The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-01

The PRrIpsSr, IN opening the proceedings, said
we're me, 20 ~eiosm- Dr. Livin PstoD on his return
South All lea TO his naive coout ater an absence
teen YEAR, ourt' which. WINE esdesvo.ing 70
the essinRs NJ mi t,sIiIY through lands neveN
tr, dee by the font Of i'ish subject, hs be-
secgYspb cal ds"oseries OF in0AIcuiAoie impQ
" hicb ban justly w'n for him the Victoria or nSoOl
medal OF that sOciety (Cn'er. When that bono
conferred IN Nay 1885, iur traversing South Afrtos
The Cape of Good HoOe og tn Lake ~ ami 10 LIN !
al thence to the ~est coast IN 10 las lord Files
their Then PTesid'pt spoke o. the sole nuno pre-
With hich the vi armed ard uussssted Eashsh mi
sry had left bis marx on so many impo|
stations Of regions hitherto blank (Hear. hear
for tina, wonderful journey DR. lig'nessoo was
recon- pepsed with the hiRhes, uit0 Loion their d
could bestow, whit wust nov be thor cation
bis proves step ney knew tbAk he had
trsversed the vast regions which ne nrae opene
their kpowi cge; nay, more, that after resceinx
starting point vt Liz anti in the iateno no had ID
Tie Zsmbe,i o, copin, suon OF he IJVSbye rive
mouths on the Stores NJ the ID1isn Hceau
brouPh the Eastern Portuguese sestis meneQf re
hus completing the entire jon'ne5 across soQtn
D short, Il had been caca'a;ed that, putunN
. II bis var,o us lou L eys Or Livingston had not
YER less Than u o. mile OF A'rcan territory
\ id come back o the pioneer II sound knowledgs
his astronomical o0rerv atoms, had determin
I've Of NJ ous places, bii,r, rivers end lakes,
II hitherto unknown. wbbe he aad selzed upon
ppoItupity Of drcr,b pg the physical 70
IimAtoloRy aid ev'p The geological structure
oun,ries be had exp ored, and DO nted ont man
cope end enterprise Of lhe Britain msro|
Cbeers.) The President expata'sd at
greater length 90 the importance OF DR., N
stop's discoveries, and ,hen, turning 70 the|
tipguit he'd traveller, ssid, II was now his duty "
pleasure to pretept to him their founders msdd
tes'iropy Of their regard ard admiration. He
TO see on that occssiOn such q numerous asseu
geoeTspbers and dist,r gui,heo persons. including
OF the Representatives Of ioregu nations; and, AID
he rtjoced to see there The representative Of thse
(the Por,ueue.e) whose gov rnors snd Subjects
tabt egiop Of Africa ivta'ed him (Dr. uvngstn
brother and without ~hose NO many Of bis moat
tant results could not have been achieved. (Ov
Gladdep ed must all ,be hearts be Of geographers
when they saw him stkpotd ut that meeting BY
Of their owrIsss or's'es-m Tho aided him n ny
years; he (the CbaJusp) alluded partc ularly w
Steele, Mr.. Oswsld and C.psin Vaydon, who pAfti'S
In his abofp; ann he o uld not conclude without
g'atulstipg Dr. Livingston most sincerely In
surrounded ; b. men Who , were Ger cs,'aiply ne!
that assembly many disttDg uished African tay
including that EDglth envoy who alone had b
nmbuctoo, End re'prpeo de Bsrth), might d
achieve meptsf (Cneers.) With such agreeable 4
- these he had pow 10 present him Tor. EvinGstor
the society's medal a. . testimony Of the estee
high admiration with which they regarded his
Dr.. LyNGsrex was received with much ehesrns
aid-Mr Pre- ident and eenten en--i nave spoken
little Of my on language for the last sixteen yeArs
hope you siil kindly bear with my imperiectioI
thanks for the distinguished honor you have now q
red upon me, end also for the kLd nrd eocouraSiu
pressiops with which the GIT Of Tho gold medal
Royal Geoe' apaical Society has been accompanied
Q Christian missispary l only cid my duty 10 aai(
ing 70 open up part Of Southern intertroptosl
TO the 81 mpa'by OF Chr,ster dom, and am vern(
sratiiisd by nDdipg 10 the interest which
1so:e eoDn S1pT'ss n.ss'
the general O. immunity OF psuSDs. (Cheers } Thd
fsh people and COVE, nmept have done more for U
Africa than any o'her In the way Of suppressins
traffic which proves . big TO both commerce
friendly Intercourse (Coe.rs Nay hope thai
path which have lately opesed into the interior
never be shut, and thst, 10 ADDITION to repression
slave osde, there wi be iresh efforts made tor III
velopemeit OF Ire internal Ie,ouroes OF the cou
(Hear, hear Surcess In tbis, and the spread Of On
sDty alone, will render the present success OF
cruisers in repression permanent (H-sr, hear)
not prei' nd TO siI gle note OF triumph. man
boast when re Is putting Cn his srm'r but I am
putin mine on; and chile Zee deeply grateful
The high opinion on have for med II me, feel also
you have rated so,ve my deserts, and that my n
may not o. me up TO ths exp cAnous Of the present
OF The me moe.s of our sociey Colonel Steele Ospt
dop, and Mr. Oswao, for insisnce could either Of d
have tnsc ted oil have done. You NOT In want
pablo agents. an, nevertheless. only too ~ ankful
that they len Il for TO do / sgan thank y,u i0s
me dal, al hope will 20 down 10 my family ant
loom worth keeping. cloud cheers
NE LABorcHRRs ssio that toe meeting bad heard q
valuable, cordial snd fren ny CO ope'auon which the
tin pushed traveller bad received from the governo
be Porlugu,s 80 eeab ,,sb men,s the African cosat
oubtry could boa't Of bavrns mwe greatly oontsih
o geographical knowledge than Portugal The sup
on OF the uafbc 10 saves sas an object a great
ude to The people OF this country, and II was do
epsy 10 Africa the debt We oweo her by promoting
rterests OF civirzstioo and commerce. He hs
lessuTo In moving that the grateful thanks OF ~
ecRrspbrsl socisty be tro,reo VI ROM h bis y.
cunt Lavredio to the Governors OF the portni
EN- epts In Afr lea who had 20 Kindly received 4ndv
taDto DR.. 'L'vpe,top." (Cneers
n No.. ~. .u.tlA
Count Lavsradio. who asked permission 70 address
meeting IN the French laosusfe, expressed the plei
he should b. 20 In oscharsps the sgresble duty ms
en- him. DR.. Lvirestou had braved The erestess dan
and bad exposed himself to toe greatest psivstoos
epdeavor to render services W c,epce and 70 sprsa
blessings OF religion, rainy and civilization In
Try hitherto unknown and unvhited by Europ
(Cheers)
The sIcRrARY then read extracts nom three Il
written to The society by Or. Livingston from din
points in bis uaveh-the hrst dated from Lnyanu, o
river Chobe In the Interior, describing the country
north: the second frtn the Zsmbeei river. and tse
from Quilhmare, In the Inciap Ocean. M course
by 1T Livingston Vas traced by red hrcs upon large
which hung upon The walls Starting from the wcsscrn
Of Africa the rel hps follows The river mnxa In IN
crly direction until reaches the river Kaye, hch
from south TO north until 10 reaches Lake D,ioto, Q
derable expapse OF wafer IN the centre OF the eout
Another river. the Lssmbye continues tho great cha
water communication towards the south, until will
short dbtsbee Of LaEe M ami, when tho river MAJ
sudden turn 70 the east a tumbIes over the falls
KAT the ost picturesque sospe IN Africa Inc rive
terv ards maxi o sudden benz. and HoWs In . ort
direction II Af1vaycs rurs esst again, and taEe
NJ me OF the ZaDbesi, IOsirg through the towns Of
sbd eeps, until II emptss ITSELF into the hoxaml
cnstn.l ~ The town Of Qai limsne, and In the sdj
delta.
Dr LrnosroS. beirg called upon by ths Presi
said that south Of the 2osh degree Of south atisud
country was ario and contained very fev Yfver,
The north OF thai line the county wa veil sssei
very unlike What be centre OF africa vas pope
repr pteo 70 be. The ctunuy which he had trsvc
inoeed, Vas ccvercd with network 81 waters
Of which w,re large and ceep, and never dries up.
natives bek nstd 70 the true negro family. hsvi
deal Of very wooy hair. and being darker thaa u
cbusrss The, bella their ~nmen In hish sumI
and many q them b. c. me chit n. n mas were
70 70 o. where or TO agree 20 any arrangement, he
/ NUT 20 home and ask my wife; II abe sAid mo"
vas no possibility Of getting him 10 move. WoDe'
In heir oouiois,' and While . Bccnuana svcse
faitev shese negroes svote by their mother. Dr. IA
estimation In vheh these trlb,s held their vouec.
believed they deserved n, and be end bis men had Al
BE-, n hindh uta'c6 by the 'rsir" ser. grbe count
mott Parts abounded with elephants, bufaloes, ne
giraffe, md other game, and he bso sh0 three pe'
telopts not 81 bnosp IN Enslsnd he hl Nfssnd
cetsary TO burden hmsen With provviuns IN vavs
for the en- malls I'D not seen " tbow slsun, and '
stand vitbin bow shot Of bis weapon. TA,be in,erSc
people w,re very hind 10 blm, but be q n not say
improved ~ he approached the cor 6ks Of civihx
interior, srd The krelbt were kp6Nn A. the tribe
hkss the black man" Domtsac slavery existed
the txrorta,icn OF slaves very enectualy repre-
MANI vas not deep lake put was vbat was left
large lsts which existed bsfore the nssure was
near the 1ska falls, vhch allowed free course :,
Zsmbssi ~
The PprIrrsr ,ssed wtst articles Of commend
bIths RIO nov n 10 B,i,sh merchants eere likely