New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-10
AN AFRICAN Explorer murderesl.

Details of Mr. Rescher's murder have reached
his family in Ha5nburg. Ehey are contained in q
letter from Mr.: W. O.. Swald, a merchant Of Zanzi-
bar, and comprise smply-worded bat evidently
trustworthy statement made by Roseher's head
servant, Rashid. He says that his master left
Kilwa, or Quiloa, taking with him himself and
other servant named Omar, and that they arrived
in safety at Ussews, or, FISCHER spells it, Nus
sewa, on Lake Eyassa. This interior town, here
tofore unknown, is large and pOpuloBs place
stretching along the lake shore, and is the resi-
dence of Sultan Makaka, who received the young
European in friendly and hospitable manner. The
inhabitants furnished the party daily with milk and
food. On his way from the sea coast, Roseher, who
knew well how to eonciaee the barbarOus people
by whom he was surrounded, had made friend of
Sultan Hngomanje whose territories adjoined
those of Makaka,and who had himself accompanied
Roscher to the lake. At this point Nyassa ia not
broad, and in aelear day the opposite shore can
be family deserted. It's waves often rough and
it is sometimes visited with violent storms. They
heard here one day that some white men and
negroes, after having visited another sheet of
water still further to the south called Kirawa
(Shirwa), had arrived at the southernmost point of
the lake and had then returned southwards. Ros-
cher does not seem to have known that this was
the Livingstone expedition.
On the morning of the 18th Of May the German
traveller, accompanied By Rashd Omar, and two
carriers left Nussewa, with the intention of going
back as far asdhe river Ravama, where some goods
belonging toshim remained IN charge of Sultan
lkumbo.. a gnard OF two men was sent with then
by Makakas who returned as soon as they hn ]
reached the limits of that chiefs domnions Intent l.
ing to return imIne diately, and commence tt ie
vigorous presecutontof new explorations, near iy
all the property of the expedition had been left al
Nussawa. The enthusiastic explorer was in &C 90
health and high spirits I; he had totally recovered in
the pure air of the lake country, from the fe vei
which had weighed him down ever since his arr iva
in Africa, and was. able to travel without a M ter
The first two nights they slept in hamlets on the
road About 2 O'clock on the third afternoon they
reached a village called Hisonguny. As they
halted, thenhasants, urged by curiosity, liz 'cked
around them andone of the better looking nj ltives
asked Roscher to his house. The invitation was
accepted and after paraking Of lunch prepa red by
his servants, the unsuspecting Roscher, in ccord-
ance with his custom, lay down to sleep. Rashil
water, and upon his return saw his fellow servant
engaged ina contest with several armed N. en-; one
of them, Just at that moment pierced Omaris
breast with an arrow, and Rashid hassene to mis-
master. 49,.
Entering thathnt, be- saw Roscher with 81 poisoned
arrow sticking in his bosom, lying dead near his
couch. Alarmed and frightened he fleW to leid
Of cassaYa nearby, pursued by the arrows o9gthe
hostile party After dark he returned to the aaene
Of the. murder. The eorpses Of bis master and
Omar still lay untouched where they had talleB but
before morning, Rashbid, from Place of conceal
fneat, saw the murderers carry them off. Es has
tened baaissto NRssewa, and communicated he sad
news to the Saltau, who immediately sent hi,a with
several men, to iSaltan HingomanIe in Mamemba. in
whose 5erfitory the crime had been committed.
This rer, at the head of fifty soldiers, proceeded
TO the village and arrested four men whona the vii
lagers pointed out as the criminals. Twoyef them
were residents of the place and we're call I'd Mako
kota and Si!ssmboni, the former the hea1-lnan ef
tho hamlet, tie very person wAo had in sited Ros.
cher to, his Aouse, and in wAose poss assion was
fouaa} one of Roseheris reyalvers Rashid then
took charge of the books and other effeats at ssr
sewa; which belonged to his master, bas was una
Bile to discover his journal and te-book, WHICH
hadpeen carried away by She murderars. Setting
out for. the coast he met ahe caraYas which had
and returned with it eud the four prisoner to
kIlma. These latter wiz probably suffer to de-
Sawed penalty OF their crime, but their deat can
not compensate the world for tho loss of ope OF
the most ardent, daringl and selfsaaricing OF the
many travellers who have fallen in attem eting Ia
eSallre the hidden region of Central Afre g..