Richland beacon., 1873-09-06

ware, as We do of old china. and occa.
slonally gives champagne breakfast
to the traders.
There are many people in England
who suppose that the treacherous na-
tlves are always in state Of latent
hostility, regarding white men as intru-
ders, and yearning to shake off the TO-
reign yoke. 1t would, however, be Just
as reasonable to imagine conspiracy
OF landlords to drive away the English
from Paris and the Rhine. Whether
we are beloved on either continent is
doubtful, but in each our presence is
ar'ently desired. The negroes are de-
pendent upon us for the clothes which
they wear, the rum which they drink.
the tobacco which they smoke. the
weapons and powder which they use in
war, hunting, and festivities our beads
arc their iewelry; we import iron for
their spear-heads; even the idols which
they worship are often manufactured at
birmingham. In Out-Of-the-way parts,
where trade is intermittent and mncer-
tam, the natives have recourse to the
black-art to draw vessels to their river.
and sometimes human sacrifices are
made upon the bar, that the ship NAV
pass over it in safety. When this has
been accomplished, the whole town
breaks out into dance and song. "Now, 1"
they cry, eve shall have beads Now
We shall have tobacco Now we shall
have rum -
The old vOyagers speak of the
Mpongwe as rude and savage people,
but several generations of intercourse
with Europeans have rendered them re-
fined In their appearance, courteous and
persuasive in their manners. Even
their language has been changed it is
soft and melOdious, differing much fir m
the harsh cultural dialects of the bush
people, who are nevertheless their kins-
men. The Mpongwe havc slaves to do
their woOd-cutting and garlen-wOrk,
such kind of labor among the poorer
tribes devolves upon the squaws. Hence
the coast ladies are genteel, and can
give due attention to the business of
the toilet. They paint their cheeks,
and sometimes their chins, with rouge
extracted from the root of the camwoOd
tree, and chalk their necks in patterns,
So that a little way off they appear to
be dressed in lace. They part their
hair down the middle, and ridge it over
.fri=5ettes of cloth to make it appear
abundant, and form it into fantastic
shapes. They place little rosettes of
artificial hair above their ears, and in
sert hair-pin of ebony or ivory deli
cately carved, and use for perfume the
scrapings of a fragrant bark. Round
their necks are strings of varionsly-cOI-
Ored beads, while their legs are clothed
in enormous rings manufactured by
themselves from staircase rods, and of
snch a weight that some of the women
can scarcely walk, and if they fall into
the water, as sometimes happens, these
victims of fashion sink to rise no more.
The native gentleman is not less dan
dified he may be seen lying for hours
with his head in his wife's lap, being
coffee BY her experienced hands he
ties string round his upper arm to
make it full and round; he delights to
put on much cloth. and to hear it trail
ing behind him as he walks along the
street with mixture Of the lounge and
swagger not unfamiliar to London eyes
above all, he r joices in an old umbrella
stick, which gives forth a jingling sound
sweet to bis ears, as the tinkling of
spurs to "gents "who never ride
WinWOOd Redde.