'.4. I I 1. n f VOL. VI.-No 125. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, KOVEMBEE 24,1 1866. TR1TLE SHEET THREE CENTS. Mo DRY GOODS. J. C. STRAWBRIDCE & CO. SILKS! SILKS! SILKS! GREAT REDUCTION. ! Cheap Black Silks. Cheap Fancy Silks. Cheap Moire Antique Silks. Cheap Corded Silks. DRESS GOODS ! Balance or Stock at Reduced Hates. ( BO PIECES OF PLAIN DELAINES, AT 26" CTS. 10 PIECES FIGURED M0HAIRS 35 CENTS, j EXTRA WIDE PLAID KERWOES, SI.' HEAVY PLAID POPLINS, $1 25. ; FINE BLACK ALPACAS, 62 CENTS. 1 ; ' BALMORALS! HCA8E BALMORALS, a Great Bargain, $1 75. 1 CASE BALMORALS, a Great Baa-gain, $2 25. 1 CASE B ALU ORALS, a Great Bargain, $2-75. LADIES' CLOTHS! WELVBT BKAVER8. WH1TKEY BEAVERS. , CHINCHILLA BEWKHS. ASTRAC1IAN CLOTHS. TIIICOT B HAVERS. K , . BLUE CLOTHS. WHITE CLOTHS. SCAB-LET CLOTHS. OPERA CLOTHS. MEN'S WEAR. FINE BLACK CASSIMERES. CASTOR BEAVERS. ESQUIMAUX BEAVERS. If ARRIS CASSIMERES. BIOLLKV CASSIMERES. CHEAP WOOL CASSIMERES. BOYS' WEAR. tiOOD MATERIALS FOR BOYS, 75 t EXTS ALL-WOOL CASSIMERES, SI. EXTRA FINE WOOL CASSIMERES, $113 PARK EXTRA HEAVY CASSIMERES, I VERY FINE NEAT STYLES, ilSO. LARGEST STOCK OF CASSIMERES THE CITY. IN BLANKETS. SLAKKKTS. UHKKTS. ULAMtaETS. BLANKETS HLANiaTN. BLANKETS, BLANtLETS. BLANKETS. HL.AKKKTS. BIANHKTS. UJUAAKKT4. BLANKETS. HLANKKTS. ULANKKTS. BliAWHK'1'8. AT LOWER PRICES THAN AT ANY TIME DURING THE SEA MOW. MARSEILLES COUNTERPANES. MAhSk LLKH COH NT CK HANKS. MAMSK1LLKH COUNTERPANES. MARSEILLES COUNTEHPANES. HONEYCOMB QUILTS. IIONKVCOMH QUILTS. HONKYCOMB QUILTS. HONEYCOMB QUILTS. LANCASTER QUILTS. LASCASTKIt QUILTS. LAftCAHTKK QUILTS. Lancaster quilts. allendale quilts. allkmh1.k quilth. ai.l1.noalk quilts, allenualu quilts. by the case or single quilt. J. 8TBAWBIIIDGE & CO., XOBTHWtST VORXXR r 1 EIGHTH AND MARKET STS. DRY GOODS. JAS. It CAMPBELL & CO., Importers, Jobbers, and Retailers or DRY GOODS, No. 7U7 OUKSNUT ST HAVE MADE A GREAT EDUCTION IN PRICES, Their Stock I nnrlf 'led lor extent, variety, end general adaptation to t wants of buyers. Biflia, Ucire Antique's ' Shawls, Velvets, Cloakings, t . t Bilk Poplina, Wool Poplins, t " j Corded Poplins, Rich Plaid Poplins, Rich Plaid Merinoea, Colored Merinoea, . Printed Merinoea, Empress Cloths, Vclour Rhsse, " ' w Biarriu, Ep in lines, , Bombasines, 1 T amine, Mous Delaines, Black Alpacas, White Alpacas, Colored Alpacas, , White Reps, . 1 Black Reps, Colored Reps, r French Chintstes, , ... Damasks and Dlapevs, Towels and Napkins, Doylies and Table Covers, Counterpanes, Flannols, Blankets,' ? Blankets, . . Blankets, caoves and Hosiery, . Hournirg Goods. JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO., No. 7S7 CHESNUT Street 11 1 lm LYONS VELVETS. BhST MAKES OF LYONS VELVETS, FOB LADIES 8ACQLE8 AND MASTLE3. JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO , . j 11 19 fltrpT If o. TT 'OlIWiSHWr Street. PURPLE V B L V K T .' CLOTH, FOR LADIES' SACQUES AND MANTLES, JCT RECEIVED. JAS R. CAMTBELL & CO., U196trp No. 7 CHESNUT Street. JpROSTEP BEAVER CLOTH; SFLENDII) UUAL1TY. JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO., 11 19 6trp No. lil CHESNUT Street. QLOT1IS FOR LADIES' WEAR. A Urge MBOrtnien: of NEW STYLE CLOTH, Jut opened, at KtDTJCED PH1CE8 JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO., 1119 6trpl ' No. TT CHESNUT Street. H 0 LIDAY GIFTS. CURWEN STQDDART & BROTHER, Hate determined to offer their ENTIRE STOCK At such prlcei as will effect a ( , , L RAPID REDUCTION, ' , And aire porohaurt an opportunity of selecting a useiUland acoeptable HOLIDAY GIFT. Nos. 450, 452, and 454 N. SECOND St., 11 2 5t ABOVE WILLOW. QPERAAND FROMENaDE CLOAKS. Velvet and Cloth Cloaks, Basques and Circulars, MADE IN THE BEST STYLE AT THE 811 ORT F.ST NOTICE. - ' CURWEN STODD&RT & BROTHER, Nos, 450, 452, and 454 N. SECOND St., 1180 51 - ' ABOVE WILLOW. t-4 At FOURTH AND . AB0H, ? HAVE FIRST QUALITY , LYONS VELVET8. . EXPENSIVE SHAWLS FOR C11HISTMAS PRESENTS FULL IIinB OF SILKS. FULL LIXE OF DRB68 GOODS. 11 iajwi DRY GOODS. ............... LINEN STORE. j -8 AJtOlI STREET. CHEAP 8 ALE. O I I E C E H POWER-LOOM TABLE LINEN, MAIIHBD DOWN. F(iMna wanting k ... T ABLE LIN ENS, boald avail tbtmselv ee ol tble opportunity to get . ... -: ' BAflGAlNH ; ............ . . MILLIKEN'S LINEN STORE. 9 17112 81n) N. 838 ARCH Street. TABLE AND PIANO COVERS. We lave now received, directly from the mano facturers, our i 1 : ' FALL IMPORTATION , ' - ! EMBROIDERED CLOTH . TABLE AND PIANO COVERS. CoinprlailDg Larct .Auertmmt, which we are Selling AT REDUUED PRICES SHEPPARD.VAN HARLINfiEN & ARRISON .' MrORTlS OF House-Furnishing Dry Coods, No. 100S CHESNUT Street. 9 14 thHo6mrp PARIS DRESS GOODS AT A SACRIFICE, FROM AUCTION SALES. t LADIES' CLOAKINGS, In Endlcua Variety, ' AT PRICES TKAT DEFY CCMPETITIOK, - , AT M'ELROY'S,' No. 11 Soxitri NINTH Street, 10 U tbstu24Up ABOVE CHEflNCT. . Ho. 1024 CbESHUT Buret. C. M. NEEDLES. Straafiers and others will find at No. 1024 CHESNUT STREET" A large and complete assortment of LACES ATTD LACE GOODS, EMBROIDERIES. WHITE GOODS, HANDKERCHIEFS. VEILS, LIS EN COLLARS AND CUFFS, SLEEVES, ETC. ETC. ETC., In great variety, and at LOW PKICES. E. M. NEEDLES. -jOcj SHAWL EXHIBITION. M E fOB. EIGHTH Al fPBlNO OAKDEH BT Wa are pieparad to show one ol the very OaMtetock of 6h avi U in tula city, ol aveiv grade, FHOM 9130 VP TO 80, Most of which are anetion parchases. and are under rnitr piitui. We Invite an examiuailon. Loni! and fquaia l"aly hawla 1 onii and Bqaara Broche abawia. . . Lonf and Square hlek Thibet Bbawla . Ku and Square Blauket Jbawta. tlla Bbaw'a, Breakat ShawU, etc. etc. ' 'W a oald also invite attention to our . BUNKETH, , - KxeelUnt All wool BUnkets for M. tl0 3 3m lner qualltiea at 7. '. rn V- nd Id faet, our seuaral atoek la wortliy the attenuon ol all buyers ol Dry ol who wish to buy ohap - . VV. JUwM'i'U AM M'iuw AU'" DRY GOODS. PRICE & WOOD, N. Corner EIGHTH and FILBERT, HAVE JUST OFENF.D ' ' FROM AUCTION, fillk and Wool Stripe rOPLINS, very cheap." All-wool Popliwe, f 1 per yard.- - - -' Flald rophns and All.wool rialds. - -" All-wool Dolalnes'and Merinoes. ' ' fine quality Black Alpacas. . Fine Blacl bilks.' ' ' ' FLANNELS . , FLAN ff ELS t All-wool Flnnii, 3, 87", t6, 10, and 60 cents. BallardTaieftlaDnelf . All. wool and iomet Shaker Flannel". Heavy Canton Fiannem, 26, 28, 81, 86, and 40 centw. - 7 ..Best make Bleaebed and Unbleached Muslins.. , labia Linens, Napkins, and ioweU. GLOVES ! GLOVES ! GLOVES ! A large assortment of Ladle' Cloth Gloves. , ladies' Bnffand White oloth Gloves. Ladies' Colored Cloth Gloves ' Children's Kod, White, and Blue Cloth Glovos. GENTLEMEN'S . CLOTH GLOVES. Epon-eilk Gloves, fleeced lined. Ladle', Gents', and Children's Hosiery. Ladies' and Gents' Merino Vests and rants, vory cheap. , Misses' and Boys' Merino Vests and rants. ' : PRICE & WOOD, N W. Corner EKi HTH and FILBERT SU. N. B.-JCTJV1M'S KID GLOVES, best qnatity in' ported. Akcal Kid Glove. $1 26 a pair. Gooq (juainy Wblie and Colored Kid Gloves, 91 a pair 10 2i PARIES & WARNER, No. 229 North NINTH Stacet, . ABOVE li4.CE, Will open to-day . One case (1200 yards of Unbleached Canton Flan nel, at 26 cects. Same gooas we sold at 33 cents six week ao. Cn bleached Canton Kianncls, 22, 25, 28, 31, and 37 cents. : White Canton Flannels, 25,28, 81, 87c, etc. White Flannels, 31, 33, Sii, 46. 47, 60 conts. . Bed and Grey Flannels, all qualities. Ladies' Menno Vestn, f 125, tl 87, $150, 9176, otc, etc.. Gents' Merino Vests, 75 cents, $1, 1 25, 1 60, $2, etc. etc. ' ; Infants', Mises', and Boys' Merino Vesb. Marseilles Bur jan Covers, from Auction. Cheapest all wool Blankets in the city. GLOVES! GLOVKS! Larpe lot from New York. Ladies' and Gents' Fieecea Gloves. , Mibm' Cioth dlovos, all sizes and colors. Ladie' Cloth Gloves, desirable colors, cheap. Gents' Cloth Gloves, 60, 76c , tl, 91 25, ana 91 50. Misses ana -tm. v - -, - --r , FARIES &. WARNER, Jo. Worth .NINTH Street, above Race. N. B The "mn!l I"roflt, Quick Sale" systom enables us to turn our stock often, and to meet "Low frices" with much satisfaction, both to our elves and cuntomcrs. 929$ QREAT REDUCTION OF PRICES Having purchased at the late Auction Bales goods of late Importation, sold at a great aaorlrtoe, and with a general reduction oi price, oi my entire stock, I am enabled to otter great Inducements to buyers. LADIES, NOTE TBE PRICES 1 LUPUS'S FABRICS , . Lupin's Merinoes reduced from to tl. Lupin's Merinoes reduced from tl rtH to al-12X. Lupin's Met moes reduced irora tl SO to sl-25 1 upm's plain Ki p Popllus reduced from ai " to tl. Lupin's best quality reauced bom $1 6j to S14S. IN ALL TBE CHOICE SrIADKS. 40 pieces of Impress Corded Poplin, a yard and an eiiibth wide, a full ilue ol eolors only 1'! Wch Plaid Poplins, at tl. al-IJH. al-JI $1 S7H. Our 2 rich Silk Piaid Pop.ius reduced to il-60. KBOM AUOTION. ; . . . Several lots of Ktriped Poplins, a bargain. JUST RECEIVED. . - One ease ot corded Silk Eplngllnea, price SI W. 1 hese goods are noveliiea, and are telling with gr a rapidity. A complete assottment oi Iilsh Popllnst best goods 20 Dally receiving New Goods from auction. BALMORALS 1 BALMORALS 1 , Fnll. lame alza In hrluht colors, heavv. onlv fl. a fuil hne ot. Ubeetlng, Sbutlng, and Pliiow-caae UUSlloa. FLASNELSI FLAKNEL8I ' A large stock at low ptices One case oi extra beavy Canton Flannels, only i5c C. D. WISHAM, 22 stntbam No. T S EIGHT d Street QREAT FALL IN DRY GOODS. Having purchased larnel.v at the late sacrificing prices. We aie prepared to sell TWENIY-FiVE PER CENT. BELOW OLD PBlCKti. Willlamsvllle Muslin at3W cents. Torresdale Mailla at 91 X cents. . Wamsutts Muslla at I'M cents. Brown Sheetings verv cheap. .Large assortment of Flannels, from Jt to 1H cents per t aid. Beavy Canton Flannels, 25 cents. CLOTHS lor Ladles' Cloakings, from 175to10per yard. Full stock. LYONH VELVET. W, worth tlK, warranted all Bilk. VELVET from 111 to il per yau. ( onstantly on hand, a full t'ne of HOUSEHOLD FUkMSUIPiG UOODS at pr'ces beiow couipetitl jq, McCURDY & DUNKLE, No. 140 North EIGHTH Street. 9 20tuths3m ' T SIMPSON'S BON8" . No. m PINE STREET No. 024 Dealers In Linens, White and Drew Hoods. Embroi deries Hosiery. Gloves. Comets. Handkeruhiem fluin ...A UnniiitilnhMl II. ir Kail. 'I OOth. Slid P. ate HrUnhtul Combs, Plain and Fancy Hoaps, Penumerv, Imponed and Homentic. Puna and Vun Boxes, ana an audi vailaty of Notlona. ....... Always on band a complete stock of Laa'eaVd end and Cliil lien's lindervesta and Drawers! Ep tierman I oalery tn t otton. Merino, and We' ( lib. Cnoie and Bed BlankeU. loney Comb Marseillti, AUendKe, Lancaster, yuuta Tab e Liitna ia1n and Colored Napkins, Toweled American Craab. Hull. Roan'' Baliaidvale, Welsh, and fere ot all w Wihs at -A tuU line oi Nursery UlMlPlsMN'M BUNS', i a. WJ and U PINE Street ., , A NKKTSWE WILL OFFER SOILED JSg about two hundred pairs or good this Wanseta, aiiKhtly soUed, which will be sold oilcea. via. i j .ww Diou.m A A (1 1 - mueWr oairt larger and heavier tor Ptr palrj very IV&T auCilarrl"ia yuilt". sl'gbUv amoled at JIB .a, "or each. We are atao offering every make oi iusllo at the very lowet uirkt pii;e. jtusi Hvi ml MAiUttX Street, BORNEO AND RAJAH BttOOKE. Off tiie eouthcaflUTTj extremity of Asia, tmi soparatcd front U by the Chinese 6c, lies a clii ter of trreot islands, compritins that partlon oi Occatka commoTily callcrt Mitlaysla. Of these islAnda bornoo Is the most extensive, and. If yoo call Australia a couilnent, it is by Ur the largest iRland in the world. Situated on the equator, str;tcbinp from seven deirrees of north to lour degrees of south latitude, aud from 108 decrees to 119 depreea of east loneitude, tis entrenie length is cltrhl hnnrtrrd roHes, it broadth sevn huudrc), anditconlaius 320,000 square miles an area seven times as great as that ot the populous State of New York. But though its size and Importance are so great, though It was discovered by the Portu guese as early as 1618, thonch several European nations have at various times had settlements on its coasts, thoun It is rich in all the pro ducts of a tropical clime, and in base and pre cious metals, diamonds, and stones, and tbouRu its climate, contrary to what nilitht have bei'n expected, is In many localities Balubrious even to an American or European constitution, yrt until recently almost nothing: was Known by tnc world of Its surface, Us products, or Its Inhabi tants. Tbe causes of this iRnorance are Obvious. Tuo very shape of Borneo Is unfavorable to disco very.'. A iumpi-h mass, like Afncaand Anstratl i, the oreun has nowhere pierced It itli Ihoo deep bajs and gulls m which commrrce de liphts to find a shelter and a borne. And thouch it has navigable rivers, their course ts through ihe almost Impenetrable verdure of the tropics, and they reach the sea amid unwholesome jun gles. The coast, moreover, is in most places marshy and unhealthy . tor the distance ol twenty or thirty miles Inland ;while the interior is tilled with vast forests and ereat mountain ranges, almost trackless ro any but native feet. Be sides, the ab-eoceof all lust and stable govern ment, has reduced society to a state of chaos. And to all this must be added piracy, from time .maiemoiial sweepmK the set and ruvaing the iand. Under such circuuifctauced, it there were utile opportunity tor commerce, there was none or scientific mveatnrations; ana omy o.y tnc nterprises ot' commerce or the researches of icieucc do w? kuoft'ol new aud distant coun tries. Mauv l aces luhnbit Borneo; but the Malays and s-ea and Lund Djaks greatly preponderate. Che Malays, who come from continental Asia, are tbe conquering; and governing; race. In i heir native condition they ure indolent, treacU- I "lous, ana given to p:rncy. xne very name I Malay has come to stand for crnPlty aud re venge. Hut well povernea, tney prove to oe much like other people, susceptible to kindness, capable of atlection, amiable, fond to excess ot their children, and courteous to Btraneers. The eaDyaksare piratical trioes, dwelliusr on the coasts or borders of rivers, and subsisting by rapine and violence. The Land Dyaks are the descendants of the primitive inhabitants. They are a mild, industrious race, and re markably honest. tn hideous custom, that of preserving; the heiils of their fallen enemies as ghostly tokens of victory, has in vested the name ot Dyak with a veputut'on of cruelty which, l-o l. .. Ttiis silijiUWr practice, originating1, it is said, in a supersti tious oeeire to propitiate the Evil Spirit by bloody oflerines, Las in procei-a of time become connected with all iheii ldeasot'manly process. The voting girl receives wrth proud satisfac tion' from ner lover the ptft of' a 'gory head, as the noblest proof both of his a flection nnd his heroism. This custom is woven, too, into the early tradi tions of the race. Tbe Sakurrans tell us that their bret mother, who dwells now in heaven near the evening; star, asked of her wooer a worthy gift; ardthat whn he presented her a deer she rejected It with contempt; when be offered her a mias, the great orang-outang cf Borneo, she turned her back upon it; bnt when' in desperation be went out and slew a roan,' brought back his head, and threw it at her feet, she smiled upon him, and said that was indeed a gift worthy of her. This legend shows, at any rate, bow fixed la this babit, not alone in the passions of the people, but also in their tradi tional regard. Yet, strange as it may seem, they are an attractive race. A missionary's wife who has known them well declares that they are gentle and kindly, simple as children, disposed to love and reverence all who are wLer and more civilized than them selves." Ida Pfeiffer concludes that the Djuks pleased her boot, not only among the races of Borneo, but ' among all tht races of the earth with which she has come' in contact. Aud a cultivated Englishman. With wealth aud sociul position at command, bas been so attracted to them, that he has lavished both his fortune ana nis best years .in tbe work ot their elevuton. The fcocial condition of the Dyaks has been sufficiently wretched. Subjected to the 5l;ilar6, they have been forced to work tn the mines without pay, v.hile they were liable at any moment to be robbed of their homes, and even ot their wives and children. "We do not live like men," said one of tbem, with great pathos. "Wc are like monkeys, hunted from place to place. We have no bouses, and we dare not light a Ure lest the smoke draw our enemies upon us." ' Bunning along the whole northern coast of Borneo, eight hundred miles, and inland ner haps two hundred, is found Borneo Proper, one of the three great Mohauirue tan kinar doms Into which the lbland was dm ted as early as the sixteenth century. Tliis tate is governed, or rather misgoverned, by a sultan, and, nnder him, by - rajahs nnd pangerans officials - who pive to the commands of their nominal superior but a scanty obedience. For two centuries Borueo proper has been steadily settling into anarchy aud barbarism. With a government both teeole nnd despotic, it was toru by intestine wars, crushed within by oppression and ravaged vi-itf I out by piracy, until commerce and agncultrty the twin pulars of the State, were femed threatened, and not one element of ruav could to be wanting.' What evidence ofe tact that be more striking than the sixteenth oen Bruul, its capital, which in filiation ot more tury was crowded with a' souls, had in 1B41 than two hundred though inhabitants r scarcely lourteen thotaatina; empire came, To one corner ot , a young Englishman, twentv-tive ycui' , o.e hail no governmental Simply a gentj ,?la, and no advanlaee of any alliances tQdina empire, except such as sprang sort lor ffofsessiou of a sagacious mind, an un tVomjlJ temper, and a heart thoroughly In. diwbathy with the oppressed. Alone lie ha r.ni o Hmii-i.'Mnir siiito introducing com mercial activity and. tbe habits of civilized life where only oppression s"u "V'J and bas achieved an enterprise which seems to belong rather to the day of chivalry than to a clodding, utilitarian age - au enter prise which, in romance and success, but. not in carnage, calls to mind the deeds of the great Spanish capfatns In the New World. J James Brooke, the second and only "vlng son of Thomas Biooke. a gentleman who had acquired a fortune in the service ( of the India Cnmnanv "was born in India, April i9, 532 MaS eDar.yT he trdthe ornploy of the sameooropany JWOOBeIlBtf!" hl! uadeiven his best days. In -182(1, a a cadet, heaSompanieJ Itke British army to the Bur mese war was dangerously wounded, received a fwlou.il T and came to England. To re rtow X health and gratfry his curl crltj he spt e 5ear 1827 ln travel- ling on the Continent Ills furlough having expired, hn embarked lor India, but was wrecked on the voyage, and could not report tor duty in proper season. This was one of those appa rently lortultous circumstances which so often change the whole aspect ot a man's life. At any rale, it was tbe ttirninB-polnt lu Mr. Brooke's career. Finding that his mlsfor'uno had cost him his position, and that he could not recover it without tedious formalities, be lea tho ser vice. Uncontrolled master of himself, and endowed with sagacity and couraae ot no or dinary stamp, he was ready for any under taking which his adventurous spirit or his love of research ' might dictate. In fact, it was dnrine this interval of leisure that he em barked for China, and on his passage saw for tee first time the Eastern Archipclatro. He was painfully interested in the condition of Borneo and Celebes, those great islands sinking appa rently into hopeless decay. II is sympathies were awakened by the sufferings ot tbe helpless natives, and his Indignation was aroused by the outrases of unbridled piracy. His feelinrrs can be best gathered from bis own language. "These unhappy countries afford a str kinir proof how tbe fairest and richest lands nnder the sqn may become degraded by a continuous course of oppression and misrule. Whilst extravagant dreams of the progressive advancement ot the human race are entertained, a large tract of the globe has been gradually relapsing into bar barism. Whilst the folly of fashion requires an acquaintance with tbe deserts of Africa, and a most ardent thirst for a knowledge of the cus toms of Tirabuccoo whilst the trumpet tongtje of many an orator exeites thousands t the rational and charitable object of converting the Jews or of reclninrrnir the Gipsies not a single irospcctus Is spread srbroad. not a single voice s raised in Exeter Hall, to relieve fie darkness oi ibis paganism and tbe horrors of this slave trade. Under these circumstances, I have con sidered that individual exertions may be usefully applied toiouse the zeal of slumbering philan thropy." The feelings thus awakened were not of s transient charucter. His dreams henceforth were to visit these islands, see tbem for himself, study their natural history, understand tbeir social condition, and ascertain what avenues could be opened for trade, and what steps taken to iedeem the oppressed native mces., ln 1836, tbe death of his father leaving him master of an independent fortune, enabled him to realize his dreams. He was a member of the Royal Yacht Club, as well as owner and commander of a ucht a position which admitted him In toreieh ports to all the privileges of an English naval ollieer. In this little vessel he resolved to undertake an adventurous voyage of dis covery. He approached his enterprise with a wary forethought. ''I was convinced," he sayA, "that it;was necpssary to form men to my par pose, and by a line of steady and kind conduct to raise up a personal regard for myself and an attachment to the vesei." He cruised three years in the Mediterranean, carefully selecting nnd training bis crew. He studied thoroughly the whole subject of the Eastern Archipelago, and acquainted himself as perfectly as possible with the minntite ot seamanship and with every useful art.. And when his preparations were all complete, on the 16th of December, 1838, he 9et rail for Singapore, m tbe yacht Hoyatisl, a vessel of one hundred and lorty-two toas, manned by twenty men and officers, with an armament ot six 6-pounders, and a fall supply of small arms ot all sorts. Such were tbe mighty resources wherewith be began an eu-tx-rpiibo wliiob bas en dot tn raising; htm to the government of ptty kluKdora. aud to almost sovereign influence over the whole empire of Borneo Proper. . . - . . Tbe reader bas already had glimpse of the feelings which prompted this expedition. In a communication to the "Ueosraphical Recrieter" he more lully nntohls hia views; and from this and from his familiar letters it is not difficult to gain a clear idea of the character and motives of the man. That his ardent mind had been tired by a study of the career of his great prede cessor, Stamford Baffles, is evident. " That ,he was himself one of those energetic, restless nr.'tires, to which Idleness or mere routine-work is ihe severest ot penalties, is equally evident. He hod, moreover, a large share of that kind ot enthntiasra which the fcoool saeaeions men' of this woild calf-romanc. hi whh h tfoHrbts! to lasten onoblects rectttiugly inipbsatble.' He was like the old kniehts, rejoicing - most when the field of their devoir was tlistant and dan gerous. Yet not altogether like them. He Was rather a niaivot the twelfth century, disciplined ana Invieofatcd by the hard common-sense and sharp vrllitarianism of the nineteenth century. And we must not forget that he honestly wlsaed to benefit the native, races. Every page, nay, almost every line, in his journals and letters, bears witness to his profound compassion for the despised and down-trodden Dyaks. -Aside from this, when we remember th&t he waff a cenuine Eiiclishman, proud of bis native hvr4 and thoughtlul always ot her. aggrandizement, we need be , at no loss to understand his motives. He went forth to gratify a love, of adventure, "to see something; of the world and come back again,'! to extend" a little the realms of scientific knowledge, to suggest, perhaps, some plans for the improvement of native chnrncter. and last;' but not least, to 'lean1 whether there might not be opened newaven lor the extension of British trade and Br" power. v . That the methods by which these obif .o be attained were not very well diT,,. ... to his own mind, is clear. He bircf VM. cast mvself upon the waters, like iin know m hook; but wWher the world'1., ' after many days, is a question 4a?8;f?ft f i consistency, he said. "1 J lr,on position at once; and, inff I to confcsi altered very rapidly " 1 feVs of duty ud before the world t.p'iiEh at first as ttVy responsibility Wfyyj.ut doubt, h.s direct aid have since beee s investieafion. He fk ' primary pyen somescientiflc knowkjitre, with hinjinir ao mean observer; and bepro himsWo prosecute, wherever opportuoif oc poed, researches into the veoer&pby, niUra' history, and commercial resources of the islands. K ne naa ""enor nft, s ye; tn.y existed w his mind as laacinatmg oioimrieT than well-defined plans, . s . After ,a tedious voyaee of nearly sUtjotths the H(atit reached Sinuapore, Junei, gja.' While Mr. Brooke was engaeed in retitmghis yacht, and anxiously revolving in his rud lOW he should obtain permission to penetrte hto the neighboring kingdom of Borneo, he luried that Muda Hassim. uncle of the Sulta gd Rajuh of Sarawak, the northwestern provliceof Borneo, had displayed great humanity tovrts a crew of shipwrecked Englishmen. On rei,. lng this information he started at once for Srt-, w ak, hoping to set some hold upon the Rust, and by such help to pursue bis researches. the time ol his visit was most unfortunate. The whole province was in a btate .of opeute. bullion; so that while he was received cour. teously, and permitted to make some local lui. veys, notblnir of importance could be accorn phbbed. Ballled and wearied by delay, he sailer, back to Singapore, and from thence, to Gelebti, where he remained several months, engaged a extensive explorations, and In collecting epec. mens to illustrate the natural history f tha island. i , r Mr. Brooke returned from Celebes worn out and tick, and was obliged to remain at Binga. pore several months to recruit his strength, In Aucust, 1840. he made . a second visit to Sarawak, intending to tarry there . t jew lavt, and then proceed homeward by the way of Manilla and China. "I have done fully aa much as 1 promised tbe public," be writes. He found things in much the some state as when be left. No progress had been made lathe suppression CvntHiucil on Vie Kit vent h Pag )v21
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