The New York herald., 1872-08-10

Aid the Great Scientist
in the Interior.
Charles New, q missionary and an African ex-
porer Of good repute, addresses the following let
ter to the London Times, in which he gives some
facts regarding the failure of the English Living
stone Expedition" which was to discover and aid
the great African traveller. Mr.. New also pays just
tribute to the determination, energy perseverance,
tact, pluck and endurance Of the HERALD cores
pondent,n and hopes "that England will not deny to
the American what she would have granted to her
own sons had they performed the same work":-
Permit me to address you few words upon the
late Livingstone Search and Relief Expedition"
The interest felt and expressed by the public in
Englandi in that expedition has been extraordinary.
No sooner were the people applied to for the funds
supplied; more money indeed, than was wanted
flowed into the exchequer. of the Royal
and despatched from England with great ecot, and
1t was expected that almost marvellous things
would be achieved by It. The expedition party
pushing on into the interior; goods were pur.
chased to the extent OF thousands of dollars; all
the channel from Zanzibar to Bagomoyo, the great
caravan depot and starting point on the mainland.
t ters ana then toNmarch. But just as the expedl-
tion had assumed these fulblown proportions
an SmR Rs
and ready to leap on it's unknown course the mo-
ment its bonds should be severed-it received a
these these bare facts the public is already well &C.
quainted; but it asks for something more; 1t asks
This information propose to supply by plain
spssftH%spt petf%1sp of facts which, as member Of the
R eesr sae crpsSs q 70 Do Do
than any other individual. But here, before go
aware that when the expedition left England Lieu.
tenant Dawson, Leutenant Hem and Mr. W: o.
the Royal Geographical Society had tneir eye upon
another man, a missionary or the United Gethodist
secure to the expedition. That missionary, I
need hardly say, Is your present correspondent
sionary for nearly ten years, good deal Of this
time having been consumed In making exploratory
tours oyer portions Of the country which
last of them having been through Teitat Taneto
to Chaga and the equatorial snow mountain
Ktlima-NJar0. After residence of nearly ten
years in Africa was returning to England for the
benefit OF my health, and with o view OF publishing
my arrival IN Zanzibar, h0meward bound, the Aby-
d9s steamed into that port bringing With her the
Lieutenant Dawson, the commander brought me
letter from the Missionary Secretary OF the society
to which belong in which. to my utter surprise,
OF the Council Of the Royal Geographical Society,"
the connectional ofncers had consented that
that is, provided was willing to do so,, &C. On
the following day received communication from
be happy to enroll you as a member Of my party:
but, to prevent disagreement hereafter, enclose
copy Of the terms the Royal Geographical Society
have considered necessary as sregards my second in
command, Lieutenant Hem. 1t would be my wish
that you should sign precisely similar document
as third IN command, your duties being principally
as interpreter" &C. The proposition, all things
considered, was most serious one to me- and
feeling profound interest in the great object OF
the expedition allowing myself to be persuaded
that should be OF some real service in connection
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civilization of Africa and hoping that might
ultimately consented to join the Sit expedition
and accepted the position assigned 10 me
S Lieutenant Dswson An was
Dawson embodying the following particulars =
was to give my gratuttous services to the expe-
Royal Geographical Society; should Lieutenant
Dawson be incapacitated agreed to act under Lieu
Lieutenant Hem l should assume the Command
and use my best endeavors to carry the objects
OF OF the the S IN the
not anticipate Lieutenant Dawson IN publishing re-
suits, but that should give him the benefit Of my
on the journey regarding the meaning Of the
printed instructions should abide by the interpre.
OF all personal expense and that passage home to
England should be provided for me at the expense
ment was signed by the whole party. Having thus
embarked IN this expedition, threw my whole soul
was however impossible to do us Anything but mere
preliminary work; for the season being unfortu-
nate and heavy rains falling start was out Of the
The expedition party arrived in March, which was
the commencement OF the rainy season. To have
started then with an unaccllmatized party would
have been emnently injudicious, and might have
been followed by the most disastrous OF conse-
the early dsasa wat o os 81 Pr u.s.
But In the meantime our preparations could go on,
and go on they did Consultation cater consulta.
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