Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-11-17
he bad been ipvitedto supper in Lon.

nation 10 the British side OF the ques
ton he suspected, and he refused TO b,
treated. IL was at public hotel, ant
he would pay for himself, although
Informed that his bill was settled.
La earlier lie, Mr.. Iaurens hat
been concerned in trade with part
ner. After long and close attention
to The affairs OF the counting house
he was DESTROYS OF making short ex
curtion into the country, which b,
communicated to his partner, whC
made some objection. Upon this
Mr.. Lsurens called the attention o
his friend to the books, an! demon
strated to him, that, for the preceding
six months, be had performed more
work in the counting house, before
breakfast every morning, than his part
ner had done in the course Of the who'll
of each Of the same days This was
a conclusive argument, and tie objec
ton was Withdrawn.
Mr.. Laureps had always expressed
a wish that. after his death, his body
instead Of being buried should be bur
ned, and left directions TO that effect
before he died, which were complied
with. The fact is believed to be well au.
thenticated. To those with whom the
matter is not Indifferent, it might seem
more acceptable method of dissolu
ton. that the corpse should be consu
ned by fire, than left to slow decay
or corruption, accessible to the cold
and Shiny worm of the earth.
This gentleman seems to have been
among the most sincere of mankind.
H. was frank to an excess and valu
edtr 9TH aud honesty as the first Of vr.
tues. From first to last, his entire
soul was with his country.--What an
interesting volome misft'ts formed
ofrecollections of the traits of charac
ter OF eminent men of the revolution.
They would be read with infinitely
greater eagernessthan historical details
of operations which conduced TO our
independence. They would sink deep
into the youthful mind, and excite an
emulation that wouldnot fail to be- use
fol in every generation. A school book
of that description wouldbe shure OF
success, Ii would serve in lieu oftra
dtioual tales, OF which the nations of
Europe have more than the people OF
the United States Nat journal.
Central africa We have receiv.
ed accounts OF a recent discovery in
Central Africa, which will soon be
laid before the public in greater detail;
but of which the following outline IS
sufficiently curious. M,jcr Clipper
ton and Captain Denham, in the course
of their late expedition in that quarter
Of the world, arrived in The territory,
and subsequently, resided for some
weeks in the capital of a nation, whose
manners and history seem likely to oc
cupy, in 40 trivial extent, the sttention
of the public of this country-we
might safely say of the whole civilized
world. They found a nation yet black
in colours, but no. in our sense OF the
term negroes, having long hair, and
fine high features. This people was
found to be in a state ofvery high civ
ilization, and above all, the British
travellers witnessed a review of seven
thousand cavalry, divided into regu-
lar regiments, and all clothed IN com
pIete armour. Six thousand wore The
perfect hauberk mail OF the early Nor.
man Knights; most strange, by Tar OF
all, one thousand appeared in perfect
Roman armour.
The conjectures to which this has
given rise are various We confess
for ourselves that, looking 10 the pol.
ished & volumrtuous manners ascribed
to these people, the elegance OF their
houses, &c. Sc; in word, the total
difference between them and any other
race yet discovered in the interior of
Africa, the mother Of Monsters" our
own opinion is strongly that here we
have fragment Of the old Numid,ap
population; specimen OF the tribes
who, after long contendlng and long
co operating with isoperlal Rome,
were at last fam to seek safety in the
central desert, upon the dissolution OF
the empire.
In these squadrons Messrs, Clap
perton and Denham probably behe'd
the livclies, image that ever has been
witnessed by modern eyes, OF the lie,
gion Of Jugullha-may we not say OF
Hannibal?
The armour, we understand, isfab