turning to the United States. I do think no unprejudiced person can visit here without becoming an ardent and sincere friend of Colonization. I can attribute the apathy and indifference on which it is looked by many as arising from ignorance alone, on the subject, and would that every free coloured man in the U. States could get a glimpse of his brethren, their situation and prospects. C. G. SHANE. Monrovia, Dec. 24, 1831. REVIVAL AMONG THE BAPTISTS IN AFRICA.-A great press of worldly business, and the great revival of religion which the Lord was pleased to bless us with last year and the greater part of this, have occupied all my time. Since Capt Sherman was with us, there has been nearly one hundred added to our church. The work began in June, 1830, in Monrovia, and lasted till the early part of 1831. It then extended to Caldwell and Carey Town, a settlement of recaptured Africans. Among the latter it has continued ever since, so they make up the largest number that has been added to the church, and they seem fully to adorn the Christian character. They have built themselves a small house of worship, at which they meet regularly on the Lord's day, and twice in the week for prayer. We have appointed one of the most intelligent among them, to take the oversight of them, and to exhort them, when none of the preachers are there from Monrovia. Monrovia may be said to be a christian community:-there is scarcely a family in it, that some one or the whole do not profess religion. C. N. WARING. PROSPECTS IN LOUISIANA. We have received a very interesting letter from a Gentleman of high character in this State, from which we make the following extracts. "You have no doubt been informed, of the progress of the cause of the American Colonization Society, in this quarter.We have now the names of Mr. Bouligny, (late United States Senator,) Judge Ballard, now in Congress, Judge Lewis, Judge Woodruff, Judge Winchester, and Judge Johnston, of the Circuit Courts, Judge Baker, of St. Mary's Parish; the Secretary of State, Thomas F. McCaleb, Esq. twelve members of the Senate, and twenty to twenty-five members of the House of Representatives, and many other respectable names amounting to nearly one hundred. We have had a considerable number of copies of the constitution in French and English printed, and I have proposed to have copied all the names already subscribed, upon as many of them as may be deemed necessary, and hand them to friends of the cause throughout the state. With the good foundation we have, success cannot be doubtful; I know myself of several influential individuals who are not yet enrolled, who will promote the cause. With regard to money, we have considered that as a secondary consideration here at present, it will follow in good time." It will be perceived that several subscriptions on the plan of Gerrit Smith, Esq. have been received from Louisiana. MATTHEW CAREY'S PAMPHLET. This able and ever-active Philanthropist, is preparing a second and improved edition of his "Reflections on the American Colo nization Society," addressed in the form of letters to the Hon. C. F. Mercer, one of the earliest, best, and most influential Friends of the Society. We hope the edition will be a large one, and would suggest to any wealthy individuals who desire to aid the Society, that they can hardly do it more effectually, than by sending an order for fifty or a hundred copies of this pamphlet to Mr. Carey, and giving them an extensive circulation.— We wish particularly that a copy may be placed in the hands of every clergyman in the United States, before the Fourth of July. COLOURED MEN DEPUTED TO VISIT LIBERIA. Two very respectable free men of colour of Natchez, have been appointed by their coloured brethren to visit Liberia, and to return and make report of their observations. Three hundred dollars have been advanced by the Colonization Society of Adams county, Mississippi, to defray the expenses of these men; and their arrival at Washington is daily expected. The President of the Colonization Society at Natchez observes, "on the report of these agents, will depend the further usefulness of this Society. I hope their examination may result satisfactorily to them, and I trust you will do all in your power to aid them in the accomplishment of their views." SPIRIT OF EMIGRATION. This appears to be increasing rapidly among our free people of colour. A few days ago, two very respectable men from the Valley of Virginia, entered the office of the Society, stating that they had come about seventy miles, to obtain information concerning the Colony, and in case such information should be satisfactory, it was their wish to embark immediately with their families, and relatives, to the number of nineteen persons. These men had, on their way to Washington, been taken up, (owing to some informality in their papers,) thrown into jail, and after a delay of six days, and at the expense of 12 dollars, obtained their liberty. Both were men of some property, (one of them owning a considerable tract of land in Virginia;) but so convinced were they of the propriety of removing, that after learning what they might expect in Liberia, they proceeded home immediately, and speedily returned to Alexandria with a company of nineteen persons, and took the steam-boat to embark in the ship now in pre paration to sail from Norfolk to Liberia. May all their hopes be realized! EXPEDITION FOR THE COLONY. The ship Jupiter, Capt. Peters, has been chartered, and will sail immediately from Norfolk with from 150 to 175 emigrants. Many more than this vessel will accommodate, are anxious to obtain a passage. But the funds of the Society are exhausted, and without the prompt and liberal aid of Auxiliary Societies, and the Friends of the cause generally, several months must pass away, before measures can be adopted for the removal of others. We have great confidence, however, in the charitable feelings of the public, towards those who are seeking a home in Liberia, and cannot believe that means will be withheld, for advancing with vastly more power and success, than have hitherto been witnessed, the truly great, patriotic, and christian objects of this institution. We suppose there are some individuals in the United States, who might give, and still be rich, as much to the cause of Africa, as has been realized by the Society since its origin, and we ask what wealthy man could desire a nobler monument than the Colony of Liberia. To the American Colonization Society, from the 12th March, 1832, to the 26th April, 1832. Female Aux. Soc. of Georgetown, D. C. per Mrs. S. Kurtz, .... Wilmington, Del. Union Col. Society, their first payment on plan of Gerrit Smith, Do. on account of second year, ....... .... $100 $30 1132 98 50 25 100 Per Allen Thompson, Tr. of the Society of the following collections were made, viz: by Rev. E. W. Gilbert, in Hanover Street, Presbyterian Church, 11 35 by Rev. J. Kennedy, in Meth. Epis. Church, by Rev. Robert Adair, in 2d Presbyterian Ch. by Rev. Mr. Dailey, in Meth. Ch Del. Dist. Collection in Meth. Ch. Caroline Street, Baltimore, Colonization Society, Emmettsburg, Pennsylvania, Isaac Motter, of Do. Do. Nathan Thomas, of Marlborough, South Carolina, Proceeds of sales of socks, by a Lady, ..... ..... ....... ....... 11 2 81 3 37 ADDRESS TO THE COLONISTS OF LIBERIA. AMONG the papers of the lamented Ashmun, is the following instructive and affecting Address. It is without date, but was probably written one or two years before his departure from the Colony. Our prayer is, that it may effect the benevolent purpose for which it was penned, and that not only those to whom it is addressed, but all the christian people of our country may realize as its author realized the grandeur and excellency of the work of African Colonization. If the pious dead are permitted to witness the growing benefits of their christian labours, with what delight must Ashmun look down upon the prosperous Colony which he died to establish upon broad and sure foundations. To the Christian Colonists of Liberia. A time will arrive, when I must leave you: This time, whether I consider the nature of the African climate, my engagements with the Colonization Society, or the demands of duty, in other parts of the world, cannot be distant. I most fervently pray, that the beneficial effects of all my endeavors to be useful to you, may not be confined to the term of my residence among you. If you are just to yourselves, they will not. I have omitted no opportunities to inculcate by precept, and as far as my situation would permit, I hope by example, the great and fundamental maxims of integrity, industry, temperance, and order, on which all individual happiness, and all social prosperity must rest. The design of this paper, is to convey to the minds of all who are able to appreciate the subject, impressions which have been the result of a firm faith in the christian revelation, and a deep sense of the importance of its doctrines, in my own. You are all sufficiently sensible, no doubt, of the injury inflict ed by Europeans, and Americans, bearing the name and professing the faith of christians, on your African, and perhaps for several generations, on your American ancestors. But many of you can now with gratitude to Almighty God, trace throughout that very work of injustice and oppression; the hand of a merciful and gracious Providence, operating for your everlasting welfare and salvation, and preparing the way for eventually disseminating the knowledge and blessings of the Gospel among all your countrymen. Cherish then in your bosoms, this consoling interpretation of that dispensation, otherwise so dark and distressing. Forgive and pray for such of your former oppressors, as are the proper objects of intercession and forgiveness: think of them tenderly and respectfully, as the agents employed by the Father of Mer-cies, to forward his own designs of goodness towards you. And looking round on the abject slaves of Africa, behold in them the likeness of what your ancestors were, and what, without their transportation and servitude beyond the sea, yourselves and your children would have been at the present time. And from this instructive spectacle, lift your eyes and your hearts to heaven, and adore that God who, in his own way, has made you to differ. I have often delighted to contemplate your exile and absence of one or two hundred years, in America, as it is in the account of God, only a temporary errand to that country, for the purpose of bringing home to Africa, the inestimable treasures of his everlast-ing Gospel. How well you have used the advantages of birth and education in a christian land, and executed the great design of Providence in your return to this country, is for your own consciences to determine. The purpose of the Almighty, is to illuminate the tribes of Africa, and bring them all meekly to worship around the cross of Immanuel. You may read in the disposition of your own hearts towards this work, the share which you are to have in the honor and privilege of effecting it. I have no doubt but he will accomplish much by you, even if he afterwards should cast away and destroy his instrument. But my prayer is that there may be a willing, enlightened, and active concurrence on your part; that you may understand and rejoice in the operations of God, all the days of your life; and bequeath to your children after you, the dignity and supreme felicity of being co-workers of God in the establishment of a pure and glorious church on |