaudy heads of hair covered with the
perfume of jewels and flowers. This
barbarian gorgeousness has the most
picturesque effect on young females of
from fifteen to twenty; some women,
moreover wear a cap ol cut gold, ot
the shape of an inverted cup ; on the
centre of which cap is seen a gold tus
sol bearing a '.uft of pearls and dangling
; on the shoulders. Their legs are bare
and the only covering of the feet arc
yellow morocco slippers, which they
drag along at every step*
Their arms are covered with brace
lets of gold, silver, or pearls; their
necks with several necklaces tbrminga
twist of gold or pearl on tbffuncovered
bdsom. . -
As soon as all the women had as
sembled, a wild music was heard ; some
females, whose breasts were only co
vered with a slight red gauzo, uttemi
sharp and plaintive cries, and playet
on the fife and tambourine; this music
| continued throughout the day, and im
parted to a scene of pleasure and lesti
vity, a character of savage tumult am
frenzy.
, When the bride appeared, accompa
nied by her mother and her young
, friends, and dressed in so splendid n
costume that her hair, her neck, her
arms, and her breast, were completely
concealed tinder n veil strewed with
garlande of gold and pjarls, the bathing
women seized upon her, and stripped
her, by degrees, of all her ornaments;
in the meanwhile, the rest of the com
pany were undressed by their slaves,
and the various ceremonies of the bath
now commenced. They moved, tu
the unceasing sound of the same music,
coupled with more and more extrava
gant forms and words, from one apart
ment to another ; they began with va
por baths ; afterwards came ablution
- baths ; perfumed and soapy water was
next poured over them; then com
■ monefid the several amusements; and
all the women indulged, with various
cries and gesticulations, in the sports
familiar to school-boys who are taken
out to bathe—splashing cue another,
j dipping their heads under water, throw -
I ing water in each other’s laces ; the
' music withal growing louder and more
yeiling, as often as any of those cliild
| ish amusements excited the boisterous
laughter of the young Arab girls. At
’ last they loft the bath ; the slaves and
other attendants again plaited the damp
hair of their mistresses, fastened the
necklaces and bracelets, dressed them
in their silk gowns and velvet vests,
spread cushion# upon the mats in the
apartments, tint flooring of which had
been wiped dry, and brought forth
from baskets and silk wrappers the
provisions prepared for the repast;
these consisted of pastry and all kinds
of confectionary, for which the Turks
and Arabs are unrivalled; shbrberts,
I orange (lower water, and all the icy
beverages in which eastern people in
dulge at every moment. Pipes and
narguils were also brought in for the
elder part ofthe company ; a cloud ol
odoriferous smoke filled and obscured
the atmosphere ; codec of excellent fla
vor, was freely served up in small cups
enclosed in little transparent vases oi
gold mid silver wire; the conversation
now Became animated ; dancing wo
men came next, who executed, to the
sound of the same music, bgypt'.an
dances and the monotonous Arabian
evolutions. Such were the occupations
of this day, and it was not until night
fall that the whole train of women led
the young bride back to her mother ■
house. This ceremony of the bath
usually takes place a few days before
the wedding.—La Mar time's Pilgri
mage.
From the Uultirnore 1 at nut.
Edward Everett.—A correspon
dent at Haverhill, Mass., in a letter
recently published in the Patriot, sta
ted that Mr. Everett, who has just been
elected Governor of Massachusetts,
was a poor boy, dependent upon ircc
scbools for his education, i his is a
mistake. Mr. Everett was one of a
number el sons—three of whom, l*c
side himseli, were Alexander II., John,
and Thomas H.—of the Itev. Oliver
Everett, a clergyman of Boston—af
terwards a Judge—in independent cir
cumstances ; so much so, that lie left a
sufficient patrimony to procure for his
children a liberal education. Edward
Everett was prepared for Harvard
College, at a free school in Dorches
ter, near Boston. He entered the U ni
versity at lwr/ve years of age, and gra
duated, taking his bachelor’s degree
with the. first honors of his class, at the
early age of seventeen. Before ho
was eighteen, he was appointed a Tu
tor at Harvard University, and before
he was twenty, lie was settled as the
Pastor of a religious society in Brattle
street, Boston. Here lie wrote one of
the most learned and elaborate theo
logical works ever produced in the
country, and also, by his public jier
fbrniunccs, placed himself in the very
first rank of a profession, which, tor
talents and learning is second to none
in New England. At the ago of liven
ty.nnr, ho was appointed Professor oi
Greek in Harvard College, and, with
a view to prepare h'niseit thoroughly
for the duties of his Professorship, lie
spent five years in travelling and resi
ding in Europe, visiting Greece, Asia
Minor, Constantinople, &c., before his
return. * During his [travels in thesi
count!ics he made the acquaintance oi
Lord Byron, who often spoke in thr
highest terms of praise of M r. Everett’s
learning, talents, and excellence ol
character.
At the age of twenty-six, he com
mcnccd uj>on the duties of his Profess
orship, undertaking at the same time
the conduct of the North Amerieai
Review, which lie raised to the highes
point of respectability both in thh
country and in Europe. Our trims
atluntie Reviewers and learned The
bans will not soon forget tbc ligh
which poured in upon them from i
country where- they had flattered them
sch rs there was nought but ignoranc*
when Edward Everett became the Ki!
itor of the North American Review
Poor Hamilton, of “American Man
ners ” memory ! He will never go
over Everett's review of his work.
At the ageoflhirly, Mr. Everett wn
after a sharp contest, elected to Coo
gross, from Middlesex District, Mass,
by a large majority.—For ten vour;
lie .was re-elected almost w ithout op
1 position. His course in Congress f
known to tho whole country. Hisex
cmplatv diligence, his always urban*
1 and gentlemanly deportment and dig
nificd moderation of temper, his since
ritv, and the eloquent manner in whicl
lie always acquitted himself when ad
dressing the House, gained for him the
good opinion of all w ho knew him, yea
more, the good opinion of the whole
country, and when, after ten years
service he voluntarily retired fan
Congress, the greatest regret was fel
! at his departure. To have such n rnai
leave the Housflt>f Representatives, ni
any time, is a loss to the nation—bul
in these times, it is a double loss.
The people of his native State havt
now called him, at tho early age ol
forly-one,—earlier than that of an)
j of his predecessors since tho days ol
Sir Henry Wane—to the highest office
in their gift. That he will administm
the duties of Chief Magistrate of that
ancient nnd patriotic State, faithfully,
efficiently, and to the satisfaction ol nil
upright men, none wdio know the man,
can doubt. Wo rejoice tlint so upright
and worthy a man has been honorably
placet! in so distinguished and exalted
a station. Well would it be for other
States, and for the Nation, if their high
est and most responsible offices were
filled only hv such w orthy, faithful, in
dustrious, and honor aide men ns Ed
ward Everett. His election demon
strates the efficacy of industry, perse
vering fidelity, and honesty of purpose,
and presents an example to stimulate
others, if they would rise in honors n?
ho has done, to imitate him in all those
excellent qualities for which lies is sc
distinguished, and so justly admired.—
The highest honors of tho Nation an
witlun the reach of all who will go the
right way to work to obtain. I hem.
Rh'wis of Ri:Moit«r.—There is i
young man named Burdwcil, in prisoi
at Northampton, Mass, lor tho com
mission of sundry larcenies. Ho wa.
arraigned holore the Court last week
but by reason of insanity was unnbh
to plead, and was returned to the pris
on. This incident forms a theme foi
the subsequent reflections by thueditoi
of the Northampton Cmjrier:
“It literally makes the heartache t<
witness the mere wreck of this once
noble and proud spirited boy. XV hn
a morn! spectacle for the young ns
well as the parents to,contemplate!—
Here is a youth of much promise fm
luturo usefulness, enjoying the confi
dence of his employer, and the estocn
of all who knew him—partaking of re
ligious and moral instruction, having
his necessities all supplied, and free
from the iiksomc carcsnud responsibi
lities of mature life—suddenly detected
in the commission of crime, and confi
ned with criminals of every grade in
prison. He is overwhelmed by the
awful ness of his situation an I the a
mount of guilt which has so fearfully
broken around his mind. His tears a
yuil him not, and the sorrows of i
heart-broken mother strengthen the a
cuteness of his anguish, until rensoi
totters. Suddenly tho father dies in a
distant land, & the only hope of earth
ly succour seems now obliterated am
quenched. Ono long deep burst o
grief follows, and reason is crushed
and the light of intellect is extinguish
ed, perhaps, forever.
Since tho hour in which his father i
decease was communicated, he has noi
spoken a syllable, nor uttered a word
He seems domed to eternal, silence am
id iocy ! He is wholly unconscious o
the existence of any object around him
He knows nothing, and heeds nothing
1 Day and night find him the snrno va
cant, idiotic being, retaining bis ani
trial nature, but with drooping heat
and palsied mind and quenched iutcl
led ! Such a melancholy case of nb
! oration from virtue, should not pasi
without its salutary influence and im
pressiveneM upon the young. The}
seem like beacons lifted on high, do
signed to warn the unwary and though
less of the quicksands which lie con
' ccalcd through tho journey of life, re
quiring a constant watchiulntss oftln
the passions and outposts to ho placet
I around virtue, to keep the heart un
spotted in the world, so that its posses
i sor may ultimately secure the ncedot
attributes of heaven.”
Sixcci- VR Preservation of Lirr
. —Something over three weeks since
t a little girl of about five years of agr
i while gathering nuts of yatieus kinds
. with some other children in a fores
* contiguous to a prnrie, in the sout
.•part of this county, I icon mo separate
. front her companion#, and remained ii
• the forest or on the pratie for thcspaci
t of twelve days.
Tho.people of tho adjoining town:
« to the number of several hundred
. turned out for tho pur|oso of nixlinj
, the little unfortunate truant, but uftei
i several da\ s of faithful search, gavt
the child tip as forever lost, as it wa>
i not deemed possible that it could esc apt
either one of tho several dangers t*
which it was expose I. To give the
1 render an idea of these dangers, wt
j will merely state that the child wn*
i lost, the prairie# were on fire, «nd
wore filling the whole country with
smoke and flame, which rendered it
more than probable that tho object ol
their search must have perished in the
general conflagration of vegetation. In
the event of an escape from lire, how -
ever.it was no less in danger from pc
rishing with the cold, by being expo,
soil to the inclemency of the weather at
this season of tho year. Consider#
tions of this kind, after four or fisc
day’s search, induct'd the inhabitants
' t" give up all hopes of finding tho wan
derer, & they returned to their homes
' conciou# of having done all that duty
required of them towards restoring tho
child to t ho lond embrace of its parents.
The surprise of the inhabitants can he
1) tier imagined than described, on
seeing the little pedestrian emerge from
the forest seven or eight du>s after
tliuy had abandoned the search ns un
necessary and fruitless, accompanied
bv tho faithful house dog of its parents
which Imd accompanied it in nil ils
wanderings. The child was, as might
be expected, much emaciated by ex
treme suffering from hunger and cold,
and hud its hair burnt oil its bend by
the burning prairie. The faithful dug
however, has suffered much more se.
verely front the lire, as is supposed in
endeavoring to preserve the child from
being consumed. Suffice it to say,
the child is fust recovering, and the
parents hearts have Jioen mad# to re
joice over tho restored child of their
affections.—1’errysburg Miami qf tht
Lake.
BATTLE OK NEW ORLEANS.
A Km.Umax,—A daring Ton ness
an, with a blanket tied round him, and
a hat of enormous breadth, who seem
ml to be fighting‘on bis own Imok’ i.is
daining to raise Ins rifle over the haul,
of earth, and fire in safety to his per.
s in, like his more warv fellow soldiers
chose to spring every time he fired, u
poll the Breastwork, where balancing
himself, lie would bring his rifle to Ins
cheek, throw back his broad brim, take
sight and fire, while tho enemy were
advancing to thenltack, as deliberate
ly as though shooting at a herd ol
deer; then leaping down on the inner
side, he would reload, mount th<
works', cock bis beaver, fake aim an I
crack again. “This lie did, said an
English officer, who was taken prison
er by him, and who laughingly relat
ed it ns a good anecdote to captain I >.
my informant above alluded to, “five
times in rapid succession, ns l advan
ced at the head of my* company ; and
though tho grape whistled through the
air over our heads, for the life ol me
I could not lielpsmilingnt his grotcsqin
demi-savage, domi-qunker figure, rtf
he throw back tho broad flnptffhi.seas.
tor to obtain a fair sight—deliberately
raised bis rifle—shut his left eye ami
blazed away at us. 1 verily believe
he brought down one of my men at tv.
cry shut.”
An tho British rosnlutcly advanced,
• though columns fell like the tall grain
before the sickle nt the fire of tho A
merienris, this same officer approach
ed nt the head of his brave grenadiers,
amid tho rolling fire of musketry from
the lines of bis unseen foes, undaunted
and untouched. “Advance my men !”
he shouted as lie reached the edge ol
• tho fosse—“follow me !” and sword in
hqml lie leaped the flitch, and turning
amidst the roar and flame of a hundrec
muskets, to encourage his men, behoh
to his surprise but a single man of his
company upon his feet—more than 5(1
bravo fellows whom he Ira I so gallant,
ly led on to the attack, had been shol
,* down. As he was about to leap back
from bis dangerous situation-, bis swori
was shivered in his grasp by a rifle
hall, and nt the same instant the da
ring Tennessean sprang upon the-pnr
' apetnnd levelled his deadly weapon a
’ his breast, calmly observing, “Sumo
j der stranger, or I may perforate ye!
I “Chagrined,” said the officer, nt tin
close of Iris recital, “1 was compeHet
. to deliver to the bold fellow rny mutila
j ted sword, and pass over into the Am
erican lines.”-*-Soulh IVrst ly a Inn.
kcc.
From the Wincbcitcr Republican
! Liberia—The American Coloni
, 7-ation Society has already planted
t settlements on the coast of Africa.
1. Monrovia, the scat of the coloni
I i a! government. It is a seaport town,
i 1 and stands on cape Montserado, at tho
month of n river ofthat name. It con.
tains between three and four hundred
i j lions \s. There aro three churches At
, j threo Sabbath schools, in which almost
; the w liolo .population of children nro
taught, embracing also a number of
the children of the natives. This town
was, upon its first settlement, very un
healthy to tho whites, and, to some
extent, to the colored emigrants. It
i is now becoming more healthy, and
, may bo visited by strangers with more
safety titan Surinam or Demarnrn, or
! other ports of South America or tho
i West Indies. The |H>rt of Monrovia
is visited by ships from all parts of tho
world. A week seldom passes without
more or less arrivals,
j ‘J. New (iforgta.—This is a settle
i meet of recaptured slaves taken by tho
public armed ships of the United Stall's
and England. This is both a commor
cial and an agricultural settlement,
with an exceedingly fertile soil. It
contains more tlum one hundred hous
i es; and several hundred inhabitants,
recently heathen, arc now rapidly ad
Mincing in civilization and Christi
anity.
:t. Caldwell.—This is the largest
colony in Liberia. It extends seven
miles along the St. Paul's river, and
| is the most nourishing settlement on
the coast. It is an agricultural colony
1 mid has a society for the improvement
! of stock, of which they possess a large
number of an excellent quality. 1 ho
: situation is high and healthy, and tho
soil remarkably rich.
-J. MMshurg.—This town is situaterf
at tho fulls of .St. Paul’s river, which
is nkvigable to the town. It is a heal
thy situation, with very productive
lands.
5 Edina.—This placo is sixty miles
south of Monrovia, at the mouth of St.
John's, a largo river. The soil is good
and the placo healthy. There are nl
roadv about one hundred houses. The
river is navigable far into tho interior
and furnishes great facilities for trade;
<s. A small settlement on Junk river.
7. Itassa CoreTliissettlement has
been made by tho‘Young Men’s Soci
ety of P( nimylvnnin,’ and is called
‘Pennsylvania,’ Here aro almost a
hundred emigrants, which recently he
longed to tli late Dr, Hawes of Rup
pahannoek. A large number of them
nro decidedly pious, and all pledged to
the temperance caftse.
j l! ing i stnldishcd on the principles
of the ‘ fir nds,’ they were w ithout
amis ; of this circumstance some .hos
tile nations took advantage a few
months since, and in some dispute kil
! Jed a number of the inhabitants ; in
consequence of which, they have been
supplied by their Pennsylvania patrons
with the means of defence, though
not fill the enemy had been severe
ly chastised by a volunteer corps (rout
Monrovia.
>■*. t upc rannna.— j ms rawuusu*
intuit was founded i>y the Ordonizntion
Society of Maryland, which is patroni
zed hy the Legislature. They Imve
purchased a large territory, which, ns
far as they have beeu able to survey,
is as rich as the best ot our s nith-wost
ern lands. Very high hopes are en
tertained of this establishment. If a
.singh- individual lias died there from
the effects of the climate, it is unknown
to the writer of this article, ’i he n
geuf, Dr. Hall, who went out in very
bad health, recovered after a few
months, and write* fliat he has no fur
ther use for a crutcff.
The agricultural and commercial
productions of these places are rice',
sugar, cotton, coffee, enssudn, bannnn,
(the two last bread studs,) potatoes, In
dian corn,cattle hogs, hide*, camwood,
palm oil, ivory, gold dust, tortoiseshell
pepper, oranges, and lemons.
The great staples of the country will
probably lie rice, cotton, coffee, and
sugar, ns fla y can be raised of the fi
nest quality. I'ho colonists own a
number of trading vessels, which they
have built themselves—vessels with
which they have ventured to cross the
Atlantic. Some havo brought valua
ble cargoes into our ports.
It will bo seen by reference to the
map, that our coloniss occupy some of
the most important points upon tho
const, which will enable them materi
ally to check the slave trade, which,
indeed, they have done already, us
5000 slaves were annually shipped
, fiom Boss*Cove. 'I he-servire which
Colonization has rendered to the cause
of humanity , in this way, is sufficient
to justify all the expense which has
been incurred by the scheme; for, if
we except the Black Hole of Calcutta,
there is perhaps no place w here human
life ever subsisted, that can be conipa
red to the bold of a slave ship.
H{f _There are now about 200f
i waiting for a passage to Liberia, and it
is estimated that fifteen dollars will
! p„y the passage of an individual.