Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-06-07

THE DIscovERERS OF 1sss Avn !,

We reproduce from La France Coloniale the
following interesting account of the expIora-
tions now IN progress throughout the world
The world has been pretty we'll discovered
Portions Cnly ct Africa Australia Indo- China
the Indian Archipelago and the Polar Re-
glons, REMAIN for the enterprise Of govern
mentS, learned societies, aud men who sre
brave rs well as curious
Mile Ida Pfeiffer, after travelling through
Palestine, Northern Europe, and twice around
the world, IN a fifth journey attempted NADIA
BlSear queen harayOlO received her kindly
then became suspicious, and finally ordered
her to leave the island immediately. She wss
taken with other Europeans, it is supposed in
ientlonaiiy, TO a low, swampy coast, where for
eigners never escape the fever. She took the
fever. was made worse by her homeward vow
sSe, and died on the 9Th of October last, at the
aye OF 81. In one of the suburbs of Vienna.
On the 2Ith Of Frebruary last, the Sandman
traveller, Brun-ROllet, died ut Khartoup, on
the boundary between Nubis and ALyssiuia.
lie had penetrated all the country bordering
on the upper Nile, and discovered Lake No in
lat. IL deg, and the Bahr Keiak, or MisseIad.
which belongs to the western basin of the Nile
In 1880, he published in Paris lie Nil Blanc
and SOudan.
The Englishman, COulthard, died terrible
death, by thirst, IN the inner desert of Aus
tralla- n traveller. Babbage, found his body
In thieket, and tin cup near by on which
he had scratched few lines with nail which
made known the frightful sufferings that pre-
ccded his death. COulthard set out with two
other Englishmen, Scott and Brooks, who
probably have persisted.
Adolph Schlagintweit has been murdered by
n troop of rebels against the Chinese autbori-
ties. IN village Of Thibet, not far from Yark-
and
The death of DIR. Edward VoeaI. who had
travelled over Lake Tsad, BornH, Baguirmi.
and the country Wadai. west of Dufur. is al
mOsta certainty. The rumOr that he was muir
dered by the command of the Sultan of Wada al
may have arisen from the probable fact that
he was Kept as prisoner; cause for either
may DC found IN his imprudence in climbing to
the peak Of one of their sacred mountains.
The wife OF Sir John Franklin is not yet re-
signed 10 bear the sorrOwful name of widow
Last year she sent out the yacht Fox in COM
mand Of Capt. McClintOck to search for her
husband By the latest accounts, the Fox.
taking the Beechey Island route, meant to sail
into FEh River, passing to the east Of King
William Land
For some months past. new Arctic eypedi-
u1n has been In preparation in the United
states. The wOrthlessness of the North West
Passage, discovered by Capt. Mcclure, five or
sax years ago, cOOls no Arctic ardor; the Open
Polar Sea Is now the great Arctic problem.
The Geographical Society of st. Petersburg
has sent a number of nsturalists TO Siberia.
SIngfOrS. has pursued his observations rs far "a
Spltzbergen. He there discovered anthracite
e'sl Hnd such multitude Of seals and walruss-
es a. promises rich returns to fishermen for
years % come. lie also ascended the Sneehat-
tan mountains.
On the American continent an officer of the
English Navy. Capt. PalisseT. has been 40 for
tanate a. to find passage through the Rocky
mountains in British America 1t NAV be Of
great political value in binding together the
English Atlantic and Pacific possessions
In South America. the Frenchman. DR. Plas-
sarj, vino Is settled IN Ciudad Bolivar, has un-
deFtaken an excursion into the interior of Ven
ezneim Guyana, and found gold to the south
81 the lower Orin"co, toward the Yuruari
At kIo JSneIrO Messrs. Capanema Lagos
Hn! Gonsalyo Disz are preparing for a second
expedition into the interior of Brazil which is
almost entirely unknown, and in the possession
"f wild Indian tribes. They will have a mill
tary escort
Dr. SchmaTda the Austrian naturalist is on
his return from his voyage To- Cape Sydney and
New ZelaHd. So, also, have Dr. Tsehudi and
Dr- frIesaeh returned from their expeditions
into the inferior Of South America
The Austrian corvette Caroline on visit to
The haTburs Of South America and the frigate
NvySTa. on voyage round the world at the
fhilllp'neS when last heard from, seem to have
been quite forgotten by the Austrian journals,
E0w full of war
la the Southern Atlantic, the English Capt.
CubIns believes that he had within the year,
tound new group of islands on the track Of
Australia bound vessels
But the great magnetic center to which most
diScoVerers instinctiVely turn is still the inte-
ri1r nf Africa. Those vast countries, which are
represented in blank on our maps, have been
attacked from all s.des-east, west, north, and
south.
The renowned DR. Robert Livingstone is
q Nv making an excursion in those countries
winch he discovered during his long Journey
from 81. Paul dc LOanda TO Quilansne. He
embarked last year, equipped with instruments
for making scientific observations. He will
hrst attempt to 90 up the Zambeze river in a
cinOe, which he has named " Ma Robert" or
Robert : wife or mother, as the natives along
the Lambeze have great respect for the wife
and mother of a man whom they sdmire
The English steamer Rainbow sailed on the
9th OF January out of Bonny into the Gulf of
BenIn- 10 explore the country along the Niger
LAdislaus Magyar of TheresopOl, in Hungary,
who. after the Hungarian instruction, became
citizen of Brazil, has hit upon singular but
very prudent way to penetrate into the mystic
rles 1T inner Africa with the greatest possible
safety and advantage. lie has just married the
daughter Of the black King of Dihe in Upper
GulHe- He has become eeOmmanler-in-chiefof of
the armies Of his father-in-law, and uses his
authority and his soldiers to become aeduant
Ell with the countries lying in his neighbOr-
hood
Jules BraOuerec, commander Of the corvette
Oise. II now exploring the wholly unknown
country through which the GaboOn river runs
The Swelish discOverer, Anderson. has tray-
eied OTampo, on the west coast of Africa south
OF bengueia, in the direction Of the Cunene
river.
On the east and south coasts of Africa, two
English officers, Capt. Burton and 1t Speke,
lound and measured last summer the great
Lake Uyiyi, between 3 deg. ~ min. and deg
40 min >. latitude-not to be confounded with
Lakes NyaSSa and Ukerewc, so much talked Of
IN late years. Until this discovery there was
ground for belief in great central sea in AT.
Tiea. stretching from l2 dog. 5. latitude to the
Equator: but this discovery is conclusive that
the great bodies Of water which have hitherto
'''een discovered at widely distant points are
sep. rate lakes.
The French missionary, Leo des Avanchers,
u travelling through the country which lies To
the eastward Of this great SEA. The German
Traveller Albert RoSeher, has gone in the same
direction, having left Zanzibar with the hope
ct penetrating tar into the interior. -
Pedro dc Ganette, GOyernor of the Portu-
fnTls Trta MI ahaxa il.