Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-04-13

and treachery have defeated all at
tempts made, heretofore, by both
the explorer and the missionary, to
reach the highlands Of the interior.
am under appointment from
the Presbyterian Board Of Foreign
Missions, to try my skill and
tact in opening up this country to
the light of Christian civilization.
The children in our Sabbath
Schools have nobly contributed to
furnish our company with small
vessel, which will be Of great ser
vice in ascending the rivers. The
difficulty Of managing a steamer,
and the increased weight and liza
bility to need repairs, has decided
us in the purchase of a small
schooner, formerly belonging to
an English trader, who died on that
coast a few months ago; his broth
er is willing to part with her at half
her original cost, which was fl, 900;
her registered tonnage is 40 tons,
but she can carry about 80. The
present owner says she is more
than ordinarily well built, and as
proof Of her strength and sailing
qualities, mentioned that took she
out from Liverpool, a full cargo,
leaving at the roughest time of the
} ear, january and making the
voyage to the Equator, about 5000
miles, in 40 days.
The amount asked from the chill.
dren and friends Of this cause was
$4,000. This sum is nearly made
up, and our other preparations
are well under way.
My companions to that mission
nary feld--Presbytery of Corisco
West Afrca-are Revs. Samuel
Murphy and G. d. Du Bruynkops,
from the Theological Seminary, at
Chicago, with their wives, and the
Rev, Albert Bushnell and his wife,
and her cousin, Miss Boughton
Mr.. Bushnell and wife are return
ing to their field Of labor from a
visit to their friends in this coun-
try, for tie purpose of recruiting
their health Mr.. B has been la
boring in that mission field for
twenty-scyeu years, and his wife
for seventeen years, The mission
aries already there from the Pres
hytcrian Church, are Rev. VIM.
Walker and wife, and Mrs. Ruitlin
ger, at the Gaboon Station and Dr.
r. Hamill Nassau and his sister,
Mss Bella Nassau, at Boenita, on
The main land, near the island of
Jorisco,
The farthest these missionaries,
" others who have made tue at
empt, have been enabled to pene-
rate the interior from that point,
) to the island Of Nensenenge, up
he Gaboon river 50 miles
1t will be the height Of my ambi
ion to reach the range Of the Sier-
q del Crystal mountains, running
arallel with the coast, about 100
lilea from tho ocean and there Sc
ure some healthy locality for our
Missionary schools, above the in
uonoe Of the malarous climate Of
he lowlapds along the coast The
oint to which we are going is the [
earest civilized station to that vast
xpanse Of country, in the centre
{ the continent, marked upon our
laps, "Unexplored regions" 4
IN our preparations, we have had
lo direction and counsel Of men
'ho have long been interested IN
lat country and many Of them
ave spent the greater part of their
YES there.
We will have the society Of the !
ioneer Of missionary labor in that
ountry, Rev David Motfat, atleast
1r some weeks during our stay in !
,ngland. And ! am longing to
ave the honor Of making the ac- [
uaintance Of the great African ex .
lorer, DR.. Livingston, who is ex i
ected to arrive in England soon {
rom his late journey to the sources I
I the Nile. /
0urpassage 10 Liverpool is en-. |
aged upon the steamer Wiseosin,
{ the Williams and Guion line. To
llasgow, which sails Wednesday.
he 10th inst, OF our voyage, sea {
ickness. DC, you may expect to {
Q informed in my next letter from /
he other side Of the water, I
LovEJoY, n