The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-06

able to lay before orr readers this mo-o
partlcuiar account In the characteris,;.
phrase of the original tidings.
The letter containing this news. "a sbo,,..
by the postmarks, reached Boston in on.
nineteen days from Alexandria. altl,ouaS
by an unfortunate mistake in the Bossnr
Office, lit was not delivered TO rs nnt;i
yesterday, two days after It's arrival WI
believe however that the intelligence mo-
not oeeu anticipated by any other pnbIjes'
ton. P''eS-
From The Egyptian Spectator, Extra-Tran,,.
ton. tf.
We are indebted to the courtesy NJ n
ORR for the following communication whiot
we hasten to lay before our readers ana
the public generally, to announce the
great discovery ofthe source of the Nile To-
which we are beholden to two couraoenns
English travellers. .-.
We promise to lay before our rea6ers
more detalled information as soon as wa
are enabled to obtain it.
KHARTUm, March 30, 1S63.-Herc is prea,
news. Spoke and Grant, the nterpid I'm.
glish travellers, overcoming all obstacles
crossing under the line reached Kondo,
Soro, and thence are now approaching this
place. 1t seems almost dream. Their
protfolis undoubtedly contain the solution
ofthe great problem that has puzzled ma
from the remotest antiquity, viz the dis.
not as yet spoken with them, but leave inn
mediately on camel back to meet them on
their way, and to give them an ovation
Ii at the following station we obtain fur
ther details we will hasten to communicate
them. .. s-..-- -...,.r ... ..-.
April 2.-I add another line about Spoke
and Grant, knowing the immense interest
that you all feel in these matters.
Spoke says but little-for two reasons -
1st, because, like atrue descendant of John
Bull, he is naturally taciturn; I'd, because
he is only familiar with one language, and
that the one none of MS know anything
about. We can sglean butifew Ineligible
words from one of theinterpreters, who at
tempts,to make us understand him in spe-
cles of Arabic pdtois.
From his answers we learn that the Nile
springs from Lake Victoria that he pro-
fesses TO have circumnavigated. and found
to be very extensive. That Kondogoro is
5 deg. 1esS some minutes) from the Equa-
tor in the northern hemisphere, and about
the same latitude south of the lake which
he says is the source of the Bahr-el- Biad
Or White Nile.
They started from Zanzibar with 20 men
Of these only II remain. The number was
greatly diminished by desertion, Others
| were lost by sickness and casualties. They
had to fight their way to reach White river
but relate marvellous things of the sub
equatorial regions, and above all report
large quantities of ivory. They may be
considered very fortunate to have accom-
plished their purpose without meeting the
unhappy fate Of poor Penney.
Now would be the time for the Egyptian
Government TO make on effort so as to an
ticipate others in the work of discovering
and digging up these immense treasures
now they could do it themselves with all
the profit and the glory"
1t will be understood that Captain Spoke
entered Africa from the eastern coast, about
| two years ago, and now comes down the
river Nile.-BOStOn Daily AdrcrtiSer.