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Captain Speke's Travels.

Captain Speke, one Of the Nile discov-
erers, has published his book to the world.
The following are some extracts from his
description of the Court of Uganda:
AN AFRICAN BEAUTY.
In the afternoon, as | heard from Mu-
sa that.the wives of the King and princes
were fattening to such an extent that they
could not stand upright, paid my respects
to Wazezeru, the Kings eldest brother
who, having been born before his father
ascended his throne, did not come in the
line of succession-with the hope of be-
ing able to see for myself the truth of the
story. There was no mistake about it
On entering the hut, | found the old man
and his chief wife sitting side by side ON
bench of earth, strewed over with grass,
and partitioned like stalls for sleeping
apartments, whilst in front of them were
placed numerous wooden pots of milk, and,
hanging from the poles that supported the
beehive shaped hut, large collection of
bows, six feet in length, whilst below them
were tied an even larger collection of
spears, intermixed with goodly assortment
of heavy-headed asseges. was struck
with no small surprise at the way he re-
ceived me, as we'll as with the extraordi-
nary dimensions, yet pleasing beauty, of
the moderately fat fair one, his wife. She
could not rise, and so large were her arms,
that between the joints the flesh hung
down like large loose-stuffed puddings.-
Then in came their children, all models Of
the Abyssinan type of beauty, and as po-
lite in their manners as thorough bred
gentlemen. They had heard of my pic
ture-b books from the king, and all wished to
see them; which they no sooner did, to
their infinite delight, especially when they
recognized any of the animals, than the
subject was turned by my inquiring what
they did with SO many milk-pots. This
was easily explained by Wazezeru himself,
who, pointing to his wife, said This is
all the product of those pots; from early
youth upwards we keep those pots to their
mouths, Sits the fashion at court to have
fat wives
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Local BoUyr1Es FOR Rrrxt1sYr,

LOCAL BoUNTIEs FOR REENLIsTEp
VETERANs.-Capt Foster, Provost Mar
shal Of the 22d District, addressed note
to Lieut.. Col. j. V. Bomford, A. A. Pro-
vost Marshal General of Pennsylvania, in
which he states that there are numerous
reenlisted veterans here, not credited to
any sub-district; that the sub-districtcom-
mittees are willing to pay boanties to these
veterans, providing they can get creditor
them on their respective quotas, and ask.
ing what assurances can be given to the
committee. Inreply Capt. Foster received
the following:
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sD~ The Richmond Enquirer of the
9th says the Confederate Congress has
got into pet with the newspaper men,
andwill conscript all lbelow forty-fve years
of age, making it necessary to suspend all
the papers, except such as are necessary
to do the public printing. There are now
but thirty-fve papers in the Confederacy.
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TAKING CHURCHES AND HOUSES
The military authorities have taken all
the Churches but one, and all the Hotels
of Knoxville, and converted them into
Hospitals. This is as it should be. The
Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist Chur-
ches here would be used for better purpos-
es if turned iuto grogshops, selling mean
corn whisky for rebel money, than to be
used to preach and pray such treason,
blasphemy and blackguardism, as have
disgraced their walls and pulpits for the
last three years. The Hotels of Knox
vile, as general thing, have been gamb-
ling hells and houses of i'll fame for the
last three years, under rebel reign, and if
they were notneeded for hospitals, ought
to be burned. There are rebel private
houses here that ought to be taken. And
there are others that ought to be consul
med by the devouring element! The
traitors in business, we will see to it. shall
be closed out in short order. They SHOW
ed their hands during the siege, and they
have been marked, and now they must
atone for it. Let the military authorities
do their duty, and these vile rebels and
traitors will soon be able to report that
they have obtained their rights l-K,or-
uiUe Wig.
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BSP A letter from Vicksburg, dated
Jan. 80, says that there has been much
excitement here among the old soldiers
about reenlisting. Some regiments have
reenlisted to man The army in this re-
gion will be diminished but very little on
account of old soldiers leaving the service.
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]
Capt. j. Heron Foster Provost Marshal,
22d, District, Penna-Sir: Your letter of
the 18th ult., asking what assurapces can
be given committees in paying bounties to
veterans that they will receive credit for,
has been received.
10 is not IN he porer Of the Provost
Marshal togiee any assurances Of the Kind,
as the men are already enlisted and mus.
tered into the service. The rolls are in
the custody of the Adjutant General,
and no change can be made in them, with
out producing confusion and errors. The
veterans haze already receiiued Gouernmeat
bounty and enlisted By uirtate Of It,
Very respectfully, your obi servant,
HENRY E. MAYSApIER, Capt u s. A. :
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From the N. Y. Evening Post.
THE SLAVES HYMN.

Liberty wait for thee
To break this chain and dungeon bar;
hear thy spirit calling
Deep in the frozen North afar,
with voice like Gods and visage like star!
Long cradled by the mountain wind,
Thy mate the eagle and the storm,
Arse and from thy brow unbind
The wreath that gives it starry form,
And sme the strength that would thy strength deform
Liberty, thy dawning light
0bscured no more by Clouds shall cast
Its splendor the breaking night,
And tyrants flying pale and fast,
Shall tremble at thy gaze and stand aghasti
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s,s% Two soldiers on GUARD wer,

By% Two soldiers ON guard were
recently found murdered in st. Pc
tersburg. 1t was suggested that the
eyes of the murdered soldiers should
be Immediately photographed, in the
hope of successfully testing the dis
covery recently made, when, to the
surprise of all, theresult was the pro-
duction. of the portraits of two sol
diers of the private guard at the pal
ace, on whose breasts were the insig-
MIA of the Cross of st. George. The
murderers were at once sought out
and apprehended.
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THE KING.

No one dare stand before the king
whilst he is either standing still or sitting,
but must approach him with downcast
eyes and bended knees, and kneel or sit
when arrived. Totouch the kings throne
or clothes, even by accident, or to look up
on his omen, is certain death When
sitting in court holding levee, the king
invariably has in attendance several wo-
men, Wabandwa, evil eye averters or sor-
cerers. They talk in feigned voices rails
ed to shrillness almost amounting to a
scream. They wear dried lizards on their
heads, small goat-skin aprons trimed with
little bells, diminutiye shields and spears
set off with cock-haceles-their functions
in attendance being to administer cups of
marwa (plantain wine). To complete the
picture of the court, one must imagine a
crowd of pages to run royal messages they
dare not walk, for such adefciency in zeal
to their master might cost their life. A
further feature of the court consists in the
national symbols already referred to--a
dog, two spears and shield"
When Captain Spoke had presented this
delightful savage with a. new gun, hesent
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|.
THE AMERICAN CITIZEN,

Is published every Wednesday in the borough Of Butter
by TnoxAs RoBISsoNk G. E. ANDERSON on NAN ssrge ti
,oynosits m lacks Hotel-ofce stairs in the brck
aprYnerlv occupied by Eli Yetter, as store
TERMS sb so year, if paid in advance or WITHIN the
FIRST six moiiths or - II not piu un'i "i'ei III"
tion of the first six months y. IL. -.
RATEs of Nprsh -. 81 90
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A BASHFUL VIRGIN.

After long and an amusing conver-
sation with Rumanika in the morning, |
called on one of his sisters-n-aw, married
to an elder brother, who was born before
Dagara assembled the throne. She was
another of those wonders of obesity, una
BILE to stand excepting on all fours. Twas
desirous to obtain good view Of her, and
actually to measure her, and induced her
to give me facilities for doing so, by offer
ing in return toshow her bit of my max
ed legs and arms. The bait took as |
wished it, and after getting her to sidle
and wriggle into the middle of the hut, |
did as promised, and then took her di-
mensions as noted. Round the arm, one
foot eleven inches; chest, four feet four
inches thigh, two feet seven inches;
calf, one foot eight inches height, five
feet eight inches.
All of these are exact except the
height, and | believe | could have got this
more accurately if l could have had her
laid on the floor. Not knowing what diff
fculties | should have to contend with in
such a.pieceof engineering, / tried to get
her height by raising her up This, after
infinite exertions on the part of us both,
was accomplished, when she sank down
again, fainting, for her blood had rushed
into her head. Meanwhile the daughter,
lass of sixteen, satstark naked before us,
sucking at milk-pot, on which her father
kept her at work by holding a rod in his
hand, for as fattening is the first duty of
fashionable female life, it must be duly
enforced by the rod, if necessary. I got
up bit of Irritation with missy, and in
duced her to rise, and shake hands with
me. Her features were lovely, but her
body was round as a ball"
THE KING.
No one dare stand before the king
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~
approaches, the bitterness of party animos
ity grows more and more intense. lmpla-
cable hatred has sprung up between men
differing in political opinion and neighbor
is arranged against neighbor with deadly
hostility which may, at any moment, cui-
inmate in bloodshed and arson. The same
causes which operated to ALLEVIATE the PEG
ple of the two sections Of our country and
served to bring about rebellion and civil
war. are, and have been for two or three
years past, employed 10 bringing about an
archy and Wholesale massacre in the North
During many years the Northern people
we're taught to hate the people of the South,
to depreciate their courage and under estl-
mate their resources, while, upon the other
hs nd, the Southern people were taught to
despise Northern habits and Northern man
ners and to look upon the people of the
Northern States as enemies to them and
their institutions. This mutual dislike was
cultivated and fostered and famed by PAR
tizans upon both sides, until it resulted in
the war which is now desolating our land.
What thirty years Of elimination and res
efimitation and acts of violence and acts
of retaliation accomplished between the two
sections of cur country, three years of dis
cord and division of sentiment have well
nigh brought about among the Northern
people ., =, g.. .'. i'- 70
lit is we'll for US all-Republiosns and
Democrats, to pause and reflect whether
we are ready to welcome the anarchy which
must result from any further excitement OF
the passions of the people. The most mo-
mentous election which has ever taken
place in this country, or in the world, takes
place next Tuesday. 1t behooves us
all as Americans, loving our country
and unwilling to see it given up to
sack and devastation, to cultivate cool.
ness, 1calmness, prudence and moderation
in all our utterances and all our acts
So far as our own voice or influence may
extend we exhort all to patience and con
citation. To the me mbers Of the Demo
cratic party especially, we counsel strict
obedience to the laws and patient fortitude
In no case be the agg,essors in any act of vi
olence, but do all that can be done to allay
strife and avoid bloodshed. Let US do oul
duty frmly, but no less kindly, in endeav
oring to elect to the presidency the man o.
. our choice, and then, with stout hearts
abide by the decision which thevoice of the
ballots may affirm.
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New AdveI.tise1nentt
Tax Notice

NToTICR il hereby given TO the tsx psysssS
~ Ohio County, West Virginia, that !, or one
# INV deputies, win be in attendance ~ the diiter
sst tovnships ct The times and places hsrsinafssr
rsmed for the purpose of receiving the Taxes for
is64. as required by law, viz:
Wsshinaton Township, st Flint Ward House. mo-
Msaison Tosn.hip, At Hope Hose House. Esvsnssr
I'd dassa ,e Ssn .. che shsrrs "a
4th and 5th.
Novembu tn, sth and 10th } ~ resaxnsr =
/ q Gsntre Tovrship, as tke Guard Hosa Hou4s No
webster Townahip. Ellsfriz's Blaoksnith shop 70
Richie township as the Office Of J. W. Shuts, No.
varnber 21st, f2d and sd. . 80
pichlsnd Township, 1t the rsadsnos Of n. Z. Hill,
Noyember 4th, 9Th and It'll. . ~ p -. -,
Trisdsphis Township, Of HERS Tsvan, 9Th, 10Th
L Liberty Township, at aiimors's ssors Novsppbsr
18th. 49,. ~
vember 18th and 18th. st-.L, ?.
deduction Of two and one half pen ceatum vii b
allowed on the STATE and COUNTY TAKES 70 pscs
sons paving ALL their Taxes, and not othersises;
JOSEPH SRYBoLD. sales
sftyIts Sheriff Of Ohio County,
November 2, 1854 Liz fFnev3,a T.
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6kIos1 81 9frxsxr Al rHr Bourn. The
(olsfvi6R Az che resolutions offered IN the
a . ~ Z islattrs recently, 10 which ref
srlI g 9 tsei' had - teiegrsyh;
W7TSdt, Abraham Lincoln, as President
of the 8Sited States, and commandsr~in-
chief of thu army and navy therefore. and
the. frisnda and supporters of his adminis"
fr,kohI h.Ss deehfSd that nkg6cisationss
for peace cannot be entertained except up>
on 8 basiS Of restoration Of ths Union "a
is territorial integrity and the abolition OF
and that the existing war must be
prosecuted till the men of these Confede'
rate 6t5tea ard compelled TO submit 70 these
terms, kSrars isubjngatSd, anayif neeessafy
10 secure this end, extermiDated, their
lands confscated. and their women ano
children driven forth as wanderers on the
face OF the earth; and,
Whereas, The reelection OF Abraham
Lincoln to the ofice Of President of the
United States IL advocated by many if not
all of bis supporters upon those grounds
and that thefs 10 no other way TO terminsts
the war, insisting that there is no DISPOSE
ton on the part ofthe people ofthese State.
to enter into negotiations for peace except
on the distinct admission of the separate
independence Of these States -. q basis
and :,
Whereas, At . recent convention held II
the city of Chicago, numerous and power
full party has declared its Willingness,
successful, to atop fighting and open nego-
tiations with us on the basis of the Fede-
ral Constitution as it is, and thelrestoratlor
of the Union under il; now, therefore,
: Be tt resolped by the Senate and House Q,
Representatives. Of the State Of Alabama, in
General Assembly conVened, That We earn
essly desire peace. IF the aforesaid party
Is slccsssti1, zoe are sOitling and ready q
open negotiations for peace On the basis s"d'-
Gated intle platform adopted by SAID eo'spsa'
Aon-our sister States Of this eonfederacy
being willing thereto. s,.ss So
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A REMEDY FOR THE PILEs.-h is q
blessing to the suffering to know that We have an
efsctusl cure for this truly troublesome disease.
Mr.. J. P. Hasards, of l64 Second street, Cincin.
natl, Ohio takes gre at pleasure in informing all
who are suffering with piles. that he used small
quantity of DR.. Sticklands Pie Remedy, and it
Effected permanent cure This seems to be tho
case With eli who make use Of this splendid pre-
parstion. It Is manufactured Q. No. b East
Fourth street, Cincinnati, Ohio, and sold by all
Druggists.'
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ADEMocRAr walked through one of the
streets of Columbus, Ohio, the next day Of
tor election, with his shirt futtering In the
breeze, that being bis only article Of apparel
while behind him walked Republican car
rying his clothes. The performance was a
wager of q bet upon the election OF "Sunset
Cor
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Speech Of the Hon. George HI,
Vel" ~ PendletOn.


After the Democratic procession in Phil
adelphia few nights ago, the crowd as
sembled in front of the La Pierre Hotel
and serenaded Hon. Gro. q. PENDLEroN
who appeared in the balcony and respond
ed as follows. =.
FELLOW CITIzENs:-I thank you for
whatever of personal compliment is invol
we'd in this call. 1t would be mere affecta.
ton if did not say am gratifed by it -
1t would be still greater affectation if at
tributed it chiefly to myself, You celebrate
the results in Pennsylvania Yon celebrate
the victory of the Union and Constitution.
l do not forget that in this city these States
were declared independent. | do not for
get that in this city, ten years and more af-
forwards, the Consultation was formed to
make more perfect Union of these States,
and it is meet that here, on this very sod
which our fathers trod, in the city sacred to
Independence and Union-each guaranteed
and confirmed and realized by the other
that We should celebrate their triumphs.
Here is the home of constitutional liber-
ty.. Here habeas corpus was declared invi'
olate. Here free speech and free press were
guaranteed. Here the trial by jury was
secured to each citizen. Here the trial by
military commission was declared applica-
bic only IN the case of persons in military
service. And all these declarations of per.
sonal rights We're intended to secure the
cheerful adoption of the Constitution and
establish the Union of these States as de-
Tended by it. We, in the West, love the
Union, We believe 10 to be the guarantee
Of peace, prosperity, and liberty Glove
it for the glories Of the past. We love it
for the still grsater aglories which hang
around ito future. ~ -4a,..1 a., a.,,5 .
AZ We support your eminent fellow~citizen
because be believes he can restore the
Union, and We feel assured that he will do
50. The signs of these days Indicate it. The
news from the South in your morning pc.
papers all show that it will be 80. And It
Will be to me happy reflection if by word
or act I may in any wise now or thereafter
contribute to that result. That we will
have peace and prospslity, and oil the bless
ings which Is q nation we have had in the
past You have had night Of rejoicing
you must be weary. I will not trespass
further on you. Again ! thank you for
year Blindness ti24Hli " 3S
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Co. Partnership Notice

4 have this day associated with me in the Boot and
Shoe business E. BALL, under the firm Of ROBINSON
6 BALL, Mr. Ball having had fifteen years expert
ence in the manufacturing Of Boots and Shoes Of all
description, better able TO suit ALL are de-
terminsd not to be undsrsold by any other house in
VIII continue the business in all its branches, at No.
1875, Main st. corner Of Market Alley, and at z. Balls
former place Of business Main street above North
street North Wheeling With larger stock and 10
10 suit all our old customers and all others who may
favor US with call. Come and be convinced.
We study to please. Sign of the Big Black Boot.
oct26. ROBINSON BALL.
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o.
Poor of the stupendous frauds by which
Morton reelected himself Governor of In >.
diana is coming in from every quarter
Read the following certificate of q member
of the 7tb Pennsylvania cavalry:
PITTSBURGH, Oct, 1lth 1861.
l, j. g. Stump, a member Of tbe 7th
Pennsylvania cavalry, and attached to the
marine corps, do hereby certify that, al
though formerly resident of Pittsburgh
-e,troute from Atlanta t. Pittsburgh, was
requested, together with about 200 other
soldiers, by the officers at Indianapolis, at
which place We arrived at O'Clock in the
morning of election day, to vote the Repub
lican State ticket. A greater part of the
soldiers were Germans. At the depot were
carriages which took Us to the polls and
many of the soldie' voted twice and three
times. We handed our votes into. a wins
dow, and nobody asked US whether We had
q right to vote, or whether We formerly re
aided in the State. Afterwards we we're
treated with ale, and other things we might
eat and drink. / am convinced that every
soldier Of the 200 voted once, and many
two or three times, although we belonged
TO Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Mary
land and other States Besides us, in To-
dianapolis, also, voted about 1000 invalids,
belonging to other States. At $50 P. NJ.
We started, the soldiers of the Pennsylvania
regiments, to Crestline, and the soldiers Of
other States to other places. .aa
(Signed) Gro SrUMPF, 7th Pa. Vols /"
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1SoME Republicans profess to be very
mach distressed atiths possibility Of Gen
sral Mcclellan dying &c sIscted, and Mr..
Pendleton succeeding him. Prince John
Yaubursu, in his speech at Hudson, hnmor-
CuAly disposed Of that fantasy But il Lin
coin .shoald be re lected and should die,
what would become of % al ifAndy john
son were made President? Mr.. Pendieton
j, admitted ~ bis opponents TO be 4 gen
tlemsn, and statesman; but Andy Sohn-
son - -wsil -hsIis ANDY Johnson.-WofM
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GERMAN Meeting Tonight.

We hope our German friends will not
forget the meeting tonight Col. LANcEN
scHwARz and Judge LANG will be present.
Let there be full turn out
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GovERNoR YATES OF Illinois, in . speech
re ceptly made srJaeksonville, Ill. said that
from communications he had been permitted
to read officially, be could safely say that
Richmond would be in our possession BE-
fore the 9th Of November.
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republic. @
Beyond peradventure is the result in the
Empire State, in Pennsylvania, and in New
Jersey. There will be no break in the
front of this great triple column in the
grand army of the Union. The Keystone
State redeemed herself il October; In
November she will lead the redemption.-
New Jersey stands where che has ever stood,
in war and peace alike; true to the Union,
the Constitution and the Law.
The decisive vote of New York, at the
Chicago Convention, gave to the cause of
the Union, it's candidate. In November
the decided vote of New York will herald
the proclamation Of that candidate q Pres
ident, of the Union, which Eat all haxards,"
he has sworn to preserve So
Gallant little Deleware MARYLAND tried.
tempted, bud alike unterrifed and uuse
duced, and Kentucky, are surely with us.
Squirting with an equal scorn the treason
and the tyranny which have once more
made her rich and rural plans - dark and
bloody ground" the State of Kentucky.
stamps her proud foot, and swears she viii
be free.
Missouri, tour years ago the garden Of
the further W est, a empire in har teemine
future. to day our Mexico, ravaged in sll
her length and breadth by invaders md
= what hope has Missouri ave
in the triumph Of . soldier who can guard
her borders, and of = statesman who can
respect her will? Missouri will give her
vote to the Union and the Constitution. 10
Mcclellan and Pendleton.
Illinois will stand by her sister of the
Mississippi Her vote is secure for the
cause in which so many thousands of her