The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-01

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r. Captains Speke and Grant have, discovered
the answer to a question which has sperplexed
the world ever since the time of Hcrodotus.
i"Withl regard to the sources of tie Nile, ~
said the Father of History. more than two
thousand three hundred years ago." I have
found 70 one among all those with whom I
have conversed, whether Egyptians, Libyans
or Greeks, who profcssed to have any knowl.
edge, except a single person." whose story
was untrustworthy. Casar, is reported to
have said that he would abahdon warlike pur-
| suits If he might have q certain hope of see.i
ing the sources Of the Nile Horace aIludes
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and Tibullus, still fourte en- hundred years age.
& .:Nile pater quanem 70 deere causa
F., Aut quibus IN terris acco1uisse capnt
Id It was long since 9ascetained by travellers
ascending up the stream of the Nile, that near
Khartum in North latitude. rs degrees 81
minutes, its waters divide into two bIanches,
called respectively the White Nile and the
| Blue Nile Below this confluence the Nile
flows l,500 miles into the Mediterranean. and
with the exception of a single unimportant
tributary it receives nowhere a single drop of
water, while it is a. fruitful source of supply
to numerous works of artificial irrigation.
ii The sources of the Blue Nile, three springs
by the Portuguese Jesuit, Father Lobo, and af.
forwards by Bruce; but those of the White
Nile have hitherto defed discovery; Browne.
penetrated as far as north latitude z degrees :;
Linant Beyi in 1927, mot quit, so far Mr.
Hoskins and Col. Lake, baffied in their efforts,
declared that an armed force would be neces-
sary to subdIe tho great extent of country
through .whichthe river passes. Verne went
as far as four degrees of north latitude, and
Mr.. Brun Rollet nearly as high. The former
was Obliged to return by reaching shoals which
could not be crossedby his boats, and he dared
rot leave them. The river, where his explors
ations ceased, was three hundred and TWENTY
three feet wide, Hbroad, surrounded by high
reeds y the banks, he says, .sseem to be of a
soft green color, formed by pale green aquatic
plants--lilac convolyulus, moss, water thistlesg
and kind oflhemp-in which the yello1 ans
bac tree fourishes, hung round with luxuriant
deep yellow creepersR The river seemed to
stretch SSW. ss9 Eos951a AssA ss45e.g2
r. The latest expedition in this direction to-
discover the source of the Nile is that of Cap
tain Pether;ck, as volunteer of whose party,
our fellow citizen, DIR. Browncli, of Conneeti-
cut, lost his life last year in the manner here's
tofore recorded in these, columns. DR.. Brow.
nelrs death occurred ia north latitade Is deg,
The fate of Pctherick and his companions is
unknown ssgrt., ssil II ssaI5 % sss5e 81
f. Meanxhile Gapts. Spekes ond Grant entered
the interior of Africa from the Eastern ceast,
@s.a Left Zenzibar, Sept. rs, 1860, to prosecute
discoveries in the Interior. On the f5rif inst
we printed an account derived from Mr.
Goodhue, u. s. Vice Consul at Zanzibar, sta
| ting that they had last been heard from April
II, 1862, Ca year ago that is) in latitude /
degree 10 minutes south; that they had been
| thwarted in, their progress down river which
they believed to be the first ccr:ain branch of
the Nile.
We now hear of them at the other end Of
their journey which has been crowned with
complete success. It tappears that the adven-.
turous travellers have indeed penetrated to- the
source of the White Nile, which they have
loyalty given the name of "Victoria. !" Hay-
ing made this discovery, the little band of ex-
plorercs reduced from seventy to seventeen,
have sailed down tho river-the grandest voy--
age ever known to geogi pheTs-and their ap
preach to ,Khartum is reported in the letter
which we print in another columW There is
some ,obscurity In the account wIth regard to
the position OF the lake; the strict sense of
the original (Which our translation faithfully
follows) woull place it as far NtTth as 10 deg
of North latitude but as previous discoveries
have followed the river at least six degrees
Further South, we suspect that there is some
inaccuracy Ia the report in this respect. 7e3
It has been given to the present age sto'
so,ve this interesting geographical problem, as
also that of the northwest passage; and al
though in neither case do the discoveries
which have been made, promise much practi-
cal advantage to mankind, we cannot but felt
citate ourselves that the domain of knowledge
has been, enlarged by persistent and rintslli
gent effort. - eisr4.g M i,ossei sd 5fssgs ;,
Our attentive correspondent in Egypt has
forwarded to us an extra Cor Bulletino Straor-
dinario) of the Spettqtore Egiziano. published
at Alexandria, under date of the 7th inst,
containing more full particulars than have
elsewhere been published of the discovery of
| the Sources of the WhIte Nile, by Messrs.
Spoke and Grant. The fact that such dis.
covory has been made was telcgraphed from
Alexahdria to London at the same time that
| this extra appeared in the English journals I;
! but we are eratifed to be able to lay before
our readers this more particular account, in
the characteristic phrase of the original ti-
The letter containing this news, as showa
by the postmarks,. reached Boston in only
nineteen days from Alexandria, although, by
an unfortunate mistake in tho Boston post
| Office it was not delivered to us until yester-
day, two days after Its arrival. We believe,
however, that the intelligence has notyet been
anticipated by any other publication: l
From the Egyptian Spectator, Extra-l Translation
isWe ara indepted to the courtesy of DR..
lori for tho following communication, which
we hasten to lay before our readers and the
public generally,ta announce the great dis
4 covery of the source of the Nile, for which we
i arc beholden to-two courageous English tray
{. lers. "a I - r. ss3 ~ zssiFifts e. ~ a
i 1--WE promise to lay before. our readers
roorc detailed information az soon as we arr
81 enabled to obtain it. - -, issg-...,,
ssHere is great news. Spekc and Grant
u the intrepid English travlers, overcoming al
a obstacles, crossing "aader" the line reaches
} Kondoguro, and thence are now approachin:
! this place. ..4s;,af es4szss,.