Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-27

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and other Asia>tics AT time held inter
course with South america. and may have
planted colonies there, the people Of which sub
se1uentlv disappeared and became diifused
among the aboricines 10y inter-marriacc ard
crossing. giving rise 20 tho pcculiaritieS o: tbs
Yuca.an ,rib-. and Others vino dug the era;cS
Of Chriqui:
He saws the whole of the natives Of the
South sea Islands. are all % the Malay type,
yaryin. in tie color Q! their skins. Their
language every whcre prove, that j; Las is
root in the Malay.
He thinks no wonder should hc felt ri the
srpposition that these Islands became peopled
from the Maiays; though far distant from the
principal haunts Of the race.
The Islands. however small. if con;anin.
the least patch of soil. are found 10 yield
tropical fruits in ABUNDANCE. The Maays set
>aii FOR q distant Island steering 10y the >ra
and stars. knowing. tina, if they miss it. amid:
cloudy weather they may. and probably will
find another. anl that whatever one they reach
they will find food suited 10 thci: taste Hence
they do not load themselves with provisions 49,
Sometimes gales arise, and blow them at an
ilnueEsc distance from their course, and LAID
them at new Islands, where they lind no
difficulty in celoaizing. He said that the vessel
which was conveying him from Australia 10
Nayiga:or'S Island, picked up boat load Of
these Malay Indians. 1t . vast distance from
land On ;nicrro.ating them il Was found
that thcy belonged 20 hiag'x Gro"J,, about
600 miles distant, H. thinks the habit of
Ca:ahaliSln, with many tribes, originated from
the resort 10 human flesh. forced upon Malay
navigators. when losing their course 4. sea.
aud becoming destitute Of all other mcars o:
existence dcyou:ct some OF their o"n number.
[ Mike the Chinese, the South sen Islanders
have no knowledge Of the compass. They
knox. when wandering over the deep, that
every Island, 10 which chance may lead them.
i Il store house Of food ready for their use
Hence. the b1ldncsS of their VOYAGES. which
renders them the monais Of the GREAT Southern
Pacific ocean.
He says tina; Capt. Cool, stocked the South
sea Islands, and particularly the Friendly
Groapc. wiki pigs and poultry. which law.
wonderfully multiplied lns"ncoi the Islands.
SUCH as Naygator's the ciici food OF the
natives j. hos meat, the result o! which is the
frequent occurrence of lcpro>!. He >ay>, that
in the tropics generally, the lSc Of swine flesh
prc,li,po,r, the system to hi. horrible disease,
while ia high lattuGcs, where the blood re-
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Kind is produced. Hence, he Jews, Turks,
and other >cciS il: ,i.c warm la;;udes "f isia
excluded The Use OF swine flesh.
.ino,h,: curious custom prevailed amoTs the
natives Of Navigators Island, and 80 far - lie
could obscr.c. among the S"uth Sea eioui>
generally. and that was circllnci>ioH. which
seemed to bc universal. /; vas no; confined
to Infancy. but practical upon those oil 10 10
H.. {:
performed on q >or: Oi religious festival day
upon hundreds Of youths, all On tie sainc
ca>io.. The bamboo is al once ;hc iron and
tir,bc: u; these Polyue.ianS. 1t serves for
boat and housc.buildlns and for fuel, while its
hardest pieces, from It's outside covering, near
It's roots, is icr:med into knives and other i'm
plclncniS. bamboo knives cut much better
than wha; the unait;atcd would lie led To- sGp-
pose Il is with these knives that circumcision
Is performed i'olyyamy everywhere exist,
AMI negro sailor, found no difficulty in pay
chasin. wife Oh Navigator l>iand for an old
iuri>kci or Two, with lev strin"' oI beads
The Malays, however. POSSESS good deal Of
cunning peculiar to their race. They some
times steal away the negIc's wife. and perhaps
his Child, with the view 81 iorc.u. ransom
from him. This offence they were known. in
some cases, 10 have repeated two or three tines
Our space would fail t.> To follow our travel
CT around the world, even in tie brclc>; out
line He has certainly yoyagcd more extern
>iyely and picked Up more Information, in hi,
quiet way, than any. o,hcr ;nan il has been our
vatonS Of other travellers in nc tropics regard
iny the singular frequency o. hydrocc!c, and
especially ii some particular countries like that
OF Brazil.
The heavy rains which have fallen within
DAY or two have intcrlcrcG with IL. ,.o:,;cuitu
raj and agricultural exhibitions opc;!cd liz con
ncc;inn with the fair oc the american institute.
IL well rs with horticultural show in brook
lyn; in consequence Of which they are 10 be
kept open few days longer. \ t;al Of sad
die horses was made at Hamilton square to-day
and premiums awarded
Fawk's stcaln-plough has arrived, ani will
be exhibited on a level piece E" ground II llar
the American Institute Fair, will be fully Open
81 next week, at the Palace Garden.
Another painful act Of dishonesty and vice
came 10 light the present week We refer to
the fraudulent abstraction oC about $4,000
from the Fulton Bank. by Young man named
William Lane lis father has served u the
rlovcd his son - a.sistan; cashier. on $1,000
early salary. The r:o;.ey he ah-,ractcd by
iie most clumsy con,rivancc from the Eauk, lie
Spcn, III the widest and most reckless cXtrava-
garcc. He is SOW in the clutches of the
law, and prisoner in the Ioiabs. His father,
whose locks are white with the fros,S q: seventy
winters, is to be deeply ri;ie'l--allhorsh II
seems an extraordinary case OF parental blind
ness. not to have perceived t!!ata s1n who In,
nest door 10 him Should have exhibited sucl!
needless waste or money, wi;hpa: exciting
searching investigations into the IaoanS by
which lie was thus enabled 20 live in such
style. The Bank la; recovered some Si2.nDO
Of the stolen property, and the father ~ec'l'
Xix i1r SO, 600 more on hi. sons Official h"a'l,
will reduce the actual loss oi III" bani; to about
SIS. COO. 1t * an o.i Institution and has 4
surplus OF between $;2Ur, vGU and H:inc,o"o
Tie boiling Americans from tie late Know
Nothing Convention at Utica. and lis mo'nina-
TORS. have published Z card protesting against
is action.
\ convention Of 4 lot OF temperance folks
and abolitonistS. have also held 4 meeting and
brought ont a separate State ticket. They
should nominate Gcrritt Smith for President,
and Gi,l,iin:4 for Vice President
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THE SAN JUAN DIFFICULTY.
WASHINGTON, Sept %. Col. Rankin, Regis
ter Of the Land Office at Olympia, in Wash
ington Territory, has arrived here FROM the
Island of San Juan. He reports that if the M
tcnt;onS % Gov. Douglass had been Carried OFT
there would have been collision between the
British and American forces as the vessels "a