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| AFRICAN COLONY.-We learn from the
Norfolk Herald tina, the ship Indian Chief capt
Cochran, chartered by the American COLONIZATION
Society, sailed fom that port on Wednesday the


5h inst. for the Societys settlement at Cape Mes
surado, on the coast of Africa. She takes out one
hundred and ffty-four free people Of color, with
supplies for the colony, the frames Of FIVE large
buildings which the Government intend TO provide
Tor the accommodation Of number of captured
Africans who will be sent out hereafter in another
vessel the frames of two long boats for The trade OF
the rivers, and other things.-She takes out also
Dr.. PEAco, surgeon of the navy, gentleman oil
professional skill who will act in the double charac-
ter Of an agent Of The Government, and physician
TO the people. The emigrants we understand, are
chiefly from the counties Of Perquimans, Pasquotank
and Chowan in the state of North Carolina. About
fifty of them are sent out, decently furnished for
the voyage, by the Friends under whose care they
have heretofore been living eleven are the freed
men OF the Rev. John ID. Paxson, of Prince Ed
ward county, Va given to the society TO trans
port them; one the donation in like manner of Dr.
Webb, of the Great Bridge, near Norfolk, and one
OF the Reverend Cave Jones Of New York. They
go out for the most part in families, and are of all
ages, but chiefly young men and women, and boys
and girls, with few old persons and infants. A.
mong the men are some good mechanics but the
greater part of them have been used to handle the
plough and hoe.