New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-27
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cbeered BY letter, ! have stuck 10 the
last, which my friend, Sir Roderick MUIR
cbersOn, sent me, with John Bullish teDacl-
ty, believing that all would come rIght 81
last. .r-ia,
The water shed of South Central Africa
10 over 7O0 miles in length. The fountains
thereon are almost innumeraDIe' IIoli Cue
water shed they converge ITO -FOUR large
rivera and these again into TWO mighty
streaT1s in the great Nile valley, which be-
Gins in 100 TO 12o south latitude. 1t was
ionp ere light dawned on the ancient prob
Ien2 and rave me a clear idea of the drain
aye. / had to feel my way every ftrp OF
The way, and was generally cropping in the
dark for who cared where the river ran
We drank our fill, and let the rest run by.
The Portuguese who visited Cayemte
asked for slaves and ivory, and heard Of
nothing else. l asked about the waters:
questioned and crOss-questiOned until /
was almost afraid OF being set down as
afflicted with hydrOcephalus. My last
work. in which / have been greatly hin
dered by want Of suitable attendants, was
folIoWipg the central line Of drainage down
the country Of the Caumbal, called MOTy-
uema, or shortly MOryepra. This line Of
drainage has FIVE large lakes on It,
The fourth was near when ] was obliged
to turn. II was from one to three miles
wide. and can never be reached at any
,
western drain the Luysiera or Bayletreeres
river. and flow into it at Lake hamOloDdO.
Then the great river Lonarne flows through
Lake Lincoln into il too, and seems to form
the western arm Of the Nile which Petherich
travelled Now, know about 600 miles Of
the water shed, and unfortunately the
seven hundredth is the most interesting Of
the whole, for in it, if am not mistaken,
four fountains arise from an eastern noun
tain.
The last of the four becomes at no great
distance off large river; two Of these run
north to Egypt, Laperl and LOuraine, and
two run south into inner Ethiopia, as the
Cambair or upper Zambezi aud kahraer.
These are not the sources OF the Nile men
toned by the secretary of the Minerva in
the city Of Laais to HerOdOtus. heard Of
them so often and at great distances off
that / can not doubt their existence, and
in spite Of the sore longing for
home that seizes me every time
/ think of my family, wish
to finish up by their re-discOVeTy. Five
hundred pounds sterling worth Of goods
have again uuaCcOuntable been intrusted
to slaves, and have been over year On the
way instead of four months. ! must go
where they lie at your expense ere / can
put the natural completion to my work, and
II my disclosures regarding the terrible
LILLIAN slavery should lead to the suppress
SION Oh TIC Ldbb tDh5b bldNG bAaAJ I Blhil
regard that as a greater matter by far
than the discovery of all the Nile
sources together Now that you have
done with domestic slavery forever
lend us your powerful aid toward this great
object. This fine country is blighted as
with a curse from above in order that the
slavery privilege of the petty Sultan Of
Zanzibar may not be infringed, and the
rights of the crown Of Portugal, which are
mythical, should be kept in allegiance till
some other time when Africa will become
another idea to the Portuguese slave
traders.
/ conclude by thanking you cordially for
your great generosity, and am gratefully
yours, DAVID LIVINGSTONE.
PARIS, July 26-Mr. Stanley, correspond
emit of the New York Herald, arrived here
to-day. He dimes tomorrow with Minister
WashbuTne.
The Memorial DiplomdtiqUe publishes a
rumor that General Sickles minister of the
United States at Madrid, has withdrawn
his resignation, the differences between him
and Sagasta having been settled through
the intervention of Gorilla; also, that the
Spanish Cabinet undertakes to carry into
effect the liberal measures promised long
ago in favor of the cOlOred race in Cuba.
President Theirs has sent a dispatch to
projects of northern departments, where
The miners are on a strike, praising those
officials for the energetic measures they
have taken to prevent disorders and eX-
cesses. He tells them they can have l0O0 900
men, if necessary, to repress disturbances,
especially where produced by foreign insti-
gators. 1t is reported that an International
agent from Chicago is among the fOmenters
OF disorder, and that he seeks to induce the
miners to emigrate TO America
The cavalry pursued and dispersed a
large body Of rioters near Denain, taking
100 prisoners,
Strong military cordous have been drawn
around the disaffccted districts, and the
aspect of affairs is improving.