JOURNAL OF THE AFRICAN-AID SOCIETY.

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1 1865. range lands, n bondage. ~overgor he negro s relae, and Legsla- ~re no he Charleson..hose 5,000 27, of was Orleans he whe had her hess facs, capable of ho owned 200 ac wh aa las year, for hmself han ~.~pach :-- A 1, n he MNX, A 1, loadng n 46, Lme- Carpe- :Fanoy above. LEV-N, Conlolla Buc- ;nee Trade. Monkey,aymen. ffer CAPE OLD cons~gnee.s rsk ~no Pc arded by wl 11. pas~landng mus Dock, canb~ agen*, h:ra he Regserecl for] JOURNAL OF THE AFRCAN-AD SOCETY. Transm son Abroad. Ve.. V., No. 52.] LONDON, ~ONDAY, OOTOBFA~ 23, f rmx, mm~n *os~mnr. s=~m~,~, ~. ra. ~. CONTENTS. We~ Coas of Afrca... Rver C, amba Agrculura Example n Serra Leone... Brsh Wes Afrcan Governmens r~h~-~... Earl Russell on he Slave.rade... ~.~]~ 39 ~ ca~y~x~doboas=&~ "::::::: :::::::::::;. 3~ ~ Unoffcal Effor o Sele he Ashanee Dffculy Serra Leone... Jusce a Cape Coas ~c~... " ~ O~rage by he Garrson of Cape Coas Casle.." ~ s~e~ ~ono c~-~=... :::::::::::::::... 4z Oaboon Rver... 37,~~o~ or zusc.-c-ola co~... 1:1111:1:... 4z ]S)ubscrplons o he Afrlcan.Ad Socey 3S 4~ eah of Lord Palmerson, Prme Mnser of England... 3S { Zh~ Mr. ab~=~ Reacl~ Cap~ca and Afrcan Mssons... :::::llllllll: WEST COAST OF A_~RCA.. BATHURST. The Afrcan Royal ~fal Seamshp Company s seamer Calebar, Capan Crof, arrved a Lverpool on ~onday, he zo,nz ~ro~ or z~rz AmUCAX ZnL~S. 9h. Ocober, a wo P.~., wh a large cargo, 2,568 ounces of Sepember 14, gold dus, and hry-sx passengers. Dear Sr,~Owng o he grea abuses repored repeaedly by The Calabar s daes were: Benn, Sep. 5; Fernando Pc, " The Oamban," and he gross njusce ha has prevaled m Sep. 3; Cameroons, Augus 30; Old Calabar, Augus 31; he Gamble cours, one Ar. Ref% has been sen over o Brass Rver, Sep. 5 ; Nun, Sep. 5 ; Bonny, Sep. 5; Lagos, England by he black nhabans of he Ever Gamba o sudy Sep. 9; Aeera, Sep. 11; Cape Coas Casle, Sep. 13; Cape order ha he some d o qu P~ mss,.sep: 15; Serra,eone, Sep. 20; BahuTrs, Sep. 24. renew-counrymen xom he njusce o whch hey are from We regreo sae ha Af.r. Fdler, he purser of he Calabar, me o me compelled o subm n he cour of ha colony. an esmable and knd.heared genleman, ded on he voyage The wegh of he one branch of he eaable law s equal o a home, afer a shor llness of fve days. waggon burden; bu we shall sll despar of obaung jusce f Benn Rver was very healhy, bu rade was raher dull. merchans and her clerks are o connue o be he magsraes l~ernando Po w~ healhy, bu busness nanmae. and commssoners n her cour,. Wha wll he plea of a The.heelh of he Camerooas B~vel was prey good, and defendan aval, where he planff ss on he bench as commsrade was very quel... -~;..-,... ~ * -~ ", ~r~_:" How, and n w.ha.~ay, ~ a prsoner expec jusce, Old Caabar was healhy; rade dull. where he s o be red by he comvlaman ~ Ho~,,~... Brass Rver connued very healhy. jusce be pursued.n such cour/where he pl"a~ ~rs ~ Alhough he healh of Bonny Rver was good, rade connuedullraes and commssoners, o decde upon her own eds or compmnans, or her clerks, are o s on he bench as mags- Lagos connued healhy, and busness was very brsk. charges? Here are hree among he many grea obsacles whch Aeora was healhy, bu ~ade was very nacve. sand n he way of jusce n he Gamble cour~ and unless hey A Cape Coas Casle commerce was brsk and he saon be removed, hngs wll never ge on well n he colony, as you was healhy. and Chrsan England would w~h. have wce had o appease Serra Leone ~as very unhealhy, and rade was almos susw~nded. aemps of muny m he sad cour, all from he same complan of njusce. h.feve-. The enre The screw crew seamer of Her Majesy s Bulldog had shp pu ss no were por down for The Gamble Cour requres a pad ma.qsfra,, one who s ndependen of boh black and whe, bu who wll seek he relmu~. Bahurs was heelhy and rade brsk. neres of hs employer, and he welfare of Her 2ffajesy s colony. To secure jusce, England mus do away wh he RVER GAMBA. merchans and her clerks n he cour, as hey are no~ Hs Excellency Governor D Arcy, when qung for Tenerffeseekng he neres of he colony, bu her own. And ff hs and E~gland, lef he Governmen n charge of C. B. Prmesbe connued, wll ulmaely end wh dsgrace, and he dawnfall of a long.sandng Brsh colony. Wha wll foregn Esq., Colonal Secreary. We have heard very favourablo repors of Ar. PrmeS, who seems no o hae hough necessary naons hnk, when hey hear and see ha even n a Brsh o make hmzeff haed by he naves n order ha he mgh be colony he Afrcan subjecs are no enrely freed, beng n bondage under njusce and paraly? hgh n he eseem of hose Eurol~ms whose conduc provokeso many complans from our eseemed nave correspondens a am much pleased wh he decson of h s honourable Commee, placng he (}araba agan under he ~erra Leone Govern- Bahurs. f one half of wha we hear be rue, he sysem n he Gamble requres a horough charge. s absurd as well as ds. men, as was he case formerly, when here was no such complan graceful o rean here, n posons of respensbly and rus, as new. Bu hen s somehng ye requred o be done, whch men who make her consan pracce o show her hared of, sugges wll make grea mprovemen n hs small colony~ha and conemp for, he Afrcan, and her mos especal dslke of s, o reduce some of he largexpendure of he several deparmens. For nsance, say he Secreary s denarmen f,~,,,,~, a~-,, such as have receved educaon n he msson schools. f be really he nenon of E er Majesy s Governmen o endeavour, of~ces (ncludng he Collecor of Cusom s braneh~ and ha h;,~ as far as possble, o prepare he people for akng care of hem-oselves a some fuure me, he sooner ha work s commencedhaes). Really, you wll agree wh me ha s raher exor- ~ he buldng cos 2,080L a year(no ncludn-~ hosu-~rd ~. he beer. The leer sgned " Cvc " whch appears n our ban for he par keepng up of only one deparmen per an- n so small a colony as he Gamble; and more so, as he fve columns, alludes o some of he abuses whch preval ; and, houghhum very1~la ~ly wren, deserves consderaon n Downng-sree. offcers are no all Europeans, who have receved a sound Englsh We have durng many monhs pas exprea.~ecl our o~uous re- educaon; bu mere boys, who even have no compleed her ~F~~g he l~roposed whdrawal of Brsh auhe~y from Afrcan schoolng. ~ Carhy s sland. We now beg o refer our readers es ecall o he paper - headed,, M Carhy, s sland o be Abandoned. ~, - y Under he:-o crcumsances, beg ha you, Mr. Edor, wll use every possble means n your power for presenng hese The publc healh was no n a good sae n l~ Oamba when mporan subjecs before he Rgh Wonourable he Secreary he mal lef for England. l~ever was prevalen boh among of Sae for he Colones ; so ha, when he change n prospec Europeans and naves, many of whom were sufferng severelyshall ake place, may be such as you have recommended from s aacks. some me ego n your journal, "a radcal change" and rus ed o defend don ; ~

2 !1 l.--l ~. -, T~:E A~ROAN ~M_ES. Oeromm 23, SERRA LEONE. by dong so, you wl--- l assso brng abouhe mprovemen of LBERA. ha colony, whch do beleve s your earnes desre.--yours, &o., Deah has ndeed been busy of lae n hs ooony, no only se o work ogeher, and remove he abomnaons a once--a~ Cvc. ~.XTRACT ]FR0 ~ :PRESDENT.. WAP~NER S ANNUAL ~ESSAOE. among he Europeans, bu among naves who sood hgh n done mua#$e. Am)z.~ SPm rs.--there s an evl growng among us, whch. publo eseem and respec, and whose loss mus necessarly be Reurn o your homes, and se your people a work o make M CARTHY S SLAND TO BE ABANDONED. severely fel. Only a few monhs ago, we had o noce he f no soon checked, wll enal upon he counry a mos degradng prves n convenen plac~ whn your dsrcs; and o leeward bondage. allude o he manufacure and nd~rmnae sale of 1"O TEB :EDTOR OF THE A:FReAN TMES. very sudden deah of he lae Mr. W. H. Pra~, a he very of your houses, mnd Ths done, clean up he srees, fll up noxcang drnks among ns. These unforunae pracces n a Sr,--Alhough you have long snce saed ha fac n your me when he was busly engaged n endeavours e procure from rus, and burn all flh. Then consder abou he bural of your communy lke Lber are fraugh wh serous mschef. columns, canno express how uerly asonshed he merchans hs fellow-czens ha suppor for he Afrcan-Ad Socey and dead n a large and convenen graveyard ha wll be se apar a Bahurs, and he nhabans of 3 Carhy s slaud were for hs journal, whc he fel very srongly ha hey ough for Besdes beng, he fruful source of popular demoralzaon for your specfl u~--your relgous deas and professons beng among he c~wl~l porhons of our ezeus--mparng he when was repored by he las monh s mal ha he Govern-hemen had been recommended o whdraw he roops from ha o announce he deah of hs daugher, he wfe of Dr. Hereon, of he communy-- s an unmgaed curse o he aborgnes been magned, each famly wll have her own poron of hs own sakes o gve. And s now our very panful ask rasp.aced. nsead of,ha old cusom of buryng your houses, healh and nerfenng wh he morals, good order, and prospery wmen has causes muca more mschef o your ]~ealh han has place. Suae nearly 200 mles from he neares Brsh sele-s.a.s.men, and surrounded by a wld Mohammedan rbe, s no spondens, and has asssed us n all our effors for he good of only o manan an amcable nercourse wh hem, bu also o erec ombs accordng o pleasure, and as shall have well who has been ever among our mos eseemed nore. around us. We owe as a duy o our aborgnal brehreno cemeery se apar for her own sole use, on whch hey can wonder ha he people should ever despar of remanng n...af~;~ 3.ra. Horon,~a~ed only weny-wo years, ded suddenly proechem from every speces of njury, and no njury moreenclosed all round, canno see how you can have any objecon peace. 3 Carhy s sland s a pon of cvlzaon n cenraln l~recown, on he 8h Sepember. She arrved wh her serous could be nflced upon hem han he nroducon amongo hs new plan. Afrca, and alhough s ruly among unhealhy place for European husband from he Gamble n Aprl las n e declnng sae of hem of arden sprs--a pracce ha has dsgraced he nercourse of cvlsed and uncvlsed men n all pars of he world. Pond, Swee Rver, and Anamaboe, now almos closed, for You mus repar and clear a once he roads leadng o he Sal and even nave consuons, ye sll mus be saed ha s healh, and beng unable on ha accoun o reurn o he oal abandonmen wll be mos mschevous o merchans, raders, Gamba wh hm, has succumbed, o dsease durng hs absence. So serous do consder hs evl among us, ha would whch purpom wll gve you mplemens, such as pckaxes, -and freed slaves, who have long been esablshed here. "When he We deeply sympahse wh hm n hs grea loss. earnesly recommend he enacmenef a law requrng ha everyspades, shovels, bllhooks, culasses, and rope. When all hs s roops are enrely whdrawn, ncalculable evl wll surely be he Mrs. Horon~e (Fanne Marree) Pra, s deservedly and person nendng o dsl arden sprs, or o sell by wholesale performed, shall see o he esablshmen of au hospal n he consequence. :No slave can agan expeco have proecon--hose unversally lamened n he colony. She was one of he few or real, shall ake ou a specal lcenec, and shall pay for haown, for he recepon of exreme cases of nfecous dseases, who have beau freed mgh reurn o slavery, f her formerwell.educaed nave lades, havng been several years a school lcance no he reasury of he republo he sum of seveny-fve such as small-pox, nsead of drvng he sck no he bush o masers have pluck enough o come o he slands and demandn England and France. As a corresponden, who wres wh dollars. de, as a presen wh your own people when aacked wh ha hem. Brsh nfluence wll de away, and lfe and personal propery be uerly nsecure, unless he colony ncrease her polce n rsng communy lke ha of Serra Leone s a publcalamy, SANTARY AND OTHER MPORTANT REFOR]dS AT shall also ry o nroduce waer o he own from he Swee grea feelng on he subjec, jusly observes, "such a loss n a loahsome dsease. number and effcency, or re-esablsh a good mla force, composed of young and acve men. her beloved and eseemed by all who knew her." Cape Coas, Sepember 10. wll al~ nss on houses beng bul n a more regular her amable dsposon and her many excellen quales made CAPE COAST. Rver aferwards, provded you wll render me asssance. The grea expense of M Carhy s sland s n he keepng up_ )fr. Humphrey Eva (European), he Colonal Surveyor, ded A a meeng of he kngs and chefs of he Gold Coas Proecorae, held a Governmen House, Cape Coas, on he 24h an nspecor of nusances now recemng pay. nsead of havng manner n fuure han hey are a.presen. beleve we have of he full saff of he mlary deparmen. Lo he number of of fever on he mornng of he 19h Sepember. men be reduced from fory o welve rank and fle--ar., one day of Augus, 1865, hs Excellency Colonel Conran commenced There s much complan n Freeown ha no noce ha~l one o n,pac, wll gve you one, who shall no only lock a sergean, one corporal, and en prvaes, and under he sergean s by addressng he kngs and chefs as follows :- been aken of he proes aganshe Ordonnance,.,on whch we he n u~.nces, bu wll also see ha hey are removed. Them command Le an asssan-surgeou, who would also render hs Kngs, Chefs, Headmen, and Capans,-- am very glad o anmadvered n our las. Bu we do no hesae o say ha are, ~ oeleve, dfferences exsng beween he Kng and chefs of servces o he poor n he place, he apponed he cvl commandan. Le he merchans pay all he cvl expenses, and guaranee mee you all here o-day, and le you know ha have been sen he proposed change, whch would amoun o a complee Cape Coas, whch rus wll be seled amcably, as wsh all back from England o admnser he Governmen as he Leu.- denal of jusce o hose n he communy who have mos o lve as frends ; and unless you dose s mpossble o mprove a suffcen and cheap supply of provson for he roops. Le Governor. ook he necessary oahson he evenng of he 19h, maers, dvded as you are a presen, or advance n cvlzaon. need of proecon, canno~ b~ proceeded wy. 1% Englsh he conrac for heef be abolshed. Le he Dover be sen up on landng from he seamer, n presence of several of he cour. Secreary of Sae would sancon ; and leas of all Mr. have heard of wo men beng klled a Mumford, n a fgh whou fal every monh, and hen here wll be no reason for llers, because could no Wa ll ~fondav, for many reasons. Cardwell, who~ anxous desre for he welfare of he Queen s beween companes, by beng sho durng he celebraon of her any ancpaed oubreak amongshe ~ohammedan rbes. was called o England by he Queen, for l~e purpose Of leng A.frcan subjecs s now well known. cusoms. s a dsgrace o he Proecorae, and mus, f Her Majesy know all abouyou and hs counry. spoke good The followng s a copy of a peon of he nhabans of repeaed, some day lead o he Queen s proecon beng whdrawn. words for you, and prased you, and sad ha he counry was 3 Carhy s sland o he Hen. Mr: Cardwell OR he subjec :- Your Yam cusom s fas approachng, and as undersand (From a CorrezpondenL) no bad, bu ha hs own was nnh ealhy, and klled whe and he companes nend fghng and frng on each oher, now To h* l~on. Mr. Cardwell, Secreary of Sae for he Colones. M Carhy s sland, :Rver Gamble, Augus 19, black people, especally he former, caused by s dry sae, call upon you n me no o aemp such a hng ; because ff n consequenca of he kngs and chefs no makng her people Augus 14~ l Sr,--The " Commee on.wesern Afrca" havng now you do wll brng he casle guns o bear upon you ; and ff keep her respecve porons clean. There are no L------r The humble peon of he merchans, raders, and nhabans fnshed her labours, we canno very well lken hem o he here should be a deah, he man who comms, you may res anywhere abou he place, whls here are everywhere else, of M Carhy s sland showeb, mounan s labour, whch brough forh a rdculous mouse, alhough assured, afer hs mely warnng, shall bs punshed for he bu on hs very spo, he sea of Governmen, where all he deed wh all he rgour of he law. Keep he peace everywhere,. Tha your peoners hear wh grea surprse ha he we agree wh you ha all her producons mgh have been Europeans resde n he mds of flh, whch canno be oher-wse, unl yea make regular prves and bury your dead n o he sae of affars wh he Ashanses, Her Majesy and my order, and you may depend upon ms for advce. And as Governmen has under conemplaon he abandonmen of hs easly gahered from he papers n he Colonal-offce whou sland. such grea formales. We are now o look ou for a new proper graveyards, nsead of n houses. The roads and srees, England wshes for peace. We shall make no knd of overurea 2. Tha your peoners beg o lay before you he grea charer, consung Serra Leone he head-quarers of he also, see, are overgrown wh dry grass and decayed vegeaon, o he Kng, bu f hs Majesy sues for peace or expresses regre m~hef whch wll accrue from, and he uer hopelessness of Governmen of Wesern Afrca; and now s he me when renderng mpossble for any European o walk ou whoufor havng nvaded us, can am ~s guaranee ha such conr- would be acceped by us, and ha on rade beng re-esa- her ever remanng peace and queude afer he sep s Serra Leone mus Call he asssance of he,afrcan-ad Socey rskng hs healh from posonous smells. All hs he Queenon carred ou. o represeno he Home Governmen ceran val changes knows, and s sorry o hear, because shows ha he kngs and blshed we should look upon "bygones as bygones ;" and o le ;l. Tha M Carhy s sland s surrounded by a warlke whch are nece&~ary n he consuon of he colony. chefs do no do her duy and help he Governor u don good you see how far nend carryng ou hs course, am a hs Mohammedan rbe, who, no long ago, n spe of he presence of a The frs s he abolon of he pracce of he Mlary Commandan beng he Leuenan-Governor n he absence of he The Queen ordered nqury o be made abou Cape Coas, so as o defend ourselves, f necessary. Moreover, nend caung for hemselves. momen reparng Pors Vcorand George, oa Conuor s Hll, large mlary deachmen, formed a scheme o aack he sland, massacre he whole nhabans, and pllage he own, bu ha Governor-General. The proposalwas made by Governor Hll, Lues, Serra Leone, and he Gamble, and examned Governorfor olunee~ here, a Anamaboe, and Aecra, o be enrolled, hey were forunaely dscovered afer 300 armed men had and s evdenha he dd so n order ha hs son, who was Pne and several ohers,.ncludng your own ownsmen, Mr. and o whom shall ssue arms and accouremens for he acually landed on he sland. hen n command of he roops, mgh have a share n he ~farn, Mr. Barnes, Mr. Carr, and myself. was a frs purpose of adug you n your self-de,anne, hs beng he mode 4. Tha he nhabans of he sland are composed prncpally governmen of he place when he was absen. By havng he houghha Her Majesy would gve up he Gold Coas, whdrawng he 0overnor, oher offcers, and he roops; bu on nend, whou delay, o erec a few masked baeres, mouned whch our Govcramen wsh you o adop n fuure. furher of lberaed Afrcans and her descendans, and freed slaves from Mlary Commandan we are lkely o have men who mgh he surroundng Mohammedan owns, who are now peacefullybe enrely unf for he pos, who mgh know less han nohng fndng he grea progress made by he Chrsan mssons every-wwhere, and he wllngness of yourselves o be guded by our own. old ron guns, n varous pars owards he enrance of he seled, and have been guaraneed proecon under he Brshabou affars n Wesern Afrca generally, and who mgh lead flag. o serous compleaan.~. advce n mprovng your condon, he Queen and noble hnk hs a fng opporuny, on enerng upon my dues, 5. Tha an exensve rade s carred on n he upper rvers, The Senor Leuenan.Governor on he Coas should, n England wll connua o afford you proecon, wh good advceo express my earnes hope ha you wll n fuurendeavour o abou 200 mles from, and by he merchans h, he sland, and fuure, replace he Governor-General; and, pror o hs arrval, and example. respeche Lord s-day, by abolshng markes on Sundays, as a ha he knowledge of a mlary force beng n he sland has he Colonal Secreary should assume he offce of Acng have been sen ou now by Her Majesy, leavng myfamly a mark als of respec due o he Queen and her Chrsan people, and a wholesome effec n prevenng hese wld rbes from commng ourage on Brsh propery. Secondly. There should be a Legslave Assembly, who:- your co-operaon n mprovng he condon of he Proecorae, besowed on your counry. (A voce : And fshng oo!) Governor. home, o show you he wayo begn. Bu unless can coun en as a graeful remembrance of he connued proecon and advce 6. Tha from he momen he roop shall be whdrawn, he members should be composed of men from Bahurs, he Gold my effors wll be fruless; as wha can any governor do say all he beer; bu as fshng forms he chef porou of "food lves and propery of he nhabans wll be n perpeual danger, Coas, Legos, and Serra Leone. Each place should send a le~ unsuppored by hs people? You know me well, and be assuredo he Fasen, am glad he suggeson orgnaes from one of he peace and queude of he sland be los, Mohammedan sway from sx o ffeen members: you shall have my consan care. The Gold Coas, Legos, and yourselves. gradually ake he ascendancy, and he Chrsans be open o Thrdly. k Muncpal Councl should be formed n he colony, he Gamble are o be governed as formerly, wh hs dfference, The Ray. Me.~srs. Wes, Hansels, and oher zealous clergymen persecuon. We shall hen be lef n he dres emergency of ha each s o have a leuenan.governor, nsead of a governor, a ceran sandard of educaon beng made compulsory for every and paros, dec.area hese houghful Chrsan concessons from a dffculy, rveer, and despar. one who presens hmself o be eleced as mayor, alderman, or make lawn, and do as before, subjeco he confrmaon of he people whose chldren hey end n her churches and schools, 7. Tha your peoners humbly pray ha n reducng he councllor. wll be njurous f men whou educaon be uovernor-genersl, who wll resde a Serra Leone; and all hsand, mlary esablshmen, a small force mgh be lef~ n he slandapponed, snce men hosle o he cause of Afrca wll hen.hav~ s abou beng affeced soon; so ha he necessary correspondence Lasly, he greaes of all proofs of Her Majesy s goodness whou ezra ezpeme, whch wll ensure a suffcen moral effec and reference wll go o Serra Leone, nsead ef o England--a a grea deal o say ; beng uneducaed hey wll no unders~a owards he people of hs Proecorae, le me say how glad on he surroundng rbes, and show ha your peoners have he dues and responsbles of he pos, and here wll be.s plan ha wll save much me, and p~ove of grea benefo shall feel n a shor me o subm a recommendaon for he no been lef unproeced by he Governmen. " o ~s a predaor your counry. apponmen of hree or four naves n he Leg~ave Councl, - And your peoners wll ever pray, &e.,&e. gr~%~umph n ne here amonu~ among he he an educaed Afrcan young pary men ha, ehould he The Queen wans peace and queness o regn everywhere n whose advce n maers relang o he place and people would (Here follow abou ffy sgnaures.) Governor and Counc. ~no enac srngen and properules for he he Proecorae, and so do from my hear, knowng from be of grea use and value o me. These genlemen wll sancl --L experence ha pey wars only brng run on people, s?pas hgh as he genlemen now sng on my rgh and lef (he Wz undersand ha a Leuenan Boureher s reques anoherelecon, predomnance of one rbe ~e nfllel~aod/oafhra?hu:~ rade, and reard all useful advancemen, whch God nended "r or offcer has been apponed o releve hm n he 5leer, where he resul. Self mus be forgoen--he Chef 3"usce and Colonal Secreary). agan.~yours for our benef. call upon you, herefore, n he name of our has remaned a Governmen agen snce he deparure of he lae he rulng prncple. Bu you wll hear from me wll fnsh by hero sang ha nend supporng, a~ far Dr. Bake. ruly, SvwAcu~a*. grea and good Queen, who has, n conjuncon wh her noble. as can, he dgny and poson of he kngs-and chefs, by mnded naon, for so many years governed and proeced you, o dscouragng he pracce of her domesc slaves brngng he OeroBm~ 23, 1865.] THE AFRCAN TMES. 85. l :

3 f r! 36 THE AFRCAN TMES. OCOB~R 23, peopl every "knd of mplemens on Monday nex, so ha yo former on summonses before he magsraes n Englsh cours, can a once se abou clearng he bush, roads, and. own." unless here shall appear cruely or hardshp n he eases, an On Augus $1 he prncpal chefs of Cape Coas who wer~ appeal beng always open o me from all n he Proecorae. no presen a he meeng of he 29h waed upon hs F-,xcel. The kngs, chefs, and ohers havng pad grea aenon o leney, when he explaned o hem hs polcy and. vews ; afer he Governor s address, requesed o be allowed ll he 29h ns. whch hey unanmously approved of hem, and. promsed com. o reply, when hey delvered he followng he Palaver Hall plance, and ha on Monday nex, Sepember 4, hey would a Governmen House :- urn ou, wh her people, for he purpose of clearng he own May please your Excellency,~XEr. Thompson, ]ffayor of and suburbs of all offensveness and oher maers. All hs wll be accomplshed wlou~ z2m~ fo ~ 2ublf c~u~. Cape Coas, begs, on behalf of he Kng and people of hs own, o hank your Excellency for he publo meeng you were knd C ap~ Coas, Sepember 10, enough o gran us he oher day, and also for he presen of rum your Excellency gave us. _~o~* our Specal Correz2aord~n.) A few days afer we called a meeng o dscuss he proposons of your Excellency, o whch we now humbly beg o ender Sr,~0n he lamenable deah of Major.~ones, horpe who were really neresed hs Coas were anmous o know who would, succeed hm. Grea fears were eneraned ha he n reply--frs, he vew se forh by your Excellency regardng hs own we found affeced solely s welfare and our own good, Colonal-offce, for wan of a subsue, would have sen back Mr. Pne; bu am happy o sae ha he whole proecorae and pleased us. Bu he concluson whch we have arrved a, end whch we now pray o lay before your :Excellency, were agreeably dmpponed when Colonel Conranwas announced hopng you wll no bo offended, s as follows :- o be on board he Calabar, on he 19h of las monh. Hs Excellency landed on he evenng of he same day, wh Shorly afer your deparure from hs colony, las Aprl, we despached a depuaon o England, who have as ye no he usual honours, and mmedaely ook he oahs of offce. The unver:-al opnon here s, ha Mr. Cardwell could no havem~lo reurned ; and we herefore pray your :Excellency wll no be angry or anuoyed when we ell you ha we have decded o wa a beer choce; because, whle Colonel Conrau was only colonel he reurn of our commssoners before we gve your Excellency of hs regmen here, he we rked exraordnary benefcal changes any decded reply o he good and sound opnons expressed a n he own wh hs solders ; a whole lne of beach, whch was our las meeng, behalf of our welfare ; we herefore crave one mmense prvy., o wndward of he own, was convered by permsson o defer our answer unl he reurn, whch we hope hm no a delghful promenade. Before hs could, be ejeced, an mmense quany of bush and prckly pear had o be removed. may no be 10ng. However, your Excellenoy he.oher day spoke as regards Ashanee, and old us ha was good for us o ook some monhs of hard work o accomplsh hs. Once have "peace ;" we hnk so oo, and hope ha your Excellency clean, he Colonel was deermned o keep so, and. placed wll adop measures o warn he Assn, Denkera, Wassaw, and senres a dfferen pons o preven nul~ances from beng commed on he ground. oher rbes on he froner, who are n he hab of punshng every man, messenger or oherwse, passng hs, her counry, As Leuenan-Governor, Colonel Con.ran Wll, of course, have from Ashanee, o dess from hs pracce, as only causes he o be judged by hs works. Bu he has begun well, and we do ndgnaon of he Kng of Ashanee, who mus hnk ha such hope he wll be found o be "he rgh man n he rgh place." are he orders of our Governor, as do he rbes we allude o, who Whle am now wrng, he greaes queness prevals, and, hnk hey are obeyng he wshes of her proecors, by on nqury, fnd ha Sunday markes, whch were a dsgrace o severely punshng any person comng no her counres from he own, and where hou~nds of nosy savages used o congregae, makng he mos hdeous noses, have been from o-day Ashanee, such pracces beng conrary o he neress of rade beween boh counres. dsconnued, by he orders and. nfluence of Governor Conran. Here he Governor nerposed, and sad ha he consdered her reply was ungradous, and showed a wan of Ths grea boon o he cvlsed par of he own dd no occupy he aenon of prevous Governors, and as s ndeed a grea confdence, nasmuch as sayng hey would wa he reurn sep owards eachng he nave he value we have for Sunday, of Mr. Marn and he commssoners from England before we canno bu hank Governor Conran, and congraulae hm ca hey would ac or concede o he wshes of Her Xajesy s he exraordnary nfluence he has hus been able o exer over he people of he Cold Coas proecorae for her good. represenaves. Whaever he wshes of he Home Governmen mgh be, he people here may res assured hey would come o The solders and he cvlans had a serous ro on he 4h nsan. appears ha a he me he naves were celebrang he Governor, and no o Mr. Marn, or any oher commssoner. "Therefore ell you now, as Governor, and wh he power and her Yam Cusom, and as s usual on such occasons, were n a sae of grea excemen, he consumpon of rum beng hen auhory n me vesed, ha shall compel you o make and keep your owns clean and healhy. Furher, s my opnon ha my very grea. n a con c beween he solders and he naves, wshes expressed a he las meeng have no been made knownwo or more naves were klled, and wo solders were so beaen ha lle hopes are eneraned of her recovery. Leuenanby he Kng o he varous chefs of Cape Coas, oherwse hey would no all have remaned absen hs day." Hs ExcellencyGovernor Colonel Conran repared o he scene of he ro, and hen whdrew, sayng he meeng mgh dsperse. However, dd all n hs power o quell he dsurbance. n fac, had no afer a shor nerval~ for hs presence more blood would have been spl. The Kng, Mayor, and followers apolo~sed and earnesly requesed forgveness wha hey had sad regardng he com- Aajor vey, who s n command of he garrson and men, ress under serous mpuaons for ceran words heard from hs lps, mssoners, and prayed ha he Governor would gran hem whch, f proved n he nvesgaon ha mus necessarly ake pardon, promsng o ac forhwh and do whaever hs Excel-placelency requred of hem. They dd no expec would be wrong wll serously affec hm. We hope, herefore, ha he ~ajor wll cour he fulles nvesgaon. o say wha hey hough, bu hey acknowledge hey fnd hey s really a wonder ha no ro of hs descrpon has ever are wrong. before aken place. On he whole, he solders now here have The Governor sad, herefore, would forgve and forge up o hs me been a very orderly and que lo of men. l~os her conduc, and wen on o say : " wouldlke o see all he n mlary owns are no new hng; human lfo has here been chefs nre.~eu and on erms of frendshp wh he Kng.- do no sacrfced, and s o be hoped ha he really guly cr "_m~s lke palavers every day, wasng valuable me ; f you lke you wll receve he punshmen due o her offences, capal or oher may do wha ell you ; f no, you may do as you please. All wse ; for he acng chef jusce ough, n he exeouou of hs requre a presen s, ha you should clean your own, and herebyduy, o remember ha s smply o save oher lves, and guaranee safey o peaceful czens u fuure. make healher for yourselves and Europeans, and hs mus be done. You shall have prves and clean roads, wheher you Jusce, as s a presen admnsered on he Gold Coas, s a lke or no, beng o your own advanage. The pgs appeardsgrace o England. n fac, s dsgusng o s n cour and o go abou your own lke dogs ; wan hem kep confned o wness he exraordnary proceedngs ha almos daly ake placo he vcny of your own dwellngs, and you wll fnd o your here, and we wa wh anxey for some regenerang acon of. own neres o do so." our new Governor n hs deparmen. The presen sae of To all hs he Kng agreed, and acknowledged ha was for hngs canno be allowed, o connue. The necessy of a radcal her benef, bu ha he should requre a~sance o enforce change mus and wll sare he Governor n he face sooner or obedence n execung hs Excellency s wshes, and he would laer.~youra ruly, GoLu Corr. commence, and make laws a once. The Governor hen sa/d : "Food, of course, your people canuo GOLD COAST. ~o whou, bu wsh o prohb sellng clohs, &c., on Sundales, hngs ha you can do whou for one day n he week ; Abokob, Sep. 4, zo zaz zdz0r OF ZaZ AFZlC~X ZXm. and, as regards he burm of your dead, hs -know s a serous 3.y Dear Sr,~ w as ndeed very glad when found n your queson,~h you, affecng you relgous deas; wll ake, paper of July ha, afer all he usa ha has been made, know, some me o consder, and mus work s way by degrees; governmen of he Wes Co~ of Afrca s o reman prey m_ u~ and o carry ou my wshes, wll dsrbue o he kngs and he mne. hope, ndeed, wll be mproved, f ~r. CardWe~ OeroBxa 23, 1865.] THE AFRCAN TAES. wll really read he evdence of he Blue-book wh care, hough n he monh, from 19h July o he 18h Augus, he fo~ow- have no ye had an opporuny of seeng he evdence aken J og arcles passed he Are Gus for Lsgos : 20,240 gallons of before hoeommee. ]palm ol, 20,941 gallons of black ol, 184,470 lbs. of dean Enclosed send some quesona o Mr. Wlson, who wshes o coon n 1,419 bales, and 23 peces of vory. The ol whch have phoographs of negroe~ # Wll you kndly ge answers for passes o Lagos from places on he rver 0gnn mus far exceed me? hope o be able o help a lle n desroyng he oo ha whch passes hrough he Are Gae, bu no clean coon commonoon of he nferory of he negro. /posses o Lues from below hs place. have very lle o communcae o you. As Dr. Oanu wen The roads o he neror are freely open and safe, and hese s home on sck leave, he wll, hope, have me on he voyage o grea raffc. Messeegers beween he varous places recenly make up a sanary repor on he Aquapem mounans. and engaged n warfare---vz., badan, Oyo, jebu, and Abeokua, my famly have mproved well n he~e four weeks on he pa~ o and fro, wh he objec of arrangng peace on a sure mounans. bass. You mcnon among, he necessary arrangemens for he We hear from Lago.s ha he Yorubas and he Dahomans are governmen of howes Coas (page 8 of July 22) "an effecvepreparng o aack: Abeokua n he dry season, f so, he local polce a all he selemens." Ths s ndeed necessary. Yorubas mus be acng a very reacherous par ; we have reason Bu he presen s~a of polce s a mserable one. The consables o beleve he Yorubas o be sncere n her peace wh really only serve o summon peope, or o carry leers o some Abeokua. chef] For nsance, abou he proecon of propery here s We learn ha he badans are preparng o engage n war nohng done. For nsance, a man seals some goods. wh he jesha people, and ha pllle~o-ng pares have already summon hm before he magsrae. f canno prove all he gone ou n ha drecon. deals of he hef loso he case~ and have, perhaps, o pay The Egbas have aacked a caravan on he jebu road, bu on some ndemny. f brng he caso before a nave chef he hearng of hey mmedaely ook seps o oban he capves ends of jusce are much beer served, because he chef has aken, n order o resore hem ; among hem here was a Lagos every means~beng surrounded by hs people, who ac as deec-woman--shfves~o brng ou he ruh. Could no, now, rheas wo o be resored a he frs opporuny. We learn ha he has been resored o Lagos~and hree jebus ready rbunals be conneced n one way or he oher, so ha properyauhores are dong her bes o cach he guly pares n hs were beer proeced? Your :Englsh laws are very good, f you robbery. n consequence of hs rad, anoher proclamaon has have he machnery o use hem. Bu whou hs essenalbeen made agans kdnappng anywhere, and he severes par he law s n favour of he cupr.~fahfully yours, penaly s promsed o offenders, By such means we hope he C.L. safey of roads wll be secured. o zn~ xdroa o~ rm~ ~cx~r z~s. Chrsansberg, Acorn, Sep. 10, GABOON RVER. The war here beween he Awoolas and he Addshs s sll r0 THE X)OR OF TH~ A.FarCAlq TFFS. gong on ; hey have no ye come o an acual fgh, bu are kllng each oher when hey daly mee. The paymen of he Sepember 3, Kroboo fne s gong on, bu very slowly ; f~~ exterze, ncurred "fr. Walker, who arrved here a few monhs snce from r~onmy o pay l~,ersnfy-frs,oldfer, and o~r,er(an~ belong-englanng o he fne s more han wha s acually go n, so ha am poron of Afrca, s acve~ preparng for hs arduous journey, wh he nenon of explorng he neror of hs afrad a he end wll come o nohng. The rver Vola s and expeced o sar very shorly. becomng very hgh, bu he passage o X repee, boh by land The rver s healhy now, hough on Augus 31 :Honseur and rver, has been sopped, n consequence of he AquamoosLaluhe, a French merchan, ded of fever. Trade s mprovng. havng panyarred some Krepees, who were laely carryngthe :French admral, Monseur Lafon de Laddba, wen up he goods o Krepee. When shall we be freed from oux rouble-rvesome frends he Aquamoos? Who says he Vola could no ans of whch had fred on a boa belongng o he Recherche on he 23rd ulmo o To-om, a Fan vllage, he nhab- be navgaed? The man who doubs hs should come ou hero (he guard-shp a N enge-nenge). The expedon conssed o see a h season.~yours very ruly, he seamers Surprse and. Praes, and a~ou 300 men. The J. C. B. own was cannonaded ; he men landed, klled wo Fans, wounded a few more, burn he own, and re-embarked wh wo Tralleurs Senegaas wounded. The shps reurned on he 25h. ABEOKUTA. (From he we ro~).) The admral has receved he news of he apponmen of hs The work of peace has made furher progressnce our las successor, Monseur Couven des Bas, who s shorly expeced a mos sasfacory knd as beween he nave powers. The only here n he Venus frgae. Monseur Mlle, capane de frgae, par where roads are closed s Lagos, and hose only as from arrved here n he Arege on Augus 10 o fll he pos of Commandan-Parculer of he colony. Lagos o Abeokua, whereas hey are open and goods pass down freely from Abeokua o Lagos. For he frs me snce Oa Augus 3 he screw seamer Wllam Taylor arrved from he breakng ou of he war n 1860, here s free nercourse Glasgow. She has been sen ou by her owners, Messrs. Taylor beween badan and Abeokua; he number of badans ha Bros., of Glasgow, o her agen here, o faclae hs operaons have enered Abeokua durng he pas week are couned by n he rvers Fernan Van, &c., bu draws oo much waer ; and. housends, and a large number of Yorubas have arrved by he on her frs rp was unable o pass he bar of he P. Van, whch norh gae rd berekodo. nconsequence of hs farmng had laely shfed. On he 13h and 14h of Augus all hs operaons are resumed n hose places lef hrough he fear of par of he coas was vsed by bad weaher, and heavy rollers, roadan rads. whch " " dd consderable " dama~,e ; such a hen vy sea as hen prevaled s curous o noce he dfferen effecs pro~luced by war on has no been known for ff years. The ender of he Georgans, he pars concerned n. The badans have brough down for Messrs. Haoand Cookson s hulk, n Bonny, has been here n sale he produce of her farms or looms, and carry nohng back search of soveny-wo Kroomen, who had run away from Bonny bu money. They buy farm produce n badan, brng here, wh hree launches and a largo amoun of goods, whch hey had. and sell a an advance of fve or sx hundred per cen. ; s solen from he agen of he frm a ha rver. s no known herefore evdenha hey have an abundance of food bu no where hese men have gone; bu rus ha a man-of-war money. Durng he war food became dear, and money abundan wll be sen n search of hem, and, f found, hey wll be n Abeokua; a he close of he war more cowres, he severely punshed.~wh -knd regards, beleve me, very ruly currency of he counry, were gven for Englsh money han a yours, any former perod; he value of slaves also wen up beyond anyhng before heard of here, hus provng ha labour had become Tar Wye seam vessel, from he Wes Coas of Afrca, whch far more valuable han a any former perod. laely arrved a Woolwch, where she s beng dsmanled, When he road o Lagos va koredu was open o he badsns, wll be succeeded on he Afrcan saon by he Dromedary, a large number wen here wh farm produce for whch hey ron seam vessel, now on her passage ou. would ake bu llelse han cowres; n consequence of whch Tnz Kn, u or Boxxz.--Kng Pepple, of Bonny, who vsecl he ol aken o Lagos was purchased manly by one or wo hs counry a few years snce, seems o eneran a good houses, and herefore would be sad ha he ol was so opnon of Englsh manners and cusoms. He has sen over abundanha one hou~ bough 300 ons n a shor me, and hs eldes daugher, Mss A. Pcppe, o hs counry, for he was sad. ha ol was so abundanha he merchans had no purpose of beng educaed. Ths young lady arrved n Lverpool on he 9h ns., n he seamer Calabar, from Bonny. goods o buy wh ; he meanng of whch s ea he bsdans made a demand upon cowres, and many merchans had bu a Though she s a real Afrcan n colour, yc her feaures are lmed supply of hem, hence he ol was bough by one or wo raher pleasng, and bear bu slgh resemblance o he general frms ha forunaely held a large sock of hem n hand. physque of he naves of Bonny and oher pars of he Woes " Vde Afrcan T~. Afrcan Coro. / 87

4 ;4 38 THE AFRCAN TM~ES. OCTOBER 23, labour mus be made as easy for hm as s conssen wh success n he pursus n whch s employed. One of he grea oversghs n Governmen percy n Serra Leone has been he absence publshed MONTHLY. PBCE 5d., STAMPED. You are earnesly requesed o allow your name o be added o heof effor~ o rase he characer of agreulural pursus n he ls of yearly subscrbers, Prce 5s. per annum for each copy, payable eyes of he people ; o demonsrae before hem ha agrculure n sdvsuee. AFRWX.~-AD Soc~zrv, 8, Adelph-erraee, s he grea source of wealh ; ha sysemacally pursued, wh Srand, W.C., London. he ad of hose mechancal applances whch scence has n me. N.B. Pos-offca orders for Sub~fpons o he Afr~n TmeJ o be dern mes brough o bear upon, does no demand a greaer made payable o W~. J. Jouss, 121, Flee-sree, a he General amoun of physcal labour han a mau may gve o whou Pos-offce, London. slavsh exeron ; n a word, ha such pursus are wor~y of a free people; and nsead of conducng o slavery, are emmenly calculaed o foser and maluan a spr of ndependence. wll perhaps be hasly sad ha he employmen of convc, ha s, of forced labour, would be a srange way of showng all hs. And undoubedly would be so, and faally MOND.4~ ~ OOTO~.ER 23, defeahe objec amed a, f he punshmen of crmnals, by he exacon from hem of he greaes po~ble amoun of SUBSCRPTONS TO AFRCAN-AD SOCETY. labour under coercon, were made he prmary consderaon. J. C. :Ferguson, E~., Carlsle (an.) 1 o We could no, ndeed, magne anyhng more lkely o lower A. A. Crcll, Esq. (an.). 2 2 o agrculural pursus n he eyes of he people han he employmen of such labour n such a way. Aud, consderng Lord Alfred S. Churchll (an.) 2 2 oo Hen. A. C. Calhorpe (an.) 1 0 wha has hhero been done n Serra Leone, such a course Thomas :Dunn,. P.~q.. (an.) 1 1 o would be o mpor no he crmnal punshmen sysem of J. Purcell :FRzgerald, Esq. (an.) 5 0 o he colony a deerren nfluence for he expre~s purpose of defealn~ he objec vrefessedly desred. :For hhero, accordng Z re Laner, Chard (4h don.) 3 0 o T. O. Lawson, E~., Serra Leone o o he" nvalua ble esmony of Mr. l~senbnsh, convc labour has no been of e naure, as regards degree a leas, o exereh~e DEATK OF LORD PAL~ERSTON, PRME ZNSTER any such deerren nfluence. The employmen of convcs, OF ENGLAND. herefore, n an agrculural expermen for demonsraon, n x our number of hs day welve mcnbs, Ocober, 1864, we had whch he heavy punshmen of he crmnals should no be o record he deah of he Duke of Newcasle, for some yearsmade he prmary consderaon, would no be an ncenve o Secreary of Sae for he Colones u he Palmerson admnsraon ; and now we have o chroncle ha of he venerable Lordremovng hem from he publc felds and roads, and would crme, whle would place hem n ~om2arar~ solaon, by Palmerson hmself, who expred a Broeke Hall, Hers, afer a make hem capable of obanng a lvng by hones ndusry few days llness, on Wecnesday, he 19h ns. Had Lord Palmerson lved unl he 20h ns., he would have aaned he ad- An agrleulural expermen, or a school of demonsrave agr- afer her lberaon, should hey be nclned o do so. vanced age of eghy-one, havng been born Ocober 20, culure, as proposed by Mr. Rosenb~/sh, should be carred ou, f Nowhsandng hs advanced age, and hs of lae frequencarred ou a all, wheher wh or whou convc labour, by and serous aacks of gou, hs deah a he presen me seemshe ad of every labour-savng agrculural mplemen or machne o have been alogeher unexpeced. The publc mnd was madeha experence and scence have produced. We gave n our up on he pon of hs meeng he new Parlamen n :February Suly number some accoun of labeur-savng machnes, recenly nex. Bu f hs deah was unexpeced, s sll more deplored. nroduced he felds of he Uned Saes. We do no As a saesman, he possessed n a pre-emnen and almos uuex-nensapled degree he affeconae regard of he counry. Even hs requred n a Serra Leo~: demonsraon; we only allude o o say hahose machnes here alluded o are he ones mea nveerae polcal foes admred and lked hm; and alhough hem as showng how very maerally machnes may be employed for economsng and sofenng human labour n agr. we have been adcnsomed for some years pas o speculaons as o wha changes would ake place n he polcal world whenever culural as well as n oher pursus. Wha s requred n Lord Palmerson should be cal~ed away from hs earhly career, Serra Leone s, o exhb ha pursus of agrculure n such now ha he blow has eome seems dffcul o ge men o agreea lgh, ha he people may easly see ha s for her as o he resuls ha wll aend. neres o follow hem, and ha hey can be made a source of Afrcans are deeply ndebed o he deceased saesman. He wealh and ndependence, by he applcaon o hem of an was no only one of he earles offcal enemes of he slave-ordnarrade, bu a conssen, earnes haer of up o he laes perodmachnes nvened expressly wh he objec of economsng amoun of bureau labour, assocaed wh he use of of hs lfe. He may, ndeed, be sad o have been unrng n hshuman labour. "We have hough necessary hus o specfy effors o pu au end o he unholy raffc; and we can onlyhe condons under whch, n our opnon, crmnal labour regreha he dd no lve o announce o he House of Com-coulmons ha he grea reproach o Europe and o Chrsendom had such an expermen as Mx. Rosenbush has suggesed be made, be advanageously employed n such a ease; because, should a lengh been enrely removed. Afrca owes saues o Henryno amoun of success, however grea, no amoun of prof, ~ohn Temple, hrd Vscoun Palmers,on. however large, would become an nducemen o he free labourng people of he colony o embark n such pursus, should here be AGRCULTURAL EXAMPLE N SERRA LEONE. he shadow of a preence for sayng ha such grea and preflable resuls were obaned by he exacon from he crmnal Tm~ proposal o employ eonvfc~ labour n demonsrave agrculure a Serra Leone, s one no lkely o pass whou dssen; workmen under coercon, of an amoun of bodly labour ha no and, perhaps, even censure. Bu hasy or heorecal objecons freeman would volunarly subm.o for gan. The only are no enled o much wegh n such a ease as hs. n Serranducemen, accordng o our vew, for employng crmnal :Leone we have a ferle ropcal errory, he agrculural pro-labouducons of whch, suaed as s so near Europe, m~gh be of presens of en~urn$ a e~ran am~n~ of labour durny a ~rlmn s all, consss n he possbly whch ~s scheme very grea value, and rase he colony o wealh and emnence. perod, so hahe expermens makng mgh no be lable o be Conjonly wh unculvaed ropcal lands, herexss a bodyfrusraed by he caprce of free labourers unaccusomed h~ of lberaed Afrcans, whose labour, under ceran condons, pursus n whch hey were employed. And hs s a men mgh be mos advauageously employed n her cullva~ou. Bumporan consderaon. Whouha dependable labour he among hs body of people agrculural pursus have no ye effor could no succeed, all he labour nnfl expense would be found favour. The labourequred n hem s of ha class o hrown away, and agrculural pursus would fall no ncreased whch hey would have been doomed under coercon of he lash, dlsfavour, nsead of rsng n publc esmaon; because never had hey no been rescued from he slave shps, and s exhausng would be admed by he general populaon ha he deseron when pursued wh vlgour under a ropcal sun. However greaheof her work a a crcal perod by he free labeurers employed amoun of manualabour Afrcan may be capable of performng under ceran condons ou of Afrca, does no appear ha~r. l%senbush s suggesons wh so much favour mmedaely was he cause of falure. was o n hs ground ha we vewed he s capable of volunary long-susaned exeron n ; and hey were placed before us. They seemed, and sll seem o us, ough no, herefore, be made maer of wonder ha he greao pon ou he way n whch a mos valuable seres of enave mass of he S~erra Leone populaon, recenly drawn from bar-agrculurabarous counres, where sysemac feld labour s unknown, he resuls be such, as here s every reason o beleve from he expermens may be successfully made. And should ~hould feel dsnclned o ; especally as hey do no see Euro-naurpeans engaged n. The mere neces=--~res of lfe--he quany of he sol and clmae hahey wll be, her nfluence of common food and drnk absoluely requse for susenance--- would be gradually fel along he Wes Coas, wherever pupls of he Serra Leone schools may be esablshed. There wouldl~ are easly obaned. The clmae s no of a naure o urge man no lack of capal, we hope and beleve, for he purchase of such o exeron ; he mus herefore have nducemens o labour, and machnes as may have proved mos useful, because.would no be dffcul o fx he share of he profs he crops due o he capals, who may have suppled he workng agrculurals he gardsen ran ro n he own, klled wo or hree people, wh he wonder-worklng mplemens. We expec, however, o and gravely wounded some sxy ohers. The good dscplne of hear furher from Zr. Rosenbush on he subjec of hs neres. he roops under Colonel Conran had durng he pas welve mg and valuable suggesons; and herefore defer, for he monhs been he consan heme of leers from Cape Coas. :Bu presen, any furher remarks, as well as he nseffon of oher seems as f durng he Colonel s absence a England o gve communcaons on he ~ubjec, o wmeh hs has gven rse, evdence before he Parlamenary Commee d~plne had been relaxed, and he resul s of course ha whch always conenng ourselves wh d,.arn$ ~s way for ha full consders/on o wheh s enled. occurs n such cases---deplorable excesses, whch mus neces~.ly enal punshmen on he offenders, and subjec he whole corps o resdeons, panful for he commander o order, and for he BRTSK WEST AFRCAN OOVERN2ffENTS. men o endure. We do no hnk necessary o make any Wx llke praccal men. We have from he very frs perssenly furher remarks a presen on hs panful subjec, as we have he advocaed praccal maeral changes on he Coas. All sors of fulles confdence ha Colonel Conrsn, Leu.-Governor and objecons have been urged agans our represenaons and demands. There was a lon n every pah--ha s, n every Commander-n.Chef on he Gold Coas, wll do all ha s necessary for he enforcemen of proper dscplne, and ha useful one. ~o money n he publc ehes~no nave co-operafon~much nave ressance, were always among he number. demand. We beleve also ha he 3rd Wes nda Re~men jusea o he njured and o he relaves of he slan can properly True, money and labour could be found for mproper and mmoral uses. Whle masmac flh was feserng under a ropcalthe Leuenan-Govenorshps of he Oamband of Lagos do wll ere hs have replaced he 4h a Cape Coas. gnu n he srees of Cape Coas Town, he convcs, nsead of no seem o have been ye defnely arranged; and a Serra beng employed n cleansng hem, seng an example o and Leone some persons appear o have reprez, ened o be doubful a.~slng he naves n a work whch was mperave heywheher Major Blackall would reurn o he colony n he mus sooner or laer be called upon o performj and be made o capacy of Governor.General. f we had hough here could perform~he convcs, we say, were o be found monh aferhave been any doub on he subjec, we should have se he monh reparng aud beaufyng, wh he ad of valuable Governmen sores, he resdence of a prosua under offcal preeeon. presen nenon, we beleve, s, ha Hs Excellency Major maer a res n our numbers for Augus and Sepember. The Ths was of far more mporance han makng he own hab, Blackall, (}cromer-general of he Colones and Se. lemena on able for decen people! No wonder ha we are denounced by a he Wes Coas of Afrca, shalleave England for Serra Leone number of dshones and mmoral Brsh offcals; no wonderby he mal of November 23. And from all ha we have seen ha we sr up he re and ndgnaon of some of her Brshhero, we do no hnk he Rgh Honourable he Secreary of mercanle alles, n conjuncon wh whom hey" have beensae for he Colones could have made a beer selecon. We aceuromed profably o operae. s no ofen ha we alludehope ha ~ajor Blaekall wll fnd a very heary recepon when o he abuse heaped upon us, and whch reaches us from all he reaches he colony, and ha, under he mproved sysem of quarers from whch abuse s a complmen, and prase would be Wes Afrcan governmen deermned upon n Downng-sree, a san of dsgrace. Bu havng now alluded o, we mus be whch w, no doub, open o hm a much larger sphere of usefulnesa han hereofore, wll mer end rean he eseem and allowed o say ha he only delnquency wh wmeh we have o charge ourselves s n havng been far oo ender and ndulgen regard of he people. o he pracsers of abuses whch sully he Brsh offcal name. Governor D Arey has lef he Gamba for Tenerffe and Our correspondenca from Cape Coas wll be fouud very ne-englandresng by ho~ who have fel wh us ha he Brsh presence Colonal-offce wll send ou anoher genleman o :Bahurs as and as hs me has expred, we presume ha he ougho make self fel by useful maeral measures n he pahleueuan-governor. We ask he aenon of our readers o of ha cvlan,on whch has been he professed, and ougho he communcaons n hs pape relave o he proposed be he real objec of Englshman on he Wes Coaso promoe. abandonmen of ~ Carhy s sland. We do no hnk here can Colonel Conran, he Leuenan-Governor of he Gold Coas, andpossbly be an enre whdrawal of Brsh auhory from. n hs capacy resden a Cape Coas Casle, has up o he pre-c.er.msen me jusfed he hopes we had formed, ha expecaons mvlsahon m he Gamba. The complans whch reach us by we are would be faal o peace, rade, pr%u-ess, and we eneraned of hm. Only a few days afer hs arrval he every mal from he educaed Afrcan raders a Bahurs and up called og0her he nave auhores of he own, whch s he rver, make mpossble for us o doubha very grave suae under he guns of Cape Coas Casle, and lald beforeabuses exshere. We undersand ha he raders are auned hem hs plans and suggesons for he removal of nusances and by he nculpaed offcals wh he very lle benef hey have abuse~ whch precedng Governors had oleraed, bu whch, uuremoved and unremeded, wereffecual barrers o all progress Afrcan T~z, whch hey assure hem has no nfluence wha- obaned by he publcaon of some of her grevances n he n he maeral evdences of cvl/naon. And whouhe ever, and s no read by any person of mporance n England. maeral evdenoe,~ of cvlan,on, no real progress of cvlseon They do no undersand, seems, he work whch he publc s possble. We refer our readers o Governor Conran s address press has o perform, can only make known, canno remedy o he Kng and chefs, and oher nave auhores. We lkeabuses, and havng made hem known, and so made hem known o ge our jusfcaon from me.o me by offcal documens. ha hey mus be under he cognzance of he auhores n Ths of Governor Conran s s an mporan one for us. gvesdownng-sree, our duy s performed, and he rasponsbly for such a caalogue of offcal Brsh neglec ha we can pono every connued delnquency of offcae and oppre~mn of he wh confdence and say, have we exaggeraed he evl saenaves ress here and no on us. The only grea complan we of affars a Cape Coas? have we unjusly charged Brsh auhores aud offcals wh aendng only o her own prvae o have allowed hmself o fall under he nfluence of subordnaes have o make of Colonel D Arcy s admnsraon s, ha he seems neress, and, bu oo ofen, mos mmoral pursus, and neglecng all ha could really promoe he well-beng of a peoplegraceful o hem, and drecly opposed o ha polcy of prepara~ and merchans, who have used her power n a way ha s ds. who requre o be augh even he very frs seps n he grea,on of he naves for self-governmen whch he Comm,ca onward march of progressve cvlsson? The srees mpass-oable, because so encumbered wh purfylng anmal flh and men s supposed o have adoped. We hope he new Leuenan- he :ouse of Commons recommended, and whch he Governdecomposed vegeable maer!---every house a graveyard!--nogovernor, whoever he may be, wll se hmself so dlgenly o proper supply of waer!~no observance of he Chrsanhe removal of he abuses complaned of, ha here wll be no Sabbah! We refran from gvng he whole caalogue. occason for he raders, who have hhero been reaed wh s a damnng one o successve baches of pas offcals, and o so much conemp, o memoralse he Governor-General a Serra some presen ones ; and we hank Colonel and Governor ConranLeone on he subjec. from our hears for hs so speedy and vgorous effor for he real maeral good of he populaon large, and for he healh of EARL RUSSELL ON THE SLAVE TRADE. P-uropeans and ohers whoso dues enal upon hem he The followng has been laely publshed :- necessy of resdence n Cape Coas Town or Casle. And we "Earl Russell, Her Brannc ~ajesy s Chef Secreary of. hank hm he more hearly because we feel deeply for hm n Sae, has addressed o he dplomac agens of he Queen he ryng poson n whche has been placed by evenso accreded o varous marme Powers a creular noe, whose ~uexpeced when he was addressng he nave auhores. The objec s o gve a ceran amoun of unformy o laws punshng conflc whchas aken place beween he Wes nda solders he slave-rade. The followng s h exacenor of hs crcular, of he garrson and he naves was a mos uuhappy commenary whch s wreu u Englsh, accordng o he cusom of he on he very humane and proper cauon gven by he Governor o Brsh Foregn-offce :- he nave auhores wh regard o hose culpable excesses "Earl Russell commences by callng o mnd ha, nowhsandng he reprobaon aachng o he save-rade n negroes, Whch oo generally aend he nosy, roous heaheu fe~val~. The Governor hreaened he exremes penales of he law~ ha horrble raffo has no ceased o exs, and o be he source he BHsh law--should lves be lo~ n any pary fgh amongof scandalous foranes. he naves ; and lo, nsead of such pary fghs he solders of "Her ~ajesy s Governmen, acuaed by he horror o whch #..! 1.

5 = / 1! 40 TlE AFRCAN TMES. O 0TOBER 28, so odous a commerce has gven Hse hroughou he world, has OUTRAGE BY THE GARRSON OF CAPE COAST arrved a he. concluson ha nohng would be moreffcacous CASTLE. for s represson han o vsho~ guly of wh punshmen copr of A z.z rrz~ z, n0~r ~HZ xrxg of C~z CoAs~o ~m~ ~E~-~r.. proporoned o he gravy of h evl, oovzm~ o~ of c.ozm CoAsr., The noble lord consequenly lays down he wo followng Cape Coas, Sepember 8, proposons :-- Sr,--The even ha occurred n he own of Cape Coas on "1. Tha a declaraon s~-m, ed by he varous :Powers shouldmonday, he 4h ns., s of so deplorable a naure, and may, ff assmlae he slave-rade o pracy. no ghly deal wh, resul u such very serous consequences, "2. Tha he Governmens whch should adhere o ha decla-haraon should propose o her Legslaures o apply he penales o addre~ your Excellency on ho subjee.---a duy, ndeed, o feel my duy, askng of hs own and s dependences, ssued agans pracy o all such of her subjecs as should be he conscenous dscharge of whch am urged as much by my convced of havng ranspored human bengs across he seas for own sense of wha s rgh, as well as by he unversal wshes objecs of raffc, and o be employed as slaves, no maer n whaof he people of he dsrc of whch am he prncpal nave counres or colones of he world." auhory. A frghful ragedy has been enaced n hs own, he prncpal among he owns en he Gold Coas, and whn he Pro- UNOFFCAL ~BFFORT TO SETTLE THE ASANTEE DFFCULTY. eced Terrores. The solders of he garrson have suddenly A a meeng of merchans and raders, held a he home of ssued forh a ngh, wh some of her offcers, and have reaed A. B. M nyro, Esq., agen for Messrs. Forser end Smh, of hs own as ff hey had aken chy assaul n me of war. :London, he 22nd Augus, 1865, o ake no consderafou heheuees have been broken open, ber nmaes dragged forh and b~= mp~n~ nf re~umn~ he lon~-.~u~pendcd rade wh Ashanee, slan, or wounded, or beaen, or aken o prson; propery has ~fr. ~h nyre,ope ned he meen~ ~ b Y mformmg... he genle. been sezed; neher sex, nor age, nor rank, nor condon has men presen ha Messrs. Gran, Cleaver, hmself, ann omers nan been spared; for among he vcms are found male and female, called upon he Governor and nformed hm of her nenon ; old and young, rch and poor, sck and healhy. 3on, asleep n ha hs Excellency, n reply, gave hem o undersand ha he, her beds by he sde of her wves, have been dragged forh as represenafvo of he Queen s Governmen, could no eanelon hrough he wndow and pu o deah, wh crueles ha make any overures o he Kng of Ashanee, and ha, whaever he humany shudder. An nques has been held on hebody of an merchans dd, mus be dsncly undersood hahe Governmen had no ~y n he maer, one way or he oher ; ha ha n a verdc of wlful murder agans ha pary of solders who unhappy man who was reaed hus, and he jury have brough merchans hen asked hs Excellency f he would "kndly proeccommed he deed. God knows ha s no exaggeraon o any people hey mgh send hrough he Brsh proecorae ; hasae ha on hs fearful nghho solders wen abouhe own hs :Excellency promsed ha he wouldo wha he could o pre-ndscrmnaelvenhe Fanees fro molesng any persons her way hroughand unressng meu and helpless women. The ls of casuales kllng, and woundng, and beang unarmed he proecorae, for he purposes of legmae rade, bengon he sde of he people of he own, as asceraned up o he hs duy o proec and encourage commerce hrough he proec-presenorae. wounded, brngng up he asceraned number o 65 persona ncludes 2 men klled, and 58 men and 5 women ~Lr. Mqnyre hen proposed Mr. Thomas B. Freeman as a f klled and wounded, besdes very many who were more or less and proper person o be enrused wh he msson, Whch was severely beaen. On he oher hand, am nformed ha wo seconded by Mr. F. C. Gran, and carred unanmously. solders were much beaen. s noorous, and s, presume, was also proposed ha :~r. Freeman should be he bearer of no dspued n any quarer, ha, as some of he ownspeople a message o he Wesleyan agen a Kumas, whch was agreed o. were holdng her annual nave fesval n he Anahfoo quarer, ~r. Gran proposed ha a subscrpon ls should be mmedaely opened for he purpose of defrayng he expenses of ensued. appeal o he records of all he cours of he Gold some solders rudely nerruped he fesves, and ha a scuffle Mr. :Fresman~ whch was seconded by Mr. :Fnlason, and carredcoas he hab aa o of eher wheher njurng, he naves or nsulng, are now, or or annoyng ever have. he been,.mlary. Unhapply, hose records ell us oo oren ann mo palmy m unanmously. Before he meeng separaed, 196L ls. 6d. serlng whs promsed by he merchans, Messrs. :Forser and Smh and :hahe solders have long been o us a consau source of grea F. and A. Swanzy headng he ls wh a donaon of 25L each. anxey, and uneasness, and alarm, hy her ncessan and The followng were he sums hen sub~rbcd :-- uncalled-for aacks upon unoffendng persons n marke-places, Ferser and Smh (per A. B. M nyre) 25L; :F. and on he hghways, u he publc srees, n prvae houses, by day Swanzy (perw. Cleaver) 25L ; Wllam Hun and Co. (per J.H. and by ngh. All hese hngs, whc have become so common Goldsmh) 20/. ;Mahew Ba, le (per C. H. :Nelson) 20L; as no longer o exce surprse, we have long endured ou~ ox "Waler Grffh (per:f. C. Gran) 12L 10s.; Hon.A-B. respec for he Queen s Governmen. Mqnyre, s.; Bouman and vanryekevorsel, s. ; Bu he dreadful evens of las Monday are oo serous o be "ffon. George Blankson, 121. ; Joseph H. Rdley, for Bdley and passed over lghly. We have confdence n your Excellency. Co., 81. 8s. ; Gharen Brohers, 5L ; W. E. Davdsou, 51. ; 5. W. We have a fgho expecha he Governmen wll cause he Good, 5L ; Charles Pobee, 3L ; Hen. :F. C. Gran, 5L 5s. ; 3". H. mos searchng and complee judcal nqury o bo made, so ha l~dley, 5L 5s. ; George :~us~ove, 51. ; W. C. Fnlason, 2L 2s. ; he whole ruh may be known as e how he unhappy affar "W. R. Taylor, 21. 2s. ; Wllam Fynn, 21. s. 6d. ; R. 3". Gharen, commenced, how he wo solders came o be beaen, how came 2L ; 3". P. Brown, 2L 2s. ; Wllam Chrsan Fyun, 2L ; J.E. o pass ha he roops n garrson a Cape Coas were, on he :)avdson, 1/. s. Toalpromsed a meeng, 196/. ls. 6d. ngh of :~ondsy, he 4h of hs presen monh, rushng abou he own n deached bodes, some wh, some whou, offcers, JUSTCE AT CAPE COAST. armed wh muskes, bayones, and clubs, forcbly enerng he There s much complan: of he decsons, &c., of he Acnghouses of sleepng persons, slaugherng he Queen s subjecs, Chef Jusce. s a maer we do no lke o nerfere wh, akng away propery, beang peaceful czene, draggng human bu he followng, among oher cases, has been so sronglybengs abou lke dead eade, and creang such error and confuson as wll never be forgoen here. anmadvered on ha we gve nseron. A solder was red on Sepember 8 for aempng o murder :Nohe leas amazng crcumsance conneced wh hs bud- s, ha several of my councllors, who wen ou on Monday a harmless woman, who proved she had been mos cruelly beaenness by hm, and ha a las he ook a knfe and delberaely sabbed ngho see wha was he maer, and endeavour o pu affars o her. The magsrae hough he ease oo grave a one for hm rghs, were a once se upon and beaen by he solders, ha o deal wh, and sen o he Supreme Cour. The case was hey had o fly for her lves. have been nformed ha soma clearly proved, and was shown ha no provocaon had beenof he mlary auhores have requred o know he reason why gven. Bu he Acng Chef 3"usee only senenced hm o hreehe Kng and hs councllors dd no go ou sooner o sop ~e monhs hard labour; alhough for smple, pey offences, he has ro, or asss n soppng. The Kng and councllors coma gven unforunae wreches welve monhs, and alhough beforeno have foreold hahs ragedy would ake place ha ngh. he passed senence a smlar caso n England was brough underf hey had foreknown, mos a~uredly hey would have ulles, hs noce, n whch an nspecor of polce go eu years penalprecauons o preven he sad affar. The councllors ds go o~* ~rvude, n spe of weny-hree years esmonals of goodas soon as hey learnhe occurrence ; hu hey me wh ~ery characer. Our corresponden fears ha, f such offences by r~ugh usage a he hands of he roops. was no a ro on he eolders.are so lghly punshed, he aroces formerly commed par of he people ; was an aack on he own by he garrsou. hy he men of he new dsbanded Gold Coas Arllery Corp~ wll As he nave Chrsan Kng.of an Afrcan communy ~m~ be renewed, o he consan error and njury of he mosprsng grea numbers of Chrsans, and many educaed me, noffensve among he people. And f he case was, as we haveap cal o your ExceUencv, as a Chrsan governor, represenng every rea~n o behove, precsely wha has been represened o he p bes of Severegne. ~olders and cvlly, we are,allroa~ke e. us as above we hnk here s bu oo much rea~n oc o he Queen s auhory, enled o he ~dueeu s pru o ha hs be founded. Of all he naons ann Oc~o~a 23, 1865.] THE AFROAN TMES. ~1 scaered over he globe whch obey he Queen of England~ are genleman. We never heard hm spoken of bu n erms of w~, hen, only wa, condemned o consan ll-reamen he hands of hose who are sen o keep he peace here? We regard by hose who knew hm. He gave evdence on behalf of hs nave counry before he Wes A Hcan Commee of he beseech your Excellency no o le be sad ha Brsh proec. House of Commons whch sa durng he sesson of We on here goes hand n hand wh he perperaon of such darkdeeply and sucerely sympehse w hs wfe and daugher n and dreadful deeds as were done n hs own on Monday las. her grea los~. The naves of hs counry are ruly graeful for Brsh proee. on. Ther feelngs of aachm ea o England are srong; wnasa he facly wh whchundreds of housands of people We have becu very much sruck wh a funeral sermon, A SERRA LEONE CHRSTAN. here are governed by a handful of solders of her own eolour, preached by he Roy. John Troer, a Basngsoke.# The genleman whose deah occasoned he delvery of h sermon was because hese wear he Queen s unform. Belevng ha o ouch a solder, even n self-defence, s o ouch he Queen, heymr. James Grafon Hazeley, of Serra Leone, an Afrcan, and a have for a long me paenly submed o a grea deal of bad personal frend of Mr. Troer. was scarcely possble ha usage from he Wes nda roops. close hs leer wh he such aa occason should be allowed o pass whou some noce expresson of he profound and sncere respec eneran for of he slanderous aacks laely made n England on mssonares your Excellency, and my enre confdence n your energy, yourn Afrca, and on A.frcau convers o Chrsany. Towards mparaly, and ~our good feelng owards hose whom you he close of hs dscourse Mr. Troer says :~ govern ; and feel ceran ha he Governmen wll ake such "As llusrave of he eachngs of he ex, le ms now promp measures wll end o brng all he offenders, wzrat-presenmma ~a.~r, o jusce, dsspae he unvemal publc alarm, re- Serra Leone Chrsan. f you expec any hng sensaonal, you you wh a very bref accoun of he lfe and deah of a sore publconfdence, and re.esablsh-a general feelng of wll be dsapponed, for he was a que, respecable, unassumng seeury.~ have he honour o be, Sr, fahfully your Excel-man, n whom we have a specmen of he qualy of Wes Afrcan /eney s good frend, Chrsany. Le hs, herefore, be one reply, a leas, o he (Sgned) 3"oz~ Ac~zav, Kng of Cape Coas. foul charge, ha Chrsany he curse of Wes Afrca. To hs Excellency Leu.-Governor Conran, Gold Coas. wll be seen ha he was no conneced wh our own churches, bu was a member of he Wedeyan Msson Churoh--a church TO TKE ~.DTOR O]~ ~HE AFRO.~ T3~ES. whchas been, and sll s, of mmense good o he Wes Coas Cape Coas, Sep. 9, of Afrca." Dear Sr,-- beg of you o ake under your proeoeou he Mr. Troer heu gves a concse and neresng bography of enclosures now forward ; you ~-~_ll, am sure, no refuse hshs deceased frend, who appears from early lfe o have been a favour. am advsed ha should he Governmen no gve sncere, conssen, and arden Chrsan, and fnshes wh he ample redress for ;he frghful deeds done by her wld and ll-followndscplned solders, some member of Parlamen wll, for marcy s " Thus lved and hus ded a Serra Leone Chrsan. He was remark :-- sake, force he maer on he noce of he House nex sesson, my own near neghbour n :Freeown for some me. We have and le he Brsh people know wha s done here. call God hdd swee counsel ogeher. Hs mage s phoographed on he o wness ha wha have wren s he ruh ; bu haveable of my memory, naver o be erased. When was sck he no ye gven all he dreadful deals. A hs momen scores of vsed me, and when was n rouble he comfored me. Le me men and women are wrhng n agony, from wounds, on beds of de he deah of he rgheous, and may my las end be lke eekness. The body of one man has jus been found--h ~ was hs. And here le me bear my esmony o he nave klled and hrown no he sea.~your oblged frend and wel-chdslanwsher, A~om~v, Kng of Cape Coas. Chrsan kndness never me wh from any people. have of Serra Leone. Wh some few excepons, greaer seen hem lve, and have seeu hem de. have seen hem zo ~ z~rroa o~ zz~ ~a~c~ ~. n he vllages, and n he larger owns. have seen hem Cape Coas, Sep. 12, aken ou of he slave shp naked and down-roden, and Sr,--The feelng among he people hero s one of nensehave seen hem evlsed, educaed, and Chrsanzed, and horror a he conduc of he roops and her off, cars. The have no hesaon n sayng, ha, akng no he accoun affar was neher more nor less han a massacre. Some of he her anecedens, herelgon wll no lose anyhng by solders wen no he houses of shopkeepers who had refusedbeng conrased wh Engl~h Chrsany. Any sysem, hem cred, and sough for hem o "kll hem. One shopkeeper, herefore, any man who would rob hem of he prceless l~ojer Quansah, narrowly escaped wh hs lfe. The conducboon of Chrs and Hm crucfed, deserves o bo bured under of he mlary has been abomnable. One offcer dsngushed mounans of reproach. would be nfne cruely o dash hmself on he ngh of he 4h by forcbly enerng he househe cup of salvaon from her lps, now, when so many of of a respecable nave, whowas asleep, and swearng a, abusng, hem have ased s sweene~; raher le hem connue o and beang hm wh a horsewhp. He was accompaned by drnk and lve for ever. wo oher offcers and some solders. Pray make hs arocous"n concluson, enoughas been sad o prove, ha our mae r publc. The Governor s answer o he Kng wll be senafrcan frend, Mr. James Grafon Hazeley, was a san of he nex mal.~yours fahfully, A NA~W. Mos Hgh God, ha hs deah was safe, happy, and humphan, and ha such a deah was precous or rgh dear n he sgh ZO THE EDOE OF THE AB/CAN ZMES. of he Lord. Gold Coas, Sepember 12, "God help us all o be followers of hose who hrough fah Sr,--Surely he d~reeera of he Afrcan Seam Shp Companyand pgence nher he promses. Amen." mus be gnoran of he large rade ha s carred on by s servans on beard her flee of shps, o ho prejudce of hose ADMNSTRATON OF US]?CE--GOLD COAST. who pay freghs for her goods n hese very vessels. From he capans o he salors before he mass, all seem o have her wll be seen by he followng, ha Leuenan-Governor Conran has revl~ed by publc noce he rules for he gudance enures ; bu he former, wh he pursers, depue he cmefof he Judcal Assessor and he Commandansof Dsrcs formerly sewards o ac for hem, and have myself seen upwards of 400L carred ou board one of hese seamers as he proceeds promulgaed.~en..4. T. BULES FOR ZrlE OTDA~ CE OF ZH~ ~ UDC&L ASSESSOR ~LND of "Messrs. Seward and Co. s" one voyage s venure. ThE CO~MA~N DA/~ S OF DSRC$. Le he drecors send ou an ndependen genleman o nqure no hs affar, and warran ha he wll ake homo blls and 1. Before any subjec of an mporan kng or chef n he receps sgned by he head sewards, o ncredble amouns, neror makes any complan agans hm o our cours, he s o whch alone wll furnsh abundan proof nform he "kng or chef.of hs nenon o do so; he kng or No anmosy exs agans hese men ; bu s really mechef s mmedaely o send a proper messenger whm o he ha a sop should be pu o a pracce whch s unfar o hosecour, n order ha boh sdes may be heard a once. Ths rule who suppor he mal seamers, and o he shareholders, who are s o be enforced as far as praccable. as deeply neresed he profableness her company.--2. No summonses are o be SSued agans any such kng and am, Sr, yours ruly, A Svrr~nzm chef a he nsance of her subjecs ; bu n mporan eases, where here s rea.~nable ground for no enforcng he precedng OBTUARY. rule, a leer s o be seno he "kng or chef, sang he cause We have had o regrehe deah of ~fr. Henry Barnes, supposed o have been he mos opulen nave merchan of Cape headmen or messengers, as may be mos convenen o hm. of complan, aud desrng hs aendance, or ha of one of hs Coas. Mr. Barnes, w hs wfe and daugher, proceeded o 8. Pey and frvolous complans agans any such kng and l".verpeol abouhe mddle of las monh, wh he nenon of chef are o be dscouraged; n mos of such oases wll be embarkng for Cape Coas Ca~le n he mal seamer of he 24hsu~cen o send a leer o hm nformng hm of he cause of Sepember ; bu hs purpose was frusraed by hs deah on he * The ~rmon, whch s only of eleven l~g.% s prned by Hr. W. 23rd of Sepember. ~.r. Barnes was a Chrsan, and really a Chuddey, 5, Booh-sree, Exeer. l!: :! -

6 ! j L ;L,1 42 AFRCAN TLM~S. Oc rob~.r 28, MR. READE AND AFRCAN MSSONS. complan, and desheg hm o do jusce, and also, f neco ssary, zo z~m xvrlor or ZH.Z ~re~x rnrss. desrng hm o repor how he ha seled he case. Vcora, Cameroons ~ounsln, Wes Coas of Afresj 4. n ca~s beween he subjecs of such kng or chef, wll ~ uly 28, frequenly be desrable o remhem fsr hs decson n he frs Dear Sr,~A frs was my nenon o wre you a publc nsance, cauonng hm agans makng largo dud exorban charged for dong so, and desrng hm o repor how he has leer ; bu as am no a puble man, and am gnoran of news. decded he case, and he amoun of fees he has charged. All paper formaly, hough would be beer.o gve you a prvae accoun of wo and a.half years expenence along he parhes mus clearly be nformed ha an appeal wlle o he cour. Wes Coas of Afrca. have some accouns of a meeng whch n of a decd Uy po nau?,, such as ds pu?., had aken place n :Exeer Hall, as publshed n he -PMr(o~, n o he successon o sools and dfferences beween grea easel, he Judcal Assessor and he Commandans are u general no o May las. s no my nenon o deprecae wha s ermed nerfere, furher han by akng evdences and referrng he he Anhropologcal Assocaon. wll smply conen myself n relang a few leadng facs from my own prvae journal maer o he Governor for hs nsrucons. n case of whch wll more or les show he fallacy of such works as hose emergency, however, he Commandans are o ac. accordng o he bes of her judgmen, akng care o repor meur preeeeomgs of Reade and ohers. Bu beforenerng.u~n hs subjec, wsh you o undersand ha am no a mssonary, nor m any o he Governor by he earles opporuny.... way neresed wh m~onares or mssonary socees. am 6. Unl furher orders, he Commandans o.osnes wn near all cases ha may be heard by he Judcal Assessor, excepexplorng Equaoral Afrca for a soenfe purpose. murder and manslaugher; bu n oher mporan cases, hey Mr. Reade ells us ha he mssonares are lazy and vcous. wll apply for he advce of he Governor or he Judcal Asse.~or You wll see, and you can judge for yourself, hrough he coursa (accordng o he naure of he case) before gvng her decson, of hs leer. As a vndcaon, fnd wll be access.dry, sendng copes of he evdence, or such par of as s necessary before ryng o confue such au accusaon, o relae wha may be consdered a mssonary s week s work. o show he pons of dj~euly. 7. A he begnnng of every monh, he 3udlelal Assessor and Aa 01d Calabar was my maden ground, wll begn wh he he Commandans wll send o he Colonal Secreary, for he Scoch Uned Presbyerans. s usual for ravellers o pay a Governor s nformaon, a concse absrac of he cases hey have rbue of respec o mssonares and her wves. And, lke decded durng he precedng monh, n manner se forh n he ohers, made he bes of my way o Duke Town saon, where accompanyng form. found he Rev. Wllam Anderson, surrounded by a group of 8. n hese rules he word "cour" means he cour of nellgen boy s from egho foureen years of age. Some were a A B C ; ohers were readng and workng ou rules of arhmec. The grls, n anoher school, under M_rs. Suherland, he dsrc n whch he cam occurs.--by order, Enw. B. AxDxzws, Colonal Secreary. were sewng and mendng. n one of he ouhouses a number Calve Coas Casle, March 15, of he house grls were washng and ronng. Those grls are approve of he foregong rules beng adhered o hroughou frequenly brough up from chldhood n he msson-houses. hs Proecorae. F_mWD. Coxa~x, They become good scholars and useful domesle servans, and, Col. Com. he Troops Gold Coas and Lagos, Leu.-Governor Gold Coas. wh few excepons, hey ge marred o he young men ass.~ caed wh he church, and, upon he whole, urn ou respecable Governmen House, Cape Coas, Augus 29, m members of socey. THE ABYSSNAN CAPTVES. Mr. Wnwoed Reade ells a wreched falsehood when he calls The followng leer has been receved by Xrs. Sern from her hs "a wreched bubble." s ceranly no a pon of ms-_ sonarv volley o clohe and educae a people for he purpose o husband, who has now been wo years n capvy --- "Axnba Magdala, Abyssna, ;uly 13, convex-rng l~em no wha Mr. Reade erms "heves and Hare," "My,ear Charloe,--As Capan Cameron s sendng o Mane and her young women no "prvsues." Mr. Reade, perhaps, a no aware ha mos of he genlemen raders a Old Calsbar sowah, scrbble a lne o say ha we are sll n prson and are members of ~r. Anderson s church. Upon Mr. Reade s nex feers. We ancpaed ha Mr. Rassam, Her Majesy s agenvso Afrca, he wll be ellng us ha Mr. Ander~on s ryng a Massowah, would, by hs frendly and conclaory leers o o corrup he mnds of hose youngenlemen, who sand far he Kng, ere hs have appeased hs offeuded prde, and obaned above Mr. Wnwood Reade n moral worh. Z y nex vs was our release from hese gallng chans. Oar ancpaons.have, o Old Town saon, where found a respecable school under however, o our gref, no been realsed, and we mus sll, formss Ed g erly, _ and. n Dr. Hewan s house several grls some me, be paen and prayerful expaeans of comng delverance. Hs Majesy, abouen days ago, wroe o Mr. lassamflledspansary, wh a emporary hospal near a hand, wh,"were employed n domesm work ; could also see Dr. Wewan s we - o come o Abyssna, and hs adven and he delvery of he Queen s leer, ~ve beleve, wlleffec our lberaon. To-day a number of sck persons. We wll now pass seven mles furher up he rver, and fnd ourselves a Creek Town, whch have been n chans weny-one monhs, and alhough durngs he mos mporan saon he Old Calabar rver. The ha long, hear-wasng exsence have had o subm o fendsh Bey. Hugh Golde has he managemen of hs saon. s orures, and more han once have been oblged o face (ap-alsparenly) a cruel deah, ye enjoy an nfne sasfacon n helang he Scrpures. As found hs pnes lkely o be an n- le home of he Roy. M. Robb, who s occuped n rans- consoousness ha by an nflexble Chrsan frmness eresng feld for boauy and naural hsory, became my headquarera for many monhs, consequenly had many opporun- saved ohers and won nfluenal frends o he cause of mssons n Abyssna. Hs Majesy Hnce our arrval hero es of wachng mssonary operaons. has no favoured us even wh an en pa~san~ nqury. Placed on, - _.. Here s wha may be consdered a Sunday s worr: a eax a level wh murderers, robbers, and oher grea crmnals, our x.m he bell rngs for mornng worshp n he school-room ; days have rolled on n he usual sad monoony of savage prsonhave frequenly found crowded o excess wh people of all lfe. Whn he las few days we have, however, agan exper-agesenced somehng of hs Majesy s feelngs ~a.ns he whe pr- have oren found myself amongs eghy er a hundred happy A en x.~. he bell agan rngs for he mornng ~chool, an~ soners. The cause of hs fresh ouburs of md~gnahon s uerlylle chldren, dvded no classes, and headed by whe unconneced wh our affars. On he ngh of he le nsanand nave eachers. A eleven ~.~. he bell rngs for Menlek, he Crown Prnce of Shoa, and son-n-law o he Negooschurch, whch s generally flled wh well.dressed people. A Theodore, unexpecedly qued he Royal camp, and, accom-wpaned by hs followers (bu no by hs young wfe), fled o hs p.~r. he people o church ; and a seven P.~. an examnaon of P.m he bell agan calls he chldren o school : a hree own counry. The Kng, rraecl he deseron of anoher powerful prop of hs hrone, nex mornng execued all he Galla he chldren akes place n he msson-house. As have already noced ha he Roy. l. Robb s ranslang he Scrpures, nowhsandng, he ofen preaches, and prsoners ; hen quarrelled wh he bshop; and a las releved hs chafed spr by gvng all hs Chrsan capves, besdes foo, s always presen a he dfferen sacramenal ables; he seldom hand-chans also. Ths ar of ormenng (whch s ascrbed o fals ravellng en o welve mles on he Sabbah o preach he wse Kng of srael) s s mos ernel nvenon, parcularly amongs he nland planaons. Ths s hard work n a clmae when, as n our case, he feers are so shor, ha one s acually lke ha of Wesern Afrca. The res of he week s spen by ben double, and unable o move abou by day or o srech one she mssonary n holdng nghly meengs, and by ravellln.g weary lmbs by ngh. There s a reporha we are o be released from hese abomnable hand-shackles. shall be hankful o he surroundng vllages preachng and admnserng mem- o he sck, and gvng consolaon o he dyng; he. yus~ f prove o be rue, as he soopng aude affecs my headenes and causes grea pan n he spne. nended o connue he also supernend he buldng and oher aleraons wmca n narrave of our roubles, bu have no a sul~cen quany of mgh requre a he saon. Durng all hs me he mssonary lades have her paro paper. We expec messengers wh provslons, clohng, paper, play upon he sage of cvlsaon. They have her pr~e &c.j from Ma.~owah, and on hereurn shall send you a classes-of oun and old belongng o her sex ; on Sundays hey long bu very sad leer.god bless you all.~ am, your affeconae husband, "H. A. Srm~.x. go o he womens. p Y g houses reachng o hose who do no fed " jy 0~osr~ 23, 1865.] THE AFRCAN TM~. 43 nclned o aend church. Bu hs s no all. have knownshould be careful n hrowng sones. Beleve me, Sr, s no Mrs. Goldo o be up ngh afer ngh n he owns aendng he mssonares ha corrup he mnds of he naves, s he aeeouchemen of such women as were supposed o be lkelyohers who hrow he haler of lcenousness round he necks o have wn chldren. have known her reach he saon of her vcms. mdngh wh he new-born babeswaddled n her hp. She had Mr. Reade also speaks abou hs vso he Cama counry. "We now saved he lves of hose chldren, and prevened he banshmen of he moher o he solude of a wn vllage. Mrs. Rver, and placed hmself under he proecon of "0gandu/ all know n Afrca ha he was a he head of he Ranbow Golde s no an excepon o he rae. The oher mssonary ladeshe Ranbow Kng a he own of Gumba. are always o ready o obey he calls of mercy. There are oher n a long arcle ermed "Courshp and ~armony," n he wo saons furher up he Calabar rver, vz.~konco and 6~r~an World of May 7, 1865, he arcle goes on o say ha korfong. All he saons are conduced upon he same on ~r. Reade s vso he Cama ounry, he chef, wh more organsed sysem as ha of Creek Town. Now, Sr, s hs poleness han prudence, sen hs daugher o wa upon he sysem of church governmcu lkely o urn ou wha Mr. Readewhe man. know he Kng of he Ranbow, he s he mos calls a falure? s ceranly no a hopeful mehod for adngnellgen nave ha have me n Afrca. also know he he demoralsaon of he negro. Prncess Anangu, no doub a good specmen of her race, and Agan, Mr. Reade els us ha he negroes are decen enoughlkely o have a powerful nfluence over he mnd of such as our whou m~ousres. Such mgh be he ease accordng o ~r. " raveller," bu don beleve ha Anangu would wash any Reade s fancy; bu hey have a leas benefed by mssondry labour. know a grea number of young negro raders who would no allow f such had been waned, as a housand man s fee, and am also ceran ha he Kng, her faher, can read, wre, and keep her books n he Eughsh ongue, and slaves are a he command of he Kng. Per my par don conduc a consderable rade wh European raders. Surely, beleve one word of wha Mr. Reade says. s raher amusng Sr, hs s a par of mssonary success. when he ells us hahs young lady was so unsophscaed ha The Englsh publc are also old by Mr. Reade ha Zoham-shmedansm he only relgon adaped o hose races. Le me and grea was her asonshmen, says Zf, r. Reade, when she supposed hahe raveller s face mus havebeen paned whe; ask Mr. Reade wha he knows abouhe relgous feelng of he found, upon weng her fngers, ha she had lef no mpresson. negro? Where dd he oban hs nformaon? n wha par of Wha balderdash! The same young lady has seen whe he worl dd he gan hs khowledge of negro characer? He men from he hour of her brh.. Tradng facores wer esablshed by he whes a Cama and Brokyn sland many years was a shorme a he Gaboon, no more han four monhs, and a wha he erroneously calls Careen. ~os ef he young men a before Anangu was born, and a hs momen a facory exss he C-aboon cau boh read and wre, and seldom does a navea Gumle, besde Anangu. Does Mr. Reade forgeha he from ha neror vshe Gaboon, as hey do all her rade whhouse n whche lved a Gumle s called by he naves " he radng boas aud canoes, whch ascend he rver. Ths cannowhe man s house ;" Du Challu, Mr. Curs, and myself~ have be a feld for pure negro characer. A he same me such s he all lved n he same house, and many ohers. n he same groundwork of Mr. Reade s book. Walker s bark has also been arcle of he Chrsffan World, he raveller ells us ha kssng founded upon Gaboon experence. causes only a smle of s unknown on he Wes Coas of Afrca. s plan ha he conemp when we hear he Englsh publc erm Reade and knows nohng abouhe habs of he ~egro, -kssng as common as a he souhern counes of England. Bu am no Walker, "Afrcan ravellers," and pons ou he ncompeency of flyng auhors. asonshed a Ankngu flyng from he serpenne embraces of Bu o reurn o he relgous feelng of he negro. can ellhe raveller; he had a few more ksses o besow upon he :/fr. Reade ha am meeng a class of ne~oes ha would be lades of he Ranbow besdes Anangu. have wren all hs Proesans o.morrow for one pound of obacco, and he nex day o show he hypocrcal characer of Mr. Reado a book. urn no Mohammedans for a gallon of rum. The negro s no would be some consolaon f he "Anchrsan Assocaon"were an excepon. We wll fnd he. same sor of people surroundng beer acquaned wh he fallaeousness of such publcaons as he doors of Exeer Hall. hose assocaed wh Mr. Reade s work of fcon, whch s only Le me agan, for a few momens, reurn o Old Calabar. f o be urned no wase paper. am que asonshed ha wll be bref, Whle on my way o he Qua Mounans, such a paper as he Chrsffan lf orld should copy remarks from reached a small vllage n he Uw Counry. was lae on a such a class of auhors. Saurday ngh. made arrangemens o reman over Sunday, wll fnsh up hs long leer wh he proceedngs of he bu was somewha a loss how o spend he day. Bu wha was Baps mln~sers on he Cameroons Rver. s, whou my asonshmen he followng mornng o fnd n he Palaver doub, one of he mos flourshng saons he Wes House a number of well.drec-sed people wh books n hand for Coas. The naves are a wld and warlke race. Grea mornng worshp. n hs way he day was spen. Those peoplemus have been he paence and perseverance of Mr. Baker had ravelled from welve o weny mles, o spend he day whand he devoed band who have oled wh hm. Wha a few fellow-chrsans belongng o Creek Town chureh, and a a change mus have ake aken place. A fve A.~. have he me speak were someghy mles dsan; on he followng heard he mornng hymn n he schoolroom, and a half-pas mornng hey reurned o her planaon owns o resume he sx he sohoo bell rngs for he chldren o assemble n he labours of he week. When go o he owns a he base of he school, whch s conduced hy Mss Baker. also rngs Qua Mouuans found people conneced wh he Duke Town a en A.m There s a general meeng every ngh durng church. They brough me food n abundance, and mas o le he week, wh he excepon of Saurday. These mee- are conduced by Mr. Smh. On Sundays hey have upon, and gave me her advce and proecon. Those peoplengs are spreadng he Gospel amongs he nland rbes whch nevergeneral servce a seven A.,_. and a hree r.m ; from eghy o saw he face of whe men. And also le me add ha he Chrs. one hundred s he average ha aend church, and abou Sxy nes a korfong are akng her share o he banks of he chldren mee n he sohoolroom. n he usual way, hey are Nger. dvded no classes; /dr. Baker s famly of young lades have all s hs lke a falure? Does look lke he demoralsaon of her classe% and Mr. Smhas hs. n fac, Zr. Smh s he negro races? Has anyhng o do wh lazy and vcousalways o be found n church and school; Mr. Saker s ranslang, aendng he workmen, and preachng he owns. habs, whch are so unjusly lad a he door of he mssonares? Le hem be of good cheer, and n sp ef he fcons of s all work and no play here. For nsance, afer a jolly fgh, "Reade," her work wll ye spread over he connen of Afrca. Mr. Smhas o go o he owns o bnd up he wounds of he wll now ake a long jump and pass over he sland of Far-warrorsnando Po, and land amongs he Amercan Presbyerans a he brekmakers, brckburners, and brcklayers; he has also augh Mr. Baker has augh many of hs young men o be sland of Cor~o. They have four saons planed on dfferen several.o be carpeners, herefore has he command of good pars of he sland, all n a good, healhy condon, bu unforunaely for he mssonares, Corsco belongs o he Spanards, and and church are n due course of erecon; and Mr. Baker s radesmen o execue necessary aleraons. A brck schoolroom he dshearened Amercans, afer all her labour, have beendaughers asss n eeug up ype n he prnng-offce. Mrs. ordered o leave whn fve years. Such s he command of he Baker, on he oher hand, s eachng a class of young women o Spansh Governmen, and on ha accounhey are. planngbe good housewvez. Lke hose a Cahbar, hey are good oraons along he coas of he manland. My nex leap was o scholars; have seen specmens of her wrng whch would Glass Town, Gaboon, where found a large mssonary saonshame many of our homo grls. True, hey "know nohng of also belongng o he Amercan Presbyerans, conduced by French nor German, nor he mazes of he dance; bu wha s far hree mssonares and her wves, and, lke Cerse, managed morebeer, hey become good Chrsans, knd wve~, and affeconae or less upon he same prncple as ha of Old Calabar. havemohers. There s anoher saon furher up he rver, bu already remarked ha he Gabean and Cama, or raher :Fernaudon know much abou, herefore wll say nohng. Anoher ~k~n~, " wn a formed he Gaboon, he boundary and le of any Mr. one Reade s go and ravels. see whahe ha s well saon s al~ planed a a place called Bmba ; know as lle gen-aboulem~n dd for he moral advancemen of he negro. Mr. Readeroans Mounan, where am a hs momen, he Roy. F. Pnnock as he las. Bu a Vcora, a he base of he Came- should bear n mnd he old adage, hey who lve n glass housesand Mr. Johnson, now Governor of Vcora, have a large congre-

7 44 THE AFRCAN TMES. OCTOBER 23, well f mssonares would leave he ouer world more o self, gaon ; from sxy o seveny chldren aend he daffy school, and srcly adhere o her own sprual callng Ị would preven hasy remarks.~ am, dear Sr, yo~rs ruly, and from eghy o a hundred aend church. The people are, wh few excepons, emgrans frem Fernando Pc, and orgnally from he coas, and have been brough up n he Proesan fah, whch hey canno enjoy a Fernando Pc, beng srcly Roman Ta~ ST:~vz-rs_~v~ L," TvaxvY.--0sman Pasha, he Presden Caholc; and wha s of more mporance, her chldren have of he Crcassan Commsson, connues wh unabaed vgour he benef of a Proesan educaon. Yhlora ~ f~ ~lf]fe,~ o ~lfy on Ms par of 3~ oas~. Ngh and day he people can hs measures aganshe nfamous gangs of slavedeelers hrough. nhale he exhlarang sea breeze, whle Fernando Pc s a den of ou he empre. has become mpossble for hese men o enry on any longer her nefarous rafro a Consannople, so hey peslence and deah. wll now conclude, and from he hurred manner n whch hs long leer has been wren, am no nsensble o s many fauls. f you hnk any of my observaons have beaken hemselves o he provncal owns of Baoum, Trebzond, and Erzeroum. They had even managed o assocae wll be of use, you are que a lbery o do wha you lke, eher some women dealers wh her proceedngs, by way of faclang publsh n full or n par, and make full use of my name. her busness. Bu hey had reckoned whou he polce of am no afrad o mee Mr. Reade on hs own ground. The wors Osmau Pasha, who have effecually prevened her operaons, feaure n mssonary characer s ha wreched hab of nermeddlng wh oher people s affars. T hs s an everlasng com- and have arresed one of he pnnelpal.deazers, ~oussea Laz, of Baoum, and ffeen of hs female assocmes, all of hem Chreas. sars, who wll be punshed wh he fall rgour of he law. plan amongs srangers, and he cause of much bad feelng. Ths arres se free sx chldren aken from klazah, and a large Men naurally become speful, hence magnfed exposure. Mmsonares seem o nher ~s dsposon ; found hem he same number of young Creassau grls and women, who were abou o durng my ravels amongshe Souh Sea slands. would be be carred off end sold.~leran~ 2Terald. EO L. LLOYD, COMMSSON MERCHANT, ~ONROV~, SEMNARY :FOR AFRCAN YOUNG LADES, L LBERA, receves cons~,nmene of Ready-made Clohno, 2, M PORTOBELLO ROAD, KENSLNGTON PARK, LONDON. Crockery, Dry Goods of every descrpon, 0lclohs and Carpengs, Hardware, Boled Lquors and Ale, Mllnery, Fancy SS SMTH receves a lmed number of Afrcan Young Lades for Educaon. Goods, Boos and Shoes, Umbrellas, Flannels, Looklng-gasscs, TERMS. &e.,&c. For Board, a horough F.nglsh Educaon, nsrucon he Mr. L. desres o open correspondence wh hose genlemen French Language, Laundress, Sea n Church, Use of Pano, desrous of ransacng busness wh hm. Address as above, Books, &c., FORTY-TWO GUNEAS per Annum. The bes of references gven. Home confrons, lberal reamen, and parenal kndness are 3onreva, Lbera, ceran. Three monhs noce requred prevous o he removal of a WOOL, and oher Maeral, PRESSED and COTTON, PACED by WALKER S PATENT ROTATNG pupl. PRESS, n HALF he USUAL TME.,augur Mlls for NOTCE OF PARTNERSHP. Splng he Cane, Palm Nu Assorers, Nu Crackers, and OHN WALLER GOOD, now of Cape Coas, on he Gold every knd of Machne for Afrca or nda. J Coas of Wesern Afrca, and JA3ES FAUSTUS AMSSAH, 17, COWPER STREET, CTY ROAD, LONDON. now of Sal Pond, on he Gold Coas, HEREBY GVE NOTCE LAMPLOUGH S PYRETC SALNE. ha from he 1s OCTOBER NEXT ensung hey wll be 2~fferve~cn~j and a~de.% ~ con~fan~ ~e s es~auy alened o ~a ~. PARThrERS n busness as AFRCAN MERCHA.NTS, under ~an ~alh and prereng ~r~al Tox~.Fever#, and ~ea~e~. he name and syle of GOOD and AMSSAH. Her Majesy s represenave, he flovexncr of Serra Leone, a.a le ~. Place of Busness : No. 3, SALT POND ROAD, CAPE COAST. of r eq ues for an a~donal supply, saes. " sofgrca value; ~ ~ou~o Cape Coas, Sepember 12, be n he hands of all Europeans vxs]mg " " he rap ~. " BEADS, PROVSONS, and TRADE GOODS, as under, on Fever and Bloo dseases, e.sl~., ny3~o~ oecurnng.aunngno~w.~mer- SALE a 3. LEVN S STORES, Dr. Gbbon, Saff-Surgeon la hs Urunean war, saes u, ff~ aur~pvau resdens n ho counres fnd ha he us~ of hs refreshng bever~e LONDON AND LVERPOOL. prevens exhausng perspraon and s alernave demly fever. B~.~ms.--Agras, Seed, Corals, Popoppes, Pounds, and every The elegance, pury, and usefulness of he preparaon has been cerfed oher descrpon. by some of he mos emnen physcans n he Army, Naval, and Hospal P~ovlszo~s.~3"ams, Sardnes, Poed Meas, Poed Fsh, zervce of Grea Bran. acs by purfyng and lowerng he emperaure of he blood ; henc~ Poed Soups, Bscus (ns), Geneva, Brandy, Rum. s grea mporance o all.~, rsonseekng ~ resde wh safey and ~mfor~ Sww~.--~fuskes, Cowres, :Flns, Glass Goods, Combs, n ~opeal counree, or subjeced o unusual nea~. Clohng, Crockery, Saonery. Hs Excellency he Governor of he Wes ndls Colones, n a leer of AoL-we~s.~mmel s : Pomades, :Essences, and Perfumery. reques for an addonal supply, saes, ~.Af.er.a les,d.en~ of.seveaee.a years n he Colones, am bound o adm ~ ~s u~e nnes slo ve~ preparaon havever me wh. keep on my ~deboard, hopng ha ohers, Forbes : P~vsons of every descrpon. Lamplough s : Drugs and ~fedcnes. seeng, wllbenducedoakeaudprof as have done by. larbue he All orders addressed o 3. L. LEVN, 1, Bors Marks, London, E.C., wll receve aenon per reurn mal. ohers o ake." excellen sae of my healh o s use, and lose no opporuny of urgng Leuenan-Colonel Murray, 1s Wes nda Regmen, Serra Leone : EST COAST of AFRCA, MADERA, and TENERLFFE. W " hav enjoed unnerruped healh snce have aken your Pyee --The Afrcan Seam-shp Company s vessels (ca.r~ng Her Salne." Zajesy s Mals) leave LVERPOOL monhly, wh goods Dr. Sparks, he Governmen Medcal nspecor, - for of London, b~ara and passengers, proceedng drec o MADERA, TENERFFE, cordal esmony o s effcacy n chronc forms of Gasrc complans and BATHURST, SERRA LEOh ~, CAPE PALLAS, CAPE Febrle Dyspepsa. Wllam Sevens, E:q., M,D,, D.C.L., saes, n hs work on Wes nda COAST CASTLE, ACCRA, LAGOS, BENN, ~NU~, BRASS, Fevers, ha ~herever he salne reahnen s adoped hs faal yello~ BONNY, FERNAN)O PO, CA.M~EROONS, and OLD fevers are deprved of her errors. CALABA._R. Ou of One Thousand ~es reaed on he Salneplan, "hs asonshng Nor~.--Goods for S~ L~o.~ ~ wll be delvered a consgnees number of Nne Hundred and Eghy.nne rceovercd." rsk no he Company s floang deph, whence delvery s Orders for he Wes Coas of Afrca promply execued l~r reurn of o be aken whn seven days afer arrval, oherwse hey wll mal by he Sole Manufacurer, 113, Holben-hll, London, W,C., or by M. " be landed and pu roe Cusoms warehouse a conmgnees " msand expense, under sop for charges. Goods for Fzm-, ~= no Po k L. Levm", Shppng Agen, Bevs-marks, he havng s~e:m_ eorrespondeasoun and a Bahurs, Cape Coas, Auamabo,. A cra, Lagos, Camer~n~c ~o.-b mc~.-j: " ff Old Calabar. Agen for S:erra Leone, S. M.. Canor an... -,- ^ he and he Rvers are ranshpped a Bo.~.~r, and forwarded by Bden and Gardner, Cape Town, who are appomea sue ~or ~ae ~,,- branch Seamer a shppers rsk. The fas and powerful screw seamshp ATHE,N~A~N ", 1,048 CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF PERUVAN BARK. u ~or and more agreeable han Qunne, ruly vonans all he ons, and 200-horse power, J. GRFFTHS,, Commander, wll. s~,. ~,,,o,~ne~o~a Eark. ~ssolv~ ou ~y ~ar p~o~s, h~ leave LVERPOOL on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 a NOON. el. Passengers embark by seam ender, leavng he Norh Landng remedal a ea Y ; beng " flud, ne sss ~ cff does or hrough.p... he sfsmm, _;,, ~" ~. Sage a A.~. puncually. Goods and heavy baggage mus Qunne SEconally does, ss easer on he somsco, ~u~ =,,, - be alongsde he shp a he loadng berh, Husksson Dock, produce eher headache or c~nsps.on, mxes ~e!!._~~ ~a~2~~n~l~; no laer han noon of he 21s. No goods or parcels can be sprs, beng exclusve, very mporan,.raeano~ ~v~ a~recaed by el who use.--sole Ma.~, ~ Chems, shppe~ whou pro-paymen of fregh. ~, HOLBORN-HLL, LONDON, W.C. For furher nformaon apply, n Lverpool, o he agens, l:h ne<l by ~UU.AM Jo~ Jo~- _-,-~ -.., a.. l~-~ree, n he C~y of Londo~ ; ~r~ Me~rs.~LETOHER and PARR, 23, Casle-sree; or a he - d ~-~ ~ -~^-,~.*~rraee. $ramd.~n Pul,L~hed by hm, for he A.frean-A~d ~%:, ~y~ a~ e, ~u~ ~,~ ~,. Company s Offces, 14, Leadenhall-sree, London, E.C. OcroeL~ ~3, l~. VOL. Wes Copy Noes WM. D: Compl and merely The ~ many on he be made Pepper, and gone grea greaes meas, Co~ more o foser