Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-23
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Au Original Letter from Dr. Livingstone.

An Original Letter from DIR. Livingstone.
We are indebted to gentleman of this city, n
friend OF the celebrated Missionary md traveller
DIR. Livingstone for copy of the following letter,
in which he refers to his most recent disco, in
Africa The latest date from tho Doctor is De
cember tho 7th but tho information he communi-
Gates does not add materially to that which Is con-
tained in the earlier letter We give below. Oar
readers will call to mind that brother of the Doc
tor. in q communication addressed to Mr.. Clcgg.
of Manchester, which We published the other day
spoke of an immense region in Atricao Lake Ny
assn, in which both native md foreign cotton.
could be cultivated with great success. This dis.
trct appears TO be accessible from the sea by the
river Rambesi and Shire The latter joins the
former ut u point about ono hundred miles from
tho eastern const, and for ono hundred nnd twelve
miles has deep channel, being nlso from one hun
dred and fifty TO two hundred yards wide The
cataracis commerce in lat l5' 90 s, and for thir
ty miles the rivor is not navgablc, but above tho
eat .raets, to Lake Nyassa sixty miles of tho
river again nasisahlr, and how far to tho north
the gieat navgablc Lake extends is not yet known
DR.. Livingstone, it will bo seen. nlludes to the dis
co,c,y ct this region rs realizing his foulrSt
hopes; ior tho interruption to the course of the
Shire may be easily overcome, and the whole
country approached by European commerce. liy
waJ Of the Red SEA and the Mediterranean it will
be nearer to Europe than the Sou,hcrn ports OF
his country, whe tho navigation will be less cx-
ptscd and dihcult.N. Y. Post.
"NrnculsoN's CATARACT Oct. II. 1859.
"My dear----; We have traced the Shire up
into Lake Nycnyesi. .or Nyassa.and found that there
arc only duty say thirty three miles OF catnr
act and the RIVER becomes placid again right into
the Lake. in lat li'25' south Here We have my
lndest hope realized in quarter never dreamed
of, for road could ca,ily be made, and stcamcr
placed in region which, for cotton and sugnr and
nlnn inc In =, tr,ln n iIp pnst -
we'll he overestimncl. Shirwn or ns its lroptr
name is, Tamanlun, is about ninety miles long
Nyassn no one ran tell how far of its 'hcnd'is but
both lie parallel to the cast coast, and shaving par
ties from the inter- + must cross Shire near its
point of departure from Nyas~it anl then pass
along the pa titon between tho two lakes, in order
to vet away to tho eastern potts. We encounter
ed party Of tLcSo worthies with great many
saves and elephants uskS and II more black
guard.l 'oknS lot ynu could not turn out of Bride
we'll When they heard We were English they
cvApvratcd. We bought some line specimens of
mnlachitc from them. Now, an establishment for
lawful commerce. and for the spread of that gos
pei the only for human woes, on this Lake
would bean immense bcncdt To Africa and to Eng
land. My heart ycarrs our own honest
poor rs we'll ia over tho African, and hero Is
country with room cneu1 h and to spare. 1t lies
somewhat in tha fashion, three terraces east of
Shire, its own valley being one and as like tho
valley Oh the MIG ny talTu lphly ~ tWo
peas; this mny he called twelve hundred feet high.
n second two thousand, third three thousand
feet, but sloping down to Tamandua (eighteen hun
drcd lect;) the highest point. eight miles off
must be eight thousand feet. These terraces
full OF running rils. We, that is, Kirk, Churics
Rae and thirty three Makalolo. travelled in the
hottest period of tho year; but the highest terraces
were delightful, and Yombn, sixty-sx hundred
feet high; very cold at night. Ny companions
never saw n country well watcred anywhere.
We have changes Of climate within n few miles,
and II country the finest for cotton ard sugar IN
the world. 1t is unlimited in extent. and cotton ia
now grown over it all. The ud Scn"us kind has
been supplanted by the Shire and at tho Lake Ny
assa by better kinds from foreign seed. DR.. Kirk
got y, p 1cr growing on Yomba.
We saw indigo ga the banks fthe lake seven feet
high. lurncl down but growing fresh again. In
some parts n good deal of salt is found in the soil
and Sea Island cotton would flourish. AT any rate
the foreign kinds introduced are he,tcr tlan good
Egyptian.
"One Of the greatest boons we have secured is
cnrc ul fever even in the l,wlnnds, without loss
Of strength III the patient The great Father ol
all has made enough for all in his broad. fair
world. We are 2nyin. the Wny, trust, ipr mis-
sons not Of preachers only. but OF unr own rc.
siuuS poor. to shine rs light in the dal lkness, and
hold up the teachers hand when all else ntG
against him. Nine.,enlhs OF The land capable of
cultivation is never under tho hoe, while good men
and true delvc iuches.'