RATES OF ADVERTISING.
lot: line! or less constitute half a. square. Tau lino:
or man than four, constitute - squnre.
Winona»- .... $0.26] One “1., onodaym 30.5»
“ oneweek._..- 1.01) “ newest..." 1.25
“ one month” . 2.00 5‘ one month. .. 3.00
“ three months. 8.00 “ three months. 6.00
“ six months" . 4.00 “ six months... 8.00
I; one year“ .. . 5.00. “ one year..." 10.00
1;? Business nations inserted in the Loan. Gown, or
more marriages and deaths, nvz cum-s 2:: mm: for club
inaction. i‘o merahuuand others adverﬁaingby the you
“henna. as will he «ﬁend. -
113' The numberofinseﬂionu must badeuignatoclon the
Idwrtinement .
I? Marriages and Deaths will be muted gt 1;
Ital In regular adverﬁaements. h. we
Banks, Etatioucm, Ba.
SGHQOLPBQPKa—SohooI Directors,
1"” ”I, a?“ . Scholsrs and oth '
School Books, school Stationery, its. willﬂ'n’inoo'gﬁig
“dormant at s. M._POLLODK x stir-s 300 x stuns,
ﬁght Square, Harrisburg, ”mm-hing in part the follow-
RADERS.-—Mcen£ey’s, Parker’s Cobb’s Angell’s
SPELLING BOOKS.—Mo(§uﬂey’s; cohb’s’, Webster’s:
'o'“. Brady’s. Gumbry’s.
_INGLISH GBAMMABS.—Bullion’s, Smith’s, Wood
bn§§’a, Monteith s, Tnthill’s, Ron’s, Wells'.
TONER—éﬁmshaw’s, Davenport’s Fmst’lg Wil
cnn’a. woman, Goodrich’s, Pinnock’s, doldamith’ssnd
Clark's. '
sm’rmrrc’s._emmeam, Stoddard’s. Esrerson‘s,
Pike’s, Boss’s, cnmum’a. Smith no Duke-'B, Dame’s.
ALGEBRAB.—Greenlesr’s, Davis’s, Day's, Bay’s,
Bridge’s.
DIGTIONARYS..—WaIker~‘s school, Cobb’s, Wslker,
Worcmr’g comprehensive, Worcester’s Primary Web.
my, primary, Webster’s High School, Webster’s dunno,
Anaemia. ﬂ o
NATURAL PHlLOSOPHlEt—Gomstock’s, Parker’s,
Swifts The above with a great variety of others can at
my tune be found at my store. Also, a complete assort
ment of School Stationery: embracing in the whl la a com
pleee outﬁt for school purposes. Any book not in the store.
prognred It one days notice.
{l3' Country Merchants supplied at wholesale rates.
ALMANAGSV—John Bur and Son’s Almansc tor sale ai
I. M. POLLOCK .5: SON’S BOOK STORE, Harrisburg.
It? Wholesale end Retail. my!
Jw'ﬁ—é'Tr ii if cEli} E '1)
SCHEFFEPUS BOOKSTORE,
ADAMAN TINE SLﬂﬂ TES
OE VARIOUS SIZES AND PRICES,
Which, for beauty and use, cannot be excelled.
REMEMBER THE PLACEm
SCHEFFER’S BOOKSTORE,
NO. IS MARKET STREET
AUCTION.
BOOK
BEN F. FRENCH
Will supply his old friends and customers with the
following Books at Auction prices:
50:“ch Railroad, 10 vols., complete, 4 illustmtions
Japan Expedition, 3 vols, complete, illustrated and
illuminated, $l2 .
Emery’s Expedition, 2 volsl, complete, illustrated
illuminsted, $lO.
Congressional‘Globe, $1 50 per volume.
Waverly Novels, complete, 12 11:15., cloth, $lO.
" “ “ 27vols.,halfca.1f,$34; Jno.,
876., to. .
All of the above Books I will deliver in Harrisburg
free of charge. BEN F. FRENCH,
278 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. 0.
febﬁ-dtf
NEW BOOKS!
JUST RECEIVED
“SEAL AND SAY.” by the author of “Wide,Wide
World,” “Dollars and Cents-” kc.
“ HISTORY OF MET HODISM.” by A.StevanlgLL.D.
For sale SJ; 1 SCHEEFERS’ BOOKSTORE,
ape NO. 18 Mnrke st.
JUST RECEIVED,
A LARGE AND SPLENDID ASSOBTMENT 0F
RIGHL 1' GILT AND ORNAMENTJL
WINDOW CURTAINS,
PAPER BLINDS,
Of various Designs and Colors, for 8 cents,
TISSUE PAPER AND CUT FLY PAPER,
At [mﬁ4] SGHEFFER‘S BOOKSTORE.
\MALL PAPER! WALL PAPER 1!
Just recgived, our Spring Stock of WALL PAPER,
BORDERS; FIRE SCREENS, & c., &c. It is the largest
and best selected assortment in the city, rangiugin price
from six (6) cents up to one dollar and uquarte: ($1.25.)
As we purclmse very low for cash: we are prepared to
sell at as low rates, if not lower, than can be had else—
where. 11‘ purchasers will call and examine, we feel
Conﬁdent that we can please them in respect to price
and quality. 1:. M POLLOCK &, son,
:43 Below Jones’ House, Market Square.
LETT E R, CAP, NOTE PAPERS,
Pens, Holders, Pencils. Enve!opes, Sealing Wax, of
the best quality, at low prices, direct from the manu
factories. at
1:33:30
SGHEFFER’S CHEAP BOOKSTORE
LAW BOOKS ! LAW BOOKS ! l—A
ganeral assortment of LAW BOOKS, 311 the State
Reports and Standard Elementary Works, with many of
the old English Reports, scarce and rare: together with
a large assortment 01' second‘hand Law Books, at very
low prices, a: the am mice Bookstore Q)“
E. M. POLLOGK an SON,
Market Square, Harrisburg.
myB
ﬁliﬁttllumuus.
A N A R R I V A L O F
N E W G 0 0I) S
APPROPRIATE TO THE SEASON!
SILK LINEN PAPER
FANS! FANS}! FANS!!!
mamas AND srnnxnm LOT OF
SPLICED FISHING RODS!
Trout Flies, Gut and Hair Snoods. Grass Linea, Silk
and Hair Plaited Lines, and a. general assortment of
FISHING TACKLE!
A annu- nmsn or
WALKING CAKES!
Which we will as“ as cheap as the~cneopest3
Silver Bead Loaded Sword Hickory Fancy
canes! Canes! Canes! Canes! Canes!
KELLER’S DRUG AND FANCY STORE,
'so. 91 Human STREET,
. South side. one door east of Fourth street je9.
B J. aARB. I s ,
I
WORKER IN TIN,
‘ SHEET IRON, AND
METALLIC ROOFING,
Second Street, below Chestnut,
HARRISBURG, P 4.
In prams! to ﬁll orders for any article in his branch of
lmsineasrand if not on hand, he will minke to order on
shortnoﬁce.
METALLIC ROOFING, of Tin or Galvanized Iron,
«Instantly on hand. .. ~ _
mso, Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware, Spouting, ace.
He hopes, by strict Attention to the wants of his custo
mers, to merit and receive a generous share of public pat-
313' Evexy promise strictly fulﬁled.
B. J. HARRIS,
Second Street. below Chestnut
Emil-«11:3
F - 1. S H T. T.
MACKBREL, (SOS. 1, 2 and 3.)
SALMON, (very superior.)
EH3I), (Mess and very line.)
009F153. .IIhBRIhG, (extra. large.)
SMOKED HEREING, (extra. Digby.)
SCOTCH HERRING .
SARBINES AND ANCHOVIES.
Of the above we have Mackerel in whole, half. quaxter
and eight!) bbls. Herring in whole and half ‘bbls.
The emu-e lot new—DXRECT r2Ol rm: FISHERIES, and
will sell them at the lowest market rates. ‘
up}! WM. DOCK, 11L, Jr, 00.
S'MOKE l SMOKE 1 ! SMOKE ! I l—ls
¢ b'ecﬁonuble when from a CIGAR h .1 t
KEfﬁEg‘gS DRUG STORE, 91 Market streelEt‘Fc £3193
-6B a superior and ch 7
_ ' B
F SALAD on. go to a? TABLE or
1539:131an STORE
THE Fruit Growers’ HandbookL'ﬁ—
WABlNG—wholeaale andretailat y
mch3l ‘ . scnnrmn’s BMW,“
SPERM OANDLES.-—-A large supply
just received by
301218 , WM. DOCK. JR” & CO.
IF you are in want; of a Dentiﬁ'ice go to
name. 91. Market at.
Coo P E B’S GELATINE.—-The best
article in the marketﬁuat received Ind for sale by
mun-ﬂ WI. D 905 11.
I==l
li3
inar2
FISH!!!
“3.3.3,. e—x
. 1’”: il. 7; V“ ~: (1‘
wa-uww o
#9": (,E’WA Cl 3 -'-:-“—: “5:4 ea,»
. 3%??25 L. “:2 I
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41;—;_. .11.} H?" L. 3+ l A; - ‘
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___—42.ll;? 3 Tva“',. -l
_‘A, ,7 ~ ’‘ :’ V‘YL‘F‘IE STIT—LGE‘JAH > ‘
1 y) W ‘
W "‘W “""—’._-—V‘ . I
VOL.
ﬂurry Etables'.
CITY LIVERY STABLES,
$13!“ BLACKBERRY ALLEY, ﬂ
IN THE REAR 0F lIERR’S HOTEL.
The undersigned has rut-commenced the L I YER Y
BUSINESS in his NEW AND SPACIOUS STABLES,
lo cated as above, with a. large and varied stock of
lIORSES, CARRIAGES AND OﬂINIB USES,
Which he will hire at moderate rates.
octl3-dly F. K. SWARTZ.
FRANK A. MD RRAY
Successor to Wm. Parlehill, ‘
LITEBY 8:. EXCHANGE STABLE
THIRD STREET BELOW MARKET.
m 55;; I V; q .
1% ‘\‘mﬂ _ ‘ : I)“
‘ erg _. ‘ 3:2.“ . ; ' - ,1
name“ - Q .-‘
HAVING purchased the interest of J. Q. Adams I: the
establishment, and made large additions to the stock, the
undersigned is prepared to accommodate the public with
SUPERIOR HORSES for Saddle or Oar-riauve purposes, and
with every variety of VEHICLES of the latest and most
upproved styles, on reasonable terms.
PLEASURE PARTIES will be acoOmmadatod with On:
nibusees at short notice.
Carriages and Omnibusses, for funeral occasions, will be
furnished, accompanied by careful and obliging drivers.
He invites an inspection of his stock, satisﬁed that it is
fully equal to that of any other establishment of the kind
in town. FRANK A. MURRAY
BRANCH STABLE-
I'he ondemlgnedhas opened a branch of his “Livery and
Exchange Stable" in the buildings lately occupied by A.
W. But, in Fourth street, opposite the Bethel, where he
is prepared to accommodate the public with Horses and
Vehicles, at all times, on reasonable terms. His stock is
large and varied, and will recommend itself.
onlti-du‘ FRANK A. MURRAY.
ﬁlistcllmtmug.
FEAKE NOTICE!
That we have recently added to our already full stack
OFSEG A R b‘
LA KORMATIS,
. IIARI KARI.
‘ EL MONO,
LA BANANA.
0F PERFUMERY
Fox TEE HANDKBRCHIEF:
TURKISH ESSENCE,
ODOR 0F MITSK,
LUBIN’S ESSENCE BOUQUET.
POl2 THE HAIR: - -
EAU LUSTRALE,
CRYSTALIZED POMATUM,
MYRTLE AN D VIOLET POMATUM.
Fox THE GoanExxox 2
TALG 0F VENICE,
ROSE LEAF POWDER.
NEW MOWN HAY POWDER,
BLANQ DE PERLES.
0 F SOA P .3
BAzm’s FINEST
MOSS ROSE,
BENZOIN, .
UPPER TEN,
VIOLETJ
NEW MOWN HAY,
, JOGKEY CLUB.
Having the largest stock and best assortment of Toilet
Articles, we fancy that we are better able than our com
petitors to get up a complete Toilet Set at any price de
sired. Call and see.
Always on hand, a FRESH Stock of DR UGS, M'EDI
CINES, CHEII'IICALS, kc , consequent of our re.
ceiving almost daily additions thereto.
KELLER’S DRUG, AND FANCY STORE,
91 nuke: Street, two doors East of Fourth Street,
sep6 Soéth‘slde.
PHOENIX. FOUNDRY.
J. J. 031.211
JOHN J. OS LEE & BROTHER,
(succzssoxs To JAMES M. BAY.)
FOUNDERS AND EIACHINISTS,
(‘Ol-:er Pennsylvania Railroad and Stats Street,
HARRISBURG, PA
MILL GEARING, IRON FENCES, RAILROAD
+ AND CANAL WORK,
AND ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF
IRON CASTING-S
- ON HAND on MADE TO ORDER.
MACHINE WORK AND REPAIRING- PROMPTLY
- ATTENDED TO. ‘
PATTERNS MADE TO ORDER.
We have a- large and complete assortment of Patterns
to select from. “22
JUST RECEIVED!
a; FULL ASSORTMENT _OF‘
HUMPHBEY’S HOMEDPATHIC SPECIFICS!
I'o WHICH was my!“ rm:
ATTENTION OF THE AFFLICTED!
For sale at * .
SCHEFFER’S BOOKSTORE,
up!) -....ﬁ.“ No. 18 Market st _
WE OFFER TO
C I} S T- 0 M E R S
A New Lot of
LADIES‘ PUBSES,
0f Beautiful styles, substantially made
'A Splendid Assortment of
GENTLEMEN’S WALLETS
A New and Elegant Perfume,
KN IGHTS_ TEMPILARB’ BOQUE'I’,
Put up inécut Glass Engraved Bottles.
A Complete Assortment of
HANDKEILCHIEF PERFUMES ,
0f the best Manufacture.
A very Handsoxiae Variety of
POWDER PUFF BOXES.
KELLER’S DRUG STORE,
91 Market street
UM
ESTABLISHED IN 1810.
FANCY DYEING ESTABLISHMENT.
J. k W. JONES, No. 432 N. Front Street, above Gal
lowliill, Philadelphia, dye SILKS, WOOLEN AND
FANCY GOODS of every description. Their superior
style of Dyeing Ladies’ and Gentleman’s Garments is
widely known. Grape and Merino Shawls dyed the most
brilliant or plain colors. Grape and Merino Shawls
cleaned to look like new—also, Gentleman’s apparel.
Curtains, am, cleaned or re—dyed.
313’ Call and look at our work before going else
where. sepll-d3m
“T HOLESALE GROCERY!
The subscribers are daily receiving GOODS from New
York, Philadelphiaand Baltimore. which they are selling
to Country Merchants at few small pmﬁls. Orders
ﬁlled promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed. We have
li. large supply of the following articles :;
COFFEE, TOBACCO,
SUGAR, RAMS,
' SYRUPS, BACON,
TEA, great variety; FISH,
STARCH. SALT,
' CHEESE, TAR a; GIL,
SOAP, WHITE LEAD,‘
BPIOES, GLASS,
POWDER 4; SHOT, OAKUM Gr. PITCH,
FLOUR, PLASTER,
CORN & OATSI CEMENT,
GLOVBRSEED, COAL.
Also, a. large assortment of BAR IRON, NAILS, and
RAILROAD SPIRES.
EBY & KUNKEL.
Harrisburg, August 6. Isms—llll74l3lll
FAMILY BIBLES, from 1% to $lO,
'6 “520113 and handsomely Isaiah grinned 0" 800“ Paper;
e can 1 t a a
Inehßl u 8" ne'sgﬁr‘i‘nn’s Gimp Boom m.
CRANBERRIES ! 1 !——A SPLENDID LOT
just received by
09th WM. DOCK, .13., 65 CO.
TO THE PUBLIC!
JOHN TILL’S}
COALY A R B,
:souwn‘ SECOND STREET,‘.
BELOW PRATT’S ROLLING MILL;
HABBiSBURG, PA.,
Where he has constantly on hand
LYKENS VALLEY BROKEN, EGG, STOVE AND
WILKESBARRE STEAMBOAT, BROKEN, STOVE
AND NUT COAL,
ALL OF THE BEST QpALITY.
It will be' delivered to consumers dash, and full
weight warranted. '
113’ CONSUMERS GIVE ME A CALL. FOll YOUR
WINTER SUPPLY. j ~ ‘
11:? Orders left at my house, in Walnut streef, near
Fifth; or at Brnbaker’s;l\'orth street; J. L. Spears,
Market Square; Wm. Bostick’s, corner of Second and
South streets, and John Lingle’s, Second and Mulberry
streets, will receive prompt attention. 7
jyl3-d6m ' J OHN TILL.
COAL}! 0.0AL1!
ONLY YARD IN TOWN TIIAT DELII’ERS
_ COALBYTIIE
PATENT -WEIGI{ CAI-ITS!
For every family to get in their supply of 00:11 for the
winter—weighéd at their door by the Patent 11-‘Ligh
Carts. The accuracy of these Carts no one disputes, and
they never get out of order, as is frequently the case of
the Platform Scales; besides, the consumer has the
satisfaction of proﬁng the weight of his CUM at his
own house.
I have a large supply of Coal on hand, cnnL‘ﬁzg of
S. M. GOES LYKENS VALLEY GOAL all sizes.
LYKENS VALLEY do “ “
WILKESBARRE do. '
BITUMINOUS BROAD TOP do.
All Goal of the best qualitx mined, and delivered free
from 11.11 impurities, at the lowest rates‘7 by the boat or
car load, singXe, half or third of tons, and by the bushel.
' . JAMES M. WHEELER.
Harrisburg, September 24‘ 1860.—5ep25
COAL! COALH GOAL!!!
TO GET CLEAN COAL!
FULL WEIGHT AND NOTHING SHOE T OF IT!
Thankful to my friends and customers for their liberal
patronage, I would inform them and the public generally,
that I sun fully prepared, on short notice; to supply them
with all kinds of
SUFERIOR GOAL OF _ALL SIZES.
FREE FROM SLATE, AND CAREFULLY SCREENED,
FIGURE AS FAIR DEALING WILL AFFORD!
Although my Coal ig not weighed in SELF—WEIGHING
CABTS, BUT ls “'szan ox SCALES Accmumui‘ TESTED
B! THE Sunni 0F WEIGHTS AND Mylsmzus, and con
unmet; may feat assured that they will be £15141." sum
honestly dealt with. I sell nothing but the very best
article, and no mixing.
Also, HICKORY, OAK and PINE WOOD always on
hand. sew-dam GEO. I'. WIESTLING.
W. P. OSLEK
COAL! GOALE! COAL!!!
The subscriber is prepared at all times to deliver to
the citizens of Harrisburg the diﬁ'arent kinds and sizes
of LYKENS VALLEY, PINE GROVE AND WILKES
BARRE COAL, weighed on the CITY WEIGH CART
at the consumer’s door, and full weight guaranteed
Prices as low as at any regular yard in the city. Orders
left at his ofﬁce, corner Fourth and Market streets, or
dropped in the Post-oﬂicc, will be promptly attended to.
null-(13111 DAVID M’CORMIGK.
COAL! WOODI! PO WDER! [I
JAMES M. WHEELER,
D E AL E B I N
HARD AND soFT COAL},
OAK, HICKORY AND PINE WOOD
CORN,OATS,&C. '
AGENT FOR
DUPONT’S CELEBRATED POWDER!
113‘ All Coal delivered clean, and weighed at can
sumer’s door. by the Patent Weigh Carts. The reputa
tion of these Scales is so well established that I believe
no person doubts their eorreetness. If any do they Ma
8.1: liberty to test them in any way, and if the heal falls
short ten pounds they can have the Goal.
1629 JAMES M. WHEELER.
THE GROVER & BAKER
1
13 AMILY SEWING MACHINE
is rapidly superseding all others for family use. The
DOUBLE Loan-8111011 formed by this Machine is found
to be the only one which survives the wash-tub on bus
seams, and, therefore, the only one permanently valu
able for Family Sewing.
READ THE FOLLOWIN G TESTIMONY:
“Mrs. J nsrnnsou DAVIS, presents her compliments to
Grover d: Baker, and takes pleasure in saying that she
has used one of their Machines for two years, and ﬁnds
it still in good order, makes a beautiful stitch, and does
easily work of any kind.”-—Wush.ington-, D C.
“It is a beautiful thing, and puts everybody into an
excitement of good humor. Were la. Catholic, I would
insist upon Saints Grover 6.: Baker having an eternal
holiday in commemoration of their good deeds for hu
manity.”—Cassius 111. Clay. _
“My wife has had one of Grover d: Baker’s melli}
Sewing Machines for some time, and I run satisﬁed it_ is
one of the best labor-saving machines that has been In
vented. I take much pleasure in recommending It to
the pnblic.”—l. G. Harris, Governor of Tennessee
“On the recommendation of a. friend, I procured, some
months since, one of your FemilySewinngchines. My
family has been most successful in its use, iron} the
start, without any trouble or diﬂiculty whatever it} its
management. My wi he says it is a ‘family blessingy‘ "“1
could not be induced to dispense with its use—"l ILl} 01’
which I most heartily concur.”—Jamcs Pollack, EI-
Gooernor of Pennsylvania. _
_ “The undersigned, (museums of various denomina
tions. having purchased and used in our families (IR9:
YER]: BAKEE’S GELEBRATED FAMILY. SEWING
MACHINE, take pleasure in recommending it as an m
strument fully combining the essentials of a good “1&-
chine. Its beautiful simplicity, ease of manngcpwnt,
and the strength and elasticity of its stitch, unite to
render it a. machine unsurpassed by any in the nltfl‘kﬂy
and one which we feel conﬁdent will give satisfaction ‘39
all who may purchase and use it.”
Rev. W I’. STRICKLAND, New York. . .
liele. P. RODGERS, 1). 1)., Albany, N. l‘ .
Rev. W. B. SPBAGUE, D. D., Albuny, N. Y.
Rev. JOHN CROSS, Baltimore, Md.
Rev. JOHN M’CRON, D. 1)., Baltimore, Md.
Rev. W A. BROOKE“, Norfolk, Va.
Rev. JonN PARIS, Norfolk, Va '
Rev. 0. HANKEL, I). D., Charleston, S. C.
Rev. G. A. LOYAL. Charleston, S. 0.
Rev. B. B. ROSS, Mobile, Ala.
Rev. A. A. PORTER; Selma, Ala. .
Prof.W. 1). WILSON, D. D.,"Genova. N. Y.
. Rev. w. H. CURRY, A. Ll,. Geneva. 'N I’.
Rev. IRTQ'RNBULL BAGKUS, D. 1)., Schenectud)’:
Rev. B. W. OHIDLAW, A. 11., Cincinnati, Ohio. .
Bey. W. PERKINS, Cincinnnti, Ohio.
Prof. I. I. McELHENNY, D. D., Gambler, Ohio.
Rev. ENSTEIN MORBOUGH, Cambridge City, Ind.
RBVJOSEPH ELDRIDGE, Norfolk, Cdun.
Rev. OSMOND 0. BAKER, Bishop of M. E. Church,
Concord, N. 11. '
OFFI c E s ,
495 Broadway, New York; 18 Summer Street, Danton;
730 Chestnut Strept, Philadelphia; 181 Baltimore Street,
Baltimore; 249 Km); Street, Charleston ; 11 Camp Street,
New Orleans; 124 North Fourth Street, St. Louis; 53
West Fourth Street, Cincinnati ; 171 Superior Street,
Oleyeland; and all the principal cities and towns in the
Umted States. 0
iﬁ’SEND FOR A CIRCULARJ
aeplß-dkwly
HARR'stﬁ'lTd, PA., TUESDAi, 0071631233 30, 1860.
Coal.
NUT COAL
ALSO,
NOIV IS THE TIIKE
NOW IS YOUR TIME
u AS LOW AV
gutting ﬁlathiucﬁ. ‘
NOISBLESS
Gigs ﬁatrint 1% ‘(iﬁniom
TUESDAY MORNING. OCT. 30, 1860
LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA.
_.__+, V...
THEIR PEGULIAR FORMATION—THE PEOPLE
WHO 1N HABIT THEM—PHOTOGRAPHS OF LIFE
IN ETHIOPIA—_AN AFRICAN CONVERSATION.
From a. recent. work, entitled “The Lake Re
gions of Central Africa. A Picture of Explo
ration} By Richard F. Burton, Captain H. M.
I. Army, Fellow and Gold Medalist of the
Royal Geogmhpical Society,” a Work replete
wit-h lively anecdote and amusing or startling
adventure, we extract thc‘ following:
AN AFRICAN PORTER
“At the preliminary khamhi the mtongi su~
perintends the distribution of each muzigo or
load. The pagazi or porters are mostly lads,
tank and light, with the lean clean legs of
leopards. Sometimes, however, aherculanean
form is found with the bullet-head, the broad
bull-like neck, the deep wide chest, and the
large strong extremities that characterize the
Ilammal of Stamboul. There, is usually a
sprinkling of gray .lfeards, who might: be ex—
pected, as the proverb is, to be “leaning against
the wall.” Among these races, however, the
older men who have learned to husband their
strength, fare better than theirjuniors, and the
Africans, like the Arabs, object to a. party
which does not contain veterans in beards, age
and experience. In proportioning the loads
there is always much troublemnch individual has
his favorite fancy, and must choose, or, at any
rate, must consent to his burden. To load
porters properly is a work of skill. They will
accept at. the hand of a man who knows their
nature a weight which, if proposed by a stran
ger, would be rejected with grunts of digust.
They hate the inconvenience of boxes, unless
light. enough to he carried at both ends of a
“banglii”-pole by one man, or heavy enough
to be slung between two porters. The burden
must never be under a. fair standard, especially
when of that description that it decreases by
expenditure toward the end of the journey; a
lightly laden man not only becomes lazy, he
also makes his fellows discontented. The na
ture of the load, however, causes an inequality
of weight. Cloth is tightly rolled up in the
form of a huge bolster, ﬁve feet long by eigh
teen to twenty-four inches in diameter, pro
tected against wear and weather by makanda
or coarse matting of barb leaf. and corded
over. Thisbundlc is fastened, for thcpurpose
of preserving its shape and for convenience of
stocking, in a cradle of three or more ﬂexible
branches, cut from a small tree below the place
of junction, barked and trimmed, laid along
the length of the load,‘and conﬁned at. the open
end by a, lashing of ﬁbre-rope. Besides his
weapons and marching kit a man will carry a
pack of two frasilsh or seventy pounds, and
this perhaps is the maximum. Bends are
placed in long, narrow bags of domestics. mot-
Led, colored and cradled in sticks like cloth;
being a. less elastic load, they are more diﬁicult
to carry, and therefore seldom exceed ﬁfty
pounds. Brass and other wires are. carried in
dour, khats, or circles, lashed to both ends of
a pole, which is generally the large midrib of
a palm frond, with a. fork out in its depth at one
extremity to form a base for the load when
stacked, and provided at the junction with a
kitamhara. or pad of grass. rag or leather.—
Wire is the lightest, as ivory is the heaviest, of
loads. The African porter will carry only the
smallest burdens upon his head, and the custom
is mostly conﬁned to Women and children. The
merchants of course carry nothing but them
selves, except. in extreme cases; but when the
sudden sickness or the evasion of a porter en—
dangers the safety of his load, they shoulder it
Without hesitation. The chief proprietor usu
ally follows his caravan, accompanied by some
of his partners and armed slaves, to prevent
the straggling which may lead to heavy loss;
he therefore often endures the heat and tedium
of the road longer than the rest of his party.
THE SMALL-Pox AMONG TRAVELERS.
0n the way we were saddened by the sight
of the cleau»pioked skeletons, and here and
there the swollen corpses of porters who had
perished in this place of starvation. ‘ A single
large body, which had lost ﬁfty of its number
by small-pox, had passed us but yesterday on
the road, and the sight of their deceased com
rades called to our minds terrible spectacles;
men staggering on, blinded by disease, and
mothers carrying on their backs infants as
loathsome objects as themselves. The wretches
would not leave the path ; every step in their
state of failing strength was precious; he who
once fell would never rise again; no village
would admit death into its precincts, no rela
tion or friend would return for them, and they
would lie till their agony was ended by the.
raven and vulture, the ﬁsi and the fox. Near
every khamloi or kraal I remarked detached
tents which, according to the guides, were set
apart for those seized with the fell disease.—
Under these circumstances as might be expec
ted, several of our party caught the infection;
they lagged behind, and probably threw them
selves into some jungle, for the path, when re
visited, showed no signs of them.
AN ABORIGINAL OBA'J‘ION
Before settling for the night Kidogo stood
up, and to loud cries of “ Maneno! maneno !”
~words! words! equivalent to our parliamen
tary hear! hear S—delivered himself of the
following speech :
“Listen.‘o ye whites! and ye children of
Seyyidi Mnjidi! and ye sons of Ramji! hear
ken to my words, 0 ye oﬁ'spring of the night!
The journey entereth Ugogo—Ugogo—(the
orator threw out his arm westward.) Beware,
and again beware (he made violent. gesticula
lions.) You don’t know the Wagogo, they are
—s and —s! (he stamped.) Speak not to
those Washenzi pagans! enter not into their
houses (he pointed grimly to the ground.)—
Havc no dealings with them, show no cloth,
wire, nor beads (speaking with increasing ex—
citement.) Eat not with them, drink not with'
them, and make not love to their women (here
the speech became a. scream.) Kirangozi of
the Wunyamwezi, restrain your sons. Sulfer'
them not to stray into the villages, to buy salt
Ont of camp, to rob provisions, to debau‘ch
With beer, or to sit by the wells 1” And thus,
for nearly half an hour, now violently, then
composedly, he poured forth the words of wis
dom, till the hubbub and chatter of voices,
which at ﬁrst had been silenced by surprise,
brought his eloquence to an end.
THE LAND OF THE MOON
I halted two days in Yombo; the situation
was low and unhealthy, and provisions were
Procul‘able in homoceputhic quantities. My
only amusement there was to watch the softer
Part of the population. At eventide, when
the labors of the day were past and (19116, “19
yillagers came home in a body, ladenﬂlth “{9ll‘
Implements of cultivation, and singmg ”4 kfnd
01' “ dulce domum” in a. simple and pleasmg‘
recitative. The sunset hom- in} the “Land of
the Moon” is replete with expoyments. The
sweet and balmy breeze ﬂoatsgn waves like the
draught of a. fan; the sky 15 softly and se
renely blue; the ﬂeecy clouds, stationary in
the upper ﬁrmarnent, are robed in purple and
gold, and the beautiful blush erimsoning the
west is reﬂected by all the features of earth.
At this time all is life. The vulture soars with
silent ﬂight high in the blue expanse ; the
small birds preen themselves for the night, and
sing their evening hymns; the antelopes pre
pnre to couch in the bush ; the cattle and ﬂocks
frisk and gambol while driven from their pas
tures; and the people busy themselves with
the simple pleasures that end the day. Every
eVening there is a. smoking party, which par
ticularly attractﬁmy attention. All the feminine
part of the population, from wrinkled grand
mother to the maiden scarcely in her teens,
assemble together, and, sitting in a. circle upon
dwarf stools and logs of Wood, apply them—
selves to their long black—bowled pipes.
“ Smpe illm long-cut vel short-cut flare tobacco
Sunt solitm pipes."
rue sronr or ruxmxmi,
A few brief remarks concerning l’uudikira,
the chief of Unyamwczi in 1858. may serve to
illustrate the condition of the ruling class in
Unyamwezi. This chief was traveling toward
the coast as a. porter in a caravan when he heard
of his father’s death: he at once stacked his
load and prepared to return home and rule.—
The rest of the gang, before allowing him to
depart, taunt-ed him severely, exclaiming,
partly in jest, partly in earnest, “Ah! now
thou art still our comrade, but presently thou
wilt torture and slay, ﬁne and ﬂog us.” Fun
dikira proceeding to his native country, in
herited, us is the custom, all his father‘s pro
perty and widows; he ﬁxed himself at Ititenya,
presently numbered ten wives, who have borne
him only three children, built three hundred
houses for his slaves and dependents, and owned
two thousand head of cattle. He lived in some
state, declining to call upon strangers, and,
though not demanding, still obtaining large
presents. Becoming obese by age and good
living, he fell ill in the autumn of 1858, and _as
usual, his relations were suspected of compass
ing his end by uchuwi, or black magic. In
these regions the death of one man causes
mnny. The mganga, was summoned to apply
the usual ordeal. After administering a mys
tic drug, he broke the neck of El. fowl, and
splitting it into two lengths inspected the in
terior. If blackness or blemish appear about
the wings it denotes the treachery of children,
relations and kinsmen ; the back—bone convicts
the mother and grandmother; the tail shows
that the criminal is the wife, the thighs the
concubines, and the injured shanks or feet the
other slaves. Having ﬁxed upon the class of
criminals, they are collected together by the
mganga, who, after similarly dosmg a second
hen, throws her up into the air above the heads
of the crowd, and singles out the person upon
whom she alights. Confession is extorted by
tying the thumb backward till it touches the
wrist, or by some equally barbarous mode of
question. The consequence of condemnation
is certain and immediate death; the mode is
chosen by the maganga. Some are speared,
others are beheaded, or “ ammazati”—-clubbed.
A common way is to bind the cranium between
two stiﬂ' pieces of wood, which are gradually
tightened by cords till the brain bursts out
from the sutures. For women they practice a.
peculiarly horrible kind of impalement. These
atrocities continue until the chief recovers or
dies: at the commencement of his attack, in
one household eighteen souls, male and female,
had been destroyed; should his illness be pro
tracted, scores will precede him to the grave,
for the mchawi, or magician. must surely die.
AN AFRICAN LAKE
0n the 13th of February we resumed our
travel through screens of lofty grass, which
thinned’ out. into a straggling forest. After
about an hour’s march, as we entered a. small
savanna, I saw the fundi before alluded to
running forward and changing theﬂirection of
the caravan. Without supposing he had taken
upon himself this responsibility, I fOIIOWed
him. Presently he breasted a. steep and stony
hill, sparsely clad with thorny trees; it was
the death of my companion’s riding-ass. Ar
rived with toil—Jar our fagged beasts now
refused to proceed—we halted for a. few minutes
upon the summit. “What is that streak of
light which lies below?” I inquired of Seedy
Bombay. “I am of opinion,” quoth Bombay,
“that thatis the water.” I gazed in disznay;
the remains of my blindness, the veil of trees,
and a. broad ray of sunshine illuminating but
one reach of the lake, had shrunk its fair pro
portions. ‘Somewhat prematurely I began to
lament my folly inhnving risked life and lost
health for so poor 3 prize, to curse Arab exag
geration, and to propose an immediate return,
with the view of exploring the Nyanza, or
Northern Lake. Advancing, however, a. few
yards, the whole scene suddenly burst upon my
View, ﬁlling me with admiration, wonder and
delight. It gave local habitation to the poet’s
fancy:
“Tremolavano i mi del Sol nascente
Sovm l’ onde del mar pnrpnree e d’ are,
E in vests di zaﬂiro i 1 ciel ridente
Spacchim' puree. le sue bellezze in loro.
D’Afries. i venti ﬁeri e d’Oriente,
Sovrn il letto del mar, prendean ristoro,
E co’ sospiri suoi sosvi e lietti
Col Zeﬁiro increspnva. i 1 lembo a. Teti."
Nothing. in sooth, could be more picturesque
than this ﬁrst view of the Tanganyika Lake, as
it lay in the lap of, the mountains, basking in
the gorgeous tropical sunshine. Below and
beyond a short foreground of rugged and pre~
cipitous hill-fold, down which the foot-path
zigzags painfully, a narrow strip of emerald
green, never sore and marvelously fertile,
shelves towards a. ribbon of glistening yellow
sand, here bordered by sedgy rushes, there
cleanly and clearly cut by the breaking wave
lets. Farther in front stretches the waters,
an e anse of the lightest and softest blue, in
breaﬁlh varying from thirty to thirty-ﬁve miles,
, and sprinkled by the crisp cast wind with tiny
crescents of snowy foam. The background in
front is a. high and brok’en well of steel colored
mountain, here decked and capped with pearly
‘ mist, there standing sharply pencilled “gainst
, the azure sir; its yawning chasms, marked by
1 a deeper plum color,’fall toward dwarf hills of
mound-like proportions, which apparently dip
their jeet in the wave. To thesouth, {lnd OP~
l posit the long low point behind wlllch the
l Malagarnzi river discharges the red loam sus—
l pended in its'violent stream, he the bill“ head
lands and capes of Uguhha, fmd’ as the eye
‘ dilateS, it falls on e clustel'opf outlying islets
specking n sea—horizon- V 11111383. cultivated
lands, the frequent canoes of the ﬁshermen on
the waves breaking upon the shore, give a
something of variety, of movement, of life to
the landscape: “7131011, like all the fairest pros
pects in thesereglons, wants but a. little of the
neatness and finish of art—mosques and kiosks,
palaces iand vgllas, gardens and orchards——
contrasting With the profuse lavishness and
magniﬁcence of nature, and diversifying the
unbrolxen coup cl’mil of excessive vegetation, to
rival, If not. to excel, the most admired scenery
of_the classic regions. The rinnt shores of
this vast crevasse appeared doubly beautiful to
me after the silent and spectral mangrove
creeks on the East African seaboard, and the
melancholy, monotonous experience of desert
and jungle scenery, tawny rocks and sun
parched plain or rank herbage and ﬂats of
black mire. Truly it was a revel for 50111 and
sight. Forgetting toils, dangers, and the ‘
doubtfuluess of return, I felt willing to endure ‘
double what I had endured; and all the party
seemed to join with me in joy. My purblind
companion found nothing to grumble ut- except
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the “mist and glare before his eyes.” Said bin
'Salim looked exulting—lae had procured for me
this pleasure—the mondculous jemadar grinned
his congratulationsnand even the surly Baloch
made civil salams. -.
On the 3d of November, the caravan issuing
from Tum, plunged manfully into the Fiery
Field, and after seven marches in 38 many days.
halted for breath and forage at J iwe 1a Mkoa.
the Round Stone. A few rations havingbeen
procured in its vicinity, we resumed our way
on the 12th of November. and in two days ex
changed, with a. sensible pleasure, the dull ex
panse of dry brown bush and brushwood, dead
thorn trees and dry nulluhs fox- tbe fertile red
plain .of Mdahura. After that point began the
transit of Ugogo, when; I had been taught to
expect accidents; they wreaked themselves.
however, into nothing more than the disappear~
once of cloth and-beads in inordinate quanti
ties. We. were received by Magomba, the Sul
tan of Kanyenye, with 9. charge of magic, for
which, of course, it. was necessary to pa y lien
vily. . The Wanyamwexi porters seemed even
more limid on the elm-:1: journey than on the.
up march. They slank about. like curs, and
the ﬁerce look of a Mgogo boy was enough to
strike a general terror. Twanigana, when
safe in the mountains of Usa‘garr, would fre.
quently indulge me in a. dialogue like the fol—
lowing, and it. may serve as a. specimen of the
present state of conversation in East Africa :
“ The state. Mdula '.'" ('2‘. 3., Abdullab, a.
word unpronounceable to nogroid organs.)
“The state is very 2 (well) and thy state ‘2”
“The state is very“: (well) and the state of
Spikka ‘2” (my companion.)
“The state of Spikka is very! (well.”)
“We have escaped the Wagogn (resumes
Twanignua,) white man, 0I” ~
“ We have escaped, O my bmther i"
“ The Wagogo are bad.”
“’ They are bad.”
“ Wogogo are very bad."
“ They are very bad.”
“ The Wagogo are not. good."
“ They are not good.”
" The Wugogo are not: at all good." ‘
“ They are not. at all good.”
“I greatly feared the Wogogo, who kill the
Wanyomwezi."
“ Exactly so I” '
“But now I don’t. fear them. I call them
————3 and -——«.-—s, and I would ﬁght. the
Whole' tribe, white man 0 l" .
“Truly so, 0 my brotherl"
And thus for two mortal hours, till my ennui
turned into marvel. Twanigana, however, was,
perhaps, in point of intellect somewhat. below
the usual standard of African young men.—
Older and more experienced was Muzungn
Mbayu. and I often listened with no small
amusement to the attempts made by the Baloch
to impress upon this truly African mind a re
spect for their reveln tion. Gul Mohammed was
the missionary of the party; like Moslems gen
erally, however, his thoughts had been taught;
to run in one groove, and if disturbed by start.—
ling objections, they were all abroad. Similth‘ly
I have observed in the European old lady, that.
on such subjects all the world must think with
her, and I have been suspected of drawing the
long how when describing the worship of gods
with four arms, and goddesses with two heads.
Muzungu Mlmya, as the old hunks calls him
self, might be sitting deeply meditative, at the
end of the march, before the ﬁre, warming his
inner legs, smoking his face, and ever and anon
costing pleasant glances at a small black earthen
pipkin, whence arose the savory steam of meat
and vegetables. A. concatenation, of ideas in
duces Gul Mohammad to break through his
favorite theme. -
“And thou, Muiungn Mbnya, thou also must.
EOM
“Ugh !” ugh 1” replies (he Muzungu, person
ally offended, “don't. speakin that way! Thou
must die too.” V .
“[t is a sore thing to die,” resumes Gul Mo
hammed.
“ Hoo ! hoo I” excluims the other, “it is
bad, very had, never to wear a nice 010th, no
longer to dwell with one’s wife and children,
not to eat and drink, snuﬁ‘, and smoke tobacco.
Hoo! hoo lit is bad, very bad 1” .
“ But we shall eat,” rejoins the Moslem,
“the ﬂesh of birds, mountains of meat,’ and
delicate roasts, and drink sugared water, and
whatever we hunger for."
The African’s mind is disturbed by the tissue
of contradictions._ He considers birds some
what low feeding, roasts he adores, he contrasts
mountains of meat with his poor half pound in
pot, he would sell himself for sugar ; but. again
he hears nothing of tobacco; still he takcs the
trouble to ask,
“ Where, 0 my brother?”
“ There,” exclaims Gal Mohammad, pointing
to the skies.
This is a. “ choke-pear” to Muzungu Mbaya.
The distance is great, and he can scarcely be—
lieve that his interlocutor has visited the ﬁrm!-
ment to see the provision; he therefore ventures
upon the query.
“An hast. they: been (here, 0 my bro
ther ‘1" ,
“ Astaghfnr ullah (I beg pardon of Allah) !”
ejaculates Gul Mohammed, half angry, half
amused. “What a mshenzi (pagan) this is!
No, my brother, I have not exactly been there;
but Mulungu (Allah) told my apostle, who told
his descendants, who told my father and mother,
who told me, that when we die we shall go to
a shambo (a plantation), where—"
“ Oct l” grunts anungu Mbnya, “it is good.
of you to tell us all this upumbnfu (nonsense)
which your mother told you. So there are
plantations in the skies?”
“ Assuredly,” replied Gnl Mohammed, who
expounds at length the-Moslem idea' of :1 para.-
rise to the African’s running commentary of
"Nenda we!” (he 03!) “Mama-e I” (011 my
mother!) and “Tumban-ina,” which may not;
be translated.
Muzungu Mbnya, who for the last minute
has been immersed in thought, now suddenly
raises his head, and, with somewhat of a. go
guenard air, inquires :
“Well, then, my brother, thou knowest all
things! answer me, is thy Mulungu black like
myself, white like this muzungu, or whity
brown as thou art ‘3”
Gul Mohammad is fairly ﬂoored; he ejacu—
lates sundry la haul: to collect, his wits for the
reply:
“Verily, the Mulungn hath no color.“
“ To-o-oh ! Tnh i” exclaims the Muzungu,
contorting his wrinkled countenance, and
spitting with disgust upon the ground. He
was now justiﬁed in believing that he had been
made a laughing-stock. The mountain ofineat
had, to a. certain extent won over his better
judgment; the fair vision now ﬂed, and left
him to the hard realities of the half pound.—
He turns 9, deaf ear to every other word; and,
devoting all his assiduity to the article before
him, he unconciously obeys the advice which
many an Eastern philosopher has inculcated to
his dlsciples: ‘
“ Hold fast the hour, though fools say My,
The sphere» revolye, they bring thee sorrow;
The. wise enjoys 1113.10? 30-1331,
The foo] smm joy his Joy to-morrow."
The wife of one of the wealthiest merchant
princes of New York wore a dress at the great
Academy of Music Ball, the three ﬂounces of
which alone cost a thousand dollars each. The
lace used upon the dress was only two hundred
andﬁj‘ty dallars aya'rd.
AN AFRICAN COXV HRSATION