Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-11-10


We had IN the Liberia Herald sc Nav Io.t
the following account of manners and b;.,a.s
that may be interesting.
DO foro' Condo Country.-Many stories .re
S al ABOUT the burnihg of King Boo,swain,s
Capitol, aud which To believe We hn,1ly rLr,',.
One,sis, that the fire happened from tho care.
iiessness Of some Aandlngoes who were m.a.c
suri0g powde.-another that il w az purposelx ..t
on fire by them. Be the ease as il NAV. il j, al
'act, tha' tho Mandingo residents have ali been
eNpetcd from 30 Poro, and arc now compcile6
TO reside at the bali-town. OF la,c sonr tovn.f
mas oeen uncomtaouiy thronged with Mandngoe&
men, who are the Jews and pedlars of this com,
Try. lney are singular people, strict Mahol
ihcians inthelr beict and exercise an undue in
haence IN ii'c couacAs of every government,
~hefc they can Obtain a foothcld. They arc
very Jealous for tho spread Of their religion.
and nuke every effort TO convert the head mon
oi every country. Christian and native they
consider as pagan, and tfihey do red would glory
III putting nosh TO death to qualify them for the
oetier enjoyment of their leaders paradise.
'.aiy OF them read and write Arabic with great
ease, aic constantly carry the Koran. or paTts Of
lt,abont their per .pn: ard though, great loyer.
81 money, .we,age never known ono W no would
part lWth 1t onsanv terms whatever In one or
Two instances, we have seen parts of the Bible
aud The Book Of Common Prayer, given them
et 10 ny some American or European, care
-luily folded up within the leaves of the Koran
It's asIngnlar fact, and one which we bave
never seen noticed, that the Mandingoes seldom
suaer there sick to die natural death, but in
The last agonies of expiring nature, use some
sharp instrument to-seperate the carotid artery.
All this IS done under a religious belief, as the
name Of God is invoked previously, and during
its operation.
The FIRsT SAW MrLI..-The old pra ctice in
making boards was to split up the logs with
wedg s: and inconyenient as the practice was, it
was no easy thing to persuade the world that it
could be done in any better way. Saw mills
were first used in Europe in the 18th century,
but, so lately as 1855, an English Ambassador,
having seen saw mil in France. thought it z
novelty which deserved particular description
1t is amusing to see how the aversion to labor
saving ma chinery has always agitatcd England.
The first saw mill was established by Dutch.
man, in Sos; but the public outcry against the
new-fdngled machine so violent, that the
proprietor was forced to dccamp with more expe-
dition than ever did a Dutchman before The
EVIL was thus kept out of England for sever.l
years, or rather generations; but, in 1868, an
unucky timber merchant, hoping that after SO
long time the public would be less watchful
OF Its own interests, made rash attempt TO con-
slruct another mill. The guardians of the pub
lie welfare, however, were on the alert, and =
conscientious mob at once collected and pulled
the mlto pieces. Such patriotic spirit CO uld not
always last: and now, though we have no where
seen the fact distinctly stated, there is>Teason to
believe that saw mills are used in Ensland
". Y. paper.
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