New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-05
DR. LIyISGsToNEs DISc0vsRIBS.


ferrous quarter Of the globe, last in civifsaton-Sr 10
tie geography of human Advancement a. wen ~ 10
uh,.ical geography, Egypt has always been par OF
A.a-tortifed sgsinst foreigners BY n compact orn,
s fatal levers the ia ,ulous -svssery Of re inhabitants,
snd more than all the uncertain terror which every
where projected like .hsdo~ from the unknown, has
within few years past lOst great part Of IT. Know
Noting character The soarces Of the Nde have been
amost reached The countries to the south Of Sahsrs
have been crossed and rosssd ny white men
Steam has yeIed Thousand miles Of the waters OF
Mixer and TRIBusEs have been regularly seat 10 with
10 three or four hundred miles of geographical GEN.
ter of the country. North Of the Cape OF Good Hope
Lake Ngsmi has recently sdded something 70 orr
knowledge and its disooverer, Dr. LIvogstone, s now
astonishing the lovers Of henic perseverance, and per-
feet uaps BY bis details of walk Of 1000 mles from
6, p,ul de Losneo on the Atlantic, TO Qolbusne on
the Indian Ocear.
Dr. Living tone is nearly forty years old His face
/. furrowed by hardshps and thirty fevers, and ossek
with exposure TO a barring sur HIS lett arm
crushed and nearly helpks Sc from the too eoruiA em-
brace Of an Afrcan Ion and sixteen years among
sayases have given hun al Atncan accent and sfeat
hesitaucy in speaking English. Passing through al
invitations with the heart of true hero not a. sac-
ices but as VICTORIES he reached St Paul de LoAnuo
in NAV. 1854, after foot journey Of thousand mues
from his mission smong the Bechuanss. he renamed
at ST. Loando until the close Of the year, when ne Sc
out for the unknown East In March he Arn'ed a.
Oulhmane where be was taken up by bnusn "An
- var On the way he traced the Leeambys down
70 the lamb. re thus demonstrating tae exssshse ~
the center Of his unknown land Of rver come Two
thousand miles long.
Tbi. immense stream, vhoee discovery is the great
fuit Of the Journey Is in rself enigma without par
alel But small portion Of lie waters reach the sea-
coast. Like the Abyrslnian Nde, 1t falls through
baa.c cleft near the middle 1T its course, which re-
duces its breadth from coo 20 yards. Above these
falls spreads out periodically into great sea- Ming
hundreds of lateral channels; below II Is tranquil
stream Of totally different character. Its mouths
seem 10 be closing The southernmost was nav'gaolo
when the Portuguese tint arrived IN the country, Soo
wears ago but has long SIT ce ceased TO be P'aeuos
be The Qullimane mouth has at late years been I'M
passabe even fer canoe, from July to February, snd
for 2C0 or 800 miles up the nver navigation Id never
attempted in the dry And in this very mouth
of July when the lower portion of the rver AFTER IT'S
Apt teshets has shrunk 10 mere dn6let, above the
falls the ryer spreads like sea over hundreds oil
square miles. This with frequent catarscts, Aad tue
ho,tly Of the natives would seem to be an efiectun
bar to the high hopes of fat trade and hhousteing III
which English merchants and journals are now IN
dulgpg
During this unprecedented march, alone and smong
,avsc,s, TO whom a white face was = miracle Dr.
Livingstone was compelled to struggle through inde-
scribabe hsrdships. The hostility OF the natives he
conquered by his Intimate k1o -lcdge Of their chaIac
ter and the Becbusna tongue which theirs related
He waded rivers ard slept in tue .pouge and oose of
marshes berg often SO drepched ~ be compelled
to turn his armpit into u watch pocket. His cattle
destroy ed By the terrible h and he was
too poor 10 purchase canoe. Lions were numerous,
being worsbiped by many OF the tribe, as the recep-
taces Of the departed sou Of their Chiefs dangerous
too as his crushed testlfes. However be thinks
the fear of African wild beasts greater in England
than in Africa. Many Of his documents were lcs.
while crossing river in which he came near losing his
life also but he has memoranda of the attitudes and
lobeitudes Of multitude If cuies, towns, rivera and
mountains, which viii go far to dill up the unknown
region In our atlases.
Toward the interior he found the country more fer
tile and more populous The natives worshiped idols,
believed in rsnsmigrated existence after death, and
performed religious ceremonies in groves and woods.
They we're less ftrociVus and suspicious than the sea
board tribes, had tradition of the deluge and moro
settled Governments. Some Of them prsctced inocu-
aton, ar used quinine, and all eager for trade,
small piece of which would purchase slave. Their
language was sweet and expressive. Although their
women on the whole, not well treated, man
having as many he choee, they complete
mlst.ses OF their houses and gardens which the
husband dared not enter in bis w1fes absence. They
aere fond of show and gl ter and much ESQ had
been gwen for English rhe On The arid plstsas of
the interior water meoos supplied the place Of water
for mobths Of the year. they do on the Plains
of Hungary in Summer. Quaker tribe on the river
Zares never fight. Dever have consumption, scrOula,
hydrophobia, cholera, smallpox or measles. These
advantages, however, oounerbalsnced by the
necestity of assiduous devotion 10 trade and rasng
children to make good their lose om the frequent in
roats of their lighting neighbOrs.
Dr. LivngstoDes discoveries, in their character and
their commercial value have BEEN declared by Sir
Rodenc MuIchson 10 be superior TO any since the dis
cov.ry Of the Cape Of Good Hope by Vasco de Gsms.
But greater than any commercial value is he lesson
which they tesehthat al obstacles yield 10 resoluts
nan.