Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-10-04
Hartford, September %.


Hartford, September2S
The blacks were all sent off to New Haven this
morning. by the way OF the Pennington canal, with the
exception OF Cinguez, who goes down the Railroad
Tins evening, under the orders Of the Marshal. For
the last three or four DAYS since il has been known
that eur good citizens TO be deprived Of an
opportunity TO enjoy the society Of these interesting
strangers, as Mr. Sedgewick their next friend, calls
them and himself, the rush to the prison has been
immense all ages, colors, sexes, and sizes, have
crowded the Jail, carrying presents Of
cake and coppers, and the blacks have been in high
glee eating, smoking, grnaing and turning somer-
sets. In fact for the last fortnight, our prison has
been SORT OF fools paradise, filed with gaping curl
osity, silly men infaua women and happy negroes.
tgymnastic professors the negroes have made as
tonishins proficiency in the science Of ground and
lofty tunsbling.
Garrah executes feats in this line that have ne yer
before seen attempted. He throws semersets side
ways, an exploit requiring great supleness Of limb,
as Wen as extraordinary strength. Garrah says he
Is a Handing Fay, and am not disposed TO doubt il.
10 be sure. squat dumpy creature, IL feet high.
with ebony skin, and woofly hair; skull, elongated
towards the front, and latterly compressed; low,
narrow, and slanting forehead; high cheek bones;
narrow and projecting jaws oblique front teeth and
fiat nose spreading into and sed with the upper
Jaw presents an appearance not especially eflike,
or corresponding IN many essential particulars with
the generally received ideas of Fay bat Garrahs
eats are more readily accounted for this SUPPOSE
ton, and Is possible that African Fay partaes
OF sone OF the characteristics of the country, and
thus OILERS from the fairy 0f other lands. AT any
rate, he IS capital tumbler, and Fay or Fey, he
would be worth his weight in lead at least, to .
Snowman.
am inclined to believe that Cinguez, or Jingues,
as he Is generally called by the blacks, Is Crrmen
The Crumsn, or Curumen, as il is sometimes spell
ed, are an active and warlike tribe the re-
g'on on the southern border of the Coanra river
There Is an nconside rable French settlement al San
Fehpee, distance Of about $50 miles to the south
ward ct the river The Crumep are a olute and en-.
terprisng people, living predatory life, and annoy
ng therneighbors nth frequent sons, carry
on and reducing the inhabitants to slavery. They
not very numerous but there is tribe on the Gulf
81 Guinea which has contr ibated much to supply
the slave ships as the Crunen. They are represent
ed to be turbulent and refractory race incapable Of
being reduced TO domestic servude restless in their
habits prompt in their resentments averse @ labor
and subslsnng principally en- the products of the
chase. They frequent the sea coast in gangs Of
twenty or thirty, and are sometimes induced. by the
proer Of great rewards, TO assist in loading and un-
loading vessels Therays Of the SUM- in that inf rna
climate, are 50 intense at certan periods, that Eu
roPeans and Americans cannot expose themselves to
their influence without Imminent haxard During the
continuous rains that prevail for two or three sue
cessive months none but natives Injured to the eli.
mate can live, unless constantly sheltered. Jinqua
y familiar with many French phrases, and has OBJ.
vionsly been often among the whites. He has been
trader both IN slaves and the various products Of
his country. The story Of his having been prince,
Is abolition 1ummery. He is an active and enter
prising fellow, and had prosecuted his traffic with
considerable success but in his last expedition he
was seized and sold to slavery by a powerful chief
named Sharkdr, with whom he had frequent deal
ings.