God, and singing the triumph of Him, who, on the morn of His own resurrection, "ascended up on high, led captivity captive, and received gifts for men, yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them."

This has Christianity done for an African Valley; and this will it do for the rest of the dark places of the earth, which are yet full of the habitations of cruelty and wickedness. If there be philosophers and philanthropists who look with scorn upon this simple method of humanizing savages, let them do the like "with their enchantments," if they can,-till then, they must bear the discredit of being unable, or the guilt of being unwilling, thus to benefit their fellow-men. Meanwhile it becomes those, who are themselves not even attempting any thing, at least to be silent, while humble believers will behold, in that success which accompanies the efforts of the feeble agents of this good work, "the great power of God."

From Liberia.

Among the papers recently received from the Colony, is one prepared by the lamented Dr. Randall in relation to the Slave-trade. It will be seen by the extracts which we make from this paper, that this odious traffic is still prosecuted to a great extent, and perhaps with undiminished efforts. It will also be observed, that, in the opinion of Dr. Randall, the measures pursued at present by Christian nations for its suppression, will never accomplish the object. Those which he recommends would certainly be more efficient; nor would their expensiveness be such as to render them on that account objectionable. Indeed, expense deserves not to be mentioned in a case like this; unless to show by contrast that all which has yet been expended to arrest this traffic, is but as a mite to millions of dollars, when compared with the treasure which has been wasted in carrying it on, or the magnitude of the evils which it has produced for centuries. Not less, we believe, than from 35 to 50 hundred of millions of dollars have been expended in the purchase of slaves in Africa, since the Portuguese first led the way in this infamous commerce; and a number of human beings exceeding the whole population of this Union, have been torn from their homes and consigned to the miseries of slave ships, and to perpetual bondage.

"Frequently within sight of the colonial factories the slavetraders carry on their operations. The Slave-trade never has

been carried on with more activity than it is at this time. There is established at the Gallenas, a regular slave agent, who furnishes slaves to the slave vessels. He receives his goods from trading vessels, and it is said principally from an American vessel. He purchases large numbers of slaves, and furnishes the slave vessels, who principally bring out specie. These vessels run up and down the coast until a convenient opportunity offers, when they run in and get their cargoes of slaves. Some of them are captured, and I have been informed, that they have been bought afterwards, at Sierra Leone, by their original owners, and that the same vessel has been frequently bought and sold several times.

"The efforts of the French and English to put down the Slavetrade, are entirely abortive. They send out a frigate with a broad pendant, with two or three sloops of war, which run down and up the coast two or three times a year. Their movements are as well known to the slavetraders as if they were communicated by telegraphic despatch. This is done by means of the Kroomen, who are kept in the employment of the slavetraders. A number of these active messengers are always at Sierra Leone; and as the sailing of a man of war is always known for several days before her departure, they always have time, in swift canoes, to give notice to the slavers, who immediately leave the

coast.

"In my opinion, there is but one way of breaking up the Slavetrade, and that is, to have ten or twelve light, fast-sailing schooners, to cruise on the coast at those places from which the slavers can take off slaves. These vessels should relieve each other, and continue on the coast during the whole year. They should have one or two sloops of war with them, the forces of which would be strong enough to land and break up the slave factories. If this system were pursued by either or all of the nations who undertake to break up the Slave-trade, for two years, I question, whether at the end of that time there would be a slave vessel found on the coast of Africa.

"As an example of the secrecy with which the slaves can be sold, I must mention to the Board an instance that has occurred within my own immediate observation. Mamma, the proprietress of Bushrod Island, just in front of Monrovia, whose town

is not more than a quarter of a mile from our settlements on that Island, bound herself by treaties with this Colony, not to permit the Slave-trade to be carried on within her territories. About three or four weeks ago, a complaint was lodged with me, through her son-in-law, that some of her people had ran away, and were harboured by the Recaptured Africans under my charge. Not being willing to give up these poor creatures without hearing their complaint, I sent Mr. Williams (the Superintendent of Recaptured Africans) to ascertain from them, why they had left their mistress. They stated, that Mamma had lately sold many of her people to the slavers at Gallenas, and that she was about to sell them when they ran away. From this circumstance, and what I have since heard, I have reasons to believe, that for years she had never ceased to sell slaves. The fact of her originally having had many hundred people under her government, and her now having but 8 or 10 families, is strongly confirmatory of the correctness of this opinion."

Expedition up the St. Paul's.

The much-lamented Dr. Randall gave the following account of a short journey up the St. Paul's, in a letter to a friend, who has kindly consented to its publication. It will give our readers a very good idea of the country which is now inviting the industrious and energetic freemen of colour in our land, to make it their own, and to cover it with the blessings of liberty and the habitations of civilized and Christian men.

Liberia, February 15, 1829.

I have at length gotten through with this much-talked-off African fever; and, after all, do not think it any great thing. A Carolina or Georgia fever is just as bad, and as for an Alabama fever, it would be worth two of it. I continued to use precautions and take medicines for six weeks after my arrival, and enjoyed perfect health; but I at length became tired and careless, and the consequence was-the fever. I was well taken care of, and had every attention that could be afforded; and since I am through with it, I am glad I have had it, as it will exempt me entirely from it hereafter.

As soon as I had finished my business with the Shark, and

she had sailed, I determined to set off on an exploring expedition up the St. Paul's, which had been hitherto unexplored by civilized man, except to Millsburg, the head of safe navigation. I left this the day previous, so as to take a fair start from Millsburg, our frontier post. The river from its mouth is most beautiful: its banks are high and broken, and covered with the most dense and variegated verdure. Along the banks here and there, we observed an African town, with the thatched huts intermingled with the broad green leaf of the plantain, of which the beautiful pea-green colour distinguishes it from all surrounding verdure. On our approach to one of those villages, which is always announced by our boatmen with their African Boat Song, we generally found all the inhabitants, men, women, and children, assembled on the beach to see and receive us. If you stop, you are immediately carried to the King, or head-man's house, where you are expected to make him a dash or present before any thing is said or done. If on a friendly visit, it is small, and is returned by a dash on the other part. But if on business, and you have any great object to effect, your dashes must be larger and numerous, and then you receive nothing in return. After passing half a dozen of these villages on the St. Paul's, and ascending 20 miles, we arrived at Millsburg, where we slept in country fashion, but had a good supper from our store basket. In the morning early we left the settlement with our little party, (which soon however magnified itself into a pretty large one,) as the natives say, "to go into the bush." One of the most enterprising of our settlers had penetrated along one of the branches of the river, by following the paths made by the wild cattle, for about two miles, and we determined to follow the same path as far as it would lead us. As the underwood here is the most dense and close that can be imagined, the course of procedure is to send forward, to clear the path, two or three of the natives with their short strait cutlasses, with which they open the path with great facility. By thus cutting a passage through the underwood, without cutting the large trees or shrubbery, a perfect alcove is formed, and you are entirely protected from the action of the sun, which is only now and then visible through an opening in the trees. When we had advanced about two miles on our route, we came to a point where the St. Paul's was joined by a considerable stream, which we at first

concluded was a river from the North; but upon ascending the river to a higher point, we ascertained that it was only a branch which had separated above and united at this spot. We were exceedingly anxious to cross the river, to survey the beautiful island opposite; but as there was no other means of getting over, except by a native bridge, we had to abandon the idea. The native bridges are constructed of ratan or country rope, and consist merely of cords drawn across the river, to prevent the current from sweeping the swimmer down, and are sometimes to the unskilful more dangerous than useful. I was astonished to find the St. Paul's here, contrary to my expectations, most clear and limpid. Most of the African rivers are said to be turbid and muddy; but in the St. Paul's, the bottom was visible at 20 feet, and the fish, which were numerous, could be seen for many yards from us. As we advanced further on our route up the northern branch, which we determined to pursue till we came to the main stream again, our path was crossed by many more recent wild cattle tracks, all leading to, or from, the river, and we occasionally saw the broad foot-print of an elephant. After following the course of this branch of the river for two hours, we found that we would have to leave it, or deviate from the course by which we expected to strike the St. Paul's above, where the natives told us it made a great sweep or bend, and "made trouble or fuss." We therefore left the river and kept on northward by a cattle path, which soon brought us to a prarie. This was evidently an artificial prarie; and the numerous palm and cotton trees, soon convinced us that this had at some former period, been the seat of an extensive and populous native settlement. The appearance of the solitary palm tree, is most truly majestic. In a plain on which there is no shrub six feet high, a half dozen of these fine trees will elevate their smooth round trunks, without a branch, 80 or 100 feet, and then expanding their heads, by opening their broad pea-green leaves, they form a beautiful umbrella, some twenty or 30 feet in diameter. After following a strait line through the prarie, which appeared to have been the favourite resort of the wild cattle and elephants, about two or three hour's walk, we began to hear the roar of the cataract, and now became convinced that we had taken the proper course and would soon again be in sight of the river. The river broke upon our view