The New York herald., 1868-02-25


ling community,
Du Chniiiu's Lcctures-The Wonders Of Az.
rica-Negro Tribes and Races OF Men.
We notice that the famous African explorer.
Du Chailu, will deliver lecture, the second
Of course Of three lectures, at S;einway Hall
tomorrow Wednesday, evening, on "A Jour.
ney to the Cannibal Country OF equatorial
Africa, in which he will give an account OF
his extraordinary adventures in that previously
unknown region, with descriptions OF the
country, people and animals, elephant hunting,
serpents, slave baracoons and SO forth. On
Friday afternoon next mis- concluding lecture
at the same place will b. on the negro tribes
he found there, on their habits and mode OF
worship, and on the races and types O. man
kind. Though his frs lecture was specially
on tue gorilla, his audience will hear doubtless
more about that wonderful animal, which h~
was The first to discover, in the course of The
adventures he will relate. All these things
will be illustrated by numter oil beautiful
diagrams, many of which were photographed
on the spot, and all Of which have been care
fully prepared, to give truthful impression Of
the wonders of equatorial Africa.
There seems to be IN the course OF Proyi-
dence, or Of the accidental occurrences Of life,
whichever people may choose to call it, re-
markable fitness In the discoveries of science
to the existing and growing necessities OF man-
kind. When population in tho civilized c0un-
tries OF the world began to increase and
spread greatly, and when the earth began to
groAn under the weight Of agricultural and
mechanical productions, demand ng the means
OF more general and rapid communication and
diffusion, the locom otive and the railway were
invented. When the intellect Of the age
.hrobped to find an on let in the rapid trans
mission from city to city and country to coun-
try, Q myst rious power OF the magnetic tele-
graph was discovered. SO might bs noticed
many other inventions and discoveries coming
in the fulness Of tins to answer the purpose
OF q growing civilization. And now, when
people everywhere, AMI particularly in this
country, are profoundly considering the races
and types OF mankind and their relative Ca
pacity ior advancement In tho scale of civili-
zation, with their alsp. ability or not to ANAL
gamate with each other, Mr.. Du Chaillu COMES
with his discoveries among the negro tribes Of
| . part OF Africa not known before. This
question of the races and types OF mankind
s emnently the philosophy Of the day.
and in tho true sense Of that term, which
Is to ascertain facts or truth, with the causes Of
things and their phenomena, MI. Du Chaillu Is
pre-emlnently one Of tn, philosophers Of the
time. He shows US the nature, condition and
habits Of race in the centre of the oldest
| continent OF the globs and under the burning
sun Of the equator-of many tribes Of that
race which are entirely primitive and which
had never come in contact with civilized men
before Ho shows US that the negroes, though
perhaps the Oldest race Of mankind, have
never in their own country been able TO
emerge from barbarism, and that even when
they have becoma partly civl!z,d in other
countries under the guardianship Of the white
man they relapse in.o barbarism again when
lett to themselves. In Africa he discovered.
too, the gorilla and other apes which approach
nearest to man, and Is enabled, consequently,
after studying for years their habits and
structure, to inform us what affinity they have
TO min. l! will be interesting to the proud
Caucasian race--to our beautiful ladies'
especially, who are Little less than divine, or
only littl- lower than tn. anscls--to know
whether their ancestors were woolly-headed
negroes, gor'las or chimpanzees. One thing
is certain, rs the philosopher Du Chaillu dis
covered, the ladies Of the present day have
copied the fashion OF wearing chignons from
the barbarian belle, of inler.or Africa. This,
at least, shows decided aft ,ity.
But as we minated befor,, Mr.. Du Chaillu's
explorations and studies among the negro
tribes may not only prove interesting to Us
jus! now In historical or an chronological
point OF view, but useful also as we are endea.
voring to elevate the negroes to- an equality
with ourselves and TO give them q political
power TO control our own destiny. 1t is an
astounding expcriment-such IN experiment.
In fact, as no nation or civilized people ever
dreamed oil before. II is well to learn a. much
as We can, therefore, Of the primitive nature
and the intellectual capacity of people who
are to WELD the balance of power in this great
republic. Du Chaillu can enlighten us, pro-
baby, on the affinity or want OF affinity
between ourselves and people who are to be
made, according to the radical Congressional
policy, our equals both politically and so