The Rev. Mr. BUSHNELL, Missionary at the Gaboon, writes January 30th, 1861, from Fernando Po:

"Fernando Po has improved much since I was last here, nearly six years since. There is now a regular Spanish Government established, with a Government House, hospital, &c., and the largest and most expensive barracks on the African coast. There are about one hundred and fifty white soldiers on shore, besides a large frigate at anchor in the harbor, which is used as a guard ship and marine hospital. We found also in port, two Spanish men-of-war, two English steam cruisers, and the United States steamer Sumpter, besides several English and American merchant vessels. Yesterday, the English mail steamer arrived from England, and the same evening departed for Cammeroons River. So you will judge that this is quite a business-like place, and in many respects an important port, as it is the terminus of the English mail line, and the rendezvous of many of the American and European naval vessels. The present Governor is said to be a very liberal minded man, and disposed to grant religious liberty as far as it is in his power; but still no public Protestant religious service is allowed, though family and private worship are not interfered with. Last Friday afternoon, the Governor and other principal officials dined at the Consulate, and we had an opportunity to become personally acquainted

with them.

"We passed the Sabbath on board the United States steamer Sumpter, where, beneath the Stars and Stripes, we were permitted the privilege of worshipping God, with none to molest or make us afraid."

Dr. Livingstone on Lakes Nyenyesi, or Nyassa, and Shirwa, in Eastern Africa.

At a late meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, Lord John Russell, of the Foreign Office, communicated the fact, "that Dr. Livingstone, in company with Mr. C. Livingstone, Dr. Kirk, and Mr. Rae, has traced the Shire River up to its point of departure from Lake Nyenyesi, or Nyassa, and found that there were only thirty-three miles of cataract to be passed. After this interruption the river becomes smooth again, and continued so right into the Lake, in lat. 14° 29' S. The country adjacent to the Shire is formed of three well defined terraces. The first of these is the actual valley of the river, elevated from 1,200 to 1,500 feet above the level of the sea, and exactly like the valley of the Nile at Cairo. The second terrace lies east of this, and is upwards of 2,000 feet in altitude and three to four miles broad. The third terrace is again eastward of this, and exceeds 3,000 feet in altitude. It is bounded on the east by Lake Shirwa, and by a range of very lofty mountains. Based upon this last terrace is Mount Zımba, rising to an additional height of 7,000 feet. Thus at a few miles distance from each other very various climates exist. The second and third terraces were cool, and even cold, and largely supplied with running brooks. The terraces are extensively cultivated with cotton, of foreign origin. No information could be obtained of the length of Lake Nyassa; that of Lake Shirwa is ninety miles. The two lakes are separated by a narrow isthmus. There was no appearance of the water of Lake Nyassa rising or falling much. The River Shire does not vary more than two or three feet from the wet to the dry season. It issues from the lake in a stream of from eighty

to one hundred and fifty yards broad, twelve feet deep, and running at two and a half knots an hour. All trade from the interior to the coast, lawful and unlawful, crosses the narrow isthmus that separates the two lakes, and it is there that Dr. Livingstone thinks slave exportation might most easily be checked. The natives are intelligent, and are great agriculturists-the worst feature about them is frequent drunkenness, from over use of native beer and Indian hemp.

CAPT. N. B. BEDINGFIELD, of the Royal Navy, has urged before the Royal Geographical Society an exploration of the Congo River. He says this river has no bar, but 150 fathoms of water at its mouth, and is navigable for seagoing ships for 100 miles. As an outlet for trade, he thinks the Congo has great advantages over the Zambesi. He imputes the great sickness in Captain Tucker's expedition in 1815, to ignorance of the mode of treating the fever, and to neglect of all precautionary means of health. He believes the Congo to be as healthy as any other river in Africa, and the peculiar dryness of the atmosphere mentioned by Prof. Smith, would make it likely to be more so. Prof. Smith (at the point where the expedition was obliged to turn back,) says: "We are at the beginning of a country evidently capable of extensive cultivation, with navigable rivers, abundance of provisions for sale, and an increased population;" and Captain Tucky adds, "It is a magnificent river, three miles wide, with the most beautiful scenery, equal to anything on the banks of the Thames." Commanders Hunt and Meresby ascended this river in 1857, 130 miles in six days, and without sickness. Capt. Bedingfield advises that the expedition should arrive in Septeniber; Mr. J. J. Monteiro, who has been two years in Angola, thinks May much better. He thought the Portuguese slave traders would not oppose the expedition.

Archdeacon Mackenzie said, of the two communications which had been read, that the one relating to the Congo was the more interesting to himself. That river possessing, as it did, a better mouth and a better harbor than any other river south of the equator in Africa, certainly seemed to offer a great opening into the interior. But instead of giving up the Zambesi Mission, as the paper recommended, he would suggest another mission to the country of Congo, as well. He did not see how they could interfere with each other, for they would be far apart, there being a distance of two thousand miles across from sea to sea.

Mr. Crawford, F. R. G. S, said, the Zambesi was not really, commercially speaking, a navigable river at all, while the Congo certainly was. What Capt. Bedingfield said about cotton might be set aside, for it was idle to suppose that favages would even cultivate it so as to render it valuable for commercial purposes. But there were many things they could produce, and among them was the ground nut, which produced an excellent oil. Still more important was the palm, from which we obtained the well known palm oil. This oil was more valuable than olive oil itself, and we imported 20,000 tons of it in 1858, of the value of one and a half millions of pounds sterling. The cultivation of this palm-the Elais Guinniensis of Botanists-has done more towards the suppression of slavery [slave trade] than all the navies of France, England, and America, have together; for the slave trade had already actually ceased where the trade in palm oil was most active.

The Zambesi Missions.

At the solicitation of Dr. Livingstone, the London Missionary Society, which is composed of different denominations of Christians, resolved to establish two new missions, one on the north side of the Zambesi, and the other on the south side. In accordance with this plan, Messrs. Sykes, Thomas, McKenzie, and Price, left England in June, 1858, for Cape Town, where they were met by Messrs. Moffat and Helmore, men of large experience in the missionary work. The party proceeded to Kuruman, the station of Mr. Moffat, arriving there in December, 1858. In 1859, Messrs. Thomas, Sykes, and John Moffat, accompanied by the veteran Robert Moffat, proceeded to the country of Moselecatse, King of the Matebele; and after many difficulties, succeeded in establishing themselves at Nyate, at the close of 1859. Messrs. Helmore and Price were to labor among the Makololo, beyond the Zambesi; and they succeeded in reaching their destination in due time, accompanied by Tabe, an excellent native teacher, who had assisted Mr. Helmore at Lekattong. The first accounts from this second party were favorable; but on the 12th of November, 1860, Mr. Robert Moffat wrote from Kuruman, announcing the temporary abandonment of its place, in the most painful circumstances. A malignant fever had invaded the missionary circle at Linyanti, distant eight days from Victoria Falls; and Mr. and Mrs. Helmore, with two children, a child of Mr. Price, the devoted Tabe, and two other natives, have died. By the latest report, a son of Tabe was also in a dying state.

Dr. Livingstone arrived at Victoria Falls on the 8th of August. He was deeply affected, of course, by the calamities which had befallen the mission among the Makololo, and regretted that he had not arrived at an earlier day, as he had confidence in his mode of treating the fever.

The Revival in Jamaica.

In April, 1859, Rev. Mr. Prince, a Moravian missionary in Jamaica, desiring to increase the flagging interest in his Sunday Schools, applied to friends in New York for aid. A Youths' Library and other publications of the American Tract Society, to the amount of 22,500 pages, were sent to him, which were warmly welcomed. He has recently written a letter, giving very interesting particulars of the wonderful revival in Jamaica, from which we make the following extracts:

"You will rejoice," he says, " to hear that we are in the midst of a glorious awakening, and that this benighted people, so despised and degraded, are being favored with copious showers of righteousness. Since the Lodiana invitation to prayer was made known, special prayers have been offered here for the outpouring of God's Holy Spirit, the results of which we are now witnessing in a mighty revival of religion. Our churches are filled to overflowing with anxious souls; hardened, stubborn hearts bend low at the foot of the Cross. At the close of a deeply interesting meeting, no person seemed willing to leave the church yard; numbers congregated under a large fig-tree, and several young converts were exhorting others to turn to Jesus; strong women writhed under the conviction of guilt; strong men trembled, and with agonizing groans confessed their sins, and entreated the prayers of the missionary; and from the

time the meeting began until evening, our ears were filled with the cries of distressed souls. It was a day ever to be remembered.

"On another occasion, when I had been preaching at a distant mission station, I saw on my return several waiting by the roadside, who had been in deep distress on account of their sins, but who now ran to tell me their joy at having found Christ. Numbers of the boys and girls who attend Sabbath School came to testify their joy at having a share in Christ's atonement. Their faces beamed with happiness, they could scarcely contain themselves.

“Many of those who are converted go through great and severe bodily and mental excitement and agitation, which is succeeded by exuberant joy when they have found peace in believing.

"All our stations but one have been visited, as far as we have heard, and the fire of God's Spirit is spreading to all parts of the island, and among all classes of men. Our Sabbath School now overflows with children, and our teachers are full of love and zeal."

AFRICA. The minutes of the Liberia Conference, just received, report 1,319 members and 82 probationers, against 1,447 members and 89 probationers last year. But there are two appointments, Heddington and Robertsville, from which no returns were made. There have been two deaths in the Conference, Rev. A. D. Williams and Rev. S. J. Matthews; and one member, Rev. Samuel Williams, has returned to the United States. Four of their effective men have become superannuated, namely, J. S. Payne, H. B. Matthews, Othello Richards, and B. R. Wilson; none have located, withdrawn, or been expelled. Two of the preachers received on trial are natives, of native parentage; were taken from the "bush" and educated in our mission schools. Among the resolutions passed by the Conference was the following:

Resolved, That we most cordially and respectfully, as well as affectionately and earnestly, invite the Corresponding Secretary of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to visit us in the fall of the present year, if possible, or at some other period, as early as may be convenient to him.

We had the pleasure to take H. J. Roberts, M. D., by the hand last week. This gentleman came out in the "M. C. Stevens," and we regret to say was obliged to hurry away in consequence of an attack of hemorrhage of the lungs. Dr. Roberts is well entitled to the best attentions of any of our friends who may meet with him, not only on account of his personal worth, but in view of his relations, being a brother of Rev. J. W. Roberts, one of our most effective preachers, and a presiding elder in Liberia; and a brother also of Ex-President Roberts, who for so many years served the Republic as its chief magistrate. Bishop Burns says of the doctor, "He has more to do with the acclimation and health of our missionaries than any other man in the Republic."-Methodist Missionary Advocate.

REV. T. BOURNE has just returned to this country from England, where he has been laboring in the cause of African civilization. We learn that he has been successful in deepening the interest felt in Great Britain for Africa.

We have heard of the safe arrival of the Bishop of Sierra Leone; and letters received lately, announce that the party sent by the Oxford and Cambridge Missionary Society to Central Africa, have arrived at the Cape.

INTELLIGENCE.

Death of Dr. D. M. Reese.-At a meeting of the faculty of the New York Medical College and Charity Hospital, held on Wednesday the 15th instant, Prof. J. M. Carnochan was called to the chair, and Prof. R. Ogden Doremus appointed secretary.

Professors Raphael and Budd submitted the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:

Whereas, an All-Wise Providence has removed from our midst, our friend and colleague Prof. David M. Reese, M. D., LL. D., therefore,

1st. Resolved, That the faculty and trustees of the College, while they bow in humble submission to the decrees of the omnipotent Ruler of the Universe, feel that the loss sustained by this Institution in the death of their late colleague is such that time can only efface.

2d. Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved widow and relations of the deceased, in the irreparable loss which they have sustained. 3d. Resolved, That the usual badge of mourning be worn by the members of the faculty of this Institution, and his professional chair be draped in mourning for the space of thirty days.

4th. Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of this meeting be sent to the family of the deceased, and published in the Medical Journal and daily papers of the city.

Bark Edward, for Liberia.

On Wednesday, the 24th of April, the Bark Edward, chartered by the firm of Johnson, Turpin & Dunbar, of Liberia, sailed for Monrovia from this port with a full cargo of goods.

Seven emigrants, from this city and Williamsburgh, took passage in the Edward. These were-Peter W. Downing, 29 years; Clementia S. Downing, 23 years; Mrs. Sarah Luca, 21 years; Miss Annie Paulson, 22 years; Cleveland O. Luca, 25 years; Elizabeth Warwick Luca, 20 years; Clarence Chase Luca, 3 years.

A nephew of Mr. Turpin, young Howard, from Boston, went out to join him. George Brown, a highly recommended engineer, went out under contract with that firm, to serve as engineer on the Seth Grosvenor steamer. Messrs. William M. Davis and W. W. Peacher, of Liberia, took return passage in the Edward. The Edward was commanded by Captain McIntyre, who is familiar with the African trade, and, we trust, is now well on her voyage.-N. Y. Col. Journal.

Population of the United States.

The following table has been furnished by the Superintendent of the Census at Washington, for the purpose of apportioning members of Congress in the various States. The ratio of representation for a member of Congress is 127,216.