The New York herald., 1872-08-10

Wn0t TAXI What excitement so gio.esquc nf yvs
worse than the wasSss, and their greed = Inn
aDs spscsy tSss hose who "
Their PRIDE inc GUIDE says neeaSss Ssye stey tc spcss
them fair, pay high tribute, &C. On the nortnern
side, though, and the Warnza more am'@oie ne anu
ce fSev bsna a msns on pinch help
against their cruel neighbors, the Watutas BEFORE
crossing the river Nzogera nafse Who vss en
the the fronsaer, was recognized ~ spy
the ssTyc wss yacs y sno a. S war
vicinity @ was furnished with enough strsng ban 70
tC k%iTarS S or the capital sf Nxogera which s
situated few miles below here on en- islana Wen
NzoRera about certain saatpans which mast, Of
course, belong 70 the strongess party iorsn'gn'~
''s"' ''s %AKUMBI, IHiafii THE ylcror, AHEAD. :.
We set out from the banks Of The riyer % with two
81 aa esry US By a s
traverslng saline plain, which, as we advanced
the
Eumbi great warrior chief ofNzogera was return.
to leave nothing behind him at ssnch times. In,
toxicated with victory he attacked villages and
bales he met, he took what he Hked. The result OF
months campaign against Lokandamira were
Nzogera's enemy being killed, while Makumbi only
lost three men in battle and two nom bowel ex-
| poson from drinking too much water. 30 the
WHITE MAN AT uJIJI.
"Near Isinga met caravan OF eighty wag1nna r
a%nyembe % They report that a white man was left
by them Ave days ago at U He & nad tnU the same same
clothes and has hair on his face like have, only
his is white. This is Livingstone :, H1rrah for
ing back now drecty and, being 30 happy at the
prospect bay three goats and nye gallons @ OF ma
tive beer which will be eaten and drank darectly"
MORE BLACKMAIL.
Two marches from Malagarazl brought 'us to
Uhha. Kawanga was the first place in Uhha where
we halted. 1t is the village where resides the first
mutware or chief, to whom caravans have to pay
tribute. To this man we paid twelve and half
doti, upon the understanding that We would have
to pay no more between here and UJiji Next
morning, buoyed up by the hope thatw should
soon conc to our journeys end, we had arranged
to make long march Of 1t that day. We left Ka-
wanga cheerfully enough. The country undulated
| gently before us like the prairie of Nebraska, as
devoid OF trees almost as our own plains. The top
Of every wave OF land enabled US TO
see the scores Of villages which dotted its
surface, though it required keen eyes to
detect at distance the beehive and straw
thatched huts from the bleached grass of the plain.
| We had marched an hour, probably, and were pass
ing large village, with popuOus suburbs about it,
| when we saw large party pursuing u.s. who, when
they had come up to u.s. asked us how we dared pass
by without paying the tribute to the King OF Uhha.
1--WE have paid tl' we said, quite astonished.
'To whom ?"
"To the Chief OF Kawanga."
"How much 2n
''Twelve and half dotin o.
"Oh but that is only for himself. However, you
had better stop and rest a0urvillage until we find
all about it."
But we halted In the middle OF the road until the
messengers they sent came back. Seeing our re-
lactance to halt at their village they sent men also
TO Monvu, living an arrows tight from where we
| were halted, to warn him OF our contumacy.
Mionvu came to us, rebed most royalty after the
fashion Of Central Africa, in crimson cloth, ar
| ranged togaliEe over his shoulder and depending
| to his ankles, and bran new piece of Massachu-
setts sheeting folded around his head He greeted
shook hands first with myssPr ss Prnse @ Of politeness
men, and cast a keen glance around, In order, as
thought, to measure our strength. Then seating
himself, he spoke with delberation something in
this Style
DIPLOMATIC GRAFTON.
Why does the wlite man stand In the road The
sun Is hot let him seek the shelter OF my village,
where we can arrange this little matter between
Us. Does he not know that there is king in Uhha,
and that /, Mionvu am his servantS It is custom
with US TO make friends with great men, such as
| the white man. All Arabs and Wancua stop here
and give us cloth. Does the white man mean to
I go on without paying Why should he desire warf
know he is stronger than we are here, his men
have guns, and we have but spears and arrows;
but uhha Is large, and has plenty OF people The
children OF the King are many. II he comes to be a
friend TO Us he will come to our village, give us
something, and then 30 on his way.
TIE INFLUENCE CT THE PREss.
The armed warriors around applauded the very
commonplace speech of Mionvu because 1t spoke
the feelings with which they viewed our bales.
Certain am l. though, that one portion of his
hot ulatch tn t>ni,
than the Wahha-was an untruth, and that he knew
it, and that he only wished us to start hostities
in order that he might have good reason for sezlng
the whole. But il is not new to you, Of course, IL
You have read this letter through, that the repre-
sentative OF the HERALD was held Of small account
here, and never one did i see who would care
bead for anything that you weuld ever publish
against him. SO the next time you wish me to
enter Africa only hope you will think it worth
while to send with me 100 good men from the
HERALD office to punish this audacious Mionvu,
who fears neither the NEW YORK HERALD nor the
'star spanged Banner" be the latter ever so
much spangled with stars
submitted to Mionvu's proposition, and went
with HIM TO his village, where he leeccd me TO his
hearts content. Ills demand, which lie adhered TO
like man who knew what he was about, was
sixty doti for the King, twelve dOti for himself,
three for his wife, three each to three mako, or
sub-chefs one to Mbruri's little boy: total, eighty
five doti, OF one good bale of cloth. Not one dot
did he abate, though talked until six p. M. from
ten A. ID. went to bed that night like man on
the verge OF ruin. However, Mionvu said that we
would have to pay no more in Uhha.
STILL BLACKmAILED.
Pursuing our way next DAY. after q four hours
march, we came to Kahirgi, and quartered our.
selves in large village, governed over by Mionvus
brother, who had already been advised by Monvu
Of the windial in store for him. This man, as soon
| as we had set the tent, put in claim for
thirty doti, which was able to reduce after much
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