Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-04-11

put are suspended 0y the leet ~ ene walls, and left hanging until they putrliy.
 Perhaps, however, the most extra,rci nary fact connected with this barbapus horde, Is, that all the women are moheto- lized by the sovereign; and that no ms vidual can possess himself of either w'k or concubine except by gift of, or purchase from the king; and whether the lady ot young or old, handsome or the reverse, sht must be equally acceptable to the slave te whom she Is given or sold The king keeps of course, goodly seraglio to himself, anc at his death his wives and concubines fal to murdering each other, till the carnage be stopped by the interference of a new king After these statements, it will only appear consistent and natural that the tiger should be the principal tetiche or object of worship, among the Diahomians."
 From the Boston Journal of Dec 29, 1850
 "The advices brought to England by the last West African mail state that the monster who is now king of Dahomey has actually sacrificed 1700 human beings in honor of his predecessor, and intends to complete the number of victims to 2500 Ten European traders, probably Spaniards or Portuguese, have been retained by him at Abo.Sy Y, in order that they may be wit ncsses ofthese appalling sacrifices.
 LoANGo.
 "The inhabitants usually reside in vil- lages or clusters of straw huts, in the midst of palm groves. They seem to be in the lowest state of degradation, being incorrigibly indolent, debauched, filthy, cowardly and superstitious in the extreme. 7"
 The extracts from McCulloch will be found under the various heads or names of countries, as arranged in the extracts above.
 THE NIGGER IN THE WEST INDIES.
 It Is well understood that the British government, about thirty years ago, in order to effect the abolition of slavery in the southern States of the Union, in the existence of which the keen eyes of British saw the ultimate commercial and financial supremacy of this republic in the world, adopted the policy of emancipation in the West Indian possessions. The results of that policy have been demonstrated by time, and it's failure is thus acknowledged by the London Times, the great organ of public opinion in Engiand:
 From the London Times.
 "Our legislation has been dictated by the presumed necessities of the African slave. After the emancipation act, a large charge was assessed upon the colony in aid of civil and religious institutions for the benefit of the enfranchised negro, and it was hoped that these colored subjects of the British crown would soon be assimilated to their fellow citizens. From all the in formation which reaches us, no less than from the visible probabilities of the case, we are constrained to believe that these hopes have been falsifed. The negro has not acquired with his freedom any habits of industry or morality. His independence is little better than that of an uncaptured brute. Having accepted few of the re straints of civilization, he is amenable to few of its necessities, and the wants of his nature are so easily satisfied, that at the current rate of wages he is called upon for nothing but fitful or desulatory exertion. The blacks, therefore, instead of becoming intelligent husbandmen, have become and squatters, and 1t is now ap- prehended that with the failure of cultiva- tion in the island, will come the failure of its resources for instructing oL controlling its population. ooimment does this con appear, that memorials has been signed by classes of colonial society hith- erto standing aloof from politics, and not only the bench and the bar, but the bishop, clergy, and ministers of all denominations in the island, without exceptions, have recorded their conviction that, in the ab- sence of timely relief, the religious and education institutions of the island must be abandoned, and the massess of the pop ulation retrograde to barbarism.''
 THE NIGGRR IN HAITI.
 It IS well known to our intelligent readers that the negro has been free in Hayti for nearly century He has maintained a government there, such as it is, for nearly eighty years. Sometimes 1t has been an empire, as under Soulougue, and some times republic, as it is now. But, after nearly eighty years of freedom, the follow ing picture is presented of the progress of the negro in civilization, christianity, re- ligion and morals:
 From Franklin's Sketches of Havti. British
 cit has been asserted that the negroes are as capable of receiving instruction in morality. religion, and every branch of science, as the people of any other nation or color. This 1 shall not attemptt to deny; but it may not be improper to say, that very few instances have yet been adduced to support such theory, and that Hayti is an illustration of the contrary being the fact, for with all the advantages, with all the opportunities which Christopher af forded his people to improve their minds, and to seek for knowledge in the various branches of science, very few indeed have been found who have raised themselves above mediocrity, whilst thousands have been found incapable of tuition or have rejected instruction altogether
 From Mezeres' Letter to Sismondi. French
 "The negro is only grown child, shal- low, light, tickle, thoughtless, neither keenly sensible of joy. nor of sorrow, i'm provident. without resources, in his spirits CT his soul. Careless. like other sluggards rest, singing, his women, and his dress form the contracted limits of his taste. say nothing of his affections, for affections properly So callol, are too strong for sou so soft, 50 inactive as his.''
 I,ho l,e+ +wo avtr,ot- gors Progress of America, vol. l, pages lls5- G. l From McGreggor's Progress of America, British
 vol. l, page llS7.
 Petion adopted system of relaxation which involved the greatest fiscal diflicul tiis, and all the evils inseparable from al ipIolant ou1 nf,or porpl,t:o.