New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-30

According 10 his avn hcsOuAe Va AAhSNAAs nii'
Rssde Is gay young roys'erer Oh LON
don, who, tired of his life about town,
,esolves TO seek a new sensation among
the eoriIlas and cannibals of the African
forest. He Is 8 nephew, We understand, OF Mr..
Charles Reade the popular Ell gsh novelist, is evil
IDENTIFY good-natured, coDceited Appant blade,
fond of adventure, and still more fond of his own
pictures of adventure, not over scrupulous as 70
his conduct, and still less Gs TO his associates,
with decided taste for potent liquors, not a oad
shot, and BY no means bad company. lie writes Ia
free and easy, rollicking style, moro in the spirit
of Captain Canot's experience as saVe-'radet
than of Barth or Livingstone, draws no very sharp
line between invention and reality, and when he
sbstains from the absurd, asinine speculations on
politics and ethnology for which he has an unlucky
fancy it is pleasant enough to hear him rattle away
about the mischieyous frolics which he shared, and
did not share in pursuit of the great apes of Area
and as boon companion with the charming barba-
rians of the wilderness.
Mr.. Winwood Resde gets his first taste of African
life at Freetown the capital if it may so be called,
of Sierra Leone. The place is rudely built, en-
circled by mountains cmbosomed In vegetation,
and not without certain picturesque elect, even
In its rudeness. The streets are wide, and soWn
with Bermuda grass. On arriving at the port, the
vessel was at once surrounded by boatfus OF negroes
Who called themselves Englishmen, but who resem-
bled balloons Sierra Leone is the true paradise Oh
the blacks Here the negro is triumphant, and the
white man holds him in awe. The liberated ATT
cans are entitled 10 all the privileges OF Enghsn
subjects. The rich negro of Sierra Leone IS dressea
rs if he had taken a bath in rainbow Ills man-
pers are of the mock heroic order. lie has no love
For the white man; or the contrary, oiteher mates
him with an intense and bitter hatred. Ills sell
love 10 constantly wounded by the pretentious AIRS
Of the English which are as rampant III the settle
ments of Africa as in the streets OF London. Inc
most civil words which they vouchsafe TO the negro
are tinged with condescension which perces HIM
like sword. Many negroes in the colony are
skilled in the usual handicrafts, but they eyince
little creative power. They have a certain tact IN
mechanics, without the genius OF inyention-a
great fuency Of language, without energy IN ideas
"a correct ear for music, without capacity ior
composition. These traits characterize the negro
taken at his best but even these are exhibited only
In rare cases.
The social condition of the Anglo-Afrlcans on
The coast presents many amusing aspects winch our
travelling amateur describes with merry twinkle
of the eve. Hard drinking is as much in vogue as
1t was with the English squires and parsons OF the
old school. II is considered the hight of bad
taste TO be temperate. In every house that
The author entered, O black servant brought
something TO drink, as simple mater OIL
course. In one house 1t would be Chain-
In yIol1apdc ont II G
stone bottle, in third it would he oldVar.aiea
run. A day divided into sips would be wound u
with glorious evening When officers OF govern
neat are drunk they are carried home on the BACKS
Of constabes. Special policemen are furnished Tor
the purpose. Chow touching" romarts MI
Reade, are those provisions Of Nature In
Winter moss grows on the rocks of Lapland for
the susenanee of the reindeer SO in this barbarous
cline, where there ere neither cabs nor wheelbar-
rows, Providence has afforded constabes" Cold
brandy aud water is the national beverage. man
Is esteemed in proportion TO the strength of his tip
pie Moderatemen are milk-sops. AbstiDent onesa are
psriahs. This is the most fatal cause of disease
OIL the West Coast of Africa. But such a life
seems inevitable in the absence of books, Of ath-
Ietic sports, and of female society. For mental
culture in the colonies is at low estate. Nobody
speaks of new books, or Of anything higher than
local gossip or routine.
Arriving Of the mouth Of the Gaboon River Mr..
Resde is brought into closer contact with the full
blooded tribes of the country. The hpongwees
are the most refined tribe Of Central Africa Their
languages possess the softness and melody of Tus-
ran. Their women are handsome and graceful, full
of coouettish airs, and devoted to personal adorn-
uent although their clothing is OF the most scanty
character. They paint themselves with kind Of
rouge obtained from the root Of the camwood tree,
and with white chalk Their skin is soft and glossy
a rich black velvet. But their chief glory is the
hesd-dress They ridge the hair over frizettes to
make it appear abundant, and forming it into fan
tsstic shapes, usually that Of Roman casque, pias-
Der it down with palm oil. They also wear artih-
ca hair in rosetes the ears, and use for hair
powder the scrapings Of fragrant bark. carved
hair-comb Of ivory OF ebony completes the array.
Strings of different colored beads tsstefully ar
ranged around their necks, and on their legs ard
ankles are hugo brass rings, made out Of the rods
that are used for staircases.
The men of the tribe are not without a certain
touch of dandyism. They love TO walk with an old
umbrells-stick, and to hear their cloth trailing
behind them on the ground. But they are men Of
business, and all speak English more or less.
Wealth is their standard Of nobility. They are po-
Ute, shrewd close Observers Of character indolent
Of body. keen Of brain, and dishonest on large
scale They disdain to pifer, Preferrng to swindlo
An q businesslike manner. They have wonderful
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