CONTRIBUTIONS to the Pennsylvania State Colonization Society, from 8th March, to 20th May, 1841, inclusive. 66 March 24th, Received of S. Chickering, donation 66 29th, Received of J. N. Dickson, $20; Michael Reed, $10, 30 00 April 8th, Received of J. H. Dungan, in western notes, $29 50— less discount, $2 80 26 70 6 52 phia, $2 5 00 25 00 60 00 158 22 30th, Mercer Colonization Society, through D. W. Findly, $3 52; Pulaski Colonization Society, $3 00 May 8th, T. Sweet, of Carbondale, $3; J. H. Kenard, of Philadel May 18th, Cash, $25 "19th, Alexander Henry, $50; R. Suter, jr., $10. Collections by the Rev. J. B PINNEY, Agent of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society, at Chester county, of— J. Wattee, $1; Julia Davis, 50c; M. Herslie, 50c; N. Davis, 50c; J. Davis, 10 50 609 '50 . 168 00 89 00 Mrs. Stoneroad, 50c; Mr. N. Brownfield, 50c; Mr. Roberts, 50c; Cash, Chambersburg, Mr. H. Madeira, $1 ; a Lady, $2 Total, 81 58 3.00 $1118 72 The friends of Colonization in Pennsylvania are informed that the office of the Society in Philadelphia is removed to No. 66 South 6th street, where all donations for the Society, or payments for the African Repository, may be made to the Agent, Rev. J. B. PINNEY. CONTRIBUTIONS to the American Colonization Society, from the 25th April, to the 3d May, 1841. NOTE. The account of collections made by Rev. WM. McLAIN in the West and South, to the amount of about five thousand dollars, ($5,000,) must be deferred to the next number, for want of details. THE AFRICAN REPOSITORY, AND COLONIAL JOURNAL. Published semi-monthly, at $1 50 in advance, when sent by mail, or $200 if not paid till after the expiration of six months, or when delivered to subscribers in cities. VOL. XVIII.] WASHINGTON, JUNE 15, 1841. THE LATE EXPEDITION FOR LIBERIA, [No. 12. IT is with feelings of no ordinary degree of pleasure, that we announce to our readers the departure of another company of emigrants for a home in Liberia. They sailed from New Orleans on the 13th of May; and, if we may judge from notices which appeared in the public prints, excited a warm and lively feeling of interest in that community. The "New Or leans Commercial Bulletin " of the 14th ult. contains the following account of their departure: "EXPEDITION FOR LIBERIA.-The bark Union sailed for Monrovia, Liberia, last evening, having on board 43 emigrants sent out by the American Colonization Society. They are a good, honest, industrious and intelligent company, well provided with farming utensils, household and kitchen furniture, school books, and other articles necessary for their comfort and usefulness. The bark had on board several thousand dollars worth of goods, &c. sent out for the purpose of purchasing more territory from the natives, and extending the influence of the Colony. "The Union goes in the service of a large commercial house of this city, with a large cargo on board, for the purpose of trading with the natives; our fellow citizen, JOSEPH G. WALTON, Esq., goes out as supercargo. This is a new era in the commerce of this city. The trade of the Western coast of Africa is immensely important, and we are glad to see our enterprising citizens engaging in it. We hope the day is not far distant when many such expeditions will leave our city." Of these emigrants, seven were from Louisville, Ky., the remainder of a family, part of whom went out a year and a half since. Fourteen were from Paducah, Ky., nineteen from Lebanon, Tenn., and two from New Orleans, one of whom had been in the Colony before and embraced this opportunity of returning. Taken altogether, they were a most interesting company of emigrants. Most of them were of a good age to emigrate. They were healthy, good looking, well behaved and industrious. Several of them are professors of religion, and one of them is a preacher of the Gospel, in good and regular standing in the Methodist Episcopal Church: They were remarkably well supplied with clothing, cooking utensils, household furniture, and implements of husbandry, and will no doubt make useful citizens of the Commonwealth of Liberia. The bark Union, in which they sailed, is a fine vessel of three hundred tons, bought by a large commercial house in New Orleans expressly to commence a trade with the Western coast of Africa. She afforded the emigrants sufficient room and the best of accommodations. It is due to the citizens of Louisiana and Mississippi, and to the Managers of their State Colonization Societies, to state, that they showed the greatest liberality in their contributions to aid in starting this expedition, and in the effort to purchase from the natives those two most important points, New Cesters and Gallinas. They have thus given us the strongest evidence that the cause of Colonization is advancing in those States, and promises great things for the future. Indeed, from all parts of the country, we are cheered by the strongest marks of encouragement, and are urged to prosecute our arduous labors, with renewed zeal. ADDRESS TO THE CLERGY OF ALL DENOMINATIONS. THE FOURTH DAY OF JULY will be famous through all future generations, as the birth-day of the greatest and happiest Republic which ever existed. It is earnestly wished by the friends of African Colonization, that this day should also be associated intimately with the existence and progress of another Republic, now rising to importance, on the Western coast of Africa. It is hoped and believed, that this newly established Colony will, under the smiles of a benignant Providence, be to Africa what the United States are to the continent of America; and. that both of them will long continue to be the dwelling place of freedom, and the asylum for the oppressed. The signal interpositions of Divine Providence in the preservation of the infant settlement of Liberia, in time past, furnishes solid ground of confidence, that the enterprize has the approbation of Heaven; and if that be true, in vain will be the opposition of all its enemies. It must and will be successful; and our children or grandchildren may live to see that fertile country peopled by millions of intelligent and happy freemen. No country in the world is capable of supporting a denser population from the native productions of the soil; and none are better situated for carrying on commerce with all the richest parts of the globe. And whatever reluctance may now be felt by the people of color to emigration to Africa, the time will come when they will be so sensible that it will be for their interest to leave this country, where they can never rise to the enjoyment of equal privileges with the whites, and seek a residence and a home in Liberia, where the colored man will not only be highest in the social scale, but where he will have all the power in his own hands. Let not the friends of Colonization be disheartened. The darkest period of the history of the Colony is past. Disasters may indeed occur, but henceforward the general course of the Colony will be ONWARD. Let vigorous exertions be made to sustain and enlarge the Colony for a few years to come, and there will then be no longer need of foreign aid; Liberia will have the resources and the means of maintaining herself independently. Those who have watched over this interesting settlement from the first germ of its existence, cannot but be filled with joy and wonder, at its present advanced and prosperous condition. But now is a critical time for the Colony, as has been shown in a former number of the Repository; especially as it relates to the recent plans of the British, for occupying the whole coast of Western Africa. The aid of the friends of Colonization is now urgently needed. Let them now, by one united and vigorous effort, place the Colony in such a state, that hereafter there may be no danger to the compact and integral existence of all the settlements, under one harmonious system of Government. Let funds be furnished now, to secure the possession of all thẻ territory interjacent to our settlements, and this being effected, we may consider the last obstacle to Liberia's prosperity overcome. In this grand enterprise of building up an independent Republic of color ed men, virtuous, intelligent and free, the CLERGY of various denominations have acted a prominent part. They have not only cheered us in our gloomiest hours, by their individual encouragement and efforts, but in their ecclesiastical bodies have greatly aided the cause by their decided approbation and cordial recommendation. And annually, on or near the Fourth of July, many of them have taken up collections in their respective congregations, by which the wants of the Society have been, from year to year, greatly relieved. And as this auspicious day is again approaching, the Managers would respectfully, but earnestly, call on the Ministers of all denominations who are friendly to the cause, to exert themselves with more than their usual zeal to replenish the exhausted treasury of the Society. When we consider the number of our friends among the Clergy and among their people, we cannot but think that if all who are in heart favorable to the cause of African Colonization would remember it, and take up' subscriptions or collections for the object, the wants of the Board would be, for the present, well supplied. We are persuaded that upon a moderate estimate there are more than five thousand congregations in the United States, who are favorable to this cause, and would willingly contribute something to sustain and promote it, if the subject were brought before them, at the proper time. We have therefore taken the liberty to address the Clergy of all denominations, not to vindicate the cause of Colonization-for this they do not need-but to stir up their minds by way of remembrance; for we are satisfied that in multitudes of instances, the only reason why contributions have not been made is, that the thing was forgotten, until the appropriate season was past. It is to prevent this, the current year, that we have prepared this address, which we shall endeavor to have so widely circulated that all may have the opportunity of seeing it. |