Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-08-16
From lie Richmond Compiler.

From The Richmond Compiler.
A Tribe Of Pilgrim, Discorercd An
English traveller, Capt. Harris, has pub
lishcd in India, q volume Of his researches
in Africa and the East. II has moi been
republishcd either in England or this coun.
try, bn, We derive from IL. through the
Boston Daily Advertiser, the following no.
lice of remarkable tribe in Africa. This
account of a race Of men. who from their
diminu,ire statue are actually obliged TO
conceal themselves like wild beasts from
their taller ueishbors. recalls the so called
hcticious narratives Of pismies in tho
works OF Ilcrodolus and PIuy.
"In the midst Of tho monotony Of such
inconvenient jourueyins. some singular
events constantly uanspircd serving 10 di-
vert tho travellers. How it was the sigh,
Of an abandoned salt spring, towards
which men and beasts rushed eagerly !;
thinking that they were approaching n
lake; now il was the passage OF Orange
] River. whose transparent, deep AMI wide
waters flow along between weeping viii
lows. bathing their lisSblo branches in tho
shady shadows oflhe borders of the s'rcam:
now it was the diverting spectacle Of
troop OF Griquas pursuing tho ostrich On
fool. These Griquas. among whom
mission has been established. are mulat-
toes OF iIoucntot: their whole force of
fighting meu was destroyed in 1881, with
the exception Of Two individuals by Nose
lska,sc. (T'his is The name Of the kin. Of
the Ma,abilis. The most powerful tribe o!
Southern Africa.) Iii is nlmos, T. pi.sny
race, suhsis,iue on dubious rools. iucus's
aud reptiles. Competed 10 conceal them
selves because they are no, so tall or
strong as The people Of neichhorirg tribes,
the Griquas excel in nothing hut in run
ming. aud this quality, VIC nigh, almost
say. receives its chief exercise 10 their cs-
capes from their enemies. The cabins are
hardly visible 10 the traveller, and they
always retire 10 such distance from the
springs and rivers. that they are Obliged TO
20 four or five miles from their dwellings
to obtain waller; nor lave they any vcs-
sells besides ostrich csSs, in which TO draw
and carry it."
Mr. Mofiai, the missionary, whose in
tcresiing travels in South Africa have late
Iy been published in rhi. country. spent
some time at the Missionary station n
mong This tribe. II appears 10 be n small
race-the frat tribe 10 the north Of the
English colonial frontier in Southern Airi-
ca. None Of them, according 10 Capt.
Harris, arc FIVE feet high.
Captain II. was travelling with friend
on u sporting expedition Of a larger scale
of EXECUTION than the English Preserves
afford. They subsequently, arrived at the
Court Of King Moselckatse, Of whom we
have spnken above. Among hi. subj jecis
they found snuff in uss in The mauucr de-
serihed on the following extract:
The Matabilis carry their snuff snurds
.pendan, from Inc ear. which is bored for
this surposc; few Of them smoke. hui they
have great passion for snuff, which is
thus used With an ivory spoon half the
con,ents Of tho gourd his heaped into The
palm Of the hand, 1.-The epicurc then sits
at his ease under the shade Of tree. and
having prepared himself for his enjoyment.
by strong inspiration, inhales The whole
of the tobacco ut a breath. From this &c.
Tim there results an inexpensive delight.
greater or less, as more or fewer tears arc
extoried from the practitioner"
The Late Forgeries.-A few days since,
We published a repor, Of Tho arrest Of u
man named David Crowley, charged
with having forged four checks bearing
the name Of Alino,l Mitchell, of Wes che
ter county, which were drawn IN and
passed ai the 9Th Ward Bank; and also
the forgery of check on the Chemical
Bank. oil evidently emana,ins from the
same source.
Since the arrest Of Crowley, officers
Re!yea and Kellingcr have been on the
look ont for other parties supposed to be
connected with these forgeries, and they
arrested sen,cei looking man named
Ransellcs5 Becker, who had furnished
house in Ulliver street, and in connection
with another man, opened hat store in
Chatham street, under the name Of Ford
ham & Co., no snch firm being in exis
ience. Becker il appears managed the
whole business, aud by writing letters to
different wealthy individuals under for
sed names. he procured their signatures