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111676 "1"4 a a':,ft, itgreeahltl fixpreaitea
ice in some of the men. Their wig,watos aro
holes, covered with bronchus of trees and
with mud.
!g,ards their religien it ig difficult to form any
They have an idea of a good and evil .
ler is colitd Pais' in their language, andap
they
say that the eagle (which abounds in the country) is his
minister. The name of the evil spirit I could not
comprehend from their articulation being 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 their ' sup •
plications are made to the evil one. They 'l34,ve
a very curious funeral rite, which is that of burning the
body; and upon making inquiry why this was donet they
said that the spirit of the deeeased ascended to the sky
in the smoke of the body. Tne corpse iy piaced upon a
funeral pile of wood, and the a low mono-
tonous sung during the time o its being c‘Ai,urtied: Thu
imnri,ing is even more singular than this ceretann).
When a pets n dies the women relations of the deceaird
(-tit off their hair, and suwar t rir heads, neulti;, Loot
breasts wi, h pine pitch mixed win ckar,a.al, painting!
also a streak upon tie rr,se. ded w.e ach
the eye:. This paint is alloised to Lill off by time, aid
as log as it exists the term of wc,irring cr,n:inut3.
" Each tribe has its own separlte and disonct - lin •
gunge, and this is net at all siniiiar to any other lan-
guag,e whela I have ever he:ir.l in m
the Indians of Peru, Bol:vni, o Chili. It how eie-,
by no means harsh, but on tir, contrary, their words
eprar to contain a great ni ny v,wele. 'they are ex •
ceedingly jealous of their s!luaws, thocgh these ladies
are but little caiculated to tempt any Llthorio
tertprarily in their vicinity at the mines."
The following I took down from my friend's dic-
tation

" I will conclude with the mention of porhap, the mo. t
remarkable fact connected with Ibis remarkable c untry,
which is, that although we are entirely without laws or
authority in the mines (as indeed is the ca.e in all otle r
parts of the country), and although the miners are gene-
rally composed of a bold, easing, 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-grcund 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, prov Lions, and gold (the latter buried, how-
evei), 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 bas 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 thatthe
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 clean 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 Chilean-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 cold 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 not on the cold
ground. Then again, he may not be successful. Alt
are not lucky. Gold finding i 5 like gambling—the
dice may throw high, or they may beggar the
player. In short, the English navigator, the Scottish
ditchinan, and the Irish hodman, will do well at
digging, if they do not overwork themselves ; but to
all others I would say, " Leave well alone." It i‘
madness to a man who cannot sleep out under a tree,
eat tie hardest of fare, 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 incJnvenience.— Times.

THE REGISTRATIONS.
CITY OF LONDON.
The objections taken and claims made in the city of
London this year, for the Revising Barrister to dibposts
of, are as follow:

( BJ ECTION s.
Persons objected to as not entitled to have their
names retained on the list of persons entiti d
to vote as freemen cf the City, and liverymen
of the several companies
Ditto, as inhabit.tut houseliclders

... 235
... 1,971.

2,206

CLAIMS
Perions claiming to have their names inserted on
the list of persons entitled to vote as freemen
and liverymen
Ditto, as Inhabitant householders

•.. 276

TOWER HAMLETS.
Mr. M'Christie will revise the list of voters for the
borough or the To Ner Hamlets, for Members to serve its
Parliament, on Saturday next, the 15th inst., in the
Court house in Wellclose-square, commencing at tea
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.
t, clops and the inhabitants of the village of Francyez
(Fouts Tora), some distance up the river. The people
from the neighbouring villages had joined them to re-
sist 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 determined resistance was
made; at length, the cannon having partly demolished
the barricades, a charge was ordered, and they were
soon carried at the point of the bayonet, when a general
rout 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
number of them were killed, after which the village and
all the fields of maize were set fire to and destroyed. The
loss of the blacks is considered to have been very great,
although only fifty of their bodies were found, the rest
having been thrown into the river. The loss of the ex-
pedition amounted to 4 killed and about 30 wounded, 17
of whome were Europeans. The Governor himself was
wounded, but not seriously, just as he was mounting his
horse.

ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—The inhabitants of
Nottingham, especially those moving in the middle and
higher spheres of life, have during the last few days been
greatly astounded, in consequence of the sudden disap-
pearance from amongst them, under very extraordinary
circumstances, of one of their most highly-respected
fellow-townsmen, Mr. Robert Parker, cotton agent. 1,,
seems that about a fortnight since Mr. Parker went with
his wife to Cleethorpes, where he left her, promising to
fetch her home within a brief specified time; but not
keeping his engagement, inquiries were made for him by
his fri« nds, who, to their great consternation, found that
he had not only left the town, but that be had actually
embarked per steamer fir the United States, taking with
him property in merchandise, a large amount of cash,
and a girl in her teens. Mr. Parker is 62 years of age,
and has been married upwards of 40 years. The girl
with whom he has eloped was recently his kitehenmaid,
and is by no means either ladylike or good-locking.. I
would appear that he had been fascinated with the girl's
charms for some time previous, for about 12 months ago
he he placed her with Mrs. Farmer, on the Long ow ,
often seen escort-
o
learn the millinery business, and
ing her to
ohwfearsthaleoidr:gd Owing was
sthe large amount of
cash taken away,
and Mr. Kirk, his
creditor:, especially
it is
stObabnek eta.: :d that Mr. Parker's
only sum e
partner, willl frffbeerhivnedrbyi
that
cheque for 3001. enclosed in anenvelope.
Parker, and which was found within
afamily Bible.had Thebro defaulterught up a
uhda d
edu-
cated Mrs.
wife his
several orphans. By Mr. Parker's absence from
Nottingham, it is feared that the litigated bankruptcy
etdcbeirrlerdc: reeteeadedv,(ef9bout he a
case of Wakefield and Co., which involves great liabili-
ties, and in which he was one of the trade assignees, will
be greatly impeded.
It is understood that the United Mexican Mining
Company are endeavouring to get an arragement with
the Mexican Government for a liquidation of their Za-
catecas claims, and, with the view of obtaining the pre-
pvr attentions 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 tho Mexican Government the
claims of certain British subjects residing et Zacatecas,
on account of the exaction of a forced oontribution under
the Mexican decree of June 17, 1847."
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
been very assiduous in assisting the persons who recently
died of cholera in, Caroline•square, Richard-street, was
attacked and died yesterday. Several other deaths have
also taken place in Hogg-lane—the lane where so many
died two or three weeks since; there are, in different
parts of the town, a number of persons suffering ander
the malady.