The following persons were elected officers of the New Jersey Society for the ensuing year: President, Rev. John Maclean, D. D., of Princeton; Corresponding and Recording Secretary, John P. Jackson, of Newark; Treasurer, C. S. Graham, of Newark; Delegates to the National Society, Colonel Morgan L. Smith, of Newark, and Hon. D. S. Gregory, of Jersey City. PENNSYLVANIA COLONIZATION SOCIETY. The Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society met on Tuesday afternoon, December 10, at their rooms in Philadelphia. Hon. Eli K. Price presided. Rev. John W. Dulles, D. D., was Recording Secretary. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Samuel E. Appleton. Facts of much interest were presented by W. V. Pettit, Esq., and Rev. Thomas S. Malcom, Corresponding Secretary, in reference to the recent expedition of freedmen to Liberia, and in regard to the great field for missionary labor among the nations adjacent to the Republic of Liberia. The expedition now on its way across the ocean in the barque Jasper numbers one hundred and fifty, of whom twenty-four were from Sparta, thirty-two from Hawkinsville, thirty-five from Milledgeville, and fitty-nine from Valdosta. All were from Georgia. One-third were born since the Proclamation of Emancipation, showing that the young and vigorous are going to the new Republic in Africa, prompted by the same enterprise which propels the Anglo-Saxon to Australia and Montana. Forty of the company were members of Methodist churches, and sixteen were members of Baptist churches. Dr. John N. Lewis, a Liberian, who has recently finished his medical education at Dartmouth College, N. H., accompanied the expedition. There was one minister, also one cooper, one carpenter, and twenty-five farmers. Ninety-one will settle at Philadel phia, a new settlement at Cape Palmas, and fifty-nine will locate at Arthington, the flourishing interior settlement on the St. Paul's river. Books, tracts, tools, and stores in abundance were furnished by the American Colonization Society. Thousands more ask aid to follow.-North American. FIFTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY. THE FIFTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY will be held in the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Ninth and G streets, Washington City, on Tuesday evening, January 21, 1873, services to commence at half-past seven o'clock. Hon. John H. B. Latrobe will preside, and addresses may be expected from Rev. R. H. Nassau, for several years a missionary in Western Africa, Rev. E. P. Humphrey, D. D., of Louisville, Ky., and others. The friends of the cause are cordially invited to attend. The Annual Meeting of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS will be held in the Colonization Building, on the same day, at 12 o'clock, M. A general attendance is requested. LETTER FROM HON. H. W. JOHNSON, JR. MONROVIA, LIBERIA, October 8, 1872. DEAR SIR: The friends of Liberia must not be discouraged on account of our late political disturbances. All countries and all peoples are exposed to the same evils. These things only prove that black men are like other men, that they are actuated by the same feelings, and influenced by the same motives. He is but a poor patriot, and but little qualified to aid in building up a country, who is ready and willing to flee at the approach of every danger, and to abandon his country in despair whenever a cloud appears in her political horizon! I have resolved “to fight it out on this line!" Every American will understand the force of this expression. I intend to do all I can, morally and religiously, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the prosperity and happiness of the people of this infant country. Africa must be redeemed from the curse of barbarism, ignorance, and superstition. I still believe that Liberia is destined to be one of the humble instruments in the hands of God to effect these objects. I still believe that Liberia can be made a blessing to ourselves, and a benefactor to a portion of the human race. "I do not despair of the Republic!" I intend to stand by our old ship of state; and if she must be wrecked amid tempests and storms, I will stand upon her shattered deck, and cling to the last broken fragment thereof, until she sinks to rise no more beneath the waves of a tempestuous sea! I am happy to inform you, that notwithstanding our late political troubles, in an agricultural and commercial point of view, Liberia is progressing. What we need now is rest. I mean rest from political excitement. Let the people turn their attention to their agricultural and commercial industries, and soon peace and plenty will prevail in this Republic. I have resolved to form myself into a committee of one, for the purpose of contributing my proportionate share towards the accomplishment of these objects. Hereafter, I shall confine myself principally to the cultivation of the soil, and the practicing of my profession of the law. These will give me ample scope for the exercise of all my energies, so far as it may be necessary for the support of my family. But I trust I will be ready to engage in every good work for the promotion of the cause of Christian civilization in Africa. After a calm survey of the whole field, since the storm has abated, and the sky has again become clear, I am still of the opinion that Liberia can be made the best home for the colored men of the United States! When I look abroad over this widely extended country, and see the wretched condition of nearly two hundred millions of the inhabitants thereof, I am overwhelmed with astonishment to think how little interest the educated black men of the United States take in the progress of civilization and Christianity, and the cause of civil and religious liberty, in the land of their forefathers. Can it be that they are ashamed of the spot on which their ancestors were born? Have they no race feeling?" Has the home of their progenitors no charms for them? Are there no ties that bind them to Africa? Oh, Africa, bleeding Africa! Can it be that thy children have forgotten the land of their fathers? God forbid that this should ultimately prove to be true. I hope that something will yet tend to awaken the slumbering energies of the educated colored men of America, and cause them to feel an interest in Africa. Many prominent Liberians have visited Europe and America during the past and pre-ent year. This is a great advantage to Liberia. They return home imbued with the spirit of progress and reform. They are new creatures—madə alive by the spirit of the age-and are anxious to have Liberia keep pace with the progress of the same. God being willing, I will try and visit Canandaigua and America generally the next season, to see my old friends, and to visit the "graves of a household," and to witness the wonderful changes that have taken place since I left. I remain, your humble friend, ITEMS OF INTELLIGENCE. H. W. JOHNSON, JR. WHOM SHALL I SEND?- The Christian Recorder, the organ of the African Methodist E. Church, concludes an article on the inviting field for missions in Western Africa in the following words: "We can almost hear Providence ask, whom shall I send? In our heart we wish we could hear the African M. E. Church take up the words and say, Here am I, send me. We feel to prophesy that this answer will yet fall from her lips-in the day of God's power, we feel to prophesy that she will be both willing and ready." NEW GOVERNOR -Mr. Keate, the Governor-in Chief of the British West African Settlements, will leave England for Sierra Leone in January next. The return of Mr. Pope Hennessy is therefore expected very shortly. AFRICAN EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS.-The Royal Geographical Society of England is preparing two African Expeditions. One of them will explore the basin of the Victoria Nyanza Lake, and the other the sources of the Congo. WEST AFRICAN MAILS.-The British and African Company's steamer Loanda, and the African Steamship Company's steamer Yoruba, arrived at Liverpool October 28, from the West Coast of Africa, Teneriffe, and Maderia. The Loanda brought nine, and the Yoruba eleven saloon passengers, both vessels having a quantity of specie. His Excellency Governor Simpson, of Gambia, died on October 6th, whilst coming from Gambia to Sierra Leone, for the purpose of embarking on board the Loanda for Liverpool, on leave of absence. The British and African Steam Navigation Company's steamer Bonny arrived in the Mersey on the 16th November. She brought eleven passengers, and about 4,000l. in gold. The African Steamship Company's steamer Africa arrived in the Mersey on the 18th November. The British and African Steam Navigation Company's steamer Congo, and the African Steamship Company's steamer Calabar, arrived in the Mersey on the 23d and 25th of November, respectively. The news by them was unimportant.African Times MAILS FOR ZANZIBAR.-Mails for Zanzibar will be made up at the office of the African Times, London, and forwarded to Aden, via Southampton, on the morning of the 14th November; via Brindisi, on the evening of the 22d November; and thenceforward every four weeks. These mails will be conveyed from Aden to their destination by a steam vessel, provided under an 'agreement recently concluded with the British India Steam Navigation Company. The rates of postage, which must in all cases be prepaid. are as follows: Via Southampton: Letters, 9d. per oz.; newspapers, each, not exceeding 4 oz., 2d. ; books and patterns, not exceeding 1 oz., 1d.; above 1 oz. and not exceeding 2 oz., 21.; above 2 oz. and not exceeding 4 oz., 4d; every additional 4 oz., 4d. Via Brindisi: Letters, 18. per oz.; newspapers, each, not exceeding 4 oz., 3d.; books and patterns, not exceeding 1oz, 2d.; above 1 oz and not exceeding 2 oz, 4d.; above 2 oz. and not exceeding 4 oz., 7d.; every additional 4 oz., 7d.-Ibid. THE NEW COMERS-On Saturday, October 26, arrived at Sierra Leone, H. M. iron troop-ship Himalaya, 3.453 tons, Captain W. B. Grant, with 27 men, 33 women, and 46 children, liberated Africans from St. Helena, having landed 155 such persons at Lagos. The people were all landed the same day and conveyed to Kissy. They are said to be intelligent and all in good health. Captain Grant represented "their behavior on board as having been everything one could wish."-The Negro. GABOON AND CORISCO.-The new missionaries, Mrs. Reutlinger and Miss Jones, safely arrived at Gaboon, and were welcomed by the misionaries of the station. Rev. Mr. Gillespie will be stationed at Evangasimba, Corisco. Rev. Mr. Ibia has been transferred to Mbangwe, on the mainland. Mrs. Reutlinger will take charge of a school at Corisco, and Miss Jones will remain at Gaboon. Rev. Mr. Bushnell writes of the arrival of a communion service, and of lamps for the church, by which they were enabled to have evening service. He says: "Things are still hopeful with us, and we still trust in the Lord and go forward. Our congregations and schools are full and in a good state. Several persons will be received to the church at the coming communion." UJIJI. Mr. Stanley describes Ujiji as a district of surpassing beauty. Lake Tanganyika is like a huge ditch, bordered by a high wall of mountains. It is 325 miles long, with an average width of 25 miles. GERMANS IN SOUTH AFRICA.-The Berlin mission has forty-four European and five native missionaries among the Caffres and Bechuanas. The converts number 4,505. The Hermansburg mission has forty-six missionaries and 1,555 converts. FRUITS OF THE GOSPEL.-The Kaffrarian Watchman describes a meeting of the Paterson mission at Irbulu, South Africa, for the erection of a new church, where 1,200 people had been gathered from six tribes, which five years ago had been sunk in heathenism. There are now, six stations, one week-day and eight Sunday schools, and two hundred members of the church. They have erected six church buildings free from debt. Several of the chiefs and leading men spoke, each handing in an offering as he sat down. The speaking had finally to be stopped to allow the treasurer to receive the subscriptions. Nearly all present contributed, and the whole amount needed, about $275, was raised. Receipts of the American Colonization Society, NEW HAMPSHIRE By Rev. J. K. Converse, ($29.50.) VERMONT. By Rev. J. K. Converse, ($69.75.) St. Johnsbury.—additional-Mrs. 14 50 29 50 16 00 St. Johnbury Centre.-Individuals. $100; NEW YORK. By Rev. Dr. Orcutt, ($300.00.) Steward, ea. $50; (ash, $25; W. |