I must excuse myself, dear sir, for the trouble I am causing to you. The interest you are kindly taking in the proceedings of our Mission in Africa, and your knowledge of affairs will apologise for my taking this liberty.

I beg leave to entreat you to continue the transmission of your excellent monthly Repository, by the care of Messrs. DeRhain, Iselin and Moore, New York. Those gentlemen will be so kind, to pay the usual price of it, and so put it on my account.

Your faithful friend and Brother in the Lord,
THEOPHILUS BLUMHARDT.

Rey. Mr. GurlEY, Secretary to the Col. Society.

Liberia, Monrovia, Jan. 7th, 1829.

VERY DEAR SIR:

I take this opportunity to answer your, to me very comforting and valuable letter, which I received the 4th of January, in good health; though in other respects, this present time is very distressing to myself and the rest of my brethren. A short statement will not be uninteresting to you. Last November, when the rainy season was over, I, with Mr. Hegele, started for Grand Bassa, the country which Mr. Ashmun recommended to our Society, as most fit and profitable in every respect. Our dear brother Handz, as we thought, ought to have accompanied us; but to our grief, before we left, he declared himself, that he could not go with us, that he must go alone, without all those stores and comforts, so necessary in Africa, and with which we were but scantily supplied. We remonstrated with him in love earnestly, not to leave us, nor the service of our Mission. All, however, was in vain. Brainard, whose life he read, he made for his pattern, and him, he thought, he must follow. With his knapsack on his back, he partly walked up the beach to Cape Mont, where he intended to succeed the school-master, whom Mr. Cary supported there, at 20 dollars per month, but who now, since his death, returned to the Colony, because nobody else could afford to give him that money. Mr. Handz is well, and keeps school. He is not lost for the African Mission in general, but he is lost for our Society's Mission, which grieved us very much. He is the first loss, but not the last. It was the will of our good and wise Lord, that my dear companion, Mr. Hegele, should be struck by the sun, in going down to Grand Bassa, insomuch, that he became constantly delirious to this mo. ment. I had him carried back with the same boat; and so I was left alone to lay the foundation, with the help and grace of our Lord, of a first Mission in Grand Bassa; and I thank God, he assisted me more than I could expect; and I was just going to build a house on a fine spot of the first king Joseph Harris's land, who is exceedingly glad at my coming, and sitting down with him; when a man from the Cape came, who brought me a letter, the contents of which is, that one of my most gifted friends, the Bev. Mr. Wolff, departed this life last week, and that I must come up

speedily, in order to attend upon my at the same time two remaining sick brethren, besides settling some other business. I followed the call reluctantly, but as from the Lord, and found on my arrival, Sunday, Jan. 4th, one of my friends recovering, but Mr. Hegele so weak, and still in the same delirious state, that I am, according to the Doctor's advice, obliged to convey him by the next opportunity, to Sierra Leone, where one of our German friends, who is returning for some time to Germany, will have the kindness to take him along with him This is shortly the state of our Mission here. Out of five, remain only two in the service of our Society's Mission in Africa.-So is the Lord's will, and he cannot err. His ways are otten incomprehensible, but wise; chastening and afflicting, full of love towards us, and we can, therefore, do nothing, but praise him for all his goodness and loving kindness, with which he has guided us in our difficult race.

but just and

We are not at all discouraged. On the contrary, our hope and faith waxes strong, and we are full of confidence, that our Lord has a great people here, that shall come to his knowledge, and bow their knees before him. I am very much obliged to you for your statement respecting Mr. Ashmun's state of mind and death. I shall send a copy of your letter, together with Mr. Ashimun's testament respecting our Mission house, to Mr. Blumhardt; and I hope you will excuse my liberty in so doing, when I tell you, that our Society feels the greatest regard, and esteem for your Board, as well as for that great man, Mr. Ashmun.

The Mission house was delivered to us, according to Mr. Ashmun's will; but it is still very deficient, for want of materials. Ishall, however, now do all in my power, to have it done as soon as possible; that we may have a resting place, having been obliged and forced since, to move with our things from house to house, and sometimes to very unhealthy ones. The articles sent to us by your kindness, arrived partly. The Captain made a trip to another place; on his return we shall, I hope, receive the rest. Our very dear Governor, Doctor Randall, and Doctor Mechlin, with the rest of the passengers, are yet in very good health, and our prayer to the Lord is, that he might be gracious to preserve such valuable lives in this needy Colony. I shall, my dear sir, in any case, command your services, because you so generously offered them to me, and feel therefore my self under great obligations towards you. My sincere salutations to yourself, to the Board of the American Colonization Society, and to all those pious men, that take a lively interest in the conversion and civilization of poor African heathen. I remain, my dear Sir and brother in our Lord Jesus Christ, your respectful Servant,

T. F. SESSING.

Prospects in Kentucky.

The cause of the Colonization Society is receiving very general and earnest attention throughout this State, and liberal contributions may be expected for its support. In the Kentucky Reporter, the subject is thus introduced:

We congratulate the friends of the Colonization Society, on the daily increasing favour with which the efforts and objects of the Society are regarded in this State.

We have all along believed that the principles of the Society, and the interesting facts connected with its history, operations and progress, only need to be correctly known and understood, to make for it friends, nay zealous supporters and advocates Our readers are already apprised of the formation of a State Society at Frankfort this winter. We are informed that the managers of the State Society have appointed four Agents, in as many districts, into which the State has been, for that purpose, laid off, to disseminate information concerning the Society, and to aid its exertions by procuring the establishment of auxiliaries.

It is gratifying to know, that all political party feuds were forgotten, and all private animosities buried, in the formation of the State Society; and that distinguished men of all parties, united with ardour in this work.— Some who had been opposers of it, we are informed, upon receiving correct information, acknowledged that their opposition proceeded from an entire misconception of the principles and plans of the Society. In addition to the Auxiliary Societies previously formed in this State at Maysville, Lexington, Russelville, Frankfort, Versailles and Elkton; there have been recent public meetings for the same object, at New-Castle, Nicholasville and Louisville. At New-Castle a Society is formed with the most flattering prospects, fifty-six names being enrolled at the first meeting. The ladies there are taking up the subject, with a view to a separate organization. We hope the good example will be followed by the ladies in other places. Every friend of the Society ought to embrace every proper occasion to diffuse correct information concerning it, and remove prejudices against it. In relation to the energy and zeal evinced at the formation of the State Society at Frankfort, a Gentleman writes:

"I am perfectly astonished at the ardour with which all men of all ranks enter into it. If the proper exertions are used, we shall succeed far, far beyond the dreams of the wildest enthusiasts. In going around to receive members, I was informed by many individuals, that they were perfectly ready to surrender their negroes at any time the Society might be prepared to receive them. Six life, and upwards of eighty common members have been added since you left us, and we shall continue to receive them rapidly. Not less than fifty have told me, they intend becoming members. I

think I may safely say, we shall raise here from 4 to $500 this year. I have no doubt, but 10,000 members can be obtained throughout the State."

Generous Offer.

Mr. L. Munsell, the Corresponding Secretary of the Colonization Society of Kentucky, has made himself a life member by the payment of $10-and offers to pay $300 within three years, to be appropriated in promoting American Colonization, provided ninety-nine other persons in that State, will engage to pay a like amount within the same period.

Address of the Kentucky Colonization Society.

We have perused with great pleasure, the Address of this Society, and are happy to present to our readers the following extracts. In regard to the design of the American Colonization Society, it is said:

"Whether we view this subject in its moral or political aspects, it is obvious that there is not one of the many benevolent institutions existing in Kentucky, which presents claims so strong, to the zealous and united support of the entire community: and we rejoice to announce the fact, that politicians of every party, and christians of every sect, now only contend with each other, who shall be foremost in the prosecution of the great enterprise.

"The existence of a class of men in the bosom of the community, who occupy a middle rank between the citizen and the slave-who encountering every positive evil incident to each condition, share none of the benefits peculiar to either, has been long clearly seen and deeply deplored by eve. ry man of observation. The master feels it in the unhappy influence which the free blacks have upon the slave population. The slave feels it in the restless discontented spirit which his association with the free black engenders. We would call your attention to the language of the colonists themselves, in their interesting address to the free people of colour of the United States, dated Monrovia, Sept. 4, 1827. They say, "The first consideration which caused our voluntary removal to this country, and the object which we still regard with the deepest concern, is liberty-liberty in the sober, simple, but complete sense of the word; not a licentious liberty, nor a liberty without government, or which should place us without the restraint of salutary laws, but that liberty of speech, action and conscience, which distinguishes the free enfranchised citizens of a free state. We did not enjoy that freedom in our native country, and from causes which, as it respects ourselves, we shall soon forever forget, we were certain it was not there attainable for ourselves or our children. This, then, being the first object of our pur

ours.

suit in coming to Africa, is probably the first subject upon which you will ask for information; and we most truly declare to you that our expectations and hopes in this respect have been realized. Our constitution secures to us, so far as our condition allows, "all the rights and privileges enjoyed by the citizens of the United States," and these rights and these privileges are We are proprietors of the soil we live on, and possess the rights of . freeholders. Our suffrages, and what is of more importance, our sentiments and our opinions, have their due weight in the government we live under. Our laws are altogether our own, they grew out of our circumstances, are framed for our exclusive benefit, and are either administered by officers of our own appointinent, or such as possess our confidence. Forming a community of our own, in the land of our fathers; having the commerce and soil, and resources of the country at our disposal, we know nothing of that debasing inferiority with which our very colour stamped us in America; there is nothing here to create the feeling on our part-nothing to cherish the feeling of superiority, in the minds of foreigners who visit us. It is this moral emancipation, this liberation of the mind from worse than iron fetters, that repays us ten thousand times over for all that it has cost us, and makes us grateful to God and our American patrons, for the happy change which has taken place in our situation."

"How striking the contrast between their political condition here, and when transplanted to Africa, and yet it is not greater than that which relates to their religion and morals. What they are here in these repects, we will not say, let your own eyes proclaim it. What they are when removed to Africa, let the last annual report of the board of managers of the parent society at Washington reveal: "No village, perhaps, (say the managers,) in our own land, exhibits less which is offensive, and more that is gratifying to the eye of the christian, than the village of Monrovia Crimes are al nost unknown, and the universal respect manifested for the Sabbath, and the various institutions and duties of christianity, has struck the natives with surprise, and excited the admiration of foreigners."

"It remains for you, fellow-citizens, to decide whether you will or will not en masse, enlist in this glorious cause. Do you love your country? remove the free blacks. Do you desire the extension of the Redeemer's Kingdom? look to heathen Africa and pray for Liberia's prosperity. Form societies in every neighborhood, in every county, in every town. The work is great, the work is glorious. If it succeeds, as succeed it surely will, posterity will rejoice over your labours, and bless you for the blessings you hand down. In the success of the work is involved the best interests of the slave and the best interests of the master: the best interests of the free black and the best interests of the free white man; the best interests of the present generation and of generations yet unborn; the best interests of two continents, of America and of Africa; the best interests of man, in time and in eternity,"