In a large company of immigrants, composed, as was that by the Banshee, of persons of almost all ages, from tender infancy to more than four score years, and of various constitutional predispositions, we could not expect that all would pass safely through the process of acclimation; but we believe that the risk of death from the acclimating process, in persons of tolerably good constitutions, is not very great-probably not equal to three per cent.-if immigrants could be prevailed on to exercise the necessary prudence in trying to preserve their health. But, unfortunately, they frequently disregard the advise and directions of the physicians; and presume too much on their own judgment, or on their ability to endure as much fatigue and exposure as acclimated citi zens. Since the foregoing was put in type, we have received letters from Monrovia to the 7th April. The following additional deaths are reported among the emigrants by the Banshee, viz: from Virginia, William Willoughby aged 76, Rachel Barker 9, Fanny Barker 5, Eliza Cheatwood 7, from Kentucky, Derry Thomas 43, CaLydia Gordon 2, Ralph Gordon 5 months; roline Postle wait 10-eight, making in all twenty eight, including sixteen children of upwards of sixty years. Not one of the ten years and under, and three persons upwards of fifty three immigrants by the Isla de Cuba had died. Of these, Dr. Roberts writes, "They are persons who will take advice, and who conduct themselves accordBut of the Banshee company, he ingly.' writes, I must say that some of them have acted most imprudently in drinking and exposing themselves." As nearly four months had elapsed since their arrival, and and as they were all "doing well" when Dr. R. wrote, we do not apprehend much, if any, increase of mortality among these immigrants, during the acclimating process, notwithstanding many of them may continue to act very imprudently. Receipts of the American Colonization Society, From the 20th of April to the 20th of May, 1854. VERMONT. Peacham Mrs. Lydia C. Shedd, $1,000; by Samuel A. Chandler, Esq., part of which to constitute the following persons life members of the Am. Col. Soc. viz: Mrs. Lydia C. Shedd, Samuel A. Chandler, Ezra C. Chamberlain, Henry S. Chamberlain, of Peacham, Vt., W. C. Strong, Elnathan E. Strong, of Newton, Mass., Prof. John N. Putnam, of Hanover, N. H., Rev. Oliver Means,of EastMedway, Mass., Ebenezer Shedd, of Weathersfield, Vt., William R. Shedd, of Newbury, Vt. William M. Chamberlain, of Astoria, N. Y., and Rev. Charles Shedd, of Compton, N. H.......... CONNECTICUT. By Rev. John Orcutt :New Haven-James Fellows, R. S. Fellows, each $15; to constitute Richard S. Fellows, a life member of the Am. Col. Soc; L. Candee, Wm. Bost 1,000 00 wick, each $25; W. S. Charnley, G. Hallock, each $20; Mrs. Sarah E. Devereux, Mrs. Salisbury, Jeremiah Day, T. Sherman, W. Johnson, Judge Boardman, R. J. Ingersol, J. H. Cooley, Edward E. Salisbury, Henry White, L. B. Judson, T. Bishop, A. Heaton, J. W. King, C. Wilcox, E. C. Read, each $10; Judge Ingersol, M. G. Elliott, Elihu Atwater, each $8; Wm. H. Russell, Eli Whitney, Misses Maltby, Misses Gerry, Prest. Woolsey, T. Lester, Cash, H. N. Whittlesey, S. D. Pardee, J. S. Griffing, J. Nicholson, A. MacWhorter, E. N. Thomson, Edwin Lee, G. Hoadley, N. Peck, Jr., Harris Smith, E. W. Blake, J. A. Blake, Cash, S. E. Foote, N. H. Gaston, A. Pierpont, C. Jerome, S. B. Jerome, J. C. Sanford, H. Trobridge, Gov. Dutton, Rev. C. H. Goodrich, Professor Silliman, S. Gilbert, A. N. Skinner, each $5; J. Anketell, Mrs. Sarah Bristol, J. M. North, Mrs. Hillhouse, Dr. E. H. Bishop, each $4 ; Miss Hillhouse, A. F. Barnes, Miss C. A. Butterfield, J. Winship, Alfred Blackman, W. Cruttenden, Mrs. Hull, Cash, Wm. B. Bristol, Thomson Brothers, Charles Ives, D. S. Cooper, C. B. Doolittle, B. Mallary, P. Blake, C. L. Chaplain, Mrs. Whitney, Chas. Bostwick, Lewis Hotchkiss, Hawley Olmstead, A. W. DeForrest, Mrs. Russel Hotchkiss, Rev. S. W. S. Dutton, each $3; Geo. King, Ezra Hotchkiss, M. Merriman, J. C. Hollister, Cash, Geo. D. English, J. E. Wylie, D. M. Buckingham, Cash, A. Walker, W. Peck, Chas. Robinson, J. S. Hotchkiss, Abijah Bradley, Lucius Peck, S. Butler, Mrs. S. H. Fay, J. Dunnie, Mrs. 'T. D. Wheeler, Elias Hotchkiss, R. Chapman, E. B. Bowditch, A. Treat, W. W. Prescott, S. Noyes, Chas. L. English, W. Lewis, Capt. Bradley, Cash, Geo. B. Rich, Mrs. Lois Chaplin, Dr. Levi Ives, Geo. Olmsted, L. Roberti, Henry Ives, Mrs. David Selden, each $2; Miss E. Whittlesey, Cash, Mrs. Hannah Herrick, D. C. Proctor, E. C. Herrick, F. Bradley, M. Taylor, Dr. Ely Ives, Henry Peck, H. S. D., B. A. Bartholomew, E. S. Minor, J. Thompson, Mrs. J. B. Bowditch, Wm. A. Reynolds, John Peckham, Mrs. C. S. Maltby, Rev. S. D. Phelps, Mrs. S. D. Phelps, H. F. Andrews, Cash, E. Benjamin, E. Marble, H. Stephens, Cash, H. Hooker, G. P. S., G. Morse, Rev. Edw. Strong, C. B. Whittlesey, C. Mix, Cash, S. E. Barney, E. S. Munson, Mrs. T. Towner, W. Warner, each $1; James M. Mason, W. Franklin, each $2 50; S. N. Foster, Jas. Olmsted, each 50 cents.. Canton--- -Canton Colonization Society, by Nelson L. Barbour, $41 to constitute Mr. Abial Brown a life member of the Am. Col. Soc... Bristol-Thos. Barnes, $10; E. C. Brewster, E. Darrow, R. Ives, each $5; Rev. W. H. Goodrich, J. Birge, E. Welch, each $3; A. Norton, A. S. Platt, J. C. Brown, A. Lewis, E. O. Goodwin, each $2; A. L. Atwood, G. H. Mitchell, C. Smith, J. H. Austin, A. Ingraham, R. Peck, L. Atkins, J. G. Peck, J. R. Mitchell, B. F. Hawley, G. Norton, T. Brockett, J. Pierce, E. L. Dunbar, S. E. Root, S. Taylor, Seth Peck, J. T. Peck, N. Jerome, E. Y. Shelton, H. Beckwith, J. Ingraham, Dr. Langdon, Rev. Henry Fitch, each $1; W. Darrow, H. A. Seymour, L. G. Case, each 50 cts. NEW JERSEY. Belvidere-Legacy of the late George R. King, of Belvidere, by Rev. Henry Reeves,...... Stillwater-Contribution from the Church of Stillwater.... MARYLAND. By Rev. Joshua N. Danforth :Baltimore-J. Kettlewell, $50; L. W. G. $5; D. S. & T. $5 ;— $60; towards constituting President Pierce, a life Director of the Am. Col Soc. cash $1.... 69 50 777 50 100 00 2 50 102 50 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. By Rev. Joshua N. Danforth;Washington City-A. O. P. Nicholson, $25; W. T. B. $5; J. G. B. $5-$35; towards constituting President Pierce, a life Director of the Am. Col. Soc. T J. J. $2; Mrs. Nesbit, $2; E. Maynard, $5; Col. B. F. Larned,by Rv.Mr. Eckard, $15. Georgetown-Francis Doughty, $30 to constitute himself a life member of the Am. Col. Soc. cash $10; five individuals $1, each; J. L. $5; cash $5; M. E. Church, $6 18..... VIRGINIA. 667 00 Alexandria-G. H. B., by Rev. Joshua N. Danforth, $5..... Fluvanna Co.-Genl. John H. Cocke,..... 41 00 61 00 59 00 61 18 120 18 5 00 50 00 55 00 Mount Zion--Joseph Bryan, Esq. $30, to constitute Mr. James Davis, of Augusta, Ga., a life member of the Am. Col. Soc. ALABAMA. By Rev. E. B. Cleghorn :Prattville-Daniel Pratt, Esq.,. Montgomery-W. B. Bell, $5; J. W. Roberts, $10; T. H. Watts, $10 Jno. Whiting, $10; Richard Jones, $10-$45, to constitute Prest. H. H. Bacon, of Tuskegee Female College, a life member of the Am. Col. Soc. and in full, to constitute Rev. Prof. A. J. Battle, of Tuskegee, and Dr. A. W. Barnett, of Glennville, Ala., life members of the Am. Col. Soc. Note.These contributions should have appeared in the Repository for April, but were accidentally omitted...... LOUISIANA. By Rev. E. B. Cleghorn :Saint Francisville-Daniel Turnbull, Esq., $100; C. L. Mathews, Esq., $10 ;.. Jackson-Mrs. Susan B. Thomas, $20; in full to constitute herself a life member of the Am. Col. Soc...... Clinton-David Pipes, sen... Farmerville-Gov. W. W. Farmer, $30; to constitute himself a life member of the Am. Col. Soc...... 30 00 20 00 45 00 65 00 110 00 20 00 20 00 30 00 180 00 $5; Jacob Krickbaum, S. G. Woodruff, each $1; cash 25 cents, cash 25 cents.. Martinsburg and vicinity-Hon. James Elliot, $5; Levi Sellers, Hon. Wm. McCleary, A. Barnes, John McWilliams, Thos. Rodgers, Robert Barnes, Michael Kline, Moses McWilliams, Jas. B. Cook, John Adams, Joshua Woodruff, Carey McClellan, David Harrison, John Hughes, Patrick Elliot, Rev. H. Harvey, Nath. Ross, Jeremiah Brown, Andrew Vance, Henry Barnes, Simon Litezenberg, Robt. Graham, Esq., Mathew McKibbon, Mrs. Margaret Eagelson, James Marquis, each $1; M. M. Davis, $2; Nancy Marquis, A. J. McMillan, J. H. Honn, M. L. Dayton, P. Heckley, Wm. Hays, each 50 cents, Stephen Cook, $1,50; collection in Rev. Mr. Harvey's Church, $6 41; Henry Ewatt, $1; Miss Cary Peale, 9 cents, Mr. Bebout, A. Foster, Wm. McWilliams, each 50 cents... By Rev. L. B. Castle : Wellington-Lorin Wadsworth, Esq... Cuyahoga Co.-Fourteen friends, each $1; a female, $14; H. Baldwin, R. Smith, M. D. Smith, each $16; two friends, each $2 INDIANA. Princeton-Mrs. Jane Kell, $15; in part to constitute William S. Kell, of Walnut Hill, Marion County, Ill., a life member of the Am. Col. Soc..... MISSISSIPPI. By Rev E. B. Cleghorn :Natchez-Rev. J. B. Stratton, $10; Mrs. A. H. Baker, $100; Thos. Henderson, $100; A. C. Henderson, $100; Wm. St. John Elliott, $50; Dr. F. A. W. Davis, $50; John T. McMurran, Esq., $30; Mrs. C. M. Williams, $10; Mrs. A. M. Ogden, $5; W. M. W. Cochrane, $5; Hon. A. K. Farrar, $100; Dr. C. F. Farrar, and James H. Mitchell, each $30; to constitute themselves 18 50 49 50 16 00 80 00 164 00 15.00 FOR REPOSITORY. VERMONT South Ryegate-Jas. Lumsden, $1, to April, '55, John McLure, Wm. McLure, each $1, for 1854. Wells River -O. C. Hale, $2, to October, 1854. Pittsford-T. F. Bogue, $1, to July, 1853; Isaac Leonard, $2, to August, 1855; Genl. A. C. Kellog, $1, to August, 1853; Joseph Tottingham, $1, to Sept. 1856; K. Winslow, $1, to August, 1854; Asa Nourse, $1, to August, 1853; Deming Gorham, $1, to April, '55. Windsor--George Wardner, $2 12, to June, 1854......... CONNECTICUT.-Waterbury-J.G. Easton, $1, to June, 1854. New Britain Prof. E A. Andrews, $1, for 1854. New HavenJohn Anketell, for 1854, $1,.. NEW YORK-South Pekin-S. K. J. Chesbrough, $3, to Jan. '55. PENNSYLVANIA--Connellsville Edward Gilchrist, $3, for 1851- VIRGINIA--Richmond-Miss E. Ann B. Reid, $1, for 1854.... LOUISIANA.-By Rev. E. B. Cleghorn-Baton Rouge-Rev. J. Woodbridge, to January, '55, $5; F. O. Conrad, to May, '64, $10. Darlington-Hon. 15 12 3.00 3.00 F. H. Hatch, to May, '59, $5. New Iberia-Hon. John Moore, to May, '64, $10. Centreville Hon. W. T. Palfrey, to May, '64, $10. Shreveport--Hon. B. L. Hodge, to May, '56, $2. Saint Francisville-C. C. "S. Farrer, to May, '55, $1; J. R. Neville, to May, '55, $1; Mrs. J. R. Boyle, to May, '64, $10; L. Smith, to May, '59, $5; Mrs. T. A. Carmena, to May, '59, $5. JacksonMrs. F. T. Boon, to May, '55, $1; Rev. A. Hagaman, to January, '59, $5; Mrs. M. Kendrick, to May, '59, $5; Col. D. J. Fluker, to May, '55, $1; John McKowen, to April, '64, $12; James King, to May, $59, $5; Rev. John C. Miller, to May, '59, $5; Mrs. R. A. Nichols, to May '55, $1; Rev. B. Jones, to May, '59, $5; Thos. Fishburn, and P. Fishburn, each $1, to May, '55. Clinton--H. Marston, Rev. Sereno Taylor, W. W. Chapman, each $1, to May, '55; M. G. Mills, to May, '57, $3. Mount Willing-L. Johnson, to May, '55, $1... KENTUCKY.--Paris--Noah Spears, for 1854. : ... 3 00 TENNESSEE.---Good SpringMontgomery Bell Scott, to April, 1855.... OHIO.-Cincinnati-Manning F. Force, for '54, $1. Martinsburgh Uriah Reese, to April, '55, $1. Cheviot-Wm. W. Rice, for '54, $1. MISSISSIPPI.--By Rev. E. B. Cleghorn Natchez-Hon. C. L. DuBuisson, to January '60, $5 75; Mrs. Kendrick, to May, '55, $1; Dominic Arighi, to October, '56, $2 50; Mrs. J. E. Connor, to May, '64, $10; David Williams, J. W. Sessions, each $5, to May, '59. Pine Ridge-L. Wailes, Esq., to May, '64, $10. Columbus Mrs. Elizabeth B. Randolph, for '54, $1. . 4.00 4 00 ...... 700 113 00 1 00 1. 00 3.00 40 25 195 37 .3,407 18 100 00 THE AFRICAN REPOSITORY. VOL. XXX.] ed. WASHINGTON, JULY, 1854. [No. 7. inform us if they would have any extra amount of freight. We allow to each emigrant the bulk of two barrels, not including their mattresses and bedding which they put in their berths. If they have more than this we desire to be apprised of it before chartering the vessel, and we expect them to pay for all over two barrels. Having taken all these necessary More Emigrants than could be accommodated. By reference to the list of names, in another column, of the emigrants lately embarked for Liberia, it will be seen that the ship Sophia Walker carried out two hundred and fiftytwo, and the brig Harp twenty-five persons. We had expected the whole of them would have gone in the Sophia Walker, and supposed that we had made ample provision for them. But we were disappoint-precautions, we chartered a ship When we chartered the ship, large enough to carry all that had we calculated that there would be been reported to us, with some room ready to sail in her about two hun- to spare, and therefore felt very comdred and seventy-five emigrants.-fortable in the prospect. We however put up berths and made arrangements for two hundred and eighty-eight. The Sophia Walker is a larger vessel than the Banshee, which carried, on her last voyage to Liberia, two hundred and seventy-trunks and boxes, barrels and hogsseven. We therefore supposed that she would be plenty large to carry all who would be ready to go, together with their baggage and everything they would have to take with them. We had requested our friends to be very careful to give us with them everything which they the names of all who would go, and | had-and they would find it all use But to our surprise and very great embarrassment, three hundred and ten emigrants came forward to embark in the ship, and some of them had such an amount of baggage and heads, as we had never conceived of, and knew not what to do with! What could we do? The ship could not take them all! Some of them had come 750 miles to the place of embarkation! They wanted to take |