Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-03

CANNIBALLsM IN ALGERIA:

The Courier des Etdts URis gives an
account OF shocking exhibition Of can
nibalism in French Algeria, near the
little town Of TfRret, on the border of
the Desert. The eXtenuating cireum-
stances-snd there are always eztenua-
ting circumstance in French colonies as
well ss in FraDoe-Were that a terrible
famine was raging, and that the pOpula-
ton was dying at the rate OF twenty q
day. o. five men who were arrested,
four died before the investigation was
completed. The other Was tried and
condemned to hard labor for life. It ap-
pears that while search was being made
for some murderers, the police officers
came across q tent which they thought
proper to search. An Arab wss seated
in the middle Of the lent. Opposite him
was a woman about thirty years Of age.
Between the two was an esrthen pot,
filed with bits Of q .sh, si1mering over
q fire. At one corner of the tent were
goat skins, piled one on top of another.
0ae was filled with rags, string aud
some pieces OF wool, and another with q
haic and two barnous. In the third
were found Two arms ana two legs, fresh
ly severed from q human body. The
immobiliiy OF the Arab seemed strange.
seen that he had been seated on the
trunk OF body, from which the limbs
had been cut OFT. Tne meat in the pot
was human mesh. the grains OF cayenne
pepper which fiJsted on the top showed
that the seasoning had not bsen forget
ten. The victim was young man vino
had come from the interior to attend
market at TisTet. He divided his pro-
visions with the people OF the tent,
whose hospitality he accepted. During
his sleep they straDgled him, and then
cut off his head. This happened on
French SOIL and, as the French say, IN.
der the eyes OF the French authorities.
THE NEW ZEALAND MaSSA CR&
The circumstances of this horrible ca
lamity are described as follows 4 party
of natives OF ths Hsu-Hau tribe VINO haG
escaped from the Chatham Islands, q
penal settlement, landed on the east
coast of New Zsa and, and on N0yem.
Der 10, 1888, suddenly attacked the set
tlemsnt at Matawhero, near Ggrangau III
in Poverty Bay, the place where the
great navigator, Oapt. Cook, Afst landed
in that islsad. Some few Of the settlers
managed 10 escape IFOm the ensuing
massacre to TuraDganui, from whence
they went in two small coasling craft,
which happened to pass the bay st the
time, to Napier and Auckland. Fifty
three persons in all were butchered and !
mangled in cold blood. Every house in |
the settlement was destroyed, crops, /
stock and everything we're burned up, !
and one OF tho most prosperous settle. (
ments on the east coast OF New Zealand |
has been blotted cuG of the map. The (
white peTs0ns-men, women /
and children-WeTe murdered with the /
most aggravated barbarity, their heads /
being beaten to pieces, and thsiC bodies /
stabbed repeatedly with bayOnets. The /
escaped Chatham Island prisoners were |
joined by other Oissffected natives till /
their force amounted to 7o0 men, under /
the leadership OF young Maori named 1
Te KootI, Tney are sill ia the sane 4
district, and with the exception OF hay /
ing been twice attacked and defeated by .
friendly natives with q small loss, are |
there being no L European /
force in the vicinity 10 contend with .
them. The most excited feeling on the |
suIis sct prevails among the settlers, ana .
serious charges OF incapaeity are made 1
against the Government officers for not 1
putting an end to this state Of affairs, /
BENEFIT OF FORESTS.
The Sandwich Islands afford the best /
extant Of the theory that /
forest growth c0nduoes to the production /
Of moisture. They are, as all we'll know,
Of thin, barren s0ii, having sprung from
the ocean st the call Of some earthquake
fleUd. Indeed, all the coil surface they
possess may be said 20 have been formed
since their emeTgenee by detrition CT
rocks and decay Of mineral substance.
Vegetation was ct lsst unknown, but
since the islsnds have been turned 20 &C.
count for agricultural purposes, aud with
each years increase in tTOl ie 81 vegeta-
ton, rains are becoming more plenty.
1t is within the memory of many of the
inhabitants when several months of the
year were sntlfely drY. Now oOpious
showers fall during ell the months, and
their increase in numbers and quantities
keeps pace with the enterprise and taste
Of the citiz ans In planting groves and
-aisi,,.-- s.,"4Atz- and not to say anything
of the vegetable and natural growth OF
he country,