The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1862-09-26
Mtstellaneol1s.
DR. Livingstone's African Explora.
tions.
Interesting Letter from DR.. Livingsionc
The Slave Trade-Cottou.

Interesting Letter from DIR. Living.tenc
The Slave Tradc-Cottou.
DR.. Livingstone's letter to Rev. William
Monk, of Cambridge, England, dated in the
river Shire, in Africa, in January last, con.
tains the following interesting passages con.
cerning the slave trade and cotton culture
"Colonel Rugby. our consul at Zanzibar,
saws in letter to Sir George Gray, that 10.
900 slaves pass through the custom house
there annually-all, or nearly all, from Ny.
ASA or Shire; aud he adds: "If 1t should
ever be possible to place steamer on Lake
Nyassa it will be one OF the chief supply OF
slaves to tho east coast" Without knowing
that gcntleman's opinion we have ordered q
steamer from Glasgow which we hope to car.
ry past the Cataracts Us our next work. We
expect her soon. and shall not pen sylla-
BILE to you or any ono else till il is accom-.
plished. Ipray to him in whose hands are
our tines to permit me to accomplish this
great service; then path to the sea by Ro-
YUMA, or some river in the dominions Of the
Sultan of ZanziCar, for we must have an out
let to the sea uncontrolled by the Portuguese.
Fancy tho folly Of our allies; the govern
mcnt builds post at the mouth Of the Shire.
to DO enriched by the cotton dues, while the
people of Tette do all in their power to do
populate the country from which the cotton
is to come. II we have our own outlet the
cotton field, now four hundred miles long,
will be prolonged far to the north and west,
and our own English honest poor may live on
the islands and become blessings to Africa,
our own sweet home, and to themselves
These are my hopes, and 1t ought to be borne
in mind that my expedition should be dated
only from the possession Of the Pioneer
We were forced to return by want Of food,
when, as we have reason to believe, We were
in sight Of the dark mountain masses in
which Lake Nyassa ends.
A tribe Of Znlus, originally from the south
had made terrible havoc among the lake peo-
ple--we do not know why as we received on.
ly onc.sided statements, and never form an
opinion on that sort OF evidence but putrid
bodies Of the slain strewed the shores mans
inhumanity to man makes countless thous'
and. mourn met seven OF these Marate,
or Zulus; they behaved much rs we may
suppose old women of either sex would do If
they fincied they had seen u ghost. In view
of this tribe wandering up so far II strikes
me that the more work Christian people at
tempt the moro their Master gives them to
perform. The bishop at the Cape, with his
Kafir college, is probably fitting missionaries
to labor much nearer the equator than he ev-
or contemplated. always rejoice to hear
of efforts to spread our blessed religion, no
matter by whom, for am sure that he who
is head over all things to his church, conde.
scends to accept the hearty though often fee.
BILE Offering of hiSpcople. and will guide all
to n glorious consuin,nation. This college
seems an admirable institution.
Frequent storWs rendered 1t unadvisable
to attempt crossing to find out all about the
matter for ourselves. II was the first time |
ever was forced back without accomplishing
what had to do, but had time to tell you
all, you would see that further progress might
have proved fatal to us. We returned to the
uppermost cataract, slung our boat to q sha-
dy tree and walked home, having in three
months travelled, In going and coming GOO
miles. Anything 'anent' growing interest
in the mission Of the church will be always
welcome; systematic Efforts to difluse infor-
nation ought to be made. Without being
particularly prone to grumblc, think there
is room cnongh for growl at the missionar.
,es who enlist for three or five years only
1t is probably from want of knowledge Of
missionary work in Africa; very few leave
Africa without wishing to come back again,
50 it may all turn out right at last. hear
that the Free Church Of Scotland contem.
plates n mission out here, and the United
Free Methodists are sending another mission
under DR.: Krapf to the east coast. There Is
room for all aud for moro than will ever
come. ...rfH
With kind regards to you all, am, &c.
Dawn LIVINGSTONE.