The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-12-22


last few days TO your readers the form OF Jeremi-
AIDES from IAN Eng5hmanr aud IAN Old Travel
ler'' should lack their usual companion venture to
crave small space IN yous columns to oher the
black dose which correspondence respecting the
doubts aud difficulties lnsepardDle from African
travel invariably calls for.
In word, the letters referred TO- III unanawered,
would 90 far TO crush out the very justiiabe hopes
entertained by many that Dr. Livingstone Is still
alive, although or necessity lar IN the interior
that no possibility exists OF his sending letters 10
Zanzibar.
Respecting this cause or anxiety, some wil no
doubt, partially dismiss it when they remember the
long detention Spoke ana Grant were subjected TO
In Africa and the impossiDiity OF sending de-
spatches. Others will not forget the 0mInou5 words
OF the Doctor IN his last letters 10 the effect that the
strctest orders had been giv. at UJy to search
every bearer travelling coastward5 anu To seize any
thing III the shape OF papers IN his possession.
IL Is far better understood among Arabs and
siave dealers about the Lakes han 1t Is In England.
unfortunately that the OBJECT OF this great traveller
y mainly 10 expose the horrors oil the exermnation
going on under their auspices. 10 Illustrate MIN 10
one tnlng To XIII him another; amt from toerably
long acquaintance with similar people In the vcin-
lty OF the Lakes venture 10 prcuict that Living.
stone VIII not suircr al their hands beyond having
coIuon Oh leVer-destroyers continually stretched
across the caravan path from Ulijl TO Zanzibar. T.
quite agree with the opInIon that the very fact
OF his having met with his death oy far means or
foul would spread Instantly in all directions. In
deed, who Is there that traveed In Africa with.
out being killed perpetually according to report ?
IL is by no means cherries reflection that Iivng-
stone may be even TOO much alive Tor Inc indulgence
OF native rumors. When Roscher was murdered
near Lake Nyassa the news quickly reached Xanzi-
bar, and the murdcrers we're brought thiiher for
execution. IL IL certain that We VINO know tho
land best, have noticed with extreme satisfaction
the absence OF alarming intelligence on the coast
and also the common conclusion which exists among
traders and dwelcrs at zanzibar that the Doctor Is
living.
AS to 'silvcr shields" and so forth. money Is I'M
known TO the natives Years OF observation IN his
that Livingstone has power or dsarming suspicion
and winning the love OF The natives with whom nc
attained TO. This Is his passport and in
valuable one. 1t fails only whcn ne IS among
Africa will confirm this and his present circnm-
stances not very dssimiiar a. lar as light march,
arss ~ very IN nS
part. We must not overlook or underrate tho TACT
OF MS children being in dreadful suspense nc ms
long detention. In such 10 wing heart az their
fathers this Is not forgotten. aud as one VINO was
present with him when his wife expired, and who
also has enjoyed 10 the full close Intimacy with
him and his family, know that the only compcnsa.
ton he can make To those who Ycarn equally with
himself FOR some qualification vet OF the Ties exist
ing between parent ami children in this world VIII
be to tell Them OF HIMSELF ! protest soemniy
neglectinR dictate Of ingenuity whereby COM
municdton with them could De kept NJ. simply
in tile face OF the Intelligence lately received as
to tho disturbed state OF the cOultry. strange
ami sal nave been the products this long silence.
IL has given rise to growth which travellers must
henceI0rth take into account among tncr hardships,
and should the Doctor DO spared to return TO the
enlightened world he VIII be the FIRST to admit that
some explorers who nave penetrated It's mysteries,
have out his own deeds OF daring Completely in the
shade. Thus much for this two years. silence.
think u y reasonable TO those who WIN reason,
necessities quinine, coffee aud b0ots-irom tho
stores we know 10 have reached Vii, lby Dr. Kinks
last accountsl, snd that he Is ndusrl0usly working
out the huge problem which almost within hta
grasp when ne wrote the last letters to hand. lie
Is OF ali age when II would not be possible to
release himself from his present undertaking with
. view TO MS reporting progress personally and
over Involve another journey the interior to take
up his work again. task OF itself by lar tine most
dangerous and lrksome of ail African trials.
Those VINO know lin will smile ~ the idea Of MS
coming home with one or TWO facts however great
others in croxnns that ~ci, year or TWO woaii
see completed al bis own hands ne VIII lry anu
c cssien ss in tie interior Of Africa aaaSe ambition
with his views for Airica's eventual rise from Its
especially to tho westward tho less likely is nc 10
attempt the futile task Of asking natives to UNDER
stand the 1ature Of ietters Or 70 ,nem ~
which liz supposed Dy 80 many to exist open-mouhcd
and super1tended BY dlsncrested slave dealers ~
ian Eurlishman' speaks OF Bishop Mackenzie
and his death. ana trusts 'that LIVINGSTONE Will
the seeds Of religion or 70 NIX the OF science
| aud trade In isolated spots 10 the heart VI
leave leave INN to deal with the Doctor il he
Y rytS7ss, who, have no doubt VIII diyulge some
;;ssyaa1tainly dead, il remains Tor those who we're
iai npon tho particular enteFprise for which no
ialurown hts NE. cap only say that Ills Iaiilig 2t
III, posi- hes IN NO VIZ led 70 think thfss.
deaths nave for The List limo exception aInOnQ
them 10 an o Oldrule, or that his fate has marrcd
the oxcrti0ns OF ih0ne who tnse a very clear view
about The interior OF Africa and the sore handling ~
receives from the outer world.
The time Will como speedily, God grant II, when
the frigntlu slave trade ~ present existing on the
east coast, and which u decimating Africa, shall
cease
One solid determination to turn 70 account the cx
traOrdinary disclosures before tho Select COMMITTEES
OF the House OF Commons last session, anu then we
shall be able 10 1t the careers OF Mackenzie and
Livingstone Into the places reserved for such Key
stones ~ they are In the arches which bridge over
the way for Christianity and civilization.
Perhaps one thing will strike those forcbly who
have pcrused tho evidence a!lude to; II Is that II
the present settlements on the coast where
Europeans congregatc, Zanzibar, Quilmane and
Mozambique, are to radlate their particular and
several lights into the Interior OF Africa according
to can Engshman'5" programme. and 10 renect
their civilization "back awards" the last stale OF tho
African viii be worse than the FIRST On the Fam
besl the natives arc fast cxpelling the Portuguese
from the country after having endured them for 900
years. At Unyamyen,be tue Arabs, we hear, also
sent 10 tho rtgntab0ut. IL Is the deeds or tnesd
parasites ON Africa which have reduced her TO her
present state, and the true du,pn tUW coDte tcRen
Engtislten penetrate 10 ne Interior and point oa
TO AFRICA he, O,cn resources, and that her place In
this worlds economy Is not that which those who
hang about her coasts would believe.
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