Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-17
The interior of Africa.

tory Of Civilizations For many wears mast
the intercourse between England and the
West Coast of Africa has been gradually be-
coming mdre frequont and important Our
y settlements are, pow more Dumcrous, our
trado more extensive, and our dealing con
: duoted in closer,resem blance Ito the h,,bi-
Is tudes OF civilized c6mmerce than had hereto7
fore been the case, Long ago we abandoned
the CRIMINAL tuaiie in human beings at one
TIME the chief, II not tho sole article of pr0-
- duct for which the unhealthy shores of Gui-
nca were considered worth visiting. We
nave since orSapizcd. relationships with the
chiets and tribes dwelling along an extensive
belt OF coast. upon soundor and more Chris
! tan principles, andwith results which, ifnot
quite so lucrative to few individuals, ere
more beneficial to both parties in the trans
action N
4 While such has been the progress effected
! on the western shores of Africa, the vast cen,
trail regions of that continent remained al
| most unknown. From the settlements which
Europeans had formed on the coast ,9,t differ
ent points, scientific forays were indeed made
! into the interior in successive eras, and in
! VARIOUS directions. Thus Bruce, Salt and
4 Parkyns entered from the north-cast,by way
4 OF Abyssinia, and succeeded in penetrating.
more or less deeply into the central districts.
MunSo Park, tile Landers, and many other
! advcnturers lnade their way from the north
/ orthc west while keen sportsmen like Cor
don Cumming travelled upwards from the
! northern frontier of British Kuffraria reach
! ing IN some cases considerably within the
4 belt of the troricS. lndentations were made
IN tins manner upon almost every side of the
central area, and once or twice a.single shoot
OF exploration was carried right across some
! wide section of the, African continent The
motive of these enterprises continued, how
ever, to be one chiefly Of vague curiosity.-
| Certain geographical problems were propos-s
! ed her solution, which, while they stimulated
EthcfFsQnr of diseoyerers,- too often diverted
4 atiyely useless" ads fields of research compar-
j a fashion has Been th0roua But. when once
i science, as in ether matters IL wlfhlishe6i In
change. A sort of mythical importance nGrssi
been attached to the discovery of certain Sc
crets, or the elucidatiop Of some traditional
\ mystefics One band of exI ofers according
n ly followed upon, the hees'o another, equal
. ly bent upon ascertaining tho source of the
Nile, the outlet of the Niger, the physical
confirmation of the Mountains of the Moon,
OF, the topography and municipal institutions
I.or NMbuetoo.
i, The dafk,ess which has broodcd from the
remotest times over Central Africa has now
been dispelled far moro extensively than by
the whole mass of previous discoveries, thro'
the exertions of DIR. Livingstone. This rever
! end gentleman has just emerged again into
/, Civilized life after having plunged, and some
times altogether Disappointed in the great
q African wilds, for o period of nearly sixteen
years. His original mission was designed
. Especially with a religious object--he visited
Africa as an emissaIS Of the London MisSiou-
Uary Society. gButhis 1abors, throughout the
u wide. and long series of jourpeying over the
, unknown continent, took a far larger range
j than that of preaching and prosolytisnl. DIR,
: !; Livingstone showed throughout a rare COM
: bination of perseverance, Intelligence and
sccntite knowledge. But for these qualifv
cations he would doubtless have fallen a VIC
, tim, like SO many predecessors, to the diseas-
? er consequent upon climate and privation, or
]! the perilslwhich every stranger must incur
whoNentures without protection anidstt tribes
e Eof barbaripns. When we hear that thc,tray-
Q eller now returned safely among us has been
g sthirty-one times attacked with fever, and sew
:, i on times in danger Of his life from the ma
i Btives of the countries he has passed through,
: tho bare fact of scape from such, complicated
> danger shows that the individual must have
been singularlY gifted, both mentally and
9 e0rporally YWithout&yigofous constitution,
l great seH-cohdmand. imperurbable courage,
: h extensive knowledge ofphySical science, and
a / the power to penetrate and sway the chorac-
!, ters of other men, Dr. Livingstone wouldhev-
er.hayefeturned to- naAYate' his alvontures
Possessing these gifts we }ear we'll npler-
: stand the admir3hie to wilich he.appied
0 them during ,hislens soiourhsin Africa. ''Ilc
t has come basl;y ~ said Lord zSbahesbuPy gai
, the meeting 50. Tuesday evening" bringing
: with him a harvest of knowledge as the rc.
! suit Of his indefatigable perseyerance, aid
|, am Accumulation of fact which, under tho
blessing of GDd, might bo turned ,tosithe ben.
: eft of presentapd future generationsyo The
: precise e Stent ard value sef the researches
o accomplished by Dr.. livingstone are DIES.
n eribed by MrsT. Mclean, Astronomer Royal
q at the Cape. Aftcr abiding 70 his. triumr
Z plant but perilous journey, across the, ARR
: can Continent, (" from, E.oapda ON, tho wcst,tC
8 Quiliinanopthe east Toast, ,sthe writer pro.
e ceeds To this highly gifted man soieneeis
j. deeply indebted ( The number Of pbsPrgs.
s / tons is astonishing. whom we consider the diff
4 I fcultios he had to encounter. He observed
/ for latitude and Longitude at every interest
: ing point, particularly at the Confluence ci
= her rivers with the Hambese thff hcndings,
\ bthc}falls, the more important villages, Be-
i Ia short, he has opened up geogrdp phioally
& speaking, that hitherto unknewn sscetierrei
G. thescontinept. Bnt be has done more, fLe
] has graphically described the character Of tho
: country and its ifhnbitahts, and altogether
Z his collection of facts would fill volaine oi
3 deep interest 70 science, to ccmmerccs and
3 / last not least, to shumolity.
4 IN its genera features the chafacte which
8 Drs Eicilig gives oftiie country heo&,
1 pIofesl highly eneo0rngiRg. The ehiefd fdaa:
geE lies at the optskiPts. !. Moral y,Rnd pays
/, Eically tho shore districts of Africe are fan
/, worse than the interior. Every stream brings
/, down vast masses los vegetable sabstaiices
frorhs the do6se jupglea along their banks,
! which become deposited when the current q
checked ypoa MEETING tps xstsrsofthe 9ssap = sl