New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-27

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Of the Emperor Of France. In letter 10 NJ. JomTd,
spesks Enthusiastically Of his prospects, and says;
" an now g. Kosr oon. engaged u making prepar-
stoDs for ny uney 20 the regions lying two degrees
north of TIA ,q1aor and am collecting with care the
reports ai tie iyory merchants from the interior
with whom ! meet NJ. Lei an accompanies this
letter with an unpublished account OF an exOlo alton
made in 1853, BY ADdrsa Debouo, Maltese known in
Afric4 So Laif .ffsp3i, in which be reached spot
short dit4nce above the caa'acts of Mskedo, where
be received from the blacks very precise Information
concerning Z @ o,gip of the White Nile. They told
him that The river four or i've days journey TO the
,outh Of the cataracts isned fron immense lake,
and thai another river flowed from me opposite enc OF
tie zane tbeet OF water. La.f found aTlisles OF
Europs.n manufacture in the hands of the nalves'
which could not possibly have come by way OF hha'-
toum.
Mr. Weiz.tein, the Prn.tiln Consul at Damascus,
since bis appointment to ttat post, bas rendered mauy
services 70 the cau,e of Syrian geography Lately IN
compsIy with Mr.. Doergens, coantTyman, ne msn'
journey from Dsmsous by way OF Mount Heimon
ard the Lake Of Tiberss TO Kslst Mzerib measuring
many lights ana collecting much new Typographical
Information. They slept ing the whole period IN
Ger an open Bedouin tent Mr.. DoergeDs writes that
tie curiosity Of the Arabs caused them some httie
trouble 81 frs, in connection vi the t1ermomesfieai
otservstions. The Bedouins hold the compass, one
end Of tie needle continually pointing toward the
south where Mecca lies TO be Striking evidence Of
the truth of their religion.
"A map of Tasmania from drawings aud surveys
made in the coloay during last year by james sprent
has just been published by Johnston of Edinburgh 1t
is far superior to any previous map Of the island
The Rerye AleerieHns contains narrative accom-
parted by rough map, of journey accomplished IN
the latter part Of 1853 by Isms Bon Derba, from III
Aghuat in Souhern Algeria, TO Goat, in the Central
Sahara Bou Derha the OF an Algerian father ana
French mother ia employed in tbs Colonial Once az
ElAebust as interpreter, and undertook this wait 10
the interior at the instance of the French authorities,
with the pur oss Of epdsavorng 10 turn the trade OF
Sotdan and the Sahara from Trpois to Algiers. HIS
roue uassed ne ar Wsrea apd thai great region
Of sar dy downs known IS Ell Udi, whi'h stretches
from Nefza westward to Golea, and is from % 10 oo
hour Journey in breadth. Arrived at Chat, an lu-
portsnt walled town, well known to the readers OF
Richardson and Rarsh, Bou Derba found that ramor
had preceded him to the effect that the French nerded
TO occupy the town and annex it 70 their African colo
pial possessions. He fortuna ely kDe how to quiet
tie fears Of the tO@pspeope and was as length well
eoived. He does not appear to have accomplished q
great deal in the way of the legitimate objects Of his
mission. The trade Of Scudan ultimately find is
outlet by way Of Senegal and the Guinea coast 70
which nature by great Dsvgable channels, appears to
dir ct it, Bou Derba returned by the same route reach
ing FL Aghust Dee. J, having been absent jus; foir
monihs CaIef obssrvstious with the barometer ana
thermometer were taken by him csily.
Two intelligent Germans, Baron Won barnlm ana
DIR. Harmsun, are taking sketches and Studying
natural history in Nubia Thsir last letters are dated
at Kbartoum which they were about 10 leave Tor tue
remote and ittleknown town Of G0nd2r in Abyssinia
Baron Won Barpiu describes totally Lew route FOL
lowed BY him from Daobeh, lie second great bend
of the Nile, across the Kuba5ish territory 10
Khsrobum
-Kgsrtoum in Nubia, which is go frequently man'
ti,n'd as the staring point Of late Nhoe explorers,
Les in lat 15 81 at the junction of the White Nile ana
Blue Nile. It possesses email Eorop7an colony,
consulting Of several consus traders and physicians
letter from DI. Alfred Penney, French physician 10
tie employ Of the Egyptian Government lately written
states trst NJ Miami, who by come acciisn! had Lost
most of Lis means had been furnished by some OF the
Furopesp resideu,s with boats aud outfit. and had
commenced the ascent Of the White Nile fe weeks
before NJ Lsjean's arrival at Kartoum. He bad been
absent for nearly two months, and intelligence from
him was expectsd daily.