The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-19


Captain Burtou's Address about the Dlhomans,
lefore the Social Science Congress, contained
much interesting matter Ia the ccurso OF II he
said
"Cartar W. S Cumming IS TIC first Hueli'h-
men tbst vi.uCd uUlUman monatc.' since
bis day O7.Gh ue custom hg' oyIn !. .B1',',ty ~ !
place uuly attCr tho death OF King, Inc! celc- |
brute the annual rites In ,p'Cudor and iu b,olu- |
sh,G. Travellers give terrible accounts ol lnT
Slaughter which nCCumpAui,, tic tlts' pi'eu
l7llj said IN lasted three mOdhai ana were
marked aruUsf every dny with human hlOod.
Captain H. ylor and Mr llCrg, Governor ol Ap.
ta'uuiu, wUto present. sud butu gii!rm tuW NOT
les. than SO mon, women, Rud children were
sacrificed. Y1C last g and customs were U'r-
tuutG iu NU'Cmutrt 1850, by tho pWslnt
sovereign 10 honor Of the mancs OF his
.attcr. Tic horrors ui tht rite we're exaggerated
with r'diCulou. 8aiunct, IL aa, req prtcd that
tbt king Auatud q cBuon, aud pAddled himself 10
Rtauk iull Of human blood. The report ato G
from the custom of col Cctiug the gore Of the VIC
tirrs in pits about twO feet deep and four feet
diameter. The rcports Ot Wesleyan missionaries
! show that vury little change las taken pa'e in
! REGARD To- the plumber Of victims. The yearly
tuttumS form cont nua'iOnS OF thc grand custom,
! and periodically supply departed monarch
| with icsb attendants 10 q shauUWy world. Tho
! Daholnprs declare ths this word is man plan-
! 4tiou, ana the next l. li.hJuC Ihty, 0i course,
! own 10 future state OF rewards ana pual-um ul.'
! The numb,r Gt victims has hcCn etdty swollen
! by revolt Mr. james, at the beginning OF tue
| plCtCrt century, found the maximum OF thcec
! several ears TO bc GJ. Commissioner tOrpe1
| owns that In the laer years OF tho last binE
! uign. not mutC than thirty six ltAus Iei'
! During my second visit fOty mon were put .
death. I presume that al equal uum'er OF
! WUtItu we're sCut 20 tle next Weridi hhE So
! the executions took place within tue paace
| TIE men were al CT m mats and " n capuYcs no
] iuuOlCuj DahOman Is ever killed on th he occA.
ftOu-, and che KING imprisons those &C used on
capital oiIonses. lie is 30 rart ular about The
FhuA Vl.V,f Itpu IS
/ Coruuers' iuyuCsts must CerIty every death, ana
| cert is that It has not been violent. In umc or
| execution il the hour Of darkness. Tue Puhlic
! ttuys within doors, under pain Of death. Iuo
| king p, rsunully euperiuteuds tue Executions
! Sutut r. ubNLd, hnd Others are bthtAleu Dy
| u, MuphWD, OF tmior The s.cpnt Minis er
| aso takes hi, pat IN the tragedy. After death
the lOdiCg are exposed in the mNtk'tpltCe lpt
a few GAYS after which they arc cast into the city
/ dt Gu. rs not, however, Gt tlo customs That
the pcat loss Of ic takes place. As ia the Hrea!
| rerin aud a. Thumasi the capital OF hshAuu'
! elmo { every day w'tncsScs me deed OF boOd.
| Whatever acton, however trivia, is performed
by the kiug, Il must be reported to his sire a
' Ctim, most always @ war captive, Is chosen
the IL sssgc is delivered TO him, IN in'o%itatng
Gfaugut OF run follows Il, aud bt Is de'p pNeheh
IN the best Of humOrs. heard OF only one case
where tho victim objected TO lose his litci ont
those who were prepared for tue various Cerem, /,
my movements. At my request tue ktug par
dOnCd about half Of them, but nc one Thanked nc.
THE NEGRO.
DR.. Gibb read a paper on che negro in wbo0
throat re said tlU!c was some difference from
th Of the wb man l, the lnNanaOle pre-
surCe Of the ca a-ilago OF Unsbcrp, which is only
occasional or rudiment ~ in the whie; z, III,
ob'iquity Of vocil chords in the negro, wncl
are .lay in the white. Dr. Gibb disclalmed al
intention Of introducing or deciding any contro
very upon the negro, though, he said, he kae'
the adIOca.ts of negro interiOrity would s.H
upon what nc sad. DR.. Crisp said the assertion
were based upon too few illustrations aud in
stances Of 10th white and back to be entlrel
credible; but. granting thcm true, none of th
T facts were Indications OF iufeIiOrity They IN St
he the mere result of dHereut atmespher3-
a difference akin TO that Of color. Dc. II 'ato
5 asked pr. Gibb if he had discover any spei
. function for the alditi1nal cartilage ot the negr
/ pr. Glib said he could not, Mr.. Carter B'at
: .8il that the iegrOs throat was like that OF Il
a . monkey