Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-06-06

thein and THINK them very Soou iood n monk,
who had travelled into Egypt, asserts, that he
had ealen Of these locusts, and, that in the coun
try, they subsisted on them four months in the
year.
"The locust is employed in the book Of Rev
laton, TO symbolic the countless and savage
hordes that fought under the banners OF the
Saracen princes: And there came out OF the
smoke locusts upon the earth, and un,o them
was given power, as the scorpions OF the earth
have power.-and their torment was as the tor
ment of a scorpion, when he slriketh man.
and the shapes of the locusts were like unto
horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads
we're, as it were crowns Of gold, and their faces
were as the faces of men. And they had hair
as The hair of women, and their teeth were as
the teeth of lions. And they had brcast-piates
as /, were breast-plates Of iron, and the sound
of their wings was as the sound Of chariots, or
of many heres running to battle And they had
tails ike scorpions, and they had s,ings in their
tails, and they had king over them" This
remarkable comparison is almost in every par
tcular quite familiar 10 the Arabs. Neibuhr,
in his description Of Arabia, informs us, that an
| Arab Of the desert, near Bassorah, mentioned
to him singular comparison Of the locust with
! other animals He regarded it as a Jest oil the
E}edoin, and PAID no attention 10 it, ill II vas
| rcDcated by another from Bagdad He COM
pared the head Of the locust 10 that OF the horse;
us breast to that of the lion; its feet to those Of
the camel; its body to that Of the serpent; its
tail to that of The scorpon is horns to the locks
Of hair Of virgin; and so OF ether parts. IL
has been remarked, by almost every one who
has paid attention to this branch OF natural his
tory. tina, the head of locust bears a striking
resemblance to that OF horse. The, Greeks
called il the horse of the e.rth. Accounted Tor
war. and mounted by stern and BEARDED war
ror, the Arabian charger has a majestic and
terrible appearance; no less dreadful TO the IN
habitants Of the cast is the locust in all the Vi
COR of youth, ready to commence his dcstruc-
i've march The Saracen furnished his horse
with silver bride, and gilt trappings, aud CO.
,ered his neck and breast with plates Of IRON;
it is therefore, not improbable, that he adorned
his head with some ornament resembling a
crown, to which the horns or an,enue oil the To-
Gust may not improperly be compared. The
neck of this formidable insect IS also ucended
bv hard scaly substance, III the same manner
IS the neck Of the Arabian war'horse was de-
Tended by plates Of iron. ne Arabian horse Is
carefully taught 10 recognize his enemy IN the
field of battle, which he no sooner does, than he
PUSHES upon him with the utmost violence, and
attempts TO tear him in pieces with his teeth
The teeth Of the locust are very sharp and
, strong. With what astonishing rapdity this
insect devours every green thing, and scatters
dcsolaton over the fairest regions o! the earth
has already been described, from whence II ap'
Gears. that the comparison oflhe SaraCcn horse
/, 70 the locust, is by no means InappHcable. Nor
is the sound Of their wings less remarkable; the
inspired writer says, 'the sound of their wings
was the sound of chariots Of many horses run
ming TO battc;'' and travellers have stated, that
: "the passage Of the iocuss over their heads was
; like the noise Of great cataract"
The practical humanity and bencvoence dis
played in the extract below, are worthy OF all
praise, and are a full answer to all the calum-
MES altered and propagatcd on the subject OF
African emancipation. The Society Of Friends
) have at all times and seasons shewn themselves
the most efficient friends Of the suffering Afri-
cans 1t was by their eXertions that the subject
of slavery first claimed the attention of the Bril-
fish Parliament, before that great patriarch Of
humanity, Wilberforcc, became proseyte to
the cause Of emancipation. From that hour
to the present, the exerlions of the Society of
Friends have been constant and eficacious. In
the future records of American colonization,
their names will be enrolled with those Of the
proudest beneiactors of the human race.-Bal-
tiaOre .7mericQa
From the Raleigh q. c. Register, May %.
WanumiSSi0n. AT the annual meeting Of the
Society Of Friends in this state, held las, fall,
that respectable body came to the resolution Of
manumitting and removing all the colored peo-
pie held by them, that were willing 10 leave the
country; and since that time they have been
concerning measures for carrying their intcn-
tons into effect, and in consulting the wishes
of the coored people themselves in relation 10
their future destination, which has resulted
in the following arrangement: 100 Of the num-
: Der are DESTROYS of going to Hayti; 8 10 TO Ii
IBERIA; and about 100 wish to be sent to the nou-
slave-holding states Of Ohio or Indiana-whch
we believe embrace the whole of the population
of this description held by the Society, except
few who have formed family connexions
which they arc unwilling by removal to dissolve,
and where the husband or wife is held by per-
sons from whom they cannot be purchased
We obtained this information from our friend
DR.. Geo SSane, of Guil'ord county, Gas he
passed through this city few days ago. who
is deputed by his Society to attend to the EN-
barkaton, and to supply the wants of that part
of this population who have made choice Of
Hayti for their future home. They will sail
D from our port Of Beaufort, few days hence,
| ~, hoard vessel which has been engaged for