The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-27

30 cheat the hang anail by ting 9f iiisEasts
Ib1t he Ia said to be q cni1snlnniate motor. nIlu
the physicians think him not SO bad on ply.
sicliy as The pretensls#to be-. q
DR.. Iiyingstene~-fIts Letter to j. G,
fsennets. JE.s=an Interesting Ac-
e6dnt OF tile TrayeYs and Hardship
OF the Great EXPLORER.
| NEW ioRk, July 25.--The Herald fiits
,iisl'es to The press Of the country the FOL.
lowing letter to It's editor from DR.. Living
stone:
UJiJi on TANGASYIKA, EAST AFRICA
ria Il November, 1871.
James GordJH be,peH, IT.: .,j
My Dear Sif,-1t is in general fcfrawhaf
difficult 10 write to one we have never seen
| it feels 80 much like addressing an abstract
| idea; but the presence of your representa-
| tive, Mr.. Stanley. In this distant region takes
away the stfau.riIrss should otherwise have
| felt. and In writing TO thank you for the eN.
! trclfe kiIdncss that prompted you to seiId
| him feel quite nj l3fnt: If + .eSplain the
| forlorn condition i'll which he fotiiid me- yoil
will easily perceive that have good reason
to use very strong expressions of gratitude.
| came to Ijilt off II tramp of between four
aud five hundred miles bellCatll II blazing
vertical sun, having hccn haillcd, worried,
defeated. anu forced to rrtiIrn when almost
| In sight OF thu end of the geographical par,
] of mS jniSsion by Il humber of lnlf-castc
! Most II, slaves GENT tO me from Zanzibar in.
stead of mel.
The sore heart made stiu sorcr by the woe
ful sights had seen of mans iniunanily 10
man, reached and told OH the bodily form
and depressed it beyond measure. thought
that WAS dying on my feet. 1T is hot too
mucn 70 say that almost every step OF the
weary, sullry Journey WAS in pain, and
reached Uijli mere wreck uf bones. There
found that some five htindrcd pounds stcr.
| ling worth Of goods, which | had ordered
| from Zanzibar! had. unarrOuntably: been i'll
trusted 10 q drunken; liiir:.ste afoSle,u
tailor, WHO, after squandering them for six
teen months on tlic way to Ujiii, finished up
by selling off all that remained for slaves and
ivory for, himself. He had OWNED i'll the
Koran: He hat. ALSO written TO the Coy
crnor Of EcnSangc,i1be that he lid ssnt
slaves after ME to Managerial. WHO returned
apd reported my dece;l>e; aud begged PER-
mission IL sell of i few, goods that lis
drunken appetite had spared. =,
He, however, knew perfectly well from
men who had seen me that was alive and
waiting for the goods AID mcn; hut rs iol
morality, he is evidently III idiot. and there
being no law here except that Of the dagger
or niuskct. had TO sit down in great weak
ness, destitute nf everything save 4 iew bHl:
| ter cloths ana beads. which ind taken the
prcrauion to have here in case Of extreme
need. The near prospect OF bc.gary aulcng
t 10, IL, I Il
despair, because i laughed 90 much at 4
friend who, on reaching the mouth Of Fam
| bcxi, said he was tempted 10 despair Oh
breaking the photograph OF lis wl": VT
could have 10 s,icrcSa after that. htlcl ware
the idea of despair had 10 me such Il Shack oil
the ludicrollS that it WAS ont Of The question
| When j had got TO about the lowest verge
vague r,lmors OF in English visitor reached
| me.
| | thought of myself as the man who wen
down from Jerusalem to Jericho, that neither
priest. Lcyitc, nor Samaritan could possibly
pass MY way, but the good Samaritan WA:
close at hand, and one of my people rushed
up at the top of his speed, and in great cX
element glspcd An Englishn1an is com
in@; Sue him. An American fla, tic III S
ever seen in these parts. ut the head OF th'
Il
! stranger. | nm rs cold and nnu-dcmonstrI
| tive rs NE usli'tipi's ai'e USUALLY rcputcd Il
br, but your kindness made my frame thliii
and said in my soul, Let the richest bless
in.S descend from Inc hishes: on you ant
Yours"
| The news Stanley had to tell was thrilling
mighty political changes OH the continent
! the SlIccc>s of the Atlantic cables, the cleo
ton Of Grant, and many other topics rvrcC
my attention for days together, aud bad ii
| Immediate and beneficial effect upon iul
health. htt iCvil without news from HON,
for wears, save WHAT could ret from SGiu'
| 4uq Er,.ytrS and EtntCh of 1868.
| Ny appetite revived, aud in about Il wGcl
! i lc".,n to feel siroug again. Mr., STANLEY
brought II n",>t htl!d and encouraging Ills
patch from Lord Clarcndun--wlOS" loss
sincerely dcIiorc.-ihc first have received
from the Foreign Office since 1866, and th'
information that tlin British Govcrluncn
had kindly sent Il thousand pounds slcrlin.
10 my aid. Up to his arrival | was not awar,
of any prclllliilry aid hccmc unSalaricd
but this want is now happily repaired. aud
am anxious that you and all my friends
should know that. though unchecred hy
letter. | have stuck TO the last, which IN
friend Sir Rodrrick MurchiSon sent ne, will
John Buli,h tcnaci'T, lclicying that al
would come right at lust. The watershed
of South Central Ailic:, il over seven hun
drcd miles in length. The fountains thereon
are almost innulncrablc. From the water
shed they converge into four large rivers
and these again into two mighty streams il
the great Nile Valley, which begins Ii
ten degrees to twelve degrees south latitude
1t WAS long ere light dawncd on the ali
Client problem and gave lie Il clear idea Of tn
drainage. | had To feel my way every stcl
of the way, and WAS generally cropping in th
dark for who cared where the rivers ran
We drank our fill and let the rest run 10y
The Portuguese who visited CaZcmhc aSkct
for slaves and ivory, and heard Of nothin!
else. asked about the waters; questioned
and cross-questioncd until was aImoS: atlslit
Of being set down us afflicted with hydro
ccphallS,
My last work. in which have been great
hindcrcd by want OF suitable attendants, wa
following" the central line CT drainage dowl
through the country Of the caunibal, callC(
Monyulna, or shortly Nlanyena. This lin
OF drainage has five large lakes in it, Tn
fourth was near where | was obliged to turn
1t WAS from one to three miles broad. ant
c;,n never lie reached at amy point or Il in,
time OF the year. The two western drain
the Lupita or Bartlcfrcercs river, and ilov
into it at Lake kamolOndo. Then the Xrc;,
river domaine flows through Lake Lincoil
into 1t, too, and seems TO form the western
curve Of the Nile which Pcthcrick tray
elled
; Now I know about six hundred miles o
the watershed, and unfortunately the sever
hundredth is the most interesting OF til