Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-20
1862

| Or amount below the average increase at ~
Der cert for each decade, compared with the
natural increase Of the slaves OF tie South, AMI
that. too ia face of the emigration OF slaves AID
and free people Of color from the South to the
free States According To ;hc ratio Of the nI-
tural increase of Tie slaves nj tie South, TIE
10. $40 slaves held in the free States III li"',
should in 1870 have augmented 10 1851; anu
,lc free negroes should have increased from
-, Oi9 to l30,90s, making total o; 32i, 3v;'.
Instead Of this tie coloycd population 0. lihode
Island and New Hampshire was actually less III
1879 than it WAS i'll lI9o. What has become
of the missing negroes: The conclusion i IN
cvitaLlc that they were sold ont to the Southern
PLANTERS. The increase of these negroes. n
the Sout!. should be bought uP by the abolition
lists Of the North and sen, 10 Liberia, before they
at,ciap, 70 rob the South Of them after harln.
pochcicd the money Tor their sale. The Eng
ii>h abolitloniStS ought also 20 purchase about
3o1.oUU slaves from the South 10 correspond
with the stolen Africans the English landed
on these shores. and also send them to Liberia.
Tic two together would form colony oiabou;
half il million o: blacks. Prove your faith by
Your works.
The book publishers of New York arc busy.
and many WORKS, ia nearly all departments OF
literature, are III course Of publication. Nlnon=
the most indoni,abc AID pcrScvcring authors
is Mr.. SquicrS who has travelled 50 extensively
through Central America. and written 30 much
about It's physical geography, lis people, and
the ancient ruins of past race. We met him
the other day. as busy a. ever and looking re-
,narkahlv well. MIR &1urcs is a small, light
built man. with a light, intelligent and pleasing
illY,,,ip.,,I l,yp
Sivc blue ewes. lie is native Of this State
He has HOW III press, by the MesSrs Harper *
Brothers. a valuable work to consist Of about
900 pages. which brings 10 light the most into
resting and almost unknown regions OF Nuca-
tan aud other portions of Southern Mexico,
rc, in monumental remains Of an ancient peo-
pie, incl,,i;ng she country about Lake Pcpin
and the region around Chaps. The work Is
to he proiuscly illustrated ana when published
will make valuable addition TO American Sc
ographcal and archaeology literature. Like
Gliddoii, Mott and Morton. the science Of Eth
nologv is quite Il passion with Mr.. Sgu;rcs.-
There is an chronological Society cXtant in
New York which holds regular meetings. Pro-
mincnt among its members are the Rev. framclS
l.. Hawkes.. Mr.. SIuirc>, Thomas EwiankS,
George Folsom. and DR. J ohm G:iscom. Some
III tIic puppets IS''l pN'biS ~ may I'N0''s''''SN
much novelty and interest. So long a.
Tile proper study 81 man, !. ;gai..
Ethn0lOgv must clam Il share ui attention
from intelligent minds. The h!,to:r ana
languages of the North American Indian Tribes,
have received good deal Of attention from thc
members of the society. This branch Of lis
investigations has received much valuable all
from the late Albert Galla,in, Mr.. Henry
Schoolcraft, and others.
Dr. Hawkes., few years since, read paper
on the ancient intercourse between China and
the Pacific coast of South America by the
translation Of some ancient Chinese historical
records which fell into his hands, il WAS shown
that they had visited the shores of South
America long anterior TO the existence oil
Columbus. and had given descriptions Of vegc-
table productions, and Of animals, which are
common 10 that region Of country 10 the pre-
sent day
\ singular feature connected with the images
from the Indian graves Of Chiri-
qui. in South America, is the fact, that many
of them bear Il close resemblance TO ancient
Chinese Idols Some Of these we examined
here, also bore close resemblance to E:yp-
tan idols, such a. cr0codilcs, &c; while the
wcll-known bcak Of Egyptian Ibis was promi-
HUH III SCNCIUl WI biiN N'N'' VIZ '''NN
who supplied these graves have been 4 mixed
variety, derived from both Egyptian and Chinese
These discoveries are very Gu
rious and u satisfactory solution Of them must,
after all, be left to plausible coniccture|
The results Of the Democratic Convention at
Syracuse are before Your readers. There is
every probability that the State ticket agreed
upon by both wings Of the party, will be
elected The only spit was Oh the cardidatcS
for Clerk of the Court of Appeals. Tie Hard
Shells Of the Convention having chosen Mir.
Simpson. and The Regency lSolt Shells, Mr..
Lewis. This, however. Will not vary the re-
suit; and from present appearances, there is
every reason TO believe that the Democrats will
sweep the State al the election November.
The Hard Shells, including the Mozart Hall
organization in this city, determined To choose
delegates to the Charleston Convention by the
people in the Districts. This movement has the
popular sympathy oi the party, II being con-
Siderc,l tie most Democratic in spirit and cqul-
table in character
Our limits to-day compel " to omit further
observations on this subject.
We were premature, by week or two, in
announcing the meeting Of the Episcopal Con-
vcntion of this Diocese. 1t, however, comes oil
this month, at ST. johns Church, in this city.
1t is now supposed that if the Nicaragua
route is opened at all, it will lac done by Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, whose line, at present, run
ming via Panama, it is supposed, will be selected
to convey the United States mails.
The theatres, and opera at the academy, all
continue in full blast, and have crowded
houses.
President Mora and suite, eNilcd from Costa
Rico, is still in the city, and receiving the al
tentions of Il number Of friends TrDoR.
The signers of the Declaration OF Independence
The Committee of Plans for the Monument
10 the Signers of the Declaration OF ln,icpcn
lcncc TO be erected in independence Square,
Philadelphia, met at the Metropolitan Hotel, |
New York, on the 9TH instant, and after lengthy !
decided to publish prospectus
. copy of which is to be addressed TO AL arcl- |
lectS and artists throughout the United States, /
setting forth that all plans sent in for the ap- |
probation Of the committee must be drawn upon !
sheets Of paper two feet square, on the scale Of
TWO feet 10 the inch, providing a base OF sixty
Get in diameter, having thirteen sides, and III
zach side niche or cntablature containing
some device representative of each of the thir
cen States, n shaft q. column over all The
ylanS are to be sent in to 4. &. Waterman.
esq. Philadelphia, on or before the lst Of ia
.uary, 1860. The committee have resolved to
ward for the best plan, which will be adopted