representations are quite correct. The country is a beautiful one, abounding in fine scenery, grand ranges of mountains, and magnificent forests. There is manifestly no exaggeration in the accounts given of its agricultural capacity and richness of soil; and with an intelligent, energetic population, it might become one of the greatest commercial nations in the world; for, in Receipts of the American Colonization Society, MAINE. Springfield.-S. C. Clarke...... VERMONT. Collections for the Vermont Col. Soc., by Rev. Wm. Mitchell, Essex.-S. Douglas, $1; John Underhill Flat.-Rev. S. Marsh. NEW HAMPSHIRE. By Capt. George Barker :Exeter. Daniel W. Gorham, M. D.... MASSACHUSETTS. By Capt. George Barker :Haverhill.--David Marsh, $10; Samuel Chase, $5; Mrs. A. Kittredge, $4; Hon. J. H. Duncan, Mrs. Elizabeth E. Ames, each $3; Cash, 50 cts. Bradford.-Miss B. Lovejoy, Laburton Johnson, Dr. Luther Johnson, each $1.... Newburyport.--Capt. Nathaniel Smith, $30, to constitute himself a life member of the Am. Col. Soc.; Hon. Micajah Lunt, $20; E. S. Rand, John Harrod, Wm. Cushing, each $10; Wm. Stone, $5; Mrs. Little, 37 00 39 00 2.00 5 00 200 10 00 2.00 25 50 3 00 $1.50; Mrs. Hale, Mrs. March, RHODE ISLAND. CONNECTICUT. .; 120 50 11 00 81 50 92 50 40 00 cts.-$31.24; to constitute Dea. H. N. Goodwin a life member of the Am. Col. Society...... Mount Carmel.-Collection in the Congregational Church, $31; to constitute Rev. D. H. Thayer a life member of the Am. Col. Society. Plainville.-E. Sanford.. Stratford.-Mrs. Linsley. Milford.-Collection in 1st Congregational Church, $23.49; in part to constitute the Pastor, Rev. Jonathan Brace a life member of the Am. Col. Society. In 2d Society-Charles Baldwin, A. Clark, each $2; Theo. Stow, E. B. Smith, N. Fenn, Dea. L. S. Bristol, D. N. Clark, C. B. Bassett, Dr. Beardsley, D. Peck, L. Langridge, J. Tibbals, each $1... Plymouth Hollow.--Seth Thomas, Seth Thomas, Jr., each $10; Dea. W. P.Judson, W. Woodruff, each $3; E. Thomas, Marcus Prime, G. W. Gilbert, each $2; A. E. Woodward, J. B. Woodward, T.J. Brodstreet, each $1; to constitute Rev. James Averill a life member of the Am. Colonization Society.. 31 24 31 00 100 2 00 37 49 35 00 177 73 $10; in full, to constitute himself a life member of the Am. Col. Soc.. MISSISSIPPI. Olive Branch-A. B. Cowan, Esq. CHOCTAW NATION. Doaksville-Rev. C. Kingsbury.. OHIO. By John C. Stockton, Esq:Mount Vernon---Mathew H. Mitchell, Esq., Wm. Dunbar, and Mathew Hogge, Esqrs., each $2; Cash, Cash, each $1; Daniel S. Norton,. J. H. McFarland, Benjamin F. Smith, Esq., T. P. Frederick, L. Harper, Hon. S. F. Gilcrist, S. W. Farquar, L. S. Lewis, Dr. J. N. Burr, J. C. Ramsey, J. Arantrue, G. B. Arnold, Ă. E. Davidson, J. Sperry, Hon. R. C. Hurd, E. S. S. Rouse, J. Summers, James George, E. Lyburger, David Gorsuch, S. Israel, Esq., J. B. Galusha, C. H. Scribner, Jos. C. Devin, G. Browning, Windon & Norton, J. Woodbridge, J. B. Brown, G. Winn, Warner Terry, Elliott C. Vore, J. Weaver, G. B. Stilley, Daniel McFarland, Dr. Mathew Thompson, G. W. Barnes, Rev. R. C. Colmery, Bean & Mead, James Smith, Jr., Dr. J. T. Hobbs, Dr. J. H. Officer, J. M. Andrews, Rev. A. Hurmont, M. White, J. H. Marble, W. Lambert, H. Curtis, Esq., John Parrot, Abet Hart, two Newark Baptists, $1 each, H. B. Curtis, Esq., Dr. D. P. Shannon, J. Blake, Thomas Evans, Jas. G. Chapman, N. Guernsey, Mrs. Elie Miller, Joseph Popham, A. Allen, Hon. Wm. Bevans, Rev. L. Warner, D. F. Randolph, Adam Harnwell, A. B. Norton, G. W. Morgan, P. Siler, Hon. Elie Miller, Robert Irvine, Job Evans, Henry Ewall, G. C. Lybrand, Abra ham Darling, George McWilliams, each $1; G. W. Jackson, 50 cts.-$82.50; towards constituting the Rev. Dr. Muenscher, a life member of the Am. Col. Soc. viz: Mrs. E. Buckingham, $5; Mrs. D. S. Norton, $2; Mrs. D. Rodgers, 10 00 8.00 2.50 -Leonard Johnson, $2, to May, '56; Miss A. Hasseltine, $1, to July, '54. Newburyport-Josiah Little, $3, on account; William Gunnison, $2, for '53-54; Nathan Horton, $2, to May '56; Dea. J. Caldwell, $2, for '54-55; R. Robinson, $1, for '54; Capt. Miltimore, $1.50 on account; Mrs. E. Hale, $1; Hon, S. Marston, $3, for '54-55-56.. RHODE ISLAND.-By Capt. George Barker --Providence--- Wm. Coggeshall, $1, for '54.. 41 84 1 00 23 00 1 00 .... 158 00 $691 23 NEW YORK.--Buffalo--Young Men's Christian Union, $1, to July, '54, by Geo. W. Perkins, Librarian... 1 00 6 00 100 10 00 500 NEW HAMPSHIRE.--Concord— Mrs. D. M. Stickney, $1, to April, '54. Exeter-Rev. Mr. Hurd, $3, to Nov. '56; Mrs. Mary Abbot, $2, to Nov. '55. VERMONT.Chelsea---Amplius Blake, $3, to Jan. '55. Wells River Wm. S. Holt, $5, to Jan. '55. Enosburg--Dea. George Adams, $3, to Jan. '55. MASSACHUSETTS.-By Rev. Joseph Tracy -Springfield-E. Palmer, for '53, $1. Concord -Dea. E. Tolmin, for 52, $1; William Monroe, for '51, $1. Wilmington-Dea. L. Parker, for '54, $1. Millbury-Rev. N. Beach, to July, '53, $2.Hingham-Hawkes Fea ing, to July, '58, $1. Boston-John M. S. Williams, $1, to March, '55. Wenham-Rev. J. Taylor, $1, to March, '55. Blackstone-Wni. Benson, $1, for Repository sent to Mrs. Lovina Benson, Millville, Mass., to Feb. 27, 54, by Andrew H. Reed. Hingham--Charles Lane & C. B. W. Lane, each $2.67 to March, '54. Dorches ter--Joseph Ford, $1, to March, '55. Lee-Eli Bradley, $1, to Nov. '54. Haverhill-By Capt. George Barker :-- -Wm. R. Whittier, Moses D. George, Leonard Whittier, J. J. Marsh, Dr. M. Nichols, each $1. to May, '55; Mrs. M. E. Kettredge, $1, for '54. Bradford -Rev. Wm. D. Hanson, $1, to March, '55.... NORTH CAROLINA.Newby's Bridge-Nathan Winslow, Esq. $10, to 1st Jan. '59... 11 00 GEORGIA.-Augusta---Dennis Alexander, on account.. KENTUCKY.-Owensborough--Singleton Sprigs, $1, for '54, by James Lashbrooks, Esq. Louisville-Dr. John R. Pirtle $1, for '54.... INDIANA.-Fort Wayne-Rev. A. W. Freeman, $1, for '54.... MISSISSIPPI.-Olive Branch--A. B. Cowan, to Jan. '56..... MICHIGAN.-Cold Water-E. G. Fuller, Esq., to Oct. '58..... TEXAS.-By Rev. C. Kingsbury: -Clarksville-Rev. S. Corley, $1, to April, '55. JeffersonMrs. D. Alsobrook, $1, to March, '55.... CHOCTAW NATION.-By C. Kingsbury --Doaksville--Rev. A. Ried, $1, for '54. Wheelock J. Edwards, $1, for '54. Fort Towson-Dr. L. A. Edwards, $1, to March, '55... Total Repository... Total Contributions.. Aggregate Amount......... 200 1 09 2.00 6 00 2.00 3 00 93 84 691 23 $785 07 THE AFRICAN REPOSITORY. VOL. XXX.] WASHINGTON, MAY, 1854. [No. 5. The McDonogh Legacy-Wants of the Society. SINCE the decision of the McDonogh will case by the Supreme Court of the United States, we have been frequently congratulated by the friends and well-wishers of this Society on this favorable decision, by which it was supposed that we should soon have plenty of money; one sanguine friend of the cause having gone so far as to state, in a letter from Baltimore to the Journal of Commerce, (which statement has been copied far and wide throughout the country,) that this Society would, by that decision, receive $30,000 annually for forty years. We heartily wish that the congratulations of our friends were based on a surer foundation-something more tangible, on which we could rely for the necessary means to enable us to meet our present pressing engagements, and to extend our hitherto circumscribed operations. But we have not yet received enough from the McDonogh estate to pay for the paper on which we now write; and as to the probable time when we shall receive any part of the annuity which Mr. McDonogh intended that this Society should have, we cannot, at present, form the most distant idea. The decision of the Supreme Court simply affirms that the cities of New Orleans and Baltimore are entitled to the estate, to the exclusion of the heirs at law; but it does not order the payment of the annuities made by the will; and perhaps years may roll around before this Society shall receive the first installment of the annuity bequeathed to it by the testator. The amount to which this Society can, in any event, be entitled, cannot exceed twenty-five thousand dollars a year for a period of forty years the legacy being one-eighth part of the net income of the estate, not to exceed that amount. But, even if no obstacle shall be presented to the regular payment of the annuity, we cannot, from present appearances, calculate on even one-fourth that amount; as may be inferred from the third annual account of the executors, published in our present number. Of course, we shall endeavor to secure our rights in the will; but we cannot, at present, calculate on funds from this estate, or any other, to enable us to meet our present wants, and to carry on the operations of the Society. bility, importance, and desirableness of which are shown in the letter of Hon. S. A. Benson, in our present number. The formation of interior settlements in the elevated, more salubrious, and doubtless more healthy regions, and the opening of roads communicating therewith, are highly important objects for consideration, and for decided action if we could command the necessary means. But, in the present state of our finances, we cannot render that aid to the Liberian Government, to carry forward these desirable objects, which we should like to render. We would, therefore, have our friends to understand, that, instead of being full, we are empty; instead of being rich and independent, we are poor, very poor, but not ashamed to beg for so good a cause. Who will help us in our present time of need? We have not made a direct appeal through the Repository for funds for a considerable time. But, as our receipts, during the present year, have been comparatively small; and as we have recently been under the necessity of borrowing money, in the hope that before the || R. Gurley, General Traveling Agent maturity of our notes in bank, we shall receive assistance from some source, we are constrained to appeal to the liberality of our friends for aid. We are very desirous to extend our operations in Liberia, especially to make more extensive preparations for the comfortable accommodation of emigrants, and for the establishment of settlements further inland, especially one, at present, in the interior of Grand Bassa Co., the practica We have also long felt the importance of facilities for regular communication between the United States and Liberia; which subject engaged the special attention of the Board of Directors at the last annual meeting, and is more fully set forth in the circular of the Rev. R. for this Society, to which we invite the attention of our readers. We have long been entertaining the hope that our General Govern ment would render us some material aid, to enable us to carry forward these important and desirable objects; but the prospect of aid from this source is, at present, far from being encouraging. The aid that we have received from those States which have made appropriations for the benefit of their own free people |