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56
MARYLAND COLONIZATION JOURNAL.
(From the Token for 1838.)
AUTUMN.
BY MRS. SIGOURNEY.
'Has it mine, the time to fatje."
Anil Willi a muriiiiirinj! sigh
The maple in his motley robe,
Wm the first to make reply;
Ali'l Ilie QUetaty BaMlan ilroojietl
I'jmn their thrones of state;
Tor tilt' fro«t km:; with his baleful kiss.
Hart will MUM their tiitv.
Hydrancia, on her telegraph,
A humed signal traced,
Of treason dark, that fain would Isy
Bright summer's region wa-n\
Then nuiek the proud exotic peer*
[u consternation fled,
And refuge in their green-house sought,
Before the dny of dread.
The vine thnt o'er my easement climbed,
And clustered day by day,
I count its leaflet* every morn ;
soe how they fade away '.
And a* they witherine. one by one,
FojaaSS their parent tree,
I call each sere and yellow leaf,
A luitied friend to me.
sojourn with hi r are on th ir flight,
I -.i le r the same heavenly-minded disciple of
the Lord Jesus.
•li is evident from the expressions of the
people, that brother and sister S. possess their
warm affections; they t. II with enthusiasm of the
good they have done. I am delighted wilh (hose
people. The society here seems to be in a pros-
perous stale of religion, though temporal want
pinches them on every side; from Which many
are suffering very severely. Bice, which is tin ii
main deiiondaiire, lias failed this year, which ren-
ders it almost Impossible to obtain a subsistence,
'I am told that at Caldwell (here has been at>
out pouring of the holy spirit, in the Conversion of
about loily souls, Brother Brown, from that
place, has been here since our arrival, and gave a
heart-cheering account of his school, in which he
had about eighty scholars, who are advancing
rapidly. Many.'he says who commenced in the
alphabet since he commenced teaching, am now
dtcent readers in the New Testament, and quite
good writers, and are studying grammar, arilhmo-
tic, kc. He said he could have many more i,a(i\o
children (ban are now in his school, if he could
support them. The parents of as many as twenty
native children, had offered to bind (hem to hiut
on any terms, if he would only take (hem tinder
his instruction. Brother Brown told us that the
people of a native town near him, arc very
anxious for teachers, A native town, called
Jack's town, near Monrovia, at which brother S
had visited and taught the people; it is said, is
advancing toward Christianity and civilization, In-
somuch thai they have renounced their 'grttjnt'
and refuse lo sell and buy "ii the Sabbath. To
these might he added many more very Interesting
particulars if I had time, and did not few being m
appearing to be officious.'
Caoutchouc.—We have received from Mr. J,'
L. Blodget, Surveyor and Physician for the Missis-
sippi Colony in Africa, which is situated between
Liberia and Cape I almas, some specimens of ca-
outchouc, or Indian Rubber,found in that riclnlty,
which appear to possess aD the valuable properties
of (he article in common use. 'I obtained llieiii.'
says Mr. I!, 'lioiii a lice growing abundantly in
this peace. I discovered it a few days since, in
taking a wall,. With my knife, I made a few
incisions, and thus obtained the few specimens
which I send. 1 think it way be procured in
quantities for exportation.'
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