The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-08-26

The annual general meeting OF the Royal
Geographical Society was held yesterday
at Burlington House. Sir Roder.ci Muir
Gibson, the President Of the Society, deliv-
cred the annual address.
The portion of the address which was
listened to with most attention was the
narrative of the recent discovery of the
sources Of the Nile, by Captain Spoke and
Captain Grant, compiled from their jour
nails Just received. \ large map of the re-
gions explored, drawn from Tie maps sent
home by tho travellers, was displayed in the
room by the aid of which the audience were
able to follow out the route taken by them
in their progress on the expedition, which
has been crowned with such signal success.
few weeks only, says Sir Rodcrick, have
elapsed since our hearts were oppressed
with the apprchcnsions respecting the East
ern African expedition under Speke and
Grant, and by the rumorcd death of Consul
Petherick. who was en- route TO meet and
aid those travellers. could then scarcely
venture TO think of touching upOn African
exploration in my approaching anniversary
address, so great were my fears respecting
the enterprise to which, as gcographcrs,
we attached so much importance.
Our last accounts from Spekc and Grant
far to the south of the lake Victoria Nyan2a,
on the 3Oth of September, 1851. They had
! then, after great delays, Just emerged from
tribes at variance with each other and had
been deserted by many of their portcrs !;
while to complete our depression, tcle-
gram from Alexandria announced that Peth-
erick, after the loss of his stores, had per-
| ished in passing to the west rt the white
Nile. What, then, was our JOY when, after
long and painful interval Of suspense, a
first telegram from Alexandria gave us the
glorious news that Spekc and party had
reached Khartum while u second, speedily
following, conveyed from Spekc to myself
the pithy words, TIE Ma" is settled ~
Then came the cheering intelligence that
Petherick was not only alive; but had actu-
ally Joined Speke and Grant at GondOkoro
on the Goth of February last tcheers) and
lastly, we have since been furnished with
the journal of the travellers, and map of
! the region they explored, illustrated by the
determination of many points OF latitude
and longitude in regions hitherto quite un-
known.
Spckc's previous Journey tat right angles
to the route jointly travelled by Burton and
himself TO the Tanganika Lake, and under
taken while Burton lay sick at KaZah) led
| him into land where the waters flowed
northward, and finally to the shores of a
fresh water sea. called the Nyanza, OF great
reputed extent. The lake was bounded tO
the right by the country of the warlike
Maisa race, through which no traveller can
now make way, and to the left, but at some
distance north of where Speke then was
by an important kingdom called ugunda
| Speke's furthest point lay, by Astronomical
observations, about four hundred and
eighty geographical miles sor'ih Of Condo
koro. the uppcrmost well known point on
the White Nile, though the exploration Of
occasional travellers and ivory dealers, aS
Peney, De Bono and Miami, had reduced
! the distance between the nearest points
| then known to white men to four hundred
miles. The assertions of travelling Arabs
convinced Spoke that the outlet of the lake
| lay far away in the north, and THAT it gave
birth to the parent stream of the White
Nile. Ills present journey was made to
ascertain tho truth of this previous infor-
nation. Spcle's main difficulty was pre-
sumed TO lie in Obtaining the good will of
the powerful chief of Uganda, and of such
other native potentates 80 might otherwise
block his way but no great trouble was
anticipated in reaching the lake district q
second time Our travellers started from
/ the East African coast on the LIST of October
/ 1860; but the commencement of the journey
was most inauspicious. Eastern Africa
was parched with drought, and its tribes
wero mostly at war, partly owing to dis
puted SUGGESTIONS to Cheitainships, and
partly in consequence Of famine. The re-
suit was that they only reached Kazch af-
ter great delays and anxiety, and consc-
qucnt illness. The next Intelligence WAS
dated September 30, 1861, near kazah, and
told a more cheering tale The travellers
were again on the advance, with sufficient
attendance of portcrs and interpreters, and
were hopeful of success. More than a
year then ensued without particle OF
news, when tho Joyful information before
alluded to reached England by telegram,
There is short break in our knowledge
of their proceedings in the meantime, toT
Spoke sent quire of papers by the way
of Zanzibar which have never reached the
Society.
| His present reports contain p consccu
! tive narrative Of the latter, and the princi,
pal part of his journey between Kazeh and
/ Gondokoro. They commence on January |
and date from his departure from the CAPT
/ tai of the kingdom called Karagwe, that
ahuts by one of its corners against the west
shore of NyanZa. at its southern end. Here
| he seems to have made most favorable
impression on the intelligent King, whC
gave him much needed introduction for
his onward journey, franked his expenses
and forwarded him with urgent and friendly
| recommendations to the powerful King o
| Cgunda. karagwe is a portion OF pccu
iarly interesting district. 1t occupies Z
shoulder Of the eastern watershed OF Ter
ritory 200 miles broad, and some 5000 feet
above the sea level, that is studded witt
detached conical hills, one at least ot which
attains the hight OF 10000 feet--the MOnte'
Lune of Burton and Speke. Two sources
of the Nile rise in this territory-namely
the chief feeder of the Nyanza Lake, ant
that OF another lake, the Luta Nrigri; so alsC
does the source of the Shire of Livingstone
if we may believe the reports now broCgh
to Us by Spoke. II seems at length tina
! the Tanganika Lake is emptied, and not sup
piled, by river at its southern end, ant
that this effiuent feeds the Niassa Lake, anC
through it, of course the Shire. The north
ern feeder Of the Tangarpike takes it's rist
in the land of which we have been speak
ing. It is evident, from part of the pres
ent reports, that the missing papers woult
have enlarged on the fact that in KarGgwe
Spcke found himself in contact with a supe
rior negro race, strongly and favorahll
contrasting with the tribes he had previous
" seen, and, with the exception of UGunda
whittier S'peke now went, is inhabited by
similar race. Their country lies along th'
lNyanza. aud occupies a full half of both IN
western and its northern shores. The
parent stream Of the Nile bounds Ugund