Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-12-06

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4aaf slnee partly GA aerouni Of his health and par
with the hope olbs,ng useful 10 tht Colony. ~
la has perfectly recngeted his health in thai eli
nal. aud, as learn itnm many SOURCES, hasbe.
come Wy saIeube acquisition to the .Coiony
The topics oil the following eumnunication SHOULD
ne interesting to eyory Amercen and the opinion
Of The wfifcr regarded wHh difference.
NATHAN II. SMITH
l,bsRI, September o5h 1882.
Desr SIl--lbe Lnst,h expedition deslird b.
explnrc the Qqprra and ~ djaeent country, he's
uat left w. after Il briefsay Of three days 10 wopd
aid water. 1t consists Of the brig Columbia, OF n
bout 100 IONS aud two steamers the larger Of which
tAo Quona ia lurse boat Of 10 feet keel ld5 tons
hunleu propelled by an engine Of 80 forse power,
aud draws SIX eut Of water. The smaller one the
Allnknh, N constructed rntiteiy OF wrought IRON
and requires bit thlfy lnctfs water. They arc
both well armed We'll manned, mud IN every
Npeef veil appointed To iuItiau objects OF the enieI
PRISE.
i number Of scientific gentlemen arc attached 10
the expedition, and results hHhy interesting 10 the
man o commerce, ,be geoerppheI and tho Naturalist
may be- e4pecled. The whole Is placed under the
auperinlendeneo Of Eieniap LAAnEs frat known
aud admired aa the faithful sesanl of Capt. Clap
p.rion and since imnoltalizld hy having solved
that great geographical problem, lie termination o.
tho Niger Lander IS tie last man that you would
seieei from a crowd cue who had suti red the IN
uume,able dlhicultos pi,saiiols and hatdsh,Is
which must necessarily attend ,ay sojoufncI IN this
land ,l darkness riSble.
He il rather shpn ~ stature thick set hos fms
ford English countenarcc, without II trace OF that
yellow tlnge 80 SION acquired ~ al Europeans III
tropical cnnlcs. Hr posssasses uenl OF tiic "a
e0aer tn moao and for =" lion OF the day, and an
African ono TOO be = the inest unoslon,aiiotis aud
N, d,st eve, saw. No man cou uo better caleula..
ed to conL,liatc tho good " ii Of the inland chiefs,
and at the SANE time 10 ELECT all the important pun
n0sas OF the cxprdltlon. rhpn amber The obs,a-
cles which have heretofore for ages barred all for
c,en intercourse from Cenra Afaea such as
The detention of NIL irnyellers bv petty kings from
a ,nntunl jealousy the enormous tfjhule each chief
demands, the bn,bar,y of the sfognc tribes. and
IN fac, tlte ba,fl influence nr the climate ITSELF
viii be- IN n pron, ,lerrre RI moved by tus mode of
travelling. and iaey will doubtless be able, without
much ,i0eulty,o W eep Their way 10 the very centre
of H., Continent Ba, whether a mere com D1ercjsl
conncc,on with t,s interior win. tend permanently
90 improve the condition of lis inhabitants / yery
much ouh, II sueh m,uts nte ex necled all settle
,nen,a ,nnst be ma,layed on very Different prnci.
ale from, tho Enropsau one a uo,v exis,inr on this
coa4r- na il, ,Gpir vicinity we nre unable 10 per-
ce,ve any general improycnent IN ibe natives On
ltu tnnstl,r TINY uosspSs mann 1uulietv nrt .,d
,aochc,y have unilo,nlv ohsr,y.d ,ba, a..
morn ro,o,,crce ,hc ,,t,ycs have viii III. ,,h;,es
bel,.. de,c,drnrc c,o he ,laced unan ,,sn
a., o,,.fe ,h,,, ,l,is efa, l. ,,ifgm, a,,;,,aa -,
m. sl,y. ,,,te Lu,ia, ms o..r. ,,, i ,,asI.,.
,,,s. alt,,usb !, ia sb.,,s,Iodl, r,nu,a,,, =, ovs
.,v n, min .f Gilman nj 80, i. r,,
traffic with US | cannot bu, hope, however, that
Iha Iurt al raw III al tbav rat
alon OF The Oaoila, vii take 10 check if
not ecljfely abolish tls business " hlch has been