Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-06-06


BY the arrival at Baltimore, Of the Brig Virginia,
from Rio news brought of the safe return of Richard
Lander, thc companion of Capt Clapperton) and his
BROTHER John Lander from the interior of Africa Il
will DO seen that the Journal of Mungo Park has been
recovered and the Landers have solved the probem
the course and the mouth of the Niger they sailed
down that River to the Blight of Benin where it dis
charges itself by various branches. into the ocean
BY far the most interesting news brought by this ar
rival is the furnished of the African expe
dton of Lander, the discovery of the Niger and the re-
covery of the long sought manuscripts of ungo Park
The English ship Carnarvon, which arrived at Rio
Janero early in April from Fernando Pc, an island il,
the mouth of the river Camerones in the Gulf of Gui
nea, brought passengers, Richard Lander the we'll
known companion of Clapperton, and his Brother John
Lander These young men have boon absent seventeen
months in the employ of the British Governments pro-
scouting the search after the ofthe Niger Having
reached the point, mentioned in Capperton's boob)
where Park murdered they succeeded in recovering
his books, letters, manuscripts, and double bareed
gun which was his property.
Being obliged to abandon their design of proceeding
to Timbuctoo, from which they scarcely fifteen
days journey, for want of presents bestow without
which there is neither found protection assistance
from the authorities of the country they in consequence
re-embared at the place where NIungo Park lost his
life and following the of the river, which runs
at therate of four miles hour they ascerained that
the Niger before divided itself into various branches
is ten miles wide. They then resolved to proceed by
of the most considerable of the branches which
flowed rapidly to the west AS they approached the
coast they taken prisoners by the negroes who
inhabit the banks of tho river, and again obliged
to embark be conducted the presence of their
king, who lived at great distance They plum
dered and treated slaves and threatened be
sold and sent into the interior They succeeded how
over, after great difficulty in persuading the chiefs by
promises of great reward well for their persons as
for the property they still possessed to send them to
the coast of Guinea.
Having again embarked, they at length arrived at the
Bay of Benin, where the Europeans gave them every
assistance they required.
These travellers affirm, that the river Nom, which
discharges itself into the Bay of Benin which is the
most considerable branch of the Niger AID that the
others, like the Caabar, also flows to the They
also stated that their guides told them that the city of
Tnbuctoo is not situated the Niger, but distant
fern it twelve leagues to the north They admired the
beauty and fertility of the country through which they
passed, the extent of which is calculated to be 1900
miles. The inhabitants of the interior AIahonc-
tan and much tractablo and civilized than the
negroes who inhabit The coast.
They took passage the 9th April in the British
transport VIM Harris, for Portsmouth, England
The public will expect with great anxiety the
tive of these adventurous travellers. They have SOL
we'd problem, which has deeply interested the scientific
world and they cannot fail to meet with appropriate
recompense for their tolls and discoveries
Bait. Rep.