Phenix Gazette

From the Raleigh (N. C.) Register, May 28.

Manumission.-At the annual meeting of the Society of Friends in this state, held last fall, that respectable body came to the resolution of manumitting and removing all the colored people held by them, that were willing to leave the country; and since that time they have been concerting measures for carrying their intentions into effect, and in consulting the wishes of the colored people themselves in relation to their future destination, which has resulted in the following arrangement: 120 of the number are desirous of going to Hayti; 316 to Liberia; and about 100 wish to be sent to the non-slave-holding states of Ohio or Indiana-which we believe embrace the whole of the population of this description held by the Society, except a few who have formed family connexions which they are unwilling by removal to dissolve, and where the husband or wife is held by persons from whom they cannot be purchased. We obtained this information from our friend Dr. Geo Swayne, of Guilford county, (as he passed through this city a few days ago) who is deputed by his Society to attend to the embarkation, and to supply the wants of that part of this population who have made choice of Hayti for their future-home. They will sail from our port of Beaufort, a few days hence, on board a vessel which has been engaged for the purpose, owned by Mr. Henry Cooke, of that place, and commanded by Capt. Thompson. The 316 of this population who have chosen to go to Liberia, and the 100 who wish to be removed to Ohio or Indiana, will also be sent there at the expense of the Society of Friends; the former, by one of the first vessels to the African settlement; and the latter, by means of wagons, which will be engaged to convey them and their little property of which they may be possessed. Besides the above mentioned colored people, we learn, that this Society have already sent off 64 persons to the State of Ohio, 47 by the Indian Chief, which lately sailed from Norfolk to Liberia, and 11 by another vessel which sailed about the same time to Africa. It ought also to be mentioned to the credit of this Society, that it contributed $500 dollars to the funds of the African Colonization Society soon after its establishment.