EXTENSION OF TERRITORY.

Your Committee have continued to urge the Governor to extinguish, by, purchase, the native title to lands lying on the coast within the bounds of Liberia, and to extend the jurisdiction of the Colony north to Cape Mount. He is directed to prepare a correct map of Liberia, on which shall be laid down the shape of the coast, the various settlements in the Colony, the rivers, creeks, forests, &c. He is also directed to have the recently purchased territory explored, and laid off into sections, or counties, to be called Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, &c. This arrangement will enable the Board to gratify the wishes of those friends who desire the emigrants from their own State to be located together, and thus perpetuate the name of the State from which they came, and by which they may continue to be supported.

In addition to this, there are other strong inducements for us to extend our territory. The Slave Trade can never be effectually broken up within the Colony, while the natives continue to own intermediate portions of the territory, which they permit slavers to occupy; nor can a communication by land be safely kept up between our various settlements. An additional reason for our solicitude on this subject is, that the British Government, and the agricultural and commercial companies preparing to operate in Africa under its protection, are treating with the native Kings for territory on the coast. Should they make settlements in Liberia, it would embarrass if not defeat the experiment now making there of a united representative Government. Nor is the apprehension, that our plans may be thus interfered with, groundless. British traders have already given us much trouble, by making settlements in our immediate neighborhood-claiming title under the right of purchase from some petty chief.

It was deemed important to send an agent to England, for the purpose of obtaining assurances from the British African Societies and trading companies, that they would not encroach on the territory embraced within the present limits of Liberia.

Mr. GURLEY was selected by your Board for the performance of this duty. In carrying out this appointment, the Executive Committee instructed him to confine himself to collecting information in regard to the British policy in Africa; to inducing them to abstain from encroaching on the territory adjacent to our settlements; and diffusing information in regard to the true character, operation and practical results of the American Colonization Society. Before the expiration of the time which your Board allowed Mr. GURLEY for his visit, he asked the Committee to extend it. This they did not feel authorised to do.

Mr. GURLEY, however, has not yet returned to this country, nor has he informed us how far he has succeeded in accomplishing the objects of his visit. A large tract of country north of the St. Paul's has been purchased from the remnant of the Dey nation, and the protection of the Colony extended to the few survivors of this once powerful people. The Governor informs us, that negotiations were pending for other extensive purchases, and we trust that before this time the most important points have been secured. It ought to be stated that purchases made from the natives do not require their removal. Their political relations only are changed; they are required to submit to the laws of the Colony; to give up their barbarous customs of trial by sasswood, &c., and to abandon the Slave Trade-while their title is secured to their homes and their lands.

SINOU.

This settlement, planted by the Mississippi State Colonization Society, has received no new emigrants since the death of Governor FINLEY, who, it

will be recollected, was murdered by the natives when absent from the Colo43 ny, about two years ago.

The Colony was then in a most prosperous condition. had provided, working animals sufficient for the wants of all the Colonists. The Governor Had he been spared to direct the industry of the people, this settlement would probably have made greater progress than any other in Liberia; but in losing the Governor, the Colonists seem to have lost, in some degree, their energy. under the supervision of Gov. BUCHANAN, who has been appointed agent They are now, however, gradually improving by the Mississippi Society; and that State, which has suffered more severely from the late financial difficulties than any other section of our country, is beginning to rise from its embarrassments, and we hope will soon be able to aid, with their wonted liberality, the Colonization enterprize.

The Mississippi and Louisiana Societies being now politically united with the American Colonization Society, we hope, with their cordial cooperation and assistance, to be able to strengthen the settlement of Sinou, by sending out an expedition from New Orleans in the spring, and in the course of the year to remove all the slaves freed by the wills of the late Capt. Ross and Mrs. REED. The Governor has been directed to purchase a tract of country lying adjacent to Sinou, that the territory of this settlement may be enlarged.

The Committee would recommend the appointment of an agent at New Orleans, to receive and provide for emigrants, and to transact the business of the Society in that city, which ought to be the place of embarkation for emigrants from western Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and the country below. Great expense and delay would be avoided by concentrating our business for the West and South-west at this point. With the cooperation of the Rev. Mr. FINLEY, well known as an early and active friend of Colonization, and other patrons of the Society, a good agent at New Orleans would render most assential service.

CAPE PALMAS.

The operations of this Colony continue to be conducted, both in this country and Liberia, with energy and success. supervision of Gov. RUSSWURM, a colored man, are improving both in their The Colonists, under the moral and physical condition.

EMIGRANTS SENT OUT BY THE LAST EXPEDITION OF THE SALUDA.

The following is an extract from the despatches of Gov. BUCHANAN, announcing the painful intelligence of the death of a large number of those emigrants. The package to which the Governor refers as containing the physician's report of the names, and particulars of each case of mortality, has not been received:

"It distresses me to have to announce the melancholy fact, of several more deaths among the late emigrants, since my last despatch. Forty-one, in all, have died. It is impossible to find any adequate cause for this almost unparalleled mortality. The people were all provided with comfortable quarters, immediately afte rlanding; and every possible attention was bestowed upon them during their illness. Dr. JOHNSON, with Dr. THORN and his son, as assistants, was with them continually, and much of Mr. SHERIDAN's time also was devoted to them, both by night and day; nurses too were provided for such families as needed them, and every pains were taken to procure fresh meats, vegetables, &c., for their use, which were generally prepared under the personal inspection of Dr. JOHNSON or Mr. SHERIDAN. Still, in the mysterious orderings of God's providence, numbers of them died, in spite of all the skill and care with which they were treated.

We mourn their loss, and wonder at the terrible dispensation

which has so soon taken them away from us: but it is the Lord's doings, and who shall arraign his wisdom or his mercy.

"You alluded to certain reports which have been circulated in America, that these poor people were neglected in their illness, and that much of their suffering and mortality might have been prevented. The man who could be guilty of reporting such malicious falsehoods, deserves a worse punishment than I should be willing to inflict. Can it be that disappointed avarice and professional jealousy could prompt to such infamous conduct. "I am happy to say that all the surviving emigrants appear to be entirely over the fever, and are doing well. Most of them are in their houses at Bexley, and every mail brings me good reports of their progress in clearing and planting their lands."

We are pained to learn that these emigrants suffered so fatally. Every care was taken to furnish them with all necessary comforts before they embarked. Matrasses and bed clothes were provided for every individual not previously furnished with those articles. A suit of woollen clothes, and a pair of thick shoes were purchased for the use of each man, when he should arrive in the Colony. Four months' provisions, consisting of mess-pork, ba-. con, corn-meal and flower, were sent out by them, and a well selected bill of medicine. When they arrived in Liberia, they were provided with good quarters, and attended by Dr. JOHNSON, a physician of high respectability, who has had several years' experience in the Colony, and of course is well acquainted with the diseases of the country. He had the help of two assistants; and we have the assurance, not only of the Governor, but of other gentlemen, that every thing which medical skill, good nursing, and kindness could do, was done for them. Still, one third of them have died. This melancholy information is not more painful than unexpected, as the two companies that preceded them suffered but little, three only having died, and many were so slightly affected by the fever, as not to be confined a single day. The first two companies were located on the St. Paul's, the last at Edina. Houses had been erected for their reception at Bexley, a rich farming district, six miles up the St. John's; but it was deemed best that they should remain at Edina until their acclimating fever should be over, this village being esteemed one of the most healthy on the coast, and affording better accommodations for them than any other. We deeply regret, however, that they had not, as we directed, gone to Bexley immediately on their arrival, as we believe that their sickness, at that station, would have been comparatively light. Mr. SHERIDAN says, in a recent communication to the Board: "Since the removal of the emigrants to Bexley, there have been only two deaths, supposed to have been accasioned by the improper indulgence of appetite. So greatly beneficial was the change felt on going thither, that they at once perceived it, and wished, if possible, to avoid the necessity of coming to the beach at all, as, whoever did so was sure to feel the worse for it."

ROAD TO THE INTERIOR.

The Executive Committee have for some time been anxious to open a road from the coast to the mountain country, with a view of making a settlement, believing it will prove much more healthy than those on the seaboard, and thus render the acclimating fever harmless.

We expressed our opinions on this subject in our last report, and more information has increased our conviction of its importance.

We are happy to state, we have received assurances that this road, which had been commenced prior to the rainy season, will be prosecuted with vigor as soon as the weather will permit. We hope it will be extended to the

mountains during the present dry season, unless the native kings should object to its being opened through their country. This we do not apprehend; but, should objections be made, we believe that the influence of Governor BUCHANAN will remove them.

When the Colony was commenced, there were many reasons for settling on the coast-limited means, the want of all facilities for transportation, and the hostile character of the native kings, all rendered it impossible to establish a Colony in the interior. But now, when the advantages of the scheme of Colonization are admitted by a large majority of the American people, we may hope that the friends of the cause will enable the Society to do something more than maintain a feeble existence. Twenty-five thousand dollars would be sufficient to complete the road, purchase a tract of country, make a settlement, and provide the means of transportation to connect it with the coast. The settlements immediately on the Chesapeake bay are so unhealthy, that the inhabitants are forced to remove in summer, or suffer from the annual fevers, which often prove fatal; while the country not far interior is healthy. Many such instances might be referred to in this country, and fully warrant the belief that a settlement in the interior of Liberia would prove to be comparatively healthy, and that emigrants there would suffer little, if any, from acclimation. Since it is probable that a settlement might be made where the emigrants would be exempt from the fearful mortality experienced by the late and some previous expeditions, it is due to the cause of humanity, and to the whole colored race-whose interests we are laboring to promote-to make the experiment immediately, while we are favored with the services of such a man as Governor BUCHANAN at the head of the Colony. The chances of success, under his wise and energetic administration, are all in our favor, and we hope the work will be prosecuted, until the benefit of planting a Colony in the mountains is fully tested. Should the advantages in respect to health be less than anticipated, the increased commercial facilities secured by a road to the camwood district, would amply repay the expense.

[REPORT CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT NUMBER.]

VERMONT COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

Mr. CONVERSE's valuable sermon before this Society has been published, and contains the only notice of the last annual meeting, from a friendly source, that we have met with. The receipts of the Society for the last year amounted to about $500; besides which, Captain GEORGE BARKER collected, for the parent Society, in this State, $372 79. The expenses of the Society are hardly any thing. The receipts are from comparatively few towns; but they show a decidedly increasing interest in the cause; and, indeed, it must be evident to all, that, since Governor BUCHANAN went out, and affairs at the Colony began to assume a new aspect of enterprise and thrift, a great change has been going on in the public mind throughout the country-slow, but well and safely grounded-which must result in securing to the cause continually increasing support and efficiency. The minds of men are enlightened, prejudices are removed, and all the happy influences of the enterprise, present and prospective, begin to be appreciated. The officers of the Vermont Society for the current year are as follows:

President, Hon. ELIJAH PAINE.

Vice Presidents, Hon. Israel P. Dana, Hon. Joseph Howes.
Secretary, Rev. J. K. Converse.
Treasurer, Daniel Baldwin, Esq.

Auditor, Hon. Jeduthan Loomis.

Directors, Rev. J. Richards, Hon. Phineas White, D. Kellogg, Esq., James Bell, Esq., S. Chapin, Esq., A. W. Hyde, Esq., Rev. B. W. Smith, Rev. John Hough, David Pierce, Esq., H. Stevens, Esq., Rev. William Mitchell.

Mr. CONVERSE's sermon is on the history of Slavery, and the means of elevating the African race. The writer states his views briefly, in the fol

lowing paragraph:

"But this trade is to be abolished, and Africa is again to come under the dominion of JESUS CHRIST; and I firmly believe that the principle of Colonization is to be a main instrumentality in accomplishing those ends-that GOD intends to enlighten her dark tribes, by settling her own civilized and christianized children all around her coast. I am, therefore, a warm friend of the American Colonization Society. I regard it with substantially the same feelings that I do the American Board. I would not dare to oppose its doings, lest I should be found fighting against GOD. Whether I look at its principles, or the results it has already achieved, I cannot resist the conviction that it is to be a powerful means of elevating the colored race."

No other country can hope for all the advantages from Colonization that present themselves to Africa. Never before has that happened, and in no other case is it likely to happen, which is the peculiar felicity of African Colonization. Her own sons, in distant lands, have become, to a considerable extent, civilized and Christian, and instructed in the arts of life-and these, not strangers of another and alien race, are to be Colonists. The children go back to carry blessings to the land of their fathers-the Christian negro to carry the Gospel, it may often happen, to relatives whom he will still be able to seek out and rejoice over. What lovelier sight than to see this movement successfully going on, under the auspices of two Christian nations like Great Britain and the United States.-Vermont Chronicle.

HORRORS OF THE SLAVE TRADE.

DR. WALSH, in his "Notices of Brazil," gives a most animated picture of the state of a Spanish slaver, detained by the vessel of war in which he returned from Brazil, in May, 1829. He says: When we mounted her decks, we found her full of slaves; she had taken on board five hundred and sixty-two, and had been out seventeen days, during which she lost fifty-five. The slaves were all enclosed under grated hatchways between decks. The space was so low that they sat between each other's legs, and stowed so close together that there was no possibility of their lying down, or at all changing their position by night or day. As they belonged to, and were shipped on account of different individuals, they were all branded like sheep, with the owner's marks of different forms. These were impressed under their breasts, or on their arms; and, as the mate informed me with perfect indifference, "burnt with a red-hot iron."

After many other particulars, the statement of which our limits will not admit, Dr. WALSH continues: "The poor beings were all turned up together. They came swarming up like bees from the aperture of a hive, till the whole deck was crowded to suffocation from stem to stern. On looking into the places where they had been crammed, there were found some children next the sides of the ship. The little creatures seemed indifferent as to life or death, and when they were carried on deck many of them could not stand. Some water was brought; it was then that the extent of their sufferings was exposed in a fearful manner. They all rushed like maniacs towards it. No entreaties, or threats, or blows could restrain them; they shrieked and struggled and fought for a drop of the precious liquid, as if