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"They seemed impressed when they saw the colonist and native Christians go up to commune side by side. They have not been in the habit of attending St. Mark's Church (I mean the heathen,) where the communion has generally been administered to both natives and colonists. I hope that all who attended will long remember with pleasure this day.

The monthly missionary meeting was held at night, at the school-house, at Latrobe. A very good congregation was present. The contributions were not large."

"I am very glad to say that poor as St. Mark's members are, they and some other persons have contributed a second time towards the enlargement of the church. Both the church and the Sunday School Missionary Society have also for some time past been contributing monthly towards the same object. I think not less than $350 to $400 have been raised among our people toward the church, besides the $312 cleared by the last Fair. We expect as much from

the next.

When the church is completed, this congregation can with all ease support a native teacher and evangelist at $150 a year in a destitute tribe in the interior. I believe piety is on the increase, and the Missionary spirit becoming more apparent with some; others are cold and dead. May God pour out his spirit upon us all."

INTELLIGENCE.

From the Louisville Presbyterian.

A SPECTACLE FOR ABOLITIONISTS.

Among the large throng who were present and took part in the divine service held in the grove of the Presbyterian Church last Sabbath week, were several hundred colored persons (slaves) occupying a division to themselves, provided with seats as good as the whites, well clothed-they heard the same sermon, joined in the same prayers and hymns, and partook of the same sacrament with their masters at the Lord's Table, and cheerfully contributed their mite to send the Gospel to perishing heathens. And so it is throughout the whole southern country, the blacks are well provided with Christian privileges, having church accommodations, and hear the Gospel preached on every Sabbath equally with their masters and mistresses.-Iredell Express.

Another illustration of the affection existing between the master and his servants and the kindness shown to the latter, has recently come under our observation and is worthy of being published in connection with the above: "The proprietors of the Presbyterian Book Store, in this place, received an order last week from a slaveholder in an adjoining county for sixty-seven Bibles, Testaments, Hymn Books and Confessions of Faith. They were purchased for his wife who intended to present them to the servants on the plantation. Plain, large type was sought for the old, and different styles of binding were ordered to please every variety of taste. Our Southern servants are not only permitted to hear, but to read the Word of God.-North Carolina Presbyterian.

DEATH OF AN AFRICAN TRAVELER.

The last post which left Zanzibar brought to Europe the sad news of the sudden death of Dr Albrecht Roscher of Hamburg, the young and zealous traveller, whose active explorations in Central Africa during the last few months have been watched with so much interest by foreign geographers. Dr. Roscher, while busied on the banks of the great Lake Nyassa, whose eastern shore he reached about the same time that Richardson arrived at its southern extremity, with preparations for future journeys to the unknown regions towards the south and west, was attacked in the night-time by two barbarous natives of the Lake country, and killed in his bed by means of poisoned arrows. His servants, alarmed and excited by his terrible fate, took to flight and carried the melancholy tidings to Zanzibar. Their accounts were fully confirmed by a negro chief, who arrived at that place a few days later. Dr. Roscher had just

received, by the kindness of some admiring friends at Zanzibar, who were justly proud of his successful attempt to reach Nyassa, abundant supplies to enable him to proceed down the Lake. It is possible that the desire to obtain possession of this newly-arrived wealth may have prompted the murderous deed, although his last letters speak of difficulties which had arisen between him and the Lake people. A hope exists that his papers and notes, which would be of undoubted value to geographical science, may yet be recovered and transmitted to Europe.

The sultan of Zanzibar is reported to have seized the murderers and recovered the stolen goods.

Nothing is known of the adventurous Vogel's fate, from June, 1856, to the date of his death. A general desire has been manifested by his compatriots to send an expedition to Central Africa, in order to clear up the obscurity hanging about this period of his explorations. Subscriptions have been collected in several German cities, and they now amount to so large a sum that it is determined to fit out a party at once. Mr. T. Von Henglen has been selected to head the expedition. He was for seven years Austrian Consul at Khartoum on the Nile, where he acquired a familiarity with the languages and geography of northern and central Africa. He has since shown himself peculiarly fitted for the undertaking by his journeys in Abyssinia, the region of the upper Nile, the territory about the Red Sea, and the lands of the Somali. He will procure servants in Cairo and Khartoum, make the upper waters of the Nile the basis of his explorations, and will have his chief station and depot at Bengari, a post on the north African coast.

DR. LIVINGSTONE is quietly awaiting in South Africa the arrival of a new steamer sent out by the Lords of the Admiralty, to replace that worn-out boat in which he has been exploring the Zambesi and its tributaries. He has transmitted to the British Association a concise account of the valley of the Shire.

He describes the whole region as beautiful and heathy, and the soil as rich and productive. The natives are docile, and eager for trade. The river is navigable at all seasons for one hundred and fifty miles, with the exception of a space of thirty miles, where the cataracts impeded the progress of the steamer. Livingstone dwells more emphatically than ever upon the cotton-growing capabilities of this portion of Africa. He looks forward to the day when the valleys of the Shire and the Nyassa shall furnish to the looms of Manchester a quantity of the raw material as great as that now supplied by the southern states of the American Union. He affirms that one tract in the neighborhood of the Shire is especially fitted for the culture of sea-island cotton.

AFRICAN COTTON.-In seven years the increase in the export of cotton from Western Africa into the ports of Great Britain has been one thousand per cent. From 1852 to 1858, the shipments of raw cotton from Abbeokuta alone rose from 1.810 pounds to one million pounds, and the returns for 1859 from the West Coast amounted to nearly two millions of pounds. This signal development has been stimulated almost solely by the supply of cotton gins and seed, and by the purchase, at a fair market price, of all the cotton which the natives brought for sale.

From the Liberia Herald of Sept. 5.

Particulars of the capture of the slave brig—without doubt, the Storm King, of New York-by the U. S. War Steamer San Jacinto.-It will be borne in mind that the U. S. War Steamer San Jacinto arrived in this port on the 23d from Cadiz, (Spain,) where she had been undergoing some slight repairs of machinery, and that on the 27th she left for the south coast, to report for service to the commodore. On the 8th August the San Jacinto espied, what our reporter called a suspicious looking vessel, being about 200 miles off the mouth of Congo river.Capt. Dornin (the same gentleman who dined with President Benson on the 26th July) of the San Jacinto, immediately gave chase, under steam; when near enough the brig (such was the rig of the vessel) she was hailed, and some one

replied in the Spanish language-Capt. D. then ordered 2d Lieut. A. H. Hughes to "low away and board," and, in case she was any ways suspectful to give a sign by waving his handkerchief over the brig's side. On boarding the vessel Lieut. Hughes soon found that she was a bona fide slaver, actually laden with slaves; he accordingly gave the required signal, followed by three hearty cheers, responded to by the San Jacinto, and, more than all, seconded from below the brig's deck by the pent up slaves themselves.

Capt. Dornin, appears, then visited the slave brig. Examining minutely every place by which any thing like identifying or tracing out the port of the brig's outfit might be gotten at, (which marks, of course, were quite scarce) it was found that the brig's chronometer had been rated in New York. There were also some other marks, all of which, together with the previous knowledge many of the officers and crew of the San Jacinto had of the famous Storm King, of New York, identified her beyond doubt as that vessel. On her stern also were printed the American flag and the coat of arms of the State of New York. STRONGER PROOF STILL-on board the slave brig was a sailor who had formerly sailed, as a man-of-war's man, in the San Jacinto, his then captor.

Capt. Dornin, having taken charge of the brig, in the name of the U. S. Government, the slaves were counted-619 in number-A prize crew of 15 men, was then shipped from the San Jacinto, on board the brig-the crew and quasi passengers of the latter, 10 in number, (of whom all who were found in the cabin professed to be passengers, except a young chap calling himself the doctor) were secured by irons ;-all other necessaries arranged, and the brig with the slaves set sail for this port, where she arrived on the 24th ultimo, under command of Lieut. Hughes, who first boarded her, with assistant officers, Midshipmen McCook and Ewen. On the passage only three of the slaves died, a less mortality than is general on board slavers for the same length of time, owing to the fact that the time of capture could have been no more than 24 to 36 hours from their shipment by the slaver, and thus the horrible effects of the passage had not fully set in upon them.

The Slave vessels in Harbor.-Early the next morning after the arrival, we paid a personal visit to the slave brig, the supposed Storm King, in order that we might, for once, witness whatever there was to be witnessed on board of a slave ship. To our desire we got on board before anything had been altered, or any of the human cargo had been removed to the shore. Such a sight had never before met our eyes: wretchedness, and misery in the most haggard forms were before us. Imagine 617 people naked, sick and dying, crowded in the hold of a little vessel of 167 tons, or there abouts; filth and pollution of the foulest kind spread on every side, rather on every person, old women and pregnant women, fathers and sons, little children and infant babes, all jammed, huddled or packed together, bearing more an analogy to sardines in a box than that of human beings, of immortal souls.

The Storm King is a fine, fleet craft of her kind, a regular New York clipper. The officer of the man-of-war, who had her in command, assured us that he had seen but few faster vessels; 12 miles an hour, said he, with not all of her usual sails set, was easy speed for her-16 miles to an hour he could get out of her without much strain. The man-of-war came upon the Storm King in a calm, otherwise, though the man-of-war was a steamer, she could never, said the officer in charge, "have smelt her."

AMERICAN TONNAGE DUES AND LIBERIAN VESSELS.

An American trader to our coast, writing to his agent in this city says, "I am doing all that I can to have Mr. Roye's money refunded him, and think that I shall succeed; get from Mr. Seys an official certificate, that United States vessels do not pay any more charges in Liberian ports than Liberian vessels do.

This merchant is quite right. However, we desire not to claim as a favor from the United States any thing that belongs to us of a right. According to all the principles of justice and international law; according to the just principles of Reciprocity-according to that pet doctrine so often declared and oftener pleaded by the United States, that the United States desire to treat every nation the same as that nation treats them, Liberian vessels should

have the same treatment in ports of the United States as the United States' vessels receive in Liberian ports.

FAIR AT CAPE PALMAS.

We learn that a FAIR has been recently held at Cape Palmas-Orphans' Asylum, Harper. The Fair was for the special benefit of this charitable institution, as we are informed.

Our neighbours at Palmas are undoubtedly ahead of us of this county in such matters; they seem to have the right view of things. How infinitely more laudable it is to have such entertainments of use and profit in every respect, than our old, sensual and material way of feasting up every cent we get, in parties, picnics, soirees, &c.-It is not the having of our parties, &c., however, that we would condemn as a whole, but it is the sameness of plan, the one grand idea of ro EAT, which seems to be the monarch of all our entertainments, that does not reflect so creditably upon us. Cannot we too have some of our entertainments, ever and anon, "based on some other purpose?" A soiree musical, by tickets, the proceeds of which after defraying expenses should go to some charitable institution; a fair based on somewhat the same plan; some social parties gotten up for the benefit of some needed charity, would be a redemption for our heretofore misappliances.

The Ladies we believe were the prime movers in the Orphans' Asylum Fair-Our Ladies we are sure" won't take that."

THE BARK "ERIE."

A few moments before we left the deck of the slave brig, a signal was made for a vessel off the leeward. Not long afterward a large, fine, full-rigged ship rounded the cape. No sooner than the head sails of the ship became visible from the brig's deck, a young Portuguese on board, calling himself a passenger recognized her as the vessel which he had left in the Congo river, and said: "there now they have got her. He was correct. The vessel was the "Erie," owned in New York, she was captured by the U. S. War Steamer "Mohican, on the same day of the capture of the Storm King, and came here with 897 of her slave cargo on board.

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We were told, that owing to long confinement on board, the slaves of the Erie were in a much worse condition than the brig's. The Erie is over 800 tons,-larger, then, than the Caroline Stevens.

From the Liberia Herald of Sept. 19.

We are pleased to learn that the President, during his late visit to Sinoe county, last month, where he spent about ten days, visited the Sinoe falls, which are about twelve miles from Greenville, spent most of a day in company with the Superintendent of that county, and several other prominent citizens, in examining the country on both sides of the river, contiguous to the falls, with a view of having a new settlement formed in that vicinity. He represents it as a fine section of country, having fertile soil, excellent water, and parts of it possessing sufficient elevation to secure a state of health superior to that enjoyed at any of the existing settlements in that county.

He had concluded and partly arranged to have a large company of the recaptives-whose arrival from the United States was then daily expected--located on a government farm of several hundred acres, adjacent to the contemplated new settlement, to be known as a public county industrial establishment or institution, to be conducted on the manual labor system, where, for the terms of from seven to fourteen years, as their ages might be, according to the laws of this Republic ordaining and regulating the apprenticeship of recaptive Africans, the art of agriculture, and the several branches of mechanism, might be daily taught those wild heathens, before and after their school hours. are sorry to say that this judicious purpose has been thus far thwarted by reason of the said recaptives having arrived, and are contemplated to be kept in Liberia,- for a time as yet unknown to this government,-under the auspices of foreign bodies, through their agents residing in this Republic.

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We are gratified to know, however, that it is still the purpose of government to carry out the contemplated humane plan, not only in Sinoe, but in each of the counties of this Republic, so soon as a consistent disposition is made of them (the recaptives) by those now claiming the exercise of supervision over them,—that is, the turning them over to the government of Liberia to be under her exclusive control-provided the act which should be dictated by a sense of propriety is not delayed until too much of the first year of their residence in Liberia is spent; in which case the result will prove seriously disastrous to the unfortunate recaptives, as well as to Liberia.

We were also highly gratified to learn that Sinoe is manifestly improving.Its improvement in advance of what it was a year ago, is stated to be not much less than 100 per cent. The Rev. Messrs. Amos, residing at present at Greenville, completed and launched, during the President's visit, a fine side-wheel boat, worked with a crank by manual labor. Her width, including side-wheels, is a little over 9 feet. She was launched from the beach upon the ocean. And though the weather was rough, and the sea boisterous, her speed was both. astonishing and satisfactory to all. She was launched opposite the Hon. S. V. Mitchell's premises, and passed along parallel to the front of the town, and entered the river in quick time; which, however, was not accomplished before the Seth Grosvenor, just from the leeward, was unexpectedly seen rounding "Blue Barra" point, and in a few minutes was also in the river steaming up to her moorings.

These two side-wheel boats-the smallest having a band of music on boardgliding side by side, most magnificently over the surface of the placid Sinoe, with flags and signals gracefully flying, while the bank of the river was crowded with spectators of both sexes and of all ages, presented a picture that was at once grand, animating and encouraging.

That fine boat was built by the Rev. Messrs. Amos, for the purpose of facilitating transportation to and from their missionary station. They have concluded to establish their mission at Niffu-a few scores of miles to the southeast of Greenville-instead of in the vicinity of Sinoe falls, as was at first contemplated.

LATEST FROM LIBERIA.

LETTER FROM PRESIDENT STEPHEN A. BENSON.

Government House, Monrovia, October 31, 1860.

REV. AND DEAR SIR-I had the pleasure of receiving this week your favor of the 28th August, with the August No. of the African Repository; and I thank you for them. By the barque Cora-a prize to the U. S. S. Constellation-which landed nearly 700 Congoes here week before last, and sailed for the United States on the 18th or 19th instant, I penned you a few lines hurriedly, which I hope will have been received before this reaches you. This letter goes by the brig Bonita, which arrived here on the 27th instant, a prize to the U. S. S. San Jacinto, with about 700 more Congoes. So that we have had landed in the Republic, within about two months, nearly 4,000 wild recaptives, of whom this government will have to render an account, in the future, both in this and the other world. The officer in charge of the prize Bonita informed me that some three or four more prizes will very likely be brought up within the next month and a half. We are alarmed! We are affrighted! Yet we tremblingly received them in Liberia, under the firm belief that the American Colonization Society will, with characteristic justice and

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