Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-07-25
LIVINGSTONE.

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The Discovery of the Great Trav.
eler--The Story of His Five years
Wanderings-rhe Source of Nile
Ivory Used for DOOrposts-A
White Race in the Interior OF
Africa-KOmanceE Itself OutdOne
The New York Herald of Monday
contains full description of its CORE.
spondent's-Stanley's-eleven months
search for DR.. Livingstone. According
to his statement battles had to be efought
and won, treaties made, and bribes paid
to the Arabs before the explorers and
their retainers could proceed with any.
thing like safety. AT last, however,
the suburbs of Ujiji were reached, the
expedition firing guns as it entered, and
bearing the American flag at its head.
Among the atonished which came to
question what the uproar meant, were
the servants of Livingstone. These
ran ahead in haste to inform him that
an Englishman was coming.
THE MEETING. ~
Advancing into the town he saw, in
the center of a knot of Arabs. and pre-
senting a striking contrast to their SUM-
burnt faces, a pale-leoking and gray
beardedWhite man, in anayy cap, with
a faded gold band about it, and red
wooden jacket. This white man was
T.. =
DIR. David Livingstone the hero travelers
the object of the search. "Dr. Living
stone, presume,n said the correspon-
dent. eyes" was the answer, with q
smile, and this was the introduction.
After the lapse of few days, passed
by the correspondent in recovering from
his fatigue, and by DR.. Livingstone in
reading the packages of letters brought
him, he gave the former a description
or his travels and discoveries during
the past five years, which we condense
as follows: i. ..s5-,.t,...,5l@.. Il
LIvINGsToNE's STORY. an.
DIR. Livingstone's expedition left
Zanzibar in March, 1866. On the 7th of
April he left the sea-coast with an ex-
pedition consisting Of thirty men,
twelve of whom were Sepoys. He also
had with him six camels, three buffa-
loes. two mules and three donkeys.-
The route Of the expedition teemed
with difficulties, and soon after leaving
the coast Dr.. Livingstone was made
aware of the unwillingness of the Sc
poys to march into the interior. Their
murmurings and complaints grew loud
er day by day. Hoping that he might
be induced to return, they so abused
the animals that in short time not one
was left alive. This plan not succeed
ing, they sat about poisoning the minds
of the simple natives toward the doctor
by circulating mischievous and false
reports concerning his character and
intentions. AS this might possibly be-
come dangerous, the doctor resolved. to
discharge the Sepoys, and accordingly
sent them back to the sea-coast, with
sufficiency of cloth to purchase food on
their return.
THE STORY OF LININGsToNES MURDER,
1.-The traveller engaged this man to ac-
company him, but when he fairly turn
ed his face westward, he, with others of
the party, deserted him, afterward IA
bricating an account of his murder and
to obtain their wages His party was
now very much reduced, and he was
obliged to seek aid from the nstives.-
He engaged them as carriers, and as
they had never been tampered with or
betrayed by the slave traders he man
aged exceedingly well. From this
country, which he left in the beginning
of Decem Der, 1866. he entered on a
northern course, through land which
had been swept clean of provisions, and
where the expedition suffered the most
pinching hunger, added to which, de-
sertions continued, which in one or two
instances caused a loss of almost all his
clothes and cooking utensils. Though.
misfortunes constantly dogged the foot
steps Of the expedition, it,struggled on
and traversed the countries Of the
Badisa, Bohemia, Banlungu, Barungu,
besides the country of Londa, where
lives the famous King Cazembe.
A WELCOME WELCOME.
By him he was cordially received
During his stay here, from the begin
ming o. 1867 to the middle of March,
1869, he says he was mostly engaged in
correcting the errors Of Portuguese
travellers. During the series of journeys
made from here he discovered that the
Chambezi is none other than the head
waters of the Nile itself, thus giving
the wonderful river a length of over
1000 miles of direct latitude.
BACK. TO 2UJIJI. agag
After this discovery he returned to
Ujiji, whence he dated those latters to
the London Geographical Society, under
whose auspices he travels, which,
though the outside world still doubted
that the traveller was alive, fully satis-
fed the minds of the members Of that
society. =.
AFTER RESTING AT UJIU oe ille
He thought Of exploring the head of
the Tanganyika and ascertaining
whether this had any connection, but
the avarice Of the Wajiji, which would
have deprived him of most of his cloth,
prevented him. At the end of June,
1869. he sat off by way of Uguhha for