a new church, that is to be built at Lower Caldwell. It will be a fine church when completed, which we expect soon to see. Careysburgh church is completed and dedicated.

Rev. M. M. Clark writes that his wish and purpose is to seek an appointment at Cape Mount, contiguous to our work among the Vey tribe, that he may engage in translating the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament into their language. This, he says, will be the comfort and joy of his declining years.

RESULTS OF WEST INDIAN EMANCIPATION.

A deputation lately sent to the West Indies by the English Baptist Missionary Society, met the Committee in London, October 11, 1860, and reported favorably of the results of that great measure. They say that its success 18 beyond doubt.

As to the religious condition of the Churches and people, they report:

"It was not possible to be otherwise than grateful to God for the extent and influence of religious knowledge in all parts of the native community. Judged by the numerous places of worship visible on the mountain slope, in lonely vales, and in the towns and settlements of the island, very large provision has been made for the religious wants of the people, while investigation establishes the fact that in many districts the larger part of the population is in the habit of attending Divine Worship. In several localities surrounding the Chapels, few persons were known to be altogether absentees from the House of God. Nothing could exceed the quietness, the order, and attention during Divine Service. The appearance of the people on the Lord's Day in our Chapels was generally neat; the instances of gaudy and tasteless dress were few, certainly not exceeding two per cent. of the whole attendance." They mention the folfollowing points as particularly worthy of notice: "1st. The prompt, vigorous, and searching discipline usually maintained throughout all the Churches. 2d. The tender interest and anxiety very frequently displayed towards those who have been excluded from the fellowship of the Church. 3d. With the character and devotedness of the deacons and leaders we were greatly pleased.' They point out many defects, but these are mainly traceable to the fewness of Ministers in the island. Two and three Churches are placed under the pastoral superintendence of one man, and many evils result from this. Of our native Pastors, they speak in very favorable terms.

An Institution has been founded in Jamaica for training native Pastors. The great wants of the island are Ministers and Education.

MISSION TO SLAVES.

The Nashville Christian Advocate notices a tract of 20 pages lately published by the Southern Methodist Publishing House, calling on masters to encourage Missions among the slaves. Among other good things it says :

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"There comes a period in very servant's history, whom his master survives, that must press home to the master's heart weighty reflections. It is when the toil of this life ends in death, and that death is accomplished without any cheering prospect of the life to come, and the servant finds his humble grave. He dwelt long with me, and received laws from me. He served me well, and, when the day was done, demanded no hire. What have I done for him? Bears he no charge against me to My Master in Heaven? Did I treat him as having a Soul to save? and what have I done for his salvation? Am I clear of his blood?' The grave levels all. The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his master. The history of homes, whether in the country or in the city, of plantations on river-bottoms, bayous, and hammocks, will then be an open record, and every part of it will be of unspeakable importance, when those immortal beings who have been moulded and fashioned thereby take on their immortal destiny. What of heavy crops then? of so many

bales and hogsheads to the hand? What though you fed, and clothed, and housed your servant well, and kept him in good working condition? What of all this, if you have not cared for his Soul? The simple mound is raised over his body, and the account between you and him is closed, till the judgment."

EMIGRATION TO HAYTI.

We learn that some of the free people of color have formed a Society bearing the name of the Philadelphia Emigrant Union, with the view of encouraging emigration to Hayti. Some disposition of this sort exists, we are informed, in Charleston, also in Boston. They have received liberal offers from the Haytian Government, and the island has many rich advantages. Yet there are great moral and religious advantages, vast philanthropic considerations, which when understood, will, we doubt not, turn the main tide of colored emigrants to Africa. Thus the great work of renewing the face of the continent must, by them, be achieved.

FROM DAHOMEY.

The Rev. Henry Wharton writes from Cape Coast Castle, November 13, 1860, "Mr. Berasko is again in Abomey, the capital of Dahomey, and the horrible slaughter of human beings, in cold blood, is again in appalling progress. Seventy persons were slain at one time; sixty at another. The English Government has warned the king against this custom, and against making war on Abbeokuta, but war still prevails in the interior of Abbeokuta. The Missionaries are, however, still engaged in their labors.

From the Liberia Herald.

SENTIMENT OF THE CONGOES.

We visited the receptacle a few days ago, and found the recent recaptives engaged in singing a ditty in very mournful melody. We were quite anxious to learn what the sentiments were, as every time they came to a certain portion, which seemed to be the chorus, they would clap their hands and shake their heads, exhibiting a great deal of feeling. A friend of ours requested one of the old Congoes who came by the Pons to tell him the meaning of their song. The Congo readily gave a literal translation in broken English, of which our friend has funished us with the following edition :

Thus far we've haply come :

But here we cannot stay;

Soon we must go again,

Nor can we tell which way,

Tell which way,

Tell which way,

Nor can we tell which way.

Perhaps to a slaver sold,

Perhaps it is not so;

This ask us not to tell,

Because we do not know,

Do not know,

Do not know,

Because we do not know.

Here food and drink we find,

And pity, too, is shown;
But now we end our song,

The future is not known,
Is not known,

Is not known,

The future is not known.

THE SUNBEAM AND KROOMEN.

The Kroomen along the south-east part of our coast have been recently so often decoyed on board of vessels, and stolen or forcibly carried off, that it was with difficulty that the Niger Expedition steamer "Sunbeam," touching at Niffou a month ago, could obtain Kroomen for her service. These deceptions toward the Kroomen have been practiced by the French emigrant ships, and by regular slave-traders; they decoy the natives on board under the pretence of hiring them for the accustomed labor in loading, down in the bights and rivers of the south coast, and then carry them off as regular slaves; several instances of this kind have occurred down on the Kroo coast.

It is to be regretted that the "Sunbeam," in order to obtain her supply of Kroomen, thought it fit to use the same method, i. e., give a "hig dinner" on board, invite the Kroomen, make them drunk, and then run off with them. This is a burning disgrace upon the nationality of that vessel, and a burlesque on the object and design of that very vessel as an explorer of heathen Africa, and consequently an introducer of light and civilization to Africa's dark shores.-Liberia Herald.

The Liberia Herald for November 7th, states that an investigation was made into this matter, and it was ascertained that the proceedings in the case of these vessels was that which has been usual for many years, and that no deception was practiced. The Herald adds, however, that the employers of Kroomen should obtain passports from the Liberian Government, and that a failure to do this is a palpable violation of the laws.

FINANCES OF LIBERIA.

In his message of December 5, 1860, President Benson gives the receipts and expenditures of the Republic during the fiscal year which closed September 30, 1860, as follows:

The receipts into the public Treasury for the fiscal year ending 30th September, 1860, were

Disbursements

Excess of disbursements over receipts

Increase of receipts over those of the preceding year

$67,334 59

67,650 93

316 34

20,722 34

He adds, that the $11,928 37 of the amount disbursed during the year, was expended in liquidation of claims incurred previous to the last fiscal year, so that the liabilities of the Government were on the 30th September last, within a fraction of $12,000 less than they were at the last session of the Legislature.

THE SOURCES OF THE NILE.

The Royal Geographical Society propose raising a subscription of £2,000, for sending an expedition, under Mr. Petherick, British consul at Khartum, up the Nile, to explore its sources, and to aid that of Captain Speke, already dispatched by way of Zanizbar for the same direction. The Society gives 100; the Foreign Office £100; Miss Burdett Coutts and Lord Ashburton each contributed £50. An appeal is made to scientific men and others, and already £685 has been secured. Should the required sum be quickly raised, Mr. Petherick undertakes to reach Gondokoro in November next; he will then explore till March, 1862, and, after the rainy season, start afresh, and continue his travels till the end of 1863 or the beginning of 1864.

RECEIPTS OF AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY, From the 20th January to the 20th February, 1861.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

By Rev. F. Butler-$21.32-
Lyme-Annual Collections, in part-
Rev. E. Tenney, $5, Hon. D. C.
Churchill, $3, Mrs. P. Churchill,
T. M. Franklin, $2 each, Mr.
Chase, Miss E. Franklin, C.
Steele, Mrs. E. Tenney, William
Clark, J. Conant, $1 each, others
$3.32

21 32

VERMONT.
By Rev. F. Butler-$76.25-
Arlington-Mrs. Parmela Deming,$5,

H. S. Hard, A friend, each $1
Bennington-Dea. Lyman Atwater,
$2, Rev. C. H. Hubbard, Hiram
Bingham, Calvin Norton, George
Boardman, Mrs. L. A. Harmon,
G. W. Harmon, David Carpenter,
George T. Ford, $1 each, Nelson

7 00

207 00

100 50

15 00 VIRGINIA.-Buchanan-J. Anthony, to Jan. '63, $6. FredericksburgWash'n Whitlow, $1. Petersburg-R, F. Jackson, Jan. '63,$5 OHIO. Keene-Miss P. G. Child, for '61

60 00 811 00 TENNESSEE.-Ringgold-w w Elliott, from July, '56, to July, '61 INDIANA.-Aurora-Rev. Amzi W. Freeman, to Jan. '62

-46,459 02 47,330 02

TO AFRICA:

BY REV. ALEX. CRUMMELL, B. A.,

Of Cape Palmas, Liberia.

Published by Lockwood & Co., Hartford, Conn.

"It is in Africa that this evil must be rooted out-by African hands and African exertions chiefly that it can be destroyed."-MCQUEEN'S VIEW OF NORTHERN CENTRAL AFRICA.

"We may live to behold the nations of Africa engaged in the calm occupations of industry, and in the pursuit of a just and legitimate commerce; we may behold the beams of science and philosophy breaking in upon their land, which at some happier period, in still later times, may blaze with full lustre, and joining their influence to that of pure Religion, may illuminate and invigorate the most distant extremities of that immense continent."-WM. PITT.

It is evident that a few free men of color, trained by thorough education, and sanctified by Divine Grace for their work, may, on the shores of Africa, work out most effectually the moral and intellectual renovation of their race. A Republican Government founded and well administered there under their authority, cannot fail to send its quickening and reviving influence to the centre of Africa, and to elevate the people it represents in the judgment of mankind. It will attract to itself the respectable and thoughtful free men of color from many States and Nations, and inspire them with heroic desires, and unveil to them the widest and noblest prospects. It will not only enlighten and bless Africa with civilization and Christianity, but reward its American Benefactors with the stores and treasures of its industry and commerce.