New-York daily tribune., 1853-12-15
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b. tie r discoveries Of his land bat there eaa 30 ia.
doutt that The credit i due to Capt do Haven of hs Ay
Rescue who FIRST saw in $780, and that Cst Penney vhl
disecS cred il in 1881 and caedt Prin e Absrs LtaLs
from the fact Of its being fss the Princes birsh
day did cf tho fact thai the Americans had pro
vioasly been there.
Henry Grinnen ESQ said he thought he coa'i ea xas
en- the Committee considerably in regard to this matt
BY eorrtspondenee in his possession the gsh oissu
gave evidence themselves that tho point BY III ia
1851 the that by de Haven in 1852 ths
bearings Of Mount Franklin highland lying 30 tao east
ward, being described by both as the same in Capt Psn
neys dsgatclos.
Mr. John Jly brough; forward proposition FOR s,a
yeution Brussels convenient place. fr pr, n 4
ing tie universal establishment Of now aad uaOs sys
tom OF weigh aud measgT
Several resolutions were offered by Joshua LeAsa
Esq The Rev DR. Hawkes., aad .he President. a6,st
curing rooms for this Society in the building sbo,t bs
ercted for the Historical society.
CAPTAIN sIRsoS's RSNaRKs UPos rRs Essr IsDlss ssos
rrzLA6e
AZ tha .lese OF a. reggar busfss OF the meeting Dr
Hawkes. tcd hc genfoa of the Society 10 order "a
fladuce Csltdin " Rier N CibsON which ~ Aii vi.A
,ome hi-liy comp ln~ntaiy vma,zs Ias gontleman hs
rs recent e;raOrdatSg cXftvence 0morg he people of
.e East indian Archipelago. lie d. Hawkes. had bean
much interested IN his various encoInters with this
c5nmul,c alc - the Socty 'lss ghich haa Afforded aim
mich rleasu-e aldini, cmaon lie belevedthat Can't,
Gibson ives n9 desiiou' az present of reng paper
any especial sub ct bot voud c-a;ify them with con
veIssz0re. Dr Hawkes. called attention 20 the fact hat
invitation 20 captain Gbscn hal been considered at
former meeting oi the Society
TIE President expressed a cordial wolc,me to Cart
Gil ~, end invited him TO chair by his side; aal the
Ger tsr en'eairc ho couCany Tor about ar holx and
hali With some hab agreeable and eraphN descriptions.
lie Bcse 81 the approaches O. The AsohP Peiage-hs
matte oiorr, producing an cisei like music upol the
.he description of travellers a5Ju the spicy gllos
waiting rom the Rcria and .Smhoyns islands wors far
fou. lone exaggerated. lie had realized on h, island of
Crccl sto u tAo Straits OF Sunda the margelns though
ucw n known fact of being enabled g. catch FISH aud
tcn boil the rosr o! his aaglrg without changing his
position b. alluded To the hoi springs Of thai island ani
NJ 10 I'm enthusiastic terms OF the suhnlrns safIsns
its shores delightful marine conservatory OF many
cooled ccfas and Iants seen distinctly q; depth Of
InN hn, "41 ieet hs ,''n ~ 70 ci INC ."Di ot Dsi
lying 70 the cesi OF Java sbout sixty eight miles in angth
aud about forty in breadth this principally r3mtrSa
lie for being extremely populous the Inhabitants NUN
herring less than $50 900 this ao and the most war
Ike people in the Eastorn Archipelago. They were a
superior race Of people. having many Of them brown
hsr and evs and altogether of an ,a9 9scl lniIy
Caucasian They genuine lni0os IN their religions
belief ard the only la the Easten Islands bot thcir
origin could not he clearly traced with any degree of
racy their early b'ory bcngyery vague aud involved in
much myth and ohscury the rest Of the people otha
East Their language partly Sanssrit and Jayanaso
Tie Bainese having become 50 numerous and over.
crowded their little ifiand had conceived the 19a of
emig8nc 90 the larger island Of papua II they dl
conn lish ibis exodus there could be little doubt thai they
would exterminate the wreched ab1rgnes of New iinea
and Ieo lc that great island sh mbued with ex
siNe and aspiring energies compared with the reas
- the OF tie East The Bano'e hal sgaally do
fed tie power of the Dutch. Captain Gibson then de-
scrihed extraordinary Of beings found in the south
oostern part Of Simara. lis remarks this subject
created such general interest that we give them
bstm.
oRAsG Koonoos OR nRowS wEs or sUn.rRA
These probably Of al the Of Of whom we
have sny knowledge he lowest in the scale Of humanity
rather the degradabty Of our species would seem TO
lave ached hatlm IN which mi be- egardcd
the connecting link between the human and the brute
creation. They covered with hair, have long arms
and deficient in chin rather forms part Of tho
face these he points in their formation WHICH first
arrested my obser agyn, end led 10 class them once
simlly somewhat higher development of the Orang
outGng bat further observation found that they pos
sossed speech though extremely rude and monosyabic
had visible faculties snd resembed the rest Of in
their sexual formation aud arrangement and were re-
cognzed belonging 10 the family OF man by tho Ma
loys who however, hunted thsm Wild aninas in order
t. work them as beast Of burden.
Tie OraDg kOOb)0s are only DO etwh in the almost
imlassehe womys and forests that lie between the Jam
bee and Paiembans territories ia the Island Of Samatrs
They live among The branches OF the teak and marrngin
trees, which grow here 70 size H. inleed
the with the forests throughout the leland They
construct rude platform # hamb00s wherever thoy can
find sutcieDcy Of horizontally extending limbs Of trea
the Lasis secpCrs OF hp0r and over this
iley rase an equally rude conica roof of split bamboos
and nut or lFang C0 leaves These savages are
iChtlvoDhasis, almost oil tho unsYized tribes of
the Eastern Islands and a al the rivers aud bays Of Sa
also o all The rest of the islands OF the Archpela
60. most bountul provision OF excellent fish il % bs
found. had an opportunity 70 have glimpse Of some
kooboos people wnile ascending With my boa. small
branch Of the SOOrsane but il only near Palenbang
and at The kratOn palace Of the old Susuhunon or S
tan Of alembsng and the residence Of the inepene
Panzorang or Prince Osmn that had opportunity for
rang had severcl as sayes rather beasts Of burden
for they not insted with any labor but tho drag
ging and carrying Of loads of dirt, sones material fr
building He called hcIn "tu orang the oriure u men
e set that they bern the lowest OF slaves and
s had been the for hundreds Of generations nas
much they the descendants Of slaves and burden
carriers Of the army Of Alexander found them gene ally
called hamba h0odsk kander the slaves II Alexan
der II is well known that numboress traditions Of AIex-
snder the Great OF Dou Kaman' '" tbs two horned"
pev-il throughout Sumotra, VOL as In the
Asiadc Continent lt has been found impossible to
ieach tie many KoOboos the Of garment. although
they have great ondnes or pieces Of colorod cllh 10
bo Iaened to various parts Of their body heY will tea
10 their heads round their waists or viii as have
the suspend q coOred cap handkerchief or
glove 70 their geHitels with lively gnnng grlnt
ing delight, and 20 make distinction befweena
simple piece Of cloth for ornament or a manufactured
artclehe only for preference being the difference
of colos. II has been found equally impose bic 10 teach
them the language of their maser; fDr those who bad
gTwn up IN domestic state si spoke th0 Malay IN an
uncoUih sylatc manner Ike their own jary)n Of
unclssshaile gruut. They seem 10 have no iiea of
marriage but merely cOhabiing yaing oil for season
cred Ia any evidence Of thcT belief or c9nscousne
Of the eSistence Of Spiritual Being having any influence
uIon their own condition bat in regard 10 this natter
va Informed by fellow pnsoner az WelieWede1 by one
Captain Van Woorden who had been four years CON
mardiDg At the small post Of Lahst in the interior Of Sr
and who had had frequent ODpOrunes 10 observe
tie OraGg KOoboc' both male an female III round
buuh baang species bamboo that a;taDs % a great
size, and would a IN concert, ~ many cold, strike
sK ads repeatedly against tho trgDk Of ta tree and
uifer some rude grrnDg e'acaaiiols this be observed
took place whenever any al 81 the band got hu
CeiFfd any special publication bat mostly when in
jured Now Is well known that q larze proportion Of
he semi civilized, sem Fagan SamatFGns, believe that in
tie tufts Of the buluh baaBg well a. iatie
warir gin tree there exit vida i deYGf, eDd slafas
OF go9d eIe evil ssregnstaIsi beings -smlrk
my ifoogy II the fminine yidsr have heard de-
fcrted b. their orsng msnyany e 0f psntun vorse sing
err see nos ravishhg pictures oS The gridsf Or eo5i
rrrr 4Cfff Tho NrIr LaHr