The New York herald., 1868-11-17

NJ Du ChaiIiu was interpreted to the audience by
Professor O. l. Peet the principal OF the institution.
into the wds Of he
with an account Of the country, the manners and
Equatorial Africa, he said, the natives make four
kinds OF drink from the palm tree. One Is made
ssy ss s
sugar cane, for 1t made their heads SICK In that
country he had to beware Of everythng-the natives
worst kind were abundant, scorpions and
iIen.psaes' Iys u It ", was not nice country to
hundreds Of miles without meeting q human
| being. The forests contained no game, and he
sparse, and the few people that are there night
continually against each other, killing all young and
| the institutions Of the country hinge on slavery.
Their wealth consists in the number OF wives, who
who has 800 wives lie inquired how many nS cSdren %
he had; when the King replied between 600 and 100.
wen they 70 o s sS: Sn u Ths
him. No one is supposed to die natural death.
ayn S 70 De and
made OF numbers. He reached q range OF noun
tains pointing them out on the mapi. He founf
he heard loud shouts-the natives crying The spirit
is come" The natives surrounded him, armed to the
In the skins OF animals. They carried large battle
axes ana shields made OF elephant hides. Tho
poles. % He felt somewhat afraid The King did not
want to see him FOR three days, declaring that he Du
Chalu) had come In whirlwind and that IL 1t touch
ed him he would be swept away. It was curious
superstition among all the kings OF this country that
none OF them would see him till he had been three days
In the country. The village he now found himself In
was small, with long street, the houses not over
six feet high; the walls were made OF the bark or
trees. The King came to see him accompanied by
his queen and number OF warriors. The King at
last said he was not afraid. In the evening he in-
vited the King to come and receive presents; gave
him beads ana clothes and a looking glass; At this
the King humbled, he made faces put out his tongue;
he saw the tongue come out and ne swore tne Devil
yyaa thara hpv gpQ haC m ora
King and his people, The cannibals were brave and
great hunters. When they KIN men IN battle they
the best eating, that they were very tender; the
girls about eighteen being the best. The old men,
They the worst kind or cannbals, for they ear
the dead. It was In this country he killed the first
he had the skins Of twenty goriIIas. One day while
hunting he heard great noise ana went In the
direction OF the sound. He then discovered an ami
thaginian, in whose day the first gorilla that any
| account has been given OF was seen: He saw the
bush and could hear the palpitation Of his own
heart at the horrible sound OF the unknown animal.
Suddenly he heard the roar OF the gorilla the king
Of the African forest, the animal at the same time
showing his terrible teeth. His eyes were gray and
deeply sunk, and for Q while he did not know
| gorilla did not seem afraid, but advanced
| towards him. thought must Kill him or he would
me- and as he came near shot him In the chest and
| larly shot, He was dead at once. Tie gorilla was
six feet high; the arms were nine feet two inches IN
leneth, OF u eat strength and full OF hair the chest
bare and perfectly black; the foot was like that
of giant OF great strength; he never had seen such
| monster. The males are very fierce, the females
not fierce; the male sleeps under the tree where
the female rests with her young and when the male
| who may approach. lie killed one gorilla so
old that 1t had lost all its teeth. The female
0ns ona h Sus one eeras sv but
| he never succeeded In tanning one OF them. The
Of gorilla is prcaigous he v saw rees @ broken en-
berries and nuts. He opened the stomachs OF oil he
had Killed and never found anything but vegetable
food In the stomach. rrhe lecturer then described
| how the gorilla came nearest to man, the orang
| outang, or gbbon, next, and then the chimpanzee
ference in the length OF the arms, the regularity IN
| the spinal column, &c. The number OF bones IN Q
nS s9r @ m ee e ali
the foot, which was reversed in a,n:, man The =,
in the amount Of brain between them, &c, The
his audience, the mutcs, who seemed to pay the
greatest attention to the Interpreter, every move
great earnestness, displaying on their countenances
consciousness and a knowledge VI every word thaS
the close e''I Mr. Roam addressed the mutes by
| signs, signifyrng that vote OF thanks should be
given to Mr.. Du Chaillu for his Kindness In coming
before them and treating them to such an interesting
| lecture. The members OF the association signifed
their appreciation and pleasure al this by capping
| OF hands. The audience then dispersed
| Mrs. Grundy al Steinway Hall-Lecturc Of
Mr.. DE C0rdovn.
An uncommony fun house greeted Mr.. De Cordovs
| last evening at Stenway Hall to listen to his new
| lecture on the well known Mrs Grundy." This beIS
| dame is, in the eyes OF many, somewhat fearful
monitor. and hence many came to hear her humor-
ousy described and pictured by the gifted lecturer,
who commenced his essay by declaring that this self
same Mrs. Grundy was not bad as painted though
black enough she was still entitled to respect,
as she frowns down public vice. But II was not or
that Mrs. Crundy he would speak, but OF the minor
Mrs. Grundys who are as numerous as leaves In VAL
lambrosa and who assume to rule and tyrannize
society, the Mrs. Grundys OF the great middle class
lie then humorously detailed how Mrs. Grundy as
sumes to educate people, how she moulds them into
polished automatic humbugs, pretends to tell how to
hold fork, how to go to theatre, how to make calls
how to bow to ladies, and how this savage old wo-
| man exacts many other little humbugs In order to
get humbugged herself Why, said he, as entered
| this building had at the demand OF Mrs. Grundy,
TO put on white Kid gloves and take them Off as soon
as presented myself before you. Mrs. Grundy thinks
that they we're new, but the poor old fool Is num-
bugged for they are not such. Mrs. Grundy you find
everywh here all over this house False har ,ne ec
| paid to Mrs. Grundy. Woollen cloth IL warmer than
SILK in winter; but Mrs. Grundy y looking on de-
mauds silk and silk IL must be- And this Mrs. Grundy
| IA a very changefu old woman. Ten years ago men
| wore coats down almost to their heels; now, Tor
| fear OF Mrs. Grundy, they wear them scarce below
their hips Fifty years ago Mrs. Grundy poohpoohed
theatres: twenty years ago she would hardly be seen
| at the dress circle; Two years ago she denounced
! allack Crooku and now she denounce5 opera
| bOuGe: but she has violent attack OF the Grecian
Bend, and the time may yet come when Mrs. Grundy
will invite gentlemen to join her In cancan. In the
| towns OF the interior Mrs. Grundy Is still worse. on
the lrst day OF your arrival she will know who you
| are and where from; the second day she Will havo
found out what your previous calling was and what
for you came; on the third, what you live on. what
| YOU have to pay your way, and will pr0phesy that
you will never pay; and on the fourth she Will know
what church you belong to, and on the nth she VIII
take you to pieces bit by bic so that you may gladly
wish you had never been born.
The recital OF the family scenes at the SIMPSONS
was happily illustrated by many well told references
to every day experiences OF ife-how the regard OF
how the neighbors live, whether within or beyond
their income, aroused them TO make digger
| showr Themselves so as to keep up with society
and keep down the tongue OF Mrs. Grundy. He