The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-10-10
WHOLE NO., 665.
DR.. Livingstone inlAfrica.

Rov. VIM. Monk, of Cambridge, England,
has received very Interesting letter from
DIR. Livingstor. giving 40 accoun; Of his fret
hostile encounter with tho natives Ia Afri.
ca
"A tribo called Ajawa had been employed
to attack the Manganja villages, Kill tho
men aud sell tho women and children 10 tho
Portuguese for mere ttiHo ia calico. You
cannot we'll conceive the state OF disunion
among the Monganja; Tho destruction of
village after village produced no effort OF
union against the common foe.
message was only sent down to Chib!ss,
as he IS believed 10 possess a medicine Ca
pable OF insuriUg victory. The paramount
chiet instead OF aiding his subjects, .Eirdly
helped the slave hunters over tho Sbire
We found that the whole nation was fieeijg,
and hoping to stop this and the effdsion OF
blood, went to bold parlev With tho Ala.
wa. UnfOrIunstuiy, We cuuu to them rben
in tho act Of burning the villages. The
bishop (Mackenzie) offered up a fergeut
prayer, and with the accents of that prayer
We could distinctly hear tho wall for the
dead and the shrill scream for victory.
AS We advanced to their villages, our as
surances that We came peaceably we're multi
ned by some Manganja followers calling
out, Our Chibazs has come" and worry un-
fortunately, although beard.it dislinotiy, it
did not strike the mind Till afterwards that
We were thereby deprived OF the protection
OF our English name. They attack ed us on
all sldeS with poisoned arrows, and fired
muskets, and / feel very sure that ihe latter
we're handled By Portuguese slaves. They
Ger tsinly had tho dress common amoup
slaves at Tette, and there was q square
house, such as slaves often build, near The
Ajawa villages.
We retired slowly from the village, but
this only made it bolder iboy came within
hfty yards of US, and it was only by resource
to our firearms that We avoided all becom-
ing food for the vultures. am sorry that
it was necessary, Tor it was the frat hostile
encounter we have had in Africa. Had
anticipated such an attack ! would hava
used fair words and presents first. We are,
however, in the slave market.
We were twice robbed in the sphere OF
on Arabs dhow and shaving operations.
about half way up Lake Eyssa-the frst
loss by robbers l have sustained on the con-
:inent. Shaving is the parent Of every other
vice. Lie is no value in tho traders eye.
We bad ammunition with US barely Sufficient
to drive them Cd, their attack was 30 uneK.
pecIed.
DR.. Livingstone concludes a narrative Of
some recent explorations, with the following
interesting speculations and deductions /:
Africa is continent of the future. Iti
impossible to recte its capabilities. IL ia
pre-emnently cotton country, for here
the plant is perennial, and requires little Of
that heart-breaking toll necessary who're it
is exotic; Go frosu sndauger crops, and
the beat qualities yield largely. Slave-hunt-
| ing is tho greatest drawback known-jt de-
populates the country so much that labor
becomes dead in proportion to its preva-
lence. The Portuguese possessions on tho
Zimbezi are valuelsss, because all the labor
Is departed 10 Bourbon, the subjects of hls
Most Frigbttul Majesty Of Lisbon, having
performed the part of the boy OF. tho goose
with the golden egg.
| In addition to the mission of the English
Universities, two other missions in the rs.
gion are contemplated. Healthy localities
can be secured on the highlands which arise
on our east to a height of some 5000 or
5000 feet above tho sea.