Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-15
pi,eoysris, Of 1858 and 1855.

.du-Nhina, the lndtan Archlp'lasu, ahd th'
Polar Regions remain for the enterprise oI
govsrumcnts. learned societics, aud men whC
are brave as well as curious.
Mile Ida Pfy,asr. after travelling throash
Palestine, Northern Europe, aud twic,
around the world. in a hnh journey, at
tempted Madagascar. Queen Raravola TO.
ccivcd her kindly, then bceame suspicious,
and MANY ordered her to leave the leland
immediately. She was taken with other
Europcans, It is supposed Intentionally, to
low, swampy coast. where foreigners new
cr escape the fever. She took the fever. was
made worse by her homeward voyage, and
died on the 7th OF October last, at the age
OF 81. in one of the suburb. Of Vienna.
On the 25,h of February last. the Slrlin.
ian traveller. Brun Rollct. died at Hhar,oun
on the boundary between Nuba and A'ys.
.inia. lie had penetrated all the country
bordering on the upper Nile, and discovered
lake No, in lat. l. deg. and the Bahr
Heilak, Or Mis.elad. which belong. to the
western basin Of the Nile. In 1858. be
publishci In Paris, Ia Ni Blanc and Sou.
Sas.
The Enslishmau. Coulthari. died a terri
b.. death hy thir.,. ia the inner desert Of
Australia. \ traveller. Blbhasc. found hi,
body in a th,ckei, and tin cup near by, on
which he had scratched few line. with a
nail. which made known the irightlul suf.
fcrins. tha, preceded hi. death. Cault-
hard st out with two other Engli,hm.u.
SCOT, aod Brooks, who probably have per.
ishcd.
AJolph Schlaslntweit has been murdered
by troop OF rebels against the Chinese au.
,horl,iy-. in a village Of Thibet, not lar
from YarkanI.
The death of NJ Elwarl vosel. who had
travelled over Lake Tad. Boruu. BAeuirmi.
and the country watai. west Of Darlur, is
almost certainty. The rumor that be was
murdered by the command of the Sultan Of
Wadai may have arisen from the probable
fact that hcwas kept as a prisoner, a cause
tor either may Be found in his imprudence
Tor climbing TO the peak of one Of their "a.
crel noun aims.
The wife Of SIR John franklin is not We,
resigned % tyar the sorr0wlul name of Wil.
ow. Last year. she scni the yacht Fox. in
command ot Capt. M,CIiu,ock, to search
lor her husband by the latest accounts,
the Fox. taking the Becchy island route,
mean, 20 sail into Fish river, passing TO the
east OF King Williams Land.
For some months past, a new Arctic cH.
petition ha, been Ia preparation IN the Uni.
tel States. The worthle.sncs, Of ibc North.
west Pasage discovered by Capt. McClurc.
I've Or .,H years ago, cool' no Arctic arior /,
the Open Polar Saa j. now the great Arctic
problem.
The Geographical Society Of St. Peicrs.
burs hs ssut number of naturalt.'s T.
S,bsr,a, aud a learned FINN. Dr.. NoriJns-
kiolI. OF llcl.ingi,r.. ha, pursued hi. ob.
--r,a,inns as f,r a. Spiuherscn. llc there
discovered anthracite cual, ard such a mul.
tituis uC sea-. and walruses "a. promi -
r,ch returns o. Fishermen f5r years t.
come. llc also asccndcd the Sncehatian
Mountains.
On the American continent, an oficIr Of
the English Navy, Capt. PaIlis'sr, has been
- fortunate as to ind a passage through the
Rocky Mountains, in British America. 1t
may BE- OF great political value in binding
together the British Atlantic and Pacific
POSSESSIONS.
In SOUTH America, the Frcnchman, DR..
Pla-sarl, who is settled in Cindad Bolivar,
has undertaken an excursion into the iHteri.
or ol Venezuelan Guiana, and found gold
TO the south Of lower Orinoco. toward the
Nuruari.
AtRio Janeiro, Messrs. Clpapsma, La
so.. and Gousalyo DiaE are preparing Tor a
second expedition into the interior Of Bra.
all. which j. almost entirely uuSnown, and
ia the possession Of Wild Indian tribes.
They Will have a military escort.
Dr Schmaria. the Austrian naturalist,
is On bis return from his voyage {, Cape
sydney and New Zealand. Soalso have Dr.
T.chudi and DR.. Fricsech returned frou. the
expedition, into the interior OF South Amer.
ica.
The Austrian corvette, Carolina, on a
visit to the harbJrs or South America, and
tbc iri.ate No,arl. on voyage round the
world. at the PHILIPPINES, when last
heard from. sewn q have been quite for
gotten By the Austrian journals, now full
OF vaS.
In the southern Atlantic, the English,
Captain, Cabins. believes that he had,
witbin the year, found new group Of
Islands, on the track Of Austrian bound
vessels.
but the great magnetic center to which
most di.covercrs ins,inetiyely turn, is still
the interior Of Africa. Those vast coun-
trics which are represented in blank, on our
maps, have been attacked from all sides
east, wet, north and south.
The renowned Doctor Livingston is now
making an excursion in those countries,
which be discovered during his long jour-
ney from 81. Paul De Loanda TO Quilimanc.
He embarked. last year. equipped with in
s,rumen,s Tor making sciensihc observations.
lie will Grst attempt to s Up the Lambeza