Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-07-26

has discovered nation of Ethiopian.
never before seen OF described by my
white man. Mr. Wilson is sialioued o,
the Gaboou River. which empties in the
Atlantic about twenty miles north Of The
Equator
Thesmission is at ihe mouth of The rive,
but having u ine opportunity, Mr.. Wilson
accompanied Toxic, distinguished negro
merchan, up the Gaboon and its tributary
the Big Orombe. 10 Kobangai's town; fifty
miles from the ocean. on the Bawke, a
branch of the Big Orombo. This was as
sar up the river as he assembled. While
there. he met with new nation Of Afri-
cans; 'some Of whom were said TO come
FIVE days Journey aud Others len to twelve
days journey from the inIerior"-,hai is,
from 2D0 TO 400 miles from The sea coast.
He calls them the Pdng,cs peoPle, because
they came from the direction in which a
country OF ,ha, uame lies. The distance
from the coas, indicates that they came
from, Ethiopia; md possibly tbut this reo-
pie may spread over the vast unknown re-
sionpf Africa. -
The existence aud use OF iron Of their
owa manufacture. seems very remaTka
bic, AID philosophers wonld say, indicates
an advanced staie'of civilization, for j, is
known that barbarous OF savage people
never have iron oftheir own manufacture
until il has been frst introduced by The
whiies. The non existence Of slavery and
the slave trade among them, shows a fea-
ture still moro distinctive from the ordina
ry African. .
We are furnished by the Argus with the
following passage from the journal OF MIR.
Wilson.
"During our shor, sojourn in this place,
we met with number OF men entirely
different in their features and general ap.
pearance from those in this part Of The
country. Some Of whom were said TO
have come 6vc, and others ten or twelve
days journey from the interior. They
were known by the name Of the Panewe
people. They were on,a visit TO this par,
Of the country, which is as near TO the
sea coas, rs they have vcnlured. Hear
ing Of US a. this place, they came in con-
siderable numbers to see white man and
old Toxic, one Of whom was as much an
object oil curiosity as the other.
Those Of them whom we saw, both men
and wosren, were vastly superior iH their
personal appearance to the ma-aiine
tribes; and if they may be regarded as q
fais specimen Of their PeopIe.I should have
20 hesitation. in pronouncing them the
ines, Africans whom ! have ever met
with. They wear no clothing. excep,
piece Of cloth made Of the inner bark Of
irec. This is drawn between the legs and
fastened around the loius by cord Nor
do they covet cloth. On tho other hand
they jeer the bushmen Of this region, by
telling, ,ha, they wear cloth. 10 conceal
their personal defects, and their external
diseases. Both men aud women braid
their hair with great deal Of taste. The
women braid the hnir on the forepart Of
the head in Two rows, " bich lie over the
forehead 6ot unlike :he frill Of cap. Tha,
on the hack part is plctied into five or six
brai6s which reach below the shoulders.
The men are of medium stature. re-
markabIy well formed, healthy in their
appearance. and many in their depcrt-
rnen,. They had knives, spears, travelling
bags, aud other articles Of curious and n.
genious workmanship, specimens Of which
we procured for very small quantity Of
beads. All OF their implements are made
OF iron OF their own. which is considered
vastly cuye,ior 20 any broueh, TO the couu-
try by trading vessels. 'Tsey set 90 "oiue
upon cloth. aud as ye, have ueve: a9qU;f-
ed taste Of tobacco or rum. Beads.pow
der and brass they prize very highly. and
were willing to give away any thing they
had for the smallest quantities 0! either Of
these. They represeu, their country as
and healthirl. and affirm ,ha,
culapeous and other diseases common to
The mnraiimc regions are unknown among
them. They have never participated in
the slave trade. and regard it. as is bv no
means unnatural in those in their circum-
Stances, with the utmost adherence.
One or TWO instances are known where
they have visited attempts 10 enslave their
people with sigua! vengeance. II is diff
cult TO define the limits and extent Of their
country. Perhaps tho most westerly bor-
der OF what is known as the Pangwe ter
riiory was Ui,h,n one hundred aud fifty
miles Of The coast, and from thence it may
extend mnny hundred miles into the in-
terror, aud possibly spread itself over a
large portion Of the south side ol,he Mouu.
taips OF the Moon. Their country is repre-
sentcd rs immensely populors. bur conld
not learn that they had any very large or
powerful organizations. They are aware
tha, vessels yisi, the opposite coas, and
they affirm tha, they have seen articles Of
merchaudise ornught from that quarter. /
am inclined 10 think ,ha, The Pargwe peo-
pie are emigtating in large bodies to-
w ards the coasi. If so the intermediate
busbmen, weakened as they are by the
slave trade, mus, inevitably bc supplas-
ted" -,
Rops.--HoPe is like poplar beside q
river-underminc by that which feeds i,
or. like a butterfly, crushed by being