Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1863-07-04

lllrA under uate Oh tne lln Ql May Containing /
more full llpalteulafs than have elsewhere been
published Of the discovery Of the sources Of The
White Nile, by hlessrs speke and Grant, the in.
itewd English explorers. The fact that such
discovery had been made was telegraphed from
Alexandria to LoudOn At the same time that this
extra appeared and some brief notices lave ap
pearcd in the English journals; but we are graft
fled to be able to lay before ourreaders this more
particular account, in the Characteristic phrase Of
the original tdugs, The letter containing this
uews, as shown by tho pcs,marks reached Boston
10 only nineteen days from Alexandria.
From tho Egyptian Spectator, Extra Transla
iion,
We ore indebted to the courtesy Of Doctor 0r
for the following communication, which we hasten |
to lay before our readers aud the public generally,
toann0unco the great diIcoyery Of the source Of
The Nile, for which We are beholden to two cour-
ageous English travellers. We promise to lay
before our readers moro detailed information as
.Ool as wearo enabled to obtain it.
"Khmtum, March 20, 1863.
"Here IS great news, Spcko aud Grant, tho
intrepid English travellers overcoming all obs
tacle1 crossing under the line, reached Kondo
goro, and thence are now approaching this place
ltsecnl5 almost dream. Their portfolios un.
doubtadly Coutain the solution Of the great pro
blem that las puzzled Us from the romOtest anti.
quity, VIZ the discovery Of the source OF tho Nile.
We have not US yet spoken with them, but leave
Immediately on camel back to meet them on their
way and to give them an ovation. Fiat the fol-
lowing station we obtain further details we will
hasten to communicate them.
"April al add another line about Speke and
Grant, knowing the immense interest that you oil
feel in these matters.
"5pCke says but little, for two reasons First
because, like true descendant Of John Bull, hi
Is naturally taciturn; second, because he is onl,
familiar with one language, aud precisely the on,
that none ofus know any thing about. We cal
, CLEAN but few ineligible sentences from ono o
b the interpreters who attempts to mike US under
9 stand him in species Of Arabic 'patOis'
J "l'rom his answers we learn that the Mil
springs from Lake Victoria that he processes t
. have circumnayigated and found to be very exton
:, siye that Kondogoro ia five degrees Qeas eom
minutes) from the equator in tho northern hemi;
e phere, aud about The same latitude south of th
n lohn uli0h bo govs is thp enurpp nf Ihn Robr q
n Bmj or White MA
. "rSoy st,rt,i Fran z,nzibor u;,I soyortr ,,or
or tbess enlv seventeen romon Jbc nnm6or wa
r craotlv 1imini.hcd hy deqertion oihors worn lns
@ hv sickness md cosnSltios Tbev had to fgI
;e t5eir woy IN rooch Wits Pivar Iut roloto ma M,
If vollons ib;n,s If fbo gnb o,n,in,al reg;ors an
r oboye Mi reSort orco quantities of iyoTv Tho
NAV be considered yery fortunate to hayo accon
,s nl.hed lbor purposo without meeting tbe unbaI
m nv fo,o or nodr Perov
r "oNow would ho ,ie finn sor tho Eorrtio
,e Goyorn,,ont n ,ooo a, ofort az nc 10 orticina
IS o,bcrs in lho wort of l,covorinr and dignirr =
c. hcao immense trnosnroa, now t6ev conI5 "a
" lhen.olyee Win al tLo nro6I @ and Tho nlnrv y
III Cantoin, Sneko and Grant have discoverea II
IL onswar IN a orss,ion wboh Loo nornIovol II
n world ovor sncc ,bo tmn If IJorodo,1s "Iyi
II rey,rl o tbo sourcos @ oS tba Ma DoJ tbo Fo,
m or oF uistoTu r,n,e ',bon twonIr ,Lroa bradr,
| yoors oro i baye ronnd M ono :nong ro al tLo
ia yith yGom baya oon"oraad w % nho,%o" ti,, T., tiV
"a Tihr,ns or Cro, wbo nrofassoJ f., 6Si" pr, ~,
n. knGwleJan ovcent sin,Ip ro,sonr wbnsa a." "
h. was ,nirnstwor,Ev C9osor i, ronort,J "a Lo,
ma soI tLoi be wonlI obonJon worlita nn,sni,, ri
nj nirht Lovo cortoin Mono ~ soan, tbo oonroa,
O. the Mia. '''' '''''
t. II was lopo sinoo oscortoinca bv trovolIors
lc condng tho stream of tbe Nileiba, % noar 'T Tba
nj tnm IN north latitndc Ii a. Ma @ waters % dv
nd irto two branches colled resnoct,yolv tbo WI;
Mia ond BIuo MA Ra,ow tHis c3pAnonco Il +,
ce Mia aows dnecn hundred milea inio tho lIa'
ne t,s.onoo, oaJ fa,l, tho o,aa,,ioa ~. =,