The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-11 00:00:00

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idea of a good and evil spirit.
- ruts' in their language, and they
Lae eagle (which abounds in the couniry) is his
minister. The name of the evil spirit I eculd not
comprehend from their arllculation bring so imperfect,
but they said that the fox was his minister. They direct
no prayers to the good spirit, because they say that he
will do them no harm; and all tit: it sup.
plicationa are made to the evil one. They have
a very curious funeral rite, which is ant of burning the
body; and upon making inquiry why this was done, they
said that the spirit of the deceased asceinleil to the sky
in the smv lie of the body. The corpse is placed upon a
tunert.l pile of wood. arta the Indians sinz a low mono.
tonous song during tin: time of its being c .nsunicd. The
ml%cialernniangperisscuevdeinesma.liere siwomngelullra,,rktiliTtnis
otfhtishecedreecnetaosneyd.
eut off their hair, and smcar their heads, necks, and
breasts with pine pitch mixed with charcoal, painting
also a streak upon the nese, and one underneath each of
the eyes. This paint is allowed to fall off by times, and
as long es it exists the term of mourning continues.
" Each tribe has its own separate and distinct lan-
guage, and this is net at all similar to any other lan-
,guagl which I have ever heird in my travels amongst
the Indians of Peru, Bal:vix, or Chili. It is, however,
by no means harsh, but on the contrary, their word 3
appear to contain a great many vowels. They arc ex•
ecedingly jealous of their squaws, though those ladies
are but little calculated to tempt any Lotharios who may
reside temporarily in their vicinity at the mines."
The following I took down from my friend's dic-
tation :

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[PRICE SD.

" I will conclude with the mention of perhaps the most
remarkable fact connected with this remarkable country,
which is, that although we are entirely without laws or
authority in the mines (as indeed is the ca7e in all other
parts of the country), and although the miners are gene-
rally composed of a bold, daring, and adventurous race,
a code of honour and justice has been voluntarily esta-
blished amongst themselves, which is strictly observed.
No miner encroaches upon the washing-ground of his
neighbour, although he sees sometimes that it is vastly
richer than his own. Robbery has been hitherto en-
tirely unknown; and you leave your tent, containing
your goods, provisions, and gold (the latter buried, how-
ever), and go out to your labour without leaving behind
any other safeguard than the good faith of your neigh-
bours, which on the river Juba has never been violated;
though, in case of violation, it has been agreed upon by
all that summary and severe chastisement would follow.
The penalty of a conviction of robbery before a jury of
miners would be certain and speedy death by hanging to
a bough of the nearest tree."
I omitted to mention in the proper place that the
gold of the Juba is contained in a fine black sand,
containing oxide of iron in abundance, which can be
extracted easily with the loadstone, after the gold has
been washed cleats with water.
Although I know the foregoing narrative to be
true, for I have had the facts corroborated by many
witnesses, yet I am bound to warn such of your
readers as its perusal might dispose to leave their
homes for this land of promise, that gold digging is
a most laborious and almost killing occupation. The
narrator is a gentleman—a scientific man—with
ample means at his command, and Chi!ean-Perus, or
semi-serfs from his own estate, who look upon him as
they would on a small deity. They row his launches
and boats against rapid streams and strong currents,
saddle his horses, cook his food, and dig his gold.
They carry on all the material operation. His is the
mental labour only. Far different is the task of the
poor working gold digger. After he gets, by great
labour and at a considerable expense, to the scene of
operations, his hard work really only begins. He must
be constantly in the water to carry on the operation of
washing gold; and the work which is performed in a
stooping posture, is so hard, that while his feet are im-
mersed in coal water the upper part of his body is
streaming with profuse perspiration, with a burning
sun over head. Then his living, unless he spends the
best portion of his earnings, is poor and very expen-
sive, and his lodging is oftener than net on the cold
ground. Then again, he may net be successful. All
are not lucky. Gold finding is like gambling—the
dice may throw high,, they may beggar the
player. In short, the nglish nasigator, the Scottish
ditchutan, and the Irish hudnian, still do well at
digging, if they do not overwork themselves ; but to
all others I would say, "La aye well alone." It is
madness to a tnan who cannot sleep out under a tree,
eat the hardest of faro, and endure great fatigue, to
turn a working gold miner.
The best route for emigrants from Great Britain is
round Cape Horn. All other routes are expensive
and uncertain, and have hitherto led to great delay
and inc anvenience.— Tinzes.

TIIE REGISTRAIONS.
CITY OF LONDON.
The objections taken and claims made in the city of
London tois year, for the Rearing Barrister to dispose
of, are as fellow;—

OBJECTIONS.
Persons objected to as not entitled to have their
names retained on the list of persons entitled
to vote as freemen of the City, and liverymen
of the several companies
Ditto, as inhabitant householders

CLAIMS.
Persons claiming to have their names inserted on
the list of persons entitled to vote as freemen
and liverymen ... ••• ... ...
Ditto, as inhabitant householders... ••• ---

TOWER HAMLETS.
Mr. M‘Christie will revise the list of voters for the
borough of the Tower Hamlets, for Members to serve in
Parliament, on Saturday next, the 15th inst., in the
Courthouse in Wellclose-square, commencing at ten
o'clock in the morning. The objections and claims in
this borough are but few.

WESTERN AFRICA. •—• Letters from St. Louis
Senegal), of July 25, give the details of a sanguinary
engagement which had taken place between the French
troops and the inhabitants of the village of Francyee
(Fonts Torn), some distance up the river. The people
from the neighbouring villages had joined them to re-
shl the invasion of the French, and encouraged by a
victory which their countrymen had gained over the
French some forty years since, the negroes waited the
approach of their assailants with great firmness, not
firing a single shot until the expedition was within
eighty yards of them. The blacks were protected be-
hind barricades, and nothing but the muzzles of their
muskets were visible. At length the firing began, and
for twenty minutes the most determitrd resistance was
made; at length, the cannon having partly demolished
the barricades, to charge was ordered, and they were
soon carried at the point of the bayonet, when a general
Tout too place, the blacks throwing away their arms, and
jumping into the river to swim to the opposite bank.
Several discharges of grape were made at them, and a
number of them were killed, after which the village and
all the fields Of nnize were set fire to and destroyed. The
of the blacks is considered to have been very great,
although only fifty of their bodies were found, the rest
havit g been thrown into the river. The loss of the ex-
peaitien amounted to 4 killed nod about 30 a nunded,
or whome were Europeans. The Governor himself was
wounded, but not seriously, just as he was mounting his
horse.
EI.OFLMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—The inhabitants of
Nottinghuz,:, ct.pecially those moving its the middle and
higher splati es oi lite, have during tho lest few dal s been
gnarly !astounded, ie cans., qu,nce of the sudden disap-
pearance from amongst them. under very extraordinary
cireuinstances, of one uf their most highly'-respected
fellove-:owusmen, Mr. Hebert ina!ker, cotton agent. It
seem, that about a f irtnight since Mr. Parker ue...t with
his wife to Cl. etherpes, where he lett her, pt ottesing to
fetch her home within a brief specified time; but not
keeping his etig;gcment, irgairies were made for him by
his friends, who, to their great consternation, found that
he had not only left the town, but that he had actually
embarked per steamer for tl:e United States, taking with
him property in merchuneiee, a large amount of cash,
and a girl in her teens. Mr. Parke r is Ce. years cleat*,
and has been married upwards of 40 years. The g 4.1
vi h whom he has eloped was recently his kite:Lemuel,
and is by no means either ladylike or good-locking.. t
would appear that he had been fascinated, girl'slwoimthonthileisego
charms for some time previous, for ab,u
row, to
Ire placed her with Mrs. Farmer,a.mi wtoossathoetlilteenL
learn the millinery business, osneegne,corte
large amount of
escort-
ing her to her lodgine,s.
°belegered that Jr. Parker's
cash taken away, it
Instobankers, and Mr. Kirk, his
cme ditorn
wielsf'scceinelleYvery seriously by his absence. The
behind that might have been readily
wlarsta cheque for 3001. enclosed in an envelope.
deopianarclry:teteedsd to ru°,
Mrs. Parker, and which was found within
the leaves of the family Bible. The defaulter had no
children, but he and his wife had brcught up and edu-
cated several orphans. By Mr. Pianrivtki;lrav'etsesd avbrb,sirintlicelulprtoemy
Nottingham, it is feared thatthe l
case of Wakefield and Co., which
liabili-
ties, and in which he was sue of the trade assignees, will
be greatly impeded.
It is understood that the United Mexican Mining
Company arc endeavouring to get an arragement with
the Mexican Government for a liquidation of their Za-
catecas claims, and, with the view of obtaining the pro-
per attention of the authorities on the subject, a commu-
nication has been addressed to Lord Palmerston. The
answer received to this letter is, so far as it goes, satis-
factory, inasmuch as Mr. Addington says he is "directed
to state that an instruction has been sent to Mr. Doyle,
her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in Mexico, desiring
him again to press upon the Mexican Government the
claims of certain British subjects residing at Zacatecas,
on account of the exaction or a forced contribution under
the Mexican decree of June 17, 1547."
CHATHAM, MONDAY.—The cholera has appeared
here. Deaths took place yesterday—one, a woman in
perfect health at the racecourse the day before, went .
home and was immediately taken, and in a few hours
was a corpse; another, an elderly woman, who had
bean very assiduous in assisting the persons who recently
died of cholera in Caroline.aquare, Richard-street, was
attackei and died yesterday. Several other deaths have
also taken place in Hogg-lane—the lane where so many
died two or three week:. since•' there arc, in different
parts of the town, a number of persons suffering under
the malady.

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