Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-15
PARIS. ME-.

iehgariin lnsufftcUun. btchme cltlA'n oi
BnIil, has hi, upon a rather singular, but
very prudent way, % penetrate into the
mysteries Of inner Africa, with the greatest
possible safety and advantage. lie has just
married the dau .h;er Of the black king OF
Bihe, in upper Guinea. lie has become
commanicr-in.chirl Of the armies Of his
father.in.law, and uses his authority,
and his soldiers, to become acquainted
With the countries lying in his neighbor-
hood
jules Bnouerec, commander Of the cor
vc,tc 0ise, is now exploring the wholly un.
known country through which the Gaboon
river runs.
The Swedish disclvcrcr. Anderson. has
travelled OSampo. on the west coast OF tr.
r'ca, south OF Benguela, in the direction Of
the Cuenene river.
On the east and south coas, Of Africa,
:wo English officers, Capt. Burton and Lieut..
Speakc, found aud measured. last summer.
the great lake Uyiyi, between deg 80 NJ,
aud 3 deg. 10 IN, sou,h latitude. no, to DO
clnfoandcd with lakes Nyhssa aud Ukerc-
We, - much talked OF in late years. Until
this discovery. there was ground for belief
~ great central sea in Africa, stretching
from IL deg. south latitude, to the equator;
but tins discovery i conclusive tha, the
grca, bodies Of water which have hitherto
been discovered at widely distant points,
are separate lakes The French missionary,
L-o d5s A,anchrrs. Is travelling through
the country which lies to the eastward ol
Jhrs great sca. Tho German traveller, Al.
hcrt Ruscher. ba. gone IN the same dircc.
ton, having left Zanzibar with the hOPc Of
penetrating iAr into the interior.
Pedro de Gami,to, Governor Of the Por.
tusue-a forts, Tcic and Sgua. on the I,m.
bci,, i, making preparations Tor new cI.
rloa,ions in Central Africa, 3f which he
has already given such interesting, dc'crjP-
,ion, in ms book. " Mu,n CaIembc."
Mass,sl, the Sandman missionary, is
now exploring the interior OF Abyssinia /, 80
al.o is Bayscrc.
The upper Nile is the obj'ct Of uniirins
exploration. II would be strange Il, before
the end Of this century. its whole course
were not as well known as ~ now that OF
lhc Thames, the Srinc or the Ehinc. While
csyptolosisis and ar,heolosi.is, like Mari.
eta, Dsvcria. POmmcreuil, De Schly,
Brug,ch, Eckholi, aud other. are search.
ing out the mysteries Of Aucient Egypt, lar
up into Nubih, scientific men laVc undcr,l.
ken. sinsly, or in small numbers, 10 follow
the Nile upward, in spite Of all the dificul.
tie. which. lor three thousand years, have
baiilcd the bavcsi explorers. Mc'srs. Firth
and windham are this month starting to 90
up the White Nile, in an ron boI, thirty.
six lcet. drawing but or-' foot Of water
They will bc accompanied or followed by
Mrs.er-. Thomas.y. Miami, and Others.
Mr Mccarthy. the .1n of the ccosraphcr.
has it IN contemplation % travel on new
track. T. Trmhucto1. from Alsier-. where
b. has lived these eight year,. According
10 his plan. he will pass through lasbOuat
and GOleAh. then make crcGlt to the
east, to g,i out Of the way Of a tribc Of
ArA,s, who have been bsjussIeI by new
prophet, and then continue his journey TO
Ghadames, Chat and Lake T,ai.
Othcr travellers, also. such as Capt. Mag
nan, Bann Krai, and Yu.su ben G,llabi,
are bcu, on discovery, starting; from Alsiers
or other northern points. Asa, too, Is be-
ing explored by many travellers but as yet
We have but few danil. OF their discoveries.
Hriel has been sent, by the Yicnan Acade.
my, into Asra,ic Turkey. Ry {. exploring
some hitherto neglected portions Of Syria
aud Palestine. Tho brother. Schlaginweit
are s,ill continuing their researches in Gen.
trl Asia. 4 Russian scientific expedition
is engaged in the exploration Of Chorasan,
while detachment Of the French troops,
in lndo China, is escorting u scientific corTs
through that country. Many other sayans
have received missions from the Ministry Of
Public lstruction. or from ths Paris Muse
um. Beside this, the Catholic and Protes-
tant missionaries are coming more and more