Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-03
W WORCESTER
WEDNESDAY. July 3, 1879.


Ane news from Drs LIFG uSStOHcs
Dispatches from London state that Stanley's
letters sent from Zanzibar have arrived there
II all the reports are correct, letters from DR.
Livingstone himself must have reached London
but nothing is said of these. The last report
said that Stanley was on the way to Zanzibar
bearing important letters from Dr. Livingstone
These are necessary to verify Stanley's reports
and when they shall be given to the public
doubt in regard to the matter will be siIenced
The letters from Stanley are addressed TO the
New York Herald. A summary of their con.
tents has been teegraphed from London. There
Is brief sketch of his journey from
Zanzibar to Uiiji, and an account Of
his meeting with Livingstone. He found
the Arab traders at war with Miranda, a
native chief, in the neighborbood of Unyanyem.
be. He joined them in one battle, aud, after
wards, made round about journey 10 Uiiii
knowing that DIR. Livingstone was there, he re.
solved to make his entry as grand and noisy as
possible. Here is the account of it:
=" The pagazis who CHANGED to be unladen pro.
eeeded, beating drums and blowing Kudu horns.
ne armed escort fired saiutes every moment,
Keeping up regular TeU dc 5oie, aud the Ameri-
can flag tioatcd proudly over all. In the dis
tanee lay the silver bosom of Tanganvika lake.
at the foot of the stately mountains in the back
ground, and fringed with tall trees and lovely
Ncrdure. Before us lay the settlement or town
of ujiii, with its huts and houses looking dream.
lily like land of rest
The astonshed natives turned out Mt the nm
Wonted display, and flocked in crowds TO meet
them with dcalenng shouts aud beatinr of
drums. Among the advancing throng was no.
Ilced muscular group Of turbaned Arabs. AS
Ell -
walked IN the centre was noticed to be different
~ attred from the Others. The group halted
ana the word was passed back that a muzauou
was among them. Squirting forward Stanley saw
that, strongly contrasting with the duskv, sun
oarnt Arab faces, was hale-looking, gray beard
co Whlte man, wearing a navy cap, with faded
gold band and a red wooden Jacket Ii was A
Trying moment, wherein every emotion of hope
ana Tear flashed through the brain. The
iatgueS faded in the intensity of the situation
Inc questions, Was this he who had so long
been sought, or could it be delusion of the
1nlnd, or was the white man some unknown
wall of humanity? crowded the mind bringing
Their changing feelings with them A few feet
IN front of the group he halted, dismounted and
advanced on foot.
freserying calmness of exterior before the
Arabs which was hard to simulate as he reached
the group, Mr.. Stanley said, 'Dr. Livingstone,
presumeP smile lit up the features of the
maze white man as he answered, "Yes that is
my name" The meeting was most cordial and
me Weared caravan, joyous at the triumph of
the expedition, were escorted by the multitude
10 the town."
There is some account of DIR. Livingstone's
travels and discoveries, since March, 1866; this.
however, is very meagre and not so clear as one
desires. 1t really tells us nothing which was
not already known. The Doctor explored the
Chambezi or Lualaba river, for 700 miles, and
came TO the conclusion that it is connected with
the Nile, and, also, that the waters of Lake
ha"ganylka are not in any way connected with
inc ME. These statements require explanation.
1.-the river Lualaba runs to Lake Albert Nyan-
"a, on the west side of Tanganyika, without
touching it, with what is the latter lake con-
necteds Does some river flow from it into the
victoria Nyanza? Livingstone will explain
these points in his reports; but, according to
The statements OF Stanley, he will stay in Cen
tral Africa until he has completed his explora-
tioTNaf the Lualaba river and made a careful
examination of the northern shores of Lake
Tanganyika. "This task, he expects, will occu-
Ply him the next two years"
The more Central Africa and the Nile are ex-
plored, the more we see that the geography of
Marinus of Tyre, reproduced by Ptolemy, was
substantially correct. That geography described
the sources of the Nile, and gave an account of
the Mountains of the Moon, which the moderns
have not yet located with certainty, although we
have learned that a great region connected with
the larger lakes of Central Africa is still called
"Moonland," by the natives. If. the moderns
had been trained to more respect for the knowl-
edge of the ancients, modern travellers in Africa
might have saved themselves much time and
trouble, by putting more faith in Ptolemy's re.
ography and aiming 10 verify its statements.
by using it as guide, they could have reached
important results more speedily The Arabiaus
have been well acquainted with the interior of
Africa, from time immemoral. They now tray.
erse every part of it. No European traveller in
Africa fails to find them there, sometimes set
tied in fixed communities, and sometimes in
travelling caravans; but, in ancient times, when
Saba was an important seat of commerce, their
observation of the regions they traversed or oc-
cupied was much more intelligent than il is. at
present,