New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-15
American Biographical Seeiety-PuhuIc Ms.s.
ing-Recent discoveries In Seatheru-Ce~-
truI Africa.

ins--Recent Discoveries In seuthern-S:ss~s'
trial Afri~a.
A public meeting of the Geographical
Society was held Tuesday evening nj the Uni,e,...
Hon GEoReg BANCROFT took the chair lie ssid A.
were about to receive from the Legislature ch.,.n.
under which they would Immediately aud fully orv,n
ize Mental culture Is important to this country ess
ciay since are all equal, and have no cen,rah,,
arstocrscy to conserve learning We live in one ofths
most iourishng cities Of the world; city hav;n, .
much greater commerce than England had when Car.
Geek went our to make his discoveries. We h.vs.
deep interes, in commerce, In religion and should u.
all means TO perfect our connection with the i,,.
parts of the globe.
The Secretary read the minutes of the las, u,e,+,.
which approved
Dr. Hawks ssid that Senator Fish had PROMISE, -
furnish all important Congressional Documents 10 n.
Society.
Reports were made by Mr.. Leav,i, Chairman of N.
Executive Committee, OF work done by that Comn,ir.
The Committee have secured a room in the Uni,ersr,
tor their n .ular meetings.
DIR. Hawks read the charter which passed the Le.s<
lature.
were unanimously adopted
number oil members were announced, and tbe
names referred 10 the Executive Committee.
Dr. Hawks, alter short speech, presented % the So
cic,y several maps which he got IN LONDON yesr>
ago Several o Wet India ports IN l"y CalthsgerA
l1i0 several bat,lelans from l.40 10 li0 Strais Il
Gibraltar l5s9 map of North Eastern Boundary, ls72;
NewJersey, l777 typographical chart oil NarIagsnsss
Bay IN plans Of towns and battles in the Reyouten
I7fa
Mr. Disturnel presented two naps-one OF the wess>
ern Coast OF North.America published under the fres
tion OF Capt Cook the other Is Of the Northeastern
portion of the Continent
Mr. Leavitt presented history of the famous Mason
and Dlxons Line Slso proceedings oil The Smithsonian
Institution.
Mr.. Leavr then proceeded TO read the paper Of tho
evening 1t was from Rev. Mr. Livingston, English Ns
sionary in South Africa The Rev. gentleman had made
two excursions, in company with Capt Oswald and
another officer OF the British Army into the Central part
of the Continent Mr. Leavitt displayed map to Illus
trate the paper In sa0 Missionary had penetrated b
Lattakoo, in lat 90; in ls92, another Missionary went
90 miles further up; in 1880, Capt Oswald and Mr..
Murray went further up, TO latitude 2o South They
found there large river CHE ZongO and lake Cha
NcanD never before known Mr. Lcavi,t then read the
letter of Mr. Livingston. They passed in their Journey
due north across the dry bed of the Zongn. Here
they found numerous ssll-pans or ponds The Bush.
men abound near the springs. They are merry
and honest race. For three days Mr.. Lcayitt was
without water travelling by night Ia avoid the heat
On the fourth day they struck rhnosccFos trail and
followed tito the river Mataba small stream They
reached the Globe the day. This l. deep and
very crooked river Here they found famous old
chie, Sabatoac. His tribe is very savage one. This
cid Chief died while the travellers were there. They
then went ON 10 the Scshcke SikOta, horseback
distance OF 100 miles This is immense stream; DO
10 500 wards in the dryest season. Ten days up
this river the OF the Baro once the most powerful
tribe in that region The river has many tributaries and
some rapids In this region there are many largo
rivers the country is Hat and IN the runy season 70
flooded for many mics from the streams The people
here very black, very large and strongly developed.
hut peaceful They more ingenious t.an the Capo
people The Booc tribes melt large quantities OF IRON,
and are very good smiths There some tribes who
have the nl lar of knocking out the upper irvnt
teeth of both sexes, at tie Of puberty some ot
them knock out the teeth from both jaws These
tribes have few domestic animals, where the tseti, "a
sort OF lily which kills catte) does not abound
Natural food If everywhere abundant. The Por-
tugucse have been up the Scsheke to trade,
and there Is hnc chance for Christian traders
ON these great One trader lately took down
1000 lbs of ivory, worth dollar pound no the Cape
Ostrich feathers, cattle, &c plenty The people
all aware OF the existence of God and seem 10 he liz
formed in regard To future life, and reward and pun
ishments. There many dialects along the
Zambesi but they have considerable analogy, and
one might key 10 the whole. From
the maps exhibited perceive that the Zambei (Which
Is very large river emptying into the Mozambique
Channel by innumcrabe mouths In latitude So and leo
South divide into two great branches some 30
miles up; tina, these branches run west and then for
several hundred miles north that the BRANCHES are
something like 200 miles apart and that the country be-
tween is rich delta, since junction streams constantly
from branch 10 the other, thus forming large
lands inhabited each by different tribe that 100 so
miles from the the western branch OF the Fam
besi receives the Chobc which IL also large ryer-tha
Ohio this African Mississippi that the ofnono
OF these rivers yet known that south and west
OF the ChObc the Zonga another very large river,
neither end of which has been found, but il Is sup
posed to empty into the Zsmbesi; that a hundred
or two miles further south Is the Lnpopo River
also unexpored either way 1t seems probable,
from these documents that there is large and fer
tile region, well watered, wooded and pcopled
on the spot generally set down the lower part OF
Great Desert lying within space bounded by longitude
20 and 50 and latitude 10 and ~ The Portuguese saye-
traders begin 10 penetrate there, Themselves but by
the black tribes who In their employ About two
years ago traders well supplied with English
cloths, guns, &C. into the Chobc region but the
people not inclined 10 the business The price Of
boy about eight nine yards OF calico or baze
cloth Mr. Livingston proposes 20 send hi- family homo
and go himself missionary to reside ia the heart Of
the country
The usual thanks Of the Society returned for tho
paper.
DIR. Hawks spoke few minutes of the great chino.
logical interest attaching to these African explorations
Mr. Leayift made explanation Of recent dis
eoveres In Africa and anticipated much 10 be learned
very from thofe there
member then proceeded with the reading of paper
in regard to the of the Census alleged to exile
In the report for the state OF Maryland
AT the Close Of this document the Society adjourned.
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