The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09
DOCTOR LIVINGSTON.
Reports Prom:Africa and Renewed Hopes
Of His Safety,

Reports From:Affica and Renewed Hopes
Of His Safety,
Alta snecting Of the Royal Gees
graphical society oil England, letters
were read from DR.. Kirk. of Zanzibar
fourteen days later in date than the
last that have heen published. The
letters are as follows:
FROM MRS KIRK TO SIR R. I. MUIR
T a9jiT94fi GIBSON. sopaa aInmt
''',. ", ZANZIBAR Der. II. 81.
/ The white Traveller concerning
whom Dr.. Kirk wrotc to yon or, the
18th Of last month, according to iur>
shcr accounts, stayed five days ut the
village where the caravan was, and
si,rM went to, thc, next chief. The
white man was of, modern height,
not, stout, wore white coat and
trousers and q black cloth cap, round
which he sometimes wrapped white
cloth. He gave the chicf q looking
glass, eight yards Of flannel and
tin box, t,s,s..s,..s .s.t@ sv.55 I
lie went on northwards. lie gave
La lettcrfto Bnnduki the leader Of an ]
other caravan, which is expected on
the coast in a month. lie had 2 com
pass and other instruments which be
used at night. lie could converse
in Snaheli, but did so imperfecily
and with tho Nyassa idiom, :. like
DR.. Kirk - he had-a beard. Three
Of his party carried boxes; four had
bags Of beads, the others miscellane-
Gus articles. 49,,
| This is, all the information We have
and DE- Kirk wishes me 10 tell you be
has hardly any doubt at all that it is
| indeed DR.. Livingstone. 1t it is not.
who, can il be? There is no other
white man in the interior, that We
know Of, AMI Portuguese from the
west wonld NOT speak Suaheli. 5g,
There is also a rumor that white
man has been seen in the couatry OF
uruwa, west Of UjUi, but as yet we
have not been able to trace the re-
port. It was heard casually men,
toned in aconversation between two
natives. .,9s
DR.. Kirk had sent large parcel
of guns, letters and other things, to
Ujiji to meet DR.. Livingstone, which,
it he hears in any way that such
things lay there, for him, would prob
/ al, IA,
/ p. S.-Mr. Bremen, the companion
OF the late Baron Won der Decken.
has jIst returned TO Zanzibar from
the river Dana, which he ascended
for distance of between one huns
dred aud two hundred miles from the
sea. lie describes the river az deep
and navigable for a small craft and
lit flows through = rich country.
FROM DIR. KIRK TO MIR. WEBB.
aafp ZANZIBAR. Oct. 8, 1867.
/ The interesting discovery that a
white man has been seenseven months
ago 10 the south Of Lake Tanganyika
induced Mr.. Churchill, tho Consul
land myself,o 60 10 Bagamoyo, a
place on the coast, the point OF arri
val and departure of the Ujijiicara-
vans. The result 0. our visit has been
TO find TIVE other men r ilo also sa"
Is pista III IFS fe sNIsle ri o.
yond Il doubt. We have also learned
something about his personal appear
ance, his escort and the route he was
taking, and have been told that let
tcrs were given to one of the head
men OF another caravan then At Mar
ungn. This man we have since found
is no mythical pcrs image. but vel
known man. 50 that on his arrival
freal the INTERIOR expected in the
course of month, we may have no,
Ionlyourcuriosi,y satisfied, but 4 sim
; Iccrcly hope orr best wishes for onr
| deal friend Livingstone realized.
hope we shall find he has been sc
cessful. and is pushing his way to
1.-THE Albert Nyanza, thence to emerge
via the Nile, on the Mediterranean
He will have been the Grst man who
has not only crossed the continent
but has passed through it's whole
length, from the Cape Of Good Hope
to the moutl, Of Nile. But the essen
| tiaI part of his work viii have to BIZ
ldone before he reaches the Nile, and
/ he may safely return towards Zani
bar. if 80 minded, with laurels suffi>
cicnt to constitute him the greatest
Of all explorers, and the Airicantrav
eler par excellence.
You see 1 am very sanguine that
our friend is still alive. The manner
in which we obtained the testimony
was very satisfactory. In the f-st
place picked mp the news among
some Of tho native traders; | then
traced it to the caravan people and
drew out their story while they
were unsnspicions OF its interest; SO
THAT either Hurdce traders nor
Sushell men had an object TO tell lies
fnr an idea in which way to do SO il
they wished to please merely. Be
sides, our conversations were carried
on without an interpreter and altho'
making no pretence TO full know
ledge fthe language, / know quite
sufficient to be able to express. my
self and dispense with the fertile
Isource OF confusion--an intcrpre .er.
neel not repeat all VIC heard; most
of what is important will BIO publish
ed before this reaches England
With the prospect of letters from
Livingstone so near we may well re-
train from all speculation on the sub.
| iect of his geographical discoveries.