New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-24

s,ting OF 900 well armed natives lsith over muaASi
W. approached them slowly, ara when wiz" n -
called out that were English, ana potn'eu VI .no
English ensign. They gave snonI VI JOJ,f e
sod. .sw them running down .ith bananas ior sale
We mean 10 keep I'D of the quarrel on "osn 'o ha~'o
and Portuguese sides and get away oeyohI t1eih as
soon as possible Ny brother iounl very soVp c'Vl"u
- "a. d.a but all com ola0 IN . wars rom tneir cu
,vat,on Of the river csn now speak WI h CONT
ds,cs ss 7 had the company Of three Lsval oficers
II is generally from 600 to 2ouo yards me oat
wi en- IT has islands It sfiea9s oot 10 = VI ihis
T6ese are the wOrs' parts IN ibe narrower par4 we
Isye from 9 to faihons. In these brood paris g
channel Of or fatbcus can be found ouy By sssrch
irg. One Of uy fIierds remsrked II was more Ike an
inland than river. stdl adhere 70 tie opoion
have all along expressed that vessel drawing from
four TO Elk fee. water cOnd upon II dari0g Sven
or eight months of tbs year with We oil ENJOY
good health, no Gaze Of fever having app 'ared aoog
us, and We have been 10 the delta hve weeks. But
ihis knew beforehand to he the healthy season, or
wirtsr, aud selected health in preference ~ a fGll
riyer-l arn &C.. "DAvID LIVINGSTONE"
"TE1E, Sept. H. 1873.
"MYDE Sir: wrote you a .oDg Letter ty the
Pearl but, uuf rtunetsly, by come mistake, i was
up sent so have 10 tell you that Te scent some
time getting proper enti snce INTO tue Lamoesi as
the msiu entrance seemed unsafe. We entered Dy a
&c branch and having been aboGt month exploring
the delta snc the river falling fast it was resolved ~
land al our goods on islaDd ard carry them up by
successive trip. in our small steam iauDcn. lhls We
have been dong as fast AS We coulo. lhls you are
Of probably ere this and po5slpy also Vi tne
very favorable opinion respecting the vaue OF inns
ryer expret sed By the two naval officers who acc )n
panied NE. zee it now several feet lower than they
diG ard az it is spread out 10 macy places otloT
LuDafa 10 from one 20 three miles in width, you may
b. sure we have difficulties in finding the deep channel
Formerly believed, from what tie Porting uese tod
ne that THE river was nsYgable during only SIX or
eight months in the yesr. j now believe tnst II
could be navgated with one Of the 3O-nch
Tan hz IL ot Xh
we got 10 Lupasa-wheie the river is no longer
divided into many channels--our difficulties In
navigation ended. Here the gentlemen at once yield.
ed TO my suggestion, ana Dug out ton ebd nai! Cl
country. Nr. Rec, a Glasgo ~egian pronounces them
be good and promising better as they are got from
the surface in the bank OF the Mnatoze, where they
have been exposed TO the action Of floods and atmo-
spbere for sges There Il an immense coafrld here
an6 many Of the crop ont. With coal, and tae
best iron In abuadsDce, surely AIlca Will not a.
ways be the uodden down patton 1t nas been. Our
yessel was the fret that ever steamed at Iete and
we were visited as if re had been another leyathan
Tie country was in state Cf war, and no Portuguese
burst pace, but did, passport beiDg the Eogsh
THIS is against our prospects, Tor everything
stands still, or goes back, when war rSges. We had
gone from the Portuguese to the native eide, from
time to time, uumoested, being equally friendly to
both parties. Many Of the officers wished to accept
my mediation, and the rebels all did, but the Gov
erIor would not give in decisive blow ls TO De
struck soon bnt the rebels being mostly runaway
slaves, they will hold out. Two, who acted as pilots
on board wanted buy them to get out OF the
scrape IL is rad to fine country in this state.
We meet very fine cotton growing wild wherever
IL hos oLce been sown 1t is long in the stape, aud
has been introduced as It's name imports. The other
has short strong staple which cir gs to the seed, and
is moIe ike wool in tie hand than cotton. We have
slso lgnum vita and ebony; bnt oust leave all these
things to be reported on by my compAnions. Ny men
were st at Tete, though thirty Of them had died Of
smallpox, and six hsd been killed by d neigbborng
chef. The poor fellows received me with great joy,
now well We have had lness, out no coast fever. |
tbirk az both we and the Pearl escaped it greatly
owing TO pushing with all yigor away from the man
grove swamps IT the mouth OF the river. Thee are
the hotbeds Of fever. / sm, &c.
nDIyID LIVISCsToNEo