Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-12-26

ground tnat ullerent Localities and different tribes
are spoken OF. The general conclusion, however,
must be, If Dr. Livingstone's statement be gener-
ally taken, that the Aieric4ns who have not been
accustomed to slavery, possess virtues, refine
msnls end mqxIms that might put to shame all
the civilization Of white Europe and America
! One Of the mos. interesting subjects, to the
moro interesting OF the two classes Of Df. Liz
ngstJn's readers, will no that devoted 10 the des
crptiOa of African ladies. Taken generally,
woman has no vi time OF il in the districts which
| the party trayers9d, though, II she and the VII.
| lage 20 which she belongs happen o captured
by the slave Dealers sho su1ers, besides the CON
mon mlser5, the little humiliation Of being con-
sldered lees valuable than her iellow-c4ptiye
man, by yard OF cotton cloth. -Four yards
are given for a male the market price ol the
woman Is three. La their free homes Dinah is
mistress ana master too. AT klllimanlaro, the
| women are the traders, and vii not admit a
man to make sales IN the market.place In
some districts, where the husband IS permitted
| to sell, be is only the good lady's factor. We
Ind one who, having sold goat without refer
ring ~ his vile, was soundly rated by the busl-
ness-llke woman who felt heTselt insuled
Do Jou think you are unmarried % asked
! The lrate lady Why, what sort Of a man arc
/ y0u? These .t40ng minded women ore not
/ PenelOpes. husbands too long absent al the
chase or IN war are sometimes too hastily pro-
nounced dead, and their dignites given to a sue
ccssor. Polyganous husbands, OF cluIsa, are
tie most respected ior they are richest in cattle,
and can lot only suppJr. the greatest number
oi Nges, but The oldes. ana richest Of eucn
wOoers obtain the youngest. ana pret.iest girls
/ IA A a. E.
has ltt chance OF Winning the durky Young
glrl OF his affections. WLyn he counts his head
VI cattio by thousands be can procure more
young wives than ha wants These ladies do
not comprehend how England can be happy and
powerful, seeing tha, 10 man can keep more
than one wife, which 10 them has a mean and
shabby aspect. Notwithstanding all this, there
are true hearts enesth some Of these dark and
c0mey bosoms. We read Of one girl who rather
than marry as Aer chief would have her, and
her iuclinati0ns would not, slew herself, and
escaped what to her was degradation Added
to this impassioneI feeling there is mixture OF
hne mUdcsty and curiosity among them. One
can pardon the curiosity which prompts them
to take q shy glance at white man bathing
they would see II his body be really as disgust
nsy pale as bis face. There is 10 such &c rn.
ui uenauce Of cency IN Africa IS may BE- seen
in many EogIlsh watering places. Some Of the
prevailing ideas OF modesy are, no doubt, con-
ycutionsl lat such has been the case in the
regions Of the sublime and beautiful. When
PenthesiIa was dying, the sole anxiety Of that
Incarceration OF loyenness was that some dear
friend would be good enough to see that ler feet
were covered and her bosom exposed
la matters 0! fashion, there is quite as much
huttef IL the savage as IN the civilized mind
The warm brown beauties (ueither they nor the
men are full +" niggers" IN this distTct) stand
before you, upright Us huely-chlse.ed columns,
graceful as lawns The waterp0ts on their heads
become them more than bonnie would. II il
be a time Of day whea water pots are not to be
borne, the Young ladies are to be seen dressed,
in the utmost rgor Of the prevailing mode
Seec: auy one Of them, and you will fad that
Of the beads about her hair her collars gorgets
and necklaces, her armlets, wrstlets, chains and
clasps about her legs and ankles, there is not
one that is not in the latest fashion II is true
thai With all ,his sh8 hos selrcaiya o. iar,a!ng's
worth OF cloth about her Bo, what then
4" G eq Ia mO7e Dia clere ~ and ladies in the
French revolution wole lis.lo more, and that
was semi-trlnspAreut.
Ii ia certain that thesl coy dumsels (ior there
is no absence Of native modesty among ;hem)
looked with considerable disgus, on the men in
bags, as the trousered whites were called. Even
the less fastidi0us matrons Quieled their children
by threatening . ie Cd the white man to bite
them Ia Their eyes Dr. Living stone, busy with
the wet and dry bulb therm9meters, was an
object Of pity, playing with vs. like little
boy bur when ,hey b held travellers sprcading
butter, raw butter, ou tiair bread, heir disgust
was beyond ,xpresslon. They ou use butter,
afer melting it, to arour thei. head and bodies,
and they gszsd, rs w should z -ze Il Musej
vie uob.tman were 20 seat himself IN Balgraye-
tquare. and breakfast in the open air, on what
Musc1vlte s,0m-cts could orc' digest, ,allow
candies
Apart iron, feelings that sfose iron contrasts
of hlbis. there was uniyersll appreciation
a among men aud women OF the ob ec,s Of the ex-
petition. All lenssd iur the time when the
land should be a, rest from war and slavery.
The chiefs VINO practiced both easily comprehend. /
ed that tue sowing and swelling Of cotton, and
honest trade generally, would be more produc
tive 10 the oud tlau capturing ond selling men,
The only obstacles in the way are the Ajawas
who deal in human flesh, and the P0rtugese
who encourage the traffic. These obstacles, 1t
is to be hoped, will soon cease, and the Chris .
tan race, who were the first TO establish and
are the last TO protect this aoGursed traffic, will
speedily abolish 1t, under honest inward conyic- +
ton or external and irresistible cOmpuslOn,