New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-19

or Juru country, which the Bcnouese" Eaussa and
Nsh call KororofA II u sutic,, 10 The Felstas ard
pay them e tribute. On the Southern bank Az he
Nrbi This tribe is confederation OF fushIve
slaves VITO have run away from their FelafA m's-
,ors. They deoa; all attempts at enforcing FugItive
Slave lave by alws,s going annSi with por-oned
arrows
Although the Niger sets hint to the depredations
OF the FelG;as still they have eaaed hrm footing
OF the LETT baLk OF the Bnue IN the Chibu eoansry,
and the kingdom 81 Vakar. From thence they o;ca
sionally make an 'Dcuision into kororoh ard the
c, unity Of the Michi to capture slaves, whom they
u-e TO transport ivory to Kano and BorDou, where
they sell them. AZ the men ale generally absent on
these expeditions The land TILED mostly by the Ia
Dor OF women and crippled Ta!e slaves. They raise
no yams bananas, or oranges, only maize, Indian mil
let and dawuro-corn. Rice is but little cultivated,
although if sowcd in the flowed lands along the rvef,
1t wsuld furnish food for millions of men.
The city of HansIuss affords very picturesque
prospect. The river before it appears like slender
sup of white cloth stretched upon meadow OF bright
green grass. At little distance one sees the darker
green of the forest and then the bae mountain chain
Of Fumblna with the lofty Mauranu mountains in
Adsmana On the lefl and the Muir Mountains
in Hamaruwa with their fantastic peaks on the right
bank, :welve miles from the rver In the valley
about the city, three hundred heat cattle give
life IA the laDdscape. The houses are round, with
hemisphercal roof generally they are from twenty
TO twenty -four feet in diameter and are built of mud
If the city regularly laid out, would be beautr
fu; OF the time of the visit of the Peiad, many OF
these houses had tumbled down and were overgrowh
with grass The city is built sandy land, so that
TIE streets dry very quickly after shower In the
night the city is silent; there is no sound aud tue
stiffness is deepered by the darkness, for the inhab
tants have no pslmoil TO burn. They prepare their
food with butter No currency is in use, and all trade
is barter as in Shibu. The women bring wafer IL
earthen vessels from the foot Of the mouatain, two
miles distant. Most Of them carry it on their shout
ders and not their bead, that would pjnre the
Artistic arrangement If their hair. The men are very
dirty in their clothing, which they wear day and night
until it fails off in pieces The women are much more
clearly and spend much of their time in plating theh
hair Goats, sheep, poultry and horses were rare.
Hamaruwa rs one of the outposts of the Felata Em-
pre, whose capital, SaEatu, lies midway between
Timbuctu and Kuka. In that city resides the reign
ing Sultan. the Emir el Mumenm Ali Bello, whom
DR.. Barth describes an extraordinarily avaricious
mar. BY Viceroys holding the title of Sultan, he
regrs as far south the banks Of the Bnne and even
further. The Felata ony Jola where DIR. Barth
spen; time in June, 1851, lies on the left bank Of
the Bnue, four days journey south eastery from Ham
aruwa. The conquests Il the Felatas are of great
interest to the history of civilization for Mohammedan-
ism goes with the cOnquerors. All the subjected
tribes are denonnated Kafrs or unbehevers. 1t il
however easily understood that stealing rather
than the propagation of the faith of the Prophet il the
motive which urges the warlike and intelligent Fels
tas to subdue the weak and distracted native tribes
Many chiefs on the left bank, with whom the expe
dton had to do, declared sorowfuy that the days Of
peace were gone and that probably they would be
driven out of the country during the next year.