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porrrj). ” 4 . From the franklin Gazette. MY NATIVE VILLAGE. to the v;ille\, and niiM-mantltd mountain, ■I I Inise scenes of my chiltlhood, to memory dear; to the cot, by tlie favorite fountain, Where simplicity dwells, with affection sincere! ‘ ,av 1 wandered, a stranger to pleasure, And far from the valley and mountain did roatti; Eujnit ’er b ivt I foundawcetcontentment'srich treasure: It du 11s unconcealed in mv own native home. How oft, w hen sweet slumber my eye-lids enclosing, With joy to the streamlet and dell would I fly I .’ And fancy, on scenes of affection reposing, Dwelt there with fond transport, but woke with a sigh! 0! dear to the soul is the secret emotion, Which the loved recollection of joys ever move; is the tear, which the heart’s fond devotion “YTrstowb to the memory of infantile lov e. f ntre 1 tin would I wander, a stranger to sorrow, A\ here the woodbine entwines, and the wild roses bloom; Confiding with heaven the cares of the morrow, Till the faint blush of twilight should beam on my tomb! v Hail’ to the valley, and mist-mantled mountain, ft Those scenes of my childhood, to memory dear; Blail! to the cot, bv the favorite fountain, Where simplicity dwells with affection s’ncerc! f ,J!T)wcctlancous. P CONGO negroes! I VKOM THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW.] Few of the villages seen along the line of the Zaire contained more than a hundred huts; these were mostly placed amidst groves of the palm and adaiisonia. They consist generally of six pieces; the better kind being constructed of tpalrti leaves matted together with considerable 1 skill; their bedding is also of palm leav es, as are ■ their baskets: they Lave gourds or calabashes Hot bowls, earthen vessels for boiling theii victu- D v and wooden spoons for eating them. A By* of bast or of grass matting, bound round B a iKmis, is their omy c iothing; but the women W ar rings and bracelets of beads or cowrie ■ elis, or the seeds of certain plants: their ca- Kuos arc the hollowed trunks of the bombax or Holton tree, each being from twenty to tvventy- Bur feet long, and from eighteen to twenty in- r wide., A rude hoe, or piece of iron struck ugh i sliort wooden handle, is the implement |B use for agricultural purposes. The climate Bso lute i u little is required beyond that of th ; seed into the ground; and so tempe- Bite, that all the European fruits, grains, and ■ culinary vegetables might here flourish toge- Ither. ‘The winter,’ says the missionary Carii, ‘of the kingdom of Congo is the mild spring or autumn of Italy; it is not subject to rains, but every morning there fails a dew which fertilizes the earth.’ Captain Tuckey found the atmos h>hcre ‘cool, dry, and refreshing;’ the sun so scl ifom shining out, that for four or live days toge lyti’ ti‘ y were unable to get a correct altitude. Fmbotnma upwards the tempeiature sel- Bnn exceeded 76 by day, and w as sometimes as IT .v us 60 by night. ft Fine, however, as the climate certainly is, it |p ver} where very apparent that the gem mi con- Ition of the people was that of extreme poverty, he population too was far more thiniv Scatter- the banks of the river than could have hue vast massi s nf penpie m,u- ly Carii. Meroila, air! must of tlie mis- BBV s, had iK#* in jMr- p (.1 tin : and 11 ilia! |||l§l fu dons, unless we eiv ,• lh.it, in ggW'iir; >’l two i,l]li a .; 1 ,s ‘■•t''me ifcivi sWp- them aw a\. BjWi oumry, liowev :-r, was evidently improv- Sm-' I'’ 1 '’ ‘ in appearance and population, where HBtam Tuckey’s party were compelled to übau- Qbiuic further prosecution of the journey. BBhc blinks of the Zaire are not the part of where tiic siave trade at present is carri ||Bpn with much activity: on the first arrivai of tlnce Portuguese sdtooiiers and pinnaces Enitoimimjituid a si iioon jflßßmdci Spanish English mate 1 ol the name slipped out ■ river as tlie it. The chiefs Ie all intent on olated the objects expedition; one of ■ ame to li come t w ould es are aken in mch as iled in ery ex objects rs; but ivery is 3 afford i in this r. Fitz , a man lie was ve-ship ut that, of him her ce if Con as that 1 strumming on somwx —, iw,,.,, . they exert moonlight. They aret 1 ’ // . lively and good Mad id, duly ers, and ready at all tiiTi# ;ia dstar , -ion rapidly tßg| with the passing travelloi ß sc ’ arc * n ic * r uwnj low state of civilization, governmu^ could liave been expected. neither so strong nor their as t iose of the more northern negroes, and they are said to indicate great simplicity and innocence. The discovery of some burnt human bones, and skulls hanging on the bran hes of trees, on the first entering of the party into the river, made an injurious impression on those who landed, as in dicating the practice of eating human flesh; but it was soon discovered that this was the place of public execution. Nothing could be more ab horrent from their practice; and, in fact, a negro cannibal, we verily believe, does not exist. We cannot be surprised that a people so ig norant should be superstitious. Every one w ears about him, and keeps also in his dwelling, a charm against evil, and there is nothing so vile ; in nature that does not serve for a negro’s fe ! tic he; —the horn, the hoof, the hair, the teeth, and the bones of all manner of quadrupeds-—the feathers, beaks, ( laws, skulls, and bones of birds —tlie heads and skins of snakes—the shells and fins of fishesr—pieces ot old iron, copper, w ood, seeds ol plants—and sometimes a mixture of all or most ol them strung together on the same string. They are generally guided, however, by the priest in the choice of a fetiche as a pro tection against any particular danger; and if it should unfortunately happen that tlie wearer pe rishes by the very means against which the charm had been adopted, it is not lor want of power in the fetiche, but lor tlie possessor having offend ed it. On this account, when a man has prede termined to commit an act, which may be dis pleasing to his fetiche, or which his conscience tells him he ought not to do, he lays aside his guardian deity, and covers him up, tiiat he may not behold the wickedness which he is about to commit. This may be superstition; but is not confined to the African savage. Louis the Ele venth, a faithless, rapacious and cruel despot, is said to liave covered his whole body with relicks and scaptilaries, to which some, supposed virtue was attached; but his favorite fetiche was a leaden image of the Virgin, which he always wore on ids hat, and such was the veneration which this tutelary guardian exacted from the monarch, that, whenever he was about to perform a wick ed or unjust act, he always put it aside. It is worthy ol remark that the word fetiche, which extends throughout the whole of the negro coast, is Portuguese— -fetijo, a charm or witchcraft; and we perhaps snail not be tar amiss in suppos ing tins nation to have encouraged, rather than used a.iy endeavor to suppress, the supersiious notions of th ignorant natives 1 lie language ,of Congo, it would apppear from some observations ol Mr. Marsden, extends quite at loss the continent, and many of its words arc found to correspond not only with the lan guage ot Musamoique, but also with that of the Cass res, near tne Cape ol Good Hope* but it does not appear to possess any of* that complicated mechanism which some authors liave assigned it, or to nave required that ‘meditative genius, for eign to the habitual condition of the people,’ which Maitc-Biun seems to have discovered in its> consuution. Black \ omit. — Mr. Edward Williams adver tises, in a late New-Orleans paper, that he has been cured of the black vomit, by taking two spoonfuls of new'milk, with a spoonful of lime water, and a glass oi Cliampaigne, once an hour for four hours! 3LnrcUiocncc. SOUTH AMERICA. From the Democratic J'i-csk. “St. Thomas, 12th September, 1818. •‘ Admiral Brioh with his fleet, and Bermudas with his army, have lately taken La Guira, and with concentrated forces are about to march along the coast to attack Cumana. “Bermudas is at Cariaco, between Corupano and Cumana, about five Spanish leagues distant from the latter place, w hich he will attack as soon as Brion is ready to co-operate from the sea side. This news has been communicated to me by persons on whom some reliance can be placed. At the same time Morillo is attack ed on all sides in the interior, so that at a time when the royalists thought to rest and prepare for the next campaign, they are, notwithstanding the rallies are under water, attacked in their very fortresses, This vigorous and bold con duct on the side of the Patriots, is said tc be sole ly ow ing to their chiefs having come to a good understanding with one another, and seen at last the ne< essily of a perfect union, to which may be added the considerable supplies in arms and am munition w hich they have lately received from England. “An officer in the patriot army writes from Au gustus on the 10th of last month, “That Mari “no, who hitherto had acted independent of Boli “var and others, had acknowledged Bolivar as “chief of the republic, as all the other Patriot gen erals had done before, and that he had joined “hearty in the general plan of attack with his “1500 well disciplined troops. Paiz is at Fer “nandez de Apura w ith 2000 men, amongst them “300 English cavalry. Peres is now in the plains “of Varinas w ith 2000 men. Sarassa with about “2000 men chiefly cavalry, in the plains of Ca “raccas, who are every where harassing the Span iards notwithstanding the inundations. Prison ers arc brought in here daidy, and if the present is follow ed up, the royal army will soon be Ib rmudasisto act with Brion on the Poii\ ar b collecting iu ;v . ■ and -n ■ I - • •• •• - , . S reat number of foreign officers are | from all parts of the world.— are in general treated here very bad body, (with the exception of the corps gßp the brave Paiz) but particularly so the on account of their arrogant pretensions, bad conduct. Colonel Wilson, an English “man, has htely been condemned to imprison ment for life, it having been proved that lie at tempted to persuade general Paiz to separate “from Bolivar; he has been sent to the fort at “Guyana.”* “Ts all these accounts are true, I have very little doubt, that if the Patriot chiefs remain united, Venezuela will be cleared of the royalists in the course of the next campaign, unless they should receive strong reinforcements from old Spain, which, however, is not likely. I understand there is a proclamation in town made by Bolivar, as chief the republic, dated 15th August, in which he promises victory, &c. and calls on all patriots for a cordial co-operation, particularly on the people of Grenada, which he intends to attack.— May it please the Almighty soon to stop the hor rible bloodshed in these unfortunate provinces. “A few days ago arrived here, captain Brown, of the schooner Eliza, of New-York; this schoon er was hound from here to Rio de la Hatcha or St. Martha. Near the coast she was overhaul ed by a royal Spanish privateer, commissioned by the governor of Rio de la Hatcha, who wan tonly fired into her after having taken in ail sail. While the captain was in his boat, going from his schooner on hoard the privateer, they were pouring volleys of musketry at him, and on board ing the Eliza, one of the Spaniards deliberately tookaim at and shot a Mr. Williams, part owner of the Eliza, through the heart!! ! They then plun dered the vessel, and carried her into Rio de la Hatcha, where captain Brown made a protest, and got part of the things stolen from him restor ed; his schooner was so torn to pieces, that he had to sell her. I understand captain Brown has made the proper communications to the pre sident of the United States, and I hope such a foul murder will not be suffered to pass, without proper satisfaction being given, and the injury as far as possible redressed to the family of this un fortunate man.” *< )ur correspondent subjoins a note, that since the re ceipt ofthe letter he has quoted, they had accounts that Colonel W illiunis had been shot. FROM THE PACIFIC. Extract of a letter dated Valparaiso, sth ,May , 1818, to a merchant in York. The United States’ sloop of war Ontario, cap tain Biddle, returned here a few days ago from Lima, with judge Prevost on board, who accom panied captain Biddle in his mission, also some patriot officers, who are to be exchanged for a like number of Spaniards, taken at the battle of Maipo. This is the first regular exchange that has taken place since the revolution, in this coun try, and it is certainly owing to the humane inter ference of captain Biddle and judge Prevost.— By the Ontario, the loss of the battle of Maipo was first known, and which dismayed the citizens of Lima, as they had been led to believe that the army of general Osoro would soon reconquer Chili, as no expense had beeft spared in equip ping it. They alone contributed one and a haif millions of dollars. The;viceroy at Lima treated the officers with marked attention—surrendered, at the first demand, the Americans who had been so long confined in prison—and what is very sin gular, and so highly honorable to captain Biddle, he gave an order, that the American vessels then in tlie ports of Chili might sail, and should not be molested by the royal cruisers. How flatteiing to our national glory, that a small ship, so far dis tant from the United States, can accomplish such important things: it speaks more than volumes could do in favor of our gallant and rising navy: and how galling to the pride of the English who so lately pretended to be indignant at the conduct of the royal squadron then blockading this port, in permitting the Ontario to enter! Commodore Bowles, ofthe Amp h ion frigate, alleging it was t hereby violated, and, in future, that the English should not respect it. We now see this same vessel returning from Lima with Americans forc ed from a Spanish dungeon; patriot officers to be exchanged, which, in part, is acknowledging their government; an order from the viceroy that 1 our vessels might sail from a blockaded port with out dread of molestation from the royal cruisers; and all this after this same vessel rescued from the guns ofthe frigate Venganza, the brig Ariel of Baltimore, who certainly would have been cap tured. The English are extremely mortified ! that so much lias been performed by a single sloop of war, and particularly as they joked so much when the vessel first arrived. The day is not far distant when we shall act that conspicu ous part which nature has destined us to perform; and those English writers who are paid to \ ilify our country, will see that we do not over-rate our re sources: even within the last six years our hopes did not anticipate what we now witness. The government are entitled to great credit in send ing a ship of war to these seas, and giving the command to so distinguished an officer as cap tain Biddle, who, by his correct conduct, com mands the respect of all. Independent of all the ad vantages stated, the Ontario’s being in those seas, has saved a million of dollars to the United States. If general St. Martin had been enabled to fol low up his victory, there is no question but Peru must have fallen; it is however an event not far distant. There is a great want of money here, which paralizes the operations of the government. St. Martin is now at Buenos Ayres, supposed for the purpose of obtaining means to adv ance towards Peru. The Patriots have the command of the seas; they have lately received from Eng land a large ship, very far heavier than any which the Spanish have in these seas. Only one fourth the cost was paid in cash; they have a long cred it on the balance. Arms and ammunition are constantly arriving from England: indeed there is more than can find a market.— Van Advocate. S EXPEDITION TO THE YELLOW STOf?E. * On Sunday, the 30th instant, a'battalion of the rifle regiment, 30Ci strong, embarked at Belle Fontaine to ascend the Missouri river to th mouth ofthe Yellow Stone. The expedition is commanded by lieutenant colonel Talbot Cham bers. The captains Martin, Magee and Riley; the lieutenants Shade, Clark, Cavenaugh, Fields, and Francis Smith, go out with their respective companies. It is intended that the expedition shall encamp during the winter at the mouth of the Kanscs; and continuing its voyage in the spring shall reach its point of destination in the course of next summer. The Yellow Stone enters the Missouri in lati tude 48 degrees north; and in longitude 27 grees west from Washington City. The intend- ‘ ed post will be at its mouth. The United States will then have a military establishment one thou sand eight hundred miles west of the Mississippi, and nearly one hundred miles further north than the city of Quebec. The officers carry with them the seeds and grains which are expected to thrive in that climate, that the post may have within itself some resource against the failure nf contractors. Wheat, rye, barley, oats, are ex pected to do well there. They attain perfec tion even atthe earl of Selkirk’s establishment on lake Aasiniboin , three degrees further north.—- 1 he Mandan corn will find itself in its own cli mate at the mouth of the Yellow Stone. In fact all the grains, plants and vegetables which flour ish at Quebec or Montreal may be expected to be raised there, as the climate in that interior re gion of the North American continent is known to be near ten degrees milder Ilian in the same parallel on the Atlantic coast. Our fellow citizen, Manuel Lisao , so well known for his enterprize, will precede the expe dition, to prepare the Indians for its reception. He will quiet their apprehensions by shewing the benevolent and humane intentions of the American government; and will silence the Bri tish emissaries who shall represent the expedi- I tion as an act of war against the Indian nations. 1 he establishment of this post will be an era in the history of tlie west. It will go to the : source and root of the fatal British influence i which has for so many years armed the Indian nations against our western frontiers. It carries the arms and power of the United States to the ground which has heretofore been exclusively occupied by the British North West and Hud son s Bay companies, and which has been the true seat ol the British power over the Indian mind. Now the American arm and the Ameii [ can policy will be displayed upon the same thea tre. Ihe North West and Hudson’s Bay com panies will be shut out from the commerce of i tfie Missouri and Mississippi Indians, the Ame rican traders will penetrate in safety the recesses ; the Rocky mountains in search of its rich fur; | a commerce yielding a million per annum will descend the Missouri; and tlie Indians finding their wants supplied by American traders, their domestic wars restrained by American policy, will learn to respect the American name. I lie name of the Yellow Stone river will here after be familiar to the American ear. That a stream ot its magnitude should heretofore have been so little known is a proof of the immensi ty of our country. How little has it been thought that, 1800 miles up the Missouri, a river was to be found equal in length and breadth to the Ohio? Yet such is the character of the Yel low Slone, or Roche Jaune , as it was called by the French. One of its branches, the Ilig Hoen , issues from a lake near the Rio del JYorte , on the confines of New-Mexico, and is navigable for many miles. The Yellow Stone itself issues from a iakein the Rocky mountains. It was descend ed by captain Clark on his return frorfi the Paci fic ocean. He found it deep, rapid, and naviga ble from the place where he struck it to its mouth, a distance of 850 miles. Below the junc tion of the Big Hoen the width was usually from 500 to 800 yards, and sometimes a mile. Innu merable were the herds of buffaloe, and. game, which ranged upon it. This abundance’ of game is a proof of the richness of the coun try. In fact, the traders speak ofthe face of the country upon the Yellow Stone , the serenity of the climate, the rapidity and clearness of the wa ters, in terms of admiration.— St. Louis Enquirer , September 4. By the Quebec papers its appears that three hundred and thirty-six vessels, bringing eight thousand four hundred and thirty-two new settlei s, have already arrived at that port during the pre sent season. Mr. David Lenox, the president of the Phi ladelphia bank has announced to the board of di rectors of that bank his determination to retire from the office of president on the 31st Decem ber next. —* — COLONIZATION OF TIIF. BLACKS. The secretary of the American Colonization society has received a letter from the reverend C. Burgess, surviving agent of the institution, informing of tlie favorable results of the voyage to the coast of Africa—Mr. Burgess remarks in his letter: “I have only to say at present, that, if the free people of color of the Unitee States are disposed to remove to Sherbro, therd are great tracts of uncultivated land which may be purchased at a moderate price, and that if they behave well, they may live there with the most perfect safety.” —•Raleigh fiafier. 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