The New York herald., 1873-12-15
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Britain after careful nurture OF such settlement
as tnis it would have prepared nursery Of
disciplined negroes as auxiliaries in time OF need.
Nothing OF the kind. The only en1cient force OF
Sierra Leone natives have been able to see Is
composed OF the few constables who perambulate
the town, baton in hand, TO crack the
heads OF the unruly. What she has been able
to effect in the way OF a constabu!ary force ought
10 have suggested 10 her the raising Of faithful
cohort or military natives. It has not been done,
however, and she has heen obliged to despatch
OF her West India egions TO protect her pos
sessions here and not only here, but her possess
sessions along the coast. Her West India negroes
fine, tall fellows marvels ofdiscipline showing
what might be done with the raw material Of
Sierra Leone. Perhaps Great Britain, good nurs-
ing mother she is. has failed in this instance BY
proceeding too tenderly with her black children or
Sierra Leone. 1t seems to me she has aimed az
too high standard OF excellence in her mode OF
dealing with these people. Mostly all OF rs on
board the Benin destined for the war wished to prof.
cure servants out we found servants scarce, while
applicants for clerksnips far exceeded the de-
mand. Indeed no not know that any or us were
eneminate or so luxurious as to demand clerk
to write our letters from the palace OF King Coee,
at Coomassie while we really needed black SER.
wants. who could stand the climate, to carry our
baggage to Coomasse. The applicants OF Sierra
Leone said they could do anything from reading
the Bible to making long prayers for our success
in the field; but wnen we asked them II they could
carry few pounds OF canned meat for us at shil.
ling day they mostly all demurred at the ignoble
task. In almost every street in Sierra Leone
heard the voices OF praise and vocal prayer from
the numerous aspirants to clerkships, and, per-
haps, civil service employ; but am compelled to
deny that heard the sound OF mallet and chisel,
lf RINGING SOunCk
of hammer anvil or OF forge, which to my,
practical mind would have been far sweeter..
There. IS virgin land in the neighborhOod OF
Sierra Leone yet untitled; there are buildings in
the town yet unfinished; there roads for COM
merce yet to be made The wealth Of the African
interior yet waits TO be admitted into the capa-
cious harbor OF Sierra Leone for the enrichment OF
the fond nursing mother OF races, who sits dreamily
teaching her children how to cackle instead Of
how to work.
OUT OF THE RIVER.
After halt OF IL hours the Benin turns
from Sierra Leone, and at the mouth OF the
river passes the wreck Of the steamer Nigritia-
three fourths OF which splendid steamer are above
water-and which was lately sold Tor the
OF $1,000 in gold, when, | should say, the
sum of $4,000 would have been cheap
for it, IL is not too late yet for.
some enterprisng American to charter a couple OF
Sierra Leone and that OF the Monrovia which lies a.
quarter OF a mile on Cape Palmas The upper parts
Of both vessels are uninjured. Clever people set
ting out with all the appliances might make an inn
mense sum out OF the venture. The latter vessel
was almost new vessel, and cost sSoo,o00 Strik-.
ing reef OF Palmas Point, she was at once run
full speed on the beach, where she now lies
sALuTING THE SHORE A SABLE REPUBLIC.
We steamed by Liberals low wooded shores
without giving chance to observe how the
sable republic nourishes through personal view
o! things. Report speaks evilly or her-of her
pride and her vanity, OF the disnclinationi
OF her children for work and their pretensiOn
to high sounding titles and high places,
Those on board the Benin who have stopped
at Liberia say that mostly every other
man is styled an honorable; that the people are
ionder OF standing IN groups in the streets TO dis
cuss politics than OF bringing the produce Of the
rich back country into the markets for sale. which,
il true, is very disneartening.
AN HONORABLE NATIVE.
or Cape Palmas lad the pleasure OF seeing one
OF the Liberian honorables, who introduced him.
self to me the Hon. John Marshall, named after
the Hon. John Marshall, Chief Justice, or old Vlr-
ginia.
Said he II was born in old vrginny, sir; q good
old State, sir. was named after old John Mar
shall, sir. You may have heard OF him, sir-the
Chief Justice, sir. l have been here seventeen
years, sir, now, and we are improving a little by
little, sir. Liberia is an infant State, sir: but
there's life and a certain amount OF promising fn-
ture in her, sir. On, yes, sir. do not feel dis
couraged at all, SIR rather have !, have ALL sir.
cause to regard the prospects OF Liberia as being
very hopeful, sir. Good afternoon, sir II
you were to stop here week, sir,
should feel honored by your making
my poor house your home, sir Good
day, sir. pleasant voyage to you, sir.n and the
pleasant faced simple hearted old gentleman
vanished into his canoe. in which he was rowed
ashore by parcel OF naked Kru boys
CAPE PALMAs
is said to be the healtnest part on the West Coast
OF Africa, and, looking at its position exposed to
the healthy winds Of the Atlantic, 1t does not re-
qulre much stretch OF reason to be informed of its
saubrity. The highest point on the cape Is 75
feet above the sea- and fine, substantial houses
occupy the commanding sites. graceful clump or
two OF palms adding beauty and life to the little
rocky peninsula. The little colony, who have
called their town Harper as tribute 10 Mr.. Il. G.
Harper, or Baltimore, who has distinguished him.
sell as a sincere philanthropist the cause OF
the poor African, have erected q capital light
house. but as the Monrovia struck reef or q rock
500 athoms Off the extremity OF the cape, the pas
sage by this point on dark night is not Without
its dangers.
KRuMEN
One of the most singular tribes, according to all
accounts. the West Coast OF Africa is the Kru or
Kroo, tribe, who are commonly called Krumen.
They hire themselves out at shilling day per
capita to every steamer and man-ofwar destined
for the Southern ports, and by this means the
white crews are saved much danger. They are the
most athletic people I ever saw. The masses or
corded muscle one sees on the arms of some Of
these people are absolutely astounding The
largest have seemed as large as the half OF a
80 pound cannon ball clapped on q human arm,
while the amorphous muscles OF the hips and hams
and calves give many OF them a most ungainly gait
in walking The Krus are remarkable for their
good nature and, like all tribes in Eastern Central
and Western Africa, tighten their labor in the