. . .African Company,” for promoting legitimate traffic among the natives, has been organized by a society of gentlemen interested in the civilization of the “Dark Continent” and in the development of its resources. Direct communication is to be opened with Central Africa, and a road has already been constructed a distance of sixty miles around the cataracts of the Shiré, which, connecting with a line of steamers, will constitute a line of 800 miles from the coast. Two Christian gentlemen of Edinburgh, Messrs. John and Frederick Moir, are at the head of the company. It is to be no less a missionary than a commercial enterprise, and there is every reason for believing that in both respects it will prove a success. The natives are becoming fully awake to the advantages of the extensive and solid business facilities possessed by the company, whose future will be watched with great interest.

The West African Reporter, of Sierra Leone, in announci. . . Read More