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Horrible Specimens Of Hu.
lssasity.

African travellers have spoken Of a tribe
of negroes, who possess that ornamental
appendagc so much admired by Lord Mon
boddo. a tail; but their statements have
never received credence. 1t appears, how
ever, that q race of men with tails, really
does exist in the interior of Africa. In a
recent sitting of the Academic des Sciences,
M. de Couret, related that in 1912, he
found In the service of a friend at Mecca,
one ofthose wretches, the lowest assuredly
of mankind. The creature had an exterior
prolongation of the vertebral column to the
extent of three or four inches. He stated
that he belonged to the tribe of the Chill
anes, whose territory is situated far beyond
the Senner, who are thirty or forty thou
sand in number, worship the sun, the moon,
the stars, the serpent, and the sources of a
great river, supposed to be the Nile,) to
which last they immediate victims. They
eat plants. roots, fruit and raw fish, and
eat the bodies of their enemies, of all ages,
and both sexes, whom they may slay in
battle They, however, prefer the flesh of
women and children rs more sueculent.
They rarely exceed five feet in height,
are i'll proportioned, with long thin bodies,
long arms, longer and fiatter hands and
feet than the rest of human kind, have the
lower jaw large and long, and the forehead
narrow and excessively retreating, the ears
long and deformed, the eyes small, black,
brilliant; the nose large and fat, the mouth
large, the lips thick, the teeth strong and
sharp, the hair woolly, but not abundant.
The man examined by NJ. de Couret, had
been so long in slavery as to have forgot
ten his native language; but he stated that
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Proclamation,

By THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OHIO.
In conformity with custom, sanctioned
by Legislative Resolves, commended by the
practice ofmy predecessors in the Executive
Office, and, in itself, highly becoming a
Christian People, |, SALMON P. CHASE
Governor of the State of Ohio, do hereby
designate and appoint
Thursday, the goth day of November,
of the current year, to be observed as day OF
PUBLJc THANKSGIVING TO 4LMlGHTY GOD,
Rcfraning, on that day, from the binary
ayocations of life, let us keep the feast with
joyful hearts. Assembling in our respect
i've places of public worship or gathering
around our domestic altars, let us deyoutly
acknowledge God as the Gracious Author
OF every blessing and every benefit. Let
us gracefully thank HIM, especially, for our
prosperity and for our security; for our In
sti.utions of Education, Religion and Char
ity; for the products of our Agriculture and
of our Arts; for the intercourse of Com
merce; for the preservation of Health; for
Homes endeared by sweet family affections;
for the Mercies of Redemption and for the
Hopes of immortality. Adoring the Divine
Wisdom by which our Fathers were guided
in establishing the foundations ola United
Empire in North America, upon the solid
basis of Civil and Religious Freedom, and
the Divine Goodness by which the Institu-
tions of Government which they founded
have been transmitted to us their children,
let us give thanks for Liberty, guarded by
Law, and defended by Union. Confessing,
humbly, our unworthiness of these inesti-
mable benefits, let us fervently invoke our
Father in Heaven to continue them, gra-
ciously, to us and to our posterity forever.
Nor let us forget, in rejoicings or in sup
plications, our fellow men less happy than
ourselves. OF our abundance let us give
literally to those who need: nor let us fail
to present, before the throne of Infinite
Justice, our sincere prayers for the downfall
of tyranny, for the deliverance of the op-
pressed. for the enfranchisement of the en-
slaved, and for the establishment, every
where of Human Rights and Just Govern
ments. Invigorated by enjoyments and
aspirations like these, we shall return, 1t
may be hoped, to the ordinary pursuits Of
life, with hearts more than ever engaged to
the performance of every private and every
public duty, and more than ever devoted
TO the advancement of the best interests OF
our State, our Country and our Race.
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal of the State of Ohio, at Columbus,
Tsr,, this 2sth day of October, A. D.
lShAl'1 1856.
BY the Governor: S.P. CHASE.
! >. II. BAKER, Sec'y Of State.
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thought that their sins are parioned; ard
though every day God fills their hearts
with joy. Their riches cannot flee away
for they are laid up in heaven. Their hap
piness can never grow old; for the peace
which Christ gives is not like that which
the world gives. And when they die their
happiness will not end.
After death its joys shall be.
Lasting as eternity;
Be the living Cod my friend.
Then my bliss will never end.
This is the .'pearl of great price," and
who would not seek this happiness |! who
would not make it the first thing?
'For the kingdom of heaven is like unto
a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls
who when he had found one pearl of great
price, went and sold all that he had, and
bought it" Matt. xiii. As, 46.- Childs
COMPANION.
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notwithstanding he had done all in his pow
er to subdue his savage appetite, be vas
twice week seized with rage for raw
flesh, which his master satisfied by giving
him an enormous lump of mutton, and II
this were not done, he felt that he could
not refrain from Staying and eating wo-
man or child. NJ de Couret says that the
natural dispositionof this animal was goods
that bis fidelity to his master was striking,
and that he was not without intelligence;
but in the slave markets of the East, where
the race is not unknown, they are consid-
cred detestable. --.
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How a Brilliant Joke was
Damned of.

Not many mornings ago a Partisan au-
thor came across brother quill on the
Boulevard, buried in deep thought.
''What is troubling you!" he asked.
81 beg your pardon" said NJ "but
] did not see you. | am preparing myself
to let off very good thing this evening at
the Chatau Rouge-weather permitting"
'And do YOU always prepare your witty
sayings beforehand!" =
"AIways-its the surest way" .i
sand what is this you have on hand
now 2" -..--..-.,.-
why, ] will take my position all the eve
ming near the fireworks, and to every lady
that comes that way, I'll say-.Take care,
madam, don't come here She, of course
will ask why, and then I'll answer, Be
cause spark from those eyes might ex-
plode the whole It's a pretty thing isn't
its'
at is, indeed, and will no doubt, tell
well-weather permitting" replied his
friend, leaving him to complete his prepa-
rations.
1t rained all the afternoon, and NJ
was in agony lest the fete of the evening
should be postponed. 1t cleared up, how
ever. about s o'clock, and off he started for
the Chateau Rouge practicing on the road
the tone in which his brilliant thought was
to be uttered. Arriving at the garden
about 10, he hurried to his post by the
works. AS the first lady approached,
NJ commenced his operations: "Pray
don't come so near, miss
"Why"
Because single spark
'Oh. there's no danger, sir; the fre-
works were let off half an hour ago
In fact, for fear of more rian, that part OF
the entertainment had been gwen before
the time appointed. -. Z
lis heel, ..my speech has burnt prining-
the rain has spoiled It. But III have il .
dried. and j, will serve for next time" -
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in brief, that the Irishman had been hired,
for the sum of So to vote for Campbell,
and getting drunk on his unusual supply of
cash. voted the whole dimicratic ticket,
and then took occasion TO tell Campbell
about it, and to taunt him, until he provok-
ed the vengenee of the Butler Poney, who
was fined $50 for the satisfaction he had
taken cut of Erin 90 Bfagh.'" !"
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nIndian Superstition.

Among the numerous lakes which in
the Western States of the Union pay the
tribute of their waters to the great Lake
Ontario, that of Saratoga is principally re-
markable for the beauty of the surrounding
landscape and for the calm which reigns
around it, ever undisturbed by winds and
storms. This personal quietude of the
beauteous locality has given rise to a su-
perstitious belief among the Indians. They
say that the Great Spirit, who dwells here,
wishes not the slightest noise to ruff1e the
tranquility of his retreat, and will punish
the rashness of the one who, in crossing
the lake, should utter single word; the
boat they believed would be instantly sunk.
Some time since an English lady embarked
ON Lake Saratoga, in a canoe manned by
Indians, who did not fail, before starting,
to give her to understand that if the de
sired to avoid exposing herself to certain
death, she would have to observe profound
silence until the other side should be reach
ed. They started, the day was delightful,
ly calm, not a breath of air was stirring
and the canoe glided as noiselesslv as a
shadow over the scarcely rippled waters
About mile from the shore, that is about
the middle of the lake, the lady, wishing
to convince the Indians of the folly of their
superstition, uttered as loud cry as she
was able. Terror seized the Indians, their
countenances were marked with its strong
est lines-they fully expected to perish in
simultaneously. Nevertheless they piled
their cars with mechanical energy in 81
lence, and the opposite shore was reached
almost with the rapidity of an arrow
This reached, the fair Anglaise began to
banter the Indian chief on their credulity.
He. with a naughty, disdainful air, retort-
ed: "Madam! The Great Spirit is indu[
gent and compassionate; he knows that a
white woman cannot hold her tonguep'
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all their hardy yeomanry.

AN IR1sHMAN GAINED BY LEWIS d.
CAMpBELL.-The Cincinnati Commercial
has the following account of the Gaming of
an intoxicated Irishman, at Hamilton, Ohio,
on election day:
"Hon. Lewis D. Campbell caned an
Irishman, on election day, at Hamilton,
with considerable fury, putting him in the
way of being among the sore headed for
some time. There are about twenty-five
different stories concerning the affair." The
Campbell version is that the son of the
Emerald Isle was very drunk, and followed
Campbell from place to place, abusing him
in most villainous terms-that Campbell
left the polls to keep out of his way, but
being still followed up, hunted .and per-
picked in the extreme fell upon his perse-
cutor and caned him. The 'other side is.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-11-06

THE HIGHT OF AN OCEAN WAVE
The last London Quarterly has very in
teresting article, done up in its own best
style, on the monster steamer now building
on the banks of the Thames. We find it
in the following:
at was prophesied that Mr.. Brunell's
first ship, the Great Western, would be
doubled up as she rested on the crest of
the Atlantic waves and we all know how
the prophecy was fulfilled. When it was
made, indeed, We were very much in
the dark as to the size of the ocean waves,
and it was not until the introduction oflong
steamers that they could be measured with
any accuracy. DR.. Scoresby, while cross
ing the Atlantic, in one of the Cunard boats,
sop,e -nsrs since, closely observed the
waves, and by means of the known length
of the ship, was enabled to form pretty
accurate idea of their dimensions. The
old vague account of their being mountains
high was well known before that time to
be in exaggeration; but we do not think
even philosophers We're prepared for the
statement made by this observer, at a
meeting some years since, of the British
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3aoctrn
AIIEGORY OF NIAGARA.

Sssrs .ALEEEORF OF NIAGARA. 1
- An ola gray man on smountain lived, 'tsrr
ii He had daughters four and one, dz ac @
a And a tall bright lodge Of the betuls bark,
That glittersd in the =, J.
BE lived on the very highest top, 8
81 For he was hunter free, .t-.ff
Where he could spy, on the clsrest day,
CLEANS Of the distant sea-
p neorae out. come outr" cried the youngest one,
81 ssLet us off tc lock at the scar .r .tt
And away they ran in their gsyest robes,
And skipped and ran With glee.
Cried laughing little Er; .-....
"Let rs go TO yonder deep blue ses,
FaE4s Where the breakers foam and roar."
And on they scampered by valley and wood,
,.f'-' BIZ earth an' air and sky,
N Tin they came steep where the bare rocks Stood
rsdi In precipice mountain high.
e'i''~lnys,. cried Er, s.here's a dreadful ieapi
elif Butwe gone SO far, --'-
That, If we finch, and return in fear, a-4
Nos he will cry .Ha, hSr'
Now, each was clad in resture light,
9 = That 6oated far behind,
81 With sandals of frozen water drops,
-ss AID wings of painted wind.
And down they plunged with merry skip,
% Like birds that skim the plain;
And "Ifey !" they cried, 'let us up and try,
And down the steep againr
h, And up and down the daughters skipped,
Like girls on holiday,
And laughed out right at the sport and foam
They called Niagara.
If We would a sight so rare,
- Where Natures in her gee,
Go, view the spot in the wide wild West,
Tho land of the brave and free!
But mark-their shapes are only seen
-ai In Fancy's deepest play:
: But she plainly shows their wings and feet
-s In the dancing sunny spray,
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-11-06

Association, that they averaged no more
than twenty feet in altitude, and rarely ex-
ceed twenty-eight feet"
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g have always observed this, that
the people of the world never speak well
of it at patting.-iSovage.
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Spffial Notirfs
Succession of Eliza Converse. dee,d

Succession Of Eliza Converse, deed.
Sixth District Eourt--Parish OF East Ba-
ton Rouge, .'Probate,0 No. SOC.
NM HEREAS John R. Dufrocq, Esqr.,
w has applied to said Court to be APP
pointed administrator Of the succession
aforesaid.
Notice is hereby given to all persons in
terested to show cause within ten days
from the first publication OF this notice,
why the said application should not be
granted. ]. G. GAYLE,
aug5-1od. Deputy Clerk,
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A SINGULAR BuR1aL.--Mr George
Halle, son Of the late Hon. Levi Halle,
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court of
Rhode Island, recently died at Swan
zy, in that State, leaving directions
for his funeral, which were strictly fol-
lowed:
He wished to be dressed for the
grave in his best suit of clothes, and to
wear new pair of gaiter boots that
be had recently purchased. His
pocket book, which contained several
dollars, he requested to have placed in
the pocket where he was accustomed
to keep it, and the contents of his vest
pocket, even to the Insignificant tooth
picker, he asked to have deposited
with him in the grave, and bunch of
cigars. to the number of a dozen, to
be placed by his side.
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Jbe 9ailg Gonlet.
BATON ROuaE,aAUG'sT o, 1856
A pEt1oArE MATTER no HANpLH.--


A DELICATE MATTER 70 HAEpLH.-
lppra,itude should be capital offence,
Of The principle ID admitted that de
eapitatioa is correct and proper. The
ungrateful man, is, III the midst Of the
despicable, tho most despioable, and
should be sent with bis soul to the
nine mile poiut beyond the internal
regions Of Dante. We are under many
obligations to numerous friends, for
contributions, Political, Poetica. Liter
airy and Miscellaneous 70 such we
are constrained to say word, in all
kindness, and must beg them In The
language Of Mr.. Toots, not to take Of.
fence. The Comet IL small body,
with regular diurnal motion. The
object Of It's existence, is to skim
smoothly over the surface Of things -
culling such as are pleasant, and con
dencing them into a small compass
dallying with them as long as they are
pleasing and interesting and dropping
them when they are not. There 10 no
objection TO a short communication on
any subject---say halfa column when
Ii IL written In such manner that we
may guess at the meaning Of the wri.
ter. II not written In fair hand, II
has to be rewritten; for our compost.
tors are all boys--boys who are get.
ting an education at the same time they
are learning trade. Our paper is
not a political sheet aud Ia not In the
service Of any party nor can It be-
For this reason, we respectfully refer
political writers, to the respective par
ty organs. We hope offence will not
be taksn---our table Ia now bending
its legs with the weight Of local and
other contributions. To get them in
a paper of less aize than The London
Times, would be impossible. aud to
set them in type they would have first
to be handed to another Champoilleoa,
to be translated into English.
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~
An Appreciated Co

An Appreciated COMPLIMENT -
The dearest compliment we have had
this season, comes from our amiable
coaftvre on Church street. lie calls
US an "Artcsian. In what language
we do not now remember (the last
evenings edition was stolen). Suffice
to say, we are satisfied, aud shall look
for some early opportunity to return
the compliment in proper manner.
The Artesian party is n very an
cient, honorable and consistent party,
antedating even the "Hellobonus An.
tebelli Abrahamii" society of Mr..
Marshall society that laid the first
corner stone Of round tower or pag-
oda built by Nuncle Abraham on
Mount Siniai--thus showing as the
eloquent gentleman remarked, that a
building can have a corner stone that
has no corner.
The Artesian is a consistent party
Whilst all others have been wavering
and shifting about, the Artesians have
been working and talking, in defence
of their principles. The Artesian is
now the only national party in the ma.
ton, and we hope to see "T." at Pom.
peii on the 10th inst, when a grand
Mass ratification is to take place.
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Now is the Time.
TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE FALL.

TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE FALL.
THE subs criber offers for sale TO his pumero
L customers and the public In general, at lower
rates than ever, his extensive stock OF Watches
and Jewelry to make room for his new stock
Anybody wishing to purchase any thing In my
line can not do better than to call on me and
Judge for himself. u E
Watches and Clocks repaired and warrensed a.
usual for twelve this
THEO. GOLDMAN.
Matchmaker and Jesoelzer Harney Ho1se.
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Notice..

1T AVING purchased the entire~shn
- stock OF BOOTS, SHOES
HATS &c. of: W. Qniggins,I wouldg ~
respectfully solicit a share Of public pat
ronage. ! will eonsta ntly keep on hand a.
fresh and varied assortment Of goods. which,
! will sell as low, or lower than any other
house in town r. l.. HENDERSON.
HAVING disposed Of my stock to Mr..
Ill r. L. Henderson, bcspeak for him the
patronage hitherto extended TO me-
ag6.3t. J. w. QUIGGINS.
D Advocate & Gazette copy Cts.
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LIE Tn.u There.

10 turns out. that the weeks papers
for each country town. come together
ii tho same mail. Whether this il
mere accident or whether the local
post master is conservative man and
desires to have The antidote keep com
psny with the bane-does not suit us
to stop to inquire. The fact Is never
theless the fact. The Democrat
may be published on Thursday of the
week, and the Patriot "Ameriean.'
or "T,ue American may be publish
ed on Saturday, yet they gee together
in the mails and never part company
until they find the way to the editorial
table.
This Is fortunate arrangement
Here lies the "siHter.ean Ghronicte''
and the "lphwhir Ledger," side by
side; the "Glinton Democrat' aud the
"Clinton Patriot y the Plaquemiue
",SentineW and The lberyille "Gasefie. y
How peacefully they keep company
and never say an angry word to dis
turb the qpiet Of the sanctum ss they
lie How tamel VERY much like a
lamb does the Patriot lie beside the
lion Democrat a giant in its strength !;
from having the printing patronage Of
the corporation or Parish. Here they
are wet from the press, and yet there
Is no danger In The drying process
that they will spontaneously combast,
and dazzle the worlds eye with the
translucent refulgenoe Of immaculate
truth The "Demoeraf' lies on top of
the Patriot but the latter does not
complain, for the former belongs to
the side that's up aud has, as it ought
TO have, preeedenoe Of position. Shall
we open them No, What's the use 7
Does not each say that tho other lies 7
Do they not both lilo, one 10 keep on
the upper side and the other TO put
him down. in order to occupy that
comfortable position HIMSELF Glance
If you will at the Democrats leader
this week. 1t proves in the most con-
elusive manner, that Mr.. Willard Fill
more is an abolitionist. Il not the ar
gument good; cogent; reasonable ?
Is not his language chaste and appro-
pirate ? Does he not use many and
long dictionary words, and make ref
erenee to Mr.. Wehster's standard
qaarto, in order to mis-spell taem, &C
cording to the beautiful inconsistencies
Of Her Majesty, The Queens English :
Read few lines Of the "Demoegat"
where he eschews any thing like "per-
sonal invective,' but frankly acknowI-
edges, that he is swayed and governed
by the most top-lofty and disinterested
patriotism then take up the Patriot
and see how he hes, to prove that all
the "Democrat' says. is false---that he
lies in bis throat TO mislead the pub
lie, and does it willingly. That he
(the editor of the PATRIOT is disinter-
ested in making tho exposition and
has no other motive to stimulate him,
than desire for the virgin truth of
history. Let us believe them both |;
for they are both wrongly right, and
the only difference between them is,
that the Democrat lies on top, aud the
Patriot lies at the bottom; but they
both lie together, and float on down,
quietly to the capacious jaws of OBJ
ivion.
A SINGULAR BuR1AL.--Mr. George
Halle, son Of the late Hon. Levi Halle,
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court of
l.. l.. Il Il 1 1
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WANTED TO HIRE.

A HEALTHY coIored wet nurse without child
Il For which liberal price will be paid.
aug 62w. Apply at this Office.
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FIRE IN FRANKLuN.-We learn
from the franklin Journal, of the Bis.
ult., that a Gre occurred in that village
on Tuesday night last. which destroy
cd the Masonic Lodge, the Attakapas
Hotel, and a number of other houses
owned by, |. Trobride Il Co. In, one
Of them. Independence Alpha, had
stored about $4,000 worth of sugar
wagons. on commission, which are 4
total loss.
The whole loss is estimated at Sill
600. No insurance. The fire, says the
Journal, was the work of an incesdi-
airy.
The Philadelphia papers say that
the whole number of victims BY the recent
disaster on the Northern Pennsylvania,
Railroad is 62 ofwhom 40 were males and
10 females.
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The Legislature of New Brunswick
recently by a vote of So to q repealed the
prohihitory liquor law and revived the lie
enSe system.