Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-08-08

cleaned and tols0'ably #sllI6Sksn hpD DIT is
a good article to the taste, bsing richer than
our 6newhite rice. The Lberians claim that
this effect is produced by keeping it unhulled.
Notwithstanding its growth at their very
doors, however, they import India rice for
consumption. Although in the country with
cattle all about, we had English canned b1t-
ter at Clsy,Ashland. I only saw milk at two
places in Liberia, and then it was in the
coffee They say that the cows give 80 little
milk that it's hardly worth while feeding
them I believe, though, that the experiment
of carefully feeding and attending to milch
cattle has not as yet been tried. Clay-Ash-
land is> like the other settlements, scattering
far, and wide over the country, with every
vacant lot densely overgrown with under
bush, and all the roads covered with grass.
We left there early on Monday morning, con-
tinuing our course up the river. The day was
the one appointed for the opening of the
quarterly court at Monrova, and as we went
up We met quite "a number of planters coming
down to attend. 7 They make quite
LUXURIOUS coNvEYANcEs~.sa
of theilong s"dug. outs" having cushioned or
covered and backed seats nearsthe stern, in
which the "boss' reclines beneath the shade
of his umbrella and smokes his pipe, or lei
surely discusses lunch or a bottle Of wine,
while the seven, eight, nine or ten natives
who compose the crew paddle away singing
merrily.. Ii one Of these craft noticed the
two .'b0sses'F leaning comfortably back,
facing each other, with, q table between them,
from which they ate break FAST: n n several
places, on each side of the river, small creeks
flow into it. These are generally bridged
just at their mouths by fimsy foot bridges,
supported On long, insecure, looking poles.
These creeks are the great resorts of the hip.
pipotamus, (river horse.) z''~at
.@IN ;rGAME 4 EOT>
does not seem veryiabundant. IIsaw butfew
birds along the river. There are several
species of deer, the principal one being appa'
rently the water des,, small animal, savory
to the taste, and from whose skins the natives
make shot pouches and other articles. Quite
q number Of other, deer are, however, killed
in "the bush."". Mon keys are abundant, but
saw none those ancestors of ours have con.
stitutional objection to2being wetted by the
rain Panthers occasionally make themselves
troublesome by leaping the apologies for fences
and killing cattle These Interesting ami
mails are, however becoming seafcer. 'Popp-
pines, SQUIRRELS and similar small "varments"
sssa P}gnEP 0RS R sIgs fgs Fgssgi in IN
color than his American brother, but gave
evdenea Of equal salacrity dn moving>at the
whistle of rifle bullet, and Of equal persisten-
cy in refusing to-give any tangible~evidence
of whether he was hit or not. There are no
tigers or lions hereabout, but elephants there
must be not for in the interior, as the natives
bring considerable numbers of their tusks in
for sale and Barter. Fish, swarm, SO | was
told, in the rivers. .,r..I Gr.',...,.,r..
PLANTERS ON THE, ST. PAULs.
The general life of the older snd wealthier
planters along the St. Pauls resent bles in many
particulars that of the Southern planter in the
"good old days." Having q, good brick house
built, and his coffee, or sugar plantation we'll
under weigh, the tiller of the soil generally
takes bis ease, wears good clothes, and smokes,
only exercising a supervision of his affairs.
The spirit or wine decanter is almost invaria
bly, at the service of his guests, and when he
goes visiting to Mourovia, he steps into his
canoe, calls bis crew together and travels COM
fortably and sedately. As the present gener-
alton is growing old, the children take charge
after the return of the heir from his school
ing and Finishing tour" In view ofall this,
it is ridiculous to suppose that the Liberians
are relapsing into barbarism. On the contra.
ry, it is apparent that each generation is bring
ing them steadily nearer to perfect civilization.
While these old lords Of the sill in their con-
scous or unconscious aping of their former
masters former lives, present occasionally
ludicrous contrasts to their models by igno-
rance and lack Of culture, their sons and
daughters. are growing up better educated,
trained and supplied with the requirements
of intelligent men and women. ,Isaw the Ii
berians Especially the younger ones) brought
into contact, and consequently contrast, with
the Asor's Immigrants. 1t showed there and
then that whether the negro is capable of at.
tanning the white mans level or not, he is ca.
pable of coming much nearer perfect man
than he is in America r tt showed that there
is more capability in him for improvement
than we have developed. 1t is conclusive
evidence that there is a vast amount of good
mentalgrouud lyingfallog, wasting gos running
to noxious weeds, in the negro. 1t is as we'll
to say it right here-despite their many ig-
noranees,t their conceit and their'improvidence
and inertpess, the average Liberian is inmost
ways immeasurably superior to the average
American negro, and those at Sierra Leone are
as far above him in acquirements as,theclouds
are above the EARTH In the social refine
ments the better classes of colored people
there seem perfect .r.j lr... .:.f,. /
A "REMINISCENCES OF GOVERNOR HAMPTON.
Five miles above Clay-Ashland we stop
ped at the plantation of Jesse Sharp, native
of Columbia, S. c., who left there as free
man, number of years before the war, when
young man. He is light colored, and has
a fine sugar plantation, which pleased me
more than anything Of the sort saw on the
river, giving evidence as it did of thrift and
care. He showed US with much pride over
his cane fields, of which he has some 100
acres, which looked unusually clean and free
from weeds and grass. Their owner seemed
delighted to meet some one from South Caro-.
lima. He and l had long talk, comparing
notes about Columbia and Columbia people.
Most of bis knowledge, it is needless to say,
was too deep for me, being too far back for
nv KEN He could and did, however inquire
regarding the children and descendants of
those whom he had known. He seemed
to have great admiration for Governor
Hampton, whom he says he remembers per-
fectly as young man. He related with
great glee several "reminiscences of his excel
leucy, among Others one fhis administering
severe castigation to champion who was on