New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-30

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.srrble infufnce favorable to the interests OF hcme
We remained at Goree only two or three hour 10
erehsrse nail bags and land little freight
Next day the lSt II, We entered tee Gambia, orosS
md deep river the trade Of which pertains % Great
B,;,sr Near the mouth Jallof pilO; came on board
h, DIRE fcln, and conducted the ship little way up
re channel 10 Bathurst, which Sands 90 . Msry
lslsus near the right bank OF gbe river We east az
.hcr IN deep water close 10 the sAo'e.
Our rio; vas Mohammeian, and could Nfte teNe
cfthe Koran in rude Arabic characters. Tie told M
~. he had investigated the doctrines OF CaFis'anit
sd pf,eTred bis own religion. LAKE. al o,nSf ~.
Ian lrcdars, and many better Instructed people N,
toUltt il particularly unreas,n ole 90 say u. onS
hasa Son. | replied God has eye, hut be can see,
20 sar, bur he can hear, DO hand, but be car Sors
cl s,ss nothing in the uaucer thar 'se do lie
70 ctauan set In some WAY suited @ bis ra, ire, no
cen lt.cta he chooses, and Ad,ed 20 mas oeso'-
So orc only Son, Jesus Christ. WAC "a 40 iAt, we
wtfld 20 ole ior our sins. 10 rs atSuSAl &c MUS
ID ran made u0reply.
trOm tie Bail urst Lss Plca saat c,iised ap
= arsnce Tie European houses WHITE. tie streets
,esp'sr sId SHADED with beauil' spIea-ay African
fg.tites twenty or thirty feet high Bn. the native
k.Us.a are a. usual mere huts ma % % bamboo, t,ls
is Vi srecies of palm, crroneouly called On the
West cast OF Africa The gardens ~ luce oranges,
lines planains. cashcN para~ said cher tropical
frUts Some OF tie white residents pronounced the
plSce iealtby but others expressed dlerent opinion
the bland Too ioany Europeans ia Aries I've TO
fleeh OF rsthef too absolutely q enjoy health m
Ut al moist climate.
Bathurst was ,estled in lSl6 Tie population Is less
than ore hundred whites OF ySgots nations, including
sr.rc Americans ard about three thousand blacks,
sr,one whom beside the native Mandngoes are ht-
re .o'cpv of JOil,ls from GOree, and lew 'n iroin
various remote places, as Binbira On tie upper Nj
ger end Tho. Benin, and Noruba CA the lowe par. o,
fN.s eat river The lvrubaS. esrrssyUsly called
Ex,a> Ves laribans and AAOOS aro gcner n! ne most
ccilc and thrifty natives in the African colonies Az
bathurst some Of them are empiol Il as soI'ts am
shUp-hcopcrs and few as schooilnas1cEs am pFeAe"
ers In the WESLEYAN Mission. they are liberated
slsyrs taken from sayesbips by the British cralzers
Pecpe WHO have been in the habit Of regarding the IA,
tive African as nothing more than NAKED negro,
mss be surprised perhaps, 10 learn taat oot ie" Oh
n. lorUhaS and other people irom Ionfa NF'ca are
nov q of considerable education, property and re
spceti liity and above all intelligent aud consistent
vorslipers OF God through his Son, Jesus Christ Bit
in fncr he people of Africa are not all cNacty iAe
those on the coast Those far interior are considers
hly advanced in civilization, and ha not p'en cor
tupte,l by intercourse with wicked Nhise men When
The Yorubas AZ Bathurst, found tnet ! could speak
their hnlualo they greeted lie with tAc g ase5t cordial
y INQUIRED about the present state OI tncr country,
AID IN some cases sent messages % their rci1i.ves
Tie English trade on the Gambia commenced ia l0ls
Il row employs rs | was informed, at least one hun
died ,esscls aud might be great! increased II better
measures could be edopted Tor Developing the resources
81 lie country heard complaint that the ttaiic Oh
this river suffers for want 90 adequate protection
Here tisre are no armed 81, anes as on sac senegal
bathurst itself cannot be regarded fortified place.
having nothing in the way OF dccusea except couple
of Ettr batteries IN case OF with 30ac gesprcus
be nation Bathurst would tall an easy piey - tho
enemy and the command ot the TAMPA would DC oi
sufficient importance 60 authorize liberal outlay M
building fort Ia protect a. Az ptesens iotrgn "s-
sejs are allowed TO ascend only a few miles above
a.. ah - al 4
where te French are suffered to reside ana trade, but
not a. erect iOrtiicatianB Ca little Island close by
Abr, dab tie English have long had fort called ~
James which was formerly che port OF TIE GAMBIA
Orc Hundred aud seventy miles above tbs, on Mctar-
thKs island is another English fort, established long
aQo ard called st. Georges IN accordance win the
Nous feelings oil the halt Catholic and hall ircebo0ng
aayenturers who used H. frcquen The shores oil africa
Jsrce vessels can sail up 10 Mccarthy islaDi, aud
small ones one hundred and tweLt cyo miles further
10 the falls of Barracuda, more than three hundred
niles fr m the sea The tide ascends to these TAILS
The exports from tie Gambia d0nsis ~, VARIOUS artl-
che. but chiefly hdes, aud peanuts, used ~ make
counterfeit oiyeoi The price OF The peas Is about
City cents per bushel in goods bullock may %
bought At Bathurst for i've dollars Wood Is worth
one dollar and fifty cents per cord The impost dn'
tesaFe about four per cent
Our party had the pleasure OF spending several hours
on shore at Bathurst where to most OF US, every thing
were the charm Of novelty Here we saw every va
of the coast fisherman 10 the obe tfowsers urban ana
sandals Of the stately Central African Tie female
dress was the in other parts OF Africa consist
inc If wrapper round the middle, descen ling 10 the
feet or knees AMI often tucked OPP consllerabe higher
and cloth thrown over the shoulders, which reaches
down 10 the hips When at work, and often when set
ting in the market this latter garment is laid aside
leaving the upper part OF the body entirely uncovered
To be uncovered from the mid ting down and from the
waist upward is never accounted indecorous by the
children Of Ham some OF the women at Batburst, NJ
In other European settlements the coast are clad
in loose yoluptuous looking gowns OF muslin or calico
Ladies' Of this class are generally young and handsome
and it falls to their lot Ia the disposal Of human Affairs
TO dwell In white mems houses, and 10 l various sta
tons one Of which forbear to mention But such
are the manners of in this country have heard
white men here speak Of two extraordinary kinds OF
marriage; "by the weck" and "by the run" Wives
Of the latter sort tenants at viii, bat have un
derstood that il has been decided by courts In Eng
land that they are entitled to the property Of their hus
bands when they die intestate
TWAS cool day when we were ashore at Bathurst,
and every body appeared to be stirring. The white
men and their servants crowded about the Gov
eminent house to get their letters and papers, just
landed from the steamer Traders were measuring
salt selling goods and buying produce, soldiers with
baek-fa and redeoats passing to and FRO and
watermen were rowing their boats and padding their
capoes about on the Gambia In place some awk-
ward looking natives we're building European boat
in another man was busy plying very rude and d.
minutiye LOOM weaving striped cloth about six inches
vide Narketwomen were seen under very green
trees chatting their petty handisea goodpsr
of which consisted ia various articles Of African food
both cooked and raw. Among the rest were some
fishes Of such curious forms, as naturally ~ remind
one of professor Agassiz
Near the water. side we passed nan apparently
from the interior seated the ground, humping
tbree.s trnged guitar or banjo, which made sofs,
plaintiye sort Of melody. On the receipt Of few